1 00:00:07,680 --> 00:00:11,760 Speaker 1: Senator Omar Fate, along with Minneapolis man Baby Mayor Mom 2 00:00:11,840 --> 00:00:19,480 Speaker 1: Jeans Jacob Frye, both vowed to immediately arrest ICE law 3 00:00:19,640 --> 00:00:26,040 Speaker 1: enforcement officials who wear masks. So there's been debates taking place. 4 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:29,480 Speaker 1: You had Omar Fate appearing at a press conference hosted 5 00:00:29,520 --> 00:00:34,560 Speaker 1: by the Minnesota Immigrant Rights to Action Committee all watered 6 00:00:34,760 --> 00:00:38,959 Speaker 1: down Democrat socialist policies, but Omar fat said, if it's 7 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:40,720 Speaker 1: not clear, I want to make it clear that yes, 8 00:00:40,760 --> 00:00:44,760 Speaker 1: I do support strengthening our separation ordinances, and yes I 9 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:47,760 Speaker 1: do support each and every one of the demands that 10 00:00:47,880 --> 00:00:51,320 Speaker 1: Miraq this would be the Minnesota Immigrant Rights to Action 11 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:55,880 Speaker 1: Committee outlined, because they are my demands as well. Those 12 00:00:55,880 --> 00:01:01,760 Speaker 1: demands include having MPD officers assist residents, to immediately remove 13 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:05,800 Speaker 1: federal agents from the scene of protests where residents are 14 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:11,319 Speaker 1: confronting federal law enforcement, and to arrest any ICE agents 15 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:14,280 Speaker 1: that may be wearing masks. Yeah, it's just that ridiculous, 16 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:18,040 Speaker 1: and may Or fry ended up supporting this as well. 17 00:01:18,080 --> 00:01:19,640 Speaker 1: We've got a lot of your talkbacks here on Twin 18 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:21,560 Speaker 1: Cities News Talk broadcasting from the six five to one 19 00:01:21,640 --> 00:01:25,040 Speaker 1: Carpet Next Day Install Studios. Let's get to some of those. 20 00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:27,400 Speaker 1: Those talkbacks are brought to you by Lyndahl, Rerealty. 21 00:01:28,440 --> 00:01:31,360 Speaker 2: John Chuck, and Blaine. So, if they're going to arrest 22 00:01:31,959 --> 00:01:35,320 Speaker 2: arrest ice officers with masks, does that mean they're going 23 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:41,920 Speaker 2: to arrest protesters with masks, Muslims with masks, anybody with masks, 24 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:44,240 Speaker 2: Halloween kids going out with masks. 25 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:48,200 Speaker 3: Everybody's going to be arrested, right, have a great day? No, 26 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:51,440 Speaker 3: of course not. And you know that it's all very selective. 27 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:55,400 Speaker 1: They just want to go and enforce these particular rules 28 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:57,600 Speaker 1: against the particular entities that they need to go and 29 00:01:57,640 --> 00:02:02,680 Speaker 1: create ridiculous, ridiculous aguments about. And it tells you how 30 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:05,080 Speaker 1: little they actually have to go and push back on 31 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:09,760 Speaker 1: federal authorities doing what is necessary. 32 00:02:11,919 --> 00:02:19,040 Speaker 4: So during COVID, the Democrats and liberals wanted to arrest 33 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:23,680 Speaker 4: everybody for not wearing a mask, and now they're going 34 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:29,880 Speaker 4: to arrest people for wearing masks. This absurdity has to stop. 35 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:30,359 Speaker 5: Yep. 36 00:02:32,280 --> 00:02:34,920 Speaker 6: So a number of years ago, you wanted everybody in 37 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:38,200 Speaker 6: the world to be masked up for no reason at all. 38 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:44,200 Speaker 6: The mask did absolutely nothing. Police officers, city workers, every citizens, 39 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:47,200 Speaker 6: everybody had to wear a mask all the time. Indoors, 40 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:51,960 Speaker 6: outdoors if you're alone. Now police officers are doing to 41 00:02:51,960 --> 00:02:57,160 Speaker 6: protect themselves. Oh now we can't wear masks. You democrats 42 00:02:57,280 --> 00:02:58,959 Speaker 6: are pathetic. 43 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:03,000 Speaker 3: More from Minneapolis man maybe mayor mom. 44 00:03:02,919 --> 00:03:05,880 Speaker 1: Jeans Jacob Frye giving credit where credit is due. I 45 00:03:05,919 --> 00:03:10,240 Speaker 1: found this via the crime Watch Minneapolis X accounts. 46 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:13,359 Speaker 3: This was during one of the recent debates. Debates. 47 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:17,360 Speaker 1: Excuse me, this is a mayor fry talking about what 48 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:22,640 Speaker 1: he wants to do relating to bans on firearms, but 49 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:25,600 Speaker 1: he doesn't even understand the policies that are currently in 50 00:03:25,639 --> 00:03:28,480 Speaker 1: place and how he doesn't even have the power to 51 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:29,959 Speaker 1: do what it is that he's suggesting. 52 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:31,200 Speaker 3: Here's what he had to say. 53 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:34,200 Speaker 7: Soon after the Annunciation shooting. I was very clear on 54 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:36,600 Speaker 7: what the answers are. We know what the answers are 55 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:38,720 Speaker 7: because they've been the same answers five years ago, ten 56 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:42,040 Speaker 7: years ago, and twenty five years ago. We need to 57 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:46,640 Speaker 7: ban fully automatic weapons at the state and federal level. 58 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:49,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, Fully automatic weapons have been banned at the state 59 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:51,680 Speaker 1: and federal level for decades. 60 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:54,640 Speaker 3: Yeah. 61 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:57,440 Speaker 1: And as Crime Watch Minneapolis says, you don't get to 62 00:03:57,560 --> 00:03:59,920 Speaker 1: make new rules and laws when you don't even understand 63 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:06,480 Speaker 1: what's currently in place, but never forget relating to these 64 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:11,160 Speaker 1: issues when it comes to new gun reforms. Every single 65 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:14,320 Speaker 1: time a new one gets passed, apart from those few 66 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:17,080 Speaker 1: occasions where one gets passed and it ends up being overturned, 67 00:04:17,080 --> 00:04:19,760 Speaker 1: which again is hu and far between, it's just a 68 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:23,599 Speaker 1: further step of what the leftists really want, and that 69 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:28,600 Speaker 1: is a completely unarmed society unable to go and defend itself, 70 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:34,000 Speaker 1: especially against the totalitarian government. But as Reason has pointed out, 71 00:04:34,080 --> 00:04:35,640 Speaker 1: and as I've shared on the show and I'll share 72 00:04:35,680 --> 00:04:38,839 Speaker 1: with you now, that is a much more difficult prospect 73 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:41,800 Speaker 1: than what Democrats are Leftists truly believe. 74 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:45,920 Speaker 8: Life hack a gun fore America in five easy steps 75 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:48,880 Speaker 8: for a gun fore America. The first thing you'll need 76 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:51,719 Speaker 8: is two thirds of Congress, So elect a minimum of 77 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:54,760 Speaker 8: sixty seven Senators and two hundred and ninety representatives who. 78 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:55,760 Speaker 3: Are on your side. 79 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:58,120 Speaker 8: Then have them vote to propose an amendment to the 80 00:04:58,160 --> 00:05:02,360 Speaker 8: Constitution which appeals Second Amendment gun rights for all Americans. 81 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:04,960 Speaker 1: By the way, consider that right now, in the wake 82 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:07,279 Speaker 1: of the shutdown that we're dealing with and what Democrats 83 00:05:07,279 --> 00:05:10,960 Speaker 1: are doing making people suffer not being able to receive 84 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:14,359 Speaker 1: their snap benefits all because they don't have anything to 85 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:17,159 Speaker 1: run on right now, and they've completely lost touch with 86 00:05:17,200 --> 00:05:22,680 Speaker 1: the American public. And it even highlights further how ridiculous 87 00:05:22,760 --> 00:05:25,599 Speaker 1: the idea would be that they would be they would 88 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:27,880 Speaker 1: be able to get Congress on board with such a thing. 89 00:05:28,839 --> 00:05:32,200 Speaker 8: Then convince the legislators of thirty eight states to ratify 90 00:05:32,279 --> 00:05:37,520 Speaker 8: that amendment. Congratulations, the Second Amendment is now history. At 91 00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:39,680 Speaker 8: this point, you've done absolutely nothing to. 92 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:40,760 Speaker 3: Decrease gun violence. 93 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:43,520 Speaker 8: All you've done is remove the barrier for Congress to 94 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:48,040 Speaker 8: legally act. You need to enact common sense gun reform. 95 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:50,159 Speaker 8: You can try to do what Australia did. 96 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:53,279 Speaker 3: And ban all guns. 97 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:54,920 Speaker 8: That's that's not at all what they did. 98 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:57,000 Speaker 3: But whatever, go big or go home. 99 00:05:57,080 --> 00:06:00,280 Speaker 8: Right, get that law passed by Congress and sign by 100 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:04,040 Speaker 8: the president. Great, the law is passed and guns are 101 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:07,239 Speaker 8: now illegal. The only thing left to do is enforce 102 00:06:07,360 --> 00:06:10,120 Speaker 8: the law. Guns don't just disappear because you passed a law. 103 00:06:10,279 --> 00:06:13,200 Speaker 8: You need to confiscate over three hundred and fifty million 104 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:15,440 Speaker 8: guns scattered among over three. 105 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:17,120 Speaker 3: Hundred and thirty million Americans. 106 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:20,080 Speaker 8: Sure, you can try it buyback program like Australia, But 107 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:23,080 Speaker 8: like Australia, that will still leave behind anywhere from sixty 108 00:06:23,080 --> 00:06:25,240 Speaker 8: to eighty percent of privately owned firearms. 109 00:06:25,760 --> 00:06:27,760 Speaker 3: The rest of them you have to take. 110 00:06:28,640 --> 00:06:33,040 Speaker 8: You'll need the police, the FBI, the ATF, the National Guard, 111 00:06:33,680 --> 00:06:37,600 Speaker 8: all known for their nuanced approach to potentially dangerous situations, 112 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:41,400 Speaker 8: to go door to door through three point eight million 113 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:45,800 Speaker 8: square miles of this country and take them by force 114 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:51,640 Speaker 8: from thousands, if not millions, of well armed individuals, many 115 00:06:51,720 --> 00:06:55,320 Speaker 8: of whom would rather start a civil war than acquiest. 116 00:06:55,920 --> 00:06:59,800 Speaker 8: So inevitably gun violence, which is currently at a hiss 117 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:04,360 Speaker 8: low well skyrocket. But that is how you get a 118 00:07:04,400 --> 00:07:10,600 Speaker 8: gun for America in five easy steps from Alphinews. 119 00:07:11,080 --> 00:07:14,760 Speaker 1: A Minneapolis school board director who has said that she 120 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:19,800 Speaker 1: does not believe in borders or countries and is called 121 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:23,480 Speaker 1: the Trump administration white supremacist doing nothing with my fingers 122 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:28,360 Speaker 1: while saying white neighborhoods make her uncomfortable, reportedly wrote on 123 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:30,640 Speaker 1: social media that she and her family are at risk 124 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:34,680 Speaker 1: of being deported. Well, why would that be if you 125 00:07:34,720 --> 00:07:39,120 Speaker 1: are here legally, you have nothing to fear. In twenty twenty, 126 00:07:39,480 --> 00:07:44,400 Speaker 1: Adriana Cerillio was elected as the first Mexican immigrant to 127 00:07:44,440 --> 00:07:48,120 Speaker 1: serve as director on the Board of Education representing District four. 128 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:51,080 Speaker 1: She was re elected in twenty twenty four. According to 129 00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:55,480 Speaker 1: the Minnesota school Boards Association, to qualify for election to 130 00:07:55,520 --> 00:07:58,360 Speaker 1: your local school board, you must be an eligible voter, 131 00:07:58,480 --> 00:08:04,640 Speaker 1: meaning legal voter under state law. The Minnesota Secretary of 132 00:08:04,680 --> 00:08:10,560 Speaker 1: State Office further clarifies that only US citizens citizens of 133 00:08:10,600 --> 00:08:14,800 Speaker 1: the United States are eligible to vote in elections in Minnesota. 134 00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:22,040 Speaker 1: In an article for the Minneapolis Interview Project, Sirilio wrote 135 00:08:22,200 --> 00:08:25,240 Speaker 1: that she was born and raised in Mexico and crossed 136 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:27,880 Speaker 1: the border into Texas with her mother when she was 137 00:08:27,880 --> 00:08:31,640 Speaker 1: fifteen years old. She wrote, how did I become a troublemaker? 138 00:08:31,720 --> 00:08:34,400 Speaker 1: I think it comes from being an undocumented student in 139 00:08:34,440 --> 00:08:38,600 Speaker 1: Texas in the nineteen eighties, si Rilio. 140 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:42,360 Speaker 3: Also wrote or is it Sirillo Serrillo. 141 00:08:42,720 --> 00:08:47,120 Speaker 1: Cirillo also wrote about later becoming a mother, referring to 142 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:49,360 Speaker 1: herself as a single undocumented mother. 143 00:08:50,360 --> 00:08:52,320 Speaker 3: I don't believe in borders. I don't believe in countries. 144 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:55,280 Speaker 1: I don't believe in flags that separate us as humans. 145 00:08:56,120 --> 00:08:58,880 Speaker 1: Apparently she has no doors on her house. I don't 146 00:08:58,880 --> 00:09:02,280 Speaker 1: even think there's a roof, just a shell. Anybody can 147 00:09:02,320 --> 00:09:08,800 Speaker 1: come and go as they please. In twenty twenty a 148 00:09:08,880 --> 00:09:15,640 Speaker 1: Shon Journal articles said Si Rillo had to navigate the 149 00:09:15,679 --> 00:09:18,760 Speaker 1: experience of being an undocumented high school student and then 150 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:22,240 Speaker 1: several of her family members have self deported. In a 151 00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:26,640 Speaker 1: Facebook post last year, Sorillo described yourself as previously undocumented 152 00:09:26,679 --> 00:09:31,160 Speaker 1: and once deported. So often News did seek to get 153 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:33,360 Speaker 1: clarity on whether or not this person is actually an 154 00:09:33,360 --> 00:09:36,040 Speaker 1: illegal alien. I will give you an update on this 155 00:09:36,120 --> 00:09:38,079 Speaker 1: story coming up in just a moment. We had Hanklong 156 00:09:38,120 --> 00:09:40,320 Speaker 1: from Alpha News joining us at the bottom of the hour, 157 00:09:40,400 --> 00:09:42,600 Speaker 1: along with your talk back of the day on the 158 00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:45,600 Speaker 1: way here on Twin City's News Talk Am eleven thirty 159 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:53,040 Speaker 1: and one oh three five FM. 160 00:09:53,240 --> 00:09:57,000 Speaker 9: You guiding the individual who does not believe in borders. 161 00:09:57,559 --> 00:09:59,160 Speaker 4: There's a lot of people who don't believe in. 162 00:10:00,640 --> 00:10:04,240 Speaker 9: So they hunted other people's property, and maybe several people 163 00:10:04,280 --> 00:10:07,320 Speaker 9: discold her home and go in her house and sleep 164 00:10:07,360 --> 00:10:09,760 Speaker 9: in her room and enjoy your place. Maybe take some 165 00:10:09,880 --> 00:10:13,160 Speaker 9: ice cream out of refrigerator, I have a cup of coffee. 166 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:17,760 Speaker 9: Because they don't believe in probably property de lines either. 167 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:20,800 Speaker 9: So these people are just so intellectual bankrupt. 168 00:10:21,280 --> 00:10:22,000 Speaker 7: I believable. 169 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:27,080 Speaker 10: If there are no borders, Yeah, how can somebody be 170 00:10:27,280 --> 00:10:33,160 Speaker 10: worried about being reported because they're just going to another 171 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:38,720 Speaker 10: part of the world with no borders. Am I missing 172 00:10:38,760 --> 00:10:41,320 Speaker 10: something there? No, you're not should be happy that they're 173 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:43,760 Speaker 10: getting a free trip. 174 00:10:45,160 --> 00:10:47,840 Speaker 1: If you're on the left, you can be as irrational 175 00:10:48,559 --> 00:10:51,880 Speaker 1: and hypocritical and nonsensical. I need to add that to 176 00:10:51,920 --> 00:10:54,120 Speaker 1: the list as you want to be, as long as 177 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:56,480 Speaker 1: it furthers your agenda. If you take anything away from 178 00:10:56,520 --> 00:10:59,040 Speaker 1: the show today, that's what you need to go and 179 00:10:59,360 --> 00:11:02,199 Speaker 1: take away to Citi's News Talk Am eleven thirty one 180 00:11:02,240 --> 00:11:04,679 Speaker 1: oh three five FM Hank Long from Alpha News. He'll 181 00:11:04,720 --> 00:11:06,760 Speaker 1: be joining us in studio coming up in the next 182 00:11:06,800 --> 00:11:10,240 Speaker 1: segment and talk back of the day on the way 183 00:11:10,280 --> 00:11:13,040 Speaker 1: as well, brought to you by Mini Leaf as we 184 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:15,080 Speaker 1: continue the broadcast from the six five to one Carpet 185 00:11:15,080 --> 00:11:19,959 Speaker 1: Next Day Install Studios. So, Adrian Sirio, I don't think 186 00:11:19,960 --> 00:11:23,120 Speaker 1: I'm supposed to be pronouncing the ls no Matter has 187 00:11:23,200 --> 00:11:27,920 Speaker 1: made several statements online being the first Mexican immigrant to 188 00:11:27,960 --> 00:11:30,320 Speaker 1: serve as a director of the Board of Education representing 189 00:11:30,320 --> 00:11:34,280 Speaker 1: District four, re elected in twenty twenty four, but throughout 190 00:11:34,320 --> 00:11:37,000 Speaker 1: the course of her time in that position, she has 191 00:11:37,040 --> 00:11:40,920 Speaker 1: stated that she's undocumented, so she's fear of being deported. 192 00:11:41,880 --> 00:11:45,720 Speaker 1: This is par for the course, by the way, and 193 00:11:45,760 --> 00:11:50,000 Speaker 1: I'll get into further commentary of what I mean about that. 194 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:52,880 Speaker 1: Alpha News did reach out to Cirio by email and 195 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:59,880 Speaker 1: phone for clarification on her current immigration status and if 196 00:11:59,880 --> 00:12:03,439 Speaker 1: she is eligible to serve under state guidelines that require citizenship, 197 00:12:03,760 --> 00:12:05,880 Speaker 1: to ask why she already stated that she was at 198 00:12:05,960 --> 00:12:06,880 Speaker 1: risk of being deported. 199 00:12:07,040 --> 00:12:08,640 Speaker 3: Alphaan News did not receive a response. 200 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:11,920 Speaker 1: They also contacted that would be Alphanus Minneapolis Public Schools 201 00:12:11,920 --> 00:12:15,680 Speaker 1: regarding Cirio's eligibility to serve as a district board member. 202 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:21,280 Speaker 1: A spokesperson responded with Minnesota, excuse me, Minneapolis Public school 203 00:12:22,440 --> 00:12:26,080 Speaker 1: the contracts with the City of Minneapolis Elections and Voter 204 00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:32,839 Speaker 1: Services Office to administer school board elections, including candidate filings. Well, 205 00:12:32,840 --> 00:12:34,880 Speaker 1: that doesn't answer the question. So they asked if this 206 00:12:34,880 --> 00:12:38,239 Speaker 1: person was in document, and the response was that Minneapolis 207 00:12:38,280 --> 00:12:41,079 Speaker 1: Public Schools has a contract with the City of Minneapolis 208 00:12:41,120 --> 00:12:44,960 Speaker 1: Elections and Voter Services Office to administer the school board elections, 209 00:12:44,960 --> 00:12:48,000 Speaker 1: including the candidate filings. Basically, which just means go talk 210 00:12:48,040 --> 00:12:50,080 Speaker 1: to them if you think this person is illegal, because 211 00:12:50,120 --> 00:12:53,760 Speaker 1: we don't care. Alpha News also reached out to ICE 212 00:12:54,520 --> 00:12:58,040 Speaker 1: regarding Sirio. An agency spokesperson issued a vague response, saying 213 00:12:58,440 --> 00:13:00,600 Speaker 1: there's no reason for ICE to invest to gate her. 214 00:13:01,480 --> 00:13:07,200 Speaker 3: Okay, so is she lying? Is this where he's landed? 215 00:13:07,280 --> 00:13:10,880 Speaker 1: By the way, I know it is, but I'm being sarcastic. 216 00:13:11,720 --> 00:13:14,160 Speaker 1: But we are really out of point now, we're being undocumented. 217 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:16,680 Speaker 1: Saying you're undocumented and lying about it is actually a 218 00:13:16,720 --> 00:13:23,440 Speaker 1: way to go and further your political career. Unfortunately, Sorio 219 00:13:23,559 --> 00:13:27,520 Speaker 1: recently drew attention from the social media account libs of TikTok, 220 00:13:27,559 --> 00:13:31,240 Speaker 1: which posted about her comments and tagged the Department of 221 00:13:31,320 --> 00:13:36,640 Speaker 1: Homeland Security and ICE director Tom Homan on x Alfa 222 00:13:36,679 --> 00:13:39,920 Speaker 1: News reported earlier this year that Soirio posted a profanity 223 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:44,920 Speaker 1: laced rant against Trump and his efforts to deport illegal immigrants, 224 00:13:44,920 --> 00:13:49,040 Speaker 1: and shortly after the Minneapolis school Board voted to reaffirm 225 00:13:49,080 --> 00:13:52,880 Speaker 1: a twenty sixteen resolution pledging not to collect or share 226 00:13:52,920 --> 00:13:57,320 Speaker 1: information about the immigration status of students or families with ICE. 227 00:13:58,960 --> 00:14:02,000 Speaker 1: We must stay, you know, against the white supremacist and 228 00:14:02,080 --> 00:14:07,319 Speaker 1: new administration, Sirio said in a Facebook post. Cirio has 229 00:14:07,360 --> 00:14:10,319 Speaker 1: also said that she received a much better education in 230 00:14:10,360 --> 00:14:15,160 Speaker 1: Mexico than in the United States. Described in the Minneapolis 231 00:14:15,240 --> 00:14:17,840 Speaker 1: Interview Project what it was like when she first moved 232 00:14:17,880 --> 00:14:21,600 Speaker 1: to Minneapolis in twenty thirteen, saying, I walked all the time. 233 00:14:21,800 --> 00:14:24,680 Speaker 1: I noticed there was a black side and a white 234 00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:27,440 Speaker 1: side of the street. I walked with my brothers and 235 00:14:27,480 --> 00:14:30,760 Speaker 1: sisters on the black side. I'm not comfortable in neighborhoods 236 00:14:30,960 --> 00:14:34,840 Speaker 1: that are predominantly white. She also wrote about becoming involved 237 00:14:34,840 --> 00:14:38,840 Speaker 1: in police accountability after hearing stories about a racist cop 238 00:14:38,840 --> 00:14:44,160 Speaker 1: who was targeting brown people. According to her, so we'll 239 00:14:44,160 --> 00:14:46,680 Speaker 1: certainly be keeping an eye on Alpha News if they 240 00:14:46,880 --> 00:14:49,520 Speaker 1: end up of finding out whether or not this person 241 00:14:49,640 --> 00:14:52,680 Speaker 1: is really here illegally or if she is just saying 242 00:14:52,680 --> 00:14:55,720 Speaker 1: that she's undocumented because she's trying to receive the benefits 243 00:14:55,720 --> 00:14:57,400 Speaker 1: to go along with it. And I can only laugh 244 00:14:57,400 --> 00:15:00,720 Speaker 1: when I make that comment, even though it's absolutely true. 245 00:15:01,680 --> 00:15:05,160 Speaker 5: So this woman that's on this board, that's here illegally 246 00:15:05,320 --> 00:15:08,840 Speaker 5: or appears to be here illegally, if she left the country, 247 00:15:08,920 --> 00:15:11,240 Speaker 5: if she was deported and then came back into the 248 00:15:11,280 --> 00:15:15,480 Speaker 5: country legally, she broke federal law. That's a felony. If 249 00:15:15,480 --> 00:15:19,560 Speaker 5: she's voted in federal elections since being here. She's broken 250 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:23,080 Speaker 5: federal law. That's a felony. And the good news is 251 00:15:23,120 --> 00:15:25,440 Speaker 5: you don't need state prosecutors to prosecute her. 252 00:15:25,480 --> 00:15:26,080 Speaker 3: You can have the. 253 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:28,760 Speaker 5: Feds do it. So Ellison's out of the picture. Get 254 00:15:28,760 --> 00:15:29,200 Speaker 5: her out. 255 00:15:31,160 --> 00:15:33,440 Speaker 11: Okay. If you don't believe any borders, then you don't 256 00:15:33,440 --> 00:15:35,880 Speaker 11: believe in countries. If you don't believe in countries, then 257 00:15:35,920 --> 00:15:37,880 Speaker 11: there is no government. So why in the hell am 258 00:15:37,920 --> 00:15:41,400 Speaker 11: I paying taxes if there is no country and we 259 00:15:41,480 --> 00:15:45,560 Speaker 11: have no board. Sure, I'm sure not getting the services 260 00:15:45,640 --> 00:15:46,000 Speaker 11: I want. 261 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:52,040 Speaker 12: Good Morking, John, great show is always same. Respect to 262 00:15:52,040 --> 00:15:57,720 Speaker 12: the Minneapolis school board member. If she's illegal and undocumented, 263 00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:01,040 Speaker 12: I'll stay illegal. If she's illegal, okay, she should be 264 00:16:01,080 --> 00:16:05,000 Speaker 12: departed because she's breaking the law. Funny how that works, 265 00:16:05,560 --> 00:16:06,400 Speaker 12: every great Diggers. 266 00:16:08,760 --> 00:16:12,480 Speaker 13: It doesn't seem like this school board member does anything 267 00:16:12,560 --> 00:16:15,880 Speaker 13: to improve things but has only made complaints. 268 00:16:17,520 --> 00:16:20,760 Speaker 1: Thank you all for the comments via the iHeart Radio app. 269 00:16:21,240 --> 00:16:25,360 Speaker 1: Greatly appreciated. Joining us in studio again. We'll have a 270 00:16:25,480 --> 00:16:27,640 Speaker 1: Hank Loong from Alpha News. Got a couple of issues 271 00:16:27,680 --> 00:16:30,000 Speaker 1: that we will deal with. We have an update on 272 00:16:30,080 --> 00:16:35,480 Speaker 1: that former Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce now indicted on 273 00:16:35,520 --> 00:16:40,320 Speaker 1: embezzlement charges on him using an alias that he actually 274 00:16:41,680 --> 00:16:46,280 Speaker 1: gave money to his own political campaign from plus is 275 00:16:46,320 --> 00:16:51,840 Speaker 1: a Republican being accused of fraud. Got a story here 276 00:16:51,840 --> 00:16:55,000 Speaker 1: from the Minnesota Reformer. We'll dive into where claims by 277 00:16:55,120 --> 00:16:58,360 Speaker 1: other Republicans are saying just that, and we'll get an 278 00:16:58,440 --> 00:17:01,080 Speaker 1: update on the race for Tina Smith seat as well 279 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:03,360 Speaker 1: with Hank Long and your talkback of the day brought 280 00:17:03,360 --> 00:17:05,480 Speaker 1: to you by Mini Leaf. 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Free 298 00:17:55,920 --> 00:17:59,919 Speaker 1: shipping available and they do bring you your iHeartRadio talkback 299 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:00,400 Speaker 1: the day. 300 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:03,880 Speaker 14: Hey, good morning, John. I belong to a little church 301 00:18:03,920 --> 00:18:08,479 Speaker 14: in Hudson with a handful of good, solid volunteers, and 302 00:18:08,560 --> 00:18:11,159 Speaker 14: for the past four plus years we have been serving 303 00:18:11,240 --> 00:18:14,280 Speaker 14: the community in the Saint Croix Valley. We have a 304 00:18:14,560 --> 00:18:18,200 Speaker 14: mobile food market and we have two buses that have clothing. 305 00:18:18,840 --> 00:18:20,879 Speaker 14: We give away the food for free. We sell the 306 00:18:20,920 --> 00:18:23,280 Speaker 14: clothing for a dollar apiece, and if they are in need, 307 00:18:23,320 --> 00:18:26,280 Speaker 14: we give it away and we probably serve over two 308 00:18:26,320 --> 00:18:27,760 Speaker 14: thousand people a month. 309 00:18:28,280 --> 00:18:31,479 Speaker 3: Have a blessed day. Thank you very much for sharing that. 310 00:18:31,520 --> 00:18:34,760 Speaker 1: We were talking about what's been going on with the 311 00:18:34,800 --> 00:18:39,119 Speaker 1: snap benefits. The Democrats have essentially gone and weaponized removing 312 00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:42,840 Speaker 1: snap benefits from voters and hoping to get them riled 313 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:47,080 Speaker 1: up for the upcoming elections next week. The smartest move 314 00:18:47,160 --> 00:18:49,719 Speaker 1: the Democrats could make right now would be at the 315 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:53,360 Speaker 1: you know, at the eleventh hour on Friday to go 316 00:18:53,440 --> 00:18:56,720 Speaker 1: in and vote to agree to reopen the government saying 317 00:18:56,720 --> 00:18:58,680 Speaker 1: we're going to save you for you know, But I 318 00:18:58,720 --> 00:19:01,080 Speaker 1: don't think. I don't think they're going to do that. 319 00:19:01,080 --> 00:19:03,080 Speaker 1: That would be entirely too smart, and so far the 320 00:19:03,080 --> 00:19:05,399 Speaker 1: Democrats have not shown the ability to go and do that. 321 00:19:05,560 --> 00:19:07,000 Speaker 1: But that is your talk back of the day, brought 322 00:19:07,040 --> 00:19:09,160 Speaker 1: to you by many leads. What do you think, Hank Long? 323 00:19:09,200 --> 00:19:11,680 Speaker 1: How long do you think until this this shutdown comes 324 00:19:11,720 --> 00:19:13,520 Speaker 1: to an end? Even though this was not on our 325 00:19:13,560 --> 00:19:14,440 Speaker 1: list of topics to. 326 00:19:14,320 --> 00:19:16,240 Speaker 13: Just go that's okay, It's going to be a topic 327 00:19:16,280 --> 00:19:17,960 Speaker 13: for a lot of people in the next few days. 328 00:19:18,160 --> 00:19:20,639 Speaker 13: I think you have to ask yourself what kind of 329 00:19:20,640 --> 00:19:23,560 Speaker 13: elections it's technically an off cycle, are going to take 330 00:19:23,600 --> 00:19:26,399 Speaker 13: place in the next is it seven days? 331 00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:27,840 Speaker 3: Yeah? 332 00:19:28,160 --> 00:19:29,920 Speaker 13: New York City is a big that's one of the 333 00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:32,760 Speaker 13: world's biggest cities, and it's we've got a mayor ole 334 00:19:32,800 --> 00:19:35,920 Speaker 13: election in city council election of Minneapolis. If you don't 335 00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:40,760 Speaker 13: think Senators Tina Smith and am Klobuchar and several other 336 00:19:40,840 --> 00:19:46,120 Speaker 13: Democrats and the US Senate aren't thinking about utilizing this 337 00:19:46,520 --> 00:19:50,800 Speaker 13: snap benefit situation to get a voter base turned out, 338 00:19:50,840 --> 00:19:52,600 Speaker 13: I mean, if you can get a communist mayor elected 339 00:19:52,600 --> 00:19:53,440 Speaker 13: into New York City. 340 00:19:53,440 --> 00:19:55,720 Speaker 3: That's a big deal. That's huge, that's huge. That's kind 341 00:19:55,720 --> 00:19:56,760 Speaker 3: of my take I've heard. 342 00:19:57,840 --> 00:20:00,879 Speaker 1: I still haven't seen any really relevant pole numbers relating 343 00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:04,480 Speaker 1: to the Minneapolis being or race, but I have seen 344 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:07,280 Speaker 1: from you know, several individuals that I respect that Omar 345 00:20:07,320 --> 00:20:09,480 Speaker 1: Fat may not be a lock in that race. 346 00:20:09,520 --> 00:20:10,280 Speaker 3: Do you have any do you have. 347 00:20:10,200 --> 00:20:12,080 Speaker 1: Any thoughts on the do we have you have any 348 00:20:12,080 --> 00:20:12,399 Speaker 1: thoughts on. 349 00:20:12,400 --> 00:20:13,840 Speaker 13: Who's gonna win that at all? Do we have any 350 00:20:13,840 --> 00:20:16,840 Speaker 13: polling down to look at. It's hard to say. I mean, obviously, 351 00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:20,440 Speaker 13: both both camps are raising money. Fries pretty well connected 352 00:20:20,440 --> 00:20:23,719 Speaker 13: to the establishment. He got an early endorsement from Governor 353 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:27,320 Speaker 13: Tim Walls, and you've got some I mean, I think 354 00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:31,560 Speaker 13: still pretty far left leaning Democrats that have created some 355 00:20:31,920 --> 00:20:35,679 Speaker 13: sort of grassroots groups across Minneapolis. I'm trying to remember 356 00:20:35,680 --> 00:20:37,600 Speaker 13: the name, but there's some political operatives behind it that 357 00:20:37,640 --> 00:20:40,520 Speaker 13: are sort of like, hey, we're more practical, we're more pragmatic. 358 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:45,560 Speaker 13: Let's essentially oust some folks that we can't control, in 359 00:20:45,640 --> 00:20:49,400 Speaker 13: the form of DSA candidates for city council and for. 360 00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:50,200 Speaker 3: The mayor's office. 361 00:20:50,240 --> 00:20:53,600 Speaker 13: So I mean I think people that are paying really 362 00:20:53,640 --> 00:20:56,080 Speaker 13: really close attention to the race think that it is 363 00:20:56,160 --> 00:20:58,480 Speaker 13: it is ranked choice voting. Don't forget that, right, We've 364 00:20:58,520 --> 00:21:01,520 Speaker 13: got at least I got a double check. I know 365 00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:06,240 Speaker 13: it's at least seven candidates. And I have noticed I 366 00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:11,119 Speaker 13: drive through Minneapolis. There's graffiti scrawled across different parts of 367 00:21:11,160 --> 00:21:15,480 Speaker 13: Minneapolis saying don't rank Fry, Right, you see that around town? 368 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:18,480 Speaker 13: And you know, I'm not saying members of the DSA 369 00:21:18,520 --> 00:21:23,120 Speaker 13: are also graffiti artists, but you tell me so. I 370 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:26,280 Speaker 13: think that at the end of the day, fry probably 371 00:21:26,359 --> 00:21:28,720 Speaker 13: is who. If people had to like put money in 372 00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:33,960 Speaker 13: one of those elections betting platforms, they probably put it 373 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:34,400 Speaker 13: on Fry. 374 00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:38,040 Speaker 1: Let me go here, well, actually, let me let me 375 00:21:38,040 --> 00:21:40,480 Speaker 1: make this one comment Dustin Gregie, a friend of the 376 00:21:40,520 --> 00:21:43,920 Speaker 1: show and conservative commentator. He had posted earlier this week, 377 00:21:43,960 --> 00:21:45,960 Speaker 1: and he says, basically, if you live in Minneapolis, your 378 00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:48,160 Speaker 1: two choices are if you want to kind of maintain 379 00:21:48,200 --> 00:21:50,480 Speaker 1: the status quo the way things are, which isn't great, 380 00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:53,920 Speaker 1: then you go and you rank you know, Jacob Frye. 381 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:58,240 Speaker 1: If you want to have Minneapolis receive a really really 382 00:21:58,280 --> 00:22:00,800 Speaker 1: hard lesson on who not to elect, and take a 383 00:22:00,840 --> 00:22:03,160 Speaker 1: down turn quickly, then you go and you go more. 384 00:22:03,640 --> 00:22:03,840 Speaker 5: Yeah. 385 00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:06,000 Speaker 3: Number one, that's kind and he's kind of not wrong. 386 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:10,400 Speaker 13: There's a little bit of a nihilist paradigm there, and 387 00:22:10,440 --> 00:22:13,359 Speaker 13: it's I mean, my folks grew up in Minneapolis. I 388 00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:15,520 Speaker 13: grew up in the suburbs, but I lived there for 389 00:22:15,520 --> 00:22:17,359 Speaker 13: a long time with my wife before we had kids, 390 00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:23,400 Speaker 13: and I personally appreciate all that the city itself has 391 00:22:23,440 --> 00:22:26,359 Speaker 13: to offer. I mean, it's a different ball wax when 392 00:22:26,359 --> 00:22:28,440 Speaker 13: you're talking about the folks that are running the show. 393 00:22:28,560 --> 00:22:30,800 Speaker 3: But I don't know, what do you want to do? 394 00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:33,520 Speaker 13: Do you wanna I hate to use like movie analogies, 395 00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:36,800 Speaker 13: but like I think, like the Batman movie from the 396 00:22:36,840 --> 00:22:40,040 Speaker 13: early two thousands, like this crew that comes to burn 397 00:22:40,080 --> 00:22:43,680 Speaker 13: it down right, versus like maintaining the quote unquote corrup 398 00:22:43,680 --> 00:22:46,480 Speaker 13: status quo. I'm not saying that's how it is in Minneapolis. 399 00:22:46,480 --> 00:22:49,679 Speaker 13: I'm not calling it Gotham. I'm just saying you have 400 00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:52,880 Speaker 13: two options, right, Like Dustin Greggy said, do you want 401 00:22:52,880 --> 00:22:56,119 Speaker 13: to maintain the status quo and you know, maybe go 402 00:22:56,160 --> 00:22:59,800 Speaker 13: to a Twins game before dark? Or do you wanna 403 00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:01,840 Speaker 13: let the DSA have complete control? 404 00:23:02,160 --> 00:23:04,639 Speaker 1: I wish guys like like Laver and Turner had had 405 00:23:04,640 --> 00:23:07,480 Speaker 1: a better shot. He's got fantastic ideas. It's just you 406 00:23:07,520 --> 00:23:09,119 Speaker 1: need that, you need the money, you need the support, 407 00:23:09,119 --> 00:23:11,400 Speaker 1: you need the voter turnout, and it's just not there 408 00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:13,800 Speaker 1: for candidates that are GOP or independence right now. It's 409 00:23:13,800 --> 00:23:15,640 Speaker 1: just kind of how it is. It's a harsh reality. 410 00:23:16,640 --> 00:23:19,480 Speaker 1: One last item of note you mentioned. You mentioned Walls 411 00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:22,680 Speaker 1: so earlier this week he did the campaign announcement that 412 00:23:22,720 --> 00:23:24,639 Speaker 1: he was giving four million dollars to I know what 413 00:23:24,680 --> 00:23:27,560 Speaker 1: you're gonna say, to to the to the food banks, 414 00:23:27,600 --> 00:23:30,400 Speaker 1: and during the press conference this was so weird. He 415 00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:33,720 Speaker 1: was he was describing giving the money, and then he says, 416 00:23:34,080 --> 00:23:36,560 Speaker 1: you know, for those individuals that have. 417 00:23:36,640 --> 00:23:38,960 Speaker 6: A grinchy heart or something. 418 00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:42,960 Speaker 1: A grinchy blank on for wanting to go and strip 419 00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:44,560 Speaker 1: away funding from individuals. 420 00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:46,560 Speaker 3: I listen. I know it's Walls. 421 00:23:46,640 --> 00:23:49,760 Speaker 1: I know he speaks in colorful language all the time, 422 00:23:50,119 --> 00:23:53,879 Speaker 1: but in that moment, he's at a food bank, he's 423 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:58,960 Speaker 1: there with other individuals operating nonprofits, he's there with elected officials, 424 00:23:58,960 --> 00:24:01,000 Speaker 1: and then he goes and says grinchy. 425 00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:04,240 Speaker 3: Blank on or something. I think it's worth discussing. 426 00:24:04,280 --> 00:24:08,400 Speaker 13: Do you remember the viral discussion from like twenty fifteen. 427 00:24:08,480 --> 00:24:11,359 Speaker 13: Is this the the black dress with the white stripes? Yes, 428 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:14,879 Speaker 13: so the it's worth mentioning. The ELF News team was 429 00:24:14,880 --> 00:24:17,160 Speaker 13: trying to figure out the other day. Is he saying 430 00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:21,320 Speaker 13: grinchy heart on like no, like grinchy heart or is 431 00:24:21,359 --> 00:24:24,520 Speaker 13: he saying grinchy hard on? And so it kind of 432 00:24:24,560 --> 00:24:27,480 Speaker 13: depends what frame of mind you're in, what the audio 433 00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:29,320 Speaker 13: is like. And I will say this as a journalist's 434 00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:32,679 Speaker 13: covered walls for the last handful of years, when you 435 00:24:32,720 --> 00:24:37,359 Speaker 13: know it's been interesting. If you actually sit and listen 436 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:41,760 Speaker 13: to his spoken words and transcribe them, there's all sorts 437 00:24:41,800 --> 00:24:44,440 Speaker 13: of stuff like that where you're like, what what did 438 00:24:44,480 --> 00:24:44,879 Speaker 13: he say? 439 00:24:45,240 --> 00:24:48,600 Speaker 3: How did he say that? And it's the hits never stopped. 440 00:24:48,760 --> 00:24:50,760 Speaker 3: It was one hundred percent hard blank he was speaking 441 00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:51,320 Speaker 3: in The next. 442 00:24:53,680 --> 00:25:00,720 Speaker 1: Minnesota Reformer posted this yesterday, a lawsuit filed by Conserva 443 00:25:00,840 --> 00:25:04,960 Speaker 1: accusing Representative Ron Kresha without what we saying that is 444 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:07,960 Speaker 1: correct Yet Ron Kresha a Republican out of little falls 445 00:25:08,119 --> 00:25:11,520 Speaker 1: of lying about the number of people he employed on 446 00:25:11,600 --> 00:25:15,680 Speaker 1: applications for a pandemic era forgivable loan. So this would 447 00:25:15,720 --> 00:25:18,600 Speaker 1: be the PPP program established by Congress in twenty twenty 448 00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:23,399 Speaker 1: propping up small businesses during the pandemic. Kresha applied for 449 00:25:23,640 --> 00:25:27,240 Speaker 1: PPP loans. He's the co founder and CFO of Golden 450 00:25:27,280 --> 00:25:30,040 Speaker 1: Shovel Agency. The company received more than three hundred thousand 451 00:25:30,040 --> 00:25:32,320 Speaker 1: dollars in the form of two loans, both of which 452 00:25:32,359 --> 00:25:36,399 Speaker 1: were given forgiven by the federal government. On his two applications, 453 00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:40,000 Speaker 1: Critias said he had between seventeen and twenty employees according 454 00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:43,000 Speaker 1: to the lawsuit, but during a deposition for an unrelated lawsuit, 455 00:25:43,040 --> 00:25:47,280 Speaker 1: Cretia said he had no employees, only independent contractors. The 456 00:25:47,320 --> 00:25:50,400 Speaker 1: complaint alleges. Now in the statement to the Reformer, Kresha 457 00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:54,679 Speaker 1: called the allegations politically motivated and false. The plaintiff in 458 00:25:54,720 --> 00:25:59,000 Speaker 1: the case Troy Scheffler, who ran as an America First 459 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:03,000 Speaker 1: Party candidate again against Representative Republican John Heinzman for House 460 00:26:03,080 --> 00:26:07,040 Speaker 1: District six B last year. Critias said that Scheffler has 461 00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:10,399 Speaker 1: a pattern of filing frivolous lawsuits and it has proven 462 00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:13,120 Speaker 1: to be unreliable source of information. And then they list 463 00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:15,359 Speaker 1: a couple of lawsuits as Scheffler had filed in the 464 00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:18,000 Speaker 1: past against Costco and some other entities. 465 00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:20,040 Speaker 3: Now State Representative Elliott. 466 00:26:19,840 --> 00:26:22,560 Speaker 1: Ingen who was on the show earlier this week, and 467 00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:24,480 Speaker 1: I encourage you to go and check out the podcast 468 00:26:25,440 --> 00:26:27,600 Speaker 1: running for State Auditor. He did post a video on 469 00:26:27,680 --> 00:26:31,639 Speaker 1: Tuesday calling for the GOP controlled House Frost Fraud Prevention 470 00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:35,040 Speaker 1: and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee to simply hold a 471 00:26:35,119 --> 00:26:38,879 Speaker 1: hearing on the matter. He just says, just basically to 472 00:26:38,920 --> 00:26:42,240 Speaker 1: look into it, which seemed like the right move anything 473 00:26:42,280 --> 00:26:45,120 Speaker 1: regarding this. Had you'd heard about this prior to coming 474 00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:45,440 Speaker 1: in this. 475 00:26:45,400 --> 00:26:47,760 Speaker 13: Morning, yeah, prior to coming in for sure. I think 476 00:26:48,160 --> 00:26:50,919 Speaker 13: the key here is not to say that it's not 477 00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:53,800 Speaker 13: an issue worth discussing or writing about. But your question 478 00:26:53,920 --> 00:26:56,480 Speaker 13: is is who who. It's not to say that the 479 00:26:56,520 --> 00:27:00,720 Speaker 13: Minnesota Reformer doesn't have folks that are working on valuable 480 00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:06,040 Speaker 13: journalism in certain circumstances. But I think here what you're 481 00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:10,359 Speaker 13: seeing is sort of the intra party political fighting that 482 00:27:10,640 --> 00:27:16,119 Speaker 13: finds itself taking place different times, different election cycles. And 483 00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:19,760 Speaker 13: you know, it doesn't mean that this isn't worth a 484 00:27:19,800 --> 00:27:24,639 Speaker 13: lawsuit or worth investigating in different forums. But we have 485 00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:27,920 Speaker 13: seen some folks in the Republican Party that have been 486 00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:31,160 Speaker 13: in the legislature for a while. There's tension in certain 487 00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:36,399 Speaker 13: pockets of Minnesota and Minnesota legislative districts with you know, 488 00:27:36,440 --> 00:27:39,600 Speaker 13: folks that are more grassroots. You can you can name 489 00:27:39,720 --> 00:27:44,280 Speaker 13: organizations that are pretty intent on kind of saying, hey, 490 00:27:44,480 --> 00:27:46,240 Speaker 13: why do we have to have a status quoe unquote 491 00:27:46,240 --> 00:27:49,479 Speaker 13: status quote candidate going to the legislature for however many terms. 492 00:27:50,240 --> 00:27:52,160 Speaker 13: Why can't we get somebody who's a little bit more 493 00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:55,840 Speaker 13: even more conservative or conservative. So I think that's when 494 00:27:55,840 --> 00:27:57,680 Speaker 13: you read a story like this, it's kind of that's 495 00:27:57,720 --> 00:27:58,320 Speaker 13: all in play. 496 00:27:58,400 --> 00:28:01,159 Speaker 1: If that makes sense, Yeah, it absolutely makes sense. And 497 00:28:01,200 --> 00:28:02,680 Speaker 1: it goes back to what I've been talking about on 498 00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:05,040 Speaker 1: the show. Republicans seem to make sure that we get 499 00:28:05,040 --> 00:28:07,679 Speaker 1: out of our own way. If people have been involved 500 00:28:07,720 --> 00:28:09,480 Speaker 1: in fraud, obviously, yeah, they need to help you go. 501 00:28:09,640 --> 00:28:13,240 Speaker 1: They need to be held accountable. So I'm not dismissing 502 00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:16,960 Speaker 1: that at all, But there is an undertone of another 503 00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:19,560 Speaker 1: situation taking place beneath this. I think there's a way 504 00:28:19,600 --> 00:28:21,359 Speaker 1: to get to the truth of all of it. But 505 00:28:21,560 --> 00:28:25,439 Speaker 1: beyond that, some of the intra party controversies that have 506 00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:27,639 Speaker 1: been taking place as of late are not doing the 507 00:28:27,680 --> 00:28:30,639 Speaker 1: Republicans any favor. At a time when we have golden 508 00:28:30,680 --> 00:28:32,760 Speaker 1: opportunities if we can just get out of our own way. 509 00:28:32,800 --> 00:28:34,760 Speaker 13: And it's always fair to you know what about ism, 510 00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:37,479 Speaker 13: but it's always fair to say, like this isn't novel. 511 00:28:37,720 --> 00:28:40,160 Speaker 13: I mean, it happens on the quote unquote other side too, right. 512 00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:42,000 Speaker 13: I mean we just talked about it in Minneapolis. 513 00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:45,040 Speaker 1: Right, So let's go here speaking of this because it 514 00:28:45,120 --> 00:28:48,920 Speaker 1: kind of along the same lines at an Endpost Republicans 515 00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:53,560 Speaker 1: and Democrats running for retiring Senator Tina Smith's seat all 516 00:28:53,600 --> 00:28:56,440 Speaker 1: have one thing in common. Their campaigns are raising money, 517 00:28:57,000 --> 00:28:59,880 Speaker 1: and far more money from out of state contributors than 518 00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:03,720 Speaker 1: from voters in Minnesota. So Royce White has raised the 519 00:29:03,760 --> 00:29:07,200 Speaker 1: smallest amount three two hundred and eleven dollars from Minnesota's 520 00:29:07,240 --> 00:29:10,120 Speaker 1: according to the Minpost analysis. This is coming from the 521 00:29:10,120 --> 00:29:14,400 Speaker 1: Federal Election Commission data. His campaign, meanwhile, has raised more 522 00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:17,520 Speaker 1: than six hundred and ten thousand dollars as of September thirtieth. 523 00:29:17,880 --> 00:29:21,200 Speaker 1: Fellow Republican Adam Schwarze, a former Navy seal, had the 524 00:29:21,240 --> 00:29:23,200 Speaker 1: opportunity to meet him a couple weekends ago and he'll 525 00:29:23,240 --> 00:29:27,000 Speaker 1: be on the show soon, has raised considerably more money 526 00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:30,600 Speaker 1: from Minnesota donors. Sixty five hundred and fifty six, but 527 00:29:30,680 --> 00:29:34,280 Speaker 1: that amount was also dwarfed by the total Schwarzi's campaign 528 00:29:34,280 --> 00:29:36,360 Speaker 1: has taken in, which is about four hundred and eighty 529 00:29:37,160 --> 00:29:40,920 Speaker 1: thousand dollars. Now, a third Republican candidate, Navy veteran Tom Wyler, 530 00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:44,680 Speaker 1: who ran unsuccessfully against Representative Anjie Craig for the second 531 00:29:44,720 --> 00:29:48,440 Speaker 1: District congressional seat, is a late entrant in the race 532 00:29:48,440 --> 00:29:52,360 Speaker 1: and did not report any fundraising before September thirtieth. 533 00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:53,320 Speaker 3: So let's stop here. 534 00:29:53,360 --> 00:29:55,360 Speaker 1: I mean, in terms of they get into further details 535 00:29:55,400 --> 00:29:58,720 Speaker 1: of the money that's coming in from in and out 536 00:29:58,720 --> 00:30:02,120 Speaker 1: of state. Do you put much stock into this or 537 00:30:02,160 --> 00:30:07,400 Speaker 1: is it more just you know, anecdotal interesting data points 538 00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:09,440 Speaker 1: in your mind? Is there is there a lot of 539 00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:10,360 Speaker 1: relevancy to this? 540 00:30:10,600 --> 00:30:11,680 Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm trying to remember. 541 00:30:11,720 --> 00:30:13,560 Speaker 13: I felt like we might have talked about this a 542 00:30:13,600 --> 00:30:16,080 Speaker 13: little bit last week, but I it could have been 543 00:30:16,080 --> 00:30:17,240 Speaker 13: a conversation I have somebody else. 544 00:30:17,520 --> 00:30:19,120 Speaker 3: So when you're talking. 545 00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:24,880 Speaker 13: About really really really high profile congressional seats in the 546 00:30:24,960 --> 00:30:30,080 Speaker 13: US House, CD two, which is like Southern Metro has 547 00:30:30,160 --> 00:30:33,320 Speaker 13: been in past cycles, but early, you know, when Angie 548 00:30:33,360 --> 00:30:36,040 Speaker 13: Craig first kind of took the helm has been a 549 00:30:36,080 --> 00:30:39,880 Speaker 13: seat that had been looked at nationally as can we 550 00:30:39,920 --> 00:30:44,200 Speaker 13: flip this back? And the question is the open seat 551 00:30:44,240 --> 00:30:47,720 Speaker 13: because Tina Smith's retiring and we're gonna see either Angie 552 00:30:47,800 --> 00:30:51,400 Speaker 13: Craig or Lieutenant governor Peggy Flanagan fight it out for 553 00:30:51,440 --> 00:30:55,200 Speaker 13: a nomination or a primary. They are always going to 554 00:30:55,240 --> 00:30:58,240 Speaker 13: bring in those types of seats that have that federal 555 00:30:58,240 --> 00:31:00,120 Speaker 13: impact are going to bring in more money than and 556 00:31:00,240 --> 00:31:04,560 Speaker 13: like a really parochial race, like a legislative race or 557 00:31:04,600 --> 00:31:07,560 Speaker 13: even a governor's races statewide. So you're gonna you're gonna 558 00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:09,960 Speaker 13: raise money from donors in Minnesota, but no matter what, 559 00:31:10,600 --> 00:31:13,320 Speaker 13: regardless of the viability of the candidate, there's gonna be 560 00:31:13,360 --> 00:31:16,160 Speaker 13: outside money that's gonna dwarfit when you see a big 561 00:31:16,240 --> 00:31:19,200 Speaker 13: race like can can somehow Republicans, if they get the 562 00:31:19,280 --> 00:31:22,200 Speaker 13: right candidate, flip this seat for the first time since 563 00:31:22,240 --> 00:31:24,920 Speaker 13: Norm Coleman held it. Right that then you're talking about 564 00:31:24,920 --> 00:31:27,520 Speaker 13: why wouldn't you have money coming from everywhere? And it's 565 00:31:27,520 --> 00:31:29,800 Speaker 13: the same thing with Angie Craig and Peggy flan again. 566 00:31:29,840 --> 00:31:32,920 Speaker 13: They're vying for their own personal control. But the way 567 00:31:32,920 --> 00:31:36,320 Speaker 13: they're gonna be able to beat each other is if 568 00:31:36,440 --> 00:31:39,120 Speaker 13: they have more money than the other. And even with 569 00:31:39,280 --> 00:31:42,360 Speaker 13: Rice White, who's only apparently he's only raised three thousand 570 00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:45,320 Speaker 13: dollars from folks who are in Minnesota, to date, he's 571 00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:49,680 Speaker 13: raised a couple hundred thousand, Yeah, yeah, thirtieth Yeah. I mean, 572 00:31:49,680 --> 00:31:51,920 Speaker 13: so that's impressive to a certain extent, But it also 573 00:31:51,960 --> 00:31:55,320 Speaker 13: shows you that you've got folks all around the country 574 00:31:55,320 --> 00:31:59,720 Speaker 13: that see value and potential, not necessarily in the candidates themselves, 575 00:31:59,760 --> 00:32:04,040 Speaker 13: but the idea that could could Minnesota possibly have a 576 00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:05,000 Speaker 13: Republican senator? 577 00:32:05,040 --> 00:32:07,800 Speaker 1: I don't know, do you would you anticipate anybody else 578 00:32:07,880 --> 00:32:09,680 Speaker 1: jumping into this race? I know we had the polling 579 00:32:09,720 --> 00:32:11,960 Speaker 1: that came out off the News reported on it wherein 580 00:32:12,480 --> 00:32:15,000 Speaker 1: even with just these three individuals and kind of a 581 00:32:15,080 --> 00:32:18,120 Speaker 1: known name GOP candidate, they were within what like two 582 00:32:18,160 --> 00:32:22,440 Speaker 1: points of both, you know, of both Planning again and Craig. 583 00:32:22,560 --> 00:32:25,200 Speaker 1: So would you just anticipate anybody else jumping into this race? 584 00:32:26,120 --> 00:32:29,720 Speaker 3: I would say that it's very possible. I did. That 585 00:32:29,800 --> 00:32:30,440 Speaker 3: was my boline. 586 00:32:30,440 --> 00:32:32,360 Speaker 13: I wrote that story, and we did talk to some 587 00:32:32,480 --> 00:32:36,200 Speaker 13: National posters off the record or on deep background, and 588 00:32:36,240 --> 00:32:38,760 Speaker 13: they mentioned that it's customary when someone runs an internal 589 00:32:38,800 --> 00:32:42,040 Speaker 13: poll and they say, Hey, if I run against an 590 00:32:42,120 --> 00:32:45,880 Speaker 13: unnamed person from the other party, Technically speaking, when the 591 00:32:45,920 --> 00:32:48,680 Speaker 13: person's unnamed, it's more like, oh, well, I'd vote for 592 00:32:48,840 --> 00:32:51,280 Speaker 13: somebody else against this person. But then when you start 593 00:32:51,480 --> 00:32:54,240 Speaker 13: plugging in a specific name against Peggy Flan again, because 594 00:32:54,240 --> 00:32:56,440 Speaker 13: it was her internal poll. But the point is is 595 00:32:56,480 --> 00:32:58,560 Speaker 13: she bragged about this internal pole, she pushed it out 596 00:32:58,560 --> 00:33:01,000 Speaker 13: there to different members of the media, and it's like, oh, 597 00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:04,600 Speaker 13: wait a second, if you get the right Republican candidate, 598 00:33:04,640 --> 00:33:07,440 Speaker 13: we're talking like they're within the margin of era, like 599 00:33:07,560 --> 00:33:10,600 Speaker 13: trailing in Peggy Flann against own internal pull that she 600 00:33:10,680 --> 00:33:13,520 Speaker 13: pushed out to members of the media, a Republican would 601 00:33:13,560 --> 00:33:14,480 Speaker 13: trail her by like. 602 00:33:14,480 --> 00:33:15,760 Speaker 3: Two points one point. 603 00:33:15,920 --> 00:33:18,680 Speaker 13: So we're talking about, yeah, maybe if you do get 604 00:33:18,680 --> 00:33:20,920 Speaker 13: the right candidate. There's there's names that have been talked about, 605 00:33:21,080 --> 00:33:22,479 Speaker 13: some pretty serious names. 606 00:33:22,800 --> 00:33:23,920 Speaker 3: I don't know if they'll get in. 607 00:33:24,440 --> 00:33:27,120 Speaker 13: I do know that it seems to me when you 608 00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:31,200 Speaker 13: have an open, open Senate seat and you've got some 609 00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:34,720 Speaker 13: pretty disgruntled folks that are tired of the Walls and 610 00:33:34,800 --> 00:33:38,200 Speaker 13: Niellison and the far left Democrats, you get the right candidate, 611 00:33:38,240 --> 00:33:39,080 Speaker 13: it's possible. 612 00:33:39,280 --> 00:33:40,760 Speaker 3: It is very possible, and she's not. 613 00:33:40,840 --> 00:33:43,840 Speaker 1: And I'm the last person that anybody should go and 614 00:33:44,200 --> 00:33:48,960 Speaker 1: sort of gauge in terms of a a an unfiltered 615 00:33:49,080 --> 00:33:51,680 Speaker 1: view of Peggy Flanagains. This is my own bias view. 616 00:33:51,720 --> 00:33:55,280 Speaker 1: But when comparing the campaign so far that I've seen, 617 00:33:56,120 --> 00:33:58,200 Speaker 1: hers does not seem very strong. I mean, just as 618 00:33:58,320 --> 00:33:59,880 Speaker 1: just as from what I've witnessed of the way that 619 00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:04,560 Speaker 1: she's been campaigning, what she's been posting online, it's incredibly superficial. 620 00:34:04,600 --> 00:34:05,240 Speaker 3: She just doesn't. 621 00:34:05,760 --> 00:34:08,200 Speaker 1: My view is, she doesn't seem like a very strong candidate. 622 00:34:08,200 --> 00:34:10,440 Speaker 1: But again, I'm not the person that's going to be 623 00:34:10,440 --> 00:34:12,200 Speaker 1: able to sort of make a fair assistant well. 624 00:34:12,280 --> 00:34:14,000 Speaker 13: And also John, I don't know, are you going to 625 00:34:14,040 --> 00:34:17,600 Speaker 13: be on the delegation floor for the DFL state convention 626 00:34:18,040 --> 00:34:21,960 Speaker 13: this spring? So no, So she is, She's she's running 627 00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:25,080 Speaker 13: to a base of folks that she's hoping to turn 628 00:34:25,120 --> 00:34:28,200 Speaker 13: out against Angie Craig, and that's that's going to be 629 00:34:28,200 --> 00:34:31,400 Speaker 13: a fierce battle. And to me, their politics are pretty similar. 630 00:34:31,480 --> 00:34:33,600 Speaker 13: It just depends on it's like the taste and the 631 00:34:33,640 --> 00:34:36,520 Speaker 13: brand that they've established, how it works. I think Angie 632 00:34:36,560 --> 00:34:38,960 Speaker 13: Craig has tried to establish herself as a little bit 633 00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:41,799 Speaker 13: more pragmatic, because I mean she has to and the 634 00:34:41,800 --> 00:34:44,840 Speaker 13: congressional district that she runs in. But now the question 635 00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:47,800 Speaker 13: is is will each of those two candidates race farther 636 00:34:47,880 --> 00:34:51,120 Speaker 13: to the left to get that Democrat nomination that I 637 00:34:51,120 --> 00:34:53,440 Speaker 13: mean would I would bet that that race goes to 638 00:34:53,480 --> 00:34:55,480 Speaker 13: a primary no matter what, which would be fascinating. 639 00:34:55,920 --> 00:34:57,399 Speaker 1: Well, sink a talk back in and then we want 640 00:34:57,400 --> 00:34:59,239 Speaker 1: to talk a little bit about school board races and 641 00:34:59,280 --> 00:35:02,000 Speaker 1: the connection that it might have to the former CEO 642 00:35:02,600 --> 00:35:05,960 Speaker 1: of the Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce, the Jonathan Weinhagen, 643 00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:09,600 Speaker 1: who's been charged with embezzlement, and the story keeps getting weird. 644 00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:10,680 Speaker 3: Let's go here really quick. 645 00:35:11,120 --> 00:35:14,560 Speaker 15: I think Andy Craig will be the nominee for the Democrats. 646 00:35:14,600 --> 00:35:18,800 Speaker 15: I think the only Republican that could be Andy Craig 647 00:35:18,880 --> 00:35:21,000 Speaker 15: is a Michelle Lafoy if she decided to run. But 648 00:35:21,080 --> 00:35:24,080 Speaker 15: I don't know if Michelle wants that headache. 649 00:35:24,360 --> 00:35:26,239 Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't know. I'm waiting to see that she 650 00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:27,319 Speaker 3: ends up dropping too. 651 00:35:27,400 --> 00:35:29,319 Speaker 1: I mean, she's certainly been a lot more active as 652 00:35:29,320 --> 00:35:32,880 Speaker 1: of late online anecdotally speaking, Michelle Tafoya has so yeah. 653 00:35:32,719 --> 00:35:34,719 Speaker 13: I mean, and it's fair to say I think it 654 00:35:34,760 --> 00:35:37,000 Speaker 13: was either on her own podcast or an interview with 655 00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:38,399 Speaker 13: some I'm trying to remember. 656 00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:40,040 Speaker 3: I mean, she does a lot of media hits on 657 00:35:40,360 --> 00:35:41,319 Speaker 3: Fox National too. 658 00:35:42,520 --> 00:35:45,919 Speaker 13: She had in the last five six months said I've 659 00:35:45,920 --> 00:35:48,880 Speaker 13: been asked by a lot of people, and I've considered it. 660 00:35:49,719 --> 00:35:51,839 Speaker 3: I don't think she I'd have to double check. 661 00:35:51,920 --> 00:35:55,239 Speaker 13: Maybe we can ask her if she's still considering it 662 00:35:55,360 --> 00:35:57,120 Speaker 13: or if she's not considering it. But it wouldn't take 663 00:35:57,200 --> 00:35:59,399 Speaker 13: very much for somebody like that to say I want 664 00:35:59,400 --> 00:36:01,040 Speaker 13: to run and get in the race. 665 00:36:00,880 --> 00:36:02,359 Speaker 3: And the money would start coming for sure. 666 00:36:02,560 --> 00:36:05,000 Speaker 1: So let's spend the last few minutes hang long from 667 00:36:05,040 --> 00:36:09,480 Speaker 1: Alpha News and I'll get into more details because there's 668 00:36:09,480 --> 00:36:13,920 Speaker 1: some interesting new developments related to the indicted CEO alleging 669 00:36:13,960 --> 00:36:16,719 Speaker 1: and his alias appears to have given money to his 670 00:36:16,719 --> 00:36:19,279 Speaker 1: own political campaign. But you would mention when it comes 671 00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:23,040 Speaker 1: to Jonathan Weinhagen, the former CEO of Minneapolis Regional Chamber 672 00:36:23,080 --> 00:36:27,520 Speaker 1: of Commerce charged with embezzlement, you had mentioned that there's 673 00:36:27,760 --> 00:36:30,640 Speaker 1: sort of a event diagram or crossing of the streams 674 00:36:30,719 --> 00:36:32,480 Speaker 1: relating to the school board races coming up. 675 00:36:32,520 --> 00:36:36,279 Speaker 13: Correct, Yeah, I mean Jonathan Weinhagen is the name that 676 00:36:36,360 --> 00:36:39,760 Speaker 13: a lot of folks tied into Minneapolis, tied into the 677 00:36:39,960 --> 00:36:44,080 Speaker 13: what it's called the school board industry, and tied into 678 00:36:44,880 --> 00:36:48,120 Speaker 13: I mean Democrat politics to a certain extent, because he 679 00:36:48,520 --> 00:36:51,760 Speaker 13: was very open about glad handing Governor Walls every step 680 00:36:51,760 --> 00:36:54,840 Speaker 13: along the way from the time that Walls assumed office, 681 00:36:55,719 --> 00:37:00,520 Speaker 13: when Walls was plucked by the Harris campaign. I mean, 682 00:37:00,719 --> 00:37:05,520 Speaker 13: he's business quote unquote business friendly. But that was the 683 00:37:05,560 --> 00:37:09,279 Speaker 13: face that I think the Walls campaign and his administration 684 00:37:09,400 --> 00:37:11,560 Speaker 13: was able to turn to to be like, oh, Minneapolis 685 00:37:12,080 --> 00:37:15,680 Speaker 13: area Chamber of Commerce. So the thing is is Jonathan 686 00:37:15,680 --> 00:37:17,759 Speaker 13: Weinhagen was a mounains U school member and I say 687 00:37:17,760 --> 00:37:20,719 Speaker 13: it was because he resigned last It was pretty quick. 688 00:37:20,760 --> 00:37:23,320 Speaker 13: It was. There were sweeping calls for him to resign. 689 00:37:23,840 --> 00:37:26,960 Speaker 13: And obviously we're talking about stuff that it charges. We 690 00:37:27,040 --> 00:37:30,080 Speaker 13: haven't been adjudicated yet, but he resigned, he resigned from 691 00:37:30,120 --> 00:37:30,760 Speaker 13: the school board. 692 00:37:30,840 --> 00:37:32,799 Speaker 1: They photo shopped him out of the out of the 693 00:37:32,840 --> 00:37:33,480 Speaker 1: out of the picture. 694 00:37:33,680 --> 00:37:37,120 Speaker 13: Yeah, And like I said, it's not guilt by association. 695 00:37:37,200 --> 00:37:39,040 Speaker 13: And then like I said, he's not guilty of anything yet. 696 00:37:40,280 --> 00:37:47,320 Speaker 13: But he was very much tied in with education. Minnesota Teachers' 697 00:37:47,400 --> 00:37:50,920 Speaker 13: Union activists on the grassroots level was endorsed by them 698 00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:55,759 Speaker 13: multiple times, endorsed by something called the Minnesota school Board 699 00:37:55,760 --> 00:37:58,600 Speaker 13: Integrity Project, which is a DFL A line group. So 700 00:37:58,680 --> 00:38:01,440 Speaker 13: you got guys like Jonathan Hagen, Jonathan Weinhagen, and then 701 00:38:01,440 --> 00:38:05,920 Speaker 13: we've got we've got school board racist coming up right now, 702 00:38:05,920 --> 00:38:09,560 Speaker 13: where you've got education Minnesota endorsed candidates that you have 703 00:38:09,600 --> 00:38:14,000 Speaker 13: to wonder where they are they vetting these folks properly, right, Yeah. 704 00:38:13,480 --> 00:38:15,200 Speaker 1: Now you's are going to be crucial. We'll be talking 705 00:38:15,200 --> 00:38:18,040 Speaker 1: about these more. Uh the remainder of the week. Hank 706 00:38:18,080 --> 00:38:19,960 Speaker 1: Long from Alpha News. I encourage everybody to head on 707 00:38:19,960 --> 00:38:22,279 Speaker 1: over to alphanews dot org and thank you so much 708 00:38:22,320 --> 00:38:24,160 Speaker 1: for coming in once again this morning. 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