1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:05,280 Speaker 1: The Michael Berry Show. Just a quick podcast, bonus podcast 2 00:00:05,480 --> 00:00:07,720 Speaker 1: on a couple of news items that really I just 3 00:00:07,760 --> 00:00:11,280 Speaker 1: wanted to get the audio amplified because there's some things 4 00:00:11,320 --> 00:00:14,480 Speaker 1: that I think are worth noting. So not a lot 5 00:00:14,480 --> 00:00:20,560 Speaker 1: of great commentary in this podcast, nothing particularly deep, nothing 6 00:00:20,720 --> 00:00:26,120 Speaker 1: maybe even new, but there are things that I flagged 7 00:00:26,120 --> 00:00:30,320 Speaker 1: and marked and I wanted to make sure everybody knows about. 8 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:36,400 Speaker 1: So probably be about a ten minute podcast here if yeah, 9 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:39,919 Speaker 1: I'm just telling you there's nothing particularly new here. It 10 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:41,640 Speaker 1: came to be the end of the week, and I 11 00:00:41,680 --> 00:00:44,560 Speaker 1: wanted to get this on the air because it won't 12 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:46,199 Speaker 1: roll over well because we're going to have a lot 13 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:50,320 Speaker 1: of Trump putin Alaska talk and so this kind of 14 00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:52,960 Speaker 1: stuff gets lost. But every week, these sorts of things 15 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:54,720 Speaker 1: get lost on the cutting room floor, and I didn't 16 00:00:54,720 --> 00:00:58,800 Speaker 1: want to happen. Former Republican Speaker of the House Kevin 17 00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:02,240 Speaker 1: McCarthy was on Fox News with Laura Ingram where he 18 00:01:02,440 --> 00:01:08,360 Speaker 1: called out the hypocrisy of the Democrats on redistricting in Texas. 19 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:09,679 Speaker 2: I know you know. 20 00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:13,760 Speaker 1: This, but it's good to keep being reminded of the 21 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:18,080 Speaker 1: plays we're calling, which is it's calling these people out 22 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:19,760 Speaker 1: for this hypocrisy. 23 00:01:19,959 --> 00:01:23,040 Speaker 3: You had to deal with this redistricting issue a lot 24 00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:26,520 Speaker 3: when you were speaker. What strikes you most about Beto? 25 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:29,880 Speaker 3: He bankrolled some of the Democrats, travels to Illinois and 26 00:01:29,920 --> 00:01:30,480 Speaker 3: so far for. 27 00:01:32,280 --> 00:01:32,400 Speaker 4: Man. 28 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:34,960 Speaker 5: Let's think about the Democrats argument they said you can't 29 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:42,760 Speaker 5: redistrict mid decade. Well, Hakeem Jeffries, Nancy Pelosi and Hulkel 30 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:46,600 Speaker 5: in New York fought to redistrict last cycle, just two 31 00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:49,320 Speaker 5: years ago. They did that trying to win the majority. 32 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:53,720 Speaker 5: Then you think, oh, you can't, Jerry Mander. Look at Illinois. 33 00:01:54,040 --> 00:01:57,040 Speaker 5: They get an F rating from the nonpartisan group and 34 00:01:57,080 --> 00:02:01,720 Speaker 5: that was under Pritzker. Republicans. Donald Trump gets forty four 35 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:04,920 Speaker 5: percent of the vote and we only have sixteen percent 36 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:06,000 Speaker 5: of the seats. 37 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:07,960 Speaker 3: Or in Illinois, or in Illinois. 38 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:10,800 Speaker 5: In California, it's even worse. He's the ultimate Gavin Usom. 39 00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:12,880 Speaker 5: And if you look at these three governors, they're all 40 00:02:12,919 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 5: trying to run for president. They're all trying to get 41 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:19,400 Speaker 5: the Democrat nominee. We have the people of California voted 42 00:02:19,480 --> 00:02:22,800 Speaker 5: for and changed the constitution for a commission. 43 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:25,639 Speaker 3: Now he will independent commission, independent. 44 00:02:25,240 --> 00:02:27,639 Speaker 5: Commission that gives eighty three percent of the seats to 45 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:30,480 Speaker 5: the Democrats and seventeen percent to the Republicans when they 46 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:31,880 Speaker 5: almost get forty percent. 47 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:32,200 Speaker 6: Of the vote. 48 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:35,399 Speaker 5: But that's not good enough. Gavin Newsom wants to take 49 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:38,120 Speaker 5: that higher. So even if Texas got what they wanted, 50 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:41,200 Speaker 5: the percentage will be less for Republicans than it currently 51 00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:42,160 Speaker 5: is in California. 52 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:45,639 Speaker 3: It's about time Republicans actually started fighting hard for this time. 53 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:48,240 Speaker 3: Does a Democrats do it? It's totally legal. I mean, 54 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:49,480 Speaker 3: we might not like it, but. 55 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:52,799 Speaker 5: We already got cheated by the number of seats. Texas 56 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:56,400 Speaker 5: and Florida deserved more seats because it was during COVID 57 00:02:56,800 --> 00:02:58,120 Speaker 5: they made judgment calls. 58 00:02:58,360 --> 00:03:01,799 Speaker 1: Then let's go to Illinois Governor JB. Pritzker, who was 59 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:05,880 Speaker 1: on Meet the Press last weekend, so this is six 60 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:10,520 Speaker 1: six days ago with Kristin Welker when she asked him 61 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:13,520 Speaker 1: about his states jerry mandering, because you know, you don't 62 00:03:13,520 --> 00:03:17,480 Speaker 1: want the Republicans to jerry mander, but didn't you in Illinois. 63 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:20,000 Speaker 7: I do want to look at the map of Illinois. 64 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:22,320 Speaker 7: Let's take a look at this. Despite President Trump winning 65 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:25,359 Speaker 7: forty four percent of the statewide vote in twenty twenty four, 66 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:30,720 Speaker 7: Republicans hold only three of Illinois's seventeen districts. These districts 67 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:34,600 Speaker 7: seem to be designed to maximize democratic advantage. What do 68 00:03:34,639 --> 00:03:37,120 Speaker 7: you say to those who argue that it's hypocritical for 69 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:41,680 Speaker 7: you to criticize Texas for partisanship when your state also 70 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:44,400 Speaker 7: drew maps to boost your party's standing. 71 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:48,400 Speaker 6: Well, remember that what Texas is trying to do is 72 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:52,240 Speaker 6: again violate the voting right tect. We didn't. We held 73 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:57,240 Speaker 6: public hearings, legislative hearings. People attended them, they spoke out. 74 00:03:57,960 --> 00:04:00,400 Speaker 6: There was a map that was put out, there were 75 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:04,880 Speaker 6: actually changes made to the map, and a map was passed, 76 00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:08,360 Speaker 6: and it was done at the end of the census, 77 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:12,600 Speaker 6: the desennial census. So that's how it's done in this country. 78 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:14,560 Speaker 6: You talked about how rare it is to do what 79 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:17,360 Speaker 6: he's doing. Yes, it is. What's even rarer is to 80 00:04:17,400 --> 00:04:19,680 Speaker 6: do it at the behest of the President of the 81 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:23,720 Speaker 6: United States, who's clearly attempting to and says that he 82 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:26,520 Speaker 6: deserves to have five more seats. 83 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:30,560 Speaker 1: He's wrong. You know, somebody said to me, I can't 84 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:32,440 Speaker 1: remember who it was, that the biggest thing to come 85 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:38,080 Speaker 1: out of the Texas jerrymandering deal is that now it's 86 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:41,680 Speaker 1: been exposed how the Democrats had jerrymandered their states. And 87 00:04:41,720 --> 00:04:46,479 Speaker 1: what's amazing is undoing the jerrymandering or doing in Texas 88 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:48,840 Speaker 1: what they did in those other states is being talked 89 00:04:48,839 --> 00:04:51,720 Speaker 1: about as a threat to democracy into the world. Everyone's panicking, 90 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:54,799 Speaker 1: But no one even noticed that it was done already 91 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:57,440 Speaker 1: in those days. Did you know that. See, they do 92 00:04:57,560 --> 00:05:01,000 Speaker 1: their stuff and it's fine. Nobody notices we do the 93 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:03,320 Speaker 1: same thing to try to counteract it, and they scream 94 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:08,360 Speaker 1: and holler. They're better at messaging. Good news is we've 95 00:05:08,360 --> 00:05:12,160 Speaker 1: got Donald Trump who is teaching Republicans how to message. 96 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:14,560 Speaker 1: And then we go a last thing on the subject. 97 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:19,320 Speaker 1: Republican strategist Brad Todd was on CNN when he said 98 00:05:19,760 --> 00:05:24,679 Speaker 1: the twenty twenty census overcounted in favor of one party 99 00:05:25,760 --> 00:05:29,599 Speaker 1: and undercounted the other. Now, can you hazard a guess 100 00:05:29,640 --> 00:05:34,000 Speaker 1: before we get here who got overcounted and who got cheated. 101 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:37,640 Speaker 7: One of the biggest things is it helps decide congressional maps. 102 00:05:38,240 --> 00:05:40,000 Speaker 4: Does this have everything to do with redistribtions. 103 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:40,400 Speaker 1: Well, it does. 104 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:42,920 Speaker 8: In fact, we know the twenty twenty census the errors 105 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:45,960 Speaker 8: were almost always to the detriment of red states. Blue 106 00:05:45,960 --> 00:05:48,840 Speaker 8: states like we do know that the Census Bureau's own 107 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:51,320 Speaker 8: audit of its work has proven that Blue states like 108 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:54,440 Speaker 8: Rhode Island were overcounted. Red Island then doesn't didn't lose 109 00:05:54,440 --> 00:05:57,680 Speaker 8: a seat. Red states like Alabama were undercounted. Please say 110 00:05:58,200 --> 00:06:00,240 Speaker 8: this is just a fact. It wasn't all red blew, 111 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:01,839 Speaker 8: but it was disproportionately written. 112 00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:06,200 Speaker 1: Finally, a story out of Baton Rouge where our w 113 00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:10,880 Speaker 1: JBO listeners have been very loyal to us, very good 114 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:15,120 Speaker 1: to us, our show sponsors there, our restaurants, our sales 115 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:19,120 Speaker 1: team Amy and all the folks who make us look 116 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:24,000 Speaker 1: good there Baton Rouge Officer Caleb. I don't know if 117 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:29,080 Speaker 1: this is Easworth or Eysworth. EI s wrt H passed 118 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:36,599 Speaker 1: away and the fellaw who is facing simple criminal damage charges, 119 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:41,160 Speaker 1: hate crime and now first degree murder all stemmed from 120 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:46,160 Speaker 1: the death of this officer. This story, I think there 121 00:06:46,200 --> 00:06:52,000 Speaker 1: may end up being a lot more to this. One 122 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:55,400 Speaker 1: thing that was odd was as it was reported, the 123 00:06:55,520 --> 00:07:02,440 Speaker 1: charge was attempted first degree murder, but Sergeant Ellsworth went 124 00:07:02,480 --> 00:07:07,200 Speaker 1: on to die as approximate cause of the injuries, and 125 00:07:07,279 --> 00:07:10,720 Speaker 1: so that means that you've got to elevate these charges. 126 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:15,360 Speaker 1: So you'll see this happen where a bad guy or 127 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:19,520 Speaker 1: will anyone where someone shoots another person and so that 128 00:07:19,760 --> 00:07:24,280 Speaker 1: charge would be attempted murder and the person they shoot 129 00:07:24,680 --> 00:07:26,800 Speaker 1: starts losing blood. They rush them to the hospital. We 130 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:28,640 Speaker 1: don't know if they're going to live or die. It 131 00:07:28,720 --> 00:07:32,480 Speaker 1: is in the interest of the shooter that they live, 132 00:07:33,080 --> 00:07:37,720 Speaker 1: because then it was the attempt to murder them. If 133 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:41,960 Speaker 1: the person dies, the same pull of the trigger now 134 00:07:42,240 --> 00:07:46,600 Speaker 1: based on the result, can be charged for murder. So 135 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:50,960 Speaker 1: that that's always interesting because you have this odd position 136 00:07:51,040 --> 00:07:56,200 Speaker 1: where you've got the bad guy rooting for the recovery 137 00:07:56,640 --> 00:07:59,440 Speaker 1: of their victim, because that's going to make a huge 138 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:01,720 Speaker 1: difference to how much time you're going to spend in 139 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:02,640 Speaker 1: the Who's. 140 00:08:02,360 --> 00:08:05,760 Speaker 9: Get Tonight, the Capital Area is remembering Sergeant Caleb Eysworth, 141 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:09,040 Speaker 9: the Baton Rouge police officer who was critically injured after 142 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:12,400 Speaker 9: a driver rammed into his police motorcycle. Good evening and 143 00:08:12,480 --> 00:08:14,840 Speaker 9: welcome to nine News at five point thirty. I'm Ethan Tuttle. 144 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:17,960 Speaker 9: Eysworth died this morning, a month and a half after 145 00:08:18,040 --> 00:08:21,800 Speaker 9: what Baton Rouge police call an intentional attack. Riley Kramer 146 00:08:21,880 --> 00:08:24,600 Speaker 9: joins us now with how local leaders are remembering it. 147 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:29,800 Speaker 4: With heavy hearts and a salute. First responders from surrounding 148 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:33,600 Speaker 4: cities and parishes escorted Sergeant Caleb Eysworth from the hospital 149 00:08:33,640 --> 00:08:36,679 Speaker 4: on Sunday after spending almost two months there. He passed 150 00:08:36,679 --> 00:08:38,079 Speaker 4: away surrounded by loved ones. 151 00:08:40,040 --> 00:08:42,400 Speaker 10: Everybody's gonna be grieving. Everybody's gonna be taking this hard 152 00:08:42,440 --> 00:08:42,880 Speaker 10: this week. 153 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:46,200 Speaker 4: On June sixteenth, police say Eysworth was intentionally run over 154 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:48,840 Speaker 4: by a truck while he was on his police motorcycle. 155 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:50,840 Speaker 4: The suspect was arrested later that day. 156 00:08:51,040 --> 00:08:53,760 Speaker 2: It's a tough loss for I know the bat Rouge police, 157 00:08:53,760 --> 00:08:56,439 Speaker 2: but law enforce spent in bat Rouge itself. 158 00:08:56,480 --> 00:08:56,599 Speaker 4: You know. 159 00:08:56,679 --> 00:08:59,439 Speaker 2: This is a bad mark on bat Ruge, not the 160 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:01,640 Speaker 2: way you want to have this happen. 161 00:09:01,760 --> 00:09:04,160 Speaker 4: Sergeant Iseworth spent twenty three years with the baton Rouge 162 00:09:04,160 --> 00:09:06,959 Speaker 4: Police Department, graduating from the Academy one year ahead of 163 00:09:07,040 --> 00:09:07,920 Speaker 4: Chief Morse for. 164 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:10,280 Speaker 10: January two thousand and four. He and I on a 165 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:13,160 Speaker 10: bee oversuit and both were shot by the same suspect. 166 00:09:13,280 --> 00:09:15,520 Speaker 10: So we've had a close bond going way back there 167 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:16,440 Speaker 10: to two thousand and four. 168 00:09:16,640 --> 00:09:19,360 Speaker 4: He left a mark on everyone. Moore says, Sergeant Izeworth 169 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:22,080 Speaker 4: will be sorely missed, not just by the department, but 170 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:23,640 Speaker 4: by the citizens of Baton Rouge. 171 00:09:23,840 --> 00:09:27,000 Speaker 2: Well, just remember one thing is that he was always smiling. 172 00:09:27,840 --> 00:09:30,880 Speaker 2: Just you could not get a smile off of his face. 173 00:09:30,920 --> 00:09:33,960 Speaker 2: Who whatever situation was, he would find a way to smile. 174 00:09:34,120 --> 00:09:37,200 Speaker 4: Now more than ever. Chief Morse says first responders need 175 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:38,400 Speaker 4: the community. 176 00:09:38,160 --> 00:09:40,000 Speaker 10: Just the citizens out there. If you see a first responder, 177 00:09:40,040 --> 00:09:42,080 Speaker 10: please go out of your way to say hi, give 178 00:09:42,120 --> 00:09:44,120 Speaker 10: him a handshake, tell me hello, tell me you there 179 00:09:44,120 --> 00:09:45,440 Speaker 10: to support him. It goes a long way. 180 00:09:46,559 --> 00:09:49,200 Speaker 4: Morse said, BRPD will be there to support the sergeant's 181 00:09:49,240 --> 00:09:52,160 Speaker 4: family as they make funeral arrangements. Tonight at ten, we'll 182 00:09:52,160 --> 00:09:54,840 Speaker 4: hear more from local leaders as the community remembers Sergeant 183 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:55,640 Speaker 4: Caleb Eysworth. 184 00:09:56,720 --> 00:10:00,000 Speaker 9: Thank you, Ryan ley ebr Mayor President. Excuse me, said 185 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:03,760 Speaker 9: said Edwards, remembering Sergeant Eyworth tonight, saying in part quote 186 00:10:03,880 --> 00:10:06,640 Speaker 9: Baton Rouge, we must pause and reflect. When will this 187 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:09,760 Speaker 9: violence end? God bless and rest in peace. Sergeant Caleb 188 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:12,360 Speaker 9: Eysworth to his family, we stand with you and we 189 00:10:12,400 --> 00:10:16,440 Speaker 9: will carry you through this. Governor Jeff Landry, also speaking out, 190 00:10:16,480 --> 00:10:19,640 Speaker 9: saying quote God bless and rest in peace. Sergeant Caleb 191 00:10:19,679 --> 00:10:22,320 Speaker 9: Eysworth to his family, we stand with you and we 192 00:10:22,360 --> 00:10:26,240 Speaker 9: will carry you through this. Responses are still pouring in 193 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:30,240 Speaker 9: from local leaders honoring Sergeant Eysworth. 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