1 00:00:04,640 --> 00:00:08,119 Speaker 1: Hour two John Justice on Twin City's News Talk Am 2 00:00:08,160 --> 00:00:13,840 Speaker 1: eleven thirty and one oh three five FM. Governor Tim 3 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:18,920 Speaker 1: Walls and his cynical education trade off. Katryn Wigfall has 4 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:22,119 Speaker 1: a fantastic piece I want to share some points from 5 00:00:22,160 --> 00:00:24,479 Speaker 1: and it relates to what I was talking about a 6 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:30,960 Speaker 1: moment ago last hour, lading out the horrific allegations of 7 00:00:31,360 --> 00:00:37,680 Speaker 1: the immigration workers writes icon Caesar Javez and an explosive 8 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:40,680 Speaker 1: New York Times report has Democrats across the country now 9 00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:43,680 Speaker 1: wondering what they are going to do when it comes 10 00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:47,600 Speaker 1: to all of the streets and statues that are named 11 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:50,840 Speaker 1: after Caesar Javes and rolling into that, we talked about 12 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:53,760 Speaker 1: how Governor Tim Walls has taken a lot of what 13 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:58,440 Speaker 1: the activist organizations who hailed the Caesar Javez as this 14 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:02,920 Speaker 1: icon we're are the same people that were pushing critical 15 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:07,480 Speaker 1: race theory. I watched the seeds of that Marxist ideology 16 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:13,200 Speaker 1: when they were planted within our grade level public education system, 17 00:01:14,760 --> 00:01:18,160 Speaker 1: after having taken route to inside our university system. It 18 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:22,000 Speaker 1: started in Southwest, in the southwest of the country. I 19 00:01:22,080 --> 00:01:24,080 Speaker 1: watched the whole thing play out, starting back in two 20 00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:27,360 Speaker 1: thousand and seven, nineteen years later and now we see 21 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:30,120 Speaker 1: just how this cancer has spread across the country and 22 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:34,200 Speaker 1: it relates to this piece from Katrin Wigfall as well 23 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:36,560 Speaker 1: from Governor Tim Walls. 24 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:41,440 Speaker 2: Thanks everybody, the guys are the best. Thanks everybody. 25 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:44,959 Speaker 1: Before we get to this, I want to hear from 26 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:47,800 Speaker 1: a friend of the show on the iHeartRadio app. Your 27 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:49,520 Speaker 1: talkbacks are brought to you by Lyndall Realty. 28 00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:55,000 Speaker 3: Hey, John Brandon k grow So I know this EI 29 00:01:55,200 --> 00:02:00,440 Speaker 3: crap is complete nonsense and it's horrid for us. About 30 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:04,640 Speaker 3: two weeks ago, I started doing a remodel project on 31 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:10,600 Speaker 3: a school in Wisconsin. Won't say what school, but so 32 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 3: refreshing to hear these kids every morning pledge of allegiance 33 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:18,160 Speaker 3: with their morning announcements. What a great feeling. Have a 34 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:18,600 Speaker 3: good day. 35 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:21,079 Speaker 2: From Katrin Wigfall. 36 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:24,280 Speaker 1: Governor Tim Walls and his new supplemental budget recommendations we 37 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:28,720 Speaker 1: talked about these yesterday would end the long longstanding non 38 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:33,680 Speaker 1: public pupil aid and transportation Aid. If Minnesota opts into 39 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:38,040 Speaker 1: the federal tax credit scholarship program that would cost. 40 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:38,720 Speaker 2: The state nothing. 41 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 1: The money currently supporting the non public students would then 42 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:47,519 Speaker 1: be redirected to the state's voluntary pre kindergarten program the 43 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:51,639 Speaker 1: VPK program. The governor's proposal looks simple on paper. If 44 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:57,359 Speaker 1: Minnesota opts into what he calls a federal voucher program, 45 00:02:58,639 --> 00:03:02,000 Speaker 1: cut state non public pupil aid and shift those dollars 46 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:06,480 Speaker 1: to VPK under the claim of budget neutrality and reality, 47 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:09,639 Speaker 1: it's a force to trade off. Redirecting those funds to 48 00:03:09,720 --> 00:03:13,400 Speaker 1: VPK underscores the political games at play pitting the early 49 00:03:13,520 --> 00:03:16,720 Speaker 1: education against K through twelve support for non public students. 50 00:03:16,720 --> 00:03:17,640 Speaker 2: It's a false choice. 51 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:22,080 Speaker 1: Minnesota canon already does support both. Instead, the governor has 52 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:26,320 Speaker 1: chosen a zero sum approach, treating students as expendable. The 53 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:29,160 Speaker 1: labeling of the federal voucher program, as we've demonstrated on 54 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:33,080 Speaker 1: the show, it's misleading. Tax credit scholarship programs are not vouchers. 55 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:36,080 Speaker 1: They rely on private donations that earn tax credits, not 56 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:40,080 Speaker 1: direct government payments. Vouchers can only be used toward non 57 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:45,920 Speaker 1: public school tuition. This federal tax credit scholarship can be 58 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:50,080 Speaker 1: used by students in all school settings toward a variety 59 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:53,440 Speaker 1: of education services. But you see, for Governor Tim Walls, 60 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:56,240 Speaker 1: he knows that a lot of individuals who send their 61 00:03:56,320 --> 00:04:00,640 Speaker 1: kids to private schools or one two or charge schools 62 00:04:00,760 --> 00:04:03,720 Speaker 1: are going to take advantage of this program and putting 63 00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:09,440 Speaker 1: it plainly, this whole voucher program as they call it, 64 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:11,720 Speaker 1: but it's really just a tax credit. It is a 65 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:17,200 Speaker 1: completely inconsequential task credit that Walls in the DFL refuse 66 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:21,039 Speaker 1: to support, partly in my opinion, out of spite. You know, 67 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:24,640 Speaker 1: Walls Tout's retribution as an excuse Trump used to launch 68 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:28,400 Speaker 1: Operation Metro Surge. This, in the mind of Walls, I imagine, 69 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:32,080 Speaker 1: is him returning the favor to the detriment of schools 70 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:35,760 Speaker 1: and students. But he also knows and doesn't want any 71 00:04:35,880 --> 00:04:40,640 Speaker 1: parents going and taking advantage of this tax credit to 72 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:47,279 Speaker 1: go and put their kids into a private school, because 73 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:49,960 Speaker 1: he has to prop up the public education system here 74 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:53,719 Speaker 1: in Minnesota as best he possibly can, and it's only 75 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:57,839 Speaker 1: going to get worse. That's almost so comical yesterday about 76 00:04:57,880 --> 00:05:01,720 Speaker 1: Walls reading to the students in that montage of video 77 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:05,520 Speaker 1: that he that his account put out on x and all. 78 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:08,279 Speaker 4: The creatures from the bats to the bugs, covered old 79 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:09,919 Speaker 4: fluff with kisses and hogs. 80 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:12,359 Speaker 1: I mean, he had to read to the students because 81 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:14,640 Speaker 1: half of them don't even know how to read half 82 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:18,400 Speaker 1: of them don't even know how to do math, but 83 00:05:18,440 --> 00:05:21,080 Speaker 1: they're so terrified of losing any more students they won't 84 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:25,920 Speaker 1: even allow again a completely inconsequential tax credit that has 85 00:05:25,960 --> 00:05:28,400 Speaker 1: no bearing on any other taxpayers beyond the person who's 86 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:30,960 Speaker 1: donating the money that gets it back via that tax credit. 87 00:05:32,279 --> 00:05:35,560 Speaker 1: As Catherine wraps up this piece, Minnesota could opt into 88 00:05:35,640 --> 00:05:39,200 Speaker 1: the federal Tax Credit Scholarship program without cutting existing support 89 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:42,239 Speaker 1: because participating in the program would const the state nothing. 90 00:05:42,279 --> 00:05:44,560 Speaker 2: As I was just saying, there's. 91 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:47,279 Speaker 1: No physical excuse me fiscal reason to eliminate the non 92 00:05:47,279 --> 00:05:50,640 Speaker 1: public aid. The governor's proposal is cynical, and it penalizes 93 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:54,559 Speaker 1: participation in the federal Tax Credit Scholarship program, risking harm 94 00:05:54,760 --> 00:05:58,040 Speaker 1: to both non public and public school students. Minnesotans deserve 95 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:02,320 Speaker 1: better than this political slide of hand. And of course 96 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:05,640 Speaker 1: this was all highlighted and that ridiculous and albeit somewhat 97 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:10,000 Speaker 1: scary video posted by the DFL of Representative Sidney Jordan 98 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:14,920 Speaker 1: basically lying every single time she spoke about anything regarding 99 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:19,000 Speaker 1: that tax credit that they don't want them signing off on. 100 00:06:23,120 --> 00:06:25,440 Speaker 1: Let's go back to the iHeartRadio app here on twin 101 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:26,159 Speaker 1: City's news talk. 102 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:29,520 Speaker 2: Hey John Barb from Glenwood. 103 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:31,840 Speaker 5: You mentioned you were going to talk about the No 104 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:34,360 Speaker 5: King's Rally, and I have an idea. 105 00:06:34,440 --> 00:06:34,880 Speaker 2: I think we. 106 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:37,359 Speaker 5: Should all pitch in to hire one of those little 107 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:40,599 Speaker 5: planes to fly over those morons, and the banner should 108 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:42,520 Speaker 5: read Trump is still your Daddy. 109 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:46,400 Speaker 1: Well, if somebody wants to go and spend the money, 110 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:50,360 Speaker 1: that's fine. I personally would not want to waste it. 111 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:53,320 Speaker 1: But speaking of which, run bring me the news which 112 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:56,800 Speaker 1: seems very excited by the way, about this rally. Later 113 00:06:56,839 --> 00:07:00,359 Speaker 1: this month, protesters will gather across the US US for 114 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:03,680 Speaker 1: a third No King's rally since President Donald Trump returned 115 00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:09,080 Speaker 1: to office. The Minnesota capital is set to host the 116 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:13,280 Speaker 1: largest rally, The National Flagship Rally at the Capitol in 117 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:15,800 Speaker 1: Saint Paul is among more than three thousand events planned 118 00:07:16,280 --> 00:07:19,240 Speaker 1: on Saturday, March twenty eighth as part of the National 119 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:22,040 Speaker 1: Not King's Movement to protest Trump and the administration. So 120 00:07:22,120 --> 00:07:28,400 Speaker 1: the celebrity activists include Jane Fond, Joe Bias, Maggie Rodgers, 121 00:07:28,440 --> 00:07:32,240 Speaker 1: who I'd never heard of before, Devin Maggie Rodgers. 122 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:33,360 Speaker 2: Does that many of them anything to you? 123 00:07:34,160 --> 00:07:37,840 Speaker 1: I looked it up Apparently there's a musician named Maggie Rodgers. 124 00:07:37,880 --> 00:07:39,280 Speaker 2: I don't know if it's the same person or not. 125 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:43,560 Speaker 1: These are alsolated to join Governor Peggy Flanagan, Attorney General 126 00:07:43,640 --> 00:07:46,840 Speaker 1: Keith Ellison, and other Minnesota officials for the big event, 127 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:50,240 Speaker 1: So Flanagan said in the statement, Minnesotans take care of 128 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:52,760 Speaker 1: each other. When Donald Trump sent thousands of ICE agents 129 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:57,160 Speaker 1: into our communities to try to divide us, he underestimated 130 00:07:57,200 --> 00:08:00,000 Speaker 1: who we are, Flanagan said in the statement. We showed 131 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:03,400 Speaker 1: up for our neighbors we should. We stood shoulder to shoulder, 132 00:08:03,560 --> 00:08:05,160 Speaker 1: and we made it clear that if you come for 133 00:08:05,240 --> 00:08:06,880 Speaker 1: one of us, you come for all of us. You know, 134 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:09,080 Speaker 1: just the fact that they want to speak for you 135 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:12,880 Speaker 1: and me is really kind of annoying, because they don't. 136 00:08:13,880 --> 00:08:15,760 Speaker 1: We made it clear that if you come for one 137 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:17,480 Speaker 1: of us, you come for all of us. Minnesota is 138 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:20,160 Speaker 1: showing the country what we're made of. We're not powerless. 139 00:08:20,520 --> 00:08:22,800 Speaker 1: We don't back down to want to be kings. And 140 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:27,440 Speaker 1: they accomplished absolutely nothing regarding Operation Metro Search. Everybody that 141 00:08:27,520 --> 00:08:29,920 Speaker 1: was supposed to be arrested during that operation got arrested. 142 00:08:29,920 --> 00:08:31,440 Speaker 1: The only thing that they did was put people in 143 00:08:31,480 --> 00:08:34,640 Speaker 1: harms way, lives were lost and actually kept the ice 144 00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:37,679 Speaker 1: here in Minnesota much longer than they probably would have been. 145 00:08:37,960 --> 00:08:40,640 Speaker 1: All well, Peggy Flanagan put out videos saying put your 146 00:08:40,679 --> 00:08:53,600 Speaker 1: bodies in harm's way on the way, pure propaganda. Front 147 00:08:53,600 --> 00:08:57,520 Speaker 1: page of the Star Trebune. Yesterday we checked the accuracy 148 00:08:57,840 --> 00:09:01,920 Speaker 1: of dozens of federal claims made daring Operation Metro surch 149 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:04,400 Speaker 1: So I'm going to fact check their fact checking, and 150 00:09:04,480 --> 00:09:08,280 Speaker 1: I have audio to share with you coming up from 151 00:09:08,320 --> 00:09:11,600 Speaker 1: both Attorney General Keith Ellison, but more specifically one you 152 00:09:11,679 --> 00:09:17,360 Speaker 1: do not want to miss. Representative Andy Smith out of 153 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:21,360 Speaker 1: Rochester put a video up online yesterday. If you were 154 00:09:21,400 --> 00:09:24,920 Speaker 1: going to create a parody of how your typical leftist 155 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:29,040 Speaker 1: ridiculously complains about ice, the audio of which I'm going 156 00:09:29,080 --> 00:09:32,199 Speaker 1: to share with you in the next segment would be 157 00:09:32,520 --> 00:09:37,280 Speaker 1: exactly what you would jokingly go and write. It's probably 158 00:09:37,320 --> 00:09:40,880 Speaker 1: one of the most ridiculous pieces of audio, even more 159 00:09:40,920 --> 00:09:42,559 Speaker 1: so than the Sydney Jordan. 160 00:09:42,400 --> 00:09:44,360 Speaker 2: TACs about your nonsense. 161 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:46,720 Speaker 1: We'll get to it coming up next here on Twin 162 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:48,760 Speaker 1: City's News Talk at AM eleven thirty and one oh 163 00:09:48,800 --> 00:09:49,840 Speaker 1: three five FM. 164 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:52,880 Speaker 2: They have what's called a Trump derangement problem. Have you 165 00:09:52,920 --> 00:09:56,840 Speaker 2: heard about that problem? 166 00:09:57,080 --> 00:09:57,400 Speaker 6: Morning? 167 00:09:57,520 --> 00:09:59,600 Speaker 7: John Holy Couna had a little bit of a late start, 168 00:09:59,640 --> 00:10:03,440 Speaker 7: and so I tuned in. I've been hearing about the 169 00:10:03,559 --> 00:10:08,840 Speaker 7: DEI apocalypse in our society and in our education system, 170 00:10:08,920 --> 00:10:12,480 Speaker 7: and how it just looks darker and darker based upon 171 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:16,280 Speaker 7: the history of your former stomping grounds and what we've 172 00:10:16,320 --> 00:10:19,840 Speaker 7: already seen here. And I'm just like, dang, did I 173 00:10:19,920 --> 00:10:22,400 Speaker 7: did I tune into back this morning? They started early, 174 00:10:22,440 --> 00:10:24,520 Speaker 7: and it's like, no, No, that's John Justice. 175 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:26,480 Speaker 8: It's gonna be all right. 176 00:10:27,240 --> 00:10:31,400 Speaker 4: And that's how the story of Fluffalo ends, with a 177 00:10:31,520 --> 00:10:37,440 Speaker 4: happy old buffalo snoggling is Graham and. 178 00:10:37,520 --> 00:10:40,640 Speaker 1: A dash of Marxism thrown into it. Twin Cities News Talk. 179 00:10:44,360 --> 00:10:46,240 Speaker 1: My name is John Justice. Thank you for the talk 180 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:50,920 Speaker 1: back there, JD friend of the show. The Minnesota Star 181 00:10:51,080 --> 00:10:56,440 Speaker 1: Tribune reviewed social media posts, news conference transcripts, official statements, 182 00:10:56,440 --> 00:11:00,240 Speaker 1: court filings, and publicly made video clips to a s 183 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:07,640 Speaker 1: the most significant assertions made by federal officials during Operation 184 00:11:07,800 --> 00:11:14,679 Speaker 1: Metro Sarche. And that's key, by the way, that this 185 00:11:14,880 --> 00:11:18,840 Speaker 1: was a what federal officials said. 186 00:11:18,679 --> 00:11:21,400 Speaker 2: And then what they observed. 187 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:26,120 Speaker 1: According to this lengthy piece in the Star Tribune big 188 00:11:26,160 --> 00:11:33,120 Speaker 1: headline story splashed on the front page, had all the 189 00:11:33,160 --> 00:11:36,440 Speaker 1: pictures of all the relevant DFL players involved in the 190 00:11:36,440 --> 00:11:41,280 Speaker 1: most egregious snapshots of the events as they unfolded. So 191 00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:43,920 Speaker 1: let me share with you some of this piece and 192 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:46,360 Speaker 1: do a little fact checking myself, and then get to 193 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:50,760 Speaker 1: some really stunning audio this morning in December, when the 194 00:11:50,800 --> 00:11:54,439 Speaker 1: federal agents flooded the Twin Cities as Operation Metro Surge 195 00:11:54,480 --> 00:11:57,480 Speaker 1: as part of Operation Metro Search. The Trump administration described 196 00:11:57,520 --> 00:12:01,439 Speaker 1: as an immigration enforcement campaign, but the surge was also 197 00:12:01,600 --> 00:12:05,360 Speaker 1: an information campaign, writes the Star Tribune. As part of 198 00:12:05,360 --> 00:12:09,880 Speaker 1: their daily defense of the operation, Trump officials repeatedly made 199 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:13,640 Speaker 1: claims about immigrants, Minnesota leaders, and protesters, including two citizens 200 00:12:13,640 --> 00:12:18,439 Speaker 1: who were fatally shot by federal agents. So this is 201 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:21,480 Speaker 1: where already, I mean, I'm only like two in the 202 00:12:21,559 --> 00:12:25,320 Speaker 1: second paragraph of this piece, and already it tells you 203 00:12:25,360 --> 00:12:28,120 Speaker 1: where this thing is going and how this is anything 204 00:12:29,400 --> 00:12:34,800 Speaker 1: other than a bipartisan fact checking. And before you dismiss 205 00:12:34,840 --> 00:12:37,760 Speaker 1: it outright that people don't read the Star Tribune, that's 206 00:12:37,760 --> 00:12:38,240 Speaker 1: just not true. 207 00:12:38,520 --> 00:12:38,920 Speaker 2: People do. 208 00:12:40,280 --> 00:12:43,400 Speaker 1: It may be dwindling in numbers, but this is still 209 00:12:43,640 --> 00:12:47,120 Speaker 1: one of the major sources for information here in the 210 00:12:47,120 --> 00:12:52,160 Speaker 1: Twin Cities, and a lot of times people just look 211 00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:55,200 Speaker 1: at the headlines. They don't bother getting into the details. 212 00:12:55,280 --> 00:12:57,280 Speaker 1: They don't bother to do what I'm about to do now. 213 00:12:58,080 --> 00:13:00,800 Speaker 1: And in terms of this surge being an information campaign 214 00:13:00,800 --> 00:13:05,679 Speaker 1: on the part of the federal government, well, it also 215 00:13:05,880 --> 00:13:09,560 Speaker 1: was relating to the local media and the way the 216 00:13:09,640 --> 00:13:16,280 Speaker 1: media liked the Star Tribune and the collection of leftists 217 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:21,720 Speaker 1: in Minnesota. They were at the time and are still 218 00:13:21,800 --> 00:13:26,360 Speaker 1: continuing to conduct their own information campaign more akin to 219 00:13:26,440 --> 00:13:31,000 Speaker 1: a psyop though, so this immediately tells you it's a 220 00:13:31,080 --> 00:13:35,719 Speaker 1: one sided expose that they're looking at. The Minnesota Star 221 00:13:35,760 --> 00:13:38,640 Speaker 1: Tribune reviewed dozens of the social media post news conference 222 00:13:38,640 --> 00:13:42,760 Speaker 1: footage statements from the Department of Homeland Security court filings. 223 00:13:44,120 --> 00:13:48,080 Speaker 1: That catalog of claims reveals that many of those statements 224 00:13:48,080 --> 00:13:51,520 Speaker 1: were wrong, misleading, or unsupported by evidence. With the Trump 225 00:13:51,559 --> 00:13:55,800 Speaker 1: administration trying to shape public perception of an immigration crackdown 226 00:13:55,840 --> 00:13:59,720 Speaker 1: that had become increasingly unpopular, it is totally one sided 227 00:14:01,320 --> 00:14:04,720 Speaker 1: because if you were looking at this comprehensively at all, 228 00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:09,320 Speaker 1: you cannot even if this is what you believe in 229 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:10,160 Speaker 1: good conscience. 230 00:14:10,280 --> 00:14:13,200 Speaker 2: As a journalist who wants. 231 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:15,320 Speaker 1: To show both sides of an issue, which clearly they 232 00:14:15,320 --> 00:14:18,840 Speaker 1: don't in this piece. You can't say the catalog of 233 00:14:18,880 --> 00:14:21,680 Speaker 1: claims reveals that the statements were wrong, misleading, and unsupported 234 00:14:21,720 --> 00:14:27,360 Speaker 1: by evidence, without saying exactly the same thing about the left, Democrats, 235 00:14:28,080 --> 00:14:35,080 Speaker 1: the Start Tribute itself, other local media outlets. But I'll 236 00:14:35,080 --> 00:14:38,720 Speaker 1: play let's get into some of it. So they have 237 00:14:38,920 --> 00:14:42,600 Speaker 1: these all in subcategories. The first subcategory is before the Surge, 238 00:14:43,120 --> 00:14:46,080 Speaker 1: what was said? President Donald Trump called the Minnesota a 239 00:14:46,160 --> 00:14:49,800 Speaker 1: hub of fraudulent money laundering activity and blamed the state 240 00:14:49,920 --> 00:14:52,640 Speaker 1: leaders for allowing the problem to fester. 241 00:14:52,760 --> 00:14:55,000 Speaker 2: Now, I'm just going to bullet point the majority of 242 00:14:55,040 --> 00:14:55,560 Speaker 2: this article. 243 00:14:55,600 --> 00:14:58,120 Speaker 1: I would have to spend the entirety of the Today's 244 00:14:58,120 --> 00:14:59,280 Speaker 1: show going through all of this. 245 00:14:59,360 --> 00:15:00,680 Speaker 2: That's how long it is. If you want to see 246 00:15:00,720 --> 00:15:01,760 Speaker 2: it for yourself. 247 00:15:01,440 --> 00:15:03,160 Speaker 1: I would encourage you to go to the Star Tribune's 248 00:15:03,160 --> 00:15:06,040 Speaker 1: website and see their article we check the accuracy of 249 00:15:06,040 --> 00:15:08,840 Speaker 1: dozens of federal claims made during Operation Metro Surge. What 250 00:15:08,880 --> 00:15:12,040 Speaker 1: I'm bringing you as an edited version, So that was 251 00:15:12,040 --> 00:15:13,720 Speaker 1: what was said. And then what they do in this 252 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:18,120 Speaker 1: piece is they do what we know Minnesota is currently 253 00:15:18,160 --> 00:15:22,280 Speaker 1: conducting an investigation of fraud of in fourteen different social 254 00:15:22,320 --> 00:15:25,840 Speaker 1: service programs funded by taxpayers through the federal Medicaid program. 255 00:15:25,880 --> 00:15:29,960 Speaker 1: Federal prosecutors have charged people accused of defrauding Medicaid autism services, 256 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:34,920 Speaker 1: another since closed, provided housing assistants. They do point out 257 00:15:35,040 --> 00:15:37,560 Speaker 1: to their credit the vast majority of Minnesota's charge are 258 00:15:37,560 --> 00:15:41,160 Speaker 1: convicted in those schemes to date have been of Somali 259 00:15:41,240 --> 00:15:44,040 Speaker 1: or East African descent. The total amount stolen in the 260 00:15:44,040 --> 00:15:48,240 Speaker 1: schemes is unclear. The lead federal prosecutor once estimated it 261 00:15:48,240 --> 00:15:50,560 Speaker 1: could be as much as much as nine billion, but 262 00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:53,240 Speaker 1: the amount so far documented in public records is a 263 00:15:53,280 --> 00:15:57,160 Speaker 1: fraction of that. You know, it's also a fraction of 264 00:15:57,160 --> 00:16:02,840 Speaker 1: that that nine billion dollars. The actual amount predicted, which 265 00:16:02,880 --> 00:16:06,080 Speaker 1: Dems in Minnesota have not disputed, is far greater than 266 00:16:06,160 --> 00:16:08,720 Speaker 1: nine billion. But what the Star Tribune does here is 267 00:16:08,760 --> 00:16:11,080 Speaker 1: they take the stance of the only thing that we 268 00:16:11,080 --> 00:16:14,160 Speaker 1: could really point to in terms of the fraud is 269 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:21,280 Speaker 1: feeding our future, and that's only three hundred million. I'll 270 00:16:21,280 --> 00:16:23,200 Speaker 1: get into more of this coming up in just a 271 00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:25,360 Speaker 1: moment here on Twin Cities News Talk, but I will 272 00:16:25,400 --> 00:16:29,240 Speaker 1: say before we take a quick break There's only two 273 00:16:29,400 --> 00:16:32,880 Speaker 1: fact checks that matter that are absent from this piece 274 00:16:32,880 --> 00:16:37,600 Speaker 1: from the Star Tribune. The first one was was Ice 275 00:16:37,680 --> 00:16:40,720 Speaker 1: conducting lawful enforcement of our nation's laws? 276 00:16:40,840 --> 00:16:42,160 Speaker 2: The answer is yes, they were. 277 00:16:42,920 --> 00:16:46,360 Speaker 1: The second, would this article even exist if the elected 278 00:16:46,440 --> 00:16:49,600 Speaker 1: leaders told everyone to stay home and let law enforcement 279 00:16:49,640 --> 00:16:54,360 Speaker 1: do their jobs, and everyone stayed home and Ice did 280 00:16:54,400 --> 00:16:57,760 Speaker 1: not have their job impeded, would the article even exist? 281 00:16:57,920 --> 00:16:59,240 Speaker 2: No, it wouldn't. 282 00:17:00,240 --> 00:17:02,960 Speaker 1: And yet, of course that little piece of information and 283 00:17:03,040 --> 00:17:07,800 Speaker 1: proper context completely void from the entirety of this piece. 284 00:17:09,560 --> 00:17:11,960 Speaker 1: So before we get to this Andy Smith audio, I'll 285 00:17:12,080 --> 00:17:15,280 Speaker 1: leave you this break with audio of Keith Ellison because 286 00:17:15,320 --> 00:17:18,760 Speaker 1: the propaganda machine for the left is in full operation 287 00:17:18,960 --> 00:17:23,080 Speaker 1: right now. Speaking in front of a group of individuals 288 00:17:23,160 --> 00:17:25,600 Speaker 1: during a campaign stop this past week. This is what 289 00:17:25,720 --> 00:17:27,840 Speaker 1: Keith Ellison had to say. We'll get to your talkbacks 290 00:17:27,880 --> 00:17:30,240 Speaker 1: coming up and more from this article in the Star 291 00:17:30,320 --> 00:17:32,280 Speaker 1: t Review next year on Twin City's News Talk. 292 00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:35,720 Speaker 9: At Home in Rochester, Minnesota, Attorney General Keith Ellison speaking 293 00:17:35,720 --> 00:17:39,160 Speaker 9: at a forum centered around to immigration. This forum included 294 00:17:39,240 --> 00:17:42,800 Speaker 9: Rochester City Council Member Sean Palmer and Rochester City Attorney 295 00:17:42,880 --> 00:17:47,000 Speaker 9: Michael Spidler. Craig During the discussion, Ellison shared his decision 296 00:17:47,040 --> 00:17:49,919 Speaker 9: making process behind his lawsuit against ICE. 297 00:17:50,320 --> 00:17:51,440 Speaker 2: He says, there's never. 298 00:17:51,240 --> 00:17:54,639 Speaker 9: Been an immigration agent deployment the size of operation metro 299 00:17:54,800 --> 00:17:57,760 Speaker 9: surge in the US's history of immigration policy. 300 00:18:00,160 --> 00:18:03,960 Speaker 10: Massive numbers of reports that people who are being stopped 301 00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:06,720 Speaker 10: and papers would be demanded of them just based on 302 00:18:06,760 --> 00:18:10,919 Speaker 10: their appearance. We started getting native numbers of people not 303 00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:12,280 Speaker 10: going to school and not going to work. 304 00:18:13,040 --> 00:18:16,960 Speaker 9: Ellison says Minnesota ranked twenty eighth among all US states 305 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:20,480 Speaker 9: and the percentage of undocumented immigration. He says the case 306 00:18:20,560 --> 00:18:23,320 Speaker 9: is pending, but he is confident his office is going 307 00:18:23,359 --> 00:18:23,720 Speaker 9: to win. 308 00:18:24,480 --> 00:18:30,520 Speaker 1: That story was from CBS, and it's nonsense. It's all 309 00:18:30,560 --> 00:18:34,399 Speaker 1: fear mongering labels and then just pointing out a fact 310 00:18:34,960 --> 00:18:36,959 Speaker 1: without getting into the reason why. 311 00:18:37,640 --> 00:18:38,080 Speaker 2: You're right. 312 00:18:38,119 --> 00:18:42,000 Speaker 1: It was the largest immigration operation in history into Minnesota. 313 00:18:42,080 --> 00:18:42,480 Speaker 2: You're right. 314 00:18:42,480 --> 00:18:44,719 Speaker 1: They didn't talk to state leaders. It was the largest 315 00:18:44,720 --> 00:18:47,399 Speaker 1: operation because it was necessary. And I'll provide to you 316 00:18:47,480 --> 00:18:50,600 Speaker 1: an example of just how necessary, because there's some new 317 00:18:50,680 --> 00:18:56,080 Speaker 1: information regarding Jen Malcolm taking over the Hennepin County medical 318 00:18:56,119 --> 00:18:58,880 Speaker 1: system that we'll get into later on in the hour. 319 00:18:59,359 --> 00:19:01,280 Speaker 1: But why would they talk to state leaders when the 320 00:19:01,359 --> 00:19:04,320 Speaker 1: state had adopted sanctuary policies that cut off local law 321 00:19:04,359 --> 00:19:07,440 Speaker 1: enforcement from federal law enforcement. So thank you Keith Ellison 322 00:19:07,440 --> 00:19:10,399 Speaker 1: for simply going and stating the facts. 323 00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:12,040 Speaker 2: More coming up on Twin Cities US Talk. 324 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:19,160 Speaker 8: Good morning, Johnes. And I saw that article. Yeah, three 325 00:19:19,240 --> 00:19:23,399 Speaker 8: hundred million dollars to them, which obviously it's yell of 326 00:19:23,480 --> 00:19:26,879 Speaker 8: a lot more. It's just a pittance. It's not us 327 00:19:27,040 --> 00:19:30,480 Speaker 8: showing up for work every single day, those of us 328 00:19:30,880 --> 00:19:36,199 Speaker 8: that actually pay the taxes, and they they take this 329 00:19:36,359 --> 00:19:39,159 Speaker 8: pile of money that we are forced by law to 330 00:19:39,240 --> 00:19:43,200 Speaker 8: give them and they make new constituents out of it. 331 00:19:48,640 --> 00:19:51,719 Speaker 1: What the friend of the show was referring to is 332 00:19:51,760 --> 00:20:00,399 Speaker 1: this Wednesday front page story pure leftist propaganda from the 333 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:03,200 Speaker 1: Star Tribune Sophia Barnett. 334 00:20:03,359 --> 00:20:04,879 Speaker 2: It might as well be an editorial. 335 00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:09,679 Speaker 1: The Minnesota Star Tribune reviewed social media, post news conference transcripts, 336 00:20:09,680 --> 00:20:13,920 Speaker 1: official statements, court filings, and publicly available video clips to 337 00:20:13,960 --> 00:20:17,560 Speaker 1: assess the most significant assertions made by the federal officials 338 00:20:17,640 --> 00:20:20,959 Speaker 1: during the crackdown. I'll forgive this piece if there is 339 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:27,960 Speaker 1: a subsequent expose coming out following this that actually goes 340 00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:31,800 Speaker 1: and gets into the other side of the argument. The 341 00:20:31,840 --> 00:20:37,320 Speaker 1: proper context relating to the events that unfolded. That dares 342 00:20:37,359 --> 00:20:40,720 Speaker 1: to ask the question, was Ice conducting lawful enforcement of 343 00:20:40,720 --> 00:20:45,880 Speaker 1: our nation's laws. That dares to question whether or not 344 00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:50,600 Speaker 1: any of this commentary and an article writing would be 345 00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:53,639 Speaker 1: necessary if the elected leaders had done what they should 346 00:20:53,640 --> 00:20:56,160 Speaker 1: have done, told everyone to stay home and let law 347 00:20:56,200 --> 00:20:59,639 Speaker 1: enforcement do their jobs, and everybody subsequently stayed home and 348 00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:03,520 Speaker 1: allow Ice to do their jobs unimpeded. But that's not 349 00:21:03,560 --> 00:21:05,879 Speaker 1: what happened, and that's not what's included in this piece. 350 00:21:06,680 --> 00:21:08,960 Speaker 1: The next portion they get to is the worst of 351 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:14,480 Speaker 1: the worst. They're what we know and what was said. 352 00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:16,760 Speaker 1: By the way, the what we said portion of this 353 00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:26,439 Speaker 1: is basically code for what we believe and ignores all 354 00:21:26,480 --> 00:21:31,640 Speaker 1: the added and needed context. Each time DHS announced new 355 00:21:31,680 --> 00:21:34,879 Speaker 1: threats excuse me, new arrests, it released the names and 356 00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:38,719 Speaker 1: mugshots of about a dozen people and highlighted their criminal histories, 357 00:21:38,720 --> 00:21:42,080 Speaker 1: but the agency has never published a full list of 358 00:21:42,119 --> 00:21:45,760 Speaker 1: those arrested or deported or court records that would allow 359 00:21:45,800 --> 00:21:50,840 Speaker 1: the public to independently verify those claims. The Star Tribute 360 00:21:50,840 --> 00:21:55,160 Speaker 1: analysis of roughly two hundred and forty people the DHS 361 00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:59,719 Speaker 1: publicly identified as arrested during the operation. As of January 362 00:21:59,800 --> 00:22:03,280 Speaker 1: ninetheteenth found that eighty percent had felony convictions, including crimes 363 00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:06,960 Speaker 1: such as murder, rape, theft, drug offenses, or fraud. Some 364 00:22:07,040 --> 00:22:10,280 Speaker 1: also had outstanding deportation orders dating back as far as 365 00:22:10,280 --> 00:22:11,119 Speaker 1: a decade or more. 366 00:22:13,560 --> 00:22:14,359 Speaker 2: More than a quarter of. 367 00:22:14,320 --> 00:22:17,760 Speaker 1: Those identified had no criminal connection to Minnesota beyond being 368 00:22:17,760 --> 00:22:20,320 Speaker 1: held in one of the state's federal prisons, meaning their 369 00:22:20,359 --> 00:22:22,640 Speaker 1: crimes were committed in other states. 370 00:22:22,760 --> 00:22:25,159 Speaker 2: Okay, and more than a dozen. 371 00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:27,920 Speaker 1: Cases, public records showed little or no criminal history. 372 00:22:27,960 --> 00:22:28,399 Speaker 2: I like that way. 373 00:22:28,440 --> 00:22:31,480 Speaker 1: That's worried by the way, little or no criminal history 374 00:22:33,240 --> 00:22:38,040 Speaker 1: beyond traffic offenses, gross misdemeanors or dwy's. But they all 375 00:22:38,080 --> 00:22:42,600 Speaker 1: were still here illegally, right. I mean something that even 376 00:22:42,640 --> 00:22:45,320 Speaker 1: accused child molester and civil rights icon for the left, 377 00:22:45,359 --> 00:22:50,679 Speaker 1: caes Or Javes, wouldn't have been happy about. Okay, I 378 00:22:50,680 --> 00:22:52,160 Speaker 1: want to go back in time for just a moment. 379 00:22:53,960 --> 00:22:55,520 Speaker 1: I just want to add to this what we know 380 00:22:55,640 --> 00:22:59,119 Speaker 1: aspect of the arrests that were being made. This was 381 00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:02,280 Speaker 1: the report from Fox News we played you earlier from 382 00:23:02,359 --> 00:23:06,960 Speaker 1: CBS the audio from Keith Ellison at that I called 383 00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:10,280 Speaker 1: it a campaign event. It was a rally for immigration reform. 384 00:23:10,320 --> 00:23:11,520 Speaker 2: But this was a campaign event. 385 00:23:12,040 --> 00:23:14,880 Speaker 1: But this is Fox News reporting back during Operation Metro 386 00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:16,720 Speaker 1: s Orch Just to provide a little bit of clarity 387 00:23:16,800 --> 00:23:19,080 Speaker 1: over this worst of the worst angle from the Star 388 00:23:19,119 --> 00:23:19,679 Speaker 1: Treviune it. 389 00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:23,479 Speaker 11: Jes announced tonight that they have arrested a total of 390 00:23:23,520 --> 00:23:29,240 Speaker 11: some three thousand illegal immigrants in Minnesota, including the over 391 00:23:29,359 --> 00:23:34,600 Speaker 11: the weekend, several convicted of crimes such as homicide and 392 00:23:34,800 --> 00:23:39,800 Speaker 11: sexual assault. Meantime, several dozen protesters remain here at the 393 00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:44,360 Speaker 11: Federal Building protesting the actions of federal agents, but they 394 00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:48,720 Speaker 11: are staying behind the newly erected barriers put here by 395 00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:52,200 Speaker 11: the Hennepin County Sheriff's Department. 396 00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:54,640 Speaker 1: And the part of this that I wanted to highlight 397 00:23:54,920 --> 00:23:59,760 Speaker 1: is how the left local media, beyond the credible outlets 398 00:23:59,760 --> 00:24:02,080 Speaker 1: that would talk about so often on the show like Alfinus, 399 00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:07,359 Speaker 1: chose to ignore the purpose of what Ice was doing 400 00:24:07,560 --> 00:24:09,959 Speaker 1: and the background of those individuals that were being arrested. 401 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:13,160 Speaker 2: They simply don't care. They only care in order to. 402 00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:16,480 Speaker 1: Go and craft pieces like this to go and bolster 403 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:19,320 Speaker 1: the arguments of Democrats that are running for election and 404 00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:21,040 Speaker 1: re election this year. 405 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:26,840 Speaker 12: Worry John say the whole time ICE was here doing 406 00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:30,240 Speaker 12: their lawful enforcement. I never saw one agent and you 407 00:24:30,280 --> 00:24:33,560 Speaker 12: know why, because they didn't go looking for them. The 408 00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:37,240 Speaker 12: left goes looking for trouble. That's what they do. 409 00:24:37,280 --> 00:24:39,480 Speaker 1: They then go and tackle the killing of Renee Good 410 00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:42,480 Speaker 1: as they describe it. Trump posted on true Social that 411 00:24:42,520 --> 00:24:45,240 Speaker 1: Good ran over the ICE officer before the officer shot 412 00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:48,040 Speaker 1: and killed her. White House advisor Stephen Miller posted on 413 00:24:48,520 --> 00:24:51,000 Speaker 1: x twice about Good's death, sharing the video and saying 414 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:54,560 Speaker 1: it's domestic terrorism. Minne Appos mayor Jacob Fry condemned the shooting, 415 00:24:54,640 --> 00:24:57,920 Speaker 1: saying in a statement that the officer's actions were unjustified. 416 00:24:57,920 --> 00:25:00,840 Speaker 1: In calling for a thorough investigation, they get to the 417 00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:03,199 Speaker 1: what we know portion of this, and they say Several 418 00:25:03,240 --> 00:25:07,760 Speaker 1: bystander videos contradict Trump's assertion, showing Good turning her vehicle 419 00:25:07,800 --> 00:25:09,760 Speaker 1: away from the agent positioned at the front of her 420 00:25:09,840 --> 00:25:12,720 Speaker 1: SUV who shoots her through the windshield and then through 421 00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:15,600 Speaker 1: the open driver's side window. Good's family said that she 422 00:25:15,720 --> 00:25:17,800 Speaker 1: was not an activist, but that she and her wife, 423 00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:21,760 Speaker 1: Rebecca were taking part in ice Watch, which aimed to 424 00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:26,000 Speaker 1: disrupt and record operations and alert neighbors with whistles Is. 425 00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:28,120 Speaker 2: That not activism? By the way, I mean, what. 426 00:25:28,200 --> 00:25:32,040 Speaker 1: Is your definition of activism if that's not it aiming 427 00:25:32,040 --> 00:25:35,200 Speaker 1: to disrupt and record ice operations? Alert neighbors with whistles, 428 00:25:35,480 --> 00:25:38,960 Speaker 1: neighbors with whistles meaning the individuals that I just highlighted 429 00:25:39,640 --> 00:25:45,720 Speaker 1: from DHS that were criminals with further criminal behavior backgrounds. 430 00:25:45,760 --> 00:25:51,080 Speaker 1: I mean, the article itself even pointed to that. The 431 00:25:51,119 --> 00:25:53,280 Speaker 1: family said they did not know how often Renee had 432 00:25:53,320 --> 00:25:56,080 Speaker 1: participated in those activities or whether she had been trained, 433 00:25:56,800 --> 00:25:59,840 Speaker 1: So it's kind of admission she was an activist. People's 434 00:25:59,840 --> 00:26:02,320 Speaker 1: mind are made up on this particular issue. The bottom 435 00:26:02,400 --> 00:26:05,040 Speaker 1: line for me is that if she wasn't an activist, 436 00:26:05,600 --> 00:26:10,600 Speaker 1: as her family claims, she probably would still be alive today. 437 00:26:11,240 --> 00:26:15,480 Speaker 2: The church protest coverage is hysterical. 438 00:26:16,840 --> 00:26:20,480 Speaker 1: Minneapolis civil rights icon Nikima Levi Armstrong was arrested along 439 00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:23,879 Speaker 1: with several others after they protested January eighteenth at the 440 00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:26,840 Speaker 1: city's church in Saint Paul. What was said after the arrest, 441 00:26:26,920 --> 00:26:30,640 Speaker 1: The White House posted a digitally altered photo of Levi 442 00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:33,400 Speaker 1: Armstrong that depicted her crying as she was being detained 443 00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:35,879 Speaker 1: by federal agents. Anybody that saw that photo that was 444 00:26:35,920 --> 00:26:39,600 Speaker 1: based on the original photo knows that it was clearly 445 00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:42,880 Speaker 1: done in jest. The White House even acknowledges as such. 446 00:26:42,880 --> 00:26:44,480 Speaker 1: She'd had to be stupid not to know that wasn't 447 00:26:44,480 --> 00:26:49,000 Speaker 1: a digitally AI altered photo. They pointed to this, so 448 00:26:49,160 --> 00:26:53,920 Speaker 1: video later posted by Armstrong's nonprofit Racial Justice Network contradicted 449 00:26:53,920 --> 00:26:56,960 Speaker 1: the White House account. In the footage showing her arrest, 450 00:26:57,080 --> 00:27:02,000 Speaker 1: Levi Armstrong appeared collected and not distressed, a White House 451 00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:05,000 Speaker 1: deputy communications director said in a post on X enforcement 452 00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:07,800 Speaker 1: of the law will continue, the memes will continue. Thank 453 00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:10,320 Speaker 1: you for your attention to this manner. That's all that 454 00:27:10,359 --> 00:27:13,000 Speaker 1: they talked about regarding the church protest. There was nothing 455 00:27:13,040 --> 00:27:16,560 Speaker 1: about Don Lemon being arrested, nothing about the Wolke farmer, 456 00:27:17,560 --> 00:27:21,000 Speaker 1: that lunatic yelling in the faces of children, nothing about 457 00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:23,199 Speaker 1: the individuals not being allowed to go get to their 458 00:27:23,280 --> 00:27:24,720 Speaker 1: children inside the church. 459 00:27:25,080 --> 00:27:26,960 Speaker 2: And nothing about why they were arrested. 460 00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:32,920 Speaker 1: I'm saving Bunny hat boy for the end. They also 461 00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:37,000 Speaker 1: go and tackle the issue of Alex Pretty. Federal agents 462 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:39,760 Speaker 1: shot and killed Pretty on January twenty first. Nicolette Avenue. 463 00:27:39,760 --> 00:27:42,560 Speaker 1: At a news conference, Border Patrol Commander Greg Bavino said 464 00:27:42,560 --> 00:27:45,200 Speaker 1: Pretty approached the agents with a nine millimeter semi handgun, 465 00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:48,920 Speaker 1: and officers attempted to disarm him, but he violently arre arrested. 466 00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:52,879 Speaker 1: What we know several bystander videos contradicted most of the 467 00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:56,480 Speaker 1: initial claims made by the Trump administration officials about the shooting, 468 00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:04,280 Speaker 1: and again that investigation is ongoing. Minds are made up 469 00:28:04,320 --> 00:28:07,080 Speaker 1: over that in testimony before the hearing to the Senate 470 00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:09,680 Speaker 1: Judiciary Committee in March. The piece goes on to say 471 00:28:09,880 --> 00:28:13,240 Speaker 1: Gnome refused to apologize for calling Predi a domestic terrorist 472 00:28:13,720 --> 00:28:16,480 Speaker 1: and tried to walk back her characterization of him when 473 00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:20,199 Speaker 1: pressed by Amy klobashark I did not call Predi a 474 00:28:20,240 --> 00:28:23,400 Speaker 1: domestic terrorist. I said it appeared to be an incident 475 00:28:23,520 --> 00:28:27,480 Speaker 1: of she told the Minnesota Senator again, this piece exists 476 00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:32,600 Speaker 1: solely to the benefit of Democrats. Now, before we get 477 00:28:32,640 --> 00:28:35,879 Speaker 1: to the last item in this because there's an update 478 00:28:35,920 --> 00:28:38,800 Speaker 1: today on Buddy hat Boy. 479 00:28:39,960 --> 00:28:42,200 Speaker 2: This expose is completely void. 480 00:28:41,960 --> 00:28:47,040 Speaker 1: Of any sort of honest journalism whatsoever. As I mentioned before, 481 00:28:47,040 --> 00:28:49,680 Speaker 1: the what we know category and all of this was 482 00:28:49,720 --> 00:28:53,880 Speaker 1: simply code for what we believe and ignores all the 483 00:28:53,920 --> 00:28:57,520 Speaker 1: added context, thankfully I provided for you here on this 484 00:28:57,600 --> 00:29:02,000 Speaker 1: very show. One more, and then I want to get 485 00:29:02,040 --> 00:29:05,920 Speaker 1: to this audio that I was talking about, and the 486 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:09,760 Speaker 1: last one would be the detention of Liam Kinejo Ramos, 487 00:29:10,080 --> 00:29:14,800 Speaker 1: Bunny hat Boy. Agents detained the five year old Liam A. 488 00:29:14,880 --> 00:29:18,040 Speaker 1: Ramos with his father in a driveway in Columbia Heights 489 00:29:18,080 --> 00:29:20,480 Speaker 1: and sent him to a detention facility in Texas. The 490 00:29:20,560 --> 00:29:23,960 Speaker 1: case Garter national attention. What was said after the agents 491 00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:28,280 Speaker 1: detained Liam and his father. DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin said 492 00:29:28,320 --> 00:29:31,040 Speaker 1: in a statement that officers had stayed with Liam while 493 00:29:31,080 --> 00:29:33,560 Speaker 1: other officers went after his father, who had fled on foot. 494 00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:36,920 Speaker 1: DHS also posted on ex that Liam was abandoned by 495 00:29:36,920 --> 00:29:40,320 Speaker 1: his father and mother. What we know, school leaders say. 496 00:29:40,440 --> 00:29:46,000 Speaker 1: Several bystanders disputed the DHS account, saying the father ran 497 00:29:46,040 --> 00:29:48,120 Speaker 1: into the house to alert his wife and not open 498 00:29:48,160 --> 00:29:52,840 Speaker 1: the door. So second and third hand stories anecdotal and 499 00:29:52,880 --> 00:29:56,880 Speaker 1: this is the proper context that the Minnesota Star Tribune 500 00:29:57,040 --> 00:30:06,120 Speaker 1: thinks is worthy enough pushback on what the federal government said. 501 00:30:07,760 --> 00:30:13,680 Speaker 2: Oh but there's an update to this story from Caro Leven. 502 00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:17,000 Speaker 1: The family of the five year old Liam Kanejo Ramos 503 00:30:17,120 --> 00:30:20,800 Speaker 1: again Buddy hat Boy, could be deported after their asylum 504 00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:31,920 Speaker 1: claim was ended by an immigration judge yesterday. As I 505 00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:35,720 Speaker 1: just mentioned, Liam gained national attention when a photo of 506 00:30:35,760 --> 00:30:39,800 Speaker 1: his January twentieth arrest was shared widely. In his bunny hat, 507 00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:45,640 Speaker 1: writes Caro Levin, and spider Man backpack. The image came 508 00:30:45,680 --> 00:30:49,280 Speaker 1: to symbolize how children were caught up in Operation Metro Surge. 509 00:30:50,040 --> 00:30:52,880 Speaker 1: The Columbia Heights preschooler was one of several students from 510 00:30:52,920 --> 00:30:55,600 Speaker 1: a school had been taken into custody by immigration officials. 511 00:30:55,640 --> 00:30:57,920 Speaker 1: Liam and his father were initially taken to Texas, but 512 00:30:57,960 --> 00:31:00,840 Speaker 1: a judge ordered them to be returned to Minnesota as 513 00:31:00,840 --> 00:31:02,680 Speaker 1: they continued with their asylum claim. 514 00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:04,720 Speaker 2: That claim has now been rejected. 515 00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:09,160 Speaker 1: US Immigration Judge John Burns handed down the decision to 516 00:31:09,320 --> 00:31:15,200 Speaker 1: end the family's asylum claim. The family includes Liam, his 517 00:31:15,280 --> 00:31:21,000 Speaker 1: thirteen year old brother, his father, and pregnant mother. They 518 00:31:21,040 --> 00:31:23,920 Speaker 1: will appeal, could take months or years. That they lose 519 00:31:23,960 --> 00:31:26,720 Speaker 1: the appeal, the family could be deported to Ecuador. You 520 00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:30,720 Speaker 1: have the Columbia Heights Public Schools, sending Caro Levin a 521 00:31:30,760 --> 00:31:34,280 Speaker 1: statement regarding this. The announcement that the immigration judge has 522 00:31:34,400 --> 00:31:38,760 Speaker 1: ended the asylum claims of the family of Liam Canejo 523 00:31:38,880 --> 00:31:39,920 Speaker 1: Ramos is heartbreaking. 524 00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:44,840 Speaker 2: They're breaking the law again. 525 00:31:44,880 --> 00:31:46,640 Speaker 1: This goes back to the critical race theory that I 526 00:31:46,680 --> 00:31:52,400 Speaker 1: mentioned before. Our public education system has become essentially a 527 00:31:52,440 --> 00:31:56,760 Speaker 1: breeding ground for activism, all thanks to Governor Tim Walls. 528 00:31:56,880 --> 00:31:59,800 Speaker 2: Thanks everybody, guys are the best. 529 00:32:01,680 --> 00:32:03,880 Speaker 1: Columbia Heights Public Schools goes on to say in their 530 00:32:03,920 --> 00:32:07,160 Speaker 1: statement to Cara Levin, while we respected the legal process, 531 00:32:07,240 --> 00:32:11,040 Speaker 1: I don't think you do. We cannot ignore the profound 532 00:32:11,120 --> 00:32:14,760 Speaker 1: human impact, especially on children, of this federal action, which 533 00:32:14,800 --> 00:32:17,520 Speaker 1: has disrupted the lives of so many in our community 534 00:32:18,600 --> 00:32:22,680 Speaker 1: who entered this country through legal means. But if it's 535 00:32:22,680 --> 00:32:25,920 Speaker 1: not permanent, it's not permanent. If you overstage your visa, 536 00:32:26,920 --> 00:32:30,760 Speaker 1: then you need to be held accountable. Our thoughts are 537 00:32:30,760 --> 00:32:32,920 Speaker 1: with Liam and his family. We will continue to advocate 538 00:32:32,960 --> 00:32:36,760 Speaker 1: for and support Liam and all children. So basically, the 539 00:32:36,880 --> 00:32:40,520 Speaker 1: Columbia Heights Public School System doesn't like to enforce. 540 00:32:40,640 --> 00:32:42,120 Speaker 2: It doesn't like having laws enforced. 541 00:32:42,240 --> 00:32:44,880 Speaker 1: You know who else doesn't like having a laws enforced. 542 00:32:45,240 --> 00:32:52,080 Speaker 1: Representative Andy Smith posted this video yesterday railing on the 543 00:32:52,160 --> 00:32:56,400 Speaker 1: legislative session, Republicans and Walter Hudson. As I stated before, 544 00:32:56,480 --> 00:32:59,120 Speaker 1: if you were going to create a parody of how 545 00:32:59,160 --> 00:33:05,600 Speaker 1: your typical leftist ridiculously, irrationally and lacking common sense complains 546 00:33:05,680 --> 00:33:09,720 Speaker 1: about ICE. This is exactly what you would jokingly write. 547 00:33:10,560 --> 00:33:14,040 Speaker 6: No elected official in Minnesota worth their salt should be 548 00:33:14,280 --> 00:33:17,760 Speaker 6: arguing that we should be making it easier for ICE 549 00:33:18,280 --> 00:33:21,040 Speaker 6: to be active in our communities here in our state. 550 00:33:21,520 --> 00:33:22,920 Speaker 2: That's exactly what. 551 00:33:22,840 --> 00:33:27,320 Speaker 6: Minnesota Republicans did today in the Minnesota House of Representatives. 552 00:33:27,640 --> 00:33:29,080 Speaker 2: They try to override all of. 553 00:33:29,040 --> 00:33:32,400 Speaker 6: Our rules, call an urgency to bring a bill to 554 00:33:32,440 --> 00:33:36,640 Speaker 6: the floor to pass that would require cooperation with all 555 00:33:36,680 --> 00:33:42,080 Speaker 6: of our law enforcement apparatuses to enforce federal immigration law. 556 00:33:42,560 --> 00:33:43,200 Speaker 2: Take a look. 557 00:33:43,880 --> 00:33:47,840 Speaker 5: You could have those professional relationships targeted. 558 00:33:47,400 --> 00:33:50,719 Speaker 7: Actions, which would be a significantly. 559 00:33:50,240 --> 00:33:54,920 Speaker 2: Lower threshold of resistance. Operational resistance, would be easier to 560 00:33:54,960 --> 00:33:55,560 Speaker 2: do the job. 561 00:33:56,320 --> 00:33:57,800 Speaker 10: Why don't we want to make it easy to. 562 00:33:57,760 --> 00:33:58,280 Speaker 2: Do the job. 563 00:33:58,560 --> 00:34:05,680 Speaker 6: I truly can not understand selling out Minnesotans and your 564 00:34:05,720 --> 00:34:11,640 Speaker 6: own constituents for your own party unity political power. I 565 00:34:11,760 --> 00:34:15,279 Speaker 6: just we know what immigration enforcement in quotes from this 566 00:34:15,320 --> 00:34:16,440 Speaker 6: federal government means. 567 00:34:16,560 --> 00:34:17,400 Speaker 2: Okay, let me stop it. 568 00:34:17,560 --> 00:34:20,759 Speaker 1: Let me stop it here before we get into his 569 00:34:20,960 --> 00:34:26,480 Speaker 1: litany of lies and misinformation, he states it's federal immigration law. 570 00:34:27,680 --> 00:34:30,960 Speaker 1: I mean, he actually says that it's ridiculous to make 571 00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:37,319 Speaker 1: it easier to enforce the law. Plays a clip from 572 00:34:37,320 --> 00:34:43,680 Speaker 1: Walter Hudson that is spot on, and then out of 573 00:34:43,719 --> 00:34:46,759 Speaker 1: that has no good argument to push back against it 574 00:34:46,840 --> 00:34:51,640 Speaker 1: other than him ing and hying before he then goes 575 00:34:51,680 --> 00:34:56,279 Speaker 1: on a tirade of nothing but lies in misinformation. He's 576 00:34:56,320 --> 00:34:58,400 Speaker 1: going to bring up Bunny hat Boy, who I just 577 00:34:58,480 --> 00:34:59,040 Speaker 1: talked about. 578 00:34:59,480 --> 00:35:00,600 Speaker 2: He's gonna bring up the. 579 00:35:00,560 --> 00:35:04,719 Speaker 1: Family who put their children that were still young enough 580 00:35:04,719 --> 00:35:08,120 Speaker 1: to be in car seats in jeopardy as they drove 581 00:35:08,160 --> 00:35:10,600 Speaker 1: to a protest, left the kids in the car and 582 00:35:10,680 --> 00:35:14,319 Speaker 1: went and protested for forty five minutes, putting the kids 583 00:35:14,320 --> 00:35:15,040 Speaker 1: in harm's way. 584 00:35:16,239 --> 00:35:22,600 Speaker 6: Listen, it means arresting children in backpacks from school and 585 00:35:22,680 --> 00:35:25,720 Speaker 6: sending them to Texas to get measles in a detention 586 00:35:25,840 --> 00:35:27,920 Speaker 6: facility with less than humane conditions. 587 00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:30,560 Speaker 1: Let me stop it here. That didn't happen. Yeah, they 588 00:35:30,600 --> 00:35:32,960 Speaker 1: went to Texas, but everything else is just a bunch 589 00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:37,759 Speaker 1: of misinformation. Buddy hat Boy wasn't arrested. He was detained 590 00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:41,520 Speaker 1: like any child would be when their parents are arrested 591 00:35:41,560 --> 00:35:43,720 Speaker 1: for breaking the law. 592 00:35:45,520 --> 00:35:49,359 Speaker 6: It is going to gas stations and on streets and 593 00:35:49,680 --> 00:35:53,040 Speaker 6: asking every brown or black person they see if they're 594 00:35:53,040 --> 00:35:55,920 Speaker 6: citizens and if they have their papers. It is gassing 595 00:35:56,080 --> 00:36:01,480 Speaker 6: families in vance, it is shooting people in the street. 596 00:36:01,920 --> 00:36:05,319 Speaker 6: That's what federal immigration enforcement means for the Trump administration. 597 00:36:05,520 --> 00:36:10,640 Speaker 6: And these Minnesota Republican elected officials said they want to 598 00:36:10,640 --> 00:36:13,200 Speaker 6: make it a requirement that all of our public safety 599 00:36:13,360 --> 00:36:17,640 Speaker 6: apparatus help the federal government do that to our people. Yeah, 600 00:36:17,719 --> 00:36:22,440 Speaker 6: that is shameful. None of them should bear an election. Again, Thankfully, 601 00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:25,560 Speaker 6: we had sixty seven Democratic votes to vote know against this, 602 00:36:26,320 --> 00:36:29,080 Speaker 6: so that didn't happen. Thankfully, there's an election later this 603 00:36:29,160 --> 00:36:31,800 Speaker 6: year where Minnesotans can make their voices heard about elected 604 00:36:31,840 --> 00:36:35,839 Speaker 6: officials who will back their own people rather than the 605 00:36:35,960 --> 00:36:39,279 Speaker 6: unconstitutional swamp in Washington, DC. 606 00:36:39,600 --> 00:36:42,440 Speaker 1: Every single excuse the Representative Andy Smith gave there was 607 00:36:42,520 --> 00:36:46,239 Speaker 1: nothing but lies in misinformation. That's what he's using is 608 00:36:46,239 --> 00:36:50,399 Speaker 1: his justification to attempt to say that we shouldn't make 609 00:36:50,440 --> 00:36:54,240 Speaker 1: it easy for law enforcement to go and enforce the law. 610 00:36:55,280 --> 00:36:58,239 Speaker 2: There's no common sense, and it. 611 00:36:58,239 --> 00:37:02,440 Speaker 1: Would be hysterical if it weren't so unbelievably pathetic that 612 00:37:02,560 --> 00:37:07,160 Speaker 1: this fool helps craft to state law and people actually 613 00:37:07,200 --> 00:37:13,320 Speaker 1: go and support him. So yesterday I talked at length 614 00:37:14,360 --> 00:37:20,080 Speaker 1: about the return of Darth Jan Malcolm. So this was 615 00:37:20,120 --> 00:37:23,800 Speaker 1: the woman at the helm of the COVID nineteen pandemic 616 00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:27,880 Speaker 1: under Governor Tim Wallas, who now is going to be 617 00:37:27,920 --> 00:37:32,520 Speaker 1: in charge of trying to turn Hennepin County Medical Center around. 618 00:37:32,560 --> 00:37:32,719 Speaker 2: Well. 619 00:37:32,760 --> 00:37:39,880 Speaker 1: Channel five's got a story this morning incredibly revealing Hennepin 620 00:37:40,040 --> 00:37:45,320 Speaker 1: Healthcare is Downtown Minneapolis Hospital HCMC. It's facing financial challenges, 621 00:37:47,320 --> 00:37:51,320 Speaker 1: but it's facing financial challenges for one very specific reason. 622 00:37:52,400 --> 00:37:53,880 Speaker 2: I'll share this with you in just a moment. 623 00:37:54,880 --> 00:37:58,480 Speaker 1: A potential solution is to redirect a portion of the 624 00:37:58,480 --> 00:38:02,520 Speaker 1: Hennepin County sales taxi used for the Minnesota Twins stadium 625 00:38:02,560 --> 00:38:06,520 Speaker 1: bonds to support HCMC. It's probably not going to be necessary, 626 00:38:06,560 --> 00:38:09,560 Speaker 1: by the way, so just hold on. The issue is 627 00:38:09,560 --> 00:38:11,160 Speaker 1: going to be debating in the House and Senate later 628 00:38:11,200 --> 00:38:13,720 Speaker 1: this year. So the piece goes on to say almost 629 00:38:13,719 --> 00:38:16,960 Speaker 1: everyone agrees that Hannepin County Healthcare is Downtown Minneapolis Hospital. 630 00:38:17,280 --> 00:38:21,080 Speaker 1: HCMC is the state's premier Level one trauma center. House 631 00:38:21,160 --> 00:38:27,240 Speaker 1: Tax Committee Chair co chair Ayisha Gomez, radical DFL leftist, says, 632 00:38:27,239 --> 00:38:29,000 Speaker 1: if you get shot by a gun, you want to 633 00:38:29,040 --> 00:38:32,000 Speaker 1: go to HCMC as opposed to being shot by what. 634 00:38:32,560 --> 00:38:33,640 Speaker 2: I just had a curiosity. 635 00:38:33,680 --> 00:38:34,080 Speaker 6: I just. 636 00:38:36,280 --> 00:38:38,200 Speaker 2: Sorry. It's neither here nor there to the article. It 637 00:38:38,239 --> 00:38:38,879 Speaker 2: just made me laugh. 638 00:38:40,120 --> 00:38:43,279 Speaker 1: If you get a major burn, you want to go 639 00:38:43,280 --> 00:38:47,080 Speaker 1: to HCMC, she says. Michelle Benson of the Minnesota Hospital 640 00:38:47,080 --> 00:38:51,160 Speaker 1: Association said that its patient population is more than seventy 641 00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:53,240 Speaker 1: five percent publicly. 642 00:38:52,719 --> 00:38:55,880 Speaker 2: Insured or uninsured. 643 00:38:59,080 --> 00:39:01,760 Speaker 1: You see, the financial challenges are due to the burden 644 00:39:02,200 --> 00:39:09,960 Speaker 1: of uncompensated care for uninsured patients at HCMC. Hcmc's financial 645 00:39:09,960 --> 00:39:14,200 Speaker 1: health is on life support, largely due to the massive 646 00:39:14,239 --> 00:39:19,600 Speaker 1: burden of uncompensated care patients who don't have insurance. The 647 00:39:19,640 --> 00:39:22,600 Speaker 1: costs of that care for ACMC totaled ninety million in 648 00:39:22,640 --> 00:39:25,440 Speaker 1: twenty twenty four, the most recent figure that was available, 649 00:39:25,440 --> 00:39:27,960 Speaker 1: which is forty percent higher than twenty twenty three and 650 00:39:28,080 --> 00:39:31,400 Speaker 1: is represented by twenty percent of all the uncompensated care 651 00:39:31,560 --> 00:39:35,960 Speaker 1: in Minnesota in twenty twenty four. So I mentioned the 652 00:39:35,960 --> 00:39:38,880 Speaker 1: possible solution of shifting the sales tax used to pay 653 00:39:39,400 --> 00:39:41,680 Speaker 1: for the bonds of the Minnesota Twins stadium. Right those 654 00:39:41,719 --> 00:39:44,280 Speaker 1: bombs are likely to be paid off in twenty twenty seven, 655 00:39:44,400 --> 00:39:48,279 Speaker 1: that could free up some at least some of those funds. Now, 656 00:39:48,360 --> 00:39:51,279 Speaker 1: no bill was heard in the Tax Committee yesterday, in 657 00:39:51,360 --> 00:39:54,000 Speaker 1: the legislature and the legislature, but the issue is certain 658 00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:56,839 Speaker 1: to be debated in the House and Senate later this year. 659 00:39:58,360 --> 00:40:03,040 Speaker 2: But here's what's curious about this. I find it interesting. 660 00:40:02,600 --> 00:40:09,319 Speaker 1: That Walls's former COVID pandemic response mad scientist henchwoman Jan 661 00:40:09,480 --> 00:40:14,800 Speaker 1: Malcolm has now been tasked by Walls to solve this problem. 662 00:40:15,239 --> 00:40:17,680 Speaker 1: Here's my prediction on this though. What have I been 663 00:40:17,680 --> 00:40:20,840 Speaker 1: talking about this hour? Operation metro search? What an operation 664 00:40:20,960 --> 00:40:21,560 Speaker 1: metro search? 665 00:40:21,560 --> 00:40:21,719 Speaker 2: To do? 666 00:40:21,840 --> 00:40:24,040 Speaker 1: It arrested a lot of people who are what here 667 00:40:24,040 --> 00:40:28,160 Speaker 1: in the country illegally? Who represents the largest group of 668 00:40:28,160 --> 00:40:36,319 Speaker 1: individuals that would be going to the hospital uninsured? I 669 00:40:36,480 --> 00:40:40,160 Speaker 1: predict that later this year there will be less of 670 00:40:40,200 --> 00:40:48,480 Speaker 1: a concern regarding the financial status of Hennepin County Medical 671 00:40:48,640 --> 00:40:57,279 Speaker 1: Center because guess what, there's significantly fewer uninsured patients in 672 00:40:57,360 --> 00:41:03,320 Speaker 1: Hennepin County. Now's an interesting that here you have Jan Malcolm, 673 00:41:05,480 --> 00:41:07,560 Speaker 1: you know, left the side of Governor Tim Walls in 674 00:41:07,600 --> 00:41:10,919 Speaker 1: the wake of the disastrous response to the pandemic. Of course, 675 00:41:10,920 --> 00:41:12,960 Speaker 1: the local media didn't frame it this way, and anybody 676 00:41:13,000 --> 00:41:16,160 Speaker 1: paying close enough attention to how Governor Tim Walls handled 677 00:41:16,160 --> 00:41:19,040 Speaker 1: the pandemic, it was atrocious. It was an abject failure, 678 00:41:19,200 --> 00:41:21,120 Speaker 1: and Jan Malcolm was at the heart of almost all 679 00:41:21,160 --> 00:41:24,160 Speaker 1: of that. So now suddenly she gets placed in this position, 680 00:41:24,640 --> 00:41:27,439 Speaker 1: but it seems like a position where more than likely 681 00:41:27,520 --> 00:41:30,080 Speaker 1: they know this problem is partly going to be solved 682 00:41:30,560 --> 00:41:33,440 Speaker 1: because of what Because the federal government came into Minnesota 683 00:41:33,440 --> 00:41:36,239 Speaker 1: and arrested thousands of individuals who were here in the 684 00:41:36,280 --> 00:41:39,160 Speaker 1: country illegally and didn't have health insurance, many of whom 685 00:41:39,160 --> 00:41:46,080 Speaker 1: were probably going to HCMC. I'm going to mark this 686 00:41:46,160 --> 00:41:48,839 Speaker 1: day down for when this all comes to fruition, because 687 00:41:48,880 --> 00:41:51,480 Speaker 1: I imagine the headlines are going to be months after 688 00:41:51,640 --> 00:41:53,040 Speaker 1: Jan Malcolm. 689 00:41:54,680 --> 00:41:56,239 Speaker 2: Takes the helm of HCMC. 690 00:41:57,080 --> 00:41:59,880 Speaker 1: A quick turnaround is expected based off of fewer and 691 00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:02,960 Speaker 1: individuals going to the hospital who are uninsured. 692 00:42:03,160 --> 00:42:03,480 Speaker 2: Just wait. 693 00:42:04,719 --> 00:42:08,160 Speaker 1: Coming up, gubernatorial candidate House Speaker in Saint Paul Lisa 694 00:42:08,200 --> 00:42:10,600 Speaker 1: Damoth will join us next here on Twin Cities News 695 00:42:10,600 --> 00:42:12,800 Speaker 1: Talk AM eleven thirty and one oh three five FM.