1 00:00:07,120 --> 00:00:11,080 Speaker 1: The Democrats are hoping that the name recognition of Klobachar 2 00:00:11,520 --> 00:00:14,960 Speaker 1: will help them outstate where Waltz wasn't doing so well. 3 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:19,239 Speaker 1: The trick here is going to be to have the 4 00:00:19,400 --> 00:00:25,040 Speaker 1: deadweight of Simon and Ellison bring down the top name 5 00:00:25,079 --> 00:00:28,160 Speaker 1: on the ticket, as opposed to allowing the top name 6 00:00:28,200 --> 00:00:33,320 Speaker 1: on the ticket Klobachar to raise up Ellison and. 7 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:36,400 Speaker 2: Sign really getting close to the mic there on that 8 00:00:36,760 --> 00:00:39,640 Speaker 2: talk back Twin Cities News Talk Am eleven thirty one 9 00:00:39,680 --> 00:00:42,760 Speaker 2: oh three five FM on the iHeart Radio app streaming 10 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:45,960 Speaker 2: live John Justice hour three for a Tuesday. Bill Walsh 11 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:48,880 Speaker 2: from American Experiment joins us in studio as we continue 12 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:52,400 Speaker 2: to go and cover the fallout relating to Governor Tim 13 00:00:52,440 --> 00:00:55,360 Speaker 2: Walls announcing yesterday that he was not going to run 14 00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:58,200 Speaker 2: for what would have been a historic third term as governor. 15 00:00:58,680 --> 00:01:02,680 Speaker 2: Looking at the version here from the Star Tribune, should 16 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:06,160 Speaker 2: Amy Klobishar decide to run, It's common for members of 17 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:09,200 Speaker 2: Congress to remain in office while campaigning for governor. At 18 00:01:09,319 --> 00:01:15,160 Speaker 2: least three of Clobashar's Senate colleagues, Colorado's Michael Bennett, Alabama's 19 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:19,679 Speaker 2: Tommy Tuberville, and Tennessee's Marsha Blackburn are running for governor 20 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:22,640 Speaker 2: in their states. All planned to remain in closely divided 21 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:25,920 Speaker 2: Senate throughout election day. If Clovershar runs secure as the 22 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:29,360 Speaker 2: Democrat nomination were to win in November, heaven forbid, the 23 00:01:29,440 --> 00:01:33,399 Speaker 2: dfller would resign from Congress after the election in order 24 00:01:33,440 --> 00:01:36,200 Speaker 2: to serve as governor. The resignation would trigger a tricky 25 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:40,760 Speaker 2: though not unheard of around of political musical chairs. And 26 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:44,360 Speaker 2: this is you know, really, I know your Wheelhouse bill 27 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:49,520 Speaker 2: relating to this, so far there seems to be obviously 28 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:53,240 Speaker 2: sort of the de facto nominee, the de facto individual 29 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:55,800 Speaker 2: to replace Governor Tim Walls seems to be Amy Klobashar. 30 00:01:55,960 --> 00:01:57,120 Speaker 3: At the moment. 31 00:01:57,200 --> 00:02:00,800 Speaker 2: You have a lot of Democrat commentators online that even 32 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:02,800 Speaker 2: Jennifer Brooks in the Star tribute that I talked about 33 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:06,160 Speaker 2: earlier this morning basically saying, oh, well, you know what, 34 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:08,600 Speaker 2: you got rid of Walls, but now you're really in 35 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:11,720 Speaker 2: trouble because Amy Klobashar may go and replace him at 36 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:13,640 Speaker 2: the top of the ticket, and even a lot of 37 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:17,519 Speaker 2: Conservatives saying that she would be incredibly difficult to beat. 38 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:20,440 Speaker 2: So what are your thoughts on a Amy Klobaschar decides 39 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:22,240 Speaker 2: to run. Let's pick your brain a little bit. 40 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:24,919 Speaker 4: Well, it's frustrating you say that because they You're right, 41 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:27,600 Speaker 4: people are saying, well, Amy Klobshar will be tough to 42 00:02:27,639 --> 00:02:31,240 Speaker 4: beat because she's won elections. This is all this focus 43 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:33,080 Speaker 4: and you kind of touched on it earlier in the show. 44 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:36,919 Speaker 4: All this focus about winning elections as and then the 45 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:39,919 Speaker 4: end is the win, the win, the win is the end, 46 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:41,600 Speaker 4: and governing is the end. 47 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:43,280 Speaker 5: How are you going to govern? What are you going 48 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:44,080 Speaker 5: to do as governor? 49 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:46,960 Speaker 4: So this idea that Amy klobchar is good because she's 50 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:50,280 Speaker 4: won elections before, that's not Nobody's saying she's good because 51 00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:53,200 Speaker 4: she's a solid policy person, has great vision for the 52 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:55,840 Speaker 4: state of Minnesota, you know. Or let me ask this. 53 00:02:56,280 --> 00:02:58,720 Speaker 4: This is my question to day for Amy Klobchar, for 54 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:00,000 Speaker 4: anybody in the state of Minnesota. 55 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:01,160 Speaker 5: Can you tell me? 56 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:04,000 Speaker 4: Can someone tell me, after twenty years in the United 57 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:08,440 Speaker 4: States Senate, what Amy Klobshar's signature legislati accomplishment is. 58 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:09,960 Speaker 5: I don't have it. 59 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:12,560 Speaker 4: And you go through the list every United States Senator 60 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:14,600 Speaker 4: we've had in Minnesota, almost every you know, I mean, 61 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:17,840 Speaker 4: Dave Dirnberger was a healthcare expert Rudy Boschwitch. You know 62 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:23,120 Speaker 4: shepherded Ry Reagan's foreign policy through the Senate. Rod Graham's 63 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:25,239 Speaker 4: passed the child tax credit. You know, you name it 64 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:28,840 Speaker 4: right away. Paul Wellstone, you know health mental health parity. 65 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:31,040 Speaker 4: You know he did with Jim Ramstead. You got all 66 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:33,600 Speaker 4: these these US senators we've had in Minnesota with a 67 00:03:33,639 --> 00:03:36,800 Speaker 4: signature legislati accomplishment. I don't have one for Clover chair. 68 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:38,839 Speaker 4: They say, well, she's bipartisan. Well what does that mean? 69 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:39,200 Speaker 1: Right? 70 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:40,920 Speaker 4: You know she's moderate? Well I don't think she is, 71 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:44,000 Speaker 4: But what does that mean? Not one let she worked? 72 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:45,800 Speaker 4: You know, we have the joke the Senator of small things, 73 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:49,640 Speaker 4: but it's real. She doesn't have a legislative accomplishment in 74 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:52,160 Speaker 4: her twenty years in the United States Senate. And I 75 00:03:52,160 --> 00:03:54,520 Speaker 4: think when she comes back and runs for governor, she 76 00:03:54,560 --> 00:03:56,720 Speaker 4: comes back and runs for governor, That's the first question 77 00:03:56,760 --> 00:03:59,120 Speaker 4: i'd ask, you know, And the second question I asked 78 00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:01,320 Speaker 4: is what are you going to do you on the fraud? 79 00:04:01,320 --> 00:04:03,360 Speaker 4: Every governor Cant's going to have to answer that question. 80 00:04:03,640 --> 00:04:05,480 Speaker 4: And how are you going to be different than Tim Wallas? 81 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:09,080 Speaker 4: You know, when the public employee unions endorse you and 82 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:11,240 Speaker 4: spend millions of dollars to help you get elected, and 83 00:04:11,320 --> 00:04:13,160 Speaker 4: are the people that are in the bureaucracy that we 84 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:15,680 Speaker 4: were talking about earlier, where were the culture changes needed? 85 00:04:15,880 --> 00:04:18,880 Speaker 4: How are you, at the beneficiary of those campaign dollars 86 00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:20,960 Speaker 4: going to change that culture. It's me a very difficult 87 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:23,040 Speaker 4: question for her to answer. Hopefully she'll get asked now. 88 00:04:23,080 --> 00:04:25,680 Speaker 2: I agree. Let me play it Devil's advocate here because 89 00:04:25,720 --> 00:04:27,760 Speaker 2: I agree with you. I think it was to mention 90 00:04:27,839 --> 00:04:30,000 Speaker 2: Bill glan again from American Experiment. I think he had 91 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:33,480 Speaker 2: posted this overnight, but he was listing off a my 92 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:37,320 Speaker 2: Glovershar's accomplishments and it was like one blank and then two, three, four, 93 00:04:37,520 --> 00:04:41,000 Speaker 2: five blank, and I think six he had something about Ticketmaster. 94 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:42,000 Speaker 5: Right, Taylor Swift tickets. 95 00:04:42,120 --> 00:04:43,599 Speaker 2: Yeah, And I go back to the first time that 96 00:04:43,640 --> 00:04:47,240 Speaker 2: I heard Senator of small Things, goes way back to 97 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:49,520 Speaker 2: the first couple of years that I started here, and 98 00:04:49,560 --> 00:04:52,960 Speaker 2: it was actually Drew you know, oh, my my dear friend. 99 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:54,880 Speaker 2: May he rest in peace, and missed him every single day. 100 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:57,039 Speaker 2: He was the one that you would would use that 101 00:04:57,080 --> 00:04:58,640 Speaker 2: given credit where credit is due. I don't know for 102 00:04:58,680 --> 00:05:00,000 Speaker 2: the first one that came up with it, but that's 103 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:02,400 Speaker 2: where I learned it from was from was from him, 104 00:05:02,760 --> 00:05:06,920 Speaker 2: but playing devil's advocate on the issue of what we mentioned, 105 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:11,120 Speaker 2: I think the Democrats or do you feel that the 106 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:14,920 Speaker 2: Democrats in the DFL see that as a benefit? Wherein 107 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:20,120 Speaker 2: Walls steps down, Amy has no direct tize doing that 108 00:05:20,160 --> 00:05:23,000 Speaker 2: thing with my fingers to the fraud is such a 109 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:26,080 Speaker 2: blank slate they can kind of paint whatever picture they 110 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:31,520 Speaker 2: want of her as she, you know, mounts a campaign. 111 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:33,279 Speaker 2: And let me add one more element to this. I 112 00:05:33,279 --> 00:05:37,000 Speaker 2: saw somebody post it yesterday and they said, never underestimate 113 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:43,240 Speaker 2: the power or how quickly the female liberal voter will 114 00:05:43,279 --> 00:05:47,599 Speaker 2: go out to elect Minnesota's first female governor. So do 115 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:49,599 Speaker 2: you think that they're seeing the blank slate of Amy 116 00:05:49,640 --> 00:05:52,600 Speaker 2: Klobashar as a positive? And how much would the with 117 00:05:52,839 --> 00:05:56,479 Speaker 2: the you know, liberal Democrat voter play in all this, Well, 118 00:05:56,480 --> 00:05:57,240 Speaker 2: of course they are. 119 00:05:57,680 --> 00:06:01,120 Speaker 4: I mean, you know, obviously from an electoral if you're 120 00:06:01,160 --> 00:06:04,120 Speaker 4: if you're a campaign hack, if you're looking at who 121 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:07,240 Speaker 4: can win again, if that's the focus, who can win? 122 00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:09,240 Speaker 4: And sure, of course a city in the United States 123 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:12,200 Speaker 4: senator who has won election four times in Minnesota decides 124 00:06:12,279 --> 00:06:14,160 Speaker 4: to run for governor in any state in the country. 125 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:16,359 Speaker 5: They would be the prohibited favorite immediately. 126 00:06:16,360 --> 00:06:19,240 Speaker 4: I mean, they've they're they've had electoral success, They're they're 127 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:21,160 Speaker 4: a US senator, they're they're going to run for governor, 128 00:06:21,480 --> 00:06:25,480 Speaker 4: obviously from an electoral perspective. But that's the wrong question, 129 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:27,440 Speaker 4: or at least it's not the wrong question. It's the 130 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:29,800 Speaker 4: it's the first question. It's a fine question, but we 131 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:31,719 Speaker 4: got to move on to the second question pretty fast 132 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:34,320 Speaker 4: here as voters and as analysts, is like, should she 133 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:36,880 Speaker 4: be the governor? And what's she going to do as governor? Yeah, 134 00:06:36,880 --> 00:06:38,440 Speaker 4: So the quicker we get to that, the better the 135 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:40,920 Speaker 4: whole state will be. Because if we just it's it's 136 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:42,960 Speaker 4: not about my guy's going to win and my guy 137 00:06:43,040 --> 00:06:46,000 Speaker 4: can win, it's it's it's my guy or gal is 138 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:46,880 Speaker 4: better for the state. 139 00:06:47,040 --> 00:06:49,039 Speaker 5: When do we get to talk about that, Well. 140 00:06:48,920 --> 00:06:49,560 Speaker 3: There's no way. 141 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:54,479 Speaker 2: I mean, how do Democrats how do they navigate having 142 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:57,279 Speaker 2: a candidate that is going to be tough on fraud 143 00:06:58,200 --> 00:07:02,920 Speaker 2: without you know, having criticism towards the Democrats that have 144 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:05,960 Speaker 2: been in charge while this fraud has been occurring. That's 145 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:08,479 Speaker 2: another question that I'm I'm curious to see how they're 146 00:07:08,480 --> 00:07:10,840 Speaker 2: going to tackle I mean, is Amy if she is 147 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:13,280 Speaker 2: the candidate, is she going to end up being critical 148 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:16,280 Speaker 2: of Governor Tim Wallas? I mean, how is she going 149 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:19,080 Speaker 2: to go and approach the fraud issue given the fact 150 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:23,280 Speaker 2: that this has happened, you know, predominantly under DFL leadership. 151 00:07:23,280 --> 00:07:25,840 Speaker 4: That's a great question. I mean Tom Emmer could come 152 00:07:25,880 --> 00:07:27,800 Speaker 4: back from Washington, d C. And say I got to 153 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:29,720 Speaker 4: come back to my state and clean up the mess. 154 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:30,320 Speaker 5: He could. 155 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:32,680 Speaker 4: He could run that message and it'd be believable and 156 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:34,800 Speaker 4: people say, yeah, we need you, but Tom to come 157 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:37,200 Speaker 4: back and clean up the mess that is Minnesota. Can 158 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:40,640 Speaker 4: Kobachar use that message? That's a tough message. I'm going 159 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:42,960 Speaker 4: to clean up the mess in Minnesota. I was a 160 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:45,280 Speaker 4: former prosecutor in Henvion County and I'm going to use 161 00:07:45,320 --> 00:07:48,240 Speaker 4: my skills to fix this. I don't know what her 162 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:50,320 Speaker 4: message is going to be. That's a great question. 163 00:07:50,480 --> 00:07:51,560 Speaker 5: Again. I keep going back to this. 164 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:54,720 Speaker 4: The bureaucrats that work for her if she wins, are 165 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:58,000 Speaker 4: all part of the SEIU, And ask me and MAPE 166 00:07:58,160 --> 00:08:00,000 Speaker 4: the public employe unions that are going to fund her 167 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:02,240 Speaker 4: campaign not to mention the teachers union. 168 00:08:02,160 --> 00:08:04,240 Speaker 2: Well, and I think it needs to be mentioned as well, 169 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:08,440 Speaker 2: that this is not what the Democrats wanted. The Democrats 170 00:08:08,440 --> 00:08:10,720 Speaker 2: didn't want to they didn't want to be in the 171 00:08:10,840 --> 00:08:12,680 Speaker 2: in the position that they are right now. And I 172 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:15,600 Speaker 2: know again for those for those out there talking about 173 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:17,920 Speaker 2: how she's going to be so difficult to beat, or 174 00:08:17,960 --> 00:08:20,440 Speaker 2: for Democrats out there saying, oh, you're in trouble now, 175 00:08:21,160 --> 00:08:25,560 Speaker 2: you cannot diminish just that fact that this is not 176 00:08:26,320 --> 00:08:30,520 Speaker 2: the situation that Democrats wanted to be in heading into 177 00:08:31,200 --> 00:08:33,120 Speaker 2: this these elections later this year. 178 00:08:33,280 --> 00:08:33,360 Speaker 6: No. 179 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:35,040 Speaker 5: Plus, you're taking out of the United States Senate. 180 00:08:35,160 --> 00:08:37,880 Speaker 4: So if you're a Democrat, a US senator, and that's 181 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:40,200 Speaker 4: that seat's going to be in play whether there's an appointment, 182 00:08:40,240 --> 00:08:42,200 Speaker 4: but there'll be an election quick after the appointment, so 183 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:44,680 Speaker 4: appointment will be temporary and that seat's going to be 184 00:08:44,679 --> 00:08:45,000 Speaker 4: in play. 185 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:46,920 Speaker 5: So that's not good for for your party. And when 186 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:48,960 Speaker 5: your governor fails, that's not a good day. 187 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:52,360 Speaker 2: Who do you think. Let's say Walls didn't didn't didn't 188 00:08:52,440 --> 00:08:54,760 Speaker 2: drop out. Okay, let's just say we have the current 189 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:58,120 Speaker 2: circumstances that we're in. We're not changing any any of 190 00:08:58,160 --> 00:09:01,679 Speaker 2: the dynamics of the daily news regarding all the controversies here, 191 00:09:01,720 --> 00:09:05,000 Speaker 2: in Minnesota. But you have Governor Tim Walls running for 192 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:08,200 Speaker 2: re election still, but there is an opportunity for Amy 193 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:09,160 Speaker 2: Klobashar to run. 194 00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:10,720 Speaker 3: You could choose between one or the other. 195 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:13,280 Speaker 2: Who do you think still would have had the better 196 00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:15,800 Speaker 2: The better chance would have been Walls under the current 197 00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:17,880 Speaker 2: conditioner to would have been Amy Klobashar. 198 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:21,400 Speaker 4: You've confused me with your question. You're seeing that they're 199 00:09:21,440 --> 00:09:22,079 Speaker 4: both an option. 200 00:09:22,240 --> 00:09:24,320 Speaker 2: Well, just ye, I'm saying, who do you think is 201 00:09:24,480 --> 00:09:27,640 Speaker 2: Who do you think is more easily beatable an Amy 202 00:09:27,679 --> 00:09:31,280 Speaker 2: Klobashar under the given circumstances or a Governor Tim Walls 203 00:09:31,320 --> 00:09:32,479 Speaker 2: under the given circumstances? 204 00:09:32,480 --> 00:09:32,600 Speaker 1: Oh? 205 00:09:32,640 --> 00:09:34,640 Speaker 5: I think Tim Walls was easily more beatable. 206 00:09:34,640 --> 00:09:34,920 Speaker 3: Okay? 207 00:09:35,080 --> 00:09:38,160 Speaker 4: And and what would have rallied conservatives across the state 208 00:09:38,280 --> 00:09:41,760 Speaker 4: to go vote. So it is from an electoral standpoint, 209 00:09:41,760 --> 00:09:43,280 Speaker 4: it's a bumber. He's off the ticket because he was 210 00:09:43,320 --> 00:09:46,160 Speaker 4: going to rally people because they're so fed up with him. 211 00:09:46,679 --> 00:09:51,640 Speaker 2: That being said, I don't think that Amy Klobashar is 212 00:09:51,679 --> 00:09:54,000 Speaker 2: a good candidate. I don't, and I and I was. 213 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:56,600 Speaker 2: I talked about this before and I had some people 214 00:09:56,600 --> 00:09:59,760 Speaker 2: push back because she is elected statewide. But I'm still 215 00:09:59,880 --> 00:10:02,520 Speaker 2: very very much of the opinion that running for that 216 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:06,160 Speaker 2: Senate seat, given the fact that she really hasn't had 217 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:09,960 Speaker 2: a good opponent running up against her at the time 218 00:10:09,960 --> 00:10:14,199 Speaker 2: of the times that she's run for re election, and 219 00:10:14,800 --> 00:10:17,640 Speaker 2: she's also, you know, run for the nomination as president, 220 00:10:18,120 --> 00:10:20,600 Speaker 2: and we've seen how that played on the national stage, 221 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:23,000 Speaker 2: and I see something very similar, even though the dynamics 222 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:25,800 Speaker 2: are different. I see something very similar happening to Aby 223 00:10:25,840 --> 00:10:29,240 Speaker 2: Clobash are running for governor here in Minnesota that we 224 00:10:29,280 --> 00:10:31,360 Speaker 2: saw happened to Governor Tim Walls when he was running 225 00:10:31,400 --> 00:10:32,880 Speaker 2: his VP nationally. 226 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:34,880 Speaker 5: That's a great point. It's a different race. 227 00:10:35,160 --> 00:10:37,079 Speaker 4: She's going to have to answer questions, she's going to 228 00:10:37,160 --> 00:10:38,520 Speaker 4: have to have a plan, she's got to speak on 229 00:10:38,559 --> 00:10:40,640 Speaker 4: a whole myriad of issues. She's going to be a 230 00:10:40,679 --> 00:10:43,079 Speaker 4: head of state, a leader, not a member of a 231 00:10:43,240 --> 00:10:45,199 Speaker 4: one on one of one hundred. And I'll just tell 232 00:10:45,240 --> 00:10:47,600 Speaker 4: you that the state has changed since her last competitive race. 233 00:10:47,640 --> 00:10:49,040 Speaker 4: It was a long time ago two thousand and six. 234 00:10:49,200 --> 00:10:52,280 Speaker 4: Mark Kennedy was a competitive race. Actually it was competitive 235 00:10:52,320 --> 00:10:54,240 Speaker 4: in the beginning that she pulled away and won. But 236 00:10:54,679 --> 00:10:56,760 Speaker 4: the state has changed. In that race, she won eighty 237 00:10:56,800 --> 00:11:00,480 Speaker 4: one Minnesota counties. In her first reelect, she won eighty 238 00:11:00,520 --> 00:11:04,320 Speaker 4: five Minnesota counties. When she ran in twenty eighteen, she 239 00:11:04,440 --> 00:11:08,400 Speaker 4: won fifty one Minnesota counties. When she ran against Royce 240 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:12,280 Speaker 4: White in twenty twenty four, she won twenty Minnesota counties. 241 00:11:12,559 --> 00:11:15,959 Speaker 5: So the state has changed. Twenty counties is all she's 242 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:16,400 Speaker 5: got left. 243 00:11:16,400 --> 00:11:18,480 Speaker 4: Now, that's the metro obviously where a lot of people live, 244 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:20,600 Speaker 4: and you can you can still survive on that. But 245 00:11:21,040 --> 00:11:23,240 Speaker 4: that's a that's a shrinking of her pop of her 246 00:11:23,280 --> 00:11:26,400 Speaker 4: support when she was, you know, winning every county in 247 00:11:26,440 --> 00:11:29,200 Speaker 4: the state back in the day. Now, what's what's the 248 00:11:29,240 --> 00:11:31,840 Speaker 4: trend the next, the next with a competitive race, that's 249 00:11:31,880 --> 00:11:36,360 Speaker 4: that's not you know, a real tough, competitive, fully funded 250 00:11:36,520 --> 00:11:40,040 Speaker 4: governor candidate front on the Republican side, she might be 251 00:11:40,040 --> 00:11:42,240 Speaker 4: down a head up in Ramsey County and that's not enough. 252 00:11:42,920 --> 00:11:46,240 Speaker 2: Two questions real quick before we cut you loose this 253 00:11:46,280 --> 00:11:49,040 Speaker 2: morning again talking with Bill wallsh from American Experiment American 254 00:11:49,080 --> 00:11:51,480 Speaker 2: Experiment dot org, and thank you so much for coming in, 255 00:11:51,559 --> 00:11:58,079 Speaker 2: especially on short notice. Is there anybody else that you 256 00:11:58,160 --> 00:12:01,840 Speaker 2: could see other than Amy Klobashark that could end up running? 257 00:12:02,960 --> 00:12:03,160 Speaker 5: Well? 258 00:12:03,160 --> 00:12:05,080 Speaker 4: Sure, I mean, if she doesn't decide to run, and 259 00:12:05,080 --> 00:12:07,040 Speaker 4: I don't think one hundred percent she's decided. 260 00:12:07,120 --> 00:12:07,800 Speaker 5: She hasn't announced. 261 00:12:07,800 --> 00:12:09,520 Speaker 3: And Dean Phillips Society, he's not interesting. 262 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:11,839 Speaker 4: Yeah, I think I think the Secretary of State Steve 263 00:12:11,880 --> 00:12:14,840 Speaker 4: Simon is the most likely person. I don't think Keith 264 00:12:14,880 --> 00:12:17,480 Speaker 4: Ellison can run for governor. I think he's got the 265 00:12:17,520 --> 00:12:19,719 Speaker 4: same baggage that Tim Wallas does, so he would be 266 00:12:19,760 --> 00:12:22,679 Speaker 4: another logical person, but not with the fraud as the 267 00:12:22,760 --> 00:12:25,040 Speaker 4: number one issue. So I'd say Simon is your He's 268 00:12:25,040 --> 00:12:28,280 Speaker 4: a statewide elected official that could could run for governor. 269 00:12:28,320 --> 00:12:29,480 Speaker 4: So there's those other people out there. 270 00:12:29,480 --> 00:12:31,679 Speaker 2: Absolutely, And the last question regarding that, getting back to 271 00:12:31,720 --> 00:12:35,920 Speaker 2: Amy clobershar, does her running mate make a difference, and 272 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:38,319 Speaker 2: you have any thoughts on who she could actually who 273 00:12:38,360 --> 00:12:39,720 Speaker 2: she could actually pick? I mean, would it be like 274 00:12:39,720 --> 00:12:41,960 Speaker 2: a Steve Simon or I have actually we played this 275 00:12:42,040 --> 00:12:44,040 Speaker 2: just just real quick, because this is kind of what 276 00:12:44,080 --> 00:12:44,960 Speaker 2: put me down this path. 277 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:50,079 Speaker 7: Corning, gentlemen, good show as always. I just had a thought, 278 00:12:50,679 --> 00:12:55,760 Speaker 7: betchew more of a nightmare. Amy clovichard Mary Moriarty running 279 00:12:55,760 --> 00:13:00,680 Speaker 7: on the ticket for governor. That's kind of scary, It's terrifying, 280 00:13:00,880 --> 00:13:02,599 Speaker 7: but it could happen with the Democrats. 281 00:13:02,800 --> 00:13:06,520 Speaker 2: So how much does the you know, having a does 282 00:13:06,520 --> 00:13:08,520 Speaker 2: the candidate matter? And have you given any thought to 283 00:13:08,559 --> 00:13:09,520 Speaker 2: who Amy could run with? 284 00:13:09,920 --> 00:13:13,840 Speaker 4: Lieutenant Governor Candadith Historically don't matter, But if it was 285 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:17,080 Speaker 4: me and I was running, no matter what team you're on, 286 00:13:17,679 --> 00:13:20,080 Speaker 4: you pick somebody that can focus on fraud and focus 287 00:13:20,120 --> 00:13:22,400 Speaker 4: on cultural change in the agencies. I don't know who 288 00:13:22,400 --> 00:13:26,560 Speaker 4: that is on the Democrat side. You know, there's got 289 00:13:26,600 --> 00:13:28,480 Speaker 4: to be somebody out there that's got some good record 290 00:13:28,520 --> 00:13:30,679 Speaker 4: on fraud. I'll say Amy Klobuchar. I looked at her 291 00:13:30,679 --> 00:13:34,199 Speaker 4: Twitter account last night. She's never said anything about Minnesota's fraud. 292 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:36,640 Speaker 4: She's not spoken about it at all. As a US Senator. 293 00:13:36,640 --> 00:13:38,160 Speaker 4: She stayed in Washington and said, well, that looks bad. 294 00:13:38,160 --> 00:13:40,120 Speaker 4: I'm going to stay away from that. So how she 295 00:13:40,160 --> 00:13:42,000 Speaker 4: steps in and says I'm the person to fix it, 296 00:13:42,080 --> 00:13:42,520 Speaker 4: I don't know. 297 00:13:43,240 --> 00:13:43,600 Speaker 3: I lied. 298 00:13:43,720 --> 00:13:45,640 Speaker 2: Actually, let me just ask you this just real quick. 299 00:13:45,679 --> 00:13:47,640 Speaker 2: Is there anything you know that we haven't talked about 300 00:13:47,679 --> 00:13:50,720 Speaker 2: this morning? A bill just regarding fraud or or Governor 301 00:13:50,760 --> 00:13:52,920 Speaker 2: Tim Walls, who wanted to mention before before I let 302 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:56,160 Speaker 2: you go this morning, I got nothing. 303 00:13:56,400 --> 00:13:58,280 Speaker 5: We've been talking for forty five minutes. 304 00:13:58,559 --> 00:14:01,880 Speaker 2: I just wanted to I just appreciate your input and 305 00:14:02,640 --> 00:14:05,040 Speaker 2: I love what when you guys do the stop the 306 00:14:05,080 --> 00:14:07,559 Speaker 2: tape on the podcast on a weekly basis. 307 00:14:07,600 --> 00:14:09,439 Speaker 4: As a matter of fact, that we're gonna miss Tim 308 00:14:09,480 --> 00:14:11,640 Speaker 4: Walls on our podcast. Yeah, we are going to miss 309 00:14:11,679 --> 00:14:13,200 Speaker 4: him because we've had a lot of material from him. 310 00:14:13,200 --> 00:14:14,520 Speaker 4: But there'll be somebody to fill the void. 311 00:14:14,720 --> 00:14:17,319 Speaker 2: The podcast that you and Bill did this week was 312 00:14:17,320 --> 00:14:19,480 Speaker 2: a nice little refresher as I was coming back from vacation. 313 00:14:19,560 --> 00:14:22,080 Speaker 2: So thank you, Thank you for that. So Bill Walsh, 314 00:14:22,160 --> 00:14:24,400 Speaker 2: the center of the American Experiment, thanks for coming in 315 00:14:24,440 --> 00:14:26,120 Speaker 2: and spending a little bit more time with this morning. 316 00:14:26,160 --> 00:14:28,320 Speaker 3: Man, I really appreciated the insight you bet. 317 00:14:28,360 --> 00:14:29,720 Speaker 5: Thanks for having me all right. 318 00:14:29,640 --> 00:14:32,480 Speaker 3: Coming up, I want to get back to a bit. 319 00:14:32,360 --> 00:14:35,440 Speaker 2: Of the reporting regarding some of these daycare centers, including 320 00:14:36,120 --> 00:14:38,280 Speaker 2: other media outlets that have gone so far to visit 321 00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:42,320 Speaker 2: these locations and what they discovered. It's very entertaining. I 322 00:14:42,360 --> 00:14:44,800 Speaker 2: will share this with you. Coming up, and record a 323 00:14:44,880 --> 00:14:47,160 Speaker 2: school spending. We talked about this briefly in the middle 324 00:14:47,200 --> 00:14:50,240 Speaker 2: of our commentary, but record school spending failing to reverse 325 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:52,160 Speaker 2: the declining test scores not going to come as a 326 00:14:52,160 --> 00:14:54,200 Speaker 2: surprise to many, but I'll give you the latest details. 327 00:14:54,360 --> 00:14:56,160 Speaker 2: It's all coming up on Twin City's News Talk AM 328 00:14:56,160 --> 00:14:58,360 Speaker 2: eleven thirty and one three five FM. 329 00:14:58,240 --> 00:15:03,280 Speaker 8: Bullus coverage you can count off from the sixty five 330 00:15:03,280 --> 00:15:06,840 Speaker 8: to one carpets plus Home of the Next Day, installs, studios, 331 00:15:07,240 --> 00:15:11,960 Speaker 8: Fam one oh three point five and KTLKAM eleven thirty Minneapolis. 332 00:15:12,080 --> 00:15:21,600 Speaker 3: I'd Saint Paul, so this hour, I have a story 333 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:22,480 Speaker 3: from Alpha News. 334 00:15:22,520 --> 00:15:27,400 Speaker 2: Alpha News reporters visit autism adult daycare centers as Medicaid 335 00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:30,040 Speaker 2: fraud concerns mount. I want to share with you some 336 00:15:30,120 --> 00:15:34,760 Speaker 2: details from this reporting, Liz Collin and Jenna Globe visiting more. 337 00:15:34,600 --> 00:15:36,120 Speaker 3: Than a dozen autism centers. 338 00:15:36,520 --> 00:15:39,200 Speaker 2: Some of these details are just absolutely hysterical, how brazen 339 00:15:40,040 --> 00:15:42,400 Speaker 2: these daycare centers are. I say all that because I 340 00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:44,440 Speaker 2: look up and Liz Collins actually on the TV screen 341 00:15:44,520 --> 00:15:48,760 Speaker 2: right now. She's being interviewed on Fox News regarding fraud 342 00:15:48,800 --> 00:15:53,960 Speaker 2: with Bill Hammer. So it's a small world when the 343 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:59,520 Speaker 2: world is focused on Minnesota. Don't worry if you don't 344 00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:02,000 Speaker 2: like all this focus and attention on Minnesota. I know 345 00:16:02,080 --> 00:16:05,000 Speaker 2: I do, but for some reason you don't now this 346 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:09,120 Speaker 2: fraud is going to go nationwide as these investigations continue. 347 00:16:09,120 --> 00:16:11,640 Speaker 2: You can already see the smattering of reporting from other 348 00:16:11,960 --> 00:16:15,760 Speaker 2: Democrat run states where similar fraud and fraudulent schemes have 349 00:16:15,840 --> 00:16:20,080 Speaker 2: been occurring. There just hasn't been the exposure yet like 350 00:16:20,120 --> 00:16:22,520 Speaker 2: we've been getting here in Minnesota. But thankfully we have 351 00:16:23,720 --> 00:16:25,400 Speaker 2: because it did bring us to a place where Governor 352 00:16:25,440 --> 00:16:29,080 Speaker 2: Tim Walls did drop out of his bid for a 353 00:16:29,120 --> 00:16:30,880 Speaker 2: third term, and that is a good thing. As I 354 00:16:30,960 --> 00:16:32,640 Speaker 2: was talking about with Bill Walsh, I want to get 355 00:16:32,680 --> 00:16:35,440 Speaker 2: to a few of your comments though, regarding Amy Klobashar 356 00:16:35,520 --> 00:16:37,480 Speaker 2: from the ihearta Radio app. 357 00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:40,960 Speaker 9: John Great Show, Jim from Okale. Let me connect the 358 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:47,040 Speaker 9: dots for you. When Clobashar runs and wins, Walls is 359 00:16:47,080 --> 00:16:50,520 Speaker 9: going to point himself the US Senate seat for Clobashar. 360 00:16:50,920 --> 00:16:51,520 Speaker 3: So which the. 361 00:16:51,480 --> 00:16:56,040 Speaker 9: Republicans have to do is tie that action in when 362 00:16:56,120 --> 00:16:59,560 Speaker 9: running against Clobashar, so Walls is still in the election, 363 00:17:00,400 --> 00:17:01,760 Speaker 9: It's just in a different facet. 364 00:17:01,960 --> 00:17:03,320 Speaker 3: No see, I disagree with that. 365 00:17:03,520 --> 00:17:06,600 Speaker 2: I've heard that same scenario coming from a lot of people. 366 00:17:06,600 --> 00:17:09,080 Speaker 2: And while the dynamics are in play and that could 367 00:17:09,160 --> 00:17:13,280 Speaker 2: certainly happen, I don't see that happening. I just don't 368 00:17:13,320 --> 00:17:19,159 Speaker 2: see that as being a politically viable scenario for Democrats 369 00:17:19,240 --> 00:17:23,240 Speaker 2: because it comes with too much negativity, too much baggage 370 00:17:24,040 --> 00:17:26,840 Speaker 2: in order for that to go and take place. And 371 00:17:27,240 --> 00:17:31,000 Speaker 2: I understand why people are assuming that, but I just 372 00:17:31,040 --> 00:17:33,800 Speaker 2: don't think Democrats are. They're stupid, but they're not that stupid. 373 00:17:34,240 --> 00:17:37,040 Speaker 2: That's a really, really dumb move in the grand scheme 374 00:17:37,119 --> 00:17:40,160 Speaker 2: of things. I think that for the time being, Governor 375 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:43,359 Speaker 2: Tim Walls and his political future in terms of being 376 00:17:43,359 --> 00:17:51,960 Speaker 2: in office, is in huge doubt. Whatever the full rationale 377 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:56,000 Speaker 2: is for Governor Tim Walls dropping out of this race, 378 00:17:57,720 --> 00:17:59,960 Speaker 2: he did not do this because he wanted to do that. 379 00:18:00,440 --> 00:18:03,880 Speaker 2: He is damaged and there is more damage coming down 380 00:18:03,920 --> 00:18:06,280 Speaker 2: the road, and you've got to factor that in if 381 00:18:06,320 --> 00:18:10,040 Speaker 2: you're going to be speculating in any way on Governor 382 00:18:10,080 --> 00:18:14,439 Speaker 2: Tim Walls's future, that he's dropping out partly because of 383 00:18:14,480 --> 00:18:18,280 Speaker 2: what's been exposed so far, but also partly and maybe 384 00:18:18,600 --> 00:18:22,240 Speaker 2: more so because of what hasn't been exposed so far. 385 00:18:23,640 --> 00:18:27,719 Speaker 10: No doubt. When Walls went to camy Cloba Sharon has 386 00:18:27,840 --> 00:18:31,000 Speaker 10: her to run for governor because he was resigning that 387 00:18:31,119 --> 00:18:34,160 Speaker 10: if she would do a good job of covering up 388 00:18:34,200 --> 00:18:38,679 Speaker 10: his tracks so that he wouldn't get any indictment. 389 00:18:42,119 --> 00:18:45,560 Speaker 3: Ay, John Good Show this morning. Hey, thanks for the commentary. 390 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:48,600 Speaker 11: You know, it is a different state, right, I mean, 391 00:18:48,960 --> 00:18:52,640 Speaker 11: you know, Minnesota is in the spotlight, you beyond rely 392 00:18:52,760 --> 00:18:53,760 Speaker 11: from a political. 393 00:18:53,359 --> 00:18:56,960 Speaker 3: Standpoint, anything that it's ever been before. So it'll be 394 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:57,640 Speaker 3: a different race. 395 00:18:57,720 --> 00:19:00,480 Speaker 2: There's a lot more awareness of what's going on, and 396 00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:03,160 Speaker 2: I think a lot more people who are weren't paying 397 00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:05,000 Speaker 2: attention may pay attention now. 398 00:19:05,680 --> 00:19:06,440 Speaker 3: Beat as it may. 399 00:19:06,680 --> 00:19:07,960 Speaker 11: You know, we get to do the best thing for 400 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:10,240 Speaker 11: the state. But right now we've got a spotlight on it. 401 00:19:10,520 --> 00:19:12,000 Speaker 3: Yeah, and we've got the. 402 00:19:14,040 --> 00:19:18,080 Speaker 2: It's funny the uh the translation didn't pick up on 403 00:19:18,119 --> 00:19:22,040 Speaker 2: the piece at the end of his comment. There could 404 00:19:22,040 --> 00:19:23,520 Speaker 2: have been in the running for talk back of the Day, 405 00:19:23,520 --> 00:19:25,000 Speaker 2: which we have coming up in just a moment here 406 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:27,200 Speaker 2: on Twin City's News Talk brought to you by Many Leaf. 407 00:19:27,240 --> 00:19:30,199 Speaker 2: But that's a really good point, is that when we 408 00:19:30,240 --> 00:19:32,120 Speaker 2: get further into the year, and I can't I mean, 409 00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:35,800 Speaker 2: it's only in six days, dude, Already twenty twenty six 410 00:19:35,880 --> 00:19:39,320 Speaker 2: has been like oh my beer. But when we get 411 00:19:39,359 --> 00:19:44,360 Speaker 2: further into the year and the campaigning really ramps up 412 00:19:44,920 --> 00:19:47,240 Speaker 2: assuming the name and it doesn't matter at this point 413 00:19:47,280 --> 00:19:53,359 Speaker 2: on honestly, whoever the nominee for Democrats is. Minnesota is 414 00:19:53,480 --> 00:19:57,720 Speaker 2: going to be a major talking point in this upcoming election. 415 00:19:57,800 --> 00:20:00,639 Speaker 2: When it comes to midterms, media is low looking for 416 00:20:01,119 --> 00:20:04,480 Speaker 2: good stories to tell, and right now, part of the 417 00:20:04,520 --> 00:20:07,480 Speaker 2: reason why Minnesota is in the spotlight is because it's 418 00:20:07,520 --> 00:20:11,800 Speaker 2: a good story to tell. It is fascinating what's happening 419 00:20:11,840 --> 00:20:13,800 Speaker 2: in this state. And while I do believe that other 420 00:20:13,800 --> 00:20:16,080 Speaker 2: states are going to start grabbing some of the attention 421 00:20:16,720 --> 00:20:19,200 Speaker 2: for the reasons that we've been grabbing the attention, make 422 00:20:19,240 --> 00:20:23,280 Speaker 2: no mistake, those storylines are being developed now so they 423 00:20:23,400 --> 00:20:27,280 Speaker 2: can be taken advantage of by mainstream media heading into 424 00:20:28,480 --> 00:20:30,800 Speaker 2: the rest of this year. And because of that fact, 425 00:20:30,880 --> 00:20:33,000 Speaker 2: as the talkback said, it is going to be a 426 00:20:33,080 --> 00:20:36,800 Speaker 2: dramatically different race, not just for Democrats, but for Republicans too, 427 00:20:36,840 --> 00:20:40,440 Speaker 2: because all of the messaging is going to be amplified 428 00:20:40,680 --> 00:20:42,560 Speaker 2: tenfold and more. 429 00:20:43,040 --> 00:20:44,880 Speaker 3: All Right, we'll get back to the issue of fraud. 430 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:49,520 Speaker 2: Minnesota agencies increased childcare center visits following Fraud's scrutiny. We'll 431 00:20:49,520 --> 00:20:51,800 Speaker 2: also share with you some of the details of Liz 432 00:20:51,800 --> 00:20:54,200 Speaker 2: Colin and Jenna Globe of visiting more than a dozen 433 00:20:54,200 --> 00:20:58,000 Speaker 2: autism centers during business hours in the middle of last month. 434 00:20:58,000 --> 00:20:59,760 Speaker 2: And we'll get back to more of your talkbacks, including 435 00:20:59,760 --> 00:21:01,600 Speaker 2: that to walk back of the day coming up right 436 00:21:01,640 --> 00:21:03,880 Speaker 2: here on Twin City's News Talk from AM eleven thirty 437 00:21:03,920 --> 00:21:05,919 Speaker 2: and one oh three five FM. Donald Trump and his 438 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:09,760 Speaker 2: allies in Washington and in Saint Paul and online want 439 00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:12,040 Speaker 2: to make our state a colder, meaner place. 440 00:21:12,440 --> 00:21:15,960 Speaker 4: The governor's being mean, and the governor's speaking out on that, Well, 441 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:18,000 Speaker 4: maybe it's time for us to be a little meaner. 442 00:21:18,040 --> 00:21:20,520 Speaker 3: Maybe it's time for us to be a little more fear. 443 00:21:20,840 --> 00:21:24,120 Speaker 12: Then what's called the Trump derangement problem. Have you heard 444 00:21:24,119 --> 00:21:31,800 Speaker 12: about that problem? 445 00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:31,959 Speaker 1: All? 446 00:21:32,040 --> 00:21:32,200 Speaker 4: Right? 447 00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:37,120 Speaker 2: In order to get to the talk back of the day, 448 00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:40,440 Speaker 2: I'm gonna have to do a bit of a reset 449 00:21:40,520 --> 00:21:43,679 Speaker 2: here on Twin Cities News Talk. So talking a lot 450 00:21:43,720 --> 00:21:47,200 Speaker 2: about Amy Klobashar will probably be talking a lot about 451 00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:49,400 Speaker 2: her in the near future if she ends up becoming 452 00:21:49,440 --> 00:21:53,880 Speaker 2: the Democrat nominee for governor. With walls dropping out, there 453 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:56,280 Speaker 2: is a shorter version of this, and I'll have to 454 00:21:56,320 --> 00:21:59,240 Speaker 2: find it online. There's a fifty three second version the 455 00:21:59,320 --> 00:22:02,840 Speaker 2: version that I have here is the longer version. I 456 00:22:02,840 --> 00:22:05,680 Speaker 2: won't play it in its entirety, but I just want 457 00:22:05,680 --> 00:22:07,720 Speaker 2: to get you accustomed to. 458 00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:08,800 Speaker 3: What you can't expect. 459 00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:13,480 Speaker 2: Nami Klobashah ends up running for governor here in Minnesota. 460 00:22:13,640 --> 00:22:15,480 Speaker 13: He sent out a tweet he made fun of me 461 00:22:15,920 --> 00:22:18,920 Speaker 13: for talking about climate change in the middle of a blizzard, 462 00:22:19,240 --> 00:22:24,720 Speaker 13: and he called me snow woman. So I wrote back, Hey, 463 00:22:24,840 --> 00:22:27,960 Speaker 13: Donald Trump, the science is on my side and I'd 464 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:31,280 Speaker 13: like to see how your hair would fare in a blizzard. 465 00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:34,480 Speaker 3: So I wrote back, Hey. 466 00:22:34,359 --> 00:22:37,480 Speaker 13: Donald Trump, the science is on my side and I'd 467 00:22:37,520 --> 00:22:39,280 Speaker 13: like to see how your hair. 468 00:22:39,119 --> 00:22:40,800 Speaker 3: Would fare in a blizzard. 469 00:22:41,680 --> 00:22:46,040 Speaker 14: So I wrote back, Donald Trump, the science is on 470 00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:50,640 Speaker 14: my side, and I'd like to see how your hair 471 00:22:50,720 --> 00:22:52,480 Speaker 14: would fare in a blizzard. 472 00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:56,639 Speaker 15: Sometimes, if you haven't noticed, you use a little humor, 473 00:22:57,160 --> 00:23:00,399 Speaker 15: like when he called me snow woman at my announcement. 474 00:23:00,520 --> 00:23:04,120 Speaker 15: In the middle of that thing, I wrote back on Twitter, 475 00:23:04,520 --> 00:23:07,200 Speaker 15: I'd like to see how your hair would fare. 476 00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:09,520 Speaker 3: In a blizzard. So all right, I will. 477 00:23:11,160 --> 00:23:14,600 Speaker 2: I'll refrain from the remaining forty seconds of that. You 478 00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:16,240 Speaker 2: know what makes me laugh the most about it. You're 479 00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:19,000 Speaker 2: on Twin Cities news Talk. It's not even really funny. 480 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:22,119 Speaker 2: It's not even. 481 00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:25,480 Speaker 3: It's not even like a solid joke. 482 00:23:27,200 --> 00:23:29,280 Speaker 2: All right, This does bring us to your talk back 483 00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:31,359 Speaker 2: of the day, and I had several to choose from, 484 00:23:31,359 --> 00:23:33,200 Speaker 2: but the winner this morning, brought. 485 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:33,840 Speaker 3: To you by Minni Leaf. 486 00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:37,960 Speaker 2: AM I nn E l e AF dot com goes 487 00:23:38,040 --> 00:23:40,879 Speaker 2: to this talkback from the iHeartRadio app. 488 00:23:41,720 --> 00:23:44,000 Speaker 5: Hey, John, how would your hair fair. 489 00:23:45,840 --> 00:23:46,199 Speaker 3: Fair? 490 00:23:46,800 --> 00:23:47,720 Speaker 1: Or would it be fine? 491 00:23:47,800 --> 00:23:50,800 Speaker 3: Like I'm marred, I really don't care. 492 00:23:53,040 --> 00:23:57,240 Speaker 2: Sometimes the absurdity ends up winning out. That is your 493 00:23:57,480 --> 00:23:59,400 Speaker 2: talkback of the day, brought to you by Minni Leaf. 494 00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:01,919 Speaker 2: This was a possible runner up. 495 00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:06,359 Speaker 10: Oh my god, that Snow Women compilation is going to 496 00:24:06,440 --> 00:24:07,640 Speaker 10: give me nightmares. 497 00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:13,840 Speaker 9: Good morning guys, John, Please tell me you're posting that 498 00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:15,720 Speaker 9: Amy montage somewhere. 499 00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:18,320 Speaker 3: I need that bad. Thank you and have a great day. 500 00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:21,240 Speaker 2: I'll do a repost on my ex feed. Oh actually, 501 00:24:21,240 --> 00:24:22,879 Speaker 2: as a matter of fact, they did posted this morning. 502 00:24:23,840 --> 00:24:25,480 Speaker 2: I forgot I had scheduled it. Yeah, so if you 503 00:24:25,520 --> 00:24:28,919 Speaker 2: go to at John Justice j O n on X 504 00:24:29,359 --> 00:24:32,359 Speaker 2: at John Justice. I ended up posting that in the 505 00:24:32,600 --> 00:24:34,800 Speaker 2: six o'clock hour this morning, so you can probably find 506 00:24:34,840 --> 00:24:37,800 Speaker 2: it pretty quickly on my on my ex feed. 507 00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:42,919 Speaker 16: Good Morning, John Rob from Mine Lakes, So you know 508 00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:52,480 Speaker 16: you're Pat from on Saturday Night Live every day. 509 00:24:53,760 --> 00:24:54,320 Speaker 3: There broke up. 510 00:24:54,320 --> 00:24:56,400 Speaker 2: He was saying that the transcript is he hears Pat 511 00:24:56,440 --> 00:24:58,760 Speaker 2: from Saturday Night Late Night Live every single time that 512 00:24:58,840 --> 00:24:59,720 Speaker 2: she goes and speaks. 513 00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:02,800 Speaker 17: Are waking up today and you're gonna see me on 514 00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:04,879 Speaker 17: your Twitter account because I made it here at one 515 00:25:04,960 --> 00:25:08,720 Speaker 17: fifteen am through the snow. Donald Trump Winz called me 516 00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:12,199 Speaker 17: snowwoman for a reason. Nothing will stop me. So I 517 00:25:12,240 --> 00:25:15,800 Speaker 17: hope nothing stopped you from coming to our events in 518 00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:18,800 Speaker 17: Conquered and Milford and Courtsmith. 519 00:25:19,240 --> 00:25:22,679 Speaker 2: See you there are people really I say this, and 520 00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:24,640 Speaker 2: I know I'll regret saying it, but are people really 521 00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:27,000 Speaker 2: gonna get excited if she ends up being the nominee? 522 00:25:28,040 --> 00:25:29,719 Speaker 3: It's hard for me to see. 523 00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:33,560 Speaker 2: But then again, I'm also not a white liberal woman. 524 00:25:33,640 --> 00:25:39,440 Speaker 3: So hey, everybody, Amy klobashar, all right, let's go. Let's 525 00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:39,879 Speaker 3: go here. 526 00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:43,679 Speaker 2: I want to talk a little bit about the fraud 527 00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:48,840 Speaker 2: centers being investigated. We'll start first with Minnesota officials announcing 528 00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:52,800 Speaker 2: additional on site compliance checks for childcare centers in the 529 00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:56,560 Speaker 2: state following all of the widespread coverage and scrutiny over 530 00:25:56,600 --> 00:25:59,160 Speaker 2: the fraud taking place within our state funding. 531 00:25:59,160 --> 00:26:02,000 Speaker 3: Here's a bit of this from Fox nine. 532 00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:05,119 Speaker 6: The Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Family says the 533 00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:10,240 Speaker 6: collaboration between state agencies reflects their commitment to protecting taxpayer 534 00:26:10,320 --> 00:26:11,879 Speaker 6: dollars and preventing fraud. 535 00:26:12,119 --> 00:26:14,600 Speaker 18: We believe the state of Minnesota has allowed scammers and 536 00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:17,800 Speaker 18: fake daycares to siphon millions of taxpayer dollars over the 537 00:26:17,800 --> 00:26:18,560 Speaker 18: past decade. 538 00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:21,520 Speaker 6: The US Department of Health and Human Services announced last 539 00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:25,520 Speaker 6: week it suspending childcare payments across the country. It's cited 540 00:26:25,560 --> 00:26:29,000 Speaker 6: allegations of fraud in Minnesota as a reason why they're 541 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:32,479 Speaker 6: cutting off funding. Now, state officials are giving providers some 542 00:26:32,520 --> 00:26:36,000 Speaker 6: more information, saying they found out about the federal funding 543 00:26:36,040 --> 00:26:39,320 Speaker 6: freeze at the same time as the general public, but 544 00:26:39,440 --> 00:26:42,560 Speaker 6: for now, they tell providers and families participating in the 545 00:26:42,640 --> 00:26:48,000 Speaker 6: childcare assistance program to continue with requirements and practices as 546 00:26:48,119 --> 00:26:49,800 Speaker 6: usual this while. 547 00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:51,160 Speaker 5: State regulators say they'll. 548 00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:55,439 Speaker 6: Be conducting additional on site compliance Chucks dcyf's Office of 549 00:26:55,480 --> 00:27:00,240 Speaker 6: Inspector General Investigators will be collaborating with Minnesota Bureau of 550 00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:05,960 Speaker 6: Criminal Apprehension agents on these visits beginning immediately. In a statement, 551 00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:10,199 Speaker 6: DCYF Inspector General Randy Key says, in part quote, we 552 00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:14,520 Speaker 6: are committed to protecting taxpayer dollars and ensuring all Minnesotas 553 00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:18,840 Speaker 6: have access to the safe, quality childcare and early learning 554 00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:23,760 Speaker 6: programs communities depend on. And currently Minnesota officials say they're 555 00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:29,080 Speaker 6: investigating fifty five childcare providers receiving program funding and are 556 00:27:29,119 --> 00:27:32,919 Speaker 6: now confirming this includes four of the sites highlighted in 557 00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:36,680 Speaker 6: a viral video. But the agency did not specify which 558 00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:41,280 Speaker 6: centers they're investigating and why, and state officials say they 559 00:27:41,280 --> 00:27:45,159 Speaker 6: were given a deadline of January ninth to provide HHS 560 00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:49,320 Speaker 6: with information regarding multiple centers in question or may face 561 00:27:49,359 --> 00:27:51,760 Speaker 6: additional penalties or restrictions. 562 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:53,560 Speaker 5: In the newsroom, So Young Kim. 563 00:27:53,520 --> 00:27:57,159 Speaker 2: Fox nine, Dana Perino on Fox News, they were, of 564 00:27:57,160 --> 00:28:00,000 Speaker 2: course talking about what's been happening here, especially with walls 565 00:28:00,600 --> 00:28:03,240 Speaker 2: dropping out, going so far as to say it's the 566 00:28:03,280 --> 00:28:06,720 Speaker 2: beginning of the continued fraud fallout. Here's a bit of 567 00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:09,280 Speaker 2: what the Fox News host Dana Perino had to say 568 00:28:09,359 --> 00:28:12,440 Speaker 2: Dove tailing off of that Fox nine report on Daycares 569 00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:13,000 Speaker 2: you just heard. 570 00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:15,800 Speaker 19: I think he's got a real problem because he might 571 00:28:15,840 --> 00:28:18,320 Speaker 19: have been the first shoe to fall, but there's more 572 00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:22,240 Speaker 19: coming because Keith Ellison, who is the Attorney general of Minnesota, 573 00:28:22,280 --> 00:28:25,840 Speaker 19: former congressman, who is a member of Democratic leadership, he is. 574 00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:29,840 Speaker 5: On audio leaked to audio talking to these people tell 575 00:28:29,920 --> 00:28:30,360 Speaker 5: him that he. 576 00:28:30,320 --> 00:28:33,359 Speaker 19: Will cover up the investigation so that they'll tell the 577 00:28:33,359 --> 00:28:34,800 Speaker 19: investigators to back off. 578 00:28:35,240 --> 00:28:37,400 Speaker 5: So this resignation or. 579 00:28:37,720 --> 00:28:40,200 Speaker 19: Decision not to run not a resignation, but the decision 580 00:28:40,240 --> 00:28:42,240 Speaker 19: not to run is not the end of the story. 581 00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:45,560 Speaker 19: The fraud story doesn't end there. To me, it's really 582 00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:49,880 Speaker 19: just beginning. And thankfully there's a very good prosecutor in 583 00:28:49,920 --> 00:28:52,560 Speaker 19: the state that is relentless, so hopefully they'll get it 584 00:28:52,560 --> 00:28:53,000 Speaker 19: cleaned up. 585 00:28:54,120 --> 00:28:58,080 Speaker 20: Oh my god, John Klucky Dave from Ralph River. I'm 586 00:28:58,120 --> 00:29:02,040 Speaker 20: in Mexico on the beach and neck Amy Klobashar, stuff 587 00:29:02,160 --> 00:29:05,120 Speaker 20: made the hair on my head stand up, and there's 588 00:29:05,160 --> 00:29:06,320 Speaker 20: no freaking blizzard. 589 00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:11,160 Speaker 18: Good morning, John Ritcheer. It's a good thing that they 590 00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:16,880 Speaker 18: stay of Minnesota passed and legalized marijuana because, to listen 591 00:29:16,920 --> 00:29:20,200 Speaker 18: to Amy Clovishar, we're going to need to self medicaid. 592 00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:27,320 Speaker 2: Prompted by a flood of tips from readers about facilities 593 00:29:27,360 --> 00:29:31,320 Speaker 2: that tipsters say do not appear to be providing services. 594 00:29:32,280 --> 00:29:34,160 Speaker 3: Alpha News reporters Liz Colin. 595 00:29:33,920 --> 00:29:36,600 Speaker 2: And Jenna Globe visited more than a dozen autism centers 596 00:29:36,840 --> 00:29:39,760 Speaker 2: and adult daycare businesses across the Twin Cities during posted 597 00:29:39,800 --> 00:29:42,400 Speaker 2: business hours on Monday, December fifteenth. 598 00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:44,360 Speaker 3: And I did something similar in my neighborhood. 599 00:29:44,400 --> 00:29:46,360 Speaker 2: I didn't go knocking on doors, but I pulled up 600 00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:50,160 Speaker 2: a number of different daycare centers within the area that 601 00:29:50,240 --> 00:29:52,840 Speaker 2: I live. What It's abundantly clear as you can tell 602 00:29:52,920 --> 00:29:57,400 Speaker 2: certainly legitimate daycare centers because they look like daycare centers. Now, 603 00:29:57,400 --> 00:29:58,920 Speaker 2: there are some that are run out of homes, but 604 00:29:59,080 --> 00:30:04,000 Speaker 2: even then a quick cursory just glance at the home 605 00:30:04,040 --> 00:30:08,520 Speaker 2: will usually reveal signs of an actual daycare center. There 606 00:30:12,120 --> 00:30:16,479 Speaker 2: vacant rooms and autism therapy centers with no children present 607 00:30:16,560 --> 00:30:20,280 Speaker 2: or among the findings. As the reporters examined the concerns 608 00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:24,320 Speaker 2: raised by tipsters about Medicaid funded programs. No children were 609 00:30:24,360 --> 00:30:28,440 Speaker 2: observed at any of the autism centers that visited. Only 610 00:30:28,480 --> 00:30:31,200 Speaker 2: a few workers and a small number of elderly women 611 00:30:31,280 --> 00:30:34,160 Speaker 2: were seen at the adult day care facilities. Many of 612 00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:38,480 Speaker 2: the locations seemed empty. At one location, a luxury sedan 613 00:30:38,800 --> 00:30:42,440 Speaker 2: circled at the Alphnus reporters in the parking lot. Shortly afterwards, 614 00:30:42,480 --> 00:30:46,440 Speaker 2: police were called to report the journalists. Just days after 615 00:30:46,480 --> 00:30:50,240 Speaker 2: the site visits, federal officials revealed new details about the 616 00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:53,720 Speaker 2: scale of suspected fraud in Minnesota's Medicaid system, announcing dollar 617 00:30:53,760 --> 00:30:58,000 Speaker 2: figures that had far exceeded previous estimates. At a December 618 00:30:58,040 --> 00:31:01,000 Speaker 2: eighteenth press conference, the first to say, US attorney Joe 619 00:31:01,040 --> 00:31:04,320 Speaker 2: Thompson said the fourteen Medicaid programs designated by the state 620 00:31:04,360 --> 00:31:08,800 Speaker 2: as high risk have built a combined eighteen billion dollars 621 00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:12,840 Speaker 2: since twenty eighteen, with more half or more of that 622 00:31:13,120 --> 00:31:17,640 Speaker 2: amount potentially fraudulent. Now working through this at Alpha News report, 623 00:31:17,680 --> 00:31:20,040 Speaker 2: they go on to say, as part of its ongoing 624 00:31:20,080 --> 00:31:24,520 Speaker 2: coverage following up on reader tips, as it has in 625 00:31:24,680 --> 00:31:28,480 Speaker 2: a prior reporting on the Bashi Adult day Care Center 626 00:31:28,600 --> 00:31:32,720 Speaker 2: and the Fountain Autism Center, one of the facilities that 627 00:31:32,760 --> 00:31:36,440 Speaker 2: Alpha News visited was the Awesome Development Center. 628 00:31:36,480 --> 00:31:42,080 Speaker 3: That's ausome, so it's. 629 00:31:41,880 --> 00:31:44,640 Speaker 2: An autism center, So I guess that's the play on words. 630 00:31:44,680 --> 00:31:50,200 Speaker 2: There was awesome, but with the autism part of it. 631 00:31:51,600 --> 00:31:53,880 Speaker 2: But I don't think you should be combining those two words, 632 00:31:54,520 --> 00:31:59,920 Speaker 2: It doesn't seem incredibly appropriate to me unless they just 633 00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:06,280 Speaker 2: misspelled awesome, which is also possible too so gold facal 634 00:32:06,880 --> 00:32:10,920 Speaker 2: hood Delay listed as the company's CEO. The tipster described 635 00:32:10,960 --> 00:32:14,240 Speaker 2: the location as a children's autism center where no children 636 00:32:14,280 --> 00:32:18,720 Speaker 2: are ever seen despite regular vehicle traffic. What I want 637 00:32:18,800 --> 00:32:22,080 Speaker 2: I mentioned this in various forms before, but I want 638 00:32:22,080 --> 00:32:25,960 Speaker 2: to list, like, what programs have we not talked about 639 00:32:26,040 --> 00:32:29,560 Speaker 2: yet that this type of fraud could take place. 640 00:32:29,720 --> 00:32:31,200 Speaker 3: I'm not saying it is taking place. 641 00:32:31,240 --> 00:32:36,520 Speaker 2: I'm just saying what other Medicaid funded, taxpayer funded social 642 00:32:36,560 --> 00:32:41,360 Speaker 2: service programs that operate the way that the autism centers 643 00:32:41,400 --> 00:32:46,800 Speaker 2: do and the daycare centers do have we not discussed yet? 644 00:32:47,560 --> 00:32:49,640 Speaker 2: Because I know there's got to be more out there. 645 00:32:49,720 --> 00:32:53,200 Speaker 2: This again speaking to the level of fraud that has 646 00:32:53,280 --> 00:32:56,520 Speaker 2: yet to be exposed, but more than likely will be. 647 00:32:56,960 --> 00:33:00,320 Speaker 2: Also what led to Governor Tim Walls dropping out his 648 00:33:00,320 --> 00:33:04,240 Speaker 2: historic third run for governor. When reporters arrived, they observed 649 00:33:04,280 --> 00:33:06,800 Speaker 2: no children at the site. Three adult employees were present 650 00:33:06,880 --> 00:33:08,840 Speaker 2: and quickly became defensive. 651 00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:10,800 Speaker 3: As the reporters left. 652 00:33:10,840 --> 00:33:14,280 Speaker 2: A BMW attendant Windows followed the vehicle Offnues then reached 653 00:33:14,280 --> 00:33:19,040 Speaker 2: out to the Hodlay for comment. Hodley said he went 654 00:33:19,040 --> 00:33:22,000 Speaker 2: to the Udna Police Department when you were here and 655 00:33:22,120 --> 00:33:25,960 Speaker 2: you trespassed. Hodlay also told ALFA News I would appreciate 656 00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:28,200 Speaker 2: you do not call my phone again before ending the call. 657 00:33:28,480 --> 00:33:31,040 Speaker 2: Now following the on site visit Alpha Newstone, the several 658 00:33:31,040 --> 00:33:35,800 Speaker 2: images shown on Awesome's website appeared to be stock photos 659 00:33:36,520 --> 00:33:41,200 Speaker 2: and did not match the facility observed by reporters. Public 660 00:33:41,240 --> 00:33:45,240 Speaker 2: payment records show Awesome Development Center has received at least 661 00:33:45,640 --> 00:33:49,960 Speaker 2: two point five million in taxpayer funds in recent years. 662 00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:57,240 Speaker 2: Unlike daycare providers, autism service providers operating under Minnesota's EIDBI 663 00:33:57,400 --> 00:34:01,520 Speaker 2: program are not required to hold a state license. The 664 00:34:04,360 --> 00:34:06,640 Speaker 2: lack of a barrier to entry in so many of 665 00:34:06,680 --> 00:34:12,200 Speaker 2: these programs is just it's unbelievable how easy, how easy 666 00:34:12,239 --> 00:34:15,719 Speaker 2: it is for someone to simply go and open up 667 00:34:15,760 --> 00:34:19,480 Speaker 2: one of these daycare centers or autism centers. All it 668 00:34:19,560 --> 00:34:24,000 Speaker 2: takes is an individual who essentially doesn't have a problem 669 00:34:24,280 --> 00:34:28,520 Speaker 2: lying or committing a crime to go and simply open 670 00:34:28,640 --> 00:34:31,839 Speaker 2: up one of these autism centers. And let me just 671 00:34:32,040 --> 00:34:37,000 Speaker 2: drop another angle to this as well. So we haven't 672 00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:38,759 Speaker 2: talked about we certainly haven'talked about it since I got 673 00:34:38,760 --> 00:34:40,880 Speaker 2: back from vacation, but it died off a bit in 674 00:34:40,920 --> 00:34:43,719 Speaker 2: the closing weeks leading up to vacation. But when you 675 00:34:43,760 --> 00:34:50,600 Speaker 2: look at the legalization of marijuana and what they were 676 00:34:50,640 --> 00:34:54,359 Speaker 2: doing at the state level to provide individuals who had 677 00:34:54,400 --> 00:35:00,719 Speaker 2: already broken the law and giving them for crack at 678 00:35:00,719 --> 00:35:05,400 Speaker 2: getting a license through this lottery system. Again, when marijuana 679 00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:08,560 Speaker 2: was illegal at the state level, if you had been 680 00:35:08,680 --> 00:35:12,760 Speaker 2: charged and convicted of possession in some way, shape or form, 681 00:35:14,480 --> 00:35:19,600 Speaker 2: you were given the first right to go and be 682 00:35:19,719 --> 00:35:21,880 Speaker 2: a part of the bidding process to get a license 683 00:35:21,920 --> 00:35:26,080 Speaker 2: before anybody else. I mean, if you need an example, 684 00:35:26,120 --> 00:35:28,080 Speaker 2: you don't. But if you needed an example of the 685 00:35:28,120 --> 00:35:31,279 Speaker 2: mentality of democrats, there it is. We are going to 686 00:35:31,280 --> 00:35:35,160 Speaker 2: give individuals who at the time had no respect for 687 00:35:35,280 --> 00:35:39,080 Speaker 2: the rule of law the first opportunity to go and 688 00:35:39,280 --> 00:35:41,480 Speaker 2: open a legitimate business. 689 00:35:43,400 --> 00:35:45,600 Speaker 3: It makes no sense until you. 690 00:35:45,560 --> 00:35:49,879 Speaker 2: Look at these are democrat policies, and Democrat policies don't 691 00:35:49,880 --> 00:35:55,239 Speaker 2: need to make sense. They just need to perpetuate democrat 692 00:35:55,320 --> 00:36:00,799 Speaker 2: ideologies and ultimately keep Democrats in power, whether that's through 693 00:36:01,040 --> 00:36:04,680 Speaker 2: fraudulent means or not. Now, getting back to these autism centers. 694 00:36:04,920 --> 00:36:07,680 Speaker 2: The public payment records has showed that Awesome Development has 695 00:36:07,760 --> 00:36:11,320 Speaker 2: received at least two point five million in taxpayer funds 696 00:36:11,320 --> 00:36:15,760 Speaker 2: in recent years. Again, unlike daycare providers, autism centers operating 697 00:36:15,840 --> 00:36:19,320 Speaker 2: under the Minnesota program EIDBI program are not required to 698 00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:23,600 Speaker 2: hold the state license, so in twenty twenty six they 699 00:36:23,640 --> 00:36:26,400 Speaker 2: received seven hundred and eighty two hundred and twenty three dollars, 700 00:36:26,400 --> 00:36:29,799 Speaker 2: In twenty twenty five they received one million, almost two 701 00:36:29,840 --> 00:36:33,240 Speaker 2: hundred thousand, and in twenty four five hundred and two thousand, 702 00:36:33,320 --> 00:36:36,799 Speaker 2: six hundred and thirty seven dollars. Another stop was at 703 00:36:36,840 --> 00:36:42,480 Speaker 2: the Amni Corporation also known as the Amni Adult Daycare Center, 704 00:36:42,680 --> 00:36:47,120 Speaker 2: located in Saint Anthony Fassia, Jama was listed as the 705 00:36:47,120 --> 00:36:51,080 Speaker 2: authorized agents according to Paul public records. A neighbor told 706 00:36:51,080 --> 00:36:54,360 Speaker 2: Afphanus that the facility has operated for years, but residents 707 00:36:54,400 --> 00:36:59,080 Speaker 2: have never seen a single person go inside. When reporters visited, 708 00:36:59,600 --> 00:37:02,839 Speaker 2: staff said the center was at full capacity, which they 709 00:37:02,880 --> 00:37:06,360 Speaker 2: said is thirty five participants. However, only a handful of 710 00:37:06,360 --> 00:37:11,400 Speaker 2: people were observed inside, primarily elderly women and a few workers. 711 00:37:11,920 --> 00:37:15,120 Speaker 2: Public records show that Omnikorp has received at least one 712 00:37:15,200 --> 00:37:22,560 Speaker 2: point one million dollars in payments from the state. TAJ 713 00:37:22,719 --> 00:37:28,239 Speaker 2: Daycare Center in Minneapolis, operated by Abduhli Ali. 714 00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:30,040 Speaker 3: Musi, according to state records. 715 00:37:30,280 --> 00:37:33,239 Speaker 2: Often news reporters came to the door, a woman in 716 00:37:33,280 --> 00:37:36,320 Speaker 2: a hijab answered and said the facility was that capacity 717 00:37:36,360 --> 00:37:38,160 Speaker 2: of seventy five and there were no openings. 718 00:37:38,160 --> 00:37:39,279 Speaker 3: We are full of the woman said. 719 00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:43,359 Speaker 2: Public records show that the TAJ Daycare Center received more 720 00:37:43,400 --> 00:37:46,799 Speaker 2: than seven hundred and thirty nine thousand dollars in state 721 00:37:46,840 --> 00:37:50,120 Speaker 2: payments in twenty twenty five. However, in twenty twenty six, 722 00:37:50,239 --> 00:37:54,120 Speaker 2: those payments dropped sharply to fifty four thousand, seven hundred 723 00:37:54,120 --> 00:37:58,279 Speaker 2: and fifteen dollars, based on partial figures available as late 724 00:37:58,320 --> 00:38:03,120 Speaker 2: as two twenty twenty now. According to a twenty twenty 725 00:38:03,120 --> 00:38:06,800 Speaker 2: five corrective order, the state had found that TAJ Daycare 726 00:38:06,840 --> 00:38:12,359 Speaker 2: Center repeatedly failed to meet basic adult daycare requirements not 727 00:38:12,480 --> 00:38:17,520 Speaker 2: just in one area, but across participant core record keeping, staff, 728 00:38:17,560 --> 00:38:22,200 Speaker 2: training services, and facility safety, and ordered the operator to 729 00:38:22,200 --> 00:38:26,560 Speaker 2: fix those problems or face sanctions. According to public records, 730 00:38:27,040 --> 00:38:31,320 Speaker 2: TAJ Daycare Center is restricted from providing adult daycare services 731 00:38:31,600 --> 00:38:37,360 Speaker 2: to participants receiving services under brain injury, community access, disability inclusion, 732 00:38:37,680 --> 00:38:42,960 Speaker 2: or development disability waivers. Additionally, ALPHAUS found that a person 733 00:38:43,000 --> 00:38:46,200 Speaker 2: with Musey's name, same name and address is the chief 734 00:38:46,239 --> 00:38:51,280 Speaker 2: executive of a daycare called Metro Learning Center Incorporated. According 735 00:38:51,320 --> 00:38:57,040 Speaker 2: to Secretary of State records, there needs to be a 736 00:38:57,680 --> 00:38:58,960 Speaker 2: massive group. 737 00:38:58,719 --> 00:39:01,319 Speaker 3: And we know we're seeing this as a matter of fact. 738 00:39:01,360 --> 00:39:03,640 Speaker 2: Let me play this quick clip from Caroline Leve at 739 00:39:03,640 --> 00:39:05,919 Speaker 2: the White House Press Secretary from earlier this morning, because 740 00:39:05,920 --> 00:39:08,279 Speaker 2: it plays in to exactly what we're talking about right 741 00:39:08,280 --> 00:39:10,000 Speaker 2: now with this AFA News reporting. 742 00:39:09,719 --> 00:39:13,520 Speaker 21: Higher government effort. We are surging resources. You saw today 743 00:39:13,719 --> 00:39:16,520 Speaker 21: the Department of Homeland Security announced we have nearly two 744 00:39:16,680 --> 00:39:20,600 Speaker 21: thousand agents from the Homeland Security Investigations Team. The FBI 745 00:39:20,760 --> 00:39:23,839 Speaker 21: is on the ground, and we're freezing money. HHS cut 746 00:39:23,840 --> 00:39:29,080 Speaker 21: off funding for childcare centers and for daycares. USDA Secretary 747 00:39:29,160 --> 00:39:32,399 Speaker 21: Rawlins has been asking Governor Walls to see the recipients 748 00:39:32,440 --> 00:39:35,040 Speaker 21: of SNAP in his state. So this is all hands 749 00:39:35,080 --> 00:39:35,399 Speaker 21: on deck. 750 00:39:35,480 --> 00:39:36,040 Speaker 3: Rest ashured. 751 00:39:36,120 --> 00:39:39,320 Speaker 21: It's a top priority for President Trump and he believes 752 00:39:39,360 --> 00:39:41,840 Speaker 21: that Governor Walls is criminally liable. And I think the 753 00:39:41,840 --> 00:39:43,719 Speaker 21: Department of Justice is going to find out. 754 00:39:43,800 --> 00:39:46,120 Speaker 2: Yeah, because there's going to need to be a massive 755 00:39:46,200 --> 00:39:49,440 Speaker 2: team on the ground to investigate all of it, because 756 00:39:49,480 --> 00:39:51,080 Speaker 2: there's just that much. 757 00:39:53,680 --> 00:39:57,560 Speaker 11: I will see it again. The og of all these frogs. 758 00:39:57,800 --> 00:40:03,600 Speaker 11: This is charter schools, especially private charter school buses quote unquote, 759 00:40:03,600 --> 00:40:07,240 Speaker 11: which you're just about of your minivans that run around 760 00:40:07,480 --> 00:40:10,240 Speaker 11: and have no kids on them. 761 00:40:10,920 --> 00:40:12,600 Speaker 2: Thank you so much for hanging out with the show 762 00:40:12,640 --> 00:40:15,319 Speaker 2: this morning. If you missed any portion of today's show, 763 00:40:15,320 --> 00:40:17,400 Speaker 2: you can certainly check out the podcast available up on 764 00:40:17,440 --> 00:40:21,840 Speaker 2: the iHeart Radio app. Tomorrow, we'll have Ryan Wilson running 765 00:40:21,840 --> 00:40:23,040 Speaker 2: with Lisa Damoth for governor. 766 00:40:23,080 --> 00:40:24,880 Speaker 3: He'll be joining us in studio. Hank Long we'll be 767 00:40:24,920 --> 00:40:25,520 Speaker 3: here as well. 768 00:40:25,680 --> 00:40:29,120 Speaker 2: We'll also talk with Alpha News at eight thirty and 769 00:40:29,160 --> 00:40:31,120 Speaker 2: we'll give you all the latest in the news that 770 00:40:31,160 --> 00:40:34,160 Speaker 2: breaks between now and six am tomorrow. Have yourself a 771 00:40:34,200 --> 00:40:37,560 Speaker 2: fantastic day. Say stay safe on the roads, and I'll 772 00:40:37,560 --> 00:40:38,160 Speaker 2: talk to you tomorrow. 773 00:40:38,239 --> 00:40:38,680 Speaker 3: Bye.