1 00:00:07,280 --> 00:00:09,960 Speaker 1: All right, we are awaiting the start of the Pentagon 2 00:00:10,080 --> 00:00:13,440 Speaker 1: update on Operation Epic Fury. Will bring you a portion 3 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:16,720 Speaker 1: of that live here on Twin Cities News Talking eleven 4 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:19,720 Speaker 1: thirty and one oh three five FM, and I'm sure 5 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:22,400 Speaker 1: we'll hear more about how the US military has already 6 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:26,640 Speaker 1: destroyed seventeen Iranian ships, including a submarine, instruck nearly two 7 00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:31,280 Speaker 1: thousand targets in Iran since the opening phase began in 8 00:00:31,320 --> 00:00:33,080 Speaker 1: the campaign against Tehran. 9 00:00:33,479 --> 00:00:34,040 Speaker 2: That's aally. 10 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:38,320 Speaker 1: Yesterday came from the US Central Command Commander Brad Cooper. 11 00:00:38,360 --> 00:00:41,360 Speaker 1: President Donald Trump at the White House was taking some questions. 12 00:00:41,400 --> 00:00:43,920 Speaker 1: I have a couple of clips. One of these is hysterical. 13 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:46,800 Speaker 1: It's dark, but it's funny because Trump doesn't get nearly 14 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:50,880 Speaker 1: enough credit for his sense of humor. First off, Trump 15 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:54,400 Speaker 1: was asked about this narrative going around that it was 16 00:00:54,480 --> 00:00:59,160 Speaker 1: Israel that forced our hands to go and launch an 17 00:00:59,160 --> 00:01:03,640 Speaker 1: attack against and President Donald Trump sought to bring clarity 18 00:01:03,760 --> 00:01:07,440 Speaker 1: to that narrative yesterday during this press conference. 19 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:10,960 Speaker 2: It's real forced your hand as a launch the strike 20 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:12,200 Speaker 2: that the Wan didn't know. 21 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:15,720 Speaker 3: I think, well, no, I might have forced their hand. 22 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:21,160 Speaker 4: Do you see we were having negotiations with these lunatics, 23 00:01:21,959 --> 00:01:24,080 Speaker 4: and it was my opinion that they were going to 24 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:26,280 Speaker 4: attack first. They were going to attack if we didn't 25 00:01:26,319 --> 00:01:29,679 Speaker 4: do it. They were going to attack first. I felt 26 00:01:29,680 --> 00:01:34,080 Speaker 4: strongly about that. And we have great negotiators, great people, 27 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:36,920 Speaker 4: people that do this very successfully and have done it 28 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:40,120 Speaker 4: all their lives, very successful, and based on the way 29 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:42,640 Speaker 4: the negotiation was going, I think they were going to 30 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:44,320 Speaker 4: attack first. 31 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:46,199 Speaker 3: And I didn't want that to happen. 32 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:50,400 Speaker 4: So if anything, I might have forced Israel's hand. But 33 00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:53,480 Speaker 4: Israel was ready and we were ready, and we've had 34 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:56,520 Speaker 4: a very very powerful impact. 35 00:01:56,920 --> 00:02:02,120 Speaker 1: And as another example of why the operation is even 36 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:03,320 Speaker 1: happening in the first place. 37 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:06,880 Speaker 2: Here's more from President Donald Trump yesterday. They're just evil. 38 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:10,400 Speaker 2: They're not the politics. 39 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:13,160 Speaker 4: You say, a whole philosophy, you say, oh, where they 40 00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:17,080 Speaker 4: come from, it's it's it's terrible. Where they kill thirty 41 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:17,760 Speaker 4: five thousand. 42 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:18,919 Speaker 3: I thought it was thirty two. 43 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:21,880 Speaker 4: Now it turns out much more than thirty five thousand people, 44 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:24,880 Speaker 4: and in some cases using machine guns with. 45 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:27,320 Speaker 2: People that have no that have no weapon. 46 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:29,760 Speaker 4: They have no weapon, and they're being machine gun they're 47 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:33,880 Speaker 4: being snipers from buildings. They're hitting the people with snipers 48 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:38,560 Speaker 4: right through the eyes. It's just a very evil ideology 49 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:43,320 Speaker 4: and nobody's really seen anything like it. 50 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:49,560 Speaker 1: Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is up behind the podium 51 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:53,760 Speaker 1: now giving an operational update on epic theory. We'll bring 52 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:55,960 Speaker 1: you this live here on Twins in his news talk 53 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:58,000 Speaker 1: AM eleven thirty and one oh three five FM. 54 00:02:58,040 --> 00:03:00,320 Speaker 5: And as President Trump has said, we will take all 55 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:01,080 Speaker 5: the time. 56 00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:03,560 Speaker 3: We need to make sure that we succeed. 57 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:09,560 Speaker 5: Second, we are only four days into this, and the 58 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:15,240 Speaker 5: results have been incredible historic. Really, only the United States 59 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:19,240 Speaker 5: of America could lead this, only US, But when you 60 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:24,200 Speaker 5: add the Israeli defense Forces, a devastatingly capable force, the 61 00:03:24,240 --> 00:03:30,000 Speaker 5: combination is sheer destruction for our radical Islamist Iranian adversaries. 62 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:34,720 Speaker 5: They are toast and they know it, or at least 63 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:38,560 Speaker 5: soon enough they will know it. And we have only 64 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:45,280 Speaker 5: just begun to hunt, dismantle, demoralize, destroy and defeat their capabilities. 65 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:47,240 Speaker 3: Just four days in. 66 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:53,200 Speaker 5: Starting last night, and to be completed in a few 67 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:56,880 Speaker 5: days and under a week, the two most powerful air 68 00:03:56,920 --> 00:04:00,920 Speaker 5: forces in the world will have complete control of Iranian 69 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:03,000 Speaker 5: skies uncontested airspace. 70 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:04,840 Speaker 3: I hope all the. 71 00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:10,680 Speaker 5: Folks watching understand what uncontested airspace and complete control means. 72 00:04:11,400 --> 00:04:15,560 Speaker 5: It means we will fly all day, all night, day 73 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:19,640 Speaker 5: and night, finding, fixing and finishing the missiles and defense 74 00:04:19,680 --> 00:04:24,119 Speaker 5: industrial base of the Iranian military, finding and fixing their 75 00:04:24,279 --> 00:04:29,920 Speaker 5: leaders and their military leaders, Flying over Tehran, flying over Iran, 76 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:35,520 Speaker 5: flying over their capital, flying over the RGC, Iranian leaders, 77 00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:42,280 Speaker 5: looking up and seeing only US and Israeli air power 78 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:47,600 Speaker 5: every minute of every day until we decide it's over 79 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:50,840 Speaker 5: and Iran will be able to do. 80 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:51,920 Speaker 3: Nothing about it. 81 00:04:53,080 --> 00:04:54,479 Speaker 2: B two's B fifty two s. 82 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:59,640 Speaker 5: B ones, predator drones, fighters controlling the skies, picking targets, 83 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:04,880 Speaker 5: death and destruction from the sky all day long. 84 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:07,400 Speaker 3: We're playing for keeps. 85 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:12,080 Speaker 5: Our warfighters have maximum authorities granted personally by the President 86 00:05:12,120 --> 00:05:16,680 Speaker 5: and yours Truly. Our rules of engagement are bold, precise, 87 00:05:17,160 --> 00:05:21,320 Speaker 5: and designed to unleash American power, not shackle it. This 88 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:25,200 Speaker 5: was never meant to be a fair fight, and it 89 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:28,760 Speaker 5: is not a fair fight. We are punching them while 90 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:34,000 Speaker 5: they're down, which is exactly how it should be. Thus far, 91 00:05:34,120 --> 00:05:38,120 Speaker 5: Operation Epic Fury has delivered twice the air power of shock. 92 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:41,480 Speaker 3: And awe of Iraq. In two thousand and three, minus 93 00:05:41,520 --> 00:05:46,599 Speaker 3: Paul bremer and the nation building. The campaign has seven 94 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:47,200 Speaker 3: times the. 95 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:50,920 Speaker 5: Intensity of Israel's previous operations against Iran during the Twelve 96 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:56,000 Speaker 5: Day War, seven times, And as President Trump said, more 97 00:05:56,200 --> 00:05:58,000 Speaker 5: and larger waves are coming. 98 00:05:58,040 --> 00:06:03,039 Speaker 3: We are just getting started. We are accelerating, not decelerating. 99 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:07,320 Speaker 5: Ourran's capabilities are evaporating by the hour, while American strength 100 00:06:07,360 --> 00:06:10,120 Speaker 5: grows fiercer, smarter, and utterly dominant. 101 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:13,000 Speaker 3: More bombers and more fighters are arriving. 102 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:18,200 Speaker 5: Just today and now, with complete control of the skies, 103 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:21,800 Speaker 5: we will be using five hundred pound, one thousand pound 104 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:27,159 Speaker 5: and two thousand pounds GPS and laser guided precision gravity bombs, 105 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:32,560 Speaker 5: of which we have a nearly unlimited stockpile. We used 106 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:36,040 Speaker 5: more exquisite standoff munitions at the start, but no longer 107 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:39,960 Speaker 5: need to. Our stockpiles of those, as well as patriots 108 00:06:40,360 --> 00:06:44,960 Speaker 5: remains extremely strong. The enemy can no longer shoot the 109 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:48,479 Speaker 5: volume of missiles they once did not even close, and 110 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:51,479 Speaker 5: the Chairman will lay out some of those percentages. So 111 00:06:51,520 --> 00:06:54,320 Speaker 5: our air defenses and that of our allies have plenty 112 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:59,320 Speaker 5: of runway. We can sustain this fight easily for as 113 00:06:59,320 --> 00:07:03,159 Speaker 5: long as we need to. And as I said yesterday, 114 00:07:03,400 --> 00:07:06,479 Speaker 5: we set the terms. Now, you may not see much 115 00:07:06,520 --> 00:07:08,440 Speaker 5: of it because the IRGC shut off the. 116 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:09,840 Speaker 3: Internet to the entirety of the country. 117 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:14,320 Speaker 5: They blind their people on purpose, just like they kill 118 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:18,800 Speaker 5: their own on purpose. Much was made of the volume 119 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:20,520 Speaker 5: of missiles Iran was able to shoot in the first 120 00:07:20,520 --> 00:07:25,160 Speaker 5: few days, and sadly, as we projected, a few got 121 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:29,560 Speaker 5: through and killed six of our best, who will hopefully 122 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:30,720 Speaker 5: arrive home soon. 123 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:34,520 Speaker 3: We will avenge them, no doubt. 124 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:40,080 Speaker 5: But I liken Iran's predicament to a football team who 125 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:43,280 Speaker 5: scripted the first twenty plays of a game. The team 126 00:07:43,360 --> 00:07:46,400 Speaker 5: knew what plays to run because their first few drives 127 00:07:46,440 --> 00:07:50,440 Speaker 5: were scripted, But now that the game has started and 128 00:07:50,480 --> 00:07:53,800 Speaker 5: the blitz is on, they don't know what plays to call, 129 00:07:54,080 --> 00:07:56,119 Speaker 5: let alone how to get in the huddle and call 130 00:07:56,280 --> 00:08:02,240 Speaker 5: those plays. Iran's senior leaders are the so called governing 131 00:08:02,280 --> 00:08:06,800 Speaker 5: council that might have selected a successor dead, missing, or 132 00:08:06,840 --> 00:08:10,120 Speaker 5: cowering in bunkers, too terrified to even occupy the same room. 133 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:14,560 Speaker 5: Senior general's mid level officers enlisted ranks. They can't talk 134 00:08:14,640 --> 00:08:18,760 Speaker 5: or communicate, let alone mount a coordinated and sustained offensive. 135 00:08:19,520 --> 00:08:23,680 Speaker 5: That's not great for morale. The Iranian Air Force is 136 00:08:23,800 --> 00:08:28,160 Speaker 5: no more built for nineteen ninety six, destroyed in twenty 137 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:31,960 Speaker 5: twenty six, the Iranian navy rests. 138 00:08:31,640 --> 00:08:33,200 Speaker 3: At the bottom of the Persian Gulf. 139 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:39,960 Speaker 5: Combat ineffective, decimated, destroyed, defeated, Pick your adjective. In fact, 140 00:08:40,040 --> 00:08:44,280 Speaker 5: last night we sunk their prize ship at the Solomoni. 141 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:50,600 Speaker 5: Looks like Potus got him twice. Their navy not a factor. 142 00:08:50,679 --> 00:08:54,199 Speaker 5: Pick your adjective. It is no more. In fact, yesterday 143 00:08:54,840 --> 00:08:58,000 Speaker 5: in the Indian Ocean, and we'll play it on screen. 144 00:08:58,040 --> 00:09:02,079 Speaker 5: There an American submarin sunk an Iranian warship. 145 00:09:02,120 --> 00:09:06,000 Speaker 1: You're listening to a Secretary of War Pete Hegseth giving 146 00:09:06,280 --> 00:09:09,080 Speaker 1: an update on Operation Epics Fury here on Twin Cities 147 00:09:09,080 --> 00:09:11,520 Speaker 1: News Talk Am eleven thirty and one the three five FM. 148 00:09:11,559 --> 00:09:14,240 Speaker 5: The first sinking of an enemy ship by a torpedo. 149 00:09:13,840 --> 00:09:14,760 Speaker 3: Since World War II. 150 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:18,840 Speaker 5: Whoa like in that war, back when we were still 151 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:19,720 Speaker 5: in the war department. 152 00:09:20,640 --> 00:09:22,080 Speaker 3: We are fighting to win. 153 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:27,120 Speaker 5: Also yesterday, the leader of the unit who attempted to 154 00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:32,600 Speaker 5: assassinate President Trump has been hunted down and killed. Iran 155 00:09:32,640 --> 00:09:35,520 Speaker 5: tried to kill President Trump and President. 156 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:36,280 Speaker 3: Trump got the last laugh. 157 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:44,640 Speaker 5: Now, this is not a mission accomplished situation. This is 158 00:09:44,679 --> 00:09:49,800 Speaker 5: simply a reality check. The combination of US and Israeli 159 00:09:49,920 --> 00:09:55,040 Speaker 5: intelligence and combat power will control Iran and will control 160 00:09:55,080 --> 00:09:55,679 Speaker 5: it soon. 161 00:09:57,080 --> 00:09:58,280 Speaker 3: Sure, Iran will still. 162 00:09:58,120 --> 00:10:00,719 Speaker 5: Be able to shoot some missiles and still be able 163 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:04,040 Speaker 5: to launch one way attack drones at civilian targets, and 164 00:10:04,120 --> 00:10:06,800 Speaker 5: their proxies will attempt to attack our embassies, bases, and 165 00:10:06,920 --> 00:10:12,199 Speaker 5: soft targets. They are terrorists, after all, and they need 166 00:10:12,240 --> 00:10:15,880 Speaker 5: to target civilians because they can't fight toe to toe. 167 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:20,800 Speaker 5: But we will find them and we will kill them. 168 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:22,800 Speaker 3: This is what the fake news misses. 169 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:28,520 Speaker 5: We've taken control of Iran's airspace and waterways without boots 170 00:10:28,520 --> 00:10:32,520 Speaker 5: on the ground. We control their fate. But when a 171 00:10:32,520 --> 00:10:37,480 Speaker 5: few drones get through or tragic things happen, it's front 172 00:10:37,520 --> 00:10:38,160 Speaker 5: page news. 173 00:10:38,760 --> 00:10:40,199 Speaker 3: I get it. The press only wants to. 174 00:10:40,120 --> 00:10:43,160 Speaker 5: Make the president look bad, but try for once to 175 00:10:43,280 --> 00:10:46,840 Speaker 5: report the reality. The terms of this war will be 176 00:10:46,920 --> 00:10:48,840 Speaker 5: set by us at every step. 177 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:53,280 Speaker 3: As I said Monday, the mission is laser focused. 178 00:10:54,240 --> 00:10:57,520 Speaker 5: Obliterate Iran's missiles and drones and facilities that produce them, 179 00:10:57,760 --> 00:11:01,800 Speaker 5: annihilate its navy and critical security infrastructure, and sever their 180 00:11:01,840 --> 00:11:06,080 Speaker 5: pathway to nuclear weapons. Iran will never possess a nuclear bomb, 181 00:11:06,679 --> 00:11:10,280 Speaker 5: not on our watch, not ever. And this is why 182 00:11:10,320 --> 00:11:13,600 Speaker 5: President Trump's moral clarity and Iran today is so vital. 183 00:11:14,480 --> 00:11:17,880 Speaker 5: Unlike the past, where vague redlines and endless negotiations let 184 00:11:17,880 --> 00:11:21,800 Speaker 5: Iran fund terror, an inch ever so slightly toward a bomb, 185 00:11:22,679 --> 00:11:26,120 Speaker 5: this president sees the threat plainly, enacts decisively. No more 186 00:11:26,400 --> 00:11:29,400 Speaker 5: half measures, especially when Iran is at its weakest. 187 00:11:30,440 --> 00:11:31,360 Speaker 3: No more letting. 188 00:11:31,120 --> 00:11:33,840 Speaker 5: Tehran play for time while our people pay the price. 189 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:38,320 Speaker 5: His leadership ensures that we finish what we start, and 190 00:11:38,360 --> 00:11:41,600 Speaker 5: that we protect our war fighters by crushing the enemy 191 00:11:41,840 --> 00:11:43,320 Speaker 5: before they can strike again. 192 00:11:44,360 --> 00:11:47,079 Speaker 1: All Right, We're going to continue to monitor the situation. 193 00:11:47,800 --> 00:11:51,640 Speaker 1: We'll have more from the Secretary of War Pete Hegseth 194 00:11:51,960 --> 00:11:54,720 Speaker 1: in just a moment here on Twin Cities News Talk. 195 00:11:56,200 --> 00:12:00,440 Speaker 1: I don't I can't remember the last time that again 196 00:12:00,720 --> 00:12:06,560 Speaker 1: I felt as proud as I do of an administration 197 00:12:07,520 --> 00:12:11,400 Speaker 1: and of the United States, like the adults are back 198 00:12:11,559 --> 00:12:12,200 Speaker 1: in charge. 199 00:12:13,280 --> 00:12:14,800 Speaker 2: To listen to Pete hegg Seth. 200 00:12:15,080 --> 00:12:19,600 Speaker 1: And yeah, I'm biased because I'm friends with Pete, but 201 00:12:19,679 --> 00:12:23,880 Speaker 1: he is so impressive, and I am so thankful that 202 00:12:24,040 --> 00:12:27,120 Speaker 1: this is the guy in charge of this operation right now. 203 00:12:27,320 --> 00:12:30,400 Speaker 1: And as I mentioned yesterday, there is a winning strategy 204 00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:34,440 Speaker 1: for these midterms, like we're talking about last Hour with 205 00:12:34,760 --> 00:12:39,800 Speaker 1: mission success in Operation Epic Fury and getting the Save 206 00:12:40,440 --> 00:12:44,319 Speaker 1: America Act passed. That is the winning message and strategy 207 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:47,480 Speaker 1: for the GOP because I know, I know I'm not 208 00:12:47,559 --> 00:12:50,040 Speaker 1: the only one that feels the way that I do 209 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:53,680 Speaker 1: right now in the wake of the United States having 210 00:12:53,720 --> 00:12:56,840 Speaker 1: the will and resolve to go and do the right thing. 211 00:12:56,920 --> 00:12:58,640 Speaker 1: Let's get to a few of your comments and then 212 00:12:59,120 --> 00:13:02,720 Speaker 1: coming up well play you more of Pete hegg Seth 213 00:13:03,320 --> 00:13:06,880 Speaker 1: and the update from the Pentagon regarding Operation Epic Fury 214 00:13:06,920 --> 00:13:09,400 Speaker 1: here on Twin City's News talk Man. 215 00:13:09,520 --> 00:13:14,680 Speaker 6: Listening to Pete just gives you chills at how blessed 216 00:13:14,679 --> 00:13:17,680 Speaker 6: we are to have a leader like him and Trump 217 00:13:17,800 --> 00:13:21,679 Speaker 6: in the office to actually annihilate our enemy. 218 00:13:22,320 --> 00:13:25,240 Speaker 3: What a refreshing change. 219 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:31,840 Speaker 7: I served twenty four years and Pete haig Seth is 220 00:13:31,880 --> 00:13:36,199 Speaker 7: by far the best Secretary of Defense I've ever seen, 221 00:13:37,040 --> 00:13:40,280 Speaker 7: or Secretary of war. I wish I'd have had him 222 00:13:40,400 --> 00:13:45,480 Speaker 7: during my tenure as a soldier in a marine because 223 00:13:45,920 --> 00:13:49,240 Speaker 7: I like hearing that we don't fight fair. We fight 224 00:13:49,320 --> 00:13:51,880 Speaker 7: to win, and we fight to destroy, and we fight 225 00:13:52,040 --> 00:13:55,000 Speaker 7: to win. That's where our military should be treated. 226 00:13:55,400 --> 00:13:57,040 Speaker 1: Thank you for your service and thank you for the 227 00:13:57,080 --> 00:13:59,720 Speaker 1: talk back here on Twinsday's News Talk AM eleven thirty 228 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:07,800 Speaker 1: one oh three five FM. Hair on Twin Cities News Talk, 229 00:14:08,120 --> 00:14:13,000 Speaker 1: John Justice Devin and the Master Control Booth to my rights, 230 00:14:13,640 --> 00:14:19,160 Speaker 1: continuing to monitor the situation, General raising Kine. General Kine 231 00:14:19,200 --> 00:14:22,200 Speaker 1: right now is giving updates on the US strikes against 232 00:14:22,360 --> 00:14:26,280 Speaker 1: Iran and Operation Epic Fury. You just heard for Secretary 233 00:14:26,280 --> 00:14:29,720 Speaker 1: of War Pete Heggset. He wrapped up about forty five 234 00:14:29,760 --> 00:14:33,480 Speaker 1: seconds after we went to break. So right now what 235 00:14:33,520 --> 00:14:37,280 Speaker 1: they're going through is a lot of operational detail. So 236 00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:39,800 Speaker 1: we're going to move through a few more items relating 237 00:14:39,800 --> 00:14:43,760 Speaker 1: to Operation Epic Fury. Turn our attention over to the 238 00:14:44,400 --> 00:14:49,840 Speaker 1: continued attempts to buy Democrats to exploit Operation Metro Surge. First, 239 00:14:49,840 --> 00:14:51,600 Speaker 1: I want to get to some of your thoughts from 240 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:53,240 Speaker 1: the iHeart Radio app. 241 00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:58,000 Speaker 8: The simple fact that Pete hegg Sat Secretary of War 242 00:14:58,520 --> 00:15:02,200 Speaker 8: is quoting Ricky Bobby play for keeps, Play for keeps, 243 00:15:02,880 --> 00:15:06,560 Speaker 8: is I don't know much better of a way of 244 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:10,840 Speaker 8: pretty much demorralize the enemy. Is Ricky Bobby flat out said, 245 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:14,320 Speaker 8: if you ain't first relax, and I ran is finding 246 00:15:14,360 --> 00:15:16,040 Speaker 8: that out quickly shaken. 247 00:15:16,080 --> 00:15:17,760 Speaker 3: Big. Yeah. 248 00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:20,720 Speaker 9: I'm sure there's a lot of lefties freaking about old kigs, 249 00:15:20,800 --> 00:15:23,280 Speaker 9: breath incompetent, blah blah blah. But as far as I'm 250 00:15:23,320 --> 00:15:27,240 Speaker 9: concerned as a veteran, that's what a secretary war needs 251 00:15:27,280 --> 00:15:31,240 Speaker 9: to be like. It's like, here's your orders. Go kick 252 00:15:31,280 --> 00:15:34,640 Speaker 9: their butt. We're not going to shackle you. Get her done. 253 00:15:35,240 --> 00:15:38,560 Speaker 9: He's well spoken, he supports the troops. 254 00:15:40,040 --> 00:15:40,880 Speaker 10: I like. 255 00:15:40,960 --> 00:15:42,880 Speaker 3: I think Pete's doing a wonderful John. 256 00:15:44,400 --> 00:15:47,920 Speaker 11: Hey, good morning, John, Thank you so much for airing Pete. 257 00:15:47,960 --> 00:15:51,080 Speaker 11: Heg Sath so we could get the latest update. You 258 00:15:51,120 --> 00:15:55,040 Speaker 11: know what's really nice and refreshing. We no longer have 259 00:15:55,840 --> 00:16:00,360 Speaker 11: men and dresses trying to pretend that they're soldiers. It 260 00:16:00,480 --> 00:16:03,960 Speaker 11: is so nice to have masculinity back in the room again. 261 00:16:05,240 --> 00:16:06,840 Speaker 2: It's nice to have adults. 262 00:16:08,440 --> 00:16:13,520 Speaker 1: Calling the shots, people you can trust, especially in times 263 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:16,760 Speaker 1: like right now. I have a comment that rolled in 264 00:16:16,840 --> 00:16:20,800 Speaker 1: We're going to go back just a moment to the 265 00:16:20,840 --> 00:16:23,840 Speaker 1: clip that I played of the woman who was born 266 00:16:24,080 --> 00:16:27,240 Speaker 1: in Iran, because they picked up on something that I 267 00:16:27,280 --> 00:16:29,520 Speaker 1: had picked up on when I first watched the video, 268 00:16:29,760 --> 00:16:34,320 Speaker 1: which I had posted online. If you're on x at 269 00:16:34,360 --> 00:16:37,240 Speaker 1: TC News Talk or at John Justice j Owen, you 270 00:16:37,240 --> 00:16:40,600 Speaker 1: can find the video of the clip that I played. 271 00:16:40,600 --> 00:16:43,240 Speaker 1: We'll get to this in just a moment, but one 272 00:16:43,280 --> 00:16:48,000 Speaker 1: more item of no. US Special Envoice Steve Whitcoff yesterday 273 00:16:48,920 --> 00:16:52,800 Speaker 1: did reveal that Iranian negotiators had boasted to him that 274 00:16:52,840 --> 00:16:58,120 Speaker 1: they had enough enriched uranium for eleven nuclear bombs. It 275 00:16:58,160 --> 00:17:02,000 Speaker 1: was the first interview since the beginning of the operations, 276 00:17:02,040 --> 00:17:05,640 Speaker 1: and Wickcoff divulged the details of the high level negotiations 277 00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:08,399 Speaker 1: with Tehran that led Trump to decide to launch the 278 00:17:08,480 --> 00:17:13,280 Speaker 1: largest combat operation since the two thousand and three Iraq War. 279 00:17:13,600 --> 00:17:15,760 Speaker 1: And it turns out too that some of the reporting 280 00:17:16,359 --> 00:17:20,399 Speaker 1: of when those negotiations first started, Iran basically showed up 281 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:24,359 Speaker 1: to the table to arrogant thinking that they didn't have 282 00:17:24,440 --> 00:17:29,080 Speaker 1: to sign off and negotiate on anything. I don't think 283 00:17:29,119 --> 00:17:32,880 Speaker 1: they truly expected that the United States and Israel were 284 00:17:32,920 --> 00:17:35,479 Speaker 1: going to go to the links that they win. And 285 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:38,080 Speaker 1: there's a part of me that says, why would they 286 00:17:38,400 --> 00:17:41,000 Speaker 1: even despite the military build up in the region as 287 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:45,840 Speaker 1: we all saw it unfold, Because typically administrations have not 288 00:17:45,960 --> 00:17:48,800 Speaker 1: had the resolve to go and get the job done. 289 00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:51,720 Speaker 1: And certainly we know now the United States has every 290 00:17:51,760 --> 00:17:56,480 Speaker 1: intention of ending this regime once and for all. Wickcough 291 00:17:56,600 --> 00:18:00,959 Speaker 1: wasn't the only one talking about this issue of prominence, 292 00:18:01,840 --> 00:18:07,120 Speaker 1: regardless of your opinion of NATO. NATO actually came out 293 00:18:07,160 --> 00:18:09,679 Speaker 1: yesterday as well and said that Iran was on the 294 00:18:09,720 --> 00:18:11,920 Speaker 1: brink of obtaining a nuclear weapon. 295 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:14,119 Speaker 12: Answering this question, of course, NATO is not a self 296 00:18:14,119 --> 00:18:17,400 Speaker 12: involved but let's be absolutely clear. 297 00:18:17,240 --> 00:18:18,359 Speaker 3: Item what's happening here. 298 00:18:18,520 --> 00:18:22,040 Speaker 12: Iran is close to getting his hands on a musical 299 00:18:22,040 --> 00:18:26,119 Speaker 12: capability and on a ballistic missile capability, which is posting 300 00:18:26,119 --> 00:18:29,560 Speaker 12: this threat not only to de region the Middle East, 301 00:18:29,760 --> 00:18:34,320 Speaker 12: including posting an existential threat to Israel, it is also 302 00:18:34,359 --> 00:18:37,400 Speaker 12: posting a use steps to us here in Europe. 303 00:18:37,760 --> 00:18:41,040 Speaker 1: During that press conference of the White House yesterday, it's dark. 304 00:18:41,600 --> 00:18:44,320 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna lie, but it is funny. I don't 305 00:18:44,320 --> 00:18:46,679 Speaker 1: think the press kind of caught up on the humor 306 00:18:46,720 --> 00:18:49,720 Speaker 1: of it. But President Donald Trump was asked who should 307 00:18:49,800 --> 00:18:55,080 Speaker 1: become Iran's new leader, and his response is probably one 308 00:18:55,119 --> 00:18:59,600 Speaker 1: of my favorite quotes from Trump this year. 309 00:18:59,760 --> 00:19:02,000 Speaker 2: So do you have someone. 310 00:19:01,720 --> 00:19:02,560 Speaker 4: In mind right now? 311 00:19:02,560 --> 00:19:04,720 Speaker 7: As you've said, all the people you do have in mind. 312 00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:06,960 Speaker 4: That taken out. Well, you well, most of the people 313 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:09,520 Speaker 4: we had in mind a diad, so you know we 314 00:19:09,600 --> 00:19:13,240 Speaker 4: had some in mind from that group that is is dead, 315 00:19:14,280 --> 00:19:16,800 Speaker 4: and now we have another group that may be dead 316 00:19:16,840 --> 00:19:20,879 Speaker 4: also based on reports. So I guess you have a 317 00:19:20,920 --> 00:19:22,960 Speaker 4: third wave coming and I'm pretty sure we're not going to 318 00:19:23,040 --> 00:19:26,399 Speaker 4: know anybody. 319 00:19:27,280 --> 00:19:29,480 Speaker 2: It does not get enough credit for his sense of humor. 320 00:19:30,080 --> 00:19:33,200 Speaker 2: All right, here's a portion of again. 321 00:19:33,520 --> 00:19:38,920 Speaker 1: This was doctor Sheila Nazar Ryan now talking about her 322 00:19:38,960 --> 00:19:41,680 Speaker 1: perspective on her on from her own personal experience. 323 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:44,199 Speaker 10: I was born in nineteen seventy nine, the year of 324 00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:47,359 Speaker 10: the revolution, pre revolution. If you look at you know, 325 00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:50,440 Speaker 10: our family photo album, it was very European. 326 00:19:51,040 --> 00:19:52,440 Speaker 2: Iran was very. 327 00:19:52,440 --> 00:19:55,520 Speaker 10: Much into food, having a good time. You know. We 328 00:19:55,560 --> 00:19:58,320 Speaker 10: hear stories from our parents of like six day long 329 00:19:58,640 --> 00:20:01,040 Speaker 10: events and parties they would have. I think of a 330 00:20:01,160 --> 00:20:09,400 Speaker 10: very European, very modern, very educated, kind generous, accepting, diverse 331 00:20:10,240 --> 00:20:11,479 Speaker 10: group of people in Iran. 332 00:20:11,640 --> 00:20:13,960 Speaker 1: They're wearing in this video, by the way, and this 333 00:20:14,840 --> 00:20:17,520 Speaker 1: relates to a friend of the show Rich in his 334 00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:18,280 Speaker 1: comment here. 335 00:20:18,560 --> 00:20:21,320 Speaker 3: But in the video. 336 00:20:20,320 --> 00:20:25,120 Speaker 1: There are photographs of what she was describing of how 337 00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:29,280 Speaker 1: Iran used to be and Honestly, if you had been 338 00:20:29,280 --> 00:20:33,439 Speaker 1: shown those photographs, you would have thought that this was 339 00:20:33,840 --> 00:20:37,120 Speaker 1: nineteen seventies America. 340 00:20:38,600 --> 00:20:39,520 Speaker 2: People looking happy. 341 00:20:39,560 --> 00:20:43,119 Speaker 1: The way that they were dressed, women were dressed just 342 00:20:43,240 --> 00:20:46,480 Speaker 1: like the women of the nineteen seventies in the United States, 343 00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:50,520 Speaker 1: was really really interesting to see high fashion. 344 00:20:50,680 --> 00:20:52,000 Speaker 2: They're in mini skirts. 345 00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:56,760 Speaker 10: So imagine going from that to what we see now, 346 00:20:57,440 --> 00:21:02,680 Speaker 10: Islamists using women's body as a little symbol of their 347 00:21:02,720 --> 00:21:05,680 Speaker 10: control over the people. You don't have a choice whether 348 00:21:05,720 --> 00:21:08,760 Speaker 10: you wear a hitjob or not, as we saw with Matsamini, 349 00:21:08,920 --> 00:21:11,159 Speaker 10: who was wearing a hitjob, but one inch of her 350 00:21:11,160 --> 00:21:14,840 Speaker 10: hair was showing and she was beat up and eventually 351 00:21:14,920 --> 00:21:19,119 Speaker 10: murdered for that by the morality police. I know people 352 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:22,959 Speaker 10: talk about in North Korea that there's a saying that 353 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:25,920 Speaker 10: the birds are listening, and it's very similar. 354 00:21:25,480 --> 00:21:26,159 Speaker 2: To that in Iran. 355 00:21:26,280 --> 00:21:28,280 Speaker 10: Right now, you don't have freedom to say what you 356 00:21:28,359 --> 00:21:30,639 Speaker 10: think because you don't know if your next door neighbor 357 00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:34,840 Speaker 10: is going to report you to the Islamists and what's 358 00:21:34,880 --> 00:21:37,199 Speaker 10: going to happen to you. You're not free like you 359 00:21:37,240 --> 00:21:40,280 Speaker 10: are here in America to go and protests without consequence. 360 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:45,040 Speaker 10: We saw what happened with the Zanza Nigiozad protests where 361 00:21:45,560 --> 00:21:48,760 Speaker 10: they raped the young girls and killed them. 362 00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:49,840 Speaker 3: And why did they rape them? 363 00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:52,000 Speaker 10: Because if you're a virgin and you die, you go 364 00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:54,280 Speaker 10: to heaven, so they have to rape you before they 365 00:21:54,359 --> 00:21:57,040 Speaker 10: kill you to prevent you from going to heaven. This 366 00:21:57,119 --> 00:21:59,600 Speaker 10: is the mentality of the Islamic Republic. 367 00:22:00,440 --> 00:22:02,360 Speaker 1: Coming up next, I want to play this comment from 368 00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:03,919 Speaker 1: friend of the show, Rich and I want to talk 369 00:22:03,920 --> 00:22:06,600 Speaker 1: about it a little bit because he picked up on 370 00:22:06,640 --> 00:22:08,800 Speaker 1: something that again I had picked up on the first 371 00:22:08,840 --> 00:22:10,840 Speaker 1: time that I watched the video, but didn't mention it 372 00:22:10,880 --> 00:22:15,040 Speaker 1: on the show, and it relates to one of the 373 00:22:15,040 --> 00:22:17,840 Speaker 1: stories we'll get to next, and that is Christy Nome 374 00:22:18,640 --> 00:22:24,960 Speaker 1: being grilled on Capitol Hill over Operation Metro Surge and 375 00:22:26,119 --> 00:22:30,439 Speaker 1: the family members of those who have been killed getting 376 00:22:30,440 --> 00:22:35,960 Speaker 1: in the way of law enforcement, federal law enforcement. And 377 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:40,680 Speaker 1: there's a parallel between what she was describing, what Rich 378 00:22:41,640 --> 00:22:44,879 Speaker 1: picked up on, and what we hear in terms of 379 00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:47,879 Speaker 1: the commentary coming from the left and the relatives of 380 00:22:47,920 --> 00:22:49,480 Speaker 1: the individuals that lost their lives. 381 00:22:49,480 --> 00:22:52,160 Speaker 2: I'll bring this all together. Don't go anywhere. 382 00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:54,960 Speaker 1: You're listening to Twin Cities News Talk Am eleven thirty 383 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:58,000 Speaker 1: and one oh three five FM. Back to John Justice 384 00:22:58,240 --> 00:23:01,280 Speaker 1: Live this morning on When the Cities he was Talk 385 00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:07,040 Speaker 1: AM eleven FM one three point five and on iHeartRadio. 386 00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:22,200 Speaker 13: John Bete Hegseth as a winner, a winner from Minnesota. 387 00:23:22,280 --> 00:23:24,760 Speaker 3: We finally have a winner. Thank you for sharing. 388 00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:27,639 Speaker 1: Yeah, we have a couple of losers that'll be appearing 389 00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:30,119 Speaker 1: on Capitol Hill later on this morning, and we'll have 390 00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:34,399 Speaker 1: an update on tomorrow's show as Governor Tim Walls and 391 00:23:34,440 --> 00:23:37,000 Speaker 1: Attorney General Keith Ellison will be in a hearing talking 392 00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:40,680 Speaker 1: about fraud. My expectations are low, apart from just getting 393 00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:46,600 Speaker 1: good soundbites watching Ellison and Walls dodge the relevant questions 394 00:23:46,680 --> 00:23:49,920 Speaker 1: being asked. And I just I wish that I had 395 00:23:49,920 --> 00:23:52,679 Speaker 1: the opportunity to talk. We'll talk with them are on Friday, 396 00:23:52,680 --> 00:23:53,960 Speaker 1: but I wish I had the opportunity to talk to 397 00:23:54,040 --> 00:23:56,560 Speaker 1: him before this hearing. I don't know if he's going 398 00:23:56,600 --> 00:23:58,520 Speaker 1: to be a part of it, but just let these 399 00:23:58,560 --> 00:23:59,960 Speaker 1: clowns speak today during this year. 400 00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:05,880 Speaker 2: Do not cut them off. All you have to do 401 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:07,440 Speaker 2: is just let them talk and. 402 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:12,359 Speaker 1: Answer the questions because they will twist themselves into a 403 00:24:12,520 --> 00:24:15,280 Speaker 1: not if they do. And unfortunately, when these hearings take place, 404 00:24:15,320 --> 00:24:18,440 Speaker 1: and we'll talk more about this later on in the show. 405 00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:25,879 Speaker 1: When they take place, often they're just means for the 406 00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:29,680 Speaker 1: members of Congress to get their moment, to ask a question, 407 00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:34,000 Speaker 1: to get a small response. If it's not immediately relatable 408 00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:36,480 Speaker 1: to what they directly ask, they cut them off. And 409 00:24:36,520 --> 00:24:40,240 Speaker 1: I just hope today just give Ellison and Walls the 410 00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:43,399 Speaker 1: chance to speak, because they will say stupid stuff if 411 00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:45,679 Speaker 1: you allow them to do so. All right with that, 412 00:24:45,840 --> 00:24:48,800 Speaker 1: I want to get back to Operation Epic Fury from 413 00:24:49,119 --> 00:24:50,800 Speaker 1: what we were playing a moment ago. I've played this 414 00:24:50,840 --> 00:24:54,919 Speaker 1: couple times this morning, but a woman who grew up 415 00:24:54,920 --> 00:24:57,840 Speaker 1: in Iran talking about the stark difference between what Iran 416 00:24:58,080 --> 00:25:03,640 Speaker 1: was compared to what it's been up until Operation Epic Fury, 417 00:25:04,280 --> 00:25:06,320 Speaker 1: and the freedom they used to have that was more 418 00:25:06,359 --> 00:25:08,960 Speaker 1: aligned with well we grew up with here in the 419 00:25:09,040 --> 00:25:13,640 Speaker 1: United States, to this authoritarian, tyrannical regime. 420 00:25:13,800 --> 00:25:16,480 Speaker 2: We go to rich Am I wrong or. 421 00:25:16,440 --> 00:25:18,879 Speaker 14: Did listening to the Iranian woman talk about growing up 422 00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:21,200 Speaker 14: in Iran? Isn't that like America used to be back 423 00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:23,159 Speaker 14: in the days when the left and right got along 424 00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:24,679 Speaker 14: and right down the middle of the road is what 425 00:25:24,720 --> 00:25:28,359 Speaker 14: their politics were. But now we're finding out that we 426 00:25:28,400 --> 00:25:31,119 Speaker 14: are more like the current Iran and the Democrat Party 427 00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:34,560 Speaker 14: because we are importing criminals into this country to do 428 00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:37,399 Speaker 14: their dirty work for them, and they're trying to control 429 00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:39,760 Speaker 14: people like you have to take the shot or you 430 00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:42,440 Speaker 14: lose your job, you have to squeal on your neighbors. 431 00:25:43,320 --> 00:25:44,560 Speaker 3: Sounds kind of similar, doesn't that. 432 00:25:44,640 --> 00:25:47,040 Speaker 1: Yeah, No, it sounds incredibly similar. And that was the 433 00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:50,359 Speaker 1: That was one of the things that I was thinking 434 00:25:50,440 --> 00:25:56,240 Speaker 1: watching the video, seeing the footage, along with listening to 435 00:25:56,280 --> 00:25:59,080 Speaker 1: the women speak about the stark differences of what happened, 436 00:25:59,119 --> 00:26:02,800 Speaker 1: the freedom they had versus the tyranny that followed. And 437 00:26:02,840 --> 00:26:07,120 Speaker 1: while I do believe, and I should say this way, 438 00:26:07,320 --> 00:26:10,159 Speaker 1: I don't believe that the United States will ever get 439 00:26:11,080 --> 00:26:13,960 Speaker 1: to the point where it is as tyrannicals what we 440 00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:18,960 Speaker 1: saw in Iran. The problem is the current iteration of 441 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:23,680 Speaker 1: the Democrat Party aligns themselves with individuals that would want 442 00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:28,640 Speaker 1: to see that happen here in the United States. That 443 00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:34,880 Speaker 1: used to be isolated to a small group of people 444 00:26:35,800 --> 00:26:39,280 Speaker 1: that were like the squad or the radicals, they have 445 00:26:39,520 --> 00:26:44,440 Speaker 1: now taken over the entirety of the Democrat Party. 446 00:26:44,560 --> 00:26:46,880 Speaker 2: So the ideologies and. 447 00:26:46,880 --> 00:26:52,480 Speaker 1: The beliefs of those leaders in Iran and what they've 448 00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:59,280 Speaker 1: been doing to the public in different ways. Right, it's 449 00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:01,400 Speaker 1: not a one to one in comparison, but that is 450 00:27:01,440 --> 00:27:05,040 Speaker 1: to say that Democrats have aligned themselves with individuals that 451 00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:08,320 Speaker 1: think the same way the tyrannical regime does in Iran, 452 00:27:08,359 --> 00:27:10,960 Speaker 1: and they would do that in a heartbeat to conservatives 453 00:27:11,280 --> 00:27:16,879 Speaker 1: if they could. And I'm also coming to the conclusion 454 00:27:16,920 --> 00:27:19,760 Speaker 1: that one of the reasons why Democrats are so hesitant 455 00:27:20,040 --> 00:27:25,160 Speaker 1: to land on any sort of solid narrative against Operation 456 00:27:25,280 --> 00:27:30,760 Speaker 1: Epic Fury is because there are dozens of stories that 457 00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:35,320 Speaker 1: are being told, like the story that that woman told, 458 00:27:36,440 --> 00:27:39,680 Speaker 1: and Dems do not want to focus on the real 459 00:27:39,760 --> 00:27:44,840 Speaker 1: authoritarian actions of the tyrannical Iranian regime because it would 460 00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:50,560 Speaker 1: go in undermine what they've been peddling to their base, 461 00:27:51,280 --> 00:27:53,760 Speaker 1: which has prompted them to act the way that they've 462 00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:59,240 Speaker 1: been acting, especially what we saw with the reaction of 463 00:27:59,440 --> 00:28:02,800 Speaker 1: Operation Metro Surge, which we'll get to here in just 464 00:28:02,840 --> 00:28:03,240 Speaker 1: a moment. 465 00:28:04,840 --> 00:28:06,240 Speaker 3: Good morning, John rich here. 466 00:28:06,520 --> 00:28:08,359 Speaker 15: So when I listened to that tape of the lady 467 00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:11,720 Speaker 15: talking about the I Ran and then you don't know 468 00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:14,159 Speaker 15: if your neighbors are going to report you. Let's go 469 00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:17,359 Speaker 15: back to COVID and remember Tim Waltz and his number 470 00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:21,280 Speaker 15: to report your neighbor. Realize what kind of government Tim 471 00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:23,480 Speaker 15: Waltz really wants. 472 00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:31,040 Speaker 1: Yeah, No, you're absolutely You're absolutely right. Let me get 473 00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:36,360 Speaker 1: to this. US Secretary Homeland Security Secretary Christino appearing before 474 00:28:36,560 --> 00:28:42,440 Speaker 1: a Senate Judiciary committee yesterday oversight hearing, during which she 475 00:28:42,560 --> 00:28:45,400 Speaker 1: revealed that roughly six hundred and fifty immigration and Customs 476 00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:49,240 Speaker 1: enforcement agents remain on the ground in Minnesota. According to 477 00:28:49,240 --> 00:28:51,800 Speaker 1: the article from Bringing the News, this is despite President 478 00:28:51,880 --> 00:28:55,440 Speaker 1: Donald Trump's borders. Are Tom Homan claiming that Operation Metro 479 00:28:55,520 --> 00:28:58,360 Speaker 1: Surge would be brought to an end at mid February. 480 00:28:58,440 --> 00:29:01,760 Speaker 1: I am so sick and tired of the media and 481 00:29:01,880 --> 00:29:06,640 Speaker 1: leftists going and setting a baseline standard and then making 482 00:29:07,360 --> 00:29:13,160 Speaker 1: assumptions and conclusions based off of their pref their preface, 483 00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:17,800 Speaker 1: their premise. It's like they set the standards and rules, 484 00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:21,320 Speaker 1: and therefore everything that comes afterwards is based off of that, 485 00:29:21,800 --> 00:29:24,080 Speaker 1: rather than actually paying attention to what's going on and 486 00:29:24,120 --> 00:29:28,760 Speaker 1: looking at things rationally. To this point, technically, Operation Metro 487 00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:33,840 Speaker 1: Surge has come to an end. It doesn't mean that 488 00:29:33,960 --> 00:29:37,880 Speaker 1: all of those agents are gone. It doesn't mean that 489 00:29:37,920 --> 00:29:41,880 Speaker 1: there aren't still arrest to be made. It is just 490 00:29:41,960 --> 00:29:50,440 Speaker 1: to say that the actual operation as was detailed has concluded. 491 00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:53,640 Speaker 2: And yet those on the left and the left wing media. 492 00:29:56,120 --> 00:29:59,320 Speaker 1: Basically came up with their own standard of which to 493 00:29:59,560 --> 00:30:03,920 Speaker 1: judge wh what the federal government is doing. Well, basically, 494 00:30:03,960 --> 00:30:06,680 Speaker 1: what I'm saying is, since Operation Metro Search is over, 495 00:30:06,720 --> 00:30:09,360 Speaker 1: we shouldn't have any ICE agents here. Nobody said that. 496 00:30:10,240 --> 00:30:12,800 Speaker 1: Tom Homan didn't even say that. He said all along 497 00:30:12,880 --> 00:30:15,959 Speaker 1: there were still going to be ICE agents here. But 498 00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:19,840 Speaker 1: the actual operation in and of itself is done. That 499 00:30:19,960 --> 00:30:25,480 Speaker 1: has concluded. Something similar happened with comments from Marco Rubio 500 00:30:25,520 --> 00:30:29,080 Speaker 1: that we're taking out of context earlier this week relating 501 00:30:29,120 --> 00:30:33,000 Speaker 1: to Operation Epic Theory and what the opening stages of 502 00:30:33,040 --> 00:30:36,920 Speaker 1: the operation was meant to do. And you have those 503 00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:41,760 Speaker 1: and even conservative commentators unfortunately making this mistake of saying 504 00:30:41,760 --> 00:30:44,440 Speaker 1: there's mixed messaging coming from the administration over what the 505 00:30:44,440 --> 00:30:46,040 Speaker 1: goals of Operation Epic Theory is. 506 00:30:46,280 --> 00:30:46,800 Speaker 3: No, there's not. 507 00:30:47,760 --> 00:30:51,040 Speaker 1: There's different stages to the operations that are going on. 508 00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:56,480 Speaker 1: If you're like me and you're monitoring the situation, you 509 00:30:56,480 --> 00:31:00,959 Speaker 1: would know that in the opening stages of Operation Epic Fury. 510 00:31:01,240 --> 00:31:05,800 Speaker 1: It was to degrade and take away any sort of 511 00:31:05,800 --> 00:31:11,520 Speaker 1: defensive measures the Iranians could go and pose against our efforts. 512 00:31:11,520 --> 00:31:15,960 Speaker 1: It wasn't at the onset the regime change. Israel was 513 00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:19,400 Speaker 1: taking care of that portion of it. But they just 514 00:31:19,600 --> 00:31:21,400 Speaker 1: love to set their own standards of which you go 515 00:31:21,400 --> 00:31:24,080 Speaker 1: and judge these things. By getting back to this, bring 516 00:31:24,120 --> 00:31:27,120 Speaker 1: me the news piece. In Christy Nomes congressional testimony, there were, 517 00:31:27,800 --> 00:31:30,560 Speaker 1: to my point, between three thousand and four thousand immigration 518 00:31:30,600 --> 00:31:34,880 Speaker 1: agents in Minnesota at the peak of Operation Metro Surch. So, 519 00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:39,000 Speaker 1: Christy Nome was asked when by Amy Klobashar about calling 520 00:31:39,840 --> 00:31:44,000 Speaker 1: Alex Pretty a domestic a terrorist. Same thing with Nicole 521 00:31:44,040 --> 00:31:45,640 Speaker 1: Reney Good. I'll get to this in just a moment. 522 00:31:45,680 --> 00:31:52,360 Speaker 1: Let me share with you this clip first though, So 523 00:31:52,520 --> 00:31:57,320 Speaker 1: Democrat Chris Coons yesterday asking about ruling out the deployment 524 00:31:57,400 --> 00:32:02,040 Speaker 1: of ICE or cb CBP to polling places this November. 525 00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:06,000 Speaker 1: It's pretty epic exchange here between him and Christy Nome yesterday. 526 00:32:06,280 --> 00:32:09,440 Speaker 1: You rule out the deployment of ICE or CBP to 527 00:32:09,600 --> 00:32:11,320 Speaker 1: polling places this November. 528 00:32:11,880 --> 00:32:14,040 Speaker 7: There are no plans to have ICE officers at are 529 00:32:14,120 --> 00:32:15,280 Speaker 7: polling locations. 530 00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:16,560 Speaker 2: And I'm glad you hear that. 531 00:32:16,600 --> 00:32:18,720 Speaker 3: But would you rule it out? Would you say it 532 00:32:18,760 --> 00:32:19,640 Speaker 3: will not happen? 533 00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:22,360 Speaker 2: Do you plan on illegal aliens voting in our elections? 534 00:32:28,040 --> 00:32:31,840 Speaker 2: That's a really good question. Why would you be so 535 00:32:31,960 --> 00:32:32,719 Speaker 2: concerned about that. 536 00:32:33,600 --> 00:32:39,400 Speaker 1: It's a ridiculous line of questioning, one based to one 537 00:32:39,440 --> 00:32:43,240 Speaker 1: that's intention is to perpetuate those those fake narratives. 538 00:32:43,840 --> 00:32:45,200 Speaker 3: Yeah, John, your spot on. 539 00:32:46,840 --> 00:32:51,920 Speaker 9: They Democrats, Well, basically ram represents what Democrats would do 540 00:32:52,040 --> 00:32:53,800 Speaker 9: to their opponents if they'd give them the chance. 541 00:32:54,480 --> 00:32:56,840 Speaker 3: And we've seen this, we saw COVID. 542 00:32:57,120 --> 00:33:03,040 Speaker 1: Yeah, we did, We absolutely did. Now, getting back to 543 00:33:04,720 --> 00:33:11,160 Speaker 1: this testimony that took place, when Amy Klobashar asked why 544 00:33:11,360 --> 00:33:14,800 Speaker 1: Christy nom had called Pretty a domestic terrorist, Nomad replied, 545 00:33:15,320 --> 00:33:17,680 Speaker 1: I did not call him a domestic terrorist. I said 546 00:33:18,080 --> 00:33:21,840 Speaker 1: it appeared to be an incident of domestic terrorism. Shortly 547 00:33:21,880 --> 00:33:25,440 Speaker 1: after Good was fatally shot in Minneapolis, Nome claimed that Good, 548 00:33:25,560 --> 00:33:28,440 Speaker 1: who was in her vehicle, attempted to run over the 549 00:33:28,520 --> 00:33:33,040 Speaker 1: law enforcement officer and characterized it as an act of terrorism. 550 00:33:33,560 --> 00:33:36,720 Speaker 1: After Pretty was killed, the White House Deputy Chief of 551 00:33:36,760 --> 00:33:40,840 Speaker 1: Staff Stephen Miller called Pretty a domestic terrorist, while Nome 552 00:33:40,920 --> 00:33:43,840 Speaker 1: during a press conference later that day said the individual 553 00:33:44,040 --> 00:33:47,400 Speaker 1: who came with weapons and ammunition to stop law enforcement 554 00:33:47,440 --> 00:33:51,360 Speaker 1: operations of federal law enforcement officers committed an act of terrorism. 555 00:33:51,400 --> 00:33:54,040 Speaker 2: That's the facts in both cases. 556 00:33:54,080 --> 00:33:56,120 Speaker 1: According to the Bringing the News article, the claims made 557 00:33:56,160 --> 00:34:00,800 Speaker 1: by Norman Miller was swiftly contradicted by video death the scene. 558 00:34:00,880 --> 00:34:01,760 Speaker 2: I disagree. 559 00:34:03,480 --> 00:34:06,400 Speaker 1: The article goes on to say, confirming the administration officials 560 00:34:06,520 --> 00:34:10,200 Speaker 1: vastly exaggerated the threat post to agents when they opened fire. 561 00:34:10,680 --> 00:34:15,080 Speaker 1: There is way too much subjectivity to push back on 562 00:34:15,280 --> 00:34:23,600 Speaker 1: anyone's views on either side of this particular issue. Investigations 563 00:34:23,600 --> 00:34:26,120 Speaker 1: are still ongoing. But getting back to what I was 564 00:34:26,120 --> 00:34:30,520 Speaker 1: saying a moment ago about the Democrats' reluctancy to focus 565 00:34:30,560 --> 00:34:34,040 Speaker 1: too much on how tyrannical the Iranian regime is, and 566 00:34:34,080 --> 00:34:38,600 Speaker 1: that woman's comments that I played earlier, that's what real 567 00:34:38,640 --> 00:34:39,360 Speaker 1: tyranny is. 568 00:34:42,120 --> 00:34:43,440 Speaker 2: Many people pointed. 569 00:34:43,040 --> 00:34:47,480 Speaker 1: This out in the middle of the obstructing insurrectionists getting 570 00:34:47,480 --> 00:34:50,279 Speaker 1: in the way of federal law enforcement, and that is 571 00:34:50,800 --> 00:34:54,239 Speaker 1: under real authoritarian rule, you wouldn't even be able to 572 00:34:54,239 --> 00:34:59,799 Speaker 1: go out in protest. The Democrats have convinced far too 573 00:34:59,840 --> 00:35:04,160 Speaker 1: much any in their base that lawful actions by federal 574 00:35:04,280 --> 00:35:09,640 Speaker 1: law enforcement agents, as Governor Tim Walls has repeated, is 575 00:35:09,680 --> 00:35:13,480 Speaker 1: akin to the Gestapo, Nazis. 576 00:35:12,960 --> 00:35:13,680 Speaker 2: The SS. 577 00:35:18,200 --> 00:35:21,319 Speaker 1: So they're absolutely going to avoid just how horrible the 578 00:35:21,320 --> 00:35:22,600 Speaker 1: Iranian regime is. 579 00:35:23,600 --> 00:35:24,880 Speaker 2: But as we also shared. 580 00:35:24,680 --> 00:35:27,000 Speaker 1: This is why the people of Iran as so happy 581 00:35:28,239 --> 00:35:30,160 Speaker 1: that the United States had the will and resolved to 582 00:35:30,200 --> 00:35:34,680 Speaker 1: go and do what it did, and why the Democrats 583 00:35:34,680 --> 00:35:36,920 Speaker 1: are kind of stuck right now because to point to 584 00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:40,839 Speaker 1: any of this, to bring attention to any of it, 585 00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:45,319 Speaker 1: just again completely undermines what they have been telling their 586 00:35:45,360 --> 00:35:50,719 Speaker 1: base and what has been activating the angry and motivated 587 00:35:50,760 --> 00:35:55,200 Speaker 1: portion of their base, the broken and the brainwashed. I 588 00:35:55,280 --> 00:35:59,560 Speaker 1: was watching an interview yesterday and it's with the with 589 00:35:59,600 --> 00:36:05,600 Speaker 1: the family members of Renae Nicole Good. Unsurprisingly, she had 590 00:36:05,600 --> 00:36:08,680 Speaker 1: her relatives there, her siblings, her mother and father. It 591 00:36:08,800 --> 00:36:12,719 Speaker 1: was very sad to watch, and they were saying that 592 00:36:15,080 --> 00:36:18,520 Speaker 1: the way that she was labeled as being her actions 593 00:36:18,520 --> 00:36:20,960 Speaker 1: as being an act of terrorism, and this is all subjective, right, 594 00:36:21,760 --> 00:36:24,800 Speaker 1: and I'll get to this, but they said it wasn't 595 00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:30,160 Speaker 1: indicative of who she was on a daily basis. It 596 00:36:30,200 --> 00:36:35,400 Speaker 1: was it was of a surprise to them. Okay, I 597 00:36:35,440 --> 00:36:39,000 Speaker 1: completely understand that. I don't doubt that in the least bit. 598 00:36:41,560 --> 00:36:44,760 Speaker 1: But it also doesn't speak to the reality of the 599 00:36:44,800 --> 00:36:51,480 Speaker 1: events that unfolded, whether the actions that she took wherein 600 00:36:51,560 --> 00:36:54,560 Speaker 1: she lost her life, whether the actions of Alex Pretty 601 00:36:54,719 --> 00:36:58,200 Speaker 1: and he took and lost his life. We've seen for 602 00:36:58,360 --> 00:37:02,000 Speaker 1: we've seen family members in friends of Alex Pretty as 603 00:37:02,040 --> 00:37:04,680 Speaker 1: well say something similar, Well, this is this is not 604 00:37:04,719 --> 00:37:07,759 Speaker 1: who he was in everyday life. To classify him as this. 605 00:37:08,920 --> 00:37:09,920 Speaker 2: And this is a really. 606 00:37:11,520 --> 00:37:18,040 Speaker 1: Poignant observation, meaning once again, the two things can be 607 00:37:18,080 --> 00:37:23,440 Speaker 1: true at the same time. Okay, it's a broad label 608 00:37:23,800 --> 00:37:27,239 Speaker 1: when you associate anybody with terrorist activity. 609 00:37:28,560 --> 00:37:29,759 Speaker 2: When an individual is. 610 00:37:29,719 --> 00:37:35,280 Speaker 1: Acting like a terrorist, okay, blocking federal law enforcement agents 611 00:37:35,360 --> 00:37:39,200 Speaker 1: in the moment, there's an argument to be made that 612 00:37:39,280 --> 00:37:43,800 Speaker 1: you could go and label with that. But I imagine 613 00:37:43,840 --> 00:37:47,880 Speaker 1: even for your average typical terrorists that we would consider, 614 00:37:49,239 --> 00:37:51,759 Speaker 1: you know, the ones that Department of Homeland Security talks 615 00:37:51,800 --> 00:37:55,279 Speaker 1: about most often, the individuals that have attacked the country in. 616 00:37:55,280 --> 00:38:00,640 Speaker 2: Various ways before. I imagine that in there every day life, they're. 617 00:38:00,480 --> 00:38:03,480 Speaker 1: Not acting like a bunch of terrorists all the time either. 618 00:38:08,760 --> 00:38:13,760 Speaker 1: And I have examples of this coming up. Lisa Damoth, 619 00:38:13,840 --> 00:38:19,719 Speaker 1: gubernatorial candidate legislative speaker has been dealing with threats from 620 00:38:19,760 --> 00:38:26,960 Speaker 1: a woman acting like a lunatic. And even in that story, 621 00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:30,840 Speaker 1: which I'll share with you, when police end up talking 622 00:38:30,880 --> 00:38:33,680 Speaker 1: to this woman, she acts normal. She acts all nice 623 00:38:33,719 --> 00:38:36,160 Speaker 1: and fine and dandy. Right, You would never think this 624 00:38:36,200 --> 00:38:40,960 Speaker 1: woman would be capable of horrible, heinous, violent action against another. 625 00:38:41,200 --> 00:38:45,320 Speaker 2: But the moment that she realizes why. 626 00:38:44,960 --> 00:38:48,880 Speaker 1: They're speaking with her because of her overt threats and 627 00:38:48,920 --> 00:38:52,120 Speaker 1: many of them to Lisa Damouth, she flips on a dime. 628 00:38:55,880 --> 00:38:59,800 Speaker 1: Jes Bosa's herself and the anger that she's been holding inside. 629 00:39:02,120 --> 00:39:05,160 Speaker 1: These are the conversations that I've mentioned so many times 630 00:39:05,200 --> 00:39:07,400 Speaker 1: I wish that we could be having, and we're just 631 00:39:07,440 --> 00:39:11,279 Speaker 1: simply not allowed to have. I don't doubt that both 632 00:39:11,280 --> 00:39:14,440 Speaker 1: of those individuals that I mentioned good and pretty in 633 00:39:14,480 --> 00:39:18,600 Speaker 1: their everyday lives, were nice individuals, loving individuals to their friends, 634 00:39:18,600 --> 00:39:23,799 Speaker 1: to their families, to their partners. But it doesn't go 635 00:39:23,880 --> 00:39:28,360 Speaker 1: and justify the actions that they took, pushing back, breaking 636 00:39:28,400 --> 00:39:33,600 Speaker 1: the law, getting in the way of federal law enforcement officers. 637 00:39:34,480 --> 00:39:36,800 Speaker 1: None of that means that either of them, of course, 638 00:39:36,920 --> 00:39:42,759 Speaker 1: deserved to die. Nobody wants to see that happen, but 639 00:39:42,800 --> 00:39:44,520 Speaker 1: if we're ever going to get our arms around this 640 00:39:44,640 --> 00:39:48,640 Speaker 1: problem as a country, stop encouraging people to take the 641 00:39:48,680 --> 00:39:51,520 Speaker 1: actions that we're taking, and we've got to be willing 642 00:39:51,600 --> 00:39:58,400 Speaker 1: to discuss all of the different angles regarding these these issues. Unfortunately, 643 00:39:58,440 --> 00:40:01,239 Speaker 1: there's a party out there, it's called Democrats that are 644 00:40:01,280 --> 00:40:05,320 Speaker 1: simply unwilling to go and do that. We have elections 645 00:40:05,360 --> 00:40:07,120 Speaker 1: coming up, and they want to be able to exploit 646 00:40:07,160 --> 00:40:10,640 Speaker 1: those elections as much as possible, to exploit their base 647 00:40:10,719 --> 00:40:15,359 Speaker 1: to win those elections as much as possible, including taking 648 00:40:15,440 --> 00:40:19,200 Speaker 1: your tax dollars and then giving it to businesses or 649 00:40:19,280 --> 00:40:26,759 Speaker 1: individuals who voluntarily allowed themselves to succumb to the fear 650 00:40:26,840 --> 00:40:30,960 Speaker 1: mongering of Democrats, which ultimately ended up hurting their businesses. 651 00:40:34,719 --> 00:40:40,480 Speaker 1: Suburban business in Bloomington facing challenges did Operation Metro surge as, 652 00:40:40,520 --> 00:40:45,920 Speaker 1: prompting the city to offer support four hundred thousand dollars 653 00:40:45,960 --> 00:40:48,800 Speaker 1: to small businesses affected by the ice operations. According to 654 00:40:48,880 --> 00:40:52,720 Speaker 1: a story that I have from Channel five, the city 655 00:40:52,719 --> 00:40:56,360 Speaker 1: of Bloomington launched a small business assistance program to help 656 00:40:56,640 --> 00:41:00,279 Speaker 1: businesses recover. Since its launch a week ago, forty some 657 00:41:00,320 --> 00:41:03,879 Speaker 1: businesses have signed up to help. I'm not surprised by 658 00:41:03,880 --> 00:41:08,520 Speaker 1: that in the lease bit. You have similar things happening 659 00:41:08,600 --> 00:41:11,600 Speaker 1: within the city of Minneapolis. There's a report that's being 660 00:41:11,680 --> 00:41:18,120 Speaker 1: released estimating the total impact since Operation metros Surge began. 661 00:41:18,280 --> 00:41:21,480 Speaker 1: They believe it to be in the hundreds of millions 662 00:41:21,520 --> 00:41:25,000 Speaker 1: of dollars. They're also angling, just like Governor Tim Walls, 663 00:41:25,040 --> 00:41:27,640 Speaker 1: to offer up your tax payer dollars to bail people out. 664 00:41:27,800 --> 00:41:36,200 Speaker 1: They're buying elections, they're buying votes, and one of the 665 00:41:36,239 --> 00:41:42,799 Speaker 1: most left leaning outlets in Minnesota, the Minnesota Reformer. I 666 00:41:42,840 --> 00:41:45,400 Speaker 1: will give them credit where credit is due. They have 667 00:41:45,600 --> 00:41:49,480 Speaker 1: Essentially it's about six pages. I think I copy and 668 00:41:49,480 --> 00:41:51,760 Speaker 1: pasted and whittled it down to about four and a half. 669 00:41:51,880 --> 00:41:54,279 Speaker 1: But if it did a regular size, it was like 670 00:41:54,320 --> 00:41:58,120 Speaker 1: six to seven pages. Measuring the economic damage of Minnesota's 671 00:41:58,160 --> 00:42:02,280 Speaker 1: ice surge is hard, that's the headline. 672 00:42:02,440 --> 00:42:03,640 Speaker 2: Early estimates are. 673 00:42:03,520 --> 00:42:07,520 Speaker 1: Based on limited data and back of the envelope calculations. 674 00:42:08,040 --> 00:42:18,600 Speaker 1: This entire comical attempt to justify the idea that a 675 00:42:18,719 --> 00:42:25,759 Speaker 1: COVID type bailout is necessary because of Operation Metro Surge. 676 00:42:27,320 --> 00:42:31,959 Speaker 1: It's again six or seven pages of pretzel logic, never 677 00:42:32,040 --> 00:42:35,880 Speaker 1: reaching a firm conclusion on how anybody could come to 678 00:42:36,239 --> 00:42:43,960 Speaker 1: any rational conclusion over the fiscal damage doing that thing 679 00:42:44,040 --> 00:42:47,400 Speaker 1: with my fingers that may have occurred because of Operation 680 00:42:47,920 --> 00:42:50,760 Speaker 1: Metro Search. And the one thing that the entire piece ignores, 681 00:42:51,200 --> 00:42:56,280 Speaker 1: it takes all the responsibility out of everybody. Not once 682 00:42:56,840 --> 00:43:01,320 Speaker 1: in this lengthy piece do they talk about how individuals 683 00:43:01,920 --> 00:43:05,600 Speaker 1: chose to not show up for work, individuals who were 684 00:43:05,960 --> 00:43:10,279 Speaker 1: legally the children that were pulled from school that had 685 00:43:10,320 --> 00:43:14,799 Speaker 1: no fear of ice whatsoever. The businesses that decided to 686 00:43:14,840 --> 00:43:18,480 Speaker 1: close out of fear doing nothing with my fingers. They 687 00:43:18,480 --> 00:43:22,240 Speaker 1: didn't need to close, as if they were being forced 688 00:43:22,360 --> 00:43:24,520 Speaker 1: to close, like with what happened in COVID. 689 00:43:25,840 --> 00:43:27,440 Speaker 2: Now once in this piece you get all the way 690 00:43:27,480 --> 00:43:28,200 Speaker 2: to the very end. 691 00:43:29,520 --> 00:43:32,200 Speaker 1: You got multiple experts in here, with a lot of 692 00:43:32,239 --> 00:43:37,960 Speaker 1: fancy titles from universities. The very last quote in the piece, 693 00:43:40,200 --> 00:43:44,200 Speaker 1: we can't obviously get to the exact number. Two of 694 00:43:44,239 --> 00:43:47,600 Speaker 1: the experts in this piece wrote that the value of 695 00:43:47,640 --> 00:43:50,640 Speaker 1: the estimates is to give policymakers a sense of the 696 00:43:50,640 --> 00:43:54,000 Speaker 1: scale of the problem, which has been missing from a 697 00:43:54,040 --> 00:43:58,520 Speaker 1: lot of conversations on Operation Metro Surge Relief. Getting to 698 00:43:58,600 --> 00:44:02,800 Speaker 1: a precise and accurate estimate is not necessarily the goal, 699 00:44:03,400 --> 00:44:07,520 Speaker 1: especially given the lack of data infrastructure around tracking say, 700 00:44:07,640 --> 00:44:11,040 Speaker 1: rent payments, because the whole rent moratorium plays into this 701 00:44:11,120 --> 00:44:13,319 Speaker 1: as well. And then's when they land with we can't 702 00:44:13,360 --> 00:44:15,839 Speaker 1: obviously get to an exact number. Well, if you can't 703 00:44:15,840 --> 00:44:17,800 Speaker 1: get to an exact number, then how can we accept 704 00:44:17,840 --> 00:44:22,239 Speaker 1: any number? And I have a really easy solution in 705 00:44:22,320 --> 00:44:25,800 Speaker 1: all of this, because almost ninety nine point nine percent 706 00:44:25,960 --> 00:44:30,480 Speaker 1: of all this economic revenue loss was self inflicted. How 707 00:44:30,480 --> 00:44:35,319 Speaker 1: about you offer no bailouts to anybody, You get over it, 708 00:44:36,560 --> 00:44:36,879 Speaker 1: and you. 709 00:44:36,880 --> 00:44:37,840 Speaker 2: Move on with life. 710 00:44:38,960 --> 00:44:42,000 Speaker 1: There's your solution, and it didn't cost the taxpayer, you 711 00:44:42,239 --> 00:44:43,279 Speaker 1: or me a dime.