1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:01,840 Speaker 1: Can't eat you your jersey ology. 2 00:00:01,920 --> 00:00:07,760 Speaker 2: Now, after all, the conventional wisdom would tell you that 3 00:00:07,840 --> 00:00:12,000 Speaker 2: I am far from the perfect candidate. I am young, 4 00:00:12,280 --> 00:00:20,960 Speaker 2: despite my best efforts to grow older. I am Muslim, 5 00:00:21,160 --> 00:00:29,600 Speaker 2: I am a democratic socialist, and most damning of all, 6 00:00:30,120 --> 00:00:32,600 Speaker 2: I refuse to apologize for any of this. 7 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:42,680 Speaker 1: So this is how liberty dies. 8 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:45,519 Speaker 3: It's a nurse applause. 9 00:00:53,120 --> 00:00:59,040 Speaker 4: Continuing with the Star Wars analogies, if a year ago 10 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:08,000 Speaker 4: was a new hope, this year, this election would be 11 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:13,120 Speaker 4: the Empire strikes back. The question is well, next year, 12 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:16,960 Speaker 4: bring the return of the Jedi. Twin Cities News Talk 13 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:20,320 Speaker 4: AM eleven thirty one oh three five FM from the 14 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:22,240 Speaker 4: six five to one carpet plus Next. 15 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:23,600 Speaker 1: Day Install Studios. 16 00:01:23,720 --> 00:01:26,840 Speaker 4: My name is John Justice, and I'm glad that you 17 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:30,280 Speaker 4: were with this post election show. We have a lot 18 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:34,080 Speaker 4: to discuss this morning on the show today with his 19 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:38,160 Speaker 4: hot take post election results, Representative Tom Emmer. 20 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:40,280 Speaker 1: He'll be joining us right around seven to twenty this 21 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:41,640 Speaker 1: morning in studio. 22 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:46,759 Speaker 4: Newly announced scubernatorial candidate Lisa Damath will be in studio 23 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:47,880 Speaker 4: at seven thirty. 24 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:49,160 Speaker 1: Looking forward to that as well. 25 00:01:49,480 --> 00:01:51,640 Speaker 4: And let's call on after a couple of weeks break, 26 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:55,520 Speaker 4: we'll be joining us at eight thirty this morning and 27 00:01:55,720 --> 00:02:00,240 Speaker 4: bringing us the latest from Alpha News. So the election 28 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:04,680 Speaker 4: results last night, there's a lot of different takeaways and 29 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:09,960 Speaker 4: no real clear picture into what any of this means 30 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:17,800 Speaker 4: moving forward into next year and the midterm elections governors races. 31 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:21,600 Speaker 4: There is a lot to extrapolate. We do have more 32 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 4: pieces of the puzzle, but again any sort of clear 33 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:30,919 Speaker 4: takeaway simply hasn't emerged. Now what you will hear from 34 00:02:30,960 --> 00:02:38,720 Speaker 4: the mainstream media is a narrative of Democrats suite last night. 35 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:45,760 Speaker 4: That being said, that's happening because one, there is some 36 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:48,919 Speaker 4: accuracy to it just from a technical standpoint, but two, 37 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:51,760 Speaker 4: you know, the media needs to tell a story, and 38 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:55,360 Speaker 4: the story has been up until last night. You know, 39 00:02:55,480 --> 00:03:00,600 Speaker 4: GOP victories, Trump victories, despite the best efforts the legacy 40 00:03:00,639 --> 00:03:03,720 Speaker 4: media to go and drag Trump down. So last night 41 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:06,399 Speaker 4: you had you know, these races were more than likely 42 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:08,240 Speaker 4: going to go to Democrats. So the question really came 43 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:11,639 Speaker 4: down to, well, how democrat, how far left leaning are 44 00:03:11,639 --> 00:03:12,280 Speaker 4: they going to go? 45 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:14,480 Speaker 1: And it was a bit of a mixed bag. 46 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:17,200 Speaker 4: That's not to say there aren't some distressing things to 47 00:03:17,240 --> 00:03:19,040 Speaker 4: go and talk about, and we will get We will 48 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:22,080 Speaker 4: get into that, but in terms of any large takeaway 49 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:25,960 Speaker 4: and forecasting of what all this means heading into next year, now, 50 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:27,840 Speaker 4: there's still going to be a lot of question. 51 00:03:27,639 --> 00:03:30,399 Speaker 1: Marks and an eternity between now and then. 52 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:32,960 Speaker 4: I know a lot of you are already leaving comments 53 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:36,119 Speaker 4: this morning on the iHeartRadio app. We'll get to those 54 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:37,840 Speaker 4: here in just a minute, but let me do a quick, 55 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:40,840 Speaker 4: a quick little rundown just to get you up to 56 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:42,120 Speaker 4: speed on. 57 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:42,880 Speaker 1: This this morning. 58 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:46,640 Speaker 4: So, in terms of the Minneapolis mayor or mayor's race, 59 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:51,000 Speaker 4: it's still far from over. The ballots continued to be 60 00:03:51,120 --> 00:03:55,880 Speaker 4: tallied in consideration of voters second and third choice candidates. 61 00:03:55,960 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 4: So after a first round to Taally Minnieapolis Man Baby 62 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:03,560 Speaker 4: Mayor Mom Jeans, Jacob Fry does lead the pack in 63 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:09,480 Speaker 4: the Minneapolis mayoral election, and it possibly is an insurmountable 64 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:12,880 Speaker 4: lead for Omar Fate. I'll be breaking this down coming 65 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:14,720 Speaker 4: up a little bit later on in the hour. I 66 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:16,920 Speaker 4: know there's still a lot of confusion relating to how 67 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:19,240 Speaker 4: ranked choice voting works. Let me just say it up front, 68 00:04:19,279 --> 00:04:23,240 Speaker 4: it sucks the reason that we'll even have this conversation 69 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:25,159 Speaker 4: and the fact that we don't know who the mayor 70 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:29,520 Speaker 4: of Minneapolis is is because of how bad ranked choice 71 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:35,000 Speaker 4: voting is. In a bit of a surprise, upset, Kahuli 72 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:39,240 Speaker 4: her have been elected to the mayor in Saint Paul 73 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:43,760 Speaker 4: much along the same lines, and even more so, I 74 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:46,000 Speaker 4: haven't seen the numbers yet relating to this, but when 75 00:04:46,040 --> 00:04:48,840 Speaker 4: it comes to rank choice voting in Minneapolis, you can 76 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:52,039 Speaker 4: rank three. In Saint Paul, you can rank as many 77 00:04:52,080 --> 00:04:55,680 Speaker 4: as six individuals. So Carter led the first choice of 78 00:04:55,760 --> 00:04:59,000 Speaker 4: votes at forty point eight percent, but her surged in 79 00:04:59,040 --> 00:05:01,400 Speaker 4: the second round of vot to become the city's first 80 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:05,400 Speaker 4: among mayor and Saint Paul's first female mayor. I'll get 81 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:08,600 Speaker 4: into the campaign that she ran on. It's ridiculous, its 82 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:14,080 Speaker 4: platitudes that resonate, though pathetically with voters. No, until I 83 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:19,200 Speaker 4: see the until I see the percentage breakdown, I don't 84 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:22,480 Speaker 4: know whether this ring's true, but there is a possibility here, 85 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:25,560 Speaker 4: since it went to a second round of voting and 86 00:05:25,640 --> 00:05:29,120 Speaker 4: the second, third, fourth, and fifth choices ended up factoring 87 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:32,440 Speaker 4: in to the Saint Paul Mayer's race, that Kahuli Hert 88 00:05:32,520 --> 00:05:35,000 Speaker 4: may have won without having the majority, meaning she may 89 00:05:35,040 --> 00:05:38,520 Speaker 4: have won without surpassing Carter's initial lead of forty point 90 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:40,919 Speaker 4: eight percent. That's just a bit of a preview of 91 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:44,799 Speaker 4: y ranked choice voting sucks. So the DFL does retain 92 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:47,440 Speaker 4: control of the Minnesota Senate. Not a surprise on this 93 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:52,039 Speaker 4: After splitting two special election races yesterday, you had the 94 00:05:52,080 --> 00:05:57,960 Speaker 4: Democrat Amanda Jaeger winning in District forty seven, while Republican 95 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:00,560 Speaker 4: Michael Holstrom Junior, who was on the show yesterday, he 96 00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:04,039 Speaker 4: ended up winning as we expected, in District twenty nine. 97 00:06:04,120 --> 00:06:06,640 Speaker 4: The District forty seven win does get the DFL a 98 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:09,840 Speaker 4: thirty four to thirty three majority, which is pretty much 99 00:06:09,839 --> 00:06:11,440 Speaker 4: where we were and what we were waiting for and 100 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:16,839 Speaker 4: what everybody expected. Anoka Hennepin voters rejected all excuse me, 101 00:06:17,040 --> 00:06:19,920 Speaker 4: re elected all three of the incumbents in the politically 102 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:23,400 Speaker 4: divided school board race on Tuesday night. That partisan gridlock 103 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:27,240 Speaker 4: is probably going to continue, most notably Matt Audett, the 104 00:06:27,279 --> 00:06:30,000 Speaker 4: conservative who had joined us also yesterday on the show. 105 00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:34,080 Speaker 4: He was hoping to expand the board's conservative block. He 106 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:37,960 Speaker 4: won his reelection bid. However, the other two candidates failed, 107 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:39,560 Speaker 4: so it's still going to be a bit of a 108 00:06:39,560 --> 00:06:43,080 Speaker 4: stalemate in the Anoka, Hennepin district, and as I mentioned before, 109 00:06:43,120 --> 00:06:47,479 Speaker 4: Democrats swept largely as expected the races in New Jersey, Virginia, 110 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:50,680 Speaker 4: and New York City. Zohran mom Donnie was elected the 111 00:06:50,680 --> 00:06:55,800 Speaker 4: mayor of New York City. And now we all get 112 00:06:55,800 --> 00:06:59,880 Speaker 4: to watch, assuming that Jacob Frye ends up winning this election, 113 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:04,120 Speaker 4: we will now get to watch New York City and think, oh, 114 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:06,200 Speaker 4: what could have we expected? 115 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:06,440 Speaker 1: Here? 116 00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:09,320 Speaker 4: I've got a lot of commentary relating relating to this. 117 00:07:10,280 --> 00:07:12,840 Speaker 4: The New Jersey governor's race was called for the Democrat 118 00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:18,240 Speaker 4: Mickey Cheryl Jay Jones, of course, who fantasized about murdering Republicans, 119 00:07:18,280 --> 00:07:21,360 Speaker 4: will be Virginia's next attorney general. And that's one of 120 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:25,480 Speaker 4: the ones that distresses me and one of the pieces 121 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:28,120 Speaker 4: of commentary I want to spend some time with this morning. 122 00:07:28,480 --> 00:07:33,720 Speaker 4: The victory for him isn't necessarily surprising, being a Democrat. 123 00:07:34,240 --> 00:07:38,240 Speaker 4: It is very concerning, though, that so few Democrats cared 124 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:42,400 Speaker 4: about his horrible rhetoric and the desire of his political 125 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:47,680 Speaker 4: opponents to die. Abigail Spamberger, as expected to did win 126 00:07:47,960 --> 00:07:50,840 Speaker 4: over win some seers in the governor's race in Virginia, 127 00:07:50,880 --> 00:07:52,720 Speaker 4: and I'm just wondering if the left is going to 128 00:07:52,760 --> 00:07:55,800 Speaker 4: cry racism in that race, because they were already making 129 00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:58,280 Speaker 4: claims that if Omar Fatte doesn't win the mayoral race, 130 00:07:58,320 --> 00:08:00,720 Speaker 4: it was because of racism. So I'm just curious if 131 00:08:00,760 --> 00:08:04,920 Speaker 4: we'll hear that from Democrats regarding the Virginia governor's race. 132 00:08:05,680 --> 00:08:07,160 Speaker 4: All right, I want to hear from you. I'm going 133 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:09,480 Speaker 4: to provide to you more of my commentary coming up. 134 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:12,800 Speaker 1: Sky's not falling. A lot of this was largely expected. 135 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:17,440 Speaker 4: The divide is growing between left and right, but that 136 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:23,280 Speaker 4: provides opportunities for Republicans if they can frame their arguments 137 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:27,120 Speaker 4: and coalesce and not beat each other to death. Between 138 00:08:27,160 --> 00:08:31,280 Speaker 4: now and a year from now, I'll break down how 139 00:08:31,400 --> 00:08:35,320 Speaker 4: ranked choice of voting works. You can also email me 140 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:38,640 Speaker 4: Justice at iHeartRadio dot com and we'll get to your 141 00:08:38,640 --> 00:08:41,360 Speaker 4: comments next Here on Twin Cities News Talk Am eleven 142 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:43,319 Speaker 4: thirty and one oh three five FM. 143 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:45,319 Speaker 5: Good morning, and I love your show. 144 00:08:50,960 --> 00:08:52,000 Speaker 1: Parts Elections Fun. 145 00:08:57,120 --> 00:09:01,720 Speaker 4: Twin Cities News Talk Am eleven thirty one three five 146 00:09:01,840 --> 00:09:03,720 Speaker 4: FM from the six to five to one carpet Next 147 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:05,840 Speaker 4: Day Installs studios. 148 00:09:06,200 --> 00:09:07,319 Speaker 1: My name is John Justice. 149 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:09,600 Speaker 4: We have Devin and the Master control booth this morning, 150 00:09:09,679 --> 00:09:13,320 Speaker 4: and of course you email Justice at iHeartRadio dot com 151 00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:16,240 Speaker 4: or if you're listening on the iHeartRadio app, leave us 152 00:09:16,280 --> 00:09:20,120 Speaker 4: a talkback before I get to and I want to 153 00:09:20,120 --> 00:09:23,439 Speaker 4: move through. I'm several of these here in just a moment. 154 00:09:23,559 --> 00:09:27,040 Speaker 4: Your talkback's brought to you by Lyndahl Realty in terms 155 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:33,559 Speaker 4: of GOP issues relating to excuse me, takeaways from last night. 156 00:09:34,480 --> 00:09:38,280 Speaker 4: Trump not being on the ballot certainly didn't help. But 157 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:41,679 Speaker 4: again I'm not willing to sound the sirens just yet. 158 00:09:42,280 --> 00:09:46,520 Speaker 4: These elections are incredibly unique to the region. Democrats, as 159 00:09:46,559 --> 00:09:51,280 Speaker 4: I've been talking about, funneled millions upon millions of dollars 160 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:55,920 Speaker 4: in money from outside of these regions to bolster Democrats 161 00:09:56,240 --> 00:09:58,880 Speaker 4: chances for Democrat races they were probably going to. 162 00:09:58,800 --> 00:10:02,240 Speaker 1: Win anyways, and it being off. 163 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:05,079 Speaker 4: Cycle and the Republicans having so many games last year, 164 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:08,839 Speaker 4: this went basically the way that it was supposed to go. 165 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:13,199 Speaker 4: An upset in New Jersey would have been a huge upset, 166 00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:16,800 Speaker 4: as would have been any of these races New York City. 167 00:10:16,840 --> 00:10:19,720 Speaker 4: And we'll talk about this a little in just a moment. Listen, 168 00:10:19,760 --> 00:10:21,640 Speaker 4: look at the lay of the land, Curtis Lee, We 169 00:10:21,800 --> 00:10:25,280 Speaker 4: didn't have a chance to win. The head to head 170 00:10:25,320 --> 00:10:30,960 Speaker 4: between Mom, Donnie and Cuomo was like forty seven to 171 00:10:30,960 --> 00:10:34,720 Speaker 4: forty four percent, So it still seems as if Mamdanni 172 00:10:34,720 --> 00:10:35,199 Speaker 4: would have won. 173 00:10:35,240 --> 00:10:38,320 Speaker 1: But Cuomo was a horrible game of the date. It 174 00:10:38,400 --> 00:10:38,839 Speaker 1: wasn't like you. 175 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:42,079 Speaker 4: And we're talking about Democrats here, We're not talking about Republicans. 176 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:45,600 Speaker 4: I mean Curtis sliwa Is obviously, but again he'd never 177 00:10:45,679 --> 00:10:49,199 Speaker 4: had the chance. It also reinforces what I've believed for 178 00:10:49,240 --> 00:10:51,160 Speaker 4: a long time, and I'll continue to push the further 179 00:10:51,280 --> 00:10:55,440 Speaker 4: left to Trump the better the candidates did expect the 180 00:10:55,520 --> 00:10:58,720 Speaker 4: divides between the parties to grow to grow further. Now 181 00:10:58,760 --> 00:11:01,920 Speaker 4: here in Minnesota, it's going to be a little bit 182 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:04,920 Speaker 4: different and interesting because you did see a lot of 183 00:11:05,160 --> 00:11:08,359 Speaker 4: for lack of a better way to describe them, establishment 184 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:12,200 Speaker 4: to doing nothing with my fingers, Democrats that went through 185 00:11:12,240 --> 00:11:17,040 Speaker 4: their support against for Jacob Fry against Omar fat and 186 00:11:17,080 --> 00:11:20,040 Speaker 4: calling them establishment probably is the completely inappropriate way. I'm 187 00:11:20,040 --> 00:11:24,080 Speaker 4: just trying to find a way to differentiate because I 188 00:11:24,080 --> 00:11:26,640 Speaker 4: don't think the Governor Tim Walls is all that far 189 00:11:26,720 --> 00:11:30,800 Speaker 4: removed from the same ideologies as an Omar Fate. He 190 00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:35,200 Speaker 4: just knows that here in Minnesota it's not as electorally viable, 191 00:11:36,679 --> 00:11:40,600 Speaker 4: especially on a statewide level, and he also understands how 192 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:44,560 Speaker 4: important Minneapolis is. The Fonte can still pull this out. 193 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:48,319 Speaker 4: We'll have to see what shakes out, but it seems 194 00:11:48,320 --> 00:11:53,360 Speaker 4: pretty clear that you have a group of prominent Democrats 195 00:11:53,520 --> 00:11:57,679 Speaker 4: who are concerned about an Omar fat winning in Minneapolis. 196 00:11:57,720 --> 00:12:03,880 Speaker 4: So that does bode well moving forward. Not all is lost, 197 00:12:04,440 --> 00:12:07,080 Speaker 4: although for some of you, I know you're very concerned. 198 00:12:08,760 --> 00:12:09,640 Speaker 1: Good morning John. 199 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:13,120 Speaker 6: One of the quotes from the movie The Hunt for 200 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:19,959 Speaker 6: Red October was when the commander said something like, this 201 00:12:19,960 --> 00:12:22,839 Speaker 6: thing's gonna get out of hand, and I don't know 202 00:12:22,880 --> 00:12:26,600 Speaker 6: if we're gonna survive this. Well, you and I might 203 00:12:26,640 --> 00:12:28,880 Speaker 6: survive it, but our kids might not. 204 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:30,440 Speaker 2: I don't know. 205 00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:32,240 Speaker 6: They've been saying that for generations too. 206 00:12:32,920 --> 00:12:33,800 Speaker 1: What a mess we're in. 207 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:34,760 Speaker 7: Huh. 208 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:36,040 Speaker 6: Have a great morning. 209 00:12:36,520 --> 00:12:38,280 Speaker 1: Along those same lines. Let me go to a friend 210 00:12:38,280 --> 00:12:42,080 Speaker 1: of the show, Scott. Good morning John. I am a pragmatist. 211 00:12:42,760 --> 00:12:46,800 Speaker 5: I look at things in a realistic way, and I 212 00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:49,560 Speaker 5: don't think what happened yesterday was a good thing. 213 00:12:50,720 --> 00:12:52,200 Speaker 1: And I just. 214 00:12:52,160 --> 00:12:55,120 Speaker 5: Think that the more that these democrats get in power, 215 00:12:55,160 --> 00:12:58,080 Speaker 5: the more free stuff they're gonna give away, and the 216 00:12:58,080 --> 00:13:01,280 Speaker 5: more difficult it will be for Republicans to wrestle that 217 00:13:01,400 --> 00:13:04,560 Speaker 5: away from the people getting the free stuff. So I 218 00:13:04,559 --> 00:13:06,600 Speaker 5: think it was not a good night last night for 219 00:13:06,880 --> 00:13:08,280 Speaker 5: conservatism period. 220 00:13:09,800 --> 00:13:11,560 Speaker 1: I don't think there was any way. 221 00:13:14,040 --> 00:13:17,080 Speaker 4: I don't think there was any change in the electoral 222 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:21,200 Speaker 4: outcome that would have been a positive for conservatism. I 223 00:13:21,200 --> 00:13:23,840 Speaker 4: mean we're talking specifically about New York City. I mean, listen, 224 00:13:24,240 --> 00:13:26,520 Speaker 4: the only positive would have been for a courteous Leewa 225 00:13:26,600 --> 00:13:29,840 Speaker 4: to win, and that wasn't going to happen. Cuomo's a Democrat, 226 00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:34,360 Speaker 4: He's not that far removed from Well, let me rephrase that. 227 00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:38,680 Speaker 4: That's not necessarily true. They're both on the left. The 228 00:13:38,679 --> 00:13:41,199 Speaker 4: policies of both suck. One just sucks a lot more 229 00:13:41,400 --> 00:13:45,199 Speaker 4: than another. But to your point, you're right, people will 230 00:13:45,240 --> 00:13:46,960 Speaker 4: go and get a lot of free stuff. But that 231 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:50,800 Speaker 4: could only last for so long. There's another way to 232 00:13:50,840 --> 00:13:55,200 Speaker 4: look at it. Yeah, it may be temporarily difficult for 233 00:13:55,280 --> 00:14:01,120 Speaker 4: Republicans to win in circumstances wherein you have Democrats socialists 234 00:14:01,160 --> 00:14:01,880 Speaker 4: that are. 235 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:03,560 Speaker 1: Promising the moon. 236 00:14:04,040 --> 00:14:07,040 Speaker 4: I you know, I was gonna play this clip later, 237 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:09,600 Speaker 4: but I'll play it now because it's relevant to my 238 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:12,120 Speaker 4: response to Scott. 239 00:14:12,160 --> 00:14:15,760 Speaker 2: Here, we will prove that there is no problem too 240 00:14:15,840 --> 00:14:19,640 Speaker 2: large for government to solve and no concern too small 241 00:14:19,840 --> 00:14:20,840 Speaker 2: for it to care about. 242 00:14:22,680 --> 00:14:24,320 Speaker 4: That's one of the most terrifying things you can hear 243 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:30,480 Speaker 4: from an elected official, and it's not sustainable. New York 244 00:14:30,520 --> 00:14:34,000 Speaker 4: City will get a very quick lesson in policies like that. 245 00:14:35,480 --> 00:14:38,360 Speaker 4: Maybe and I'm really getting into the weeds here and 246 00:14:38,520 --> 00:14:41,320 Speaker 4: was planning this for later, but I'll just go there briefly. 247 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:45,200 Speaker 4: Mom Donnie winning mayor, it's bad for New York City. 248 00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:49,520 Speaker 4: But you also, again, the specifics on the ground in 249 00:14:49,760 --> 00:14:54,000 Speaker 4: this in New York and in New York City don't 250 00:14:54,040 --> 00:14:59,080 Speaker 4: necessarily provide mom Donnie the opportunity to move full speed ahead. 251 00:14:59,040 --> 00:15:01,880 Speaker 1: With what he would want to do. 252 00:15:02,080 --> 00:15:06,280 Speaker 4: He'll be able to do some damage, but he's also 253 00:15:06,760 --> 00:15:09,080 Speaker 4: still going to be able to fall back on the 254 00:15:09,120 --> 00:15:12,520 Speaker 4: fact that he will be limited. So the narrative and 255 00:15:12,600 --> 00:15:15,320 Speaker 4: the belief and the ideology and the promises will all 256 00:15:15,360 --> 00:15:18,560 Speaker 4: be there, and people will be clamoring for all that 257 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:24,560 Speaker 4: free stuff, your government run grocery stores, your free bus rides, 258 00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:27,560 Speaker 4: the potential for more criminals on the street if he 259 00:15:27,640 --> 00:15:32,480 Speaker 4: has his way and releases the incarcerated. But the governor's 260 00:15:32,560 --> 00:15:35,400 Speaker 4: race now is going to be even more important. A 261 00:15:35,520 --> 00:15:38,760 Speaker 4: last dephonic now has the opportunity to run against that. 262 00:15:39,360 --> 00:15:45,520 Speaker 4: You have a clear choice and a conversation now between 263 00:15:45,520 --> 00:15:48,320 Speaker 4: now and next year between conservatism and socialism, and that's 264 00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:50,920 Speaker 4: going to be what the conversation is going to be about. 265 00:15:51,120 --> 00:15:53,600 Speaker 4: But back to Scott's point again, I don't know if 266 00:15:53,600 --> 00:15:56,680 Speaker 4: there was any conservative positive that could be taken away 267 00:15:56,720 --> 00:16:00,400 Speaker 4: regardless of the results, apart from massive victories that were 268 00:16:00,400 --> 00:16:03,120 Speaker 4: not in the cards. And at the same time, the 269 00:16:03,160 --> 00:16:05,400 Speaker 4: policies of Mondani are unsustainable. 270 00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:06,480 Speaker 1: They're not going to last forever. 271 00:16:06,520 --> 00:16:09,520 Speaker 4: The bottom would drop out now if you could owe 272 00:16:09,520 --> 00:16:14,920 Speaker 4: more fate in Minneapolis. Along with the Democrat socialists that 273 00:16:15,040 --> 00:16:17,640 Speaker 4: ended up retaining their seats, all four of them, and 274 00:16:17,680 --> 00:16:20,040 Speaker 4: the fact that you have the majority of the council, 275 00:16:20,080 --> 00:16:22,880 Speaker 4: although there is one sort of small victory in that 276 00:16:22,880 --> 00:16:27,080 Speaker 4: that vote along with them, you'll see a faster path 277 00:16:27,240 --> 00:16:32,560 Speaker 4: to economic ruin and businesses fleeing Minneapolis than what you 278 00:16:32,560 --> 00:16:35,320 Speaker 4: would have in New York City. And there's an argument 279 00:16:35,360 --> 00:16:38,320 Speaker 4: to be made that maybe that needs to happen. I'm 280 00:16:38,320 --> 00:16:40,440 Speaker 4: not saying I agree with that, but there is an 281 00:16:40,520 --> 00:16:43,880 Speaker 4: argument to be made that it would be better in 282 00:16:43,920 --> 00:16:48,200 Speaker 4: the short term, harder in the short term, but better well, 283 00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:50,440 Speaker 4: harder in the short term, better in the long term 284 00:16:50,480 --> 00:16:54,160 Speaker 4: if Fate were to win in Minneapolis, because the bottom 285 00:16:54,160 --> 00:16:56,880 Speaker 4: would drop out, and then the voters would have a 286 00:16:57,240 --> 00:17:03,640 Speaker 4: very clear case in front of them of which way 287 00:17:03,640 --> 00:17:07,719 Speaker 4: they want the city to go, because Fonte is just 288 00:17:07,720 --> 00:17:11,240 Speaker 4: the Minneapolis Mom Donnie, and he would have more of 289 00:17:11,280 --> 00:17:13,959 Speaker 4: a chance to go and push forward on Mom Donnie 290 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:17,680 Speaker 4: type policies than Mom Donnie even does. So you would 291 00:17:17,680 --> 00:17:21,280 Speaker 4: see that that economic devastation, you know, on the fast track, 292 00:17:21,320 --> 00:17:26,160 Speaker 4: whereas with Minneapolis man byby mirror Mom Jean's Jacob Fry, 293 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:29,280 Speaker 4: it's more of a jog towards economic destruction. 294 00:17:31,080 --> 00:17:31,520 Speaker 1: Good morning. 295 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:38,000 Speaker 8: Yeah, yes, well the Democrats did it. I can't believe it, 296 00:17:39,480 --> 00:17:41,960 Speaker 8: but I did. We didn't get a small win in 297 00:17:42,080 --> 00:17:48,120 Speaker 8: words seven. We got Alison's Shaper taking out Kate Cashman, 298 00:17:48,720 --> 00:17:52,919 Speaker 8: which was the lesser of two evil evils. So that 299 00:17:53,080 --> 00:17:54,880 Speaker 8: is a good thing. 300 00:17:55,359 --> 00:17:55,880 Speaker 1: It's a thing. 301 00:17:57,400 --> 00:17:59,800 Speaker 4: We'll see how she ends up voting with the DSA 302 00:17:59,880 --> 00:18:03,360 Speaker 4: members on the city council. All right, coming up, we'll 303 00:18:03,359 --> 00:18:05,520 Speaker 4: get some more of your talkbacks, I will break down 304 00:18:05,600 --> 00:18:07,760 Speaker 4: ranked choice voting and how it works and why it sucks. 305 00:18:09,560 --> 00:18:11,800 Speaker 4: Here on Twin Cities News Talk AM eleven thirty and 306 00:18:11,800 --> 00:18:14,000 Speaker 4: one oh three five FM. 307 00:18:14,320 --> 00:18:18,879 Speaker 3: John, your analysis is correct, extremely liberal cities and states 308 00:18:19,040 --> 00:18:24,080 Speaker 3: voted liberal. That is the extent of the analysis from 309 00:18:24,160 --> 00:18:25,320 Speaker 3: yesterday's election. 310 00:18:33,359 --> 00:18:36,480 Speaker 4: Got a lot of a lot of Debbie downers on 311 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:41,959 Speaker 4: the talkbacks. Don't work on sharing you guys up this 312 00:18:42,040 --> 00:18:45,240 Speaker 4: morning on Twin City's News Talk Glad You're with the 313 00:18:45,280 --> 00:18:49,080 Speaker 4: show AM eleven thirty one oh three five FM. From 314 00:18:49,119 --> 00:18:51,960 Speaker 4: the six five to one carpet plus Next Day install 315 00:18:52,040 --> 00:18:56,639 Speaker 4: Studios post mortem on yesterday's elections was that gonna smile 316 00:18:56,720 --> 00:18:57,399 Speaker 4: on my face? 317 00:18:59,119 --> 00:19:02,720 Speaker 1: It was a lot to break down here. I'm not. 318 00:19:04,240 --> 00:19:06,560 Speaker 4: I'm not any more worried than I was yesterday when 319 00:19:06,560 --> 00:19:09,879 Speaker 4: I came in and did the show. The outcome was 320 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:14,760 Speaker 4: largely what I expected. It would have been shocking to 321 00:19:14,840 --> 00:19:19,400 Speaker 4: see Republicans pull out some major victories in these blue states, 322 00:19:19,520 --> 00:19:24,520 Speaker 4: and there's takeaways and concerns moving forward. But with clarity 323 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:30,840 Speaker 4: comes an opportunity to capitalize on what is happening, craft 324 00:19:31,080 --> 00:19:37,680 Speaker 4: a better strategy, and win elections moving forward. I'm gonna 325 00:19:37,760 --> 00:19:40,440 Speaker 4: slip a quick comment in here, and then we'll break 326 00:19:40,440 --> 00:19:42,639 Speaker 4: down why rank choice voting sucks, and we'll get to 327 00:19:42,680 --> 00:19:44,680 Speaker 4: more of your talkbacks on the iHeartRadio app. 328 00:19:45,080 --> 00:19:47,560 Speaker 1: Honestly, I blame you, John what I do. 329 00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:51,520 Speaker 8: Your show wasn't so entertaining, I probably wouldn't care near 330 00:19:51,600 --> 00:19:53,000 Speaker 8: me as much about politicos. 331 00:19:53,080 --> 00:19:56,920 Speaker 1: Yes, right, I agree. 332 00:19:57,760 --> 00:19:59,840 Speaker 4: If I wasn't so entertaining, I wouldn't care nearly as 333 00:19:59,840 --> 00:20:04,520 Speaker 4: my such about politics or something like that. 334 00:20:04,800 --> 00:20:07,800 Speaker 1: You're fascinating to talk to. All right, So what is 335 00:20:07,880 --> 00:20:08,679 Speaker 1: ranked choice voting? 336 00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:12,720 Speaker 4: I'm working off an article here from Fox nine political 337 00:20:12,840 --> 00:20:17,800 Speaker 4: science professor law professor David Schultz, the go to guy 338 00:20:17,880 --> 00:20:19,800 Speaker 4: when it comes to local media and this stuff. 339 00:20:19,880 --> 00:20:21,320 Speaker 1: He describes it this way. 340 00:20:21,880 --> 00:20:24,040 Speaker 4: Imagine if you went into a restaurant and they asked 341 00:20:24,080 --> 00:20:28,000 Speaker 4: restaurant asked you know, what's and you asked the restaurant 342 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:29,920 Speaker 4: what's for dinner tonight? And they say, we have chicken, 343 00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:32,359 Speaker 4: we have fish, or we have beef. And you say, 344 00:20:32,359 --> 00:20:34,679 Speaker 4: my first choice is chicken. And they come back and 345 00:20:34,720 --> 00:20:36,680 Speaker 4: they say we're out of chicken. What's your second choice? 346 00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:43,400 Speaker 4: You say fish? In some sense, that's ranked choice voting. Yeah, 347 00:20:43,440 --> 00:20:45,880 Speaker 4: but then you have the other votes that factor in, 348 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:49,040 Speaker 4: like how many you need to do it in a group, 349 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:53,880 Speaker 4: because how many other people wanted the beef? And were 350 00:20:53,880 --> 00:20:56,800 Speaker 4: there more people that wanted beef on the second question 351 00:20:56,880 --> 00:20:58,200 Speaker 4: than there was on the first question. 352 00:20:59,359 --> 00:21:01,400 Speaker 1: I'm not helping at all, am, I I'm actually making 353 00:21:01,440 --> 00:21:01,800 Speaker 1: it worse. 354 00:21:02,760 --> 00:21:06,360 Speaker 4: So Minneapolis was the first state to use ranked choice 355 00:21:06,440 --> 00:21:08,399 Speaker 4: voting in two thousand and nine. So when minieapple As 356 00:21:08,440 --> 00:21:11,240 Speaker 4: voters can rank up to three candidates and Saint Paul 357 00:21:11,640 --> 00:21:16,720 Speaker 4: voters can rank up to six candidates, the candidate A 358 00:21:16,880 --> 00:21:20,560 Speaker 4: candidate needs the majority to win, meeting more than fifty 359 00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:26,920 Speaker 4: percent of the vote, So fifty point one over everybody else. Now, 360 00:21:26,960 --> 00:21:30,840 Speaker 4: that could happen after a first choice vote was counted. 361 00:21:31,160 --> 00:21:33,680 Speaker 4: A candidate could just win outright. That did not happen 362 00:21:33,760 --> 00:21:38,040 Speaker 4: last night in either of the races in Saint Paul 363 00:21:38,119 --> 00:21:43,200 Speaker 4: or in Minneapolis. In Saint Paul, Carter won the first ballot, 364 00:21:43,720 --> 00:21:46,560 Speaker 4: but Kahuli her won resoundingly on. 365 00:21:46,560 --> 00:21:47,359 Speaker 1: The second ballot. 366 00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:49,320 Speaker 4: Now, again, I haven't seen the numbers to know whether 367 00:21:49,440 --> 00:21:52,560 Speaker 4: or not her total on the second ballot ended up 368 00:21:52,600 --> 00:21:57,479 Speaker 4: superseding the percentage that Carter had on the first ballot. 369 00:21:57,840 --> 00:21:58,600 Speaker 1: If that happened. 370 00:21:58,640 --> 00:22:03,160 Speaker 4: That means that the minority essentially ended up deciding who 371 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:04,840 Speaker 4: the mayor was going to be. And that's a part 372 00:22:04,880 --> 00:22:09,719 Speaker 4: of the reason why this is an issue. So if 373 00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:12,000 Speaker 4: a candidate doesn't win on the first ballot, like with 374 00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:15,840 Speaker 4: what happened in Minneapolis and Saint Paul, the candidates with 375 00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:19,920 Speaker 4: the fewest votes and who mathematically cannot win would be eliminated. 376 00:22:20,240 --> 00:22:23,720 Speaker 4: Then it goes to the next round for an instant runoff. 377 00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:28,560 Speaker 4: So in round two those ballots votes are transferred over 378 00:22:28,920 --> 00:22:30,880 Speaker 4: to their second choice and then the results are added 379 00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:33,840 Speaker 4: up again. If a candidate has enough votes to win, 380 00:22:34,920 --> 00:22:37,160 Speaker 4: the race is over. If not, the process of elimination 381 00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:40,639 Speaker 4: repeats until the candidate wins a majority. Now I do 382 00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:43,080 Speaker 4: agree with David Schultz on this. This is an experiment 383 00:22:43,160 --> 00:22:46,359 Speaker 4: and it sucks. This is not how we should be 384 00:22:46,359 --> 00:22:49,119 Speaker 4: electing candidates. So, in the case of Minneapolis, on the 385 00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:53,200 Speaker 4: first ballot you had man Baby mayor Fry he got 386 00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:56,280 Speaker 4: forty one point seven percent of the total votes, far 387 00:22:56,400 --> 00:22:59,920 Speaker 4: from fifty. Fate ended up with about thirty one point 388 00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:03,119 Speaker 4: five percent, and then Davis came in third with about 389 00:23:03,119 --> 00:23:10,040 Speaker 4: thirteen point eight percent. So Davis is eliminated. So if 390 00:23:10,080 --> 00:23:14,160 Speaker 4: you assume that all of that thirteen point eight percent 391 00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:19,840 Speaker 4: then goes to Omar Fate, then you have Omar Fat 392 00:23:20,040 --> 00:23:23,200 Speaker 4: getting about forty four percent over what would presumably be 393 00:23:23,560 --> 00:23:28,639 Speaker 4: Fries forty one percent. But it's not that simple because 394 00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:33,040 Speaker 4: how did that second ballot rank among everybody? 395 00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:36,080 Speaker 1: This is what makes the whole thing a mess. 396 00:23:37,240 --> 00:23:40,560 Speaker 4: And again, if Fate were to win on a second 397 00:23:40,640 --> 00:23:45,879 Speaker 4: or third ballot, it would mean that the minority in 398 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:49,320 Speaker 4: Minneapolis chose the mayor. Now, there are individuals out there, 399 00:23:49,359 --> 00:23:51,720 Speaker 4: and I tend to agree looking at the numbers right now, 400 00:23:52,040 --> 00:23:56,600 Speaker 4: that it seems to be a fairly insurmountable lead currently 401 00:23:57,440 --> 00:24:00,800 Speaker 4: for Omar Fat, So we just look at it in 402 00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:04,120 Speaker 4: terms of statistics. And Packeroffalo had posted this, so I'm 403 00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:09,720 Speaker 4: using his post. The statistical likelihood of Senator Fate making 404 00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:12,200 Speaker 4: up over fourteen thousand votes from a second, second, and 405 00:24:12,280 --> 00:24:14,919 Speaker 4: third choice of a voter pool of about thirty eight 406 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:18,280 Speaker 4: thousand dollars is near impossible unless. 407 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:23,360 Speaker 2: Something really, really weird happens, which is always a possibility. 408 00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:27,359 Speaker 4: But again, this is why ranked choice voting is an 409 00:24:27,520 --> 00:24:30,840 Speaker 4: awful way to conduct elections and why Democrats love it 410 00:24:30,880 --> 00:24:34,080 Speaker 4: because they can gain the system. You see, Omar Fate 411 00:24:34,160 --> 00:24:39,119 Speaker 4: included on campaign flyers two other individuals Davis included and 412 00:24:39,160 --> 00:24:41,600 Speaker 4: I forgot what the other Yahoo's name was and told 413 00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:44,040 Speaker 4: everybody to rank them, you know, one, two, and three 414 00:24:44,359 --> 00:24:50,359 Speaker 4: in order to dilute the vote, giving individuals somewhat of 415 00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:53,520 Speaker 4: a different option off of Fate if they weren't warm 416 00:24:53,560 --> 00:24:55,840 Speaker 4: on Fry, or they were negative on Fry, but they 417 00:24:55,840 --> 00:25:00,359 Speaker 4: were concerned about just how far left and radical Fate was. 418 00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:02,760 Speaker 4: And you can go for the other two candidates that 419 00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:07,800 Speaker 4: weren't quite as vocal in their Marxism as Fante is, 420 00:25:08,520 --> 00:25:11,600 Speaker 4: in hopes that if it goes to a second ballot, 421 00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:15,840 Speaker 4: those individuals that were running with Fante, those votes would 422 00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:18,720 Speaker 4: end up defaulting. Assuming that's the way people went and 423 00:25:18,800 --> 00:25:21,760 Speaker 4: ranked it to Omar Fante. I know it's an Abbot 424 00:25:21,760 --> 00:25:25,760 Speaker 4: on Costello routine for those that are familiar with that example, 425 00:25:25,800 --> 00:25:30,960 Speaker 4: who's on first, I don't know third base. As of 426 00:25:31,040 --> 00:25:32,720 Speaker 4: right now, it looks like Jacob Fry is going to 427 00:25:32,760 --> 00:25:42,040 Speaker 4: be the mayor of Minneapolis, So a job towards economic 428 00:25:42,119 --> 00:25:44,760 Speaker 4: ruin the best you can say about you know, Jacob 429 00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:47,520 Speaker 4: Fry is you know, on occasion, he's a check on 430 00:25:47,640 --> 00:25:52,160 Speaker 4: the radical wing of the Minneapolis City Council. But it's 431 00:25:52,200 --> 00:25:54,879 Speaker 4: not like things have improved under his watch. They just 432 00:25:54,920 --> 00:26:00,800 Speaker 4: would end up getting much much worse if Omar Fat 433 00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:06,240 Speaker 4: were to get in. And as I mentioned before, the 434 00:26:06,280 --> 00:26:13,440 Speaker 4: fact that Walls Clobash are many other prominent dflers through 435 00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:18,320 Speaker 4: their support behind Jacob Frye, shows at least that they 436 00:26:18,400 --> 00:26:22,680 Speaker 4: believe the Marxist left is somewhat toxic among a majority 437 00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:26,120 Speaker 4: of voters, and the GOP, as I've been saying, needs 438 00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:31,400 Speaker 4: to galvanize behind its chosen candidates moving forward, taking advantage 439 00:26:31,440 --> 00:26:34,320 Speaker 4: of the lessons that have been learned from last night's elections. 440 00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:39,040 Speaker 7: Good morning, They're the whole country's on a Donalard spiral. 441 00:26:39,400 --> 00:26:45,320 Speaker 1: It doesn't matter will be London in twenty years. The 442 00:26:45,359 --> 00:26:46,720 Speaker 1: whole thing is coming out. 443 00:26:47,200 --> 00:26:50,080 Speaker 4: I cannot believe how many old people grew up in 444 00:26:50,119 --> 00:26:54,119 Speaker 4: this nation and have prosperous, loving, great. 445 00:26:53,920 --> 00:26:56,880 Speaker 1: Lives and they want it worse for their grandchildren. 446 00:26:57,960 --> 00:26:59,320 Speaker 3: It just amazes me. 447 00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:04,080 Speaker 4: That is a that's a fantastic signal that you're getting 448 00:27:04,080 --> 00:27:04,760 Speaker 4: from your bunker. 449 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:09,600 Speaker 1: I give up. 450 00:27:10,640 --> 00:27:13,800 Speaker 4: I'm sorry, listen, everyone's entitled to your opinion. I don't 451 00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:16,480 Speaker 4: mean to poke too much, too much fun of you. 452 00:27:16,560 --> 00:27:19,320 Speaker 4: I just I cannot, you know, Christian, I cannot take 453 00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:24,080 Speaker 4: that dooman gloom of dance. We still are an incredibly, 454 00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:29,119 Speaker 4: we still are a split country by and large, about 455 00:27:29,119 --> 00:27:31,760 Speaker 4: half the country and potentially a little bit more. Cares 456 00:27:31,800 --> 00:27:35,160 Speaker 4: about the future. Are there concerns moving forward? Of course 457 00:27:35,160 --> 00:27:42,040 Speaker 4: there are. Should we continue to observe and be concerned 458 00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:45,480 Speaker 4: and push back on those concerns. Absolutely, but to the 459 00:27:45,480 --> 00:27:47,600 Speaker 4: point of despair, No, absolutely not. 460 00:27:49,040 --> 00:27:51,879 Speaker 9: I guess I'm getting more and more paranoid. But I 461 00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:54,880 Speaker 9: believe that people, some of the people that one are 462 00:27:54,880 --> 00:27:58,679 Speaker 9: not working for the country. They're working for something else larger, 463 00:27:58,840 --> 00:28:02,159 Speaker 9: and I find that very scared. And I feel like 464 00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:07,280 Speaker 9: the elections last night were just horrendous. It just makes 465 00:28:07,280 --> 00:28:10,879 Speaker 9: me sick to my stomach and it actually scares me. 466 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:13,400 Speaker 9: But again, I guess I'm just getting paranoid. 467 00:28:13,640 --> 00:28:15,119 Speaker 1: Yeah, I would. 468 00:28:15,600 --> 00:28:18,880 Speaker 4: I would ask this, so like if you had called 469 00:28:18,920 --> 00:28:21,080 Speaker 4: the show when we were having a discussion, if you 470 00:28:21,080 --> 00:28:24,159 Speaker 4: had called eight four four nine four six five eight 471 00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:25,879 Speaker 4: five to five and you and I were talking about 472 00:28:26,240 --> 00:28:29,879 Speaker 4: about this, I suppose I would ask what outcome last 473 00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:35,119 Speaker 4: night would not have made you paranoid? And if you 474 00:28:35,119 --> 00:28:38,600 Speaker 4: would have said victories in New Jersey or the attorney 475 00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:41,920 Speaker 4: general's race in Virginia. Okay, I'll give you that, but 476 00:28:41,960 --> 00:28:45,960 Speaker 4: that was highly unlikely to happen, regardless of all the 477 00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:50,800 Speaker 4: antel everythings. I mean, these are deeply blue areas after all, 478 00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:55,920 Speaker 4: and as I mentioned before, you don't have Trump on 479 00:28:56,000 --> 00:29:01,880 Speaker 4: the ballot. The momentum and energy right now is with Democrats. 480 00:29:03,040 --> 00:29:04,960 Speaker 1: And as the next talkback. 481 00:29:05,880 --> 00:29:08,480 Speaker 4: Mentions, the shutdown is having in effect, there's a reason 482 00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:12,280 Speaker 4: why the Democrats have kept the government shut down, and 483 00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:14,640 Speaker 4: they benefited off it. Last night, Trump made this comment 484 00:29:14,680 --> 00:29:18,200 Speaker 4: over nineties. Absolutely right. California voters ended up passing the 485 00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:23,320 Speaker 4: congressional redistricting, a victory for Newsom. Essentially, this would end 486 00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:26,920 Speaker 4: up adding about five House seats in California. 487 00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:29,240 Speaker 1: It ends up being a wash because all that ends. 488 00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:32,680 Speaker 4: Up doing is canceling out the games that were made 489 00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:37,040 Speaker 4: in the redistricting, the redistricting victories that took place in Texas. 490 00:29:37,080 --> 00:29:40,080 Speaker 4: We still have the Supreme Court that we're waiting on 491 00:29:40,360 --> 00:29:44,040 Speaker 4: when with the Voting Rights Act, which could dramatically shift 492 00:29:44,520 --> 00:29:51,440 Speaker 4: these election outcomes moving forward, it ends up, like I said, 493 00:29:51,520 --> 00:29:54,400 Speaker 4: being a wash. Looking at it, nationwide, and it isn't 494 00:29:54,440 --> 00:30:02,320 Speaker 4: surprising Democrat dollars bolstering these races, the efforts and typically 495 00:30:02,440 --> 00:30:08,440 Speaker 4: post party gains from previous elections, the momentum swing is 496 00:30:08,480 --> 00:30:10,600 Speaker 4: with the opposition party, and that's what happened here. 497 00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:16,200 Speaker 7: Hey, John, I got two takeaways. One, why not just 498 00:30:16,200 --> 00:30:18,600 Speaker 7: shut the government down again next year if you're a Democrat? 499 00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:23,640 Speaker 7: It worked so well this year. Sympathy media. Oh, and 500 00:30:23,760 --> 00:30:26,480 Speaker 7: blame the party in power, because well, they're the ones 501 00:30:26,480 --> 00:30:32,080 Speaker 7: in power until they came actually pass a budget. Two California, 502 00:30:32,360 --> 00:30:36,120 Speaker 7: how many illegals voted for Prop fifty? 503 00:30:37,120 --> 00:30:41,080 Speaker 1: Just curious? California sucks. 504 00:30:41,640 --> 00:30:43,760 Speaker 4: Yeah, but they have Disneyland and my family was there, 505 00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:49,120 Speaker 4: so I can't toss it out completely. All right, Let's 506 00:30:49,120 --> 00:30:51,239 Speaker 4: get you a couple of clips here. This is an 507 00:30:51,240 --> 00:30:55,840 Speaker 4: interesting one. An analyst on CNN last night. This is 508 00:30:55,840 --> 00:30:57,520 Speaker 4: just going to contribute to a lot of your doom 509 00:30:57,520 --> 00:31:01,360 Speaker 4: and gloom, but I wanted to share it with you anyways. 510 00:31:01,440 --> 00:31:03,640 Speaker 4: From again from CNN, the story. 511 00:31:03,320 --> 00:31:06,040 Speaker 10: For tonight is actually that the Socialist Party is taking 512 00:31:06,040 --> 00:31:08,200 Speaker 10: over the Democrat Party. And you know what it was 513 00:31:08,240 --> 00:31:12,640 Speaker 10: Andrew Cuomo, it was Kathy Hochel, It were the Democrats 514 00:31:12,640 --> 00:31:14,640 Speaker 10: that were so afraid of their shadows, so afraid of 515 00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:17,360 Speaker 10: the radical left, people like Alexandra Cosi or Cortez can't 516 00:31:17,360 --> 00:31:19,360 Speaker 10: move and move and move and to satisfy them. And 517 00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:21,720 Speaker 10: now they've been eaten alive. So this is a lesson 518 00:31:21,760 --> 00:31:23,880 Speaker 10: for the Democrat Party. They should have fought for their party. 519 00:31:23,920 --> 00:31:26,040 Speaker 10: They never fought for their party. They catered to the 520 00:31:26,120 --> 00:31:28,120 Speaker 10: radical left. And now we're going to see, by the way, 521 00:31:28,160 --> 00:31:30,560 Speaker 10: for people who think that they're voting for affordability. Here 522 00:31:30,600 --> 00:31:33,440 Speaker 10: with Mandani, a guy who believes in socialism, we're going 523 00:31:33,480 --> 00:31:35,040 Speaker 10: to learn the hard way in New York City what 524 00:31:35,120 --> 00:31:37,960 Speaker 10: socialism is. Your taxes will go up, and if you 525 00:31:38,040 --> 00:31:40,600 Speaker 10: pay property taxes, you won't be able to afford to 526 00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:42,040 Speaker 10: live in your home. And if you guess what you rent, 527 00:31:42,080 --> 00:31:43,640 Speaker 10: it's going to be passed on to you in the 528 00:31:43,640 --> 00:31:48,280 Speaker 10: form of your rent mandates, look, mandates, fees, regulation, surcharges. 529 00:31:48,320 --> 00:31:50,640 Speaker 10: We've seen it in this state, in this city under 530 00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:54,720 Speaker 10: one party rule for the last decade. It costs money, 531 00:31:54,720 --> 00:31:56,640 Speaker 10: it gets passed on to you. So if you think 532 00:31:56,640 --> 00:31:59,120 Speaker 10: you're going to get a free ride with Mandani, you're 533 00:31:59,120 --> 00:31:59,960 Speaker 10: gonna learn the hard way. 534 00:32:01,760 --> 00:32:04,160 Speaker 4: And that is all good news for Republicans. This goes 535 00:32:04,200 --> 00:32:07,480 Speaker 4: back to my analogy in Minneapolis. Do you want to 536 00:32:07,560 --> 00:32:10,720 Speaker 4: jog towards the economic despair and ruin or do you 537 00:32:10,760 --> 00:32:13,520 Speaker 4: want to sprint towards it. That's the difference between fry 538 00:32:14,240 --> 00:32:16,720 Speaker 4: and fate, and there are arguments to be made either 539 00:32:16,760 --> 00:32:20,320 Speaker 4: way over whether or not that's good or bad for 540 00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:23,640 Speaker 4: the state in and of itself, for the city of Minneapolis, 541 00:32:26,800 --> 00:32:31,600 Speaker 4: Governor Tim Walls, Amy Klobashar Democrats here, they all align 542 00:32:31,720 --> 00:32:35,600 Speaker 4: with the same views of these radicals that have taken 543 00:32:35,640 --> 00:32:38,560 Speaker 4: over the party. They just want a lot of their 544 00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:42,880 Speaker 4: base to not believe that that's the case. They wanted 545 00:32:42,880 --> 00:32:45,720 Speaker 4: the Democrat Party to think, at least for some of 546 00:32:45,760 --> 00:32:49,240 Speaker 4: the more moderate doing nothing with my fingers that they 547 00:32:49,280 --> 00:32:49,920 Speaker 4: still are. 548 00:32:49,920 --> 00:32:54,000 Speaker 1: Sort of a center left, not full Marxism. 549 00:32:54,040 --> 00:32:55,320 Speaker 4: When you and I both know when it comes to 550 00:32:55,480 --> 00:32:58,719 Speaker 4: especially Walls, that's just simply not true. So these victories 551 00:32:58,800 --> 00:33:03,000 Speaker 4: and the Democrats having the socialists completely take over their 552 00:33:03,040 --> 00:33:05,720 Speaker 4: party and now having tangible evidence of that is good 553 00:33:05,760 --> 00:33:08,640 Speaker 4: for Republicans as long as Republicans do not get in 554 00:33:08,760 --> 00:33:12,280 Speaker 4: their own way. I'm perfectly fine with the country having 555 00:33:12,320 --> 00:33:15,040 Speaker 4: a national conversation between which way do we want to 556 00:33:15,080 --> 00:33:18,320 Speaker 4: go capitalism or socialism? And that's what needs to happen 557 00:33:18,360 --> 00:33:22,680 Speaker 4: between now and next year. Scott Jennings on CNN went 558 00:33:22,720 --> 00:33:25,640 Speaker 4: on a bit of a rant relating to Mam Donnie's 559 00:33:25,680 --> 00:33:26,760 Speaker 4: victory in New York City. 560 00:33:27,080 --> 00:33:29,960 Speaker 1: Scott, Oh, are. 561 00:33:29,840 --> 00:33:33,280 Speaker 11: You saying he didn't He wasn't the unifying voice of 562 00:33:33,320 --> 00:33:35,800 Speaker 11: a generation that you predicted mere moments ago? 563 00:33:36,440 --> 00:33:40,640 Speaker 4: He was responding to Mam Donnie's victory speech. 564 00:33:40,800 --> 00:33:44,280 Speaker 11: Acts where was the man that you predicted would not 565 00:33:44,320 --> 00:33:45,480 Speaker 11: slice and dice dealer? 566 00:33:45,560 --> 00:33:46,000 Speaker 8: Look, guys. 567 00:33:46,040 --> 00:33:47,000 Speaker 1: He started his. 568 00:33:47,080 --> 00:33:51,400 Speaker 11: Speech by quoting Eugene Debs, who ran for president of 569 00:33:51,440 --> 00:33:55,520 Speaker 11: the United States five times as the Socialist Party of 570 00:33:55,560 --> 00:34:02,720 Speaker 11: America candidate. He repeatedly, I know my socialists. 571 00:34:02,720 --> 00:34:03,600 Speaker 1: I keep it close on. 572 00:34:06,400 --> 00:34:11,880 Speaker 11: So here's the thing. He went after. Everybody that he 573 00:34:11,920 --> 00:34:16,319 Speaker 11: thinks is a problem. People who own things, people who 574 00:34:16,719 --> 00:34:20,640 Speaker 11: have businesses. He said an interesting quote, no problem too 575 00:34:20,719 --> 00:34:22,320 Speaker 11: large for government. 576 00:34:21,920 --> 00:34:24,600 Speaker 1: To solve or too small important. 577 00:34:24,800 --> 00:34:27,560 Speaker 11: And so when you think of the world that way, 578 00:34:27,719 --> 00:34:30,800 Speaker 11: that every problem, no matter how small or how large, 579 00:34:31,040 --> 00:34:35,480 Speaker 11: is something for government to do. Let me just decipher 580 00:34:35,480 --> 00:34:39,319 Speaker 11: this for you. Tax increases as far as the eye 581 00:34:39,320 --> 00:34:41,480 Speaker 11: can see, which means the people who need to provide 582 00:34:41,600 --> 00:34:44,720 Speaker 11: jobs to the young people that you say need jobs 583 00:34:44,760 --> 00:34:47,759 Speaker 11: are going to flee as quickly as they possibly can. 584 00:34:47,840 --> 00:34:51,400 Speaker 11: I think this was a divisive speech, and he clearly 585 00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:54,759 Speaker 11: sees the world in terms of the people who are 586 00:34:54,760 --> 00:34:57,280 Speaker 11: oppressing you and the oppressed, and he said the oppressed 587 00:34:57,280 --> 00:34:58,279 Speaker 11: are now in city Hall. 588 00:35:00,239 --> 00:35:02,720 Speaker 4: The good news is, if there is any good news 589 00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:06,600 Speaker 4: to take away from that, is that Zohram mom Donnie 590 00:35:06,680 --> 00:35:10,719 Speaker 4: is talking a game that won him the election, but 591 00:35:10,800 --> 00:35:13,359 Speaker 4: now he's going to have to face the reality of 592 00:35:13,600 --> 00:35:15,560 Speaker 4: attempting to go and move forward with what he wants 593 00:35:15,600 --> 00:35:18,040 Speaker 4: to do. And that would be really interesting to watch 594 00:35:18,080 --> 00:35:20,000 Speaker 4: because a lot of our policies and our loss just 595 00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:23,319 Speaker 4: simply prevent the majority of what he is suggesting. And 596 00:35:23,480 --> 00:35:25,640 Speaker 4: he won't have the power in and of himself to 597 00:35:25,719 --> 00:35:29,840 Speaker 4: do it on his own either. And this does bode 598 00:35:29,880 --> 00:35:33,880 Speaker 4: well for an Elist Stephonic in the governor's race. Again, 599 00:35:34,040 --> 00:35:37,520 Speaker 4: a great contrast between what Republicans stand for and where 600 00:35:37,760 --> 00:35:40,640 Speaker 4: the Democrat Party is currently. All right, we'll get some 601 00:35:40,680 --> 00:35:43,600 Speaker 4: more of your talkbacks coming up. Representative Tom Emmer will 602 00:35:43,600 --> 00:35:45,879 Speaker 4: be joining us at seven twenty in studio at seven 603 00:35:45,920 --> 00:35:49,839 Speaker 4: point thirty. Newly announced the gubernatorial candidate, Lisa Damuth here 604 00:35:49,880 --> 00:36:00,560 Speaker 4: on Twin City's News Talk. I believe in today. 605 00:36:00,600 --> 00:36:01,520 Speaker 1: It's gonna get good. 606 00:36:02,160 --> 00:36:08,680 Speaker 3: It's gonna get really good before it gets bad, and 607 00:36:08,719 --> 00:36:09,759 Speaker 3: then it'll get good again. 608 00:36:11,040 --> 00:36:13,480 Speaker 1: Cheer up, have a great day.