1 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:17,560 Speaker 1: Our three Twin Cities news Talk Am eleven thirty one 2 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:24,160 Speaker 1: of three five FM worldwide on the iHeartRadio app. Get 3 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:26,400 Speaker 1: back to more of your comments. Talkbacks brought to you 4 00:00:26,400 --> 00:00:28,720 Speaker 1: by Lyndahl Realty. Coming up talk Back of the Day 5 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:32,080 Speaker 1: just after eight thirty this morning. Brought to you by 6 00:00:32,120 --> 00:00:37,839 Speaker 1: minileafanmnileaf dot com. This story from last week the Hennepin 7 00:00:37,920 --> 00:00:43,199 Speaker 1: County Public Health Department, This one grabbed my attention. The 8 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:47,599 Speaker 1: Hennepin County Public Health Department temporarily closed a travel lodge 9 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:52,080 Speaker 1: by Wyndham in Brooklyn Center last week. This was due 10 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:56,880 Speaker 1: to multiple health and safety violations. Working off of a 11 00:00:57,000 --> 00:01:00,440 Speaker 1: version of the story from Bring Me the News, The 12 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:04,440 Speaker 1: action was taken to protect guests and staff while the 13 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:10,560 Speaker 1: hotel completes required corrective measures before reopening. According to the 14 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:16,240 Speaker 1: representative Okay, the county has provided the hotel owner with 15 00:01:16,360 --> 00:01:20,480 Speaker 1: a list of corrective actions, which include improving cleaning and sanitation, 16 00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:27,720 Speaker 1: securing entrances and exits, maintaining accurate guest records, and maintaining 17 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:32,160 Speaker 1: staff training records. These steps must be completed before the 18 00:01:32,280 --> 00:01:34,479 Speaker 1: licenses can be reinstated. 19 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:34,680 Speaker 2: Now. 20 00:01:34,720 --> 00:01:39,600 Speaker 1: The closure follows a discussion of the situation during a 21 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:45,520 Speaker 1: Brooklyn Center City Council meeting back on the ninth. So 22 00:01:45,640 --> 00:01:49,680 Speaker 1: during that meeting, Brooklyn Center Fire Chief and I'm going 23 00:01:49,720 --> 00:01:50,920 Speaker 1: to just give you a bit of a warning. This 24 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:51,720 Speaker 1: gets kind of gross. 25 00:01:51,760 --> 00:01:53,880 Speaker 2: I just want to let you know ahead of time. 26 00:01:55,680 --> 00:01:58,200 Speaker 1: But during that meeting, the Brooklyn Center Fire Chief todd 27 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:02,520 Speaker 1: Berg shared a list of issus is found during the inspections, 28 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:06,720 Speaker 1: such as fire doors that wouldn't completely shut. That's bad, 29 00:02:07,960 --> 00:02:10,640 Speaker 1: six or seven rooms that didn't have heat that's awful. 30 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:17,600 Speaker 1: Also dried vomit and blood splatter on the walls in 31 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:24,679 Speaker 1: the stairwell, Yeah, clothes scattered around the property, missing ceiling 32 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:35,040 Speaker 1: tire tiles, and that none of the exterior doors actually locked. 33 00:02:35,160 --> 00:02:39,560 Speaker 1: I believe we were able to obtain this exclusive audio 34 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:43,120 Speaker 1: of the Brooklyn Center Fire Chief todd Berg when he 35 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:46,080 Speaker 1: was going over this list of the issues to this 36 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:47,680 Speaker 1: travel lodge in Brooklyn Center. 37 00:02:47,880 --> 00:02:52,800 Speaker 2: Try harder not to suck. Okay, that might have been 38 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:57,600 Speaker 2: a member of Congress during the visits. 39 00:02:57,600 --> 00:03:01,160 Speaker 1: Burg said that multiple unregistered guests were removed from the property. 40 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:04,280 Speaker 1: He noted that from January ninth to February sixth, area 41 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:07,480 Speaker 1: police had responded to one hundred and two calls that 42 00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:11,120 Speaker 1: involved the property. That was the highest four week total 43 00:03:11,160 --> 00:03:13,639 Speaker 1: since at least twenty fifteen. He added during the meeting 44 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:15,960 Speaker 1: that the hotel had done work in recent weeks to 45 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:18,400 Speaker 1: clean up, but there is a high concern by city 46 00:03:18,440 --> 00:03:21,639 Speaker 1: staff that we will wind up right back to where 47 00:03:21,639 --> 00:03:24,799 Speaker 1: we were a few weeks ago after these annual inspections 48 00:03:24,840 --> 00:03:25,520 Speaker 1: are complete. 49 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:26,160 Speaker 3: Now. 50 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:33,280 Speaker 1: Representatives for Wyndham did not respond to a request for comment. Apparently, 51 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:36,040 Speaker 1: no ICE agents staying at this particular hotel that could 52 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:40,520 Speaker 1: be protested against by the insurrectionists. So the Hennepin County 53 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:44,120 Speaker 1: Public Health Department representatives said this, while suspensions are rare, 54 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:47,880 Speaker 1: they are necessary when conditions pose risks to public health. 55 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:51,560 Speaker 1: The department remains committed to working with all license holders 56 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:54,520 Speaker 1: to mean safety standards and will reinspect the property once 57 00:03:54,560 --> 00:03:59,000 Speaker 1: the corrective action actions are complete. So here's the question 58 00:03:59,040 --> 00:04:03,520 Speaker 1: that popped up in my mind regarding this. So is 59 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:07,960 Speaker 1: this a lonely highway situation? So is this just a 60 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:11,600 Speaker 1: one off legitimately, one person speeding down the highway gets 61 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:13,440 Speaker 1: pulled over and it was like the first time they 62 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:15,880 Speaker 1: were speeding, or is this more of an actual lonely 63 00:04:15,920 --> 00:04:19,640 Speaker 1: highway situation where the person gets busted speeding, but they've 64 00:04:19,680 --> 00:04:21,640 Speaker 1: been doing this all the time, and actually a lot 65 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:26,360 Speaker 1: of people have been doing this, So this is so, 66 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:30,239 Speaker 1: how how do you avoid this happening? I would assume 67 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:38,160 Speaker 1: state compliance inspections, which when we consider the corruption and 68 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:41,840 Speaker 1: the turning of a blind eye relating to fraud at 69 00:04:41,839 --> 00:04:47,119 Speaker 1: the state level, I question what other aspects of state 70 00:04:47,200 --> 00:04:53,839 Speaker 1: compliance are currently being ignored and if this isn't just 71 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:58,080 Speaker 1: an example of the first of what would potentially be 72 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:00,839 Speaker 1: many stories where we're going to find out that it 73 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:03,480 Speaker 1: turns out there are a lot of Twin Cities hotels 74 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:06,520 Speaker 1: that are also run down like this one and are 75 00:05:06,560 --> 00:05:07,800 Speaker 1: not being inspected too. 76 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:09,480 Speaker 2: So I'm just I. 77 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:11,240 Speaker 1: Wanted to present it to you because I thought it 78 00:05:11,279 --> 00:05:14,720 Speaker 1: was interesting. And why is it that a hotel is 79 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:19,040 Speaker 1: able to go as long as it has continued to operate? 80 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:21,720 Speaker 2: Was nobody complaining about it? 81 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:23,800 Speaker 1: Is their staff to go and check into these These 82 00:05:23,839 --> 00:05:28,839 Speaker 1: are all questions that I raise because one would have 83 00:05:28,960 --> 00:05:32,520 Speaker 1: to believe that if we have the level of fraud 84 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:35,520 Speaker 1: that we have, and that's got to be like one 85 00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:39,039 Speaker 1: of the most egregious, you're stealing taxpayer dollars. You say 86 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:41,600 Speaker 1: that you're offering services that you have not been offering 87 00:05:41,640 --> 00:05:42,720 Speaker 1: while you collect the checks. 88 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:43,719 Speaker 2: I mean, it's pretty awful. 89 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:47,640 Speaker 1: But really, when you think about what the government is 90 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:50,840 Speaker 1: supposed to do and how it's supposed to function, if 91 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:54,600 Speaker 1: we're dealing with corruption at the highest level regarding fraud, 92 00:05:54,680 --> 00:05:58,880 Speaker 1: then it would reason we would probably be seeing other 93 00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:02,080 Speaker 1: instances in other ways. The government is supposed to be 94 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:07,800 Speaker 1: doing its job and it's not speaking of fraud. And 95 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:10,560 Speaker 1: we did talk about this a bit last week. GOP 96 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:14,400 Speaker 1: state Senator Steve Driskowski said the Governor Tim Walls tried 97 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:17,360 Speaker 1: to scuttle the bipartisan bill that would establish an independent 98 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:20,640 Speaker 1: Office of Inspector General to investigate fraud in Minnesota. That 99 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:23,960 Speaker 1: shocking claim was made during the Senate Republican press conference 100 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:28,680 Speaker 1: on Thursday. Back during the twenty five legislative session, DFL 101 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:33,240 Speaker 1: state Senator Heather Gustinsen and a GOP state Senator, Michael Crehan, 102 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:36,159 Speaker 1: worked together on a bill to establish an independent state 103 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:38,800 Speaker 1: wide OIG that would be tasked with rooting out the 104 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:40,279 Speaker 1: fraud in Minnesota state government. 105 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:41,280 Speaker 4: Now. 106 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:43,960 Speaker 1: That bill last year passed the Senate in a sixty 107 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:47,400 Speaker 1: to seven vote. However, the bill was never brought up 108 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:50,920 Speaker 1: for a vote in the House, evenly split sixty seven 109 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:55,600 Speaker 1: Republicans sixty seven Democrats. Republicans have said the House DFL 110 00:06:55,960 --> 00:06:59,680 Speaker 1: refused to bring the BIPARTISANIG bill up. 111 00:06:59,560 --> 00:07:01,360 Speaker 2: For a boat vote. 112 00:07:01,440 --> 00:07:04,239 Speaker 1: That bipartisan OIG bill was poised to be a major 113 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:08,679 Speaker 1: focus during this session, and the bill was already heard 114 00:07:08,920 --> 00:07:12,320 Speaker 1: in the House State Government Committee Thursday morning. However, during 115 00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:16,320 Speaker 1: that hearing, DFL State Representative Matt Norris tried to delete 116 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:18,600 Speaker 1: the contents of the bill and then replace it with 117 00:07:18,640 --> 00:07:22,800 Speaker 1: his own OIG proposal. However, that effort was blocked by Republicans. 118 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:25,800 Speaker 1: And this was all just shenanigans on the DFL part. 119 00:07:26,120 --> 00:07:29,280 Speaker 1: They simply wanted to be able to go online to 120 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:32,800 Speaker 1: shotgun out. Republicans went and voted down an office of 121 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:36,520 Speaker 1: the Inspector General, but they completely gained and scammed the 122 00:07:36,640 --> 00:07:38,680 Speaker 1: entire system. I say all of this because there was 123 00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:44,440 Speaker 1: a lengthy interview jd Vance, Vice President, did with Laura 124 00:07:44,480 --> 00:07:49,000 Speaker 1: Trump on Fox News and he had comments regarding the fact. 125 00:07:48,920 --> 00:07:52,680 Speaker 2: That last week you had a. 126 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:56,600 Speaker 1: Press conference that took place wherein there was a group 127 00:07:56,880 --> 00:08:04,320 Speaker 1: of leaders within the Somali community asked for reparations because 128 00:08:04,520 --> 00:08:07,240 Speaker 1: of what had taken place via ICE. 129 00:08:07,640 --> 00:08:09,920 Speaker 2: I'm not even kidding you. 130 00:08:09,920 --> 00:08:14,000 Speaker 1: You had some ninety percent of the fraud committed by 131 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:18,000 Speaker 1: members of the Somali community. I don't remember a press 132 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:22,000 Speaker 1: conference of the leaders in the Somali community going and 133 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:27,280 Speaker 1: telling their group that hey, members of their community, we 134 00:08:27,400 --> 00:08:30,360 Speaker 1: need to stop doing this fraud. However, they did come 135 00:08:30,360 --> 00:08:33,680 Speaker 1: out last week and demand more taxpayer dollars because of 136 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:36,520 Speaker 1: the hardships that they've said they've had to endure because 137 00:08:36,520 --> 00:08:40,920 Speaker 1: of ICE. Jd Vance was responding to Laura Trump asking 138 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:45,839 Speaker 1: the question regarding Minneapolis manbyby may Or Mom Jeans, Jacob 139 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:50,760 Speaker 1: Fry and Governor Tim Wall's demanding payments and the reparations 140 00:08:51,559 --> 00:08:53,400 Speaker 1: from individuals in the Somali community. 141 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:55,679 Speaker 5: This is what jad Vance had to say, a very 142 00:08:55,720 --> 00:08:59,559 Speaker 5: chaotic area. You now have the leaders there now saying 143 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:03,240 Speaker 5: that they want reparations from ICE. So Jacob Fry and 144 00:09:03,280 --> 00:09:07,200 Speaker 5: Tim Walls believe that they should be paid money. 145 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:09,120 Speaker 2: They say that the federal. 146 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:12,079 Speaker 5: Government must pay for what they broke. Now all of 147 00:09:12,120 --> 00:09:14,080 Speaker 5: a sudden, they care about money. Apparently they didn't care 148 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:14,960 Speaker 5: about it with the fraud. 149 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:16,480 Speaker 2: What is your response to that? 150 00:09:16,640 --> 00:09:19,200 Speaker 6: Well, my response is I on behalf of the American 151 00:09:19,240 --> 00:09:23,040 Speaker 6: people would like reparations from them for allowing Somali fraudsters 152 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:25,920 Speaker 6: to steal billions of dollars from the American taxpayer that 153 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:26,839 Speaker 6: live in Minnesota. 154 00:09:27,160 --> 00:09:29,360 Speaker 2: They've done nothing to cut down on that fraud. 155 00:09:29,600 --> 00:09:31,839 Speaker 6: So I think it's absurd for people to say we 156 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:32,679 Speaker 6: want reparations. 157 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:33,520 Speaker 2: Reparations for what. 158 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:36,959 Speaker 6: Because we enforced the law that the American people elected 159 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:39,400 Speaker 6: us to do, because we took people who were setting 160 00:09:39,480 --> 00:09:41,720 Speaker 6: up fraudulent daycare centers and try to get them out 161 00:09:41,760 --> 00:09:44,440 Speaker 6: of this country, because we took sex criminals out of 162 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:47,520 Speaker 6: the neighborhoods and either put them in prison or send 163 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:50,600 Speaker 6: them far away from the United States of America. We're 164 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:53,080 Speaker 6: doing the job the American people elected us to do. 165 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:58,120 Speaker 6: No one is talking about anything other than enforce the 166 00:09:58,240 --> 00:10:01,480 Speaker 6: law against criminal illegal aliens in the United States of America. 167 00:10:01,559 --> 00:10:04,679 Speaker 6: It's really not that hard, and it's a huge indictment 168 00:10:04,720 --> 00:10:08,120 Speaker 6: of Jacob Frye and frankly the entire far left that 169 00:10:08,160 --> 00:10:11,520 Speaker 6: they made that their cause of the day, letting violent 170 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:14,320 Speaker 6: sex offenders stay on the streets of America. The President 171 00:10:14,400 --> 00:10:15,280 Speaker 6: is just not going to go for that. 172 00:10:15,640 --> 00:10:18,199 Speaker 1: Well, the irony does and again that was JD Van's 173 00:10:18,240 --> 00:10:21,440 Speaker 1: talking with Laura Trump on Fox News. Coming up, I 174 00:10:21,440 --> 00:10:24,360 Speaker 1: have a few comments from the iHeartRadio app those that 175 00:10:24,440 --> 00:10:27,439 Speaker 1: wanted to chime in on the Twin Cities hotel temporarily 176 00:10:27,480 --> 00:10:30,400 Speaker 1: closed over alleged to health and safety violations and whether 177 00:10:30,480 --> 00:10:33,840 Speaker 1: or not this is a circumstance where we don't have 178 00:10:33,960 --> 00:10:37,480 Speaker 1: enough state compliance inspections going on. How many of our 179 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:38,959 Speaker 1: hotels are like this? We have to a couple of 180 00:10:38,960 --> 00:10:41,079 Speaker 1: great comments to us share, and then we're going to 181 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:42,800 Speaker 1: get back to a story that we did cover briefly 182 00:10:42,840 --> 00:10:48,400 Speaker 1: on Friday. Trans Minnesota Democrat bizarrely argues that queer kids 183 00:10:48,480 --> 00:10:55,160 Speaker 1: need access to pornographic websites for educational reasons. So we'll 184 00:10:55,320 --> 00:10:57,839 Speaker 1: go back to this story and we'll get your thoughts 185 00:10:57,880 --> 00:10:59,760 Speaker 1: as well. I'll share mine. It's all coming up on 186 00:10:59,800 --> 00:11:01,800 Speaker 1: Twin City's News Talk Am eleven thirty and one oh 187 00:11:01,840 --> 00:11:17,200 Speaker 1: three five FM. Several comments rolled in regarding the story 188 00:11:17,240 --> 00:11:21,440 Speaker 1: that I had Twin Cities Hotel temporarily closed over alleged 189 00:11:21,520 --> 00:11:27,080 Speaker 1: health and safety violations. Brooklyn Center Fire chief list of 190 00:11:27,120 --> 00:11:30,480 Speaker 1: issues found fire doors, wooden shut properly, six or seven 191 00:11:30,559 --> 00:11:33,959 Speaker 1: rooms didn't have heat dried vomit and blood splatter on 192 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:37,319 Speaker 1: the walls and the stairwell, clothes scattered around the property, 193 00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:43,160 Speaker 1: missing ceiling tiles, and none of the exterior doors locked. 194 00:11:43,679 --> 00:11:45,920 Speaker 1: So this all just raised questions in my mind of 195 00:11:45,920 --> 00:11:48,760 Speaker 1: whether or not this is an isolated issue of more 196 00:11:49,200 --> 00:11:53,400 Speaker 1: of a systemic problem. And again, when you consider the 197 00:11:53,480 --> 00:11:56,040 Speaker 1: blind eye that's been turned to fraud, that would be 198 00:11:56,120 --> 00:12:00,400 Speaker 1: like one of the most egregious things in which the state, 199 00:12:00,440 --> 00:12:05,240 Speaker 1: the government here under Tim Walls, would go and allow 200 00:12:05,440 --> 00:12:08,040 Speaker 1: to be corrupted to the tune of billions of dollars. 201 00:12:08,080 --> 00:12:11,640 Speaker 1: I can't help but wonder, well, are there other things 202 00:12:11,640 --> 00:12:13,880 Speaker 1: that the federal government or the state government should be 203 00:12:13,880 --> 00:12:16,600 Speaker 1: doing where they're not taking care of it? 204 00:12:16,640 --> 00:12:17,400 Speaker 2: Is this one of them? 205 00:12:17,440 --> 00:12:21,120 Speaker 1: Regarding state compliance inspections got a lot of comments that 206 00:12:21,200 --> 00:12:23,680 Speaker 1: rolled into the iHeartRadio app. I wanted a touch base 207 00:12:23,720 --> 00:12:26,800 Speaker 1: about that hotel in Brooklyn Center that was closed down. 208 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:31,280 Speaker 6: That hotel has had issues for at least thirty years. 209 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:33,960 Speaker 2: I worked for a hotel. 210 00:12:34,040 --> 00:12:37,240 Speaker 7: A block away from that one, and we would get 211 00:12:37,320 --> 00:12:38,880 Speaker 7: customers coming over there that. 212 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:40,080 Speaker 2: Was a really wow. 213 00:12:40,120 --> 00:12:44,520 Speaker 1: Okay, so that hotel has been having problems for a while. 214 00:12:44,840 --> 00:12:48,520 Speaker 1: Let's go uh, let's go here, John. 215 00:12:48,240 --> 00:12:52,720 Speaker 8: You avoid this from happening for by allowing the state 216 00:12:52,840 --> 00:12:57,480 Speaker 8: not to pay for homeless people to live in these facilities. 217 00:12:57,800 --> 00:13:01,320 Speaker 8: I've got several patients who are that are homeless, and 218 00:13:01,720 --> 00:13:05,720 Speaker 8: their county waivers cover their weekly cost to stay in 219 00:13:05,800 --> 00:13:08,320 Speaker 8: these trashy and discussing. 220 00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:12,440 Speaker 9: Hotels, John is a guy with thirty years in the 221 00:13:12,440 --> 00:13:15,600 Speaker 9: hotel business. I'll tell you that most hotels are inspected 222 00:13:15,640 --> 00:13:20,079 Speaker 9: pretty well. That's usually due to the inspectors being let's 223 00:13:20,080 --> 00:13:23,520 Speaker 9: just say, enthusiastic about their job. But the ones that 224 00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:26,160 Speaker 9: are bad, and in every town there's a few of them, 225 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:30,960 Speaker 9: they're worse than you would think, and everybody generally knows 226 00:13:30,960 --> 00:13:33,440 Speaker 9: about them except the people coming from out of town. 227 00:13:35,679 --> 00:13:40,200 Speaker 4: John, I stayed at a former Hampton Inn hotel in 228 00:13:40,280 --> 00:13:43,600 Speaker 4: Texas on a business trip. We were the only people 229 00:13:43,640 --> 00:13:47,079 Speaker 4: in there, two people in the entire hotel and two 230 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:50,280 Speaker 4: people for breakfast in the large breakfast room. Every day 231 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:52,600 Speaker 4: something was fishy going on there. 232 00:13:53,160 --> 00:13:56,040 Speaker 1: I couldn't tell you, well, actually I could, like the 233 00:13:56,160 --> 00:13:59,120 Speaker 1: last time I had a really good hotel experience was 234 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:00,520 Speaker 1: probably going to. 235 00:14:02,120 --> 00:14:02,360 Speaker 2: DC. 236 00:14:02,520 --> 00:14:04,320 Speaker 1: Now, granted, I don't travel very often, so I don't 237 00:14:04,320 --> 00:14:07,680 Speaker 1: stay in hotels very much, but going to DC and 238 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:10,080 Speaker 1: staying at the Phoenix Park hotel just down the street 239 00:14:10,080 --> 00:14:13,520 Speaker 1: from the Capitol, it's always been a great experience. 240 00:14:13,559 --> 00:14:14,520 Speaker 2: I'm trying to think. 241 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:17,320 Speaker 1: I know, when I went to Denver a couple of 242 00:14:17,360 --> 00:14:19,000 Speaker 1: years ago, the hotel that I stayed at, which I 243 00:14:19,040 --> 00:14:20,720 Speaker 1: think was a travel launch like it was. 244 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:22,920 Speaker 2: Border lines sketchy. 245 00:14:24,160 --> 00:14:27,680 Speaker 1: I kind of that feeling you get when you bought, 246 00:14:27,720 --> 00:14:29,800 Speaker 1: well for me personally, when you bought an airliner and 247 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:33,120 Speaker 1: you kind of think, this plane is old. Everything's just 248 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:36,880 Speaker 1: kind of worn down. It just has like it's not dirty. 249 00:14:37,440 --> 00:14:39,200 Speaker 1: It's not enough for me to say I don't want 250 00:14:39,240 --> 00:14:41,000 Speaker 1: to stay here, but at the same time, it's enough 251 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:41,680 Speaker 1: to have me go. 252 00:14:42,440 --> 00:14:44,040 Speaker 2: You guys couldn't have done a better job, and have 253 00:14:44,160 --> 00:14:44,840 Speaker 2: done a better job. 254 00:14:45,160 --> 00:14:47,480 Speaker 10: I dated, Yeah, yeah, I hear you. I I've had 255 00:14:47,480 --> 00:14:50,040 Speaker 10: similar experiences to him. I tend to be I don't 256 00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:51,720 Speaker 10: want to say a snob, but you know, I tend 257 00:14:51,720 --> 00:14:53,280 Speaker 10: to critique hotels a little bit more so to work 258 00:14:53,280 --> 00:14:55,640 Speaker 10: in that industry and same thing, it's it's hard to 259 00:14:55,680 --> 00:14:58,880 Speaker 10: find like a really really good experience anymore. 260 00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:01,680 Speaker 1: Thank you for the talk backs from the iHeartRadio app. 261 00:15:01,680 --> 00:15:04,120 Speaker 1: Your talkback of the day, brought to you by minileafanmnileaf 262 00:15:04,120 --> 00:15:04,560 Speaker 1: dot com. 263 00:15:04,560 --> 00:15:05,600 Speaker 2: Coming up in just a. 264 00:15:05,560 --> 00:15:10,360 Speaker 1: Moment, transgender Minnesota lawmaker ignited an online firestorm, though there 265 00:15:10,520 --> 00:15:15,600 Speaker 1: is an unsurprising lack of local media coverage over these 266 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:22,160 Speaker 1: comments after bizarrely arguing against age limits for adult content websites. 267 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:24,000 Speaker 1: So just a bit of a precursor coming up, we're 268 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:26,080 Speaker 1: gonna be talking about adult themes. So if you have 269 00:15:26,120 --> 00:15:29,840 Speaker 1: the kids listening, hopefully they're in school right now, not 270 00:15:29,880 --> 00:15:32,480 Speaker 1: getting educated the way that Leifinky wouldn't want them to, 271 00:15:33,560 --> 00:15:36,040 Speaker 1: but he claimed that queer kids need access to X 272 00:15:36,160 --> 00:15:39,720 Speaker 1: rated content for educational purposes. We're going to revisit the 273 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:41,720 Speaker 1: story app some further comments to share. We'll get to 274 00:15:41,760 --> 00:15:44,680 Speaker 1: your thoughts as well. We'll also hop into the wayback 275 00:15:44,760 --> 00:15:46,520 Speaker 1: machine and we'll hear from Hillary Clinton back in the 276 00:15:46,600 --> 00:15:49,800 Speaker 1: nineties and her thoughts on illegal immigration. It's all coming 277 00:15:49,840 --> 00:15:51,760 Speaker 1: up in the final segment for a Monday here on 278 00:15:51,800 --> 00:15:53,840 Speaker 1: Twin City's News Talk Am eleven thirty and one oh 279 00:15:53,920 --> 00:16:04,880 Speaker 1: three five FM twenty. 280 00:16:04,560 --> 00:16:05,440 Speaker 2: Cities News Talk. 281 00:16:07,360 --> 00:16:10,160 Speaker 1: Hey, I'm eleven thirty one oh three five FM streaming 282 00:16:10,160 --> 00:16:15,200 Speaker 1: worldwide on the iHeartRadio app where you can leave a talkback. 283 00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:19,080 Speaker 1: It is time for your talkback of the day. This 284 00:16:19,120 --> 00:16:21,480 Speaker 1: is in reference to a conversation that we had in 285 00:16:21,520 --> 00:16:23,840 Speaker 1: the first hour of the show. So if you missed 286 00:16:24,440 --> 00:16:26,520 Speaker 1: the first hour of the show, I would definitely go 287 00:16:26,600 --> 00:16:29,560 Speaker 1: back and check it out on the podcast. Your talk 288 00:16:29,600 --> 00:16:31,760 Speaker 1: back of the Day has brought to you by minileafanmenileaf 289 00:16:31,800 --> 00:16:34,480 Speaker 1: dot com. You know, Daniel left a five star review 290 00:16:35,080 --> 00:16:38,440 Speaker 1: for the night Gummies. Took one last night. Great product, 291 00:16:38,560 --> 00:16:42,360 Speaker 1: best night's sleep I've had in a long time. It's 292 00:16:42,400 --> 00:16:44,920 Speaker 1: gotten pretty redundant now because Melinda will text me in 293 00:16:44,960 --> 00:16:46,640 Speaker 1: the morning. She'll give me a good morning I love you. 294 00:16:46,680 --> 00:16:48,160 Speaker 1: Did you sleep well last night? And I said, yes, 295 00:16:48,160 --> 00:16:50,760 Speaker 1: of course I slept well. I had my mini leaf 296 00:16:50,880 --> 00:16:53,800 Speaker 1: night Gummies available with the website. They do bring you 297 00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:57,040 Speaker 1: your talkback of the day. Congratulations to this person. 298 00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:00,480 Speaker 7: Hey John, I just gotta say, I went out to 299 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:03,560 Speaker 7: the local comp and I got myself the ingredients for 300 00:17:03,680 --> 00:17:06,520 Speaker 7: the cotton cheese on the pizza. I just had it. 301 00:17:06,600 --> 00:17:09,880 Speaker 7: It's delicious and mot evenly with a cheese. I put 302 00:17:09,920 --> 00:17:11,879 Speaker 7: it on their big just right, and oh man, you 303 00:17:11,960 --> 00:17:12,720 Speaker 7: are not kidding. 304 00:17:13,160 --> 00:17:14,159 Speaker 10: I like the stuff. 305 00:17:14,480 --> 00:17:16,359 Speaker 1: That is your talk back of the day, brought to 306 00:17:16,359 --> 00:17:19,160 Speaker 1: you by MINILEAF and minileaf dot com. That's not how 307 00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:20,919 Speaker 1: you put cottage cheese on a pizza, though, which is 308 00:17:20,920 --> 00:17:21,960 Speaker 1: why I wanted to bring it. 309 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:24,400 Speaker 2: Up Breakfast Champions too. By the way, Hey, you don't 310 00:17:24,400 --> 00:17:26,240 Speaker 2: cook the cottage cheese on the pizza. 311 00:17:26,280 --> 00:17:28,800 Speaker 1: You have your pizza, whether it's warm or it's cold, 312 00:17:29,080 --> 00:17:32,000 Speaker 1: and you add a little doll up of collage cheese 313 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:33,280 Speaker 1: on it to your bite. 314 00:17:33,760 --> 00:17:36,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, oh no, I got you. I can't get it. Yeah, 315 00:17:37,200 --> 00:17:38,240 Speaker 2: it's really really good. 316 00:17:38,640 --> 00:17:40,480 Speaker 1: As I mentioned in the first hour of the show, 317 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:44,120 Speaker 1: I am big with cheese on cheese. 318 00:17:44,320 --> 00:17:44,520 Speaker 2: Hey. 319 00:17:44,520 --> 00:17:46,760 Speaker 10: At least our talkbacker, though, found a different way to 320 00:17:46,760 --> 00:17:48,240 Speaker 10: do what he liked it too, So there you go. 321 00:17:48,320 --> 00:17:51,040 Speaker 2: I don't think that was a real voice. If it was. 322 00:17:51,280 --> 00:17:53,000 Speaker 2: If it was, they might need a They might need 323 00:17:53,040 --> 00:17:53,440 Speaker 2: a new one. 324 00:17:53,480 --> 00:17:54,920 Speaker 10: Was that John Baron leaving it talk? 325 00:17:55,160 --> 00:17:55,640 Speaker 2: No? 326 00:17:55,640 --> 00:17:58,160 Speaker 1: No, that was I was friend of the show, Ryan, 327 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:00,240 Speaker 1: and I'm familiar with Ryan. I don't think that was 328 00:18:00,240 --> 00:18:03,800 Speaker 1: his hug your regular voice picks then, all right, let's 329 00:18:03,800 --> 00:18:09,080 Speaker 1: go here. Stay representatively thinky. Last week, two term Democrat 330 00:18:09,080 --> 00:18:13,520 Speaker 1: who identifies as a woman pushed back against a proposal 331 00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:19,240 Speaker 1: that would require age checks on pornographic websites to shield 332 00:18:19,280 --> 00:18:25,919 Speaker 1: the children from accessing the raunchy adult material widely excuse me, 333 00:18:26,160 --> 00:18:31,480 Speaker 1: wildly insisting the bill would be weaponized against the LGBTQ 334 00:18:31,760 --> 00:18:33,720 Speaker 1: plus community. 335 00:18:33,600 --> 00:18:37,520 Speaker 11: Mentioned the Paxton case and the ags in many states 336 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:43,240 Speaker 11: are very clear about that they're almost jubilant about being 337 00:18:43,320 --> 00:18:47,640 Speaker 11: able to use these laws to ban young people from 338 00:18:47,760 --> 00:18:52,000 Speaker 11: accessing content that could be educational if they are queer. 339 00:18:52,320 --> 00:18:58,320 Speaker 2: Let me stop here really quick. Let's just say. 340 00:19:00,320 --> 00:19:04,959 Speaker 1: On you know, on its face that what Representative Lee Finky, 341 00:19:05,040 --> 00:19:07,760 Speaker 1: what he said was accurate, that there are those that 342 00:19:07,800 --> 00:19:16,600 Speaker 1: are almost jubulant about banning this content, and specifically LGBTQ content. 343 00:19:16,960 --> 00:19:19,400 Speaker 1: It's completely irrelevant to the argument that's being made here. 344 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:23,840 Speaker 1: It's a different issue how people feel about it, right, 345 00:19:24,600 --> 00:19:27,160 Speaker 1: It's no different than somebody who may align with Lee 346 00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:32,920 Speaker 1: Thinky's views and somebody that criticizes Lee Finky and says 347 00:19:32,920 --> 00:19:36,160 Speaker 1: that he is urgently pushing back on this or suggesting 348 00:19:36,240 --> 00:19:39,359 Speaker 1: it's it's irrelevant to the overall issue of what he 349 00:19:39,480 --> 00:19:46,000 Speaker 1: is suggesting here. Bizarrely arguing against age limits on pornographic 350 00:19:46,080 --> 00:19:49,680 Speaker 1: websites because he thinks that some of this content might 351 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:53,359 Speaker 1: be educational. As others have pointed out, this is not 352 00:19:54,240 --> 00:19:59,520 Speaker 1: educational material being banned in schools. This is adult content 353 00:19:59,560 --> 00:20:02,880 Speaker 1: available online. And I'll get to more of my arguments 354 00:20:02,920 --> 00:20:04,399 Speaker 1: on this, but here's more of what Lee think he 355 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:04,960 Speaker 1: had to say. 356 00:20:05,640 --> 00:20:06,680 Speaker 2: And you are principal. 357 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:10,200 Speaker 11: You have LGBT students in your school, and we also 358 00:20:10,800 --> 00:20:14,439 Speaker 11: know that they're not receiving sex education for queer kids. 359 00:20:14,520 --> 00:20:19,720 Speaker 1: Okay, so what that is again a separate issue. If 360 00:20:19,720 --> 00:20:22,439 Speaker 1: that is something you want to argue for, then argue 361 00:20:22,560 --> 00:20:25,879 Speaker 1: for that in a different forum, advocate for that in 362 00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:29,320 Speaker 1: a different forum about education in schools. 363 00:20:29,560 --> 00:20:31,720 Speaker 2: But that is not a justification. 364 00:20:33,359 --> 00:20:38,359 Speaker 1: For keeping these websites open for those under the age 365 00:20:38,359 --> 00:20:41,200 Speaker 1: of eighteen to access without verifying their age. 366 00:20:42,760 --> 00:20:46,600 Speaker 2: We know that purient interest. 367 00:20:47,960 --> 00:20:52,560 Speaker 11: Could be for many people the very existence of transgender kids. 368 00:20:52,680 --> 00:20:54,760 Speaker 11: More and more people are saying there simply are no 369 00:20:54,880 --> 00:20:56,320 Speaker 11: transgender kids. 370 00:20:57,880 --> 00:21:00,320 Speaker 1: Let me go here to this talk back that just 371 00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:02,960 Speaker 1: just rolled in because it relates to what I wanted 372 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:04,200 Speaker 1: to say regarding this. 373 00:21:05,640 --> 00:21:06,680 Speaker 11: Hey, good morning John. 374 00:21:07,240 --> 00:21:12,439 Speaker 3: If Lee think he is promoting pornography, could he be arrested? 375 00:21:13,520 --> 00:21:16,840 Speaker 3: You know, is there something that they could find because 376 00:21:16,880 --> 00:21:21,040 Speaker 3: he is pushing pornography with minors, just. 377 00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:24,960 Speaker 2: A thought, maybe a hopeful thought, not. 378 00:21:25,040 --> 00:21:27,639 Speaker 1: Based off of what he's advocating for. I don't think 379 00:21:27,680 --> 00:21:34,200 Speaker 1: there's anything criminal. It's gross, it's immoral, it's disgusting all 380 00:21:34,280 --> 00:21:37,800 Speaker 1: in my opinion, But I don't think it's arrestworthy. 381 00:21:37,880 --> 00:21:38,200 Speaker 2: Yet. 382 00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:41,040 Speaker 1: However, you do raise an interesting point, and this is 383 00:21:41,080 --> 00:21:42,920 Speaker 1: what This is the point that I wanted to make, 384 00:21:43,160 --> 00:21:45,119 Speaker 1: one of the points I wanted to make. You know, 385 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:47,639 Speaker 1: I like to go and try to find analogies on 386 00:21:47,680 --> 00:21:52,320 Speaker 1: the show, right, because I love analogies. Whenever I do this, 387 00:21:52,640 --> 00:21:58,879 Speaker 1: it's typically by way of giving like an overly egregious, 388 00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:00,159 Speaker 1: slippery slow. 389 00:22:02,560 --> 00:22:03,080 Speaker 2: Example. 390 00:22:05,040 --> 00:22:08,520 Speaker 1: Right, this is like blank, I can't find one for this, 391 00:22:08,720 --> 00:22:12,560 Speaker 1: because this is the overly of regious slippery slope example. 392 00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:16,840 Speaker 1: We're going to argue that children don't have access to 393 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:23,760 Speaker 1: LGBTQ material in you know, regarding relations with one another, 394 00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:27,520 Speaker 1: and so therefore we need to keep open access to 395 00:22:27,600 --> 00:22:33,920 Speaker 1: adult websites for them to be educational. So I will 396 00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:36,639 Speaker 1: double back to that, but I want to look at 397 00:22:36,640 --> 00:22:39,800 Speaker 1: this another way, and it relates a bit to what 398 00:22:39,840 --> 00:22:42,200 Speaker 1: the talkback just said a moment ago. 399 00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:46,600 Speaker 2: So last week Tuesday of last week, a. 400 00:22:46,680 --> 00:22:51,880 Speaker 1: Judge denied the former member of the Legislature, Justin Eicorn's 401 00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:55,919 Speaker 1: motion to dismiss the charge against him. The new trial 402 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:59,840 Speaker 1: now starts on me excuse me, on March thirtieth. So, 403 00:23:00,119 --> 00:23:03,199 Speaker 1: for those that don't remember, law enforcement had placed online 404 00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:08,960 Speaker 1: advertisements offering commercial sex. Unbeknownst to the prospective sex buyers. 405 00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:12,840 Speaker 1: It was in fact, an undercover law enforcement officer who 406 00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:16,280 Speaker 1: received and responded to the messages. This was according to 407 00:23:16,359 --> 00:23:19,080 Speaker 1: at the time of the story, the US Attorney's Office 408 00:23:19,080 --> 00:23:22,240 Speaker 1: for the District of Minnesota. On March eleventh of last year, 409 00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:27,080 Speaker 1: undercover officers began receiving messages from Justin Iicorn, wherein he, 410 00:23:27,119 --> 00:23:29,960 Speaker 1: according to the federal complaint, said I saw your post. 411 00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:36,200 Speaker 1: Are you still available tonight? You know what's a guy 412 00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:38,520 Speaker 1: got to do to get with the hottest girl online tonight? 413 00:23:38,600 --> 00:23:38,719 Speaker 9: Now. 414 00:23:38,760 --> 00:23:41,960 Speaker 1: During those conversations, the girl gave her age as seventeen 415 00:23:42,040 --> 00:23:43,920 Speaker 1: multiple times. 416 00:23:44,720 --> 00:23:48,760 Speaker 2: It's gross and wrong, according to the federal complaint. 417 00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:52,840 Speaker 1: After one such instance, Iicorn replied, I think the age 418 00:23:52,840 --> 00:23:56,520 Speaker 1: of consent is seventeen. When do you turn eighteen? It 419 00:23:56,560 --> 00:24:00,359 Speaker 1: says the age of consent is sixteen? Over eighteen is 420 00:24:00,359 --> 00:24:02,919 Speaker 1: in a position of authority over you, like a teacher, 421 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:04,119 Speaker 1: a friend, or a parent, the. 422 00:24:04,119 --> 00:24:06,520 Speaker 2: Complaint states, and he was obviously wrong on that front. 423 00:24:07,560 --> 00:24:10,360 Speaker 1: Iicorn allegedly arranged to meet the girl in Bloomington, where 424 00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:13,240 Speaker 1: he was arrested. Police searched him in his vehicle found 425 00:24:13,240 --> 00:24:16,720 Speaker 1: two cell phones, which they also searched, along with other 426 00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:19,800 Speaker 1: items as well. And I'll just kind of I'll just 427 00:24:19,840 --> 00:24:22,840 Speaker 1: skip over those parts. So why do I bring that up? 428 00:24:22,880 --> 00:24:25,280 Speaker 1: I bring that up because we have laws that protect 429 00:24:25,280 --> 00:24:27,800 Speaker 1: adults from interacting with those who are not yet eighteen. 430 00:24:28,119 --> 00:24:30,359 Speaker 1: Is two protect miners. It's cut and dry, It's black 431 00:24:30,359 --> 00:24:33,840 Speaker 1: and white. Everybody went and condemned Eyecorn. What's the difference 432 00:24:33,840 --> 00:24:40,439 Speaker 1: in mentality here? Especially and more specifically considering that I 433 00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:43,840 Speaker 1: haven't seen a single news story about Leefinkey's arguments in 434 00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:47,520 Speaker 1: favor of keeping access to pornography available to those who 435 00:24:47,560 --> 00:24:51,240 Speaker 1: are under age. Just an Eyicorn story was absolutely worthy 436 00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:54,959 Speaker 1: of news coverage because of the baseline concern of exploiting children. 437 00:24:55,280 --> 00:24:58,240 Speaker 1: So why are Leefinkey's comments getting a free. 438 00:24:58,040 --> 00:24:59,080 Speaker 2: Pass and being ignored? 439 00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:05,399 Speaker 1: Also, if you know anything about pornography, this is not 440 00:25:05,520 --> 00:25:10,040 Speaker 1: real going back to Lee Thinky's arguments, Oh, sure the 441 00:25:10,119 --> 00:25:13,680 Speaker 1: acts are real, I'm not saying otherwise, but it's not reality. 442 00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:20,040 Speaker 1: It's antithetical to how adults should should be with each 443 00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:24,359 Speaker 1: other in the real world. And it's a diabolical that, 444 00:25:24,480 --> 00:25:27,119 Speaker 1: Lee Finkey, what had you have you believe even for 445 00:25:27,160 --> 00:25:31,280 Speaker 1: a second that this is in any way educational? The 446 00:25:31,359 --> 00:25:36,320 Speaker 1: real litmus test on all of this, of which I 447 00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:39,240 Speaker 1: would argue that if you need or require a litmus 448 00:25:39,320 --> 00:25:42,040 Speaker 1: test for this issue, you already have a problem. For 449 00:25:42,680 --> 00:25:47,640 Speaker 1: the sake of my commentary, can those who are underage 450 00:25:48,440 --> 00:25:52,000 Speaker 1: engage in this type of activity that he is fighting 451 00:25:53,359 --> 00:25:57,119 Speaker 1: and arguing to allow access to those that are under age? 452 00:25:58,240 --> 00:25:58,800 Speaker 2: Of course not. 453 00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:06,600 Speaker 1: It's illegal. It's one of the most horrible things imaginable. 454 00:26:08,359 --> 00:26:11,640 Speaker 1: So if those under the age of eighteen can't engage 455 00:26:11,720 --> 00:26:17,680 Speaker 1: in this type of behavior, then why should anyone under 456 00:26:17,680 --> 00:26:21,400 Speaker 1: the age of eighteen be allowed to view it. This 457 00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:29,640 Speaker 1: is an educational instruction, it's fantasy, not appropriate for those 458 00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:33,159 Speaker 1: that are under the age of eighteen. This is a 459 00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:39,320 Speaker 1: dangerous worldview, I mean, plain and simple, it's a dangerous worldview. 460 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:42,160 Speaker 1: But this is your also, you know, your modern day 461 00:26:42,160 --> 00:26:45,800 Speaker 1: Democrat party has any dfl eor denounced this so far, 462 00:26:49,119 --> 00:26:51,879 Speaker 1: I haven't seen anybody, but again I'm not surprised because 463 00:26:51,920 --> 00:26:56,920 Speaker 1: local media has been ignoring this, so there's no outrage 464 00:26:57,119 --> 00:27:01,400 Speaker 1: of which beyond the commentary online. And yet you had 465 00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:06,360 Speaker 1: Walter Hudson simply make comments last week regarding what had 466 00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:09,880 Speaker 1: been taking place on the streets with ice, the pushback 467 00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:13,919 Speaker 1: against the federal government, the actual definitions of what an 468 00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:20,600 Speaker 1: insurrection is, how the two deaths that took place were 469 00:27:20,640 --> 00:27:23,400 Speaker 1: because individuals went and put themselves in a harm's way. 470 00:27:23,920 --> 00:27:26,919 Speaker 2: All that he spoke was the truth, and yet you had. 471 00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:31,280 Speaker 1: Democrat after democrat from the highest positions to your random 472 00:27:31,320 --> 00:27:34,879 Speaker 1: online troll out there condemning Walter Hudson for just speaking 473 00:27:34,880 --> 00:27:39,240 Speaker 1: the truth, and yet complete silence over this public display 474 00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:44,240 Speaker 1: of a diabolical worldview, where you have a member of 475 00:27:44,600 --> 00:27:51,080 Speaker 1: the Minnesota State Legislature attempting to justify allowing pornographic content 476 00:27:51,160 --> 00:27:53,600 Speaker 1: to be available to those under the age of eighteen. 477 00:27:57,080 --> 00:28:05,919 Speaker 1: Speaking of dangerous worldviews, Jasmine Crockett gives another example of 478 00:28:05,960 --> 00:28:09,520 Speaker 1: why people should not take the left seriously, and we 479 00:28:09,520 --> 00:28:12,439 Speaker 1: will put this into our commentary this morning, and on 480 00:28:12,560 --> 00:28:18,520 Speaker 1: the list of Democrats say the darnedess things. Talking to 481 00:28:19,280 --> 00:28:22,000 Speaker 1: a recent podcaster, Jasmine Crockett said this. 482 00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:26,840 Speaker 12: I understood what was kind of pushing them there, and 483 00:28:26,880 --> 00:28:29,479 Speaker 12: so I do want people to know that just because 484 00:28:29,520 --> 00:28:32,720 Speaker 12: someone has committed a crime, it doesn't make them a criminal. 485 00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:37,159 Speaker 12: That is completely different. Being a criminal is more so 486 00:28:37,200 --> 00:28:41,160 Speaker 12: about your mindset. Committing a crime can come for a 487 00:28:41,240 --> 00:28:42,320 Speaker 12: lot of different reasons. 488 00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:49,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's a mindset, everybody. It's not an actual crime. 489 00:28:51,280 --> 00:28:53,520 Speaker 1: When you commit one, you're not a criminal. It's more 490 00:28:53,560 --> 00:28:55,920 Speaker 1: of a mindset. But you know, when you have a 491 00:28:56,000 --> 00:29:04,960 Speaker 1: worldview again, you can go and justify anything. You can 492 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:08,320 Speaker 1: mold that, you can bend it, you can twist it 493 00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:16,440 Speaker 1: so the outcome is favorable for you to go and 494 00:29:16,520 --> 00:29:20,880 Speaker 1: win reelection, to get other people elected, or just simply 495 00:29:20,880 --> 00:29:25,400 Speaker 1: to create an argument pushing back against the right on 496 00:29:25,440 --> 00:29:30,520 Speaker 1: the issue of immigration, Democrats didn't know we speak the 497 00:29:30,560 --> 00:29:33,640 Speaker 1: way that they do now. They used to actually talk 498 00:29:33,800 --> 00:29:38,080 Speaker 1: rationally about these issues going back to the nineties. I 499 00:29:38,120 --> 00:29:41,560 Speaker 1: wonder what nineties well, what the twenty twenty six version 500 00:29:41,560 --> 00:29:44,400 Speaker 1: of Hillary Clinton would say to the nineties version of 501 00:29:44,480 --> 00:29:48,440 Speaker 1: Hillary Clinton when she's talking about illegals having the same 502 00:29:48,480 --> 00:29:50,240 Speaker 1: benefits as American citizens. 503 00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:54,680 Speaker 13: As to illegal aliens, we agree with you that we 504 00:29:54,760 --> 00:29:58,440 Speaker 13: do not think the comprehensive healthcare benefits should be extended 505 00:29:58,520 --> 00:30:01,680 Speaker 13: to those who are undocumented workers and illegal aliens. We 506 00:30:01,720 --> 00:30:05,160 Speaker 13: do not want to do anything to encourage more illegal 507 00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:08,480 Speaker 13: immigration into this country. We know now that too many 508 00:30:08,560 --> 00:30:11,440 Speaker 13: people come in for medical care as it is. We 509 00:30:11,520 --> 00:30:14,880 Speaker 13: certainly don't want them having the same benefits that American 510 00:30:14,960 --> 00:30:17,160 Speaker 13: citizens are entitled to have. 511 00:30:17,440 --> 00:30:18,400 Speaker 2: Oh what happened? 512 00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:26,800 Speaker 1: Well, Trump happened, and he broke the brains of Democrats. 513 00:30:27,520 --> 00:30:31,720 Speaker 1: He broke individuals like Hillary Clinton. They used to be sensible, 514 00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:34,080 Speaker 1: they used to be rational, But the entire party has 515 00:30:34,120 --> 00:30:37,120 Speaker 1: been co opted by the nutbars and the crazies that 516 00:30:37,160 --> 00:30:42,360 Speaker 1: I've been talking about this hour. I'll go all the 517 00:30:42,360 --> 00:30:45,520 Speaker 1: way back to Kw's comment from earlier this morning. We 518 00:30:45,680 --> 00:30:49,480 Speaker 1: got a long way to go until these midterms happen. 519 00:30:52,560 --> 00:30:56,360 Speaker 1: And look at what's happening in California right now, the 520 00:30:56,400 --> 00:30:59,040 Speaker 1: way that Democrats continue to go down this road of 521 00:30:59,040 --> 00:31:03,560 Speaker 1: party platforms where it's just all anti Trump all the time, simple. 522 00:31:03,280 --> 00:31:07,200 Speaker 8: Powerful message, but we can all agree on sale with me. 523 00:31:07,840 --> 00:31:17,120 Speaker 2: Are you ready? One? Two, three? Yeah, that's right Trump. 524 00:31:17,560 --> 00:31:21,440 Speaker 1: That was Katie Porter over the weekend at the Democrat 525 00:31:21,440 --> 00:31:24,240 Speaker 1: convention in California, where she got behind the podium with 526 00:31:24,320 --> 00:31:27,160 Speaker 1: a handmade f Trump sign and then had the crowd 527 00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:31,840 Speaker 1: go and chanted that apparently is the Democrat platform right now, all. 528 00:31:31,800 --> 00:31:33,440 Speaker 2: Right, we will wrap on this. 529 00:31:33,760 --> 00:31:37,120 Speaker 1: Alpha News has been the only Minnesota organization granted to 530 00:31:37,160 --> 00:31:40,000 Speaker 1: behind the scenes look at the work that ICE officers 531 00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:41,640 Speaker 1: do in the state. We're going to dive into this 532 00:31:41,680 --> 00:31:45,880 Speaker 1: story in detail on tomorrow's show. However, fewer than five 533 00:31:45,960 --> 00:31:49,200 Speaker 1: hundred agents remain in Minnesota following the announcement that the 534 00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:54,840 Speaker 1: Trump administration and the controversial Operation Metro Surge will end. 535 00:31:55,600 --> 00:31:58,400 Speaker 1: That's according to Representative Anngie Craig, who played paid a 536 00:31:58,480 --> 00:32:02,040 Speaker 1: visit along with ill Omar to the Whipple Federal Building 537 00:32:02,040 --> 00:32:04,320 Speaker 1: at Fort Snelling, which of course had been the center 538 00:32:04,320 --> 00:32:06,640 Speaker 1: for ICE operations in the Twin Cities. Craig said the 539 00:32:06,640 --> 00:32:08,720 Speaker 1: figure that they were given a fewer than five hundred 540 00:32:08,800 --> 00:32:11,680 Speaker 1: to agents left it does not include agents within the 541 00:32:11,680 --> 00:32:15,600 Speaker 1: Homeland Securities Investigations, a division of ICE whose agents were 542 00:32:15,640 --> 00:32:20,520 Speaker 1: sent to Minnesota under the apparent auspices of investigating a fraud. Well, 543 00:32:20,560 --> 00:32:23,320 Speaker 1: of course not, and there are still operations going on. 544 00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:26,239 Speaker 1: Everybody seems to be shocked that ICE is still out 545 00:32:26,280 --> 00:32:28,240 Speaker 1: there making arrest Well, yeah, there are still people that 546 00:32:28,320 --> 00:32:32,040 Speaker 1: need to be arrested. They never should have taken a 547 00:32:32,120 --> 00:32:35,560 Speaker 1: victory lap on this. They're not the ones the you know, 548 00:32:35,600 --> 00:32:38,480 Speaker 1: individuals like Antie Craig and Ilhan Omar and those that 549 00:32:38,520 --> 00:32:40,320 Speaker 1: have been on the streets all that they ended up 550 00:32:40,360 --> 00:32:42,920 Speaker 1: doing and encouraging people to get in the way of 551 00:32:42,960 --> 00:32:45,360 Speaker 1: ICE operations and then people that went and got in 552 00:32:45,400 --> 00:32:47,680 Speaker 1: the way of ICE operations, all they really did was 553 00:32:47,720 --> 00:32:53,280 Speaker 1: slow down the operations. Operation Metro Surge succeeded in its mission. 554 00:32:53,760 --> 00:32:56,960 Speaker 1: It probably took longer and more agents than was necessary 555 00:32:57,040 --> 00:33:03,160 Speaker 1: because of the on the street to insurrectionist agitators. And 556 00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:05,200 Speaker 1: it's funny though, because they took that victory lap. 557 00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:06,160 Speaker 2: And then it all just went away. 558 00:33:06,760 --> 00:33:09,240 Speaker 1: And I think it's because they weren't able to continue 559 00:33:09,280 --> 00:33:11,280 Speaker 1: to put out these false narratives like they have in 560 00:33:11,320 --> 00:33:14,600 Speaker 1: the past, because they don't have complete ownership of social 561 00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:15,400 Speaker 1: media anymore. 562 00:33:15,440 --> 00:33:17,720 Speaker 2: And thank you Elon Musk for that fact. 563 00:33:22,600 --> 00:33:24,440 Speaker 1: Tomorrow on the show, we will get to the one 564 00:33:24,520 --> 00:33:28,600 Speaker 1: city in Minnesota that has signed on to an agreement 565 00:33:28,640 --> 00:33:31,280 Speaker 1: with ICE pad it in the stack for today, but we. 566 00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:32,160 Speaker 2: Are obviously out of time. 567 00:33:32,400 --> 00:33:35,160 Speaker 1: Also Devid garten Stein Ross on tomorrow show We'll talk AI. 568 00:33:35,800 --> 00:33:38,640 Speaker 1: Thank you so much for joining us this morning. Again, 569 00:33:38,640 --> 00:33:41,520 Speaker 1: if you missed any portion of the show, listen to 570 00:33:41,560 --> 00:33:44,280 Speaker 1: the podcast available up on the iHeartRadio app that will 571 00:33:44,320 --> 00:33:47,440 Speaker 1: be there shortly. You can get your comments in overnight 572 00:33:47,480 --> 00:33:50,480 Speaker 1: and questions for David Gartenstein Ross as well Justice at 573 00:33:50,760 --> 00:33:53,000 Speaker 1: iHeartRadio or leave a talk back. Those are brought to 574 00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:55,920 Speaker 1: you by Lyndahl Realty. Enjoy the rest of your Monday. 575 00:33:55,960 --> 00:33:59,280 Speaker 1: Stay warm, it's still stupid cold outside. Such a tease 576 00:34:00,640 --> 00:34:03,280 Speaker 1: last week. Springs are around the corner. 577 00:34:03,840 --> 00:34:05,480 Speaker 2: Have a great day. I tauch you guys Tomorrow morning. 578 00:34:05,560 --> 00:34:05,720 Speaker 7: Byy