1 00:00:06,040 --> 00:00:09,600 Speaker 1: Our two for a Wednesday Twins Cities News talk. Hey, 2 00:00:09,640 --> 00:00:11,960 Speaker 1: I'm eleven thirty and one oh three five FM. Glad 3 00:00:11,960 --> 00:00:15,400 Speaker 1: you're with the show this morning. Representative Tom Emmer coming 4 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:20,320 Speaker 1: up in about twenty minutes from now. Got a lot 5 00:00:20,360 --> 00:00:22,239 Speaker 1: of ground to cover between now and then, so let's 6 00:00:22,239 --> 00:00:24,000 Speaker 1: dive into it. We'll get to your talkbacks coming up 7 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:26,760 Speaker 1: here in just a moment. First off, the Trump administration 8 00:00:26,840 --> 00:00:30,240 Speaker 1: has moved to freeze all immigration applications from nineteen countries, 9 00:00:30,720 --> 00:00:35,120 Speaker 1: including the President's expanded travel ban order, halting green card 10 00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:39,280 Speaker 1: the process for obtaining a green card, naturalization ceremonies, and 11 00:00:39,320 --> 00:00:42,959 Speaker 1: other immigration benefits for tens of thousands of foreign nationals, 12 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:49,199 Speaker 1: according to multiple reports, I would question, I'm not opposed 13 00:00:49,240 --> 00:00:51,440 Speaker 1: to the ban at all. In the wake of everything 14 00:00:51,479 --> 00:00:54,600 Speaker 1: that has transpired, not just what's been going on here 15 00:00:54,680 --> 00:00:57,200 Speaker 1: in Minnesota, which we'll dive into, but also of course 16 00:00:57,240 --> 00:01:00,200 Speaker 1: the attack on our national guard, I would question and 17 00:01:02,240 --> 00:01:06,319 Speaker 1: why the need to halt it now? Meaning were we 18 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:10,440 Speaker 1: not doing proper vetting up until this point in time, 19 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:15,360 Speaker 1: or again, is this just a means to bring attention 20 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:21,160 Speaker 1: to the issue right now? Re examine the criteria for 21 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:24,080 Speaker 1: those that we were allowing into countries that are of 22 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:31,440 Speaker 1: concern Iran, Somalia, Sudan, Eritrea, Haiti, and others. The halt 23 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:35,920 Speaker 1: does apply to every immigration form type processed by the 24 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:39,880 Speaker 1: US Citizenship and Immigration Services, not only green car petitions, 25 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:44,920 Speaker 1: but also naturalization requests, asylum related filing's, work permits, and 26 00:01:44,959 --> 00:01:49,600 Speaker 1: travel restrictions. According to a statement provided to CBS News 27 00:01:49,600 --> 00:01:52,160 Speaker 1: working off an article from Newsmax, the Department of Homeland 28 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:55,880 Speaker 1: Security did not dispute the freeze. Officials said the administration 29 00:01:55,960 --> 00:01:58,840 Speaker 1: is committed to the highest standards of screening. So that's 30 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:01,680 Speaker 1: my only question on this is if we're not screening 31 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:05,240 Speaker 1: individuals appropriately or haven't been up until this point, what 32 00:02:05,440 --> 00:02:07,440 Speaker 1: changes are we going to be making now with this 33 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:12,240 Speaker 1: pause or is this just a means to continue to 34 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:15,120 Speaker 1: keep the story at the forefront within the news cycle, 35 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:20,000 Speaker 1: which is a possibility as well. Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry 36 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:23,000 Speaker 1: says President Trump has promised to deploy National Guard troops 37 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:26,440 Speaker 1: to New Orleans to provide security in the French Quarter. 38 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:27,720 Speaker 2: Ahead of the holidays. 39 00:02:27,880 --> 00:02:30,120 Speaker 1: I only bring this up because I have an expectation 40 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:33,000 Speaker 1: of what may play out here in Minnesota. As I 41 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:34,919 Speaker 1: mentioned at the start of the week, I've been hearing 42 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:39,440 Speaker 1: reports that we would see a ramping up of efforts 43 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:42,200 Speaker 1: relating to cracking down on immigration here in the state, 44 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:44,400 Speaker 1: and of course this was a topic yesterday that was 45 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:47,280 Speaker 1: dominating local media headlines. We have the audio to share. 46 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:50,480 Speaker 1: It really is stunning to hear the Minneapolis Police chief 47 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:54,320 Speaker 1: siding with individuals who are breaking the law, Minneapolis mambybe 48 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:57,160 Speaker 1: may or Mom Jeans Jacob Frye siding with individuals who 49 00:02:57,160 --> 00:02:59,560 Speaker 1: are breaking the law because that is who they are 50 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:02,840 Speaker 1: appeal to when they push back on the efforts of 51 00:03:02,919 --> 00:03:06,760 Speaker 1: federal law enforcement coming into the state to uphold the law. 52 00:03:06,919 --> 00:03:08,000 Speaker 2: If you're here legally, I. 53 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:10,160 Speaker 1: Don't care where you're from. I don't care who you are. 54 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:11,840 Speaker 1: I don't care what your religion is. I don't care 55 00:03:11,880 --> 00:03:13,960 Speaker 1: what your identity is. I don't care what you watched 56 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:15,840 Speaker 1: last night. I don't care what you ate for breakfast 57 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:18,800 Speaker 1: this morning. If you are here legally, you don't have 58 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:20,880 Speaker 1: anything to worry about if you're not committing a crime. 59 00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:27,040 Speaker 1: If you're here illegally, yeah you should probably worry, and 60 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:31,160 Speaker 1: that's on you. My expectation is if the Twin City 61 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:37,160 Speaker 1: activist raise enough of a RUCKUS relating to ICE moving 62 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:41,320 Speaker 1: forward with their efforts here in Minnesota. It could force 63 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:45,760 Speaker 1: Trump to go and deploy the National Guard here, in 64 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:48,480 Speaker 1: which case we would continue to be in the national spotlight. 65 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:52,280 Speaker 1: And it's all a good thing in my opinion, because 66 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:54,119 Speaker 1: I know we've been talking about the fraud and what's 67 00:03:54,160 --> 00:03:55,880 Speaker 1: been happening here for a long time, and I think 68 00:03:55,920 --> 00:03:58,960 Speaker 1: it's become commonplace for people to kind of roll their eyes, Oh, 69 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:01,800 Speaker 1: it's just fraud here in Minnesota because of the programs, 70 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:03,800 Speaker 1: and it should never be that way, and it kind 71 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:06,320 Speaker 1: of was getting to that place up until now as 72 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:07,800 Speaker 1: the rest of the country. 73 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:09,520 Speaker 2: Finds out and it really is. 74 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:11,120 Speaker 3: Oh. 75 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:13,240 Speaker 1: I don't know what the word I want to use is. 76 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:17,720 Speaker 1: But I went on Will Kine yesterday. Will Kine's show 77 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:20,000 Speaker 1: yesterday after noon. He ended up replaying some of the 78 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:23,000 Speaker 1: clips on Fox News yesterday, which was really quite funny 79 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:24,880 Speaker 1: because my wife was on the phone with her mom 80 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:28,640 Speaker 1: and in the middle of that conversation, I had no 81 00:04:28,760 --> 00:04:30,240 Speaker 1: idea I hear it, Hey. 82 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:31,640 Speaker 2: John, you're on Fox News right now. 83 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:34,159 Speaker 1: My mom just told me she's watching you in Arizona. 84 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:37,359 Speaker 1: But it was really interesting to see Will Kine and 85 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:39,760 Speaker 1: his eyes just go wide as I begin to explain 86 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:42,720 Speaker 1: the extent of which the fraud has been occurring here 87 00:04:42,760 --> 00:04:45,559 Speaker 1: in Minnesota. And again, we've been dealing with these things 88 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:49,360 Speaker 1: for a long long time. And yet too the outside, 89 00:04:49,640 --> 00:04:52,320 Speaker 1: you know, outside of our state's borders, that you know, 90 00:04:52,360 --> 00:04:54,599 Speaker 1: our people who aren't from here left here because of 91 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:57,919 Speaker 1: the fraud taking place, comes as a stunning shock to 92 00:04:57,960 --> 00:05:00,400 Speaker 1: hear there could be some six billion dollars worth of 93 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:06,080 Speaker 1: fraud perpetuated under Governor Tim Walls's watch. All right, let's 94 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:07,760 Speaker 1: keep with the theme here for just a moment, because 95 00:05:07,760 --> 00:05:11,040 Speaker 1: I'm happy to see that we're getting this attention. Walls 96 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:13,680 Speaker 1: is in big, big trouble. We're gonna get into that. 97 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:15,400 Speaker 1: We have a story to share a little bit later on, 98 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:19,240 Speaker 1: because he's siding with these investigations into fraud here in Minnesota. 99 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:21,279 Speaker 1: But make no mistake, he does not want to be 100 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:25,520 Speaker 1: doing that. Governor Tim Walls is not happy right now. 101 00:05:25,920 --> 00:05:28,000 Speaker 1: The Trump administration has put him in a really tough 102 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:30,880 Speaker 1: spot because Walls is not in a position to say, no, 103 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:34,080 Speaker 1: I don't want anybody's help in investigating our fraud when 104 00:05:34,160 --> 00:05:36,960 Speaker 1: he's been very vocal saying I'll take all the help 105 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:39,359 Speaker 1: we can get because one of the excuses that Walls 106 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:44,240 Speaker 1: has been presenting is that we don't have enough manpower 107 00:05:44,279 --> 00:05:45,640 Speaker 1: here to go and deal with all of it, which 108 00:05:45,680 --> 00:05:46,560 Speaker 1: is nothing but. 109 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:49,200 Speaker 3: Words. 110 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:52,640 Speaker 1: I can't say on the radio, bogus. We'll go with bogus. 111 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:53,039 Speaker 1: We'll go with that. 112 00:05:53,080 --> 00:05:55,080 Speaker 2: Be word, we'll go with We'll go with bogus. 113 00:05:55,640 --> 00:06:00,400 Speaker 1: During that cabinet meeting yesterday, Trump did not hold back 114 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:05,320 Speaker 1: on his thoughts of the current situation relating to immigration 115 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:09,960 Speaker 1: and fraud here in Minnesota, at one point saying this. 116 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:13,400 Speaker 3: AMI's ripped off that state for. 117 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:21,599 Speaker 4: Billions of dollars billions every year, billions of dollars. And 118 00:06:21,760 --> 00:06:25,719 Speaker 4: they contribute nothing. The welfare is like eighty eight percent. 119 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:27,920 Speaker 4: They contribute nothing. 120 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:30,440 Speaker 3: I don't want them in our country. 121 00:06:30,440 --> 00:06:32,480 Speaker 4: I'll be honest with you, Okay, So we would say, oh, 122 00:06:32,520 --> 00:06:33,880 Speaker 4: that's not politically correct. 123 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:34,440 Speaker 3: I don't care. 124 00:06:34,960 --> 00:06:37,039 Speaker 4: I don't want them in our country. Their country is 125 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:41,080 Speaker 4: no good for a reason. Their country stakes, and we 126 00:06:41,080 --> 00:06:42,960 Speaker 4: don't want them in our country. I can say that 127 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:46,240 Speaker 4: about other countries too. I can say that about other 128 00:06:46,279 --> 00:06:47,000 Speaker 4: countries too. 129 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:48,159 Speaker 2: We don't want them to help. 130 00:06:48,160 --> 00:06:51,320 Speaker 4: We got to we have to rebuild our country. You know, 131 00:06:51,360 --> 00:06:54,760 Speaker 4: our country is at a tipping point. We could go bad. 132 00:06:54,839 --> 00:06:57,400 Speaker 3: We're at a tipping point. I don't know if people. 133 00:06:57,120 --> 00:07:00,279 Speaker 4: Mind me saying that, but I'm saying that we could 134 00:07:00,320 --> 00:07:03,440 Speaker 4: go one way or the other, and we're going to 135 00:07:03,480 --> 00:07:05,719 Speaker 4: go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage 136 00:07:05,720 --> 00:07:10,920 Speaker 4: into our country. Elan Omar is garbage. She's garbage, Her 137 00:07:10,920 --> 00:07:12,120 Speaker 4: friends are garbage. 138 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:13,760 Speaker 3: These are people that work. 139 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:16,000 Speaker 4: These aren't people that say, let's go, come on, let's 140 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:18,720 Speaker 4: make this place great. These are people that do nothing 141 00:07:18,760 --> 00:07:23,640 Speaker 4: but complain. They complain, and from where they came from 142 00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:24,760 Speaker 4: they got nothing. 143 00:07:25,680 --> 00:07:26,720 Speaker 3: You know, they came. 144 00:07:26,520 --> 00:07:30,320 Speaker 4: From paradise, and they said, this isn't paradise. But when 145 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:35,120 Speaker 4: they come from hell and they complain and do nothing, 146 00:07:35,240 --> 00:07:39,280 Speaker 4: but bitch, we don't want them in our country. Let 147 00:07:39,320 --> 00:07:46,200 Speaker 4: them go back to where they came from and fix it. 148 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:54,640 Speaker 1: The level of honesty that President Donald Trump spoke, regardless 149 00:07:54,640 --> 00:07:58,280 Speaker 1: of whether or not you agree or disagree, I expect 150 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:01,760 Speaker 1: that those comments are more than likely and going to 151 00:08:01,760 --> 00:08:04,200 Speaker 1: become a point of contention heading into the day. Those 152 00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:06,680 Speaker 1: were said yesterday, and you got to give Democrats time 153 00:08:07,080 --> 00:08:09,400 Speaker 1: to send out their orders of how they want to 154 00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:10,920 Speaker 1: frame their arguments against Trump. 155 00:08:10,960 --> 00:08:14,200 Speaker 2: Be that is in May. Whether you agree or disagree, that. 156 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:17,840 Speaker 1: Level of honesty coming from the President is elevating the 157 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:23,000 Speaker 1: conversation of what we're faced with here in Minnesota. It's 158 00:08:23,080 --> 00:08:27,200 Speaker 1: giving many individuals the confidence to speak out frankly and 159 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:33,079 Speaker 1: factually about these issues in the face of racist accusations. 160 00:08:33,160 --> 00:08:36,440 Speaker 2: It is not easy. A lot of people forget this. 161 00:08:37,679 --> 00:08:41,880 Speaker 1: It's not easy when people go and label you horrible things. 162 00:08:41,880 --> 00:08:45,360 Speaker 1: Certainly not easy for an average individual just online or 163 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:50,280 Speaker 1: talking amongst friends. It's not really even easy for say, 164 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:53,840 Speaker 1: your average representative orb senator here in the state that 165 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:58,360 Speaker 1: hasn't weighed in to these particular issues and been called 166 00:08:58,360 --> 00:09:02,200 Speaker 1: these things before. If you're not accustomed to it, it 167 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:05,600 Speaker 1: can be something's difficult to go and deal with, and 168 00:09:05,640 --> 00:09:07,760 Speaker 1: it can force you into a position where you hold 169 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:12,640 Speaker 1: back of speaking authentically and honestly about an issue and 170 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:14,800 Speaker 1: in no way, shape or form racist, but just the 171 00:09:14,840 --> 00:09:17,560 Speaker 1: fear that you have of being labeled that. And when 172 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:19,960 Speaker 1: Trump goes and speaks frankly like that, it provides the 173 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:22,800 Speaker 1: opportunity for other individuals to step up and do the 174 00:09:22,840 --> 00:09:23,280 Speaker 1: same thing. 175 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:26,280 Speaker 2: And for that, I'm appreciative of his comments. 176 00:09:27,320 --> 00:09:31,040 Speaker 5: I'm curious why you're at all surprised about Old Haara yesterday, 177 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:34,280 Speaker 5: being that it wasn't very long ago that he did 178 00:09:34,280 --> 00:09:38,679 Speaker 5: a hosted video saying that he couldn't have been referring 179 00:09:38,760 --> 00:09:41,280 Speaker 5: to East Affort and Dass criminals. 180 00:09:41,559 --> 00:09:44,280 Speaker 1: Well, let's back up here. First off, it wasn't a 181 00:09:44,320 --> 00:09:47,760 Speaker 1: hostage video. I understand what your point was, but let's 182 00:09:47,760 --> 00:09:50,760 Speaker 1: get into what he actually did. So the police chief, 183 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:53,439 Speaker 1: Brian O'Hara, came out a couple weeks back, and he 184 00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:57,400 Speaker 1: specifically said, frankly and factually that the crime that was 185 00:09:57,440 --> 00:10:00,560 Speaker 1: being perpetuated in certain parts of Minneapolis was being done 186 00:10:00,600 --> 00:10:04,480 Speaker 1: by kids from East Africa coming in on there in 187 00:10:04,600 --> 00:10:10,920 Speaker 1: their parents high end automobiles and causing all of what 188 00:10:11,080 --> 00:10:14,120 Speaker 1: was taking place, basically pointing out that this wasn't happening 189 00:10:14,520 --> 00:10:18,560 Speaker 1: within individuals from individuals living in Minneapolis. 190 00:10:18,840 --> 00:10:21,880 Speaker 2: He was being very specific. Now, the video that you're. 191 00:10:21,760 --> 00:10:26,880 Speaker 1: Referring to, he stopped short of an apology, apart from 192 00:10:26,920 --> 00:10:30,480 Speaker 1: saying that I'm sorry if you got offended by what 193 00:10:30,600 --> 00:10:33,640 Speaker 1: I said. So, yeah, it was an apology. I framed 194 00:10:33,640 --> 00:10:36,560 Speaker 1: it as such on the show, But it wasn't like 195 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:39,520 Speaker 1: he pulled back. He didn't take back what he said 196 00:10:39,559 --> 00:10:42,280 Speaker 1: in that moment. He didn't say I was wrong. It 197 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:45,079 Speaker 1: is not kids from East Africa doing this. He basically 198 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:48,320 Speaker 1: just said I'm sorry if you got offended over this. 199 00:10:48,440 --> 00:10:50,480 Speaker 1: What's really funny about that, though, before I make a 200 00:10:50,559 --> 00:10:54,240 Speaker 1: larger point, what's really funny about this is that now 201 00:10:54,760 --> 00:10:57,680 Speaker 1: you see all these individuals who are calling out the 202 00:10:57,760 --> 00:11:01,960 Speaker 1: fraud being majority of some all who are perpetuating it, 203 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:04,000 Speaker 1: who are being called racist, and yet you had the 204 00:11:04,040 --> 00:11:06,040 Speaker 1: police chief that was doing the same thing a couple 205 00:11:06,080 --> 00:11:08,720 Speaker 1: of weeks ago. To your initial point, why are you 206 00:11:08,760 --> 00:11:11,160 Speaker 1: at all surprised? It's not a matter of being surprised. 207 00:11:14,320 --> 00:11:17,320 Speaker 1: I'm not surprised doing that thing with my fingers over it, 208 00:11:19,160 --> 00:11:21,280 Speaker 1: But I'm not going to ignore it either, because it's 209 00:11:21,280 --> 00:11:21,840 Speaker 1: not right. 210 00:11:23,760 --> 00:11:25,640 Speaker 2: It's wrong, it's ridiculous. 211 00:11:26,559 --> 00:11:28,960 Speaker 1: So doesn't surprise me that the police chief comes out 212 00:11:29,440 --> 00:11:33,920 Speaker 1: and sides with individuals here who are breaking the law. 213 00:11:34,600 --> 00:11:40,839 Speaker 1: He's a Democrat. But just because you expect it doesn't 214 00:11:40,880 --> 00:11:43,200 Speaker 1: mean you don't call it out. It doesn't mean you 215 00:11:43,240 --> 00:11:45,679 Speaker 1: don't go and point to how ridiculous it is. 216 00:11:46,360 --> 00:11:48,280 Speaker 2: So it's not a lack of being surprised, Like, why 217 00:11:48,360 --> 00:11:49,800 Speaker 2: are you surprised? I get that all the time. 218 00:11:49,840 --> 00:11:55,199 Speaker 1: I just want to clarify it would be to our 219 00:11:55,280 --> 00:11:59,240 Speaker 1: detriment to not give off the vibe that we're surprised 220 00:11:59,520 --> 00:12:01,720 Speaker 1: to sit back go well, you know, that's what gets 221 00:12:01,760 --> 00:12:04,360 Speaker 1: us in trouble in the first place. That's just how 222 00:12:04,360 --> 00:12:07,000 Speaker 1: people are. That's just how Walls is. That's how Walls 223 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:09,440 Speaker 1: wants you to think. I'm just a knucklehead. Sometimes I 224 00:12:09,480 --> 00:12:14,440 Speaker 1: say stupid things. We should not sit back and go 225 00:12:14,559 --> 00:12:16,280 Speaker 1: I'm not surprised at all by this and not make 226 00:12:16,320 --> 00:12:17,840 Speaker 1: a big deal. No, you should make a big deal 227 00:12:17,840 --> 00:12:21,160 Speaker 1: about it, because just because it might be commonplace for 228 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:22,960 Speaker 1: a person to act this way doesn't mean you don't 229 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:25,560 Speaker 1: draw attention to how ridiculous it is. 230 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:27,000 Speaker 2: Kind of what I get paid to do. 231 00:12:27,240 --> 00:12:30,319 Speaker 1: So all right, coming up, Representative Tom Emmer will be 232 00:12:30,400 --> 00:12:34,959 Speaker 1: joining us after we talk to Tom. Governor Tim Walls 233 00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:39,079 Speaker 1: welcomes the federal probe into the fraud allegations. You commit fraud, 234 00:12:39,120 --> 00:12:41,640 Speaker 1: you're going to prison. Acting like a tough guy. He 235 00:12:41,679 --> 00:12:44,600 Speaker 1: doesn't want to, but this is the position that Trump 236 00:12:44,640 --> 00:12:46,560 Speaker 1: has forced him into, and we'll get into it after 237 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:49,280 Speaker 1: we talk with Tom Emmer next here on Twin City's 238 00:12:49,280 --> 00:12:51,520 Speaker 1: News Talk Am eleven thirty and one O three five FM. 239 00:12:51,600 --> 00:12:54,400 Speaker 2: They have what's called a Trump derangement problem. 240 00:12:54,440 --> 00:13:11,920 Speaker 6: Have you heard about that problem? 241 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:15,120 Speaker 1: Twesday's News Talk AM eleven thirty one oh three five 242 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:17,840 Speaker 1: FM from the six y five to one Carpet plus 243 00:13:18,640 --> 00:13:21,720 Speaker 1: Next Day Install Studios. My name is John Justice. I 244 00:13:21,720 --> 00:13:25,360 Speaker 1: don't want to waste a moment, Representative Tom Emmer. I 245 00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:28,800 Speaker 1: suppose Tom, we can really just do a choose your 246 00:13:28,840 --> 00:13:32,200 Speaker 1: own Minnesota adventure topic as we invite you on the 247 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:35,000 Speaker 1: show this morning, is there any particular thing that you 248 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:37,280 Speaker 1: would like to start off because we have so many 249 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:41,400 Speaker 1: items to choose from as Minnesota dominates the national headlines 250 00:13:41,480 --> 00:13:41,800 Speaker 1: right now. 251 00:13:41,840 --> 00:13:46,120 Speaker 3: Good morning, Yeah, it dominates it for the wrong reason. Yep, 252 00:13:46,520 --> 00:13:50,920 Speaker 3: Good morning, John. Look, I am so grateful for President 253 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:55,400 Speaker 3: Donald J. Trump. I thank you, by the way, anybody 254 00:13:55,440 --> 00:13:59,080 Speaker 3: listening in for you, John, I did not encourage him 255 00:13:59,240 --> 00:14:01,800 Speaker 3: to go at this fraud. I don't know where it 256 00:14:01,840 --> 00:14:04,800 Speaker 3: came from, but when he did it, I let him 257 00:14:04,840 --> 00:14:08,880 Speaker 3: know one thank you from all of Minnesota. We've been 258 00:14:08,920 --> 00:14:12,600 Speaker 3: trying to sound the alarm on this fraud for three years, John, 259 00:14:13,040 --> 00:14:16,000 Speaker 3: three years we could not get anyone in Minnesota like 260 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:20,000 Speaker 3: focus on the fraud that's been rampant under Tim Walls, 261 00:14:20,080 --> 00:14:26,440 Speaker 3: A confident what phony administration. It wasn't until President Trump 262 00:14:26,520 --> 00:14:28,960 Speaker 3: a couple of weeks ago decided he was going to 263 00:14:29,360 --> 00:14:35,040 Speaker 3: tweet out or truth out on a Friday night. You're 264 00:14:35,080 --> 00:14:38,920 Speaker 3: being they're stealing you blind in Minnesota, and since then, 265 00:14:39,720 --> 00:14:41,960 Speaker 3: man as it picked up. I mean, think about it. 266 00:14:42,320 --> 00:14:46,320 Speaker 3: Joe Thompson, former acting US attorney, said that the fraud 267 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:51,760 Speaker 3: under the under the Walls administration takes your breath away. 268 00:14:52,200 --> 00:14:55,560 Speaker 3: It's over a billion dollars and it's they're still counting. John. 269 00:14:55,960 --> 00:15:00,080 Speaker 3: It's not just excuse me, it's not just the the 270 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:03,920 Speaker 3: feeding our future, the largest pandemic fraud case in the 271 00:15:03,960 --> 00:15:07,800 Speaker 3: country two hundred and fifty million bucks. It's the housing fraud. 272 00:15:07,960 --> 00:15:11,760 Speaker 3: It's the autism fraud. It's the medicaid fraud, it's the 273 00:15:11,880 --> 00:15:15,080 Speaker 3: daycare fraud. I mean, it just keeps going on and on. Now. 274 00:15:15,520 --> 00:15:19,440 Speaker 3: The Secretary of Transportation is looking into it because they've 275 00:15:19,560 --> 00:15:23,720 Speaker 3: issued all of these, like in the thousands licenses to illegals. 276 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:28,320 Speaker 3: A small business administrator, Kelly Loeffler is looking in the Minnesota, 277 00:15:28,640 --> 00:15:31,560 Speaker 3: and the biggest one was Treasury Secretary a couple of 278 00:15:31,640 --> 00:15:34,360 Speaker 3: days ago Scott bessen said, he is going to be 279 00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:38,400 Speaker 3: investigating his office is going to be investigating the allegations 280 00:15:38,440 --> 00:15:42,400 Speaker 3: that this money, a lot of the fraudulent money that 281 00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:47,120 Speaker 3: was literally we're not attacking the Somali community, as you know, John, 282 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:51,120 Speaker 3: it's not racist to call out criminal activity. And darn 283 00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:53,440 Speaker 3: near all of these people who have been charged come 284 00:15:53,440 --> 00:15:56,360 Speaker 3: from the Somali community, and they were shipping money back 285 00:15:56,360 --> 00:16:00,760 Speaker 3: to Somalia. By the way, Al Chabab controls Somalia, a 286 00:16:00,880 --> 00:16:04,880 Speaker 3: known terrorist group. Scott bessons, the Treasury Secretary is going 287 00:16:04,920 --> 00:16:07,800 Speaker 3: to investigate how much of this money and we know 288 00:16:07,880 --> 00:16:11,000 Speaker 3: it's already millions, but how much actually went into the 289 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:13,840 Speaker 3: hands of Al Shabab. This is taxpayer money from the 290 00:16:13,880 --> 00:16:17,480 Speaker 3: state of Minnesota, and Tim Walls and Keith Ellison have 291 00:16:17,640 --> 00:16:23,880 Speaker 3: not only ignored it, allegedly, according to whistleblowers, allegedly, they 292 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:28,840 Speaker 3: not only ignored it, they retaliated against Minnesota employees who 293 00:16:28,880 --> 00:16:31,400 Speaker 3: tried to warn them about it. So there's a lot 294 00:16:31,440 --> 00:16:34,240 Speaker 3: more to come on this, John, and it's the wrong guy. 295 00:16:34,640 --> 00:16:37,160 Speaker 3: It's the wrong story for Minnesota. But this is why 296 00:16:37,240 --> 00:16:40,920 Speaker 3: Tim Walls his career at politics should be over. 297 00:16:41,320 --> 00:16:44,360 Speaker 2: Well, the LID on the jar is off. I mean 298 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:46,480 Speaker 2: there's worms. There's worms everywhere right now. 299 00:16:46,520 --> 00:16:48,880 Speaker 1: I mean everything is out, is out in the open, 300 00:16:49,080 --> 00:16:50,720 Speaker 1: and even the media can't escape it. 301 00:16:50,800 --> 00:16:52,760 Speaker 2: To your point of Walls, I know a lot of 302 00:16:52,760 --> 00:16:54,440 Speaker 2: people a couple of weeks back, in the wake of 303 00:16:54,480 --> 00:16:55,080 Speaker 2: that City. 304 00:16:54,920 --> 00:16:58,400 Speaker 1: Journal article and taxpayer dollars going to fund terrorism, when 305 00:16:58,440 --> 00:17:00,960 Speaker 1: I called for Walls to resign, you know, we're like, Oh, 306 00:17:00,960 --> 00:17:03,920 Speaker 1: he's never going to resign, that's crazy, and he'll still 307 00:17:03,960 --> 00:17:06,840 Speaker 1: be the nominee. I'm not so I listen. I wasn't 308 00:17:06,880 --> 00:17:10,399 Speaker 1: so sure then. I'm certainly not so sure. Now do 309 00:17:10,560 --> 00:17:14,800 Speaker 1: you see Walls continuing to survive this, I mean I 310 00:17:14,840 --> 00:17:15,560 Speaker 1: don't see. 311 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:17,080 Speaker 2: I think it's greater. 312 00:17:16,840 --> 00:17:19,639 Speaker 1: Than fifty to fifty right now that he is not 313 00:17:20,040 --> 00:17:23,120 Speaker 1: the nominee for Democrats for governor next year. 314 00:17:23,160 --> 00:17:24,159 Speaker 2: What are your thoughts? 315 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:27,000 Speaker 3: I agree with you. I don't think you ever should 316 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:28,480 Speaker 3: have run in the first place. I don't think his 317 00:17:28,560 --> 00:17:31,040 Speaker 3: party likes him. I mean, he was an embarrassment to 318 00:17:31,640 --> 00:17:35,280 Speaker 3: not just Minnesota. On the national stage, he was an 319 00:17:35,280 --> 00:17:38,840 Speaker 3: embarrassment to the Democrat Party. He and Kamala Harris were pathetic. 320 00:17:39,040 --> 00:17:41,720 Speaker 3: And you know, when you get caught on national TV 321 00:17:42,840 --> 00:17:46,280 Speaker 3: John lying about something as dumb as when you were 322 00:17:46,320 --> 00:17:50,560 Speaker 3: at Tienaman Square, Right. He gets caught a national TV 323 00:17:50,720 --> 00:17:53,640 Speaker 3: in a flat out lie, and his response is, well, 324 00:17:53,680 --> 00:17:55,199 Speaker 3: you know, I grew up in a small town and 325 00:17:55,280 --> 00:17:58,280 Speaker 3: sometimes I'm a bit of a knucklehead. It was over 326 00:17:58,440 --> 00:18:01,919 Speaker 3: right there right now. Now we've got a bigger issue 327 00:18:01,960 --> 00:18:04,600 Speaker 3: going on. I'm not so worried about whether he'll be 328 00:18:04,680 --> 00:18:07,800 Speaker 3: the candidate in Minnesota as I am about the fact 329 00:18:07,800 --> 00:18:14,040 Speaker 3: that this guy literally may have, may have, may may 330 00:18:14,080 --> 00:18:16,639 Speaker 3: be involved in criminal activity. He may be complicit in 331 00:18:16,680 --> 00:18:21,960 Speaker 3: criminal activity. If what these Minnesota employees who are claiming 332 00:18:22,040 --> 00:18:25,639 Speaker 3: they they warned Tim Walls about the fraud they told 333 00:18:25,720 --> 00:18:29,240 Speaker 3: him about the fraud that was going out of his administration. 334 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:33,159 Speaker 3: If that's true, John, and if it's also true that 335 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:38,160 Speaker 3: then he not only refused to accept their their advice, 336 00:18:38,600 --> 00:18:43,560 Speaker 3: but he retaliated against him. John, That side almost rises 337 00:18:43,600 --> 00:18:46,359 Speaker 3: to the level of a criminal act. And we're gonna 338 00:18:46,520 --> 00:18:48,840 Speaker 3: We're gonna have to see where this goes. But Kim 339 00:18:48,880 --> 00:18:51,080 Speaker 3: Walls should not be running for aug as Kim Walls 340 00:18:51,040 --> 00:18:53,919 Speaker 3: should not be running anything. I mean, I don't know 341 00:18:53,920 --> 00:18:55,960 Speaker 3: that I trust him to drive my kids bus. 342 00:18:57,760 --> 00:19:00,440 Speaker 1: One last question for you talking with Representative Tom Emmer 343 00:19:00,560 --> 00:19:05,920 Speaker 1: so last week you along with a Congresswoman Fishbock, we 344 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:09,679 Speaker 1: had Finstad and we had Stobber. I know that you 345 00:19:09,720 --> 00:19:12,879 Speaker 1: all sent a letter to US Attorney David Rosen to 346 00:19:12,920 --> 00:19:16,760 Speaker 1: open an investigation into what you mentioned of taxpayer dollars 347 00:19:16,800 --> 00:19:20,879 Speaker 1: going to potentially fund terrorism. We did have the announcement 348 00:19:20,920 --> 00:19:23,639 Speaker 1: from Scott Descent earlier this week from the Treasury Department 349 00:19:23,680 --> 00:19:26,320 Speaker 1: saying they were looking into it. Are you still looking 350 00:19:26,400 --> 00:19:29,720 Speaker 1: to have Rosen open an investigation as well? Or is 351 00:19:29,800 --> 00:19:34,800 Speaker 1: what the Treasury Secretary said enough already in terms of 352 00:19:34,800 --> 00:19:38,000 Speaker 1: investigating those taxpayer dollars going out of the country. 353 00:19:39,040 --> 00:19:44,760 Speaker 3: Yeah. No, Minnesota and the US Attorney in Minnesota, Dan Rosen, 354 00:19:44,920 --> 00:19:48,760 Speaker 3: absolutely should be investigating this. My understanding is he is okay. 355 00:19:49,080 --> 00:19:54,480 Speaker 3: I'm sure that he's sharing his information with the with 356 00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:59,320 Speaker 3: the Treasury Secretary Scott Besson in his office. But John, 357 00:19:59,480 --> 00:20:04,160 Speaker 3: it's not just Dan Rosen. Scott Besson and the Treasury 358 00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:08,840 Speaker 3: are investigating this. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and his team 359 00:20:08,920 --> 00:20:13,160 Speaker 3: are investigating Minnesota. I said it earlier. Small Business Administrator 360 00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:19,960 Speaker 3: Kelly Loeffler is investigating Minnesota. Look Pam Bondi, the attorney general. 361 00:20:20,560 --> 00:20:24,960 Speaker 3: She's trying to get information about voting records in Minnesota 362 00:20:25,040 --> 00:20:29,320 Speaker 3: that they won't provide. How deep does this corruption go? John, 363 00:20:29,680 --> 00:20:34,720 Speaker 3: How deep does it go? And how high is the responsibility? 364 00:20:34,840 --> 00:20:36,720 Speaker 3: Does it go all the way to the governor's office? 365 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:39,960 Speaker 3: I'm telling you, if it does, he should not only 366 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:43,480 Speaker 3: be gone, he should be prosecuting. That's literally where we're at. 367 00:20:43,640 --> 00:20:45,080 Speaker 2: Tell I'm going to go a little bit long here. 368 00:20:45,920 --> 00:20:47,640 Speaker 1: Let me add one more, let me ask one more thing, 369 00:20:47,720 --> 00:20:51,080 Speaker 1: because it it just came to mind. You've obviously been 370 00:20:51,119 --> 00:20:54,160 Speaker 1: involved in Minnesota politics for a long long time. 371 00:20:54,440 --> 00:20:57,320 Speaker 2: And you know, in the now going on my tenth 372 00:20:57,520 --> 00:20:58,199 Speaker 2: year here. 373 00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:02,680 Speaker 1: When I first started, you know, we had some conversations 374 00:21:02,680 --> 00:21:05,120 Speaker 1: around the daycare fraud that was going on. Obviously, it's 375 00:21:05,160 --> 00:21:07,560 Speaker 1: nowhere near what we're dealing with with now. 376 00:21:07,920 --> 00:21:10,439 Speaker 2: I'm just curious to get your perspective of. 377 00:21:10,320 --> 00:21:14,159 Speaker 1: Where the state is now currently as opposed to earlier 378 00:21:14,280 --> 00:21:18,040 Speaker 1: in your you know, time in politics here in Minnesota. 379 00:21:18,080 --> 00:21:20,600 Speaker 1: I'm just you know, I'm curious to get your instinctive 380 00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:29,600 Speaker 1: reaction to a you know, then versus versus now of Minnesota. 381 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:31,800 Speaker 3: Minnesota, California, and New York are great examples. And by 382 00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:34,120 Speaker 3: the way, it's not just there. You can go to Portland, 383 00:21:34,160 --> 00:21:36,240 Speaker 3: you can go to Seattle, you can you can find 384 00:21:36,359 --> 00:21:39,960 Speaker 3: in Denver. Places that are run by these Democrats for 385 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:45,040 Speaker 3: the last decade are pathetic. John, Minnesota is like a 386 00:21:45,080 --> 00:21:48,240 Speaker 3: Petri dish that shows you what happens with one party 387 00:21:48,359 --> 00:21:51,439 Speaker 3: rule when they control all the different facets of government, 388 00:21:51,480 --> 00:21:54,760 Speaker 3: whether it's the Secretary of State controlling all the voting stuff, 389 00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:58,520 Speaker 3: whether it's the governor controlling the state patrol, the min 390 00:21:58,600 --> 00:22:02,040 Speaker 3: dot all the I mean, it shows you when you 391 00:22:02,160 --> 00:22:05,199 Speaker 3: put incompetent people in charge, and by the way, not 392 00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:08,719 Speaker 3: only incompetent, but self centered and self directed people that 393 00:22:08,760 --> 00:22:13,600 Speaker 3: are purely political, the result is frankly tragic in places 394 00:22:13,640 --> 00:22:18,359 Speaker 3: like Minnesota. What I've seen over the last decade. And 395 00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:21,360 Speaker 3: you know, I really appreciate John. You reminded me that 396 00:22:21,480 --> 00:22:24,760 Speaker 3: I've gotten a lot older, and we all have that. 397 00:22:25,680 --> 00:22:28,960 Speaker 3: But I mean, I remember when I first got elected 398 00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:33,320 Speaker 3: to the Minnesota Legislature with someone named Melissa Hortman. We 399 00:22:33,480 --> 00:22:38,280 Speaker 3: completely disagreed right on policy issues, but we actually could 400 00:22:38,280 --> 00:22:42,720 Speaker 3: debate it. Melissa was a decent human being that despite 401 00:22:42,720 --> 00:22:46,080 Speaker 3: our differences, we could still, you know, be kind to 402 00:22:46,119 --> 00:22:49,119 Speaker 3: each other in the hallway, and you know she was 403 00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:52,960 Speaker 3: kind to my daughter. It just we have lost that, John. 404 00:22:53,560 --> 00:22:57,320 Speaker 3: That's the biggest change is now these people are not 405 00:22:57,560 --> 00:23:01,680 Speaker 3: happy with anything we try to. You know, we've been 406 00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:04,680 Speaker 3: trying to talk to the governor's office, We've been trying 407 00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:07,520 Speaker 3: to talk to others in Minnesota about the problems that 408 00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:12,240 Speaker 3: have been occurring. This should not be a Republican Democrats. 409 00:23:13,280 --> 00:23:17,080 Speaker 3: This should be common sense tells us this is wrong. 410 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:20,760 Speaker 3: We need to fix it. Regardless of our politics, we 411 00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:23,480 Speaker 3: need to fix it. And that's the biggest thing that's changed. 412 00:23:23,960 --> 00:23:27,440 Speaker 3: Every single time you raise an issue that needs to 413 00:23:27,480 --> 00:23:31,040 Speaker 3: get resolved that defies common sense that it's happening, it 414 00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:34,800 Speaker 3: turns into what us and them arguing. And that's the 415 00:23:34,840 --> 00:23:38,160 Speaker 3: thing that's changed more than anything else. And quite frankly, 416 00:23:38,600 --> 00:23:40,520 Speaker 3: I look forward to the day when we start to 417 00:23:40,560 --> 00:23:43,440 Speaker 3: come back together and realize, at the end of the day, 418 00:23:43,440 --> 00:23:46,840 Speaker 3: we're all Americans. We're fortunate to live in the greatest 419 00:23:46,880 --> 00:23:49,840 Speaker 3: free country on the face of the planet. We can 420 00:23:49,920 --> 00:23:53,239 Speaker 3: have our disagreements, but we need to be able to 421 00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:58,040 Speaker 3: live together peacefully and happily. And that's the thing that's missing. 422 00:23:58,359 --> 00:24:02,120 Speaker 1: Well, one thing that hasn't change, and I'm not I'm 423 00:24:02,119 --> 00:24:04,560 Speaker 1: not going to side with the global warming alarmist. 424 00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:06,680 Speaker 2: The one thing that hasn't changed is in Minnesota weather. 425 00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:08,840 Speaker 1: We have em or weather coming up later on this week, 426 00:24:09,280 --> 00:24:11,000 Speaker 1: currently dealing with a bit of that right now. 427 00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:11,960 Speaker 2: So I'm sure you're pleased. 428 00:24:11,960 --> 00:24:14,639 Speaker 1: But Representative Tom emmeras always, thank you for the time 429 00:24:14,960 --> 00:24:16,800 Speaker 1: this morning. I look forward to talking with you again 430 00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:17,520 Speaker 1: next week. 431 00:24:18,600 --> 00:24:21,040 Speaker 3: Thank John. Thanks thanks all. 432 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:23,880 Speaker 1: Right, got a lot of talk backs rolling in, including 433 00:24:23,880 --> 00:24:24,280 Speaker 1: this one. 434 00:24:24,359 --> 00:24:25,800 Speaker 2: We'll get some more of them coming up in just 435 00:24:25,840 --> 00:24:26,200 Speaker 2: a moment. 436 00:24:27,080 --> 00:24:32,520 Speaker 7: Good morning, John. This is Frank, first time caller, Frank Say. 437 00:24:32,560 --> 00:24:35,240 Speaker 7: I was wondering if you have heard about the new 438 00:24:35,280 --> 00:24:40,760 Speaker 7: Minnesota program, the Paid Family Leave Act or whatever. 439 00:24:40,960 --> 00:24:41,439 Speaker 2: Yes, I have. 440 00:24:41,560 --> 00:24:46,040 Speaker 7: That's coming in January one, Yes it is, which is 441 00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:49,280 Speaker 7: going to hope Well, I hope it doesn't drive all 442 00:24:49,320 --> 00:24:51,920 Speaker 7: the businesses out, but it has that potential, Yes, it does. 443 00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:55,399 Speaker 7: Just curious if you're familiar with it. 444 00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:56,920 Speaker 2: Maybe yes I am. 445 00:24:57,040 --> 00:24:58,280 Speaker 1: And as a matter of fact, we're going to talk 446 00:24:58,320 --> 00:24:59,880 Speaker 1: about this a bit coming up in just a moment. 447 00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:03,040 Speaker 1: Governor Tim Walls in the middle of changing the subject 448 00:25:03,119 --> 00:25:05,920 Speaker 1: from fraud did give an update on the Minnesota paid 449 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:08,200 Speaker 1: leave program. He wants to make sure everybody knows it's 450 00:25:08,200 --> 00:25:11,200 Speaker 1: gonna be fine. Guys, everything's gonna be fine. Don't believe 451 00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:12,840 Speaker 1: a word that he is saying. I'll share with you 452 00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:14,920 Speaker 1: the audio. We'll get back to more of your talkbacks 453 00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:17,760 Speaker 1: from the iHeartRadio app. Brought to you by Lyndahl Realty. 454 00:25:18,080 --> 00:25:20,960 Speaker 1: Next on Twin Cities News Talk Am eleven thirty and 455 00:25:20,960 --> 00:25:29,639 Speaker 1: one oh three five FM. I'm gonna dive into paid 456 00:25:29,920 --> 00:25:32,199 Speaker 1: family leave here in just a moment. A lot of 457 00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:35,320 Speaker 1: comments have rolled in on the iHeart Radio app that 458 00:25:35,359 --> 00:25:35,960 Speaker 1: I want to get to. 459 00:25:36,119 --> 00:25:37,440 Speaker 2: We have multiple. 460 00:25:38,480 --> 00:25:41,679 Speaker 1: Audio clips to share of Governor Tim Walls not just 461 00:25:41,720 --> 00:25:47,520 Speaker 1: talking about paid family leave, but also his desire welcoming 462 00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:50,040 Speaker 1: a federal probe into fraud allegations. I know he doesn't 463 00:25:50,040 --> 00:25:52,480 Speaker 1: want to do that, so we're going to get into that. Okay, 464 00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:56,160 Speaker 1: don't don't worry. I don't want to get there though, 465 00:25:56,160 --> 00:25:57,800 Speaker 1: because I know there's gonna be a lot more comments. 466 00:25:57,840 --> 00:26:00,520 Speaker 1: I want to I want to tackle a talk back 467 00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:02,919 Speaker 1: that role. Then, just really quick, let's go here to 468 00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:05,679 Speaker 1: the iHeartRadio app. Talkbacks are brought to you by Lyndahl 469 00:26:05,720 --> 00:26:07,800 Speaker 1: Realty here on Twin Cities News Talk as we continue 470 00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:09,639 Speaker 1: our show from the sixty five to one carpet plus 471 00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:11,120 Speaker 1: next day install studios. 472 00:26:12,359 --> 00:26:16,200 Speaker 8: Yeah, good morning, good show as always. Yeah, listening to 473 00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:18,880 Speaker 8: emmor talk about it should should, should this? This, this, 474 00:26:19,359 --> 00:26:22,200 Speaker 8: nothing's going to change, nothing's going to happen, and every 475 00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:25,680 Speaker 8: judge in Minnesota is just laughing at him. 476 00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:28,960 Speaker 2: Nothing's going to happen. I hate to tell you it's 477 00:26:28,960 --> 00:26:29,720 Speaker 2: all on purpose. 478 00:26:30,160 --> 00:26:34,640 Speaker 1: Okay, So I refuse to adopt that attitude. I don't 479 00:26:34,640 --> 00:26:37,440 Speaker 1: want to push too hard back against the talkbacker. They're 480 00:26:37,440 --> 00:26:38,959 Speaker 1: a friend of the show that they have comments all 481 00:26:38,960 --> 00:26:43,560 Speaker 1: the time, and I appreciate it. I would ask. I 482 00:26:43,600 --> 00:26:45,600 Speaker 1: would ask the question though, like did you vote in 483 00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:49,879 Speaker 1: the last election. If you did, then why are you 484 00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:54,040 Speaker 1: adopting that mentality? Like if you're of the opinion that 485 00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:58,600 Speaker 1: individuals or this is nothing's going to change, then why bother? 486 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:01,399 Speaker 2: I would also ask why do you listen to the show? 487 00:27:01,440 --> 00:27:03,840 Speaker 1: I mean, I suppose it's still entertaining even if you 488 00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:06,440 Speaker 1: don't think the things are going to change. But if 489 00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:10,320 Speaker 1: you're still getting involved in politics and yet that's the 490 00:27:10,359 --> 00:27:14,880 Speaker 1: attitude that you have, if you were my friend, let's 491 00:27:14,920 --> 00:27:16,120 Speaker 1: consider ourselves friends. 492 00:27:16,280 --> 00:27:20,480 Speaker 2: I would say, well, maybe drop that attitude because you're gonna. 493 00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:24,920 Speaker 1: You know, you're going to discourage other individuals from going 494 00:27:25,560 --> 00:27:31,719 Speaker 1: and getting involved. So again, I just refuse to adopt 495 00:27:31,720 --> 00:27:35,440 Speaker 1: that attitude. Things haven't changed a lot of things. A 496 00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:37,760 Speaker 1: lot of times things do stay the same. But we 497 00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:40,560 Speaker 1: should never give up the fight or just resign ourselves 498 00:27:40,640 --> 00:27:43,040 Speaker 1: to oh, it's never going to change, so not going 499 00:27:43,119 --> 00:27:44,320 Speaker 1: to do anything about it. 500 00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:47,120 Speaker 2: Just just curious. 501 00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:49,879 Speaker 1: If you voted in the election, then why do you 502 00:27:49,920 --> 00:27:51,440 Speaker 1: still have that attitude. 503 00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:53,520 Speaker 2: Let's go here. 504 00:27:54,680 --> 00:28:00,679 Speaker 9: Morning, John, Alex Pauline com members right have lost our 505 00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:03,080 Speaker 9: ability to talk to each other. I just wish we 506 00:28:03,119 --> 00:28:05,679 Speaker 9: would call out why we have lost our ability to 507 00:28:05,680 --> 00:28:08,680 Speaker 9: talk to each other. It hasn't been Conservatives and Republicans. 508 00:28:09,080 --> 00:28:12,879 Speaker 9: We have been shut down because the Liberals, the Democrats, 509 00:28:12,920 --> 00:28:14,639 Speaker 9: whatever you want to call them, you don't want to 510 00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:17,320 Speaker 9: have the conversation. And that should be pointed out. We 511 00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:19,560 Speaker 9: haven't lost it. They don't want to talk to us, 512 00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:20,520 Speaker 9: that's exact. 513 00:28:20,680 --> 00:28:22,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, you're absolutely correct. 514 00:28:23,720 --> 00:28:28,120 Speaker 1: I reiterated this when I was on Will Kain's show yesterday. 515 00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:29,399 Speaker 2: Humble Bragg, thank you. 516 00:28:29,480 --> 00:28:33,560 Speaker 1: So there's no point in debating with Democrats right now, 517 00:28:35,520 --> 00:28:40,360 Speaker 1: right now, especially here in Minnesota, is the time to 518 00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:46,480 Speaker 1: take some victory lapse from the perspective that what those 519 00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:51,480 Speaker 1: congressional or excuse me, what those Republicans in our legislature 520 00:28:51,680 --> 00:28:55,080 Speaker 1: said during the time of the Trifecta was absolutely correct 521 00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:58,280 Speaker 1: on almost every single front relating to the programs that 522 00:28:58,320 --> 00:29:04,280 Speaker 1: were being put forward without debate, when the calls of 523 00:29:04,360 --> 00:29:08,760 Speaker 1: concern were ignored that have all exploded in terms of 524 00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:13,920 Speaker 1: initial costs that are now filled with fraud. This is 525 00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:17,440 Speaker 1: where you need to point out We've been saying this 526 00:29:17,640 --> 00:29:20,680 Speaker 1: all along. I'm not debating with Walls, I'm not debating 527 00:29:20,680 --> 00:29:24,000 Speaker 1: with Democrat, with dflers in the legislature, we told you 528 00:29:24,040 --> 00:29:28,120 Speaker 1: you were wrong. We're being proven right that you were wrong. 529 00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:30,800 Speaker 1: And this is why they need to be voted out 530 00:29:30,840 --> 00:29:35,360 Speaker 1: of office heading into next year, because the opportunity right 531 00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:36,800 Speaker 1: now is as. 532 00:29:37,160 --> 00:29:39,040 Speaker 2: Big as it's ever been. 533 00:29:40,360 --> 00:29:43,800 Speaker 1: We've never had this level of scrutiny on what we 534 00:29:43,920 --> 00:29:47,240 Speaker 1: have been faced with here in Minnesota for years than 535 00:29:47,280 --> 00:29:50,400 Speaker 1: we do right now at this very moment at seven 536 00:29:50,560 --> 00:29:56,560 Speaker 1: forty seven am on Wednesday, December third, and this needs 537 00:29:56,600 --> 00:30:00,480 Speaker 1: to carry over into next year and there's going to more. 538 00:30:02,120 --> 00:30:08,360 Speaker 1: This is just the tip of the iceberg. It is 539 00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:10,680 Speaker 1: not going to be getting any better. It is only 540 00:30:10,720 --> 00:30:12,960 Speaker 1: going to get worse for Democrats. 541 00:30:14,320 --> 00:30:16,400 Speaker 10: The reason this the tip of the iceberg is for 542 00:30:16,440 --> 00:30:19,720 Speaker 10: one thing, the state of Minnesota still has refused to 543 00:30:19,880 --> 00:30:23,000 Speaker 10: the Walls administration has refused to provide the SNAP numbers, 544 00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:26,400 Speaker 10: you know, with privacy concerns and all other kind of 545 00:30:26,440 --> 00:30:30,360 Speaker 10: b yes reasons, but you know, if there's this level 546 00:30:30,360 --> 00:30:34,080 Speaker 10: of fraud in other programs Medicaid and Feed the Future 547 00:30:34,120 --> 00:30:37,120 Speaker 10: and all these other things, you know, the SNAP is 548 00:30:37,400 --> 00:30:39,240 Speaker 10: way out of control in this state. 549 00:30:39,960 --> 00:30:42,120 Speaker 2: So just wait till that comes out. 550 00:30:42,360 --> 00:30:45,880 Speaker 1: Another thing, Yeah, well, and as well paid family leave, 551 00:30:45,960 --> 00:30:49,600 Speaker 1: let's go there from Channel five. Beginning today, any Minnesota 552 00:30:49,640 --> 00:30:52,200 Speaker 1: parent who welcome the child in this year can apply 553 00:30:53,160 --> 00:30:58,040 Speaker 1: for leave to be used in twenty twenty six. DEED 554 00:30:58,320 --> 00:31:03,880 Speaker 1: hopes that also reduces demand on January first, Why are 555 00:31:03,880 --> 00:31:06,040 Speaker 1: they hoping it reduces demand? I thought this was all 556 00:31:06,040 --> 00:31:09,000 Speaker 1: going to be fine. Why would DEED be worried about 557 00:31:09,280 --> 00:31:12,160 Speaker 1: demand on this program if everything's going to be hunky dory. 558 00:31:12,200 --> 00:31:14,760 Speaker 1: And this is why Walls is currently out to doing 559 00:31:14,800 --> 00:31:17,880 Speaker 1: a tour trying to explain to everybody, Hey, guys, it's 560 00:31:17,880 --> 00:31:20,000 Speaker 1: all going to be great now. 561 00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:21,080 Speaker 2: This also, of. 562 00:31:21,040 --> 00:31:24,360 Speaker 1: Course, means that additional payroll tax to help pay for 563 00:31:24,400 --> 00:31:27,640 Speaker 1: the program zero point eighty eight percent each pay period, 564 00:31:27,800 --> 00:31:30,080 Speaker 1: although at least half must be played by paid for 565 00:31:30,200 --> 00:31:34,200 Speaker 1: by employers. Here's what Walls had to say briefly, as 566 00:31:34,200 --> 00:31:36,960 Speaker 1: he continues to try to reassure individuals that listen, pay 567 00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:38,240 Speaker 1: family leave is going to be fine. 568 00:31:38,600 --> 00:31:40,560 Speaker 11: And one of the things is that has been missing 569 00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:43,880 Speaker 11: in America is what happens if you have a child, 570 00:31:44,440 --> 00:31:46,200 Speaker 11: how do you take time away and how do you 571 00:31:46,240 --> 00:31:48,160 Speaker 11: bond with that child? Which we know all the research 572 00:31:48,200 --> 00:31:50,920 Speaker 11: shows how big a difference that makes, or what happens 573 00:31:50,920 --> 00:31:52,360 Speaker 11: if you've got a family member that's sick. 574 00:31:52,680 --> 00:31:56,720 Speaker 1: We stop here really quick. Could we not have women 575 00:31:56,840 --> 00:32:01,080 Speaker 1: take time off? I'm pretty sure there's this thing called 576 00:32:01,120 --> 00:32:04,920 Speaker 1: maternity leave. Would you work that you can go and 577 00:32:04,920 --> 00:32:08,920 Speaker 1: take time off. It's not like suddenly paid family medical 578 00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:11,680 Speaker 1: leave is now opening up the door and women were 579 00:32:11,720 --> 00:32:14,840 Speaker 1: forced to give birth to an immediately go back to 580 00:32:14,960 --> 00:32:17,520 Speaker 1: work again within a matter of days. 581 00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:20,320 Speaker 2: It's such a false argument. 582 00:32:20,360 --> 00:32:22,200 Speaker 11: My family's going through that right now with a mother 583 00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:25,959 Speaker 11: in law, or what happens if you yourself have an 584 00:32:25,960 --> 00:32:29,920 Speaker 11: illness and have to be either through treatments or hospitalized. 585 00:32:30,200 --> 00:32:31,680 Speaker 3: The choice in the past was. 586 00:32:33,360 --> 00:32:36,160 Speaker 11: Lose your job or go broke, or care for yourself 587 00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:38,280 Speaker 11: or as we were just saying, if you're lucky enough 588 00:32:38,280 --> 00:32:40,680 Speaker 11: to have family support and people who do that, it's 589 00:32:40,800 --> 00:32:43,960 Speaker 11: not the way things should be done. And I continue 590 00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:46,240 Speaker 11: to say this. The United States is about one of 591 00:32:46,320 --> 00:32:48,480 Speaker 11: three or four countries it doesn't have some type of 592 00:32:48,520 --> 00:32:51,840 Speaker 11: program like this. Now we join the states that are 593 00:32:51,920 --> 00:32:54,840 Speaker 11: going to implement a paid family medical leap PA. 594 00:32:55,760 --> 00:33:01,360 Speaker 2: It's also bogus. When I went out in twenty twenty two. 595 00:33:03,880 --> 00:33:08,360 Speaker 1: Right before my dear friend Drew's passing, was recovering in 596 00:33:08,400 --> 00:33:13,840 Speaker 1: the hospital when that happened. But that was completely unexpected, 597 00:33:14,800 --> 00:33:17,120 Speaker 1: not Drew, but both things were my having to go 598 00:33:17,120 --> 00:33:19,120 Speaker 1: through a third open heart surgery, and of course Withdrew 599 00:33:19,440 --> 00:33:21,320 Speaker 1: passing and passing away, completely unexpected. 600 00:33:22,760 --> 00:33:25,240 Speaker 2: And you know what, I was able to take time off. 601 00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:28,960 Speaker 1: It's a long recovery from open heart Surgery's almost a month. 602 00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:33,600 Speaker 1: We didn't have paid family leave. I really didn't have 603 00:33:33,640 --> 00:33:38,680 Speaker 1: anything special relating to extra abilion to take time off. No, 604 00:33:38,800 --> 00:33:41,440 Speaker 1: I was able to take time off. I was still 605 00:33:41,480 --> 00:33:48,000 Speaker 1: able to get paid through what already existed within the 606 00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:55,680 Speaker 1: framework of my job and my health care benefits. Now, granted, 607 00:33:57,800 --> 00:34:00,760 Speaker 1: I wouldn't have been able to take twenty weeks off, 608 00:34:02,360 --> 00:34:04,840 Speaker 1: but nobody should be taking twenty weeks off. 609 00:34:06,280 --> 00:34:07,840 Speaker 2: That's exactly what's going to happen. 610 00:34:08,480 --> 00:34:10,839 Speaker 1: Wall says, though, you can rest assured the state's been 611 00:34:10,920 --> 00:34:13,799 Speaker 1: running beta tests for more than a month and tried 612 00:34:13,840 --> 00:34:16,759 Speaker 1: to learn from the issues of the old troubled Minnesota 613 00:34:16,840 --> 00:34:20,640 Speaker 1: Licensing and a Registration system MINLARS. The program has been built, 614 00:34:20,640 --> 00:34:22,680 Speaker 1: says Walls, by some of the best folks in the 615 00:34:22,719 --> 00:34:25,920 Speaker 1: country to do this. The governor assured media members, well, 616 00:34:25,920 --> 00:34:26,920 Speaker 1: who built MINLARS. 617 00:34:32,120 --> 00:34:33,520 Speaker 2: I mean, if the. 618 00:34:33,480 --> 00:34:35,480 Speaker 1: New program is being built by some of the best 619 00:34:35,480 --> 00:34:37,600 Speaker 1: folks in the country, then who the heck did you 620 00:34:37,680 --> 00:34:40,680 Speaker 1: hire originally for mind lars. I'm gonna guess that if 621 00:34:40,719 --> 00:34:42,720 Speaker 1: I were to go back and look, you could probably 622 00:34:42,719 --> 00:34:48,160 Speaker 1: find quotes from Walls prior to MINLARS being implemented, saying 623 00:34:48,160 --> 00:34:51,680 Speaker 1: this is being built by the best, brightest coders in 624 00:34:51,719 --> 00:34:54,480 Speaker 1: the country. 625 00:34:55,320 --> 00:34:56,120 Speaker 3: Good morning, John. 626 00:34:56,800 --> 00:35:00,600 Speaker 12: I own a small, very small cabinet shopper Cities. It's 627 00:35:00,680 --> 00:35:05,600 Speaker 12: just me, but I've been seriously considering adding some employees 628 00:35:05,640 --> 00:35:09,239 Speaker 12: because of my workload. But I got to tell you, 629 00:35:09,320 --> 00:35:13,799 Speaker 12: I'm reconsidering that with this paid medical family leave thing 630 00:35:13,840 --> 00:35:15,719 Speaker 12: that's coming to effect here the first of the year, 631 00:35:16,160 --> 00:35:18,279 Speaker 12: because I just don't see how I can afford it. 632 00:35:18,760 --> 00:35:20,000 Speaker 12: Margins just aren't there. 633 00:35:20,280 --> 00:35:23,040 Speaker 1: Thanks Well's went on in this piece from Channel five 634 00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:26,440 Speaker 1: railing against Republicans for not supporting the program and claiming 635 00:35:26,480 --> 00:35:29,280 Speaker 1: it'll be dal litle with fraud. How disrespectful to people 636 00:35:29,320 --> 00:35:33,480 Speaker 1: to assume all Minnesotans are scamming. Nobody is doing that, 637 00:35:39,360 --> 00:35:42,680 Speaker 1: and that's not what the criticism is. The criticism is 638 00:35:43,200 --> 00:35:46,799 Speaker 1: what I just shared with you. The criticism is for 639 00:35:46,840 --> 00:35:49,800 Speaker 1: individuals like me that aren't going to take twenty weeks off, 640 00:35:51,200 --> 00:35:54,320 Speaker 1: that don't really necessarily have a job that's really conducive 641 00:35:54,360 --> 00:35:57,400 Speaker 1: to taking lots of time off. That is completely counter 642 00:35:57,680 --> 00:36:01,000 Speaker 1: to what I do in this position job that I chose. 643 00:36:01,280 --> 00:36:04,080 Speaker 1: But guess what, I'm going to be forced to lose 644 00:36:04,239 --> 00:36:07,160 Speaker 1: money to pay for other individuals to go and take 645 00:36:07,200 --> 00:36:08,520 Speaker 1: more time off than they need. 646 00:36:08,600 --> 00:36:09,640 Speaker 2: It's infuriating. 647 00:36:11,800 --> 00:36:15,360 Speaker 1: There is no disrespect in assuming because people aren't assuming 648 00:36:15,360 --> 00:36:16,840 Speaker 1: that all Minnesotas are scamming. 649 00:36:18,160 --> 00:36:19,839 Speaker 2: But what a ridiculous. 650 00:36:19,280 --> 00:36:24,439 Speaker 1: Notion by our knucklehead hack governor to sit back and say, oh, 651 00:36:24,520 --> 00:36:27,520 Speaker 1: it's just disrespectful to talk about Minnesota scamming when we're 652 00:36:27,520 --> 00:36:31,440 Speaker 1: sitting on billions of dollars worth of fraud that has 653 00:36:31,480 --> 00:36:34,759 Speaker 1: been perpetuated under his watch that he didn't give a 654 00:36:35,200 --> 00:36:39,759 Speaker 1: rip about until it ended up landing in the headlines 655 00:36:39,800 --> 00:36:43,800 Speaker 1: here in Minnesota yesterday. During that interview that I mentioned, 656 00:36:44,840 --> 00:36:46,680 Speaker 1: I was asked, how in the world did all of 657 00:36:46,719 --> 00:36:48,480 Speaker 1: this happen? I mean, this has been going on for 658 00:36:48,520 --> 00:36:50,720 Speaker 1: as long as you say it's been going on. How 659 00:36:51,200 --> 00:36:54,760 Speaker 1: did this not erupt into some major scandal? The point 660 00:36:54,800 --> 00:36:57,959 Speaker 1: being made by will Caine was typically you would see 661 00:36:58,000 --> 00:37:01,160 Speaker 1: individuals resign for less than this, and I go, you're right, 662 00:37:01,200 --> 00:37:05,359 Speaker 1: but Minnesota isn't typical because our media here sucks. They 663 00:37:05,360 --> 00:37:07,560 Speaker 1: may cover the fraud briefly and then they let it go. 664 00:37:08,120 --> 00:37:11,759 Speaker 1: They ignore all the cries from individuals that are concerned, 665 00:37:12,080 --> 00:37:15,360 Speaker 1: saying that Walls needs to resign because he is the 666 00:37:15,440 --> 00:37:19,920 Speaker 1: individual at the top. The buck is supposed to stop 667 00:37:19,920 --> 00:37:22,759 Speaker 1: with him. He said as much, but the media gave 668 00:37:22,840 --> 00:37:25,839 Speaker 1: him a free pass, so there was never enough controversy 669 00:37:25,880 --> 00:37:30,400 Speaker 1: to erupt to demand an outcry of individuals that would 670 00:37:30,440 --> 00:37:35,840 Speaker 1: go and essentially impact him electorally to get him to respond. 671 00:37:36,480 --> 00:37:38,360 Speaker 2: That is changing right now. 672 00:37:40,520 --> 00:37:45,239 Speaker 1: With the amount of coverage that we see of the 673 00:37:45,360 --> 00:37:47,760 Speaker 1: lists that I started the show off with this morning 674 00:37:48,560 --> 00:37:51,120 Speaker 1: of the new I mean, the investigations into Minnesota right 675 00:37:51,120 --> 00:37:52,000 Speaker 1: now at the federal level. 676 00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:56,440 Speaker 2: Like, there's too many to mention. Let's get back to 677 00:37:56,480 --> 00:37:57,440 Speaker 2: some of your thoughts. 678 00:37:57,960 --> 00:38:01,440 Speaker 13: Oh, that paid family leave, that thing is going to 679 00:38:01,520 --> 00:38:04,680 Speaker 13: be nasty because they've already got FMLA that people get 680 00:38:04,719 --> 00:38:07,320 Speaker 13: on it for the let's just say, weakest and runniest 681 00:38:07,360 --> 00:38:11,000 Speaker 13: of reasons, and they abuse the living snot out of it. 682 00:38:12,680 --> 00:38:16,160 Speaker 13: You throw this in there, there are so many people 683 00:38:16,239 --> 00:38:17,880 Speaker 13: going to abuse the crap out of that. It's going 684 00:38:17,960 --> 00:38:19,200 Speaker 13: to bankrupt companies. 685 00:38:20,200 --> 00:38:22,200 Speaker 14: John, This family paid leave is going to be great. 686 00:38:22,239 --> 00:38:24,359 Speaker 14: The wife and I retired, we're thinking about going back 687 00:38:24,400 --> 00:38:26,000 Speaker 14: to work so we can get about a month or 688 00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:28,480 Speaker 14: two off. This is going to be great. Employees are 689 00:38:28,520 --> 00:38:30,920 Speaker 14: going to be just banging at the doors of business 690 00:38:31,200 --> 00:38:34,000 Speaker 14: to get their free time off us be tired. People 691 00:38:34,040 --> 00:38:37,080 Speaker 14: are going to be hitting back to the workforce. No 692 00:38:37,200 --> 00:38:40,200 Speaker 14: businesses will go broke. There is that, But this is going. 693 00:38:40,200 --> 00:38:45,080 Speaker 1: To be great, all right, I have a shocking number 694 00:38:45,480 --> 00:38:48,319 Speaker 1: of talkbacks that have rolled into the iHeartRadio apples are 695 00:38:48,320 --> 00:38:50,640 Speaker 1: brought to you by Lyndall Realty. So I'm gonna spend 696 00:38:50,680 --> 00:38:53,640 Speaker 1: a few minutes here working through your comments to share 697 00:38:54,080 --> 00:38:58,000 Speaker 1: on the show. Governor Tim Walls welcomes to federal probe 698 00:38:58,000 --> 00:39:03,160 Speaker 1: and defraud allegations while the Twin Cities embraces for ICE 699 00:39:03,239 --> 00:39:08,120 Speaker 1: agents to descend as soon as this week. The freak 700 00:39:08,160 --> 00:39:11,359 Speaker 1: out has begun and the headlines being written over this 701 00:39:11,800 --> 00:39:16,680 Speaker 1: Twin Cities on alert after threat of ICE enforcement against 702 00:39:16,840 --> 00:39:20,439 Speaker 1: Somali community. That's the headline from the Star Tribune. There's 703 00:39:20,440 --> 00:39:23,440 Speaker 1: another way to do that headline that's actually more accurate. 704 00:39:23,680 --> 00:39:26,680 Speaker 1: It should be more like Twin Cities on ice watch 705 00:39:26,920 --> 00:39:32,279 Speaker 1: as federal law enforcement plans to crack down on immigration lawbreakers. 706 00:39:33,640 --> 00:39:35,160 Speaker 2: Like that's an accurate headline. 707 00:39:35,360 --> 00:39:38,280 Speaker 1: What the Star Tribune just said, Twin Cities on alert 708 00:39:38,320 --> 00:39:41,040 Speaker 1: after a threat of ICE enforcement against Somali community. 709 00:39:41,440 --> 00:39:42,680 Speaker 2: That's propaganda.