1 00:00:01,760 --> 00:00:04,000 Speaker 1: I see the American flag lapel pen? 2 00:00:04,120 --> 00:00:05,520 Speaker 2: What is the other lapel pin? 3 00:00:05,880 --> 00:00:07,600 Speaker 3: Somebody gave me this. You know what that is? 4 00:00:08,119 --> 00:00:09,520 Speaker 1: That's called a happy Trump. 5 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:14,760 Speaker 3: And considering the fact that I'm never happy, I'm never satisfied. 6 00:00:15,240 --> 00:00:18,720 Speaker 4: I will never be satisfied until we make America great again. 7 00:00:18,760 --> 00:00:21,000 Speaker 4: But we're getting pretty close, I'll tell you what this 8 00:00:21,079 --> 00:00:22,960 Speaker 4: is called a happy Trump. Somebody gave it to me. 9 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:23,520 Speaker 4: I put it on. 10 00:00:24,120 --> 00:00:27,800 Speaker 1: You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben Ferguson. 11 00:00:27,880 --> 00:00:29,880 Speaker 3: Good Saturday morning. Nice to have you with us on 12 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:32,080 Speaker 3: the forty seven Morning Update, and we've got two major 13 00:00:32,120 --> 00:00:35,800 Speaker 3: stories for you. First up, the governor Minnesota Waltz wants 14 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:39,480 Speaker 3: to end fraud. Just kidding, No, the fraud actually ended 15 00:00:39,479 --> 00:00:41,839 Speaker 3: his career, and we have the breakdown on it in 16 00:00:41,960 --> 00:00:46,040 Speaker 3: just a moment. Also, the New York Mayor Mandani now 17 00:00:46,159 --> 00:00:50,160 Speaker 3: raising subway fares, already breaking a big promise for free 18 00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:54,040 Speaker 3: transportation on his first day in office, and his housing 19 00:00:54,240 --> 00:01:00,120 Speaker 3: director actually advocated that home ownership is really white supremacy 20 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:02,760 Speaker 3: gonna do. It's the forty seven Morning Update and it 21 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:07,240 Speaker 3: starts right now. Story number one, Minnesota Governor Tim Waltz 22 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:10,640 Speaker 3: has announced he is ending his reelection bid amid the 23 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:16,160 Speaker 3: childcare fraud's scandal, the governor announcing he'll not seek reelection, 24 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:20,119 Speaker 3: and the accusations and the investigation tied to that decision, 25 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:24,640 Speaker 3: clearly a massive political fallout that even he thought he 26 00:01:24,720 --> 00:01:30,160 Speaker 3: couldn't overcome. Governor Waltz announcing it and saying that this 27 00:01:30,319 --> 00:01:33,760 Speaker 3: was all because of the Republican right ring and a 28 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:38,360 Speaker 3: conspiracy theory. I'm not joking. But before we get to that, 29 00:01:38,680 --> 00:01:41,880 Speaker 3: here is how it was announced on Fox Business Channel. 30 00:01:42,440 --> 00:01:45,720 Speaker 3: The Minnesota's governor Tim wals he has dropped out. 31 00:01:45,800 --> 00:01:47,520 Speaker 4: He's dropped his bid for reelection. 32 00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:50,320 Speaker 1: He will not seek a third term in office. 33 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:51,080 Speaker 4: What did he say? 34 00:01:51,160 --> 00:01:55,240 Speaker 2: The multi billion dollar alleged Somali daycare and medicaid fraud 35 00:01:55,320 --> 00:01:59,760 Speaker 2: scandal was consuming Wall's writing this. Every minute I spend 36 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:02,080 Speaker 2: a fear defending my own political interests would be a 37 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:05,400 Speaker 2: minute I can't spend defending the people of Minnesota against 38 00:02:05,480 --> 00:02:09,480 Speaker 2: the criminals who pray on our generosity and the cynics 39 00:02:09,480 --> 00:02:12,000 Speaker 2: who pray on our differences. So he has dropped his 40 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:15,440 Speaker 2: bid for a third term, but the fraud could still 41 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:20,359 Speaker 2: imperil Senate Democrats. Senator Tina Smith will not seek reelection 42 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:23,919 Speaker 2: in Minnesota, so that race is open, and Senator Amy 43 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:28,040 Speaker 2: Klobachar is viewed as a top contender for governor to 44 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 2: replace Walls. 45 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:33,000 Speaker 3: Now, what's also interesting about this is Governor Waltz announcing 46 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:36,320 Speaker 3: this saying, quote he wants to focus on governance and 47 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:39,959 Speaker 3: not campaigning. He said, it's essential. In other words, I'm 48 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:43,040 Speaker 3: the good guy amid the ongoing controversies in the state. 49 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:47,480 Speaker 3: Walt emphasized that leading Minnesota through the quote unquote crisis 50 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:52,079 Speaker 3: that he created of fraud and ensuring his administration's response 51 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:56,960 Speaker 3: deserves full attention from the governor, not divided focus between 52 00:02:57,040 --> 00:03:00,880 Speaker 3: governing and campaigning. He also made it clear that this 53 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:05,040 Speaker 3: is really somehow all the fault of Republicans and that 54 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:07,680 Speaker 3: this is what it really came down to. 55 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:13,440 Speaker 4: We've got conspiracy theorists, right wing YouTubers breaking into our daycares, 56 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:18,400 Speaker 4: demanding access to our children. We've got the President of 57 00:03:18,440 --> 00:03:23,959 Speaker 4: the United States demonizing our Samali neighbors and wrongfully confiscating 58 00:03:24,040 --> 00:03:29,040 Speaker 4: funds that Minnesotans rely on. It's disgusting and it's dangerous. 59 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:32,600 Speaker 3: What's so interesting about what Governor Waltz said there is 60 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:36,480 Speaker 3: what the real headline should have been Governor Waltz, almost 61 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:39,680 Speaker 3: the Vice President United States of America, now dropping out 62 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:43,240 Speaker 3: of the governor's race in Minnesota in disgrace. And why 63 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:48,400 Speaker 3: not because of people trying to break into daycares demanding 64 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:52,680 Speaker 3: access to our children. No all, because a brave twenty 65 00:03:52,720 --> 00:03:56,280 Speaker 3: three year old kid with an iPhone and a thirst 66 00:03:56,320 --> 00:04:01,520 Speaker 3: for justice exposed billions and billions of the the governor's fraud. 67 00:04:02,280 --> 00:04:05,880 Speaker 3: The work of Nick Shirley hopefully has created one thousand 68 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:09,920 Speaker 3: more Nick Shirley's just like him, who realize that the 69 00:04:09,960 --> 00:04:13,400 Speaker 3: government is broken, as well as the media apparatus which 70 00:04:13,480 --> 00:04:17,320 Speaker 3: is supposed to hold it accountable. But Governor Waltz wasn't 71 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:20,320 Speaker 3: done there. He also wanted to play the victim card 72 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:22,560 Speaker 3: one more time by saying this. 73 00:04:23,560 --> 00:04:25,960 Speaker 4: I don't want to mince words here. Donald Trump and 74 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:29,160 Speaker 4: his allies in Washington and in Saint Paul and online 75 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:32,720 Speaker 4: want to make our state a colder, meaner place. They 76 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:36,120 Speaker 4: want to poison our people against each other by attacking 77 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:39,520 Speaker 4: our neighbors, and ultimately they want to take away much 78 00:04:39,520 --> 00:04:42,440 Speaker 4: of what makes Minnesota the best place in the country 79 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:46,080 Speaker 4: to raise a family. They've already begun trying to withhold 80 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:49,599 Speaker 4: funds that were meant to help families afford childcare, and 81 00:04:49,640 --> 00:04:52,880 Speaker 4: they have no intention of stopping there. Make no mistake, 82 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:57,240 Speaker 4: we should be concerned about fraud in our state government. 83 00:04:57,680 --> 00:05:01,599 Speaker 4: We cannot effectively deliver programs and services if we can't 84 00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:02,760 Speaker 4: earn the public's. 85 00:05:02,360 --> 00:05:08,080 Speaker 3: Trust, public trust. Tim Waltz leaving office because he has 86 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:11,480 Speaker 3: no trust in him from the public and knows he 87 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:15,200 Speaker 3: can't get reelected, yet at the same time saying his 88 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:19,600 Speaker 3: entire administration is about exactly that. He can rewrite history 89 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:22,040 Speaker 3: all he wants. But Tim Waltz will go down in 90 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:26,239 Speaker 3: disgrace as a former vice presidential candidate who just months 91 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:30,800 Speaker 3: later has to suspend his reelection campaign for governor because 92 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:34,520 Speaker 3: of the billions and billions in fraud that were uncovered 93 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:35,640 Speaker 3: under his watch. 94 00:05:35,839 --> 00:05:37,600 Speaker 1: Now story number two in New. 95 00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:40,760 Speaker 3: York City, there are two major stories that are happening, 96 00:05:40,960 --> 00:05:45,080 Speaker 3: and it's happening within days of Mandani coming into power. 97 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:46,640 Speaker 3: You know, the guy that was going to give you 98 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:49,320 Speaker 3: everything for free and you know, get rid of all 99 00:05:49,320 --> 00:05:53,480 Speaker 3: the police officers, and well it's not working out already. 100 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:59,720 Speaker 3: New York City subway passengers were furious as they decided 101 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:03,839 Speaker 3: to wipe their card. They're calling it crazy. The price 102 00:06:04,120 --> 00:06:08,080 Speaker 3: has skyrocketed to three dollars per ride, and the locals 103 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:11,000 Speaker 3: said they thought it was going to be free. The 104 00:06:11,160 --> 00:06:14,880 Speaker 3: MTA's latest rate hike went into effect on Sunday and 105 00:06:15,080 --> 00:06:20,279 Speaker 3: exasperated passengers to fork over just ten more cents per ride. 106 00:06:20,760 --> 00:06:23,640 Speaker 3: They were shaking their heads at the exer expense, especially 107 00:06:23,680 --> 00:06:25,640 Speaker 3: when they voted for Mandanni, who said it was going 108 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:28,880 Speaker 3: to be free. Now it's the highest it's ever been. 109 00:06:29,720 --> 00:06:32,080 Speaker 3: I just know it's going to add up, one twenty 110 00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:35,080 Speaker 3: three year old said, who regularly commutes into Manhattan from 111 00:06:35,080 --> 00:06:39,720 Speaker 3: his New Jersey home. Another one thirty three, who regularly 112 00:06:39,760 --> 00:06:44,400 Speaker 3: commutes from Chinatown to Manhattan, said, it's ft. Yes, these 113 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:47,240 Speaker 3: are the Mendanni voters. I don't get a paid enough 114 00:06:47,279 --> 00:06:50,760 Speaker 3: for this. The hike is crazy. This all over, yes, 115 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:54,479 Speaker 3: just ten cents. A forty one year old thought the 116 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:57,359 Speaker 3: MTA could focus on making better use of its funds 117 00:06:57,360 --> 00:06:59,680 Speaker 3: it is already generating, instead of asking New Yorkers a 118 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:03,240 Speaker 3: four over even a dime more, saying quote, the MTA 119 00:07:03,520 --> 00:07:08,760 Speaker 3: constantly misappropriates funds. Instead of installing new turnstiles, they could 120 00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:13,040 Speaker 3: actually improve the service, referring to the transit system seemingly 121 00:07:13,360 --> 00:07:16,920 Speaker 3: endless attempts to deter fair jumpers, who costs. They say 122 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:20,720 Speaker 3: the MTA more than four hundred million in lost fairs 123 00:07:20,920 --> 00:07:24,760 Speaker 3: last year alone. Man I wonder if police officers actually 124 00:07:24,840 --> 00:07:29,280 Speaker 3: could help with that problem. The MTA constantly misappropriates funds 125 00:07:29,320 --> 00:07:32,480 Speaker 3: instead of installing all these new turnstyles. Can't they just 126 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:35,720 Speaker 3: do the job the right way? Another said, and yes, 127 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:39,480 Speaker 3: there's also plans for what's gonna happen with the money, 128 00:07:39,880 --> 00:07:43,040 Speaker 3: the most recent increase coming as the future of MTA 129 00:07:43,200 --> 00:07:47,480 Speaker 3: remains unclear because the new mayor Mandannie vowed to follow 130 00:07:47,520 --> 00:07:50,760 Speaker 3: through in his campaign promise of making the city's bus 131 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:54,760 Speaker 3: system completely free. His plan, by the way, would cost 132 00:07:54,800 --> 00:07:58,920 Speaker 3: the system about seven hundred million, which Mandannie said he 133 00:07:58,960 --> 00:08:01,760 Speaker 3: would pay by just, you know, raising taxes on all 134 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:06,280 Speaker 3: the corporations and also the high earning individuals. Some hopful 135 00:08:06,360 --> 00:08:10,440 Speaker 3: New York lawmakers also think that there is real relief 136 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:14,040 Speaker 3: that's needed from the commuter prices. Let's be clear, we 137 00:08:14,080 --> 00:08:16,640 Speaker 3: need to freeze the fairs, not raise them. Set a 138 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:20,680 Speaker 3: New York State Controller candidate, the cost of everything's going up, 139 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:23,640 Speaker 3: and that working people don't need right now is to 140 00:08:23,640 --> 00:08:27,080 Speaker 3: pay more just to quote get around. So here we 141 00:08:27,160 --> 00:08:31,920 Speaker 3: are two ninety Mandannie gets elected. Bam, it's now three dollars. 142 00:08:32,280 --> 00:08:36,079 Speaker 3: Welcome to communism in New York City, which also brings 143 00:08:36,160 --> 00:08:41,160 Speaker 3: us to the other big ripoff Mundannie show voting is 144 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:44,000 Speaker 3: the headline now as he's saying we've got a crack 145 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:47,800 Speaker 3: down on rental ripoffs. Mandanni is opted to kick off 146 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:52,480 Speaker 3: his mayoral campaign with a grandiose housing initiative. Well, there's 147 00:08:52,520 --> 00:08:55,760 Speaker 3: no sign of any of it actually becoming a reality. 148 00:08:56,480 --> 00:09:01,320 Speaker 3: We do know, however, that Mondani's newly appointed Tenant Advocate 149 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:08,160 Speaker 3: director thinks home ownership and private property is quote white supremacy. 150 00:09:08,880 --> 00:09:13,000 Speaker 3: In her own posts, she put out private property, including 151 00:09:13,280 --> 00:09:18,760 Speaker 3: and kind of especially home ownership is a weapon of 152 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:24,880 Speaker 3: white supremacy masquerading as a wealth building public policy. When 153 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:28,920 Speaker 3: she says families will have a different relationship with their property, 154 00:09:29,040 --> 00:09:32,640 Speaker 3: she means the government will commander your home for the 155 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:37,320 Speaker 3: collective good of everyone. This is literally Mandannie's tenant director 156 00:09:37,480 --> 00:09:40,280 Speaker 3: in her own words, I. 157 00:09:40,120 --> 00:09:44,040 Speaker 5: Think the reality is is that for centuries we've really 158 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:48,760 Speaker 5: treated property as an individualized good and not a collective good. 159 00:09:49,320 --> 00:09:52,400 Speaker 5: And we are going to and transitioning to treating it 160 00:09:52,520 --> 00:09:56,480 Speaker 5: as a collective good and towards a model of shared 161 00:09:56,480 --> 00:10:00,600 Speaker 5: equity will require that we think about it differently, and 162 00:10:00,640 --> 00:10:05,200 Speaker 5: it will mean that families, especially white families, but some 163 00:10:05,280 --> 00:10:09,079 Speaker 5: pot families who her homeowners as well, are going to 164 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:13,440 Speaker 5: have a different relationship to property than the one that 165 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:14,160 Speaker 5: we currently have. 166 00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:17,760 Speaker 3: So get ready, if you're white, they want to come 167 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:20,880 Speaker 3: after your home, They want to take it away from you. 168 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:25,000 Speaker 3: This is Mandanni's tenant director, and she said the quiet 169 00:10:25,040 --> 00:10:29,720 Speaker 3: part out loud quote will transition from treating property as 170 00:10:29,760 --> 00:10:34,400 Speaker 3: an individual good to a collective good. Whites especially will 171 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:37,800 Speaker 3: be impacted. I want you to let that sink in. 172 00:10:38,440 --> 00:10:46,040 Speaker 3: This isn't housing policy, it's ideology colliding with private property rights. Ironically, 173 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:50,160 Speaker 3: Florida and Texas could not have designed a better case 174 00:10:50,200 --> 00:10:54,120 Speaker 3: study in a lab to spur population growth for their states, 175 00:10:54,679 --> 00:10:57,480 Speaker 3: especially if they move forward in New York City with this. 176 00:10:58,040 --> 00:11:01,560 Speaker 3: But what you're hearing from New York's elites now is clear. 177 00:11:02,080 --> 00:11:05,040 Speaker 3: If your white get out. If you're rich, get out. 178 00:11:05,480 --> 00:11:08,200 Speaker 3: If you have a business, we want more of your money. 179 00:11:08,679 --> 00:11:12,920 Speaker 3: It's almost like a good old American shakedown. It's really 180 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:15,839 Speaker 3: no different than what the mob did, except the mob 181 00:11:15,920 --> 00:11:20,520 Speaker 3: is now Mundanni's socialist government. You think you have property rights, 182 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:23,800 Speaker 3: not in New York City. When they arrive, they want 183 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:28,439 Speaker 3: your money, your businesses, and your taxes to go up. 184 00:11:28,840 --> 00:11:31,360 Speaker 3: But don't worry, they'll at least let you ride the 185 00:11:31,480 --> 00:11:36,080 Speaker 3: bus for free after you pay your three dollars. So 186 00:11:36,200 --> 00:11:40,520 Speaker 3: here we are, just days into Mundanni's Mayor's office and 187 00:11:40,559 --> 00:11:43,400 Speaker 3: all his people that he picked. And what are they saying. 188 00:11:43,480 --> 00:11:45,920 Speaker 3: We're going to seize your property. We're going to bring 189 00:11:45,960 --> 00:11:49,400 Speaker 3: state controlled housing to the forefront of city policy, and 190 00:11:49,480 --> 00:11:52,120 Speaker 3: we call home ownership white supremacy. 191 00:11:52,280 --> 00:11:54,960 Speaker 1: Thank you for listening to the forty seven Morning Update 192 00:11:55,120 --> 00:11:59,200 Speaker 1: with Ben Ferguson. Please make sure you hit subscribe wherever 193 00:11:59,280 --> 00:12:02,280 Speaker 1: you're listening to the podcast right now and for more 194 00:12:02,320 --> 00:12:06,079 Speaker 1: in depth news, also subscribe to the Ben Ferguson podcast 195 00:12:06,360 --> 00:12:08,160 Speaker 1: and we will see you back here tomorrow.