1 00:00:08,080 --> 00:00:12,760 Speaker 1: Hour two for a Tuesday Twenna City's news Talk Am 2 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:17,000 Speaker 1: eleven thirty and one oh three five FM. Joining us 3 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:21,400 Speaker 1: on the phone. Gubernatorial candidate and straw pole winner from 4 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:25,000 Speaker 1: the party state to Central Committee meeting over the weekend. 5 00:00:25,400 --> 00:00:27,760 Speaker 1: Kendall Qualls, Good morning, Kendall. How we doing this morning, sir? 6 00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:30,960 Speaker 2: I'm great, John, great to have it's great to be here, 7 00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:32,280 Speaker 2: grateful for having me. Thank you. 8 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:35,279 Speaker 1: I uh, I had to have a chuckle. I just 9 00:00:35,320 --> 00:00:39,680 Speaker 1: now noticed this in the Minnesota Reformer article Kendall that 10 00:00:39,760 --> 00:00:44,159 Speaker 1: I pulled for our conversation today, the headline perennial candidate 11 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:48,280 Speaker 1: Kendall Qualls wins Minnesota GOP gubernatorials troupple. But the first 12 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:50,239 Speaker 1: sentence in here they have a chuckle over it, said 13 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:52,600 Speaker 1: Kendall Qualls, an army veteran. Of course, we thank you 14 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:58,360 Speaker 1: for your service, former healthcare executive and anti anti racist activist. 15 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:00,800 Speaker 1: Were you were you were aware that you are an 16 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:03,800 Speaker 1: anti anti racist to activists. I'm not sure how that works. 17 00:01:03,880 --> 00:01:06,199 Speaker 2: Kendall qual Oh, yeah, yeah, they took a pot shot 18 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:09,200 Speaker 2: at me at that and the parentual candidate as well. 19 00:01:09,319 --> 00:01:14,640 Speaker 2: So yes, anything they can do to to mock and 20 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:17,560 Speaker 2: bring us down. The last thing they won, especially the 21 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:19,520 Speaker 2: Democrat Party, is for me to be the talk to 22 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:23,040 Speaker 2: that ticket. It'll put fear in the hearts of God 23 00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:25,440 Speaker 2: and those Democrat leaders. If I was on the top 24 00:01:25,440 --> 00:01:26,000 Speaker 2: of that ticket. 25 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:30,120 Speaker 1: Qualls, you won ninety three. You won votes from ninety 26 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:33,240 Speaker 1: three delegates. Is followed by Lisa Damoth at ninety Mike 27 00:01:33,319 --> 00:01:36,240 Speaker 1: Lindell at forty nine. According to the State Party. How 28 00:01:36,319 --> 00:01:39,120 Speaker 1: much how much weight do you put into this? We 29 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:42,440 Speaker 1: have had circumstances where individuals had weak showings in the 30 00:01:42,560 --> 00:01:45,040 Speaker 1: draw hole that have gone on to get the nomination. 31 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:48,880 Speaker 1: I'm just curious what your takeaway from winning this a 32 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:51,000 Speaker 1: straw pole was after Saturday. 33 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:54,800 Speaker 2: Well, the biggest thing is like, like your listeners who involved, 34 00:01:54,840 --> 00:01:57,600 Speaker 2: I know, I appreciate their support. We have a great 35 00:01:57,640 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 2: ground game with our staff, our team on a campaign. 36 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:05,080 Speaker 2: But anything what this is is the voters, the listeners, 37 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:09,200 Speaker 2: the delegates, they're they're they're echoing a strong voice, just 38 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:12,080 Speaker 2: like we have with our president. We want an outsider 39 00:02:12,919 --> 00:02:16,720 Speaker 2: from out, someone from outside to Saint Paul the sixth 40 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:20,480 Speaker 2: Saint Paul, if you notice that the you know, actually 41 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:24,160 Speaker 2: beating the sitting speaker of the House is a pretty 42 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:27,399 Speaker 2: big deal. And so I have no title behind my name. 43 00:02:27,919 --> 00:02:31,000 Speaker 2: I'm not a former you know, representative or anything like that. 44 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:35,760 Speaker 2: Pure outsider started my my my career in the business world. 45 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:38,560 Speaker 2: After after I served in the Army, leading sales and 46 00:02:38,639 --> 00:02:43,720 Speaker 2: marketing teams from from major companies, from small companies turning around, 47 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:47,440 Speaker 2: you know, declining businesses. That's exactly the stereo we have here. 48 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:50,080 Speaker 2: If Minnesota was a stock traded on the New York 49 00:02:50,120 --> 00:02:52,680 Speaker 2: Stock has changed, most people would have sold their stock 50 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:56,440 Speaker 2: years ago. We have a turnaround issue and intervention issue, 51 00:02:56,440 --> 00:02:59,240 Speaker 2: and we need someone from outside the world of politics 52 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:01,200 Speaker 2: to help this the helpers turn around. 53 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:04,040 Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm actually going to be talking about something along 54 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:05,760 Speaker 1: these lines coming up in just a moment. There's a 55 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:09,720 Speaker 1: great piece out of American experiment talking about Minnesota's structural 56 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:14,359 Speaker 1: budget deficit is not driven by federal uncertainty or the tariffs. 57 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:18,440 Speaker 1: Like Governor Tim Walls has been touting. Kendall, I'm curious. 58 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:21,680 Speaker 1: You know this was you know, the victory over in 59 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:23,960 Speaker 1: this straw pole ninety three. Dell gets followed by Lisa 60 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:25,720 Speaker 1: Damoth at ninety You know, she's got quite a bit 61 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:29,000 Speaker 1: of name id. You've ran for office before. I'm wondering 62 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:33,640 Speaker 1: if you're seeing anything within your messaging that may have 63 00:03:33,800 --> 00:03:37,240 Speaker 1: provided the difference that brought you to the top of 64 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:41,640 Speaker 1: this straw pole versus the other candidates. Is there anything 65 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:43,839 Speaker 1: you think you're zeroing in on that perhaps is being 66 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:46,480 Speaker 1: lost from the other candidates as to that may have 67 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:48,160 Speaker 1: led you to your winning this pole. 68 00:03:49,160 --> 00:03:51,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, you know this is beyond the message. But this 69 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:55,080 Speaker 2: has to do with message, messenger, and money, the three ms, 70 00:03:55,440 --> 00:03:58,920 Speaker 2: and you've got to have all three. Yes, the message 71 00:03:58,920 --> 00:04:01,640 Speaker 2: works that we're focus on the economy. We're going to 72 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:03,880 Speaker 2: get the crime back. They we're going to get Minneapolis back. 73 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:05,760 Speaker 2: Well as I get the crime back, we get the 74 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:09,080 Speaker 2: crime back where it belongs, not near the zero. We 75 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:13,600 Speaker 2: never used to be a Detroit or a Chicago. In Minneapolis, 76 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:15,520 Speaker 2: it used to be ready to number one safety city 77 00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:17,800 Speaker 2: in the country by Forest Magazine. We're going to get 78 00:04:17,839 --> 00:04:20,359 Speaker 2: it back. And our public schools never used to be 79 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:23,680 Speaker 2: a sesspool of indoctrination. We used to have the top 80 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:26,920 Speaker 2: tier of public schools and the nation prideful about that, 81 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:29,920 Speaker 2: and as well as our economy. So those three issues 82 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:33,200 Speaker 2: are the three legged killer or the three pillars that 83 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:35,960 Speaker 2: we're going to focus on. Wrapped around all of that 84 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:39,159 Speaker 2: is strong leadership. The fraud, the waste that we're seeing 85 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:42,080 Speaker 2: right now has everything to do with poor leadership. It's 86 00:04:42,120 --> 00:04:47,799 Speaker 2: a symptom of weak, unaccountable leadership. Strong companies, strong leaders 87 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:50,280 Speaker 2: don't allow that kind of stuff to happen. So that's 88 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:52,320 Speaker 2: going to We'll take care of that piece. But the 89 00:04:52,360 --> 00:04:54,080 Speaker 2: other piece of this is the vision for it for 90 00:04:54,240 --> 00:05:00,400 Speaker 2: a Minnesota that people are are wanting and design in 91 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:02,160 Speaker 2: their lives. So those are the things that I share 92 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:04,159 Speaker 2: when I'm on the road is what what the future 93 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:07,080 Speaker 2: look like. And when I share that, John and real quick, 94 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:11,960 Speaker 2: what I tell people is despite the Democrats nearly ruining 95 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:16,159 Speaker 2: this whole state and that they can sold everything the media, 96 00:05:16,520 --> 00:05:19,840 Speaker 2: the higher ed and all the levels of power, they 97 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:23,000 Speaker 2: only have a one seat majority in the Senate and 98 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:25,599 Speaker 2: we're tied in the House. And I believe if my 99 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:28,000 Speaker 2: campaign with the top of the ticket, we can get 100 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:31,240 Speaker 2: a down ballot windfall where we get the Senate, the House, 101 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:35,280 Speaker 2: the governor's feat and we can actually have our own 102 00:05:35,360 --> 00:05:38,440 Speaker 2: trifecta and we really make the changes we need to make. 103 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:43,480 Speaker 1: Kendall Qualls again, congratulations on your winning this drophole from 104 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:46,360 Speaker 1: over the weekend. Where would you like people to go 105 00:05:46,440 --> 00:05:49,360 Speaker 1: just check out more about what your campaign is all about. 106 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:53,680 Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely so. Our website is KQ for m N 107 00:05:53,760 --> 00:05:57,599 Speaker 2: dot com has KQ f O r m man dot 108 00:05:57,600 --> 00:06:00,839 Speaker 2: com and we're on x as well as Facebook. People 109 00:06:00,880 --> 00:06:04,280 Speaker 2: follows off social media. We're really cranking there and we 110 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:06,479 Speaker 2: want to continue to help save our state. That's the 111 00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:10,320 Speaker 2: ultimate objective, save this state and for the next generation 112 00:06:10,360 --> 00:06:12,800 Speaker 2: of Minnesota's Ken Kendall Quills. 113 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:15,440 Speaker 1: Merry Christmas to you and yours. I hope you have 114 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:17,479 Speaker 1: a fantastic of New Year's as well. Thank you so 115 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:19,720 Speaker 1: much for the time this morning, and I look forward to 116 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:21,240 Speaker 1: the next time we have a chance to talk in 117 00:06:21,440 --> 00:06:22,240 Speaker 1: twenty twenty six. 118 00:06:23,080 --> 00:06:24,520 Speaker 2: Thanks Sean. Marry Christmas to you. 119 00:06:25,120 --> 00:06:27,279 Speaker 1: Can to a few of your talkbacks. Got off the 120 00:06:27,279 --> 00:06:29,440 Speaker 1: phone a moment ago or offline, I should say, with 121 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:32,200 Speaker 1: David gartan Stein Ross, our AI expert. I had asked 122 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:36,200 Speaker 1: him about his favorite to movie most Realistic regarding AI. 123 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:39,480 Speaker 1: Had a talkback that rolled in brought to you off 124 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:41,320 Speaker 1: the iHeartRadio app by Lyndall Realty. 125 00:06:43,760 --> 00:06:46,600 Speaker 3: Hey John, good morning. My opinion of what you asked 126 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:48,760 Speaker 3: to be there about his favorite or what he thinks 127 00:06:48,800 --> 00:06:52,240 Speaker 3: the most realistic movie for AI. As much as I 128 00:06:52,279 --> 00:06:55,880 Speaker 3: would love it to be something crazy like Terminator Ready 129 00:06:55,880 --> 00:06:58,560 Speaker 3: Player one, it's most likely going to be Her with 130 00:06:58,680 --> 00:07:01,159 Speaker 3: Joaquin Phoenix, where the guy basically falls in love with 131 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:03,839 Speaker 3: this freaking AI and starts your relationship with it. 132 00:07:03,880 --> 00:07:06,760 Speaker 1: That's kind of work. Yeah, No, I agree with you. 133 00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:09,479 Speaker 1: I also think like if my default would have been 134 00:07:10,320 --> 00:07:13,600 Speaker 1: most likely like x Macina, I can see that scenario 135 00:07:13,640 --> 00:07:15,560 Speaker 1: playing out. Early enjoyed that movie, Brett? Have you seen 136 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:16,200 Speaker 1: Next Mancina? 137 00:07:16,440 --> 00:07:16,560 Speaker 4: No? 138 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:18,640 Speaker 1: Okay? Should I? 139 00:07:18,760 --> 00:07:19,600 Speaker 5: Yeah? 140 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:20,400 Speaker 1: You like sci fi? 141 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:21,080 Speaker 2: Eat? 142 00:07:21,200 --> 00:07:21,440 Speaker 1: Enjoy it? 143 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:21,960 Speaker 6: All right. 144 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:24,920 Speaker 1: It's a good watch. It's a good watch and not 145 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:27,480 Speaker 1: what I recommend. Gets a little racy. I'll say that much, 146 00:07:27,520 --> 00:07:31,120 Speaker 1: but I think you can handle it. Brett, just saying, Okay, 147 00:07:31,400 --> 00:07:33,640 Speaker 1: I gotta put I'm a big boy pants so I 148 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:35,840 Speaker 1: can watch it. All right, let's go, let's go here. 149 00:07:36,880 --> 00:07:40,120 Speaker 7: Good morning, John and Justice as itself from eaton Prairie. Say, 150 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:43,760 Speaker 7: do you denounce your great leader of Donald Trump for 151 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:48,800 Speaker 7: his instensive remarks about Rob ryan is death being caused 152 00:07:48,840 --> 00:07:53,320 Speaker 7: by Trump the arrangement syndrome? That sure, their leader stand 153 00:07:53,360 --> 00:07:55,920 Speaker 7: by what you said about Charlie Kirk. Anybody that talked 154 00:07:55,920 --> 00:08:00,320 Speaker 7: about Charlie Kirk negatively, you denounced him, So denounce Trump 155 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:00,720 Speaker 7: on air. 156 00:08:01,480 --> 00:08:05,240 Speaker 1: Have a good day. Tell me that you weren't listening 157 00:08:05,240 --> 00:08:08,000 Speaker 1: to the opening segment of the show without telling me 158 00:08:08,080 --> 00:08:11,400 Speaker 1: you weren't listening to the opening segment of the show, 159 00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:16,280 Speaker 1: Phil get up earlier. I shared my thoughts in the 160 00:08:16,320 --> 00:08:20,120 Speaker 1: first segment. So go check out the podcast there, dude, 161 00:08:21,360 --> 00:08:25,760 Speaker 1: all right? Coming up, Minnesota, structural deficit is not driven 162 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:29,480 Speaker 1: by tariffs or federal uncertainty, according to American experiment, and 163 00:08:29,520 --> 00:08:31,880 Speaker 1: they are right. When you hear Governor Tim Walls blame 164 00:08:31,920 --> 00:08:35,120 Speaker 1: the budget crisis here in Minnesota that we are facing 165 00:08:35,480 --> 00:08:38,360 Speaker 1: on Washington, chaos caused by Trump, he's lying to you 166 00:08:38,640 --> 00:08:41,240 Speaker 1: once again. I'll give you details on this a little 167 00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:43,800 Speaker 1: bit more than an hour from now. I have amazing 168 00:08:44,040 --> 00:08:48,840 Speaker 1: stats to take down liberal arguments relating to frustrations over 169 00:08:48,920 --> 00:08:53,280 Speaker 1: ice enforcement here in Minnesota. Also coming up, why Walls 170 00:08:53,360 --> 00:08:58,840 Speaker 1: is Waco Walls always chickens out as he signs new 171 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:03,720 Speaker 1: executive orders guns to establish a state wide safety council. 172 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:06,640 Speaker 1: I'll share with you the details on this ridiculous nonsense 173 00:09:06,679 --> 00:09:09,160 Speaker 1: next right here on Twinsday's news Talk AM eleven thirty 174 00:09:09,160 --> 00:09:19,160 Speaker 1: and one h three five FM. So why is Governor 175 00:09:19,160 --> 00:09:22,280 Speaker 1: Tim Walls Waco Walls always chickens out? I'll explain here 176 00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:25,680 Speaker 1: in just a moment. Look, it's dumb. I know that 177 00:09:25,720 --> 00:09:28,240 Speaker 1: it's dumb, but so is Taco when Trump always chickens out. 178 00:09:28,320 --> 00:09:37,040 Speaker 1: So don't hate the player, you hate the game. I 179 00:09:37,120 --> 00:09:38,960 Speaker 1: thought Brett was gonna chick Oh, you're waiting for me? 180 00:09:39,160 --> 00:09:41,120 Speaker 1: I was, but I didn't really. I thought it was 181 00:09:41,120 --> 00:09:44,920 Speaker 1: just a dramatic pause. I should have put more emphosis 182 00:09:44,920 --> 00:09:48,000 Speaker 1: on the salable to make sure that I grabbed your attention. 183 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:48,240 Speaker 2: There. 184 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:50,320 Speaker 1: You're fascinating to talk to. Thank you very much. I 185 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:54,840 Speaker 1: appreciate that. All right, before we get to uh, Walls 186 00:09:54,840 --> 00:09:57,960 Speaker 1: always chickening out, let's go here center, the American Experiment 187 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:04,200 Speaker 1: Tariff's federal policy. Regardless of your views on both, Minnesota's 188 00:10:04,200 --> 00:10:07,640 Speaker 1: budget deficit has very little, if anything, to do with 189 00:10:07,720 --> 00:10:11,480 Speaker 1: what's going on in Washington, DC, as some claim. Looking 190 00:10:11,520 --> 00:10:15,880 Speaker 1: at you, Walls, Minnesota's fiscal problem is not only worse 191 00:10:16,480 --> 00:10:18,959 Speaker 1: than the headline numbers show, but it has been going 192 00:10:18,960 --> 00:10:21,199 Speaker 1: on since the end of the twenty twenty three session. 193 00:10:21,280 --> 00:10:26,319 Speaker 1: The state's persistent and widening structural deficit is self inflicted 194 00:10:27,160 --> 00:10:32,960 Speaker 1: and was wholly avoidable. I'm gonna get to the details 195 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:35,199 Speaker 1: what I really want to do here, and I'm going 196 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:39,560 Speaker 1: to I'm gonna jump to the end before I lay 197 00:10:39,559 --> 00:10:45,520 Speaker 1: out the direction. Why. If Minnesota were a family, the 198 00:10:45,520 --> 00:10:49,040 Speaker 1: twenty twenty three session was the equivalent of using a 199 00:10:49,040 --> 00:10:52,160 Speaker 1: one time Christmas bonus to move into a bigger house 200 00:10:52,160 --> 00:10:55,880 Speaker 1: while expecting a new baby. The baby being Medicaid spending 201 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:59,040 Speaker 1: that was already projected to grow even before a new 202 00:10:59,080 --> 00:11:03,200 Speaker 1: policy change. Is the bonus was always temporary, but the 203 00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:06,160 Speaker 1: costs of the house and the child are permanent, and 204 00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:09,640 Speaker 1: they continue to rise, just like a family that is 205 00:11:09,640 --> 00:11:13,160 Speaker 1: spending above its means. Nothing short of returning to a 206 00:11:13,200 --> 00:11:18,520 Speaker 1: more affordable lifestyle will fix the state's conundrum. Legislators who 207 00:11:18,559 --> 00:11:20,520 Speaker 1: are serious about budget reformed me to look at the 208 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:25,000 Speaker 1: history twenty twenty three budget session for a session for 209 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:27,680 Speaker 1: budget fixes. All right, so how do we get here? 210 00:11:27,720 --> 00:11:31,800 Speaker 1: It goes like this. In twenty twenty three, the session 211 00:11:31,880 --> 00:11:35,760 Speaker 1: was started with an eighteen billion dollar surplus, and. 212 00:11:38,120 --> 00:11:38,760 Speaker 6: Averaging that. 213 00:11:40,960 --> 00:11:43,000 Speaker 1: On a long enough timeline, we lose sight of that. 214 00:11:44,520 --> 00:11:47,040 Speaker 1: It just becomes a number, it just becomes a talking point. 215 00:11:48,040 --> 00:11:51,719 Speaker 1: Eighteen billion dollars should never just be a number or 216 00:11:51,720 --> 00:11:55,240 Speaker 1: a talking point, I mean either should a billion dollars 217 00:11:55,280 --> 00:11:59,080 Speaker 1: in the fraud that could be somewhere upwards of six 218 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:03,520 Speaker 1: to seven billion dollars. So in the twenty twenty three session, 219 00:12:03,559 --> 00:12:06,200 Speaker 1: the legislature spent the majority of the one time surplus 220 00:12:06,240 --> 00:12:12,000 Speaker 1: expanding government programs. Welfare programs Medicaid got a substantial portion 221 00:12:12,080 --> 00:12:14,960 Speaker 1: of the new funds. Not only did the legislature raise 222 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:19,320 Speaker 1: the baseline welfare spending, but also accelerated future growth rates 223 00:12:19,880 --> 00:12:24,760 Speaker 1: by adjusting inflation calculations in certain Medicaid programs such as 224 00:12:24,880 --> 00:12:30,240 Speaker 1: disability waivers. Minnesota's budget for twenty four and twenty five 225 00:12:30,280 --> 00:12:33,959 Speaker 1: the Buyennium group from fifty five billion in February of 226 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:39,319 Speaker 1: twenty twenty three to sixty nine point five billion by 227 00:12:39,320 --> 00:12:41,559 Speaker 1: the end of the twenty three session, and in November's 228 00:12:42,040 --> 00:12:47,280 Speaker 1: twenty three forecast it was up by another billion dollars. Welfare, 229 00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:53,920 Speaker 1: health and Human services that grew from under eighteen billion 230 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:57,440 Speaker 1: dollars in February of twenty three to twenty point six 231 00:12:57,520 --> 00:13:00,800 Speaker 1: billion by the end of the session. November twenty three 232 00:13:00,840 --> 00:13:06,439 Speaker 1: forecast it exceeded twenty one billion dollars. The twenty twenty 233 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:11,560 Speaker 1: five session addressed some of the growth by capping the 234 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:15,520 Speaker 1: disability waivers. However, reform did not go far enough. Looking 235 00:13:15,559 --> 00:13:20,760 Speaker 1: only at the baseline numbers, Minnesota will spend sixty eight 236 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:24,160 Speaker 1: point four billion in twenty twenty six and twenty seven's 237 00:13:24,200 --> 00:13:28,120 Speaker 1: by AUM. That is over nine billion, or fifteen percent, 238 00:13:28,280 --> 00:13:33,040 Speaker 1: higher than was estimated in February of twenty three. Spending 239 00:13:33,120 --> 00:13:37,040 Speaker 1: is also up by one point seven billion since the 240 00:13:37,760 --> 00:13:43,840 Speaker 1: July end of session estimates. Minnesota is living above its means. 241 00:13:44,440 --> 00:13:49,760 Speaker 1: That is the issue. So while we appropriately focus on 242 00:13:49,800 --> 00:13:53,240 Speaker 1: the fraud, well, actually, before I get to that, let 243 00:13:53,280 --> 00:13:55,840 Speaker 1: me just say this upfront. Whenever you hear Walls blame 244 00:13:55,840 --> 00:14:00,120 Speaker 1: the budget crisis on Trump's chaos in Washington as he 245 00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:05,800 Speaker 1: describes it, he's lying. These are the facts. Minnesota is 246 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:10,200 Speaker 1: living above its means. That is the issue. And while 247 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:14,920 Speaker 1: we focus appropriately on the fraud, and we should, it's 248 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:20,240 Speaker 1: the headline grabber. It's more interesting. These numbers tend to 249 00:14:20,320 --> 00:14:24,000 Speaker 1: get eye rolls. People don't really follow. I get it, 250 00:14:24,040 --> 00:14:28,560 Speaker 1: I understand it. It's boring by comparison, But make no mistake, 251 00:14:29,440 --> 00:14:32,520 Speaker 1: there's another fraud that's been perpetuated. It may not be 252 00:14:32,680 --> 00:14:39,560 Speaker 1: criminal like autism center fraud or feeding our future daycare centers, 253 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:44,760 Speaker 1: potential transportation, you name it, No, but it is still 254 00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:47,720 Speaker 1: a fraud being perpetuated. It's a waste of your taxpayer 255 00:14:47,760 --> 00:14:53,280 Speaker 1: dollars by the Democrats that are destroying the economy because 256 00:14:53,280 --> 00:14:57,920 Speaker 1: they're forcing Minnesota to live above its means. And again, 257 00:14:57,920 --> 00:15:00,000 Speaker 1: while it's not flashy and it's not gonna grab headlines 258 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:02,320 Speaker 1: and a lot of times it's boring, make no mistake 259 00:15:02,920 --> 00:15:05,040 Speaker 1: when we look at the budget deficit, while fraud is 260 00:15:05,080 --> 00:15:08,040 Speaker 1: going to be a part of that, No, it's what 261 00:15:08,120 --> 00:15:12,080 Speaker 1: Democrats did in their time in office that has us 262 00:15:12,240 --> 00:15:17,800 Speaker 1: in the fiscal pending disaster that we are in. And 263 00:15:17,840 --> 00:15:21,880 Speaker 1: it's not because of Trump. It's not because of DC. No, 264 00:15:22,280 --> 00:15:25,600 Speaker 1: it's because of the DFL. It's because of Governor Tim Walls. 265 00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:32,120 Speaker 1: So today Walls is expected to sign two executive orders. 266 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:37,280 Speaker 1: These executive orders will be aimed at reducing gun violence. 267 00:15:37,280 --> 00:15:39,120 Speaker 1: According to the article that I have from Channel five 268 00:15:39,160 --> 00:15:41,880 Speaker 1: in front of me. According to the announcement from the 269 00:15:41,920 --> 00:15:46,640 Speaker 1: Governor's office, the orders will establish a state wise Safety Council. 270 00:15:49,360 --> 00:15:52,000 Speaker 1: It will forever be known as the State Wide Safety Council. 271 00:15:52,040 --> 00:15:55,080 Speaker 1: By the way, for the sake of argument, now, the 272 00:15:55,120 --> 00:15:59,920 Speaker 1: State Wide Safety Council will produce data on the costs 273 00:15:59,920 --> 00:16:05,000 Speaker 1: of gun violence and promote education on safe storage. Now, 274 00:16:05,040 --> 00:16:08,520 Speaker 1: the article from Channel five appropriately makes this point. In 275 00:16:08,560 --> 00:16:11,040 Speaker 1: the wake of the mass shooting an Annunciation Catholic church 276 00:16:11,080 --> 00:16:14,480 Speaker 1: school that killed two children and injured thirty other people, 277 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:18,400 Speaker 1: Walls was keen on calling a special session to introduce 278 00:16:18,400 --> 00:16:23,200 Speaker 1: stricter gun regulations. Those discussions faded when it became clear 279 00:16:23,280 --> 00:16:26,880 Speaker 1: Republicans who controlled the House floor wouldn't budge budge on 280 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:30,600 Speaker 1: measures to ban assault style weapons or high capacity magazines. 281 00:16:30,640 --> 00:16:32,160 Speaker 1: So this is where Channel five gets it wrong. It 282 00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:35,200 Speaker 1: wasn't the Republicans here, it was Walls in his own party. 283 00:16:35,360 --> 00:16:39,400 Speaker 1: He didn't have the votes in the Senate three two 284 00:16:39,480 --> 00:16:41,920 Speaker 1: to three dflers that were not going to go along 285 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:44,640 Speaker 1: with a ban on scary looking guns. They weren't going 286 00:16:44,680 --> 00:16:48,239 Speaker 1: to go along with the ban on high capacity magazines. 287 00:16:48,880 --> 00:16:53,640 Speaker 1: So this is where Walls always chickens out. It started 288 00:16:54,680 --> 00:17:00,080 Speaker 1: with the Annunciation Schools shooting press conference, wherein in a 289 00:17:00,160 --> 00:17:02,440 Speaker 1: knee jerk reaction that he couldn't get himself out of 290 00:17:02,840 --> 00:17:06,120 Speaker 1: he said he would call a special session on gun control. 291 00:17:07,119 --> 00:17:10,679 Speaker 1: Then he proceeded to go and blame Republicans for not 292 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:12,920 Speaker 1: taking a vote on gun control, even though he was 293 00:17:12,960 --> 00:17:15,960 Speaker 1: the only one that could call a special session in 294 00:17:16,080 --> 00:17:19,240 Speaker 1: order to take that vote. Then he chickened out on 295 00:17:19,280 --> 00:17:22,040 Speaker 1: the special session and decided to go with town halls. 296 00:17:22,880 --> 00:17:25,639 Speaker 1: The town halls doing that thing with my fingers. You 297 00:17:25,720 --> 00:17:28,040 Speaker 1: had to basically fill out an application if you wanted 298 00:17:28,080 --> 00:17:31,479 Speaker 1: to go and attend, So he did his town halls. 299 00:17:31,560 --> 00:17:35,360 Speaker 1: Those didn't accomplish anything. So he abandoned the town halls, 300 00:17:35,680 --> 00:17:39,399 Speaker 1: and now he has his new statewide Safety Council, a 301 00:17:39,480 --> 00:17:46,760 Speaker 1: completely unnecessary new colouncil to form. There are plenty of 302 00:17:46,840 --> 00:17:50,159 Speaker 1: activist gun grabbing groups out there that are producing data 303 00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:55,320 Speaker 1: on the costs of gun violence, and there's no need 304 00:17:55,400 --> 00:17:58,640 Speaker 1: for an executive order for a clouncil with the education 305 00:17:58,800 --> 00:18:02,520 Speaker 1: on safe storage. So you could go the taco like Trump. 306 00:18:02,520 --> 00:18:04,879 Speaker 1: Trump always chickens out, Jim Tim always chickens out. I 307 00:18:04,960 --> 00:18:07,920 Speaker 1: prefer wacko because I think walls is kind of wacko. 308 00:18:09,359 --> 00:18:13,080 Speaker 1: The Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus chimed in on this, writing 309 00:18:13,280 --> 00:18:16,119 Speaker 1: yesterday on X I guess the governor finally read our 310 00:18:16,160 --> 00:18:19,560 Speaker 1: tweets realize he doesn't actually have the power to do 311 00:18:19,640 --> 00:18:22,520 Speaker 1: what he wanted to do. Yeah, he chicking out why 312 00:18:23,240 --> 00:18:26,600 Speaker 1: because the Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus passed helped to pass 313 00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:30,520 Speaker 1: a twenty fifteen law that stripped the governor's emergency powers 314 00:18:30,520 --> 00:18:33,520 Speaker 1: when it comes to gun control. Now, instead of sweeping 315 00:18:33,520 --> 00:18:37,879 Speaker 1: gun bands or emergency declarations, we get a statewide safety 316 00:18:37,920 --> 00:18:41,960 Speaker 1: council and some gun control talking points dressed up as 317 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:46,359 Speaker 1: public health. All bark, no bite, helped by the Minnesota 318 00:18:46,480 --> 00:18:51,760 Speaker 1: gun Owner's foresight back in twenty fifteen. All right, we'll 319 00:18:51,760 --> 00:18:55,280 Speaker 1: get you to your thoughts on this statewide safety council 320 00:18:55,320 --> 00:18:58,560 Speaker 1: that Walls is proposing. Also, I haven't had a chance 321 00:18:58,600 --> 00:19:02,800 Speaker 1: to cover this yet. We'll do it. So last week actually, 322 00:19:02,800 --> 00:19:04,280 Speaker 1: I think it was not this past weekend, but the 323 00:19:04,280 --> 00:19:07,679 Speaker 1: weekend prior to Minnesota Star Tribune had put out this 324 00:19:07,920 --> 00:19:11,160 Speaker 1: article trying to express how or explain how in their 325 00:19:11,160 --> 00:19:13,840 Speaker 1: mind the fraud was only like one hundred and fifty 326 00:19:13,840 --> 00:19:17,199 Speaker 1: two million, not the billion plus that's being touted by 327 00:19:17,200 --> 00:19:21,680 Speaker 1: so many individuals. They got raked over the coals over 328 00:19:21,720 --> 00:19:26,119 Speaker 1: this particular issue. Even local media outlets typically friendly to 329 00:19:26,160 --> 00:19:31,080 Speaker 1: Democrats pushback on the Star Tribune's analysis, so much so 330 00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:33,760 Speaker 1: that they ended up putting out a piece last week 331 00:19:34,040 --> 00:19:40,000 Speaker 1: attempting to explain how they reached those numbers. Also, Minnesota 332 00:19:40,080 --> 00:19:44,560 Speaker 1: reportedly sent inaccurate data on SNAP to the federal government. 333 00:19:44,600 --> 00:19:48,399 Speaker 1: There's another way to look at this article, or to 334 00:19:48,600 --> 00:19:50,720 Speaker 1: lead the headline. I'll share it with you coming up. 335 00:19:50,760 --> 00:19:53,879 Speaker 1: But it's not so much they reported to inaccurate data. 336 00:19:53,880 --> 00:20:01,399 Speaker 1: But one could also say that they lied. Hey, John, 337 00:20:01,480 --> 00:20:01,919 Speaker 1: A good. 338 00:20:01,760 --> 00:20:06,240 Speaker 5: Way to visualize eighteen billion dollars. It was essentially the 339 00:20:06,359 --> 00:20:08,720 Speaker 5: US Bank Stadium cost a billion dollars. 340 00:20:09,359 --> 00:20:12,320 Speaker 1: Eighteen of tholes could be built and. 341 00:20:12,160 --> 00:20:15,000 Speaker 5: That would pretty much take up the entirety of downtown Have. 342 00:20:14,920 --> 00:20:18,560 Speaker 1: A good day? Would that mean eighteen other opportunities to 343 00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:34,439 Speaker 1: make the playoffs? Wow? They say, I take shots. Come on, 344 00:20:34,520 --> 00:20:37,800 Speaker 1: it was necessary, it was necessary. I'm glad we're doing better. 345 00:20:37,840 --> 00:20:41,959 Speaker 1: It's just sad. It's just sad. They knew and they 346 00:20:42,119 --> 00:20:45,159 Speaker 1: let it happen. They've been officially eliminated. If you didn't know, 347 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:47,680 Speaker 1: I do. That's why. That's why, that's why I made 348 00:20:47,680 --> 00:20:49,600 Speaker 1: that comment. Because they had that win and then I 349 00:20:49,600 --> 00:20:52,480 Speaker 1: saw they were official eliminated, and then I got sad. 350 00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:57,280 Speaker 1: When's first NASCAR raight h February. I don't know when 351 00:20:57,680 --> 00:20:59,720 Speaker 1: they had to move it because they moved the Super Bowl. 352 00:21:00,600 --> 00:21:03,480 Speaker 1: Did you hear that? Yeah? Because now it would have 353 00:21:03,640 --> 00:21:06,840 Speaker 1: typically when it happens, it would have fallen on Super 354 00:21:06,840 --> 00:21:10,119 Speaker 1: Bowl weekend, which just lends credence. Do it all do 355 00:21:10,280 --> 00:21:13,400 Speaker 1: the game on Saturday and then do the NASCAR Daytona 356 00:21:13,440 --> 00:21:17,280 Speaker 1: five hundred on Sunday. Okay, hey, that's better than That's 357 00:21:17,359 --> 00:21:21,359 Speaker 1: better than my split it up at halftime idea, which 358 00:21:21,359 --> 00:21:25,760 Speaker 1: I don't think it's awesome. Nobody got on board with that. Like, 359 00:21:25,800 --> 00:21:27,840 Speaker 1: nobody got on board with that when I suggested you 360 00:21:27,840 --> 00:21:30,840 Speaker 1: did play the first half on Saturday, then you end 361 00:21:31,680 --> 00:21:33,919 Speaker 1: with the halftime show on Saturday night, and then you 362 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:37,680 Speaker 1: restart the game on Sunday morning. I can't imagine why 363 00:21:37,680 --> 00:21:39,479 Speaker 1: no one thought it was a good idea. I think 364 00:21:39,560 --> 00:21:42,920 Speaker 1: just think it outside the box. They certainly are. Why 365 00:21:43,720 --> 00:21:46,000 Speaker 1: so I get paid the big bucks? What if they 366 00:21:46,040 --> 00:21:49,520 Speaker 1: do this and fifty laps on Saturday and then the 367 00:21:49,560 --> 00:21:55,240 Speaker 1: next two hundred fifty laps on Sunday. That's happened? Well, wined, Like, yeah, 368 00:21:57,400 --> 00:22:00,280 Speaker 1: all right, let's go h here, Hey, John, I agree 369 00:22:00,280 --> 00:22:02,280 Speaker 1: with you on Walls. Walls is lying. 370 00:22:02,680 --> 00:22:06,760 Speaker 5: He's responsible for signing the bills that come from the 371 00:22:06,840 --> 00:22:10,560 Speaker 5: other branches of government in Minnesota. He's the last stop, 372 00:22:11,119 --> 00:22:14,240 Speaker 5: the last approval. The person who approved all of those 373 00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:15,760 Speaker 5: increases was Tim Walls. 374 00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:16,800 Speaker 1: I have a great day. 375 00:22:19,600 --> 00:22:22,880 Speaker 6: The left has been trying to destroy the nuclear family 376 00:22:23,040 --> 00:22:26,840 Speaker 6: for decades, and now they wonder why we have a 377 00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:34,040 Speaker 6: mental health crisis which includes people shooting each other. It's 378 00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:38,720 Speaker 6: all part of the plan. They've been doing it for years. 379 00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:46,040 Speaker 6: Let's address the root of the problem and not the symptom. 380 00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:49,000 Speaker 1: If plans can be executed like that, then can we 381 00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:51,800 Speaker 1: do Can we do a plan to make things better? 382 00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:54,560 Speaker 1: Like if it's all part of the plan to ruin 383 00:22:54,640 --> 00:22:58,639 Speaker 1: everything and turn us into a socialist Marxist society, and 384 00:22:58,720 --> 00:23:01,280 Speaker 1: we should be able to put together plan that embraces 385 00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:06,360 Speaker 1: freedom and liberty over tyranny. Right, I would, I would? 386 00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:06,920 Speaker 1: I would think. 387 00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:10,080 Speaker 8: Yet again, I'd like to point out the irony of 388 00:23:10,200 --> 00:23:16,080 Speaker 8: Tim jong Waltz there sitting and calling Republicans Nazis and 389 00:23:16,200 --> 00:23:21,400 Speaker 8: his federal officers a gestapo or gaspacho, as Tim would 390 00:23:21,440 --> 00:23:22,640 Speaker 8: say it to Eaven Moron. 391 00:23:23,840 --> 00:23:24,640 Speaker 9: Yeah, and yet. 392 00:23:24,520 --> 00:23:28,360 Speaker 8: He's doing the exact same thing the actual Nazis did 393 00:23:28,480 --> 00:23:33,720 Speaker 8: before they disarmed the Austrians. You know, it's for public safety, 394 00:23:33,760 --> 00:23:34,920 Speaker 8: it's for the kids. 395 00:23:35,440 --> 00:23:38,560 Speaker 1: We must take your weapons and remember. Less than one 396 00:23:38,600 --> 00:23:41,359 Speaker 1: hour from now, I have amazing facts to share with 397 00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:46,200 Speaker 1: your liberal friends upset about immigrations and customs enforcement here 398 00:23:46,680 --> 00:23:49,080 Speaker 1: in the Twin Cities. You do not want to miss it. 399 00:23:49,080 --> 00:23:54,159 Speaker 1: That'll be after my conversation with gubernatorial candidate Lisa Damuth 400 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:55,359 Speaker 1: at eight o'clock this morning. 401 00:23:56,080 --> 00:23:59,000 Speaker 10: Morning, John Ala trucker here shut down due to high 402 00:23:59,080 --> 00:24:03,160 Speaker 10: winds in north in Wyoming. Hey, the double standards here 403 00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:07,720 Speaker 10: are absolutely amazing. Guns scare people. We can't have them 404 00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:10,520 Speaker 10: anywhere around, We can't have them visible. We don't like 405 00:24:10,600 --> 00:24:13,560 Speaker 10: the cops. However, out on the East coast in Providence, 406 00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:16,400 Speaker 10: we're blanketing the city with cops because it's the only 407 00:24:16,440 --> 00:24:19,800 Speaker 10: way to make them feel more comfortable. Make it make sense. 408 00:24:19,880 --> 00:24:21,840 Speaker 10: This sort of thing makes my brain fold in half 409 00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:23,200 Speaker 10: and slide down my neck. 410 00:24:23,359 --> 00:24:26,600 Speaker 1: Makes my brain fold in half and slide down my 411 00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:32,159 Speaker 1: neck and think they're running for talk back of the 412 00:24:32,840 --> 00:24:34,520 Speaker 1: back at the day. It's quite the visual. 413 00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:38,120 Speaker 9: Hey, good morning, say I get a kickout of Walls 414 00:24:38,920 --> 00:24:44,080 Speaker 9: issuing more executive orders while he's claiming Trump is the 415 00:24:44,200 --> 00:24:49,000 Speaker 9: threat to the Constitution. Every chance he gets, he goes 416 00:24:49,040 --> 00:24:51,520 Speaker 9: after the Second Amendment, and I am just waiting for 417 00:24:51,600 --> 00:24:54,160 Speaker 9: the day like COVID where he declares a state wide 418 00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:59,760 Speaker 9: emergency due to public health and issues, more gun executive 419 00:24:59,840 --> 00:25:04,120 Speaker 9: or because of public safety. The man is a fraud? 420 00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:06,600 Speaker 1: What the other aspect to this? And then I want 421 00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:08,600 Speaker 1: to get to the Star Tribune trying to do their 422 00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:13,600 Speaker 1: own CYA move is that it is so blatantly obvious 423 00:25:13,920 --> 00:25:19,280 Speaker 1: with Walls making the announcement of his fraud prevention program 424 00:25:19,359 --> 00:25:23,360 Speaker 1: last week, these new executive orders on a statewide safety 425 00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:30,520 Speaker 1: council on gun control, again, they're both completely unnecessary, but 426 00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:35,000 Speaker 1: they also highlight his own failures. If he was good 427 00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:39,199 Speaker 1: at his job, if he held people accountable, if he 428 00:25:39,320 --> 00:25:43,159 Speaker 1: didn't apparently in my view, turn a blind eye to 429 00:25:43,240 --> 00:25:47,040 Speaker 1: the rampant fraud taking place here in Minnesota, if he 430 00:25:47,119 --> 00:25:51,119 Speaker 1: actually carried through on his own promises, he wouldn't have 431 00:25:51,160 --> 00:25:59,480 Speaker 1: to do any of this. But he's a coward. He 432 00:25:59,520 --> 00:26:01,199 Speaker 1: said he was an to call a special session on 433 00:26:01,240 --> 00:26:04,399 Speaker 1: gun control and then he didn't do it. Why because 434 00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:06,159 Speaker 1: he was too afraid that he was gonna end up 435 00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:09,439 Speaker 1: looking dumb. But that's the problem. It would not have ended, 436 00:26:09,480 --> 00:26:12,199 Speaker 1: in my opinion, if he had called the special session, 437 00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:16,280 Speaker 1: they had moved through on these gun control ordinances that 438 00:26:16,320 --> 00:26:18,840 Speaker 1: they were talking about. They allowed the House in the 439 00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:21,760 Speaker 1: Senate to take these votes, and the vote fails in 440 00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:25,320 Speaker 1: the Senate because a couple of holdout dfllers don't go along. 441 00:26:26,119 --> 00:26:29,720 Speaker 1: It's on those holdout dfellers. Waltz can still take the 442 00:26:29,840 --> 00:26:33,600 Speaker 1: leadership stance and do the right thing. If he genuinely 443 00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:38,960 Speaker 1: cared about the issue, it would fail and he would go. Unfortunately, 444 00:26:39,480 --> 00:26:43,199 Speaker 1: some of my Democrat colleagues didn't agree with me. I 445 00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:47,480 Speaker 1: wish that they did. I don't agree with them. It's unfortunate, 446 00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:51,199 Speaker 1: but I did what I was going to do. But 447 00:26:51,240 --> 00:26:52,639 Speaker 1: he's too much of a coward to go and do 448 00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:54,919 Speaker 1: that because he doesn't really care about the issue. He 449 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:57,639 Speaker 1: just cares about scoring political points, and right now he 450 00:26:57,800 --> 00:27:01,159 Speaker 1: cares about shoring up support because right now he's losing it. 451 00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:07,520 Speaker 1: Don't forget it was just a matter of a week ago, 452 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:10,080 Speaker 1: two weeks ago that we had a handful of different 453 00:27:10,119 --> 00:27:13,159 Speaker 1: articles coming out from publications like the Star Tribune, like 454 00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:18,240 Speaker 1: the Minnesota Reformer, showing like the Minneapolis Times showing that 455 00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:22,160 Speaker 1: Governor Tim Walls was losing support behind closed doors from Democrats. 456 00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:28,280 Speaker 1: And suddenly now he comes forward with all these different 457 00:27:28,520 --> 00:27:32,119 Speaker 1: executive orders and new councils and fraud prevention programs, and 458 00:27:32,200 --> 00:27:35,280 Speaker 1: I have a new fraud zar. He's an integrity Zar. 459 00:27:35,840 --> 00:27:38,240 Speaker 1: And you know it's super important, guys, because I put 460 00:27:38,320 --> 00:27:47,240 Speaker 1: integrity in his title. How the Minnesota Star Tribune analyzed 461 00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:51,639 Speaker 1: fraud totals in Minnesota. The Trump administration said fraud totals 462 00:27:51,640 --> 00:27:54,399 Speaker 1: are in the billions, but the evidence doesn't meet the claim. 463 00:27:54,680 --> 00:27:58,840 Speaker 1: Here's how we did our analysis. Speaking of Cya Moves, 464 00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:02,879 Speaker 1: this is the Star Tribute late last week after being 465 00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:08,439 Speaker 1: lambasted by multiple news outlets over their ridiculous assertion that 466 00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:11,000 Speaker 1: it was like one hundred and fifty two million dollars 467 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:14,400 Speaker 1: and it even changed in the article. So I'll give 468 00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:17,400 Speaker 1: you just a portion of this. There's no doubt that 469 00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:21,359 Speaker 1: the schemes involved huge amounts of public money, but was 470 00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:28,399 Speaker 1: it billions with a B? To answer that question, we 471 00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:32,640 Speaker 1: conducted our own accounting based on court records, criminal charges 472 00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:37,040 Speaker 1: and convictions across dozens of cases that have dominated headlines 473 00:28:37,320 --> 00:28:40,719 Speaker 1: in the state. For recent years. Our tally was two 474 00:28:40,880 --> 00:28:43,000 Speaker 1: hundred and seventeen point seven million to date, which is 475 00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:44,840 Speaker 1: really funny because I thought the initial number that they 476 00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:47,600 Speaker 1: gave last week was like one hundred and fifty two million. 477 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:53,040 Speaker 1: That number is likely to grow as the fraud investigations continue, 478 00:28:53,520 --> 00:28:57,160 Speaker 1: but it is currently far short of Trump's claim and 479 00:28:57,200 --> 00:29:02,640 Speaker 1: the figures commonly cited by prosecutor and widely reported by 480 00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:08,120 Speaker 1: some local national media outlets. You know, could you imagine? 481 00:29:08,160 --> 00:29:10,640 Speaker 1: I mean, I can I'm surprised it hasn't happened, but 482 00:29:10,680 --> 00:29:17,560 Speaker 1: can you imagine? We were just talking about the fiscal 483 00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:21,920 Speaker 1: disaster that we're facing. The American Experiment article going through 484 00:29:21,920 --> 00:29:24,440 Speaker 1: the twenty three to twenty four legislative sessions, the eighteen 485 00:29:24,480 --> 00:29:28,560 Speaker 1: billion dollars Minnesota is spending way above above its means. 486 00:29:29,080 --> 00:29:31,440 Speaker 1: You know what those are? Those are projections. Those haven't 487 00:29:31,440 --> 00:29:36,760 Speaker 1: occurred yet, Like we're not down the road, but we're 488 00:29:36,760 --> 00:29:40,640 Speaker 1: projecting out we have X amount of billions now, but 489 00:29:40,680 --> 00:29:43,640 Speaker 1: that is going to be a deficit by this year 490 00:29:43,720 --> 00:29:47,080 Speaker 1: coming up, based on our calculations. And everybody sits back 491 00:29:47,120 --> 00:29:50,800 Speaker 1: and goes, yeah, that is very distressing. That is an 492 00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:55,400 Speaker 1: accurate assessment of what the future fiscal outlook of Minnesota 493 00:29:55,560 --> 00:29:58,080 Speaker 1: is that's all that anybody is doing with the fraud. 494 00:29:58,320 --> 00:30:02,000 Speaker 1: It's exactly the same thing. So this would be what 495 00:30:02,040 --> 00:30:04,480 Speaker 1: the Star Tribune is attempting to do here. This would 496 00:30:04,560 --> 00:30:06,720 Speaker 1: be like them going, well, you know what, right now, 497 00:30:06,760 --> 00:30:08,280 Speaker 1: I know that we have as a matter of fact, 498 00:30:08,320 --> 00:30:11,000 Speaker 1: let me see if I can't to here we go. 499 00:30:11,080 --> 00:30:13,280 Speaker 1: I got the note. I'll just I'll pull from the 500 00:30:13,320 --> 00:30:22,240 Speaker 1: actual data. You know, Minnesota has coming up nine billion 501 00:30:22,360 --> 00:30:25,320 Speaker 1: dollars in a surplus on the way, so we're in 502 00:30:25,360 --> 00:30:28,840 Speaker 1: the good based off our calculations, and then just completely 503 00:30:28,880 --> 00:30:31,760 Speaker 1: ignoring the fact that the data says there's going to 504 00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:34,440 Speaker 1: be a deficit in the following years based off of 505 00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:37,800 Speaker 1: the spending. Now, the Star Tribune was trying to go 506 00:30:37,840 --> 00:30:40,840 Speaker 1: and cover for Governor Tim Walls, because Steve Grove, who 507 00:30:40,920 --> 00:30:46,160 Speaker 1: runs the failing Minnesota Star Tribune, is Governor Tim Walls's buddy, 508 00:30:46,720 --> 00:30:48,840 Speaker 1: and I'm sure Walls is looking for all the help 509 00:30:48,880 --> 00:30:51,280 Speaker 1: that he can get right now. In the article, they 510 00:30:51,320 --> 00:30:54,880 Speaker 1: go on to say, what we counted and didn't first, 511 00:30:54,880 --> 00:30:57,040 Speaker 1: we set some ground rules and I'm gonna stop here. 512 00:30:57,080 --> 00:31:00,200 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna waste time again. They're applying their own 513 00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:02,960 Speaker 1: logic to all of this, with our own set of 514 00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:06,280 Speaker 1: standards and ground rules as to how they reach that number, 515 00:31:06,440 --> 00:31:09,600 Speaker 1: as opposed to doing what everybody else did, including myself, 516 00:31:09,800 --> 00:31:11,600 Speaker 1: and that is just looking at the data that's in 517 00:31:11,600 --> 00:31:16,560 Speaker 1: front of us and projecting accurately forward how much in 518 00:31:16,680 --> 00:31:18,880 Speaker 1: terms of fraud that we are going to see at 519 00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:22,840 Speaker 1: least a billion dollars, if not a heck of a 520 00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:24,760 Speaker 1: lot more in the future. 521 00:31:27,680 --> 00:31:30,680 Speaker 5: Hey John, when we refer to the Star Tribune, can 522 00:31:30,720 --> 00:31:33,280 Speaker 5: we call it what it really is? It's printed in 523 00:31:33,440 --> 00:31:36,560 Speaker 5: Iowa in Des Moines, can we refer to it as 524 00:31:36,560 --> 00:31:38,720 Speaker 5: the Iowa printed Minnesota Star Tribune? 525 00:31:39,480 --> 00:31:40,000 Speaker 1: Hey John? 526 00:31:40,040 --> 00:31:42,080 Speaker 8: Begged to differ a little bit. I think Tim John 527 00:31:42,080 --> 00:31:45,320 Speaker 8: Watts is very good at his job. Probably is his job, 528 00:31:45,360 --> 00:31:46,560 Speaker 8: isn't what he's elected to do. 529 00:31:46,560 --> 00:31:48,120 Speaker 11: With the job is what he was hired to do 530 00:31:48,200 --> 00:31:52,240 Speaker 11: by his Marxists and Communist buddies, and that is to 531 00:31:52,960 --> 00:31:57,400 Speaker 11: launder money for his Marxist and Communist causes, so divisions, 532 00:31:57,440 --> 00:31:58,520 Speaker 11: so chaos. 533 00:31:58,920 --> 00:31:59,880 Speaker 8: He's very very good. 534 00:32:00,440 --> 00:32:02,600 Speaker 1: I don't want to split hairs on this. I understand 535 00:32:02,600 --> 00:32:04,480 Speaker 1: what you're saying, and I know it's tongue in cheek, 536 00:32:04,680 --> 00:32:06,960 Speaker 1: but This is not the job that people hired him for, 537 00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:10,160 Speaker 1: even Democrats. There might be some that want that, but 538 00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:13,520 Speaker 1: the majority of Democrats are not electing and having elected 539 00:32:13,600 --> 00:32:16,800 Speaker 1: Walls to do what you mentioned here, apart from a few, 540 00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:23,840 Speaker 1: so I understand the sarcasm, but good morning, John. 541 00:32:24,520 --> 00:32:27,240 Speaker 4: I just think it's funny Tim Walls issues an executive 542 00:32:27,360 --> 00:32:30,720 Speaker 4: order for more gun control on the heels of a 543 00:32:30,840 --> 00:32:34,560 Speaker 4: mass shooting in Australia, who has the strictest gun control 544 00:32:34,640 --> 00:32:37,480 Speaker 4: laws out there, or amongst the top of the strictest 545 00:32:37,480 --> 00:32:38,320 Speaker 4: gun control laws. 546 00:32:38,400 --> 00:32:40,000 Speaker 1: Let me stop here. You know why he does that, 547 00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:42,760 Speaker 1: don't you. He just subconsciously or consciously. The reason he 548 00:32:42,800 --> 00:32:45,640 Speaker 1: does that is because he knows the majority of the commentary, 549 00:32:45,640 --> 00:32:48,440 Speaker 1: at least the commentary that he watches, and the majority 550 00:32:48,440 --> 00:32:51,520 Speaker 1: of Democrats watch, aren't going to be pointing to that fact. 551 00:32:52,560 --> 00:32:54,600 Speaker 1: They're simply going to be pointing to the guns, which 552 00:32:54,680 --> 00:32:57,520 Speaker 1: is what the Democrats have already been doing. Representative Illhan 553 00:32:57,600 --> 00:33:01,320 Speaker 1: omar Angie Craig. They have already been out there talking 554 00:33:01,360 --> 00:33:03,600 Speaker 1: about how it's the guns, it's the guns, it's the guns. 555 00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:06,760 Speaker 1: They're not focusing on the stringent gun laws that ended 556 00:33:06,800 --> 00:33:09,719 Speaker 1: up putting those individuals in danger on the first day 557 00:33:09,760 --> 00:33:11,880 Speaker 1: of Hanukkah. So that's why he does that. He's trying 558 00:33:11,920 --> 00:33:15,280 Speaker 1: to capitalize on it because he knows that the media 559 00:33:15,320 --> 00:33:17,560 Speaker 1: that they follow is not going to stress what you 560 00:33:17,760 --> 00:33:23,040 Speaker 1: just did in your talkback. But I do appreciate it. 561 00:33:24,320 --> 00:33:29,480 Speaker 1: Channel five the Minnesota Department of Human Services repeatedly reported 562 00:33:29,680 --> 00:33:34,800 Speaker 1: incorrect information about the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to the 563 00:33:34,840 --> 00:33:37,760 Speaker 1: federal government. Or another way to look at it is 564 00:33:37,800 --> 00:33:41,680 Speaker 1: they lied. The state's Department of Children, at Youth and 565 00:33:41,760 --> 00:33:46,800 Speaker 1: Families DCYF moving forward in the piece, took over the 566 00:33:46,840 --> 00:33:49,760 Speaker 1: administration of SNAP in twenty twenty four, then continued to 567 00:33:49,880 --> 00:33:54,840 Speaker 1: rely on that flawed data to answer questions about one 568 00:33:54,840 --> 00:34:00,360 Speaker 1: of the state's largest public assistance programs. Think they did 569 00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:08,240 Speaker 1: it intentionally, One may never know. The revelations raised questions, 570 00:34:08,280 --> 00:34:10,680 Speaker 1: according to Channel five, about the validity of key data 571 00:34:10,719 --> 00:34:13,880 Speaker 1: points the state is sending to the federal government on 572 00:34:13,920 --> 00:34:16,399 Speaker 1: a safety net program that serves more than four hundred 573 00:34:16,440 --> 00:34:20,560 Speaker 1: and forty thousand Minnesotans and distributes nearly seventy million dollars 574 00:34:20,880 --> 00:34:24,759 Speaker 1: each month. I'm really glad that there is reporting being 575 00:34:24,760 --> 00:34:26,920 Speaker 1: done by all the different local media outlets on this 576 00:34:27,040 --> 00:34:29,520 Speaker 1: is finally getting covered. They need to make sure they 577 00:34:29,560 --> 00:34:31,840 Speaker 1: stay on top of it. I just want to encourage 578 00:34:31,880 --> 00:34:34,520 Speaker 1: all of them. Will we get into next year and 579 00:34:34,560 --> 00:34:37,000 Speaker 1: paid family medical leave kicks in. I hope that they 580 00:34:37,040 --> 00:34:40,440 Speaker 1: are as comprehensive in their investigations. That is going to 581 00:34:40,480 --> 00:34:45,160 Speaker 1: be a disaster. The State Activity Report from fiscal year 582 00:34:45,200 --> 00:34:48,840 Speaker 1: twenty one showed snap issuance in Minnesota jumped to a 583 00:34:48,880 --> 00:34:51,439 Speaker 1: whopping one hundred and seventy three point nine to six 584 00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:58,080 Speaker 1: from twenty twenty to twenty twenty one. Between twenty and 585 00:34:58,080 --> 00:35:00,640 Speaker 1: twenty twenty one, when it jumped a whop being basically 586 00:35:00,680 --> 00:35:03,920 Speaker 1: one hundred and seventy four percent, did anybody within DHS 587 00:35:03,960 --> 00:35:08,799 Speaker 1: bat and eye? More specifically, did anybody who whistled blue 588 00:35:09,080 --> 00:35:12,000 Speaker 1: or showed concern over this in DHS? Did they get 589 00:35:12,040 --> 00:35:16,120 Speaker 1: any intention from their superiors questioning why this jumped one 590 00:35:16,200 --> 00:35:23,200 Speaker 1: hundred and seventy four percent? A screenshot of the table 591 00:35:23,320 --> 00:35:26,359 Speaker 1: showing the spike was posted on social media by state 592 00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:29,480 Speaker 1: Representative Pam Altendorth in early November. We talked about it 593 00:35:29,520 --> 00:35:33,120 Speaker 1: on the show, prompted speculation about potential fraud in the program. 594 00:35:33,160 --> 00:35:36,120 Speaker 1: Four days after the post, the Department of Children and 595 00:35:36,160 --> 00:35:39,520 Speaker 1: Youth Families d CYF issued a statement that the state 596 00:35:39,640 --> 00:35:43,680 Speaker 1: mistakingly included pandemic EBT in its forms submitted to the 597 00:35:43,680 --> 00:35:46,560 Speaker 1: federal government, and that those funds were included on two 598 00:35:46,600 --> 00:35:49,360 Speaker 1: lines of the report in a way that double the 599 00:35:49,440 --> 00:35:54,720 Speaker 1: counted that double counted the expenditures. Julie Blaha, who enjoys 600 00:35:54,760 --> 00:35:57,400 Speaker 1: White Claw and serves on the miss Minnesota State Auditor, 601 00:35:57,840 --> 00:36:01,880 Speaker 1: said the SNAP issuance reporting is surprising. When you have 602 00:36:01,920 --> 00:36:04,840 Speaker 1: a brand new program and you have some very very technical, 603 00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:08,759 Speaker 1: get very precise ways of categorizing the data, that's not 604 00:36:08,800 --> 00:36:12,040 Speaker 1: a surprise to have something that's miscategorized. This is just 605 00:36:12,120 --> 00:36:15,399 Speaker 1: a word salad with no substance. However, Blah did say 606 00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:20,080 Speaker 1: the agency needs to correct the errors. We're going to 607 00:36:20,200 --> 00:36:22,400 Speaker 1: check it, she said, we're going to fix it because 608 00:36:22,400 --> 00:36:24,960 Speaker 1: there are people who depend on that data to make decisions. 609 00:36:25,560 --> 00:36:29,080 Speaker 1: DCYF Commissioner Ticky Brown further characterized the mistake as a 610 00:36:29,480 --> 00:36:34,160 Speaker 1: mathematical error. So during that interview, the Commissioner Brown was 611 00:36:34,200 --> 00:36:38,200 Speaker 1: asked about the prevalence of fraud and SNAP here in Minnesota, 612 00:36:38,239 --> 00:36:40,200 Speaker 1: and she said, oh, it's less than one percent of 613 00:36:40,239 --> 00:36:44,160 Speaker 1: the program participants are found to have committed the fraud 614 00:36:44,160 --> 00:36:48,280 Speaker 1: in the program. Don't misunderstand that number, by the way, 615 00:36:48,960 --> 00:36:54,200 Speaker 1: one percent of program participants, okay? When it has to 616 00:36:54,200 --> 00:36:57,799 Speaker 1: be more specific, the commissioner said the state had one 617 00:36:58,160 --> 00:37:03,759 Speaker 1: and forty three intentional program violations, which can lead to 618 00:37:03,840 --> 00:37:07,400 Speaker 1: an administrative hearing or criminal prosecution. She was unable to 619 00:37:07,440 --> 00:37:11,960 Speaker 1: identify the time period that number covered or answer other 620 00:37:12,040 --> 00:37:15,640 Speaker 1: questions about the investigations. So listen, one percent and go on. 621 00:37:15,640 --> 00:37:19,040 Speaker 1: It's one percent, well, one percent of what it's a 622 00:37:19,040 --> 00:37:22,480 Speaker 1: program that exploded in twenty twenty to twenty twenty one, 623 00:37:22,480 --> 00:37:24,799 Speaker 1: about one hundred and seventy four percent. How much has 624 00:37:24,800 --> 00:37:27,520 Speaker 1: it grown since then? And of the one hundred and 625 00:37:27,600 --> 00:37:31,080 Speaker 1: forty three intentional program violations, how much money did they 626 00:37:31,080 --> 00:37:35,080 Speaker 1: take from the taxpayers? One percent or not? That could 627 00:37:35,080 --> 00:37:41,239 Speaker 1: actually go in total a lot. Four days after the 628 00:37:41,280 --> 00:37:44,480 Speaker 1: interview and multiple attempts to clarify from the DCYF on 629 00:37:44,520 --> 00:37:47,759 Speaker 1: the information, a spokesperson said the figure came from a 630 00:37:47,800 --> 00:37:51,160 Speaker 1: twenty twenty one USDA State to Activity report and admitted 631 00:37:51,880 --> 00:37:54,440 Speaker 1: that the numbers we shared in the interview are inaccurate, 632 00:37:54,960 --> 00:38:00,600 Speaker 1: like the snap issuance data in the report, department later 633 00:38:00,640 --> 00:38:03,279 Speaker 1: confirmed that SNAP issuance data and fraud numbers in the 634 00:38:03,320 --> 00:38:08,520 Speaker 1: last three USDA State Activity reports were also incorrect. DCYF 635 00:38:08,560 --> 00:38:11,120 Speaker 1: could not say if any other data submitted to the 636 00:38:11,239 --> 00:38:14,479 Speaker 1: USDA was incorrect because they have not reviewed every data 637 00:38:14,520 --> 00:38:17,920 Speaker 1: point in the federal reports now. A spokesperson then declined 638 00:38:17,960 --> 00:38:21,719 Speaker 1: to follow up with any interview requests to speak again 639 00:38:21,760 --> 00:38:25,319 Speaker 1: with Commissioner Brown. Instead, they were answering via emails. The 640 00:38:25,400 --> 00:38:28,360 Speaker 1: department did not offer up any other specifics and said 641 00:38:28,680 --> 00:38:30,480 Speaker 1: it did not have a timeline form when the federal 642 00:38:30,520 --> 00:38:37,280 Speaker 1: reports would be updated. Audits of federal spending by Minnesota 643 00:38:37,320 --> 00:38:40,400 Speaker 1: agencies found that in twenty twenty and twenty three, the 644 00:38:40,440 --> 00:38:45,200 Speaker 1: Department of Human Services did not perform required security reviews 645 00:38:45,640 --> 00:38:51,160 Speaker 1: of the computer system that determines SNAP eligibility. DHS cited 646 00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:54,359 Speaker 1: oh a lack of staff resources, and department constraints as 647 00:38:54,440 --> 00:38:58,600 Speaker 1: reasons the reviews were not completed. I don't believe any 648 00:38:58,600 --> 00:39:04,040 Speaker 1: of this, just turning a blind eye, and they're pleading ignorant. Again, 649 00:39:04,080 --> 00:39:07,800 Speaker 1: there's another way to tell the story. Did the Minnesota 650 00:39:07,800 --> 00:39:13,120 Speaker 1: state government specifically lie about DCYF? Are they stone walling 651 00:39:14,800 --> 00:39:18,719 Speaker 1: the truth? They are? In my opinion. You ride this 652 00:39:18,760 --> 00:39:23,399 Speaker 1: out long enough for any outside pressure to lift off 653 00:39:23,400 --> 00:39:27,319 Speaker 1: of this situation, So why not put out some false data? 654 00:39:27,320 --> 00:39:30,720 Speaker 1: What does it matter? Who's going to be held accountable? Nobody? 655 00:39:31,080 --> 00:39:33,040 Speaker 1: Do you think anybody is going to be held accountable 656 00:39:33,040 --> 00:39:36,839 Speaker 1: for giving out false data and just claiming ignorance like, oh, 657 00:39:36,920 --> 00:39:39,600 Speaker 1: we reported the numbers wrong. Sorry, guys, we'll get back 658 00:39:39,640 --> 00:39:43,280 Speaker 1: to you right away on what those numbers actually are. 659 00:39:43,320 --> 00:39:47,759 Speaker 1: With no set timeline or accountability in place for any 660 00:39:47,800 --> 00:39:52,560 Speaker 1: of this, No, it's a tactic. It's a tactic. And 661 00:39:52,640 --> 00:39:57,320 Speaker 1: even if this ends up proving that there were lies 662 00:39:57,440 --> 00:40:00,600 Speaker 1: being told, not just inaccurate information, that they are indeed, 663 00:40:00,600 --> 00:40:03,880 Speaker 1: as I believe, simply stonewalling, you know what will happen. 664 00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:06,440 Speaker 1: Governor Tim Wallas will just make an announcement on some 665 00:40:06,520 --> 00:40:11,319 Speaker 1: Friday afternoon that he's developed some new program relating to 666 00:40:11,480 --> 00:40:16,240 Speaker 1: Snap integrity, or he'll roll this into his fraud prevention 667 00:40:16,440 --> 00:40:18,719 Speaker 1: which is another reason why he announced this last week, 668 00:40:19,120 --> 00:40:21,279 Speaker 1: because now when stuff like this comes out, he's be like, 669 00:40:21,360 --> 00:40:24,000 Speaker 1: you know, see, when he's interviewed by the media, he 670 00:40:24,040 --> 00:40:28,680 Speaker 1: can go into his word salid nonsensical rants and spike 671 00:40:28,719 --> 00:40:30,839 Speaker 1: in there, you know, and it's reasons with all these 672 00:40:30,840 --> 00:40:34,200 Speaker 1: inaccuracies and incorrect information that we need to go and 673 00:40:34,239 --> 00:40:36,560 Speaker 1: make sure that we clear up on this. This is 674 00:40:36,640 --> 00:40:39,200 Speaker 1: why I put together the fraud Prevention Program and we 675 00:40:39,280 --> 00:40:44,319 Speaker 1: have our new Fraud Integrity Program Director, O'Malley to go 676 00:40:44,360 --> 00:40:47,040 Speaker 1: and oversee this because of issues just like this, you 677 00:40:47,080 --> 00:40:52,560 Speaker 1: see we're on top of it. Coming up, we'll get 678 00:40:52,560 --> 00:40:54,759 Speaker 1: to your talkbacks from the iHeartRadio apples are brought to 679 00:40:54,800 --> 00:40:57,800 Speaker 1: you by Lyndall Realty, and we will talk with Lisa Damuth, 680 00:40:57,840 --> 00:41:00,640 Speaker 1: who came in second in the weekends Draw a Pole 681 00:41:00,719 --> 00:41:03,280 Speaker 1: with Kendall Qualls coming out on top by three votes. 682 00:41:03,320 --> 00:41:06,040 Speaker 1: We'll talk with a gubernatorial candidate next here on t 683 00:41:06,040 --> 00:41:08,520 Speaker 1: Wenesday's News Talk AM eleven thirty and one oh three 684 00:41:08,560 --> 00:41:09,160 Speaker 1: five FM.