1 00:00:01,120 --> 00:00:04,240 Speaker 1: There has been a lot of speculation about the weapons 2 00:00:04,280 --> 00:00:08,240 Speaker 1: that were used in taking out the leader in Venezuela 3 00:00:08,440 --> 00:00:13,119 Speaker 1: capturing Maduro. Well, we now have confirmation that the US 4 00:00:13,320 --> 00:00:18,200 Speaker 1: use a sonic weapon on the Venezuelan troops. This coming 5 00:00:18,239 --> 00:00:21,400 Speaker 1: from a report shared by Caroline Levitt, the White House 6 00:00:21,440 --> 00:00:26,439 Speaker 1: Press Secretary, on social media. The viral story from a 7 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:29,800 Speaker 1: man claiming to have witnessed the US operation to capture 8 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:33,040 Speaker 1: the Venezuelan presence states of the US use sonic weapons 9 00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:38,280 Speaker 1: during the mission to incapacitate the opposing forces. The Press 10 00:00:38,280 --> 00:00:41,839 Speaker 1: secretary is sharing the Eyewinness interview on act, encouraging our 11 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:45,400 Speaker 1: followers to read the statement. The witness the interview claims 12 00:00:45,440 --> 00:00:47,959 Speaker 1: to be a guard who is serving at the Caracas 13 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:51,880 Speaker 1: military base where the US captured Maduro. We were on guard, 14 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:56,080 Speaker 1: but suddenly all our radar systems shut down without any explanation, 15 00:00:56,240 --> 00:00:59,400 Speaker 1: the witness said. The next thing we saw were drones, 16 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:03,640 Speaker 1: a lot of drones flying over our positions. We didn't 17 00:01:03,720 --> 00:01:07,480 Speaker 1: know how to react. The witness then described watching roughly 18 00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:12,840 Speaker 1: twenty US soldiers deploy out of roughly eight helicopters over 19 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:17,480 Speaker 1: the base. They were technology, well, their technology was very advanced. 20 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:20,440 Speaker 1: The guard said they didn't look like anything we had 21 00:01:20,440 --> 00:01:21,760 Speaker 1: fought against before. 22 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:25,720 Speaker 2: We were hundreds, but we had no chance. He said. 23 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:29,000 Speaker 1: They were shooting with such precision and speed it felt 24 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:30,360 Speaker 1: like each soldier. 25 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:32,319 Speaker 2: Was firing three hundred rounds per minute. 26 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:35,720 Speaker 1: The witness then described the US deploying some sort of 27 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:41,679 Speaker 1: sonic weapon against Venezuelan forces. At one point, they launched something. 28 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:43,080 Speaker 1: I don't know how to describe it. 29 00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:43,600 Speaker 2: He said. 30 00:01:44,040 --> 00:01:48,160 Speaker 1: It was like a very intense sound wave. Suddenly I 31 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:51,680 Speaker 1: felt like my head was exploding from the inside. We 32 00:01:51,720 --> 00:01:54,840 Speaker 1: all started bleeding for the nose, he added, some were 33 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:58,520 Speaker 1: vomiting blood. We fell to the ground, unable to move. 34 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:01,760 Speaker 1: We couldn't even stand up. After that sonic weapon or 35 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:06,600 Speaker 1: whatever it was, those twenty men, without a single casualty, 36 00:02:06,680 --> 00:02:09,960 Speaker 1: killed hundreds of us. The witness claimed, we had no 37 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:13,240 Speaker 1: way to compete with their technology, with their weapons. I 38 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:16,440 Speaker 1: swear I've never seen anything like it now. The White 39 00:02:16,440 --> 00:02:20,160 Speaker 1: House did not immediately respond for questions on this that 40 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:24,000 Speaker 1: were asked, and when asked whether Caroline Levitt sharing the 41 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:28,080 Speaker 1: post constitution confirmation of it. The Pentagon also did not 42 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:31,120 Speaker 1: immediately respond when asked if the US deployed sonic or 43 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:35,799 Speaker 1: energy weapons in Venezuela. But it's very clear the White 44 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:39,079 Speaker 1: House Press Secretary wants the world to know exactly what 45 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:41,880 Speaker 1: we are capable of, or at least put it out 46 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:45,359 Speaker 1: there so people understand that America is not messing around. 47 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:48,800 Speaker 1: The other reason why this story was probably shared by 48 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:51,400 Speaker 1: the White House Press Secretary is she's also sending a 49 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:55,280 Speaker 1: message to other countries right now that are thinking about 50 00:02:55,320 --> 00:03:01,720 Speaker 1: trying to stand up for drug cartel members Mexico. 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Just go back to Donald Trump 74 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:40,200 Speaker 1: when he was in Norfolk, Virginia speaking to military members, 75 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:42,920 Speaker 1: and Donald Trump made it clear, even as we were 76 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:45,440 Speaker 1: going after the boats filled with drugs, that that's just 77 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:48,560 Speaker 1: the beginning, not the end of what he plans for 78 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:51,160 Speaker 1: those that are helping kill Americans. 79 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:54,039 Speaker 3: Than a month or shortly thereafter, and speaking to them 80 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:57,159 Speaker 3: would have been much more difficult. In recent weeks, the 81 00:04:57,240 --> 00:05:01,600 Speaker 3: Navy has supported our mission to blow the cartel terrorists 82 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:04,080 Speaker 3: the hell out of the water. You see that, and 83 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:05,560 Speaker 3: you know there are no boats. 84 00:05:05,240 --> 00:05:06,040 Speaker 2: In the water anymore. 85 00:05:06,040 --> 00:05:08,640 Speaker 3: We can't find any We'll have a hard time finding them. 86 00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:12,960 Speaker 2: But you know, it's a pretty tough thing we've been doing. 87 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:15,400 Speaker 3: But you have to think of it this way. Every 88 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:19,200 Speaker 3: one of those boats is responsible for the death of 89 00:05:19,279 --> 00:05:23,960 Speaker 3: twenty five thousand American people and the destruction of families. 90 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:25,920 Speaker 2: So when you think of it that way. 91 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:30,279 Speaker 3: What we're doing is actually an act of kindness. But 92 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:33,360 Speaker 3: we did another one last night. Now we just can't 93 00:05:33,360 --> 00:05:35,960 Speaker 3: find any you know, it's the old story. We're so 94 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:38,760 Speaker 3: good at it that there are no boats. In fact, 95 00:05:38,839 --> 00:05:41,640 Speaker 3: even fishing boats. Nobody wants to go into the water anymore. 96 00:05:41,640 --> 00:05:45,360 Speaker 3: Sorry to tell you that, but we stop. We're stopping 97 00:05:45,440 --> 00:05:46,719 Speaker 3: drugs coming into America. 98 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:47,440 Speaker 2: That's okay. 99 00:05:47,480 --> 00:05:50,440 Speaker 3: We're stopping drugs at a level that nobody's ever seen before. 100 00:05:51,279 --> 00:05:56,160 Speaker 3: Last year we lost I believe, three hundred thousand people. 101 00:05:56,400 --> 00:05:59,360 Speaker 3: And that's not talking about the destruction to families. Every 102 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:02,320 Speaker 3: one of us knows families that have been destroyed because 103 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:05,560 Speaker 3: the Sun's daughter, even mothers and fathers are destroyed by 104 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:09,479 Speaker 3: the fentadel pouring in and drugs pouring in. Well, they're 105 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:11,520 Speaker 3: not coming in by sea anymore. So now we'll have 106 00:06:11,560 --> 00:06:14,640 Speaker 3: to start looking about the land because they'll be forced 107 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:16,840 Speaker 3: to go by land. And let me tell you right now, 108 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:18,560 Speaker 3: that's not going to work out well for them either. 109 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:20,080 Speaker 4: Now. 110 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:23,159 Speaker 1: President Trump was also asked on Sunday board Air Force 111 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:27,080 Speaker 1: One about Mexico specifically and could they be next for 112 00:06:27,160 --> 00:06:30,360 Speaker 1: these land targets. Here's part of what the President had 113 00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:30,720 Speaker 1: to say. 114 00:06:30,960 --> 00:06:33,160 Speaker 2: Now, by the way, you have to do something with Mexico. 115 00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:33,679 Speaker 5: Mexico. 116 00:06:33,680 --> 00:06:37,160 Speaker 3: I has to get there pack together because they're pouring 117 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:40,359 Speaker 3: through Mexico and we're going to have to do something. 118 00:06:40,640 --> 00:06:42,120 Speaker 2: We love Mexico to do it. 119 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:45,640 Speaker 3: They're capable of doing it, but unfortunately, the cartels are 120 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:47,800 Speaker 3: very strong in Mexa. I remember one time you actually 121 00:06:47,839 --> 00:06:48,640 Speaker 3: speaking of Mexico. 122 00:06:48,760 --> 00:06:51,080 Speaker 4: I asked you about Claudie Shinbaum and you told me 123 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:52,359 Speaker 4: at one point you would. 124 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:56,120 Speaker 2: Offered to send US troops at Oxco to that drug trafficking. 125 00:06:56,120 --> 00:06:58,840 Speaker 2: There is that something you want now. I think she's 126 00:06:58,880 --> 00:06:59,840 Speaker 2: a terrific person. 127 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:02,960 Speaker 3: I would say every single time I talked to her, 128 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:04,279 Speaker 3: I offered to send toms. 129 00:07:04,720 --> 00:07:07,599 Speaker 6: And she's not willing, she's. 130 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:11,840 Speaker 3: Concerned, she's a little afraid. The cartels are running Mexico. 131 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:15,200 Speaker 3: Whether you like it or not it's not nice to say, 132 00:07:15,480 --> 00:07:18,480 Speaker 3: but the cartels. The cartels are running Mexico. 133 00:07:19,920 --> 00:07:23,240 Speaker 1: This will end bad for Mexico. They're being run by 134 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:27,360 Speaker 1: the cartels, not actually by the leadership. And that's the 135 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:30,240 Speaker 1: point that the present's making. You better get your country 136 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:32,920 Speaker 1: in order. You better go after these cartels and stop 137 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:35,280 Speaker 1: the drugs coming to this country. And if you don't, 138 00:07:35,440 --> 00:07:38,920 Speaker 1: we will do it for you. That's the obvious message 139 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:41,880 Speaker 1: that the president is trying to send. We also now 140 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:45,560 Speaker 1: know that the president's moving forward after the fall of 141 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:49,480 Speaker 1: the leader in Venezuela. Even Cuba's communists are now trying 142 00:07:49,520 --> 00:07:53,600 Speaker 1: to threaten America, saying if they come here, they will 143 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:57,520 Speaker 1: come to die. As the rhetoric continues to ratchet up there, 144 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:01,560 Speaker 1: the official newspaper of the Communist Party of Cuba publishing 145 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:05,080 Speaker 1: a compilation of reported social media comments in which supporters 146 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:08,720 Speaker 1: of the sixty seven year old regime are now threatening 147 00:08:08,760 --> 00:08:13,200 Speaker 1: America and Donald Trump and say the death toll should 148 00:08:13,240 --> 00:08:16,560 Speaker 1: be something you wouldn't want to take a part of, 149 00:08:16,720 --> 00:08:19,000 Speaker 1: wouldn't want to be a part of, and wouldn't want 150 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:22,000 Speaker 1: to take place in our country. The comments were a 151 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:25,240 Speaker 1: response to Donald Trump approving an operation to arrest the 152 00:08:25,320 --> 00:08:30,679 Speaker 1: now deported Venezuelan and so socialist dictator Maduro, a close 153 00:08:30,840 --> 00:08:35,199 Speaker 1: ally of the Castor regime, on January third, that executed 154 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:37,520 Speaker 1: the warrant on a variety of criminal charges, most of 155 00:08:37,559 --> 00:08:41,280 Speaker 1: them related to narco terrorism activity, and Caster's regime is 156 00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:43,560 Speaker 1: now saying, don't even think about trying to do that 157 00:08:43,679 --> 00:08:47,080 Speaker 1: in our country. Cuba lived for many years on large 158 00:08:47,080 --> 00:08:50,440 Speaker 1: amounts of oil and money from Venezuela. In return, Cuba 159 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:54,920 Speaker 1: provides security services for the last two Venezuelan dictators, but 160 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:57,480 Speaker 1: not anymore. Trump said in a message on his website 161 00:08:57,559 --> 00:08:58,920 Speaker 1: True Social on Sunday. 162 00:08:59,559 --> 00:09:01,160 Speaker 2: Most of the those Cubans. 163 00:09:00,760 --> 00:09:04,840 Speaker 1: Are dead from last week's US attack, and Venezuela doesn't 164 00:09:04,880 --> 00:09:09,160 Speaker 1: need protection anymore from the thugs and exhortists who held 165 00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:13,679 Speaker 1: them hostage for many, many years. Trump continued, saying, Venezuela 166 00:09:14,240 --> 00:09:17,040 Speaker 1: now has the United States of America, the most powerful 167 00:09:17,080 --> 00:09:20,320 Speaker 1: military in the world by far, to protect them, and 168 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:24,720 Speaker 1: protect them we will. There will be no more oil 169 00:09:25,040 --> 00:09:29,199 Speaker 1: or money going to Cuba zero. I strongly suggest they 170 00:09:29,280 --> 00:09:32,840 Speaker 1: make a deal before it's too late. Thank you for 171 00:09:32,920 --> 00:09:36,760 Speaker 1: your attention to this matter. The message concluded, it's obvious 172 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:38,800 Speaker 1: now that the President of United States of America is 173 00:09:38,840 --> 00:09:43,240 Speaker 1: moving on from Venezuela, looking at Cuba, looking at Mexico, 174 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:47,520 Speaker 1: and making sure that whatever he does next continues to 175 00:09:47,559 --> 00:09:50,480 Speaker 1: help us stop the flow of fetnyl coming into this 176 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:54,840 Speaker 1: country that has killed countless American citizens. Now, there are 177 00:09:54,840 --> 00:09:57,120 Speaker 1: many that are criticized in the presidents saying you can't 178 00:09:57,160 --> 00:10:00,640 Speaker 1: do all this. At the same time, that also isn't true. 179 00:10:00,800 --> 00:10:03,480 Speaker 1: The President is saying, no, we will do whatever we 180 00:10:03,559 --> 00:10:06,280 Speaker 1: have to do to keep American safe. He believes this 181 00:10:06,360 --> 00:10:10,240 Speaker 1: is a national security issue of the highest importance. And 182 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:12,920 Speaker 1: one thing is for sure, this is exactly what many 183 00:10:12,920 --> 00:10:16,160 Speaker 1: Americans voted for, a secure border and getting rid of 184 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:19,760 Speaker 1: the drugs that are flowing into this country. There's an 185 00:10:19,760 --> 00:10:22,560 Speaker 1: important story that I want to get to, an incredible 186 00:10:22,600 --> 00:10:25,599 Speaker 1: report coming out from the Daily Signal. I want to 187 00:10:25,640 --> 00:10:28,120 Speaker 1: read part of it to you because it's really important 188 00:10:28,160 --> 00:10:32,960 Speaker 1: to understand just how long the corruption had been taking 189 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:36,320 Speaker 1: place in Minnesota and how long the governor had been 190 00:10:36,360 --> 00:10:39,880 Speaker 1: a part of the cover up. Whistle Blowers have now 191 00:10:39,920 --> 00:10:44,840 Speaker 1: come forward and accused Minnesota Governor Tim Waltz's administration of 192 00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:49,920 Speaker 1: actually squashing the criminal fraud investigations as far back as 193 00:10:50,080 --> 00:10:56,040 Speaker 1: twenty nineteen, according to a Republican state representative who oversees 194 00:10:56,080 --> 00:11:01,920 Speaker 1: fraud prevention in state Programssentative Wist Robbins, a Republican and 195 00:11:02,040 --> 00:11:06,439 Speaker 1: chair of the Menso's House Fraud Committee, told exclusively The 196 00:11:06,520 --> 00:11:11,199 Speaker 1: Daily Signal that four whistleblowers inside the Department of Human 197 00:11:11,320 --> 00:11:16,720 Speaker 1: Services Office of Inspector General revealed they were ordered by 198 00:11:16,840 --> 00:11:22,360 Speaker 1: the governor to stop investigations after revelations of systemic fraud 199 00:11:22,920 --> 00:11:27,920 Speaker 1: in the state's childcare assistance program. The Office of the 200 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:32,960 Speaker 1: Legislative Auditor published the revelation in an April twenty nineteen report, 201 00:11:33,800 --> 00:11:38,760 Speaker 1: citing an August twenty eighteen email by j Swanson, the 202 00:11:38,840 --> 00:11:45,800 Speaker 1: manager of the Recipient and Childcare Provider Investigations unit, that 203 00:11:45,960 --> 00:11:50,040 Speaker 1: claimed large scale fraud schemes and childcare assistance was happening. 204 00:11:50,679 --> 00:11:51,280 Speaker 2: Quote. 205 00:11:51,559 --> 00:11:53,880 Speaker 1: It was after that that his unit was told they 206 00:11:53,920 --> 00:11:57,800 Speaker 1: can no longer do criminal investigations. Robin, who testified to 207 00:11:57,840 --> 00:12:01,640 Speaker 1: Congress about the fraud and Wednesday as said publicly for 208 00:12:01,679 --> 00:12:04,760 Speaker 1: the first time in the summer of twenty nineteen, they 209 00:12:04,760 --> 00:12:07,760 Speaker 1: were told, you can't do search warrants, you can't do 210 00:12:07,920 --> 00:12:15,679 Speaker 1: criminal investigations anymore. The order to stop investigations and switching 211 00:12:15,840 --> 00:12:21,040 Speaker 1: only to investigating over billing and not fraud shows that 212 00:12:21,080 --> 00:12:25,440 Speaker 1: they were willfully turning a blond eye to the actual 213 00:12:25,559 --> 00:12:28,800 Speaker 1: criminal fraud that was taking place. I want you to 214 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:32,559 Speaker 1: hear what was said is James Comer asked questions step up. 215 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:36,200 Speaker 3: I now recognize Representative Robbins for her opening statement. 216 00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:39,600 Speaker 7: Good morning, mister Chairman and members, thank you for inviting 217 00:12:39,679 --> 00:12:42,880 Speaker 7: us to testify. As chair of the Prevention Fraud Prevention 218 00:12:42,960 --> 00:12:46,640 Speaker 7: Committee in Minnesota, I've been working to uncover the massive 219 00:12:46,679 --> 00:12:49,800 Speaker 7: fraud under tim walls for posed solutions and hold state 220 00:12:49,880 --> 00:12:54,160 Speaker 7: agencies accountable. Today I will highlight the scale of the problem, 221 00:12:54,320 --> 00:12:56,720 Speaker 7: outlining the Worker Committee is doing to fight the fraud 222 00:12:57,040 --> 00:12:59,240 Speaker 7: and provide a roadmap for other states on how to 223 00:12:59,320 --> 00:13:03,480 Speaker 7: detect and fraud. Minnesota is one of the highest tax 224 00:13:03,559 --> 00:13:06,520 Speaker 7: states in the nation, and hard working Minnesotans have been 225 00:13:06,559 --> 00:13:09,320 Speaker 7: told that they don't pay their fair share for years. 226 00:13:09,920 --> 00:13:12,560 Speaker 7: In truth, Minnesotans pay much more in taxes than in 227 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:15,360 Speaker 7: other states, and when they pay their taxes, they expect 228 00:13:15,360 --> 00:13:19,359 Speaker 7: that their money is going to things that help our communities, roads, schools, 229 00:13:19,480 --> 00:13:20,200 Speaker 7: health care. 230 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:20,880 Speaker 6: And law enforcement. 231 00:13:21,320 --> 00:13:24,439 Speaker 7: They do not want their tax dollars absconded by criminals 232 00:13:24,679 --> 00:13:28,360 Speaker 7: to buy resorts and apartment buildings in Kenya, property in Turkey, 233 00:13:28,640 --> 00:13:32,000 Speaker 7: and luxury homes and cars in the US. Tim Walls 234 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:35,400 Speaker 7: and his administration have wilfully turned a blind eye to 235 00:13:35,559 --> 00:13:38,800 Speaker 7: crime in the face of countless whistleblower and auditor reports, 236 00:13:39,080 --> 00:13:41,760 Speaker 7: as well as stories by local investigative journalists and the 237 00:13:41,760 --> 00:13:45,280 Speaker 7: Center of the American Experiment. These are actual crimes that 238 00:13:45,360 --> 00:13:48,480 Speaker 7: must be parnished. There are crimes against our moral values 239 00:13:48,520 --> 00:13:52,400 Speaker 7: and erode trust in government. The time for accountability and 240 00:13:52,640 --> 00:13:56,560 Speaker 7: justice is here. First, we are unearthing staggering amounts of 241 00:13:56,559 --> 00:13:57,599 Speaker 7: fraud of Minnesota. 242 00:13:57,720 --> 00:13:58,720 Speaker 6: As far back as. 243 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:02,240 Speaker 7: Twenty fourteen, there were doable whistleblower allegations of millions in 244 00:14:02,320 --> 00:14:06,160 Speaker 7: daycare fraud. Instead of shutting it down, the state minimized 245 00:14:06,200 --> 00:14:11,160 Speaker 7: whistleblower reports and allowed fraud to grow. Unfortunately, childcare fraud 246 00:14:11,280 --> 00:14:15,160 Speaker 7: was just the tip of the iceberg. In since twenty nineteen, 247 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:18,600 Speaker 7: Tim Walls and Minnesota Democrats have allowed fraud to absolutely 248 00:14:18,640 --> 00:14:21,800 Speaker 7: explode in Minnesota. There's been more than three hundred million 249 00:14:21,880 --> 00:14:25,440 Speaker 7: dollars in the Feeding our Future child nutrition programs scandal 250 00:14:25,880 --> 00:14:29,280 Speaker 7: and the Feeding our Future prosecutions revealed that as many 251 00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:34,280 Speaker 7: as half of those indicted also ran other Medicaid funded programs. 252 00:14:34,840 --> 00:14:38,000 Speaker 7: Yet despite this being known back in twenty twenty three, 253 00:14:38,120 --> 00:14:41,000 Speaker 7: Tim Walls and his agencies have done nothing to stop 254 00:14:41,120 --> 00:14:45,000 Speaker 7: those defendants from getting additional state money. We have now 255 00:14:45,040 --> 00:14:49,400 Speaker 7: found fraud in multiple Medicaid programs, including autism centers, sober homes, 256 00:14:49,680 --> 00:14:54,800 Speaker 7: non emergency medical transportation, integrated community supports, and housing stabilization. 257 00:14:55,720 --> 00:14:58,160 Speaker 7: Just last month, our committee held the hearing on credible 258 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:01,760 Speaker 7: allegations of fraud in two new areas, adult day services 259 00:15:01,760 --> 00:15:02,720 Speaker 7: and assisted living. 260 00:15:03,920 --> 00:15:04,600 Speaker 6: First to US. 261 00:15:04,480 --> 00:15:07,960 Speaker 7: Attorney Joe Thompson, the leading prosecutor in these cases from 262 00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:11,680 Speaker 7: the Biden administration and the Trump administration, says the fraud 263 00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:14,320 Speaker 7: could be an astronomical nine billion dollars. 264 00:15:14,760 --> 00:15:16,800 Speaker 6: In the face of mounting reports. 265 00:15:16,480 --> 00:15:20,760 Speaker 7: And literal criminal indictments and convictions, the Walls administration has 266 00:15:20,800 --> 00:15:26,120 Speaker 7: repeatedly and publicly denied or downplayed the fraud. Just last January, 267 00:15:26,280 --> 00:15:28,920 Speaker 7: the Commissioner of DHS, Jody Harpstead, who'd been on the 268 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:31,200 Speaker 7: job for five and a half years, said there's a 269 00:15:31,240 --> 00:15:32,680 Speaker 7: lot more rumors of fraud than. 270 00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:36,440 Speaker 6: There is actual fraud. You cannot make this up. 271 00:15:36,560 --> 00:15:39,720 Speaker 7: The Walls administration has been gaslighting Minnesotas on the scale 272 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:43,880 Speaker 7: of the fraud problem for years. In response, when Republicans 273 00:15:43,880 --> 00:15:47,760 Speaker 7: took control or ended Democrat control of the Minnesota House 274 00:15:47,840 --> 00:15:50,880 Speaker 7: last year, we created the Fraud Prevention and State Agency 275 00:15:50,920 --> 00:15:54,960 Speaker 7: Oversight Committee. Since last February, we have held fifteen hearings 276 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:58,000 Speaker 7: where we have grilled officials, exposed new areas of fraud, 277 00:15:58,240 --> 00:16:02,600 Speaker 7: and repeatedly flagged failure and internal controls. I authored a 278 00:16:02,640 --> 00:16:05,360 Speaker 7: new law to expand whistleblower protection, and we created a 279 00:16:05,440 --> 00:16:09,760 Speaker 7: portal mnfraud dot Com, resulting in a surge of new 280 00:16:09,760 --> 00:16:13,360 Speaker 7: whistleblower reports that our amazing staff is still working through. 281 00:16:14,040 --> 00:16:15,480 Speaker 6: Under the leadership of our Vice. 282 00:16:15,400 --> 00:16:18,000 Speaker 7: Chair, Patty Anderson, we passed a bipartisan bill in the 283 00:16:18,040 --> 00:16:21,200 Speaker 7: Senate to create an independent office of Inspector General. 284 00:16:21,760 --> 00:16:22,640 Speaker 6: When it got to the. 285 00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:27,800 Speaker 7: House, Democrats killed it because the DHS commissioner testified against it. 286 00:16:28,640 --> 00:16:32,160 Speaker 7: The Tim Walls administration has utterly failed to protect Minnesota 287 00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:36,520 Speaker 7: taxpayers and vulnerable citizens, ignoring years of credible reports and 288 00:16:36,560 --> 00:16:39,880 Speaker 7: retaliating against those who spoke up, often by claiming they 289 00:16:39,880 --> 00:16:43,280 Speaker 7: were racist or islamophobic. Tim Walls and the Democrats have 290 00:16:43,400 --> 00:16:47,880 Speaker 7: repeatedly protected their political base at the expense of all Minnesotans. 291 00:16:48,520 --> 00:16:51,320 Speaker 7: Other states should learn from the failures of the Walls administration. 292 00:16:51,680 --> 00:16:53,400 Speaker 7: So I'll give you a quick roadmap on how to 293 00:16:53,440 --> 00:16:54,440 Speaker 7: find and stop fraud. 294 00:16:55,040 --> 00:16:56,280 Speaker 6: First, culture matters. 295 00:16:56,640 --> 00:16:59,440 Speaker 7: Fraud flourishes when leaders ignore it and criminals see they 296 00:16:59,480 --> 00:17:02,800 Speaker 7: can get away with it. Second, fraud flourishes when basic 297 00:17:02,880 --> 00:17:04,520 Speaker 7: internal controls are not followed. 298 00:17:04,880 --> 00:17:06,200 Speaker 6: This is not complicated. 299 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:10,880 Speaker 7: Third, you have to look at the interconnections of relationships 300 00:17:10,880 --> 00:17:14,199 Speaker 7: in businesses, in multiple programm areas, and medicaid. It's a 301 00:17:14,280 --> 00:17:17,720 Speaker 7: huge red flag that has been ignored in our state. Finally, 302 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:20,399 Speaker 7: it is important to say what is true and to 303 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:24,760 Speaker 7: stand up against fake allegations of racism or Islamophobia. Crime 304 00:17:24,880 --> 00:17:28,000 Speaker 7: is crime, no matter who is committing it. It is 305 00:17:28,040 --> 00:17:30,520 Speaker 7: true that the majority of the fraud in Minnesota has 306 00:17:30,560 --> 00:17:33,359 Speaker 7: taken place in the Somali community, and it is also 307 00:17:33,520 --> 00:17:35,760 Speaker 7: true that some of our best whistleblowers are from the 308 00:17:35,760 --> 00:17:39,760 Speaker 7: Somali community. Democrats refuse to acknowledge this truth, and that 309 00:17:39,800 --> 00:17:44,040 Speaker 7: has enabled criminals to steal billions and hurt our vulnerable citizens. 310 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:47,399 Speaker 7: Mister Chairman, thank you for the opportunity to share the 311 00:17:47,480 --> 00:17:51,240 Speaker 7: lessons for Minnesota and for your help in investigating these crimes. 312 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:54,000 Speaker 7: The time for justice and accountability is now. 313 00:17:54,800 --> 00:17:58,639 Speaker 1: You listen to the state Lallmaker said official testifying on 314 00:17:58,680 --> 00:18:02,159 Speaker 1: the misuse of federal fiugh in DC. It was a 315 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:05,840 Speaker 1: powerful opening statement. The Walts administration has been gas lading 316 00:18:05,880 --> 00:18:09,600 Speaker 1: Minnesota ins on the scale of the problem four years now. 317 00:18:09,680 --> 00:18:12,280 Speaker 1: So far, nearly one hundred people have been charged welfare 318 00:18:12,320 --> 00:18:15,879 Speaker 1: fraud in multiple state scandals. One federal prosecutor has estimated 319 00:18:15,880 --> 00:18:18,520 Speaker 1: the amount of welfare fraud alone in the state has 320 00:18:18,600 --> 00:18:22,960 Speaker 1: now toppled nine billion dollars, and according to Swanson, the 321 00:18:22,960 --> 00:18:27,840 Speaker 1: state's Human Services Department created the Childcare Provider Investigation Unit 322 00:18:27,840 --> 00:18:31,720 Speaker 1: in twenty fourteen, staffing it with just four investigators and 323 00:18:31,760 --> 00:18:34,159 Speaker 1: one manager, as well as two special agents from the 324 00:18:34,160 --> 00:18:38,040 Speaker 1: Minister of Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, which refers cases then 325 00:18:38,119 --> 00:18:42,040 Speaker 1: to law enforcement. Swanson's email ledges the fraud, notes that 326 00:18:42,119 --> 00:18:46,680 Speaker 1: his unit found providers using a similar scheme to successfully 327 00:18:46,720 --> 00:18:50,639 Speaker 1: steal large sums of taxpayer money from the program. He 328 00:18:50,800 --> 00:18:54,840 Speaker 1: acknowledges them the most responsibility for the fraud rests with 329 00:18:54,920 --> 00:18:59,600 Speaker 1: the sophisticated criminals. Nonetheless, warns that an equal amount of 330 00:18:59,600 --> 00:19:04,000 Speaker 1: response ability now rests with the lack of internal controls 331 00:19:04,119 --> 00:19:09,320 Speaker 1: involving the statutes, and this was done by design. What's 332 00:19:09,359 --> 00:19:12,560 Speaker 1: clear is Governor Waltz was obviously involved in some major 333 00:19:12,680 --> 00:19:16,480 Speaker 1: capacity when it comes to this amount of fraud. He 334 00:19:16,640 --> 00:19:19,760 Speaker 1: was also profiting from the fraud, as the Smiley community 335 00:19:19,840 --> 00:19:24,560 Speaker 1: was paying in essence payoffs or donations the political campaigns 336 00:19:24,600 --> 00:19:30,080 Speaker 1: of all their allies who were again in on the scheme. 337 00:19:30,760 --> 00:19:33,240 Speaker 1: So here we are with more people coming forward and 338 00:19:33,320 --> 00:19:36,240 Speaker 1: saying what we all know is true, that this fraud 339 00:19:36,320 --> 00:19:39,720 Speaker 1: is out of control and getting bigger and bigger by 340 00:19:39,840 --> 00:19:45,760 Speaker 1: the day. In Minnesota, US President Donald Trump we are 341 00:19:45,760 --> 00:19:50,200 Speaker 1: now being told as considering airstrikes on Iran to stop 342 00:19:50,240 --> 00:19:53,480 Speaker 1: a crackdown on the protesters. The White House has confirmed 343 00:19:53,480 --> 00:19:57,760 Speaker 1: on Monday, adding that people were being killed in the streets. 344 00:19:58,240 --> 00:20:01,719 Speaker 1: A channel for diplomacy, we also made clear is still 345 00:20:01,760 --> 00:20:05,199 Speaker 1: open with Iran, taking quote a far different tone in 346 00:20:05,280 --> 00:20:09,919 Speaker 1: private discussions with President Trump's Special Envoy Steve Witzkoff and 347 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:14,200 Speaker 1: the pres Secretary Caroline Levitt, confirming that saying quote, one 348 00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:17,199 Speaker 1: thing President Trump is very good at is always keeping 349 00:20:17,400 --> 00:20:21,080 Speaker 1: all of his options on the table and airstrikes would 350 00:20:21,080 --> 00:20:23,679 Speaker 1: be one of the many, many options that are on 351 00:20:23,720 --> 00:20:26,920 Speaker 1: the table for the commander in chief. Levitt added that 352 00:20:27,040 --> 00:20:31,520 Speaker 1: diplomacy is always the first option for this president, saying, quote, 353 00:20:31,560 --> 00:20:34,480 Speaker 1: what you're hearing publicly from the ringing regime is quite 354 00:20:34,640 --> 00:20:38,840 Speaker 1: different from what the message the administration is receiving privately, 355 00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:41,800 Speaker 1: and I think the President has an interest in exploring 356 00:20:42,200 --> 00:20:47,199 Speaker 1: those messages. Iran's foreign ministry said earlier on Monday that 357 00:20:47,320 --> 00:20:48,320 Speaker 1: a channel. 358 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:50,360 Speaker 2: Of communication was open between its. 359 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:54,919 Speaker 1: Top diplomat and Trump's special envoy, despite a lack of 360 00:20:55,040 --> 00:20:59,760 Speaker 1: diplomatic relations. Trump said on Sunday that the US military 361 00:20:59,840 --> 00:21:04,040 Speaker 1: was in fact considering a very strong option against Iran, 362 00:21:04,280 --> 00:21:07,600 Speaker 1: saying it looks like tehranic crossed his previously stated red 363 00:21:07,640 --> 00:21:11,480 Speaker 1: line of protesters being killed. Here's more of what the 364 00:21:11,480 --> 00:21:14,280 Speaker 1: president had to say in his last interview. Take a listen. 365 00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:19,560 Speaker 8: Are you following the protesting that is taking place all 366 00:21:19,600 --> 00:21:20,919 Speaker 8: over the country of Iran? 367 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:21,240 Speaker 5: Yeah? 368 00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:26,600 Speaker 8: And you have you read that the Ayatola Ali Kamani 369 00:21:27,280 --> 00:21:30,000 Speaker 8: is now as a plan B to go to. 370 00:21:29,920 --> 00:21:31,120 Speaker 9: Russia in some place. 371 00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:32,080 Speaker 10: Yeah, he's looking to go. 372 00:21:32,160 --> 00:21:35,280 Speaker 8: So you believe that's getting ran? You think the country 373 00:21:35,359 --> 00:21:36,560 Speaker 8: is on the verge of collapsing. 374 00:21:36,640 --> 00:21:38,399 Speaker 10: Well, it could be. I mean, what they've done is 375 00:21:38,440 --> 00:21:42,560 Speaker 10: they start in the past, they've started shooting the hell 376 00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:44,840 Speaker 10: out of people, and all of a sudden, people without 377 00:21:44,840 --> 00:21:47,760 Speaker 10: any weapons whatsoever, is standing there in your machine guns, 378 00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:50,960 Speaker 10: gunning them down, or they grab take them to prisons 379 00:21:50,960 --> 00:21:53,480 Speaker 10: and then hang them and kill them. So they played 380 00:21:53,560 --> 00:21:55,199 Speaker 10: rough and I said, if they do that, we're going 381 00:21:55,240 --> 00:21:58,119 Speaker 10: to hit them very hard. Well, we're gonna hit them up. 382 00:21:58,160 --> 00:22:00,360 Speaker 10: We're ready to do it. If they do that, we're 383 00:22:00,359 --> 00:22:03,479 Speaker 10: gonna hit them mart And so far, for the most part, 384 00:22:03,760 --> 00:22:06,640 Speaker 10: there's been some of it, but for the most part 385 00:22:06,680 --> 00:22:09,720 Speaker 10: they have and there have been people killed, some of them. 386 00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:12,399 Speaker 10: The crowds are so big that some of them have 387 00:22:12,520 --> 00:22:17,840 Speaker 10: had really like we're stomped on. Literally, it was terrible. 388 00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:24,440 Speaker 10: The crowds are just they're massive. The enthusiasm to overturn 389 00:22:24,520 --> 00:22:29,399 Speaker 10: that regime is incredible. But there's been people killed, but 390 00:22:29,440 --> 00:22:34,879 Speaker 10: it's more from death by it's literally stomping. It's people 391 00:22:34,960 --> 00:22:37,520 Speaker 10: running in a certain direction. So we'll see what happens. 392 00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:40,160 Speaker 10: We'll see what happens over there. They know though, that 393 00:22:40,640 --> 00:22:43,400 Speaker 10: it's a stampede, is I guess the best word. They 394 00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:46,000 Speaker 10: have like a stampede. You talk about stampede for cattle, 395 00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:51,120 Speaker 10: but the people are stampeding and you're losing a lot 396 00:22:51,119 --> 00:22:54,240 Speaker 10: of people with the stampede. There's so many there's so 397 00:22:54,320 --> 00:22:57,480 Speaker 10: many people protesting. Nobody's ever seen anything like what's happening 398 00:22:57,560 --> 00:23:00,159 Speaker 10: right now. But I have put a rando noticed that 399 00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:03,200 Speaker 10: if they start shooting at them. These people are totally 400 00:23:03,280 --> 00:23:06,520 Speaker 10: unarmed people, and they love their country. They want something 401 00:23:06,520 --> 00:23:09,920 Speaker 10: to happen. Look at their country. They've gone, they've gone 402 00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:13,840 Speaker 10: back one hundred and fifty years. But I've told them 403 00:23:13,840 --> 00:23:16,640 Speaker 10: that if they do anything bad to these people, we're 404 00:23:16,640 --> 00:23:17,600 Speaker 10: going to hit them very hard. 405 00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:21,879 Speaker 1: We're going to hit them very hard. The president clearly 406 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:25,040 Speaker 1: sticking with that line. As Trump said, the US military 407 00:23:25,119 --> 00:23:29,000 Speaker 1: is considering those very strong options, and the Iran leaders 408 00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:31,320 Speaker 1: have reached out for a meeting, but we may have 409 00:23:31,400 --> 00:23:34,080 Speaker 1: to act before a meeting. The president also went on 410 00:23:34,119 --> 00:23:38,000 Speaker 1: to say rights groups have also reported a growing death toll, 411 00:23:38,200 --> 00:23:41,760 Speaker 1: with information continuing to trickle out of Iran despite a 412 00:23:41,960 --> 00:23:46,160 Speaker 1: day's long internet and phone shut down. Caroline Levitt White 413 00:23:46,160 --> 00:23:49,760 Speaker 1: House Presicretera appear to confirm there have been a significant 414 00:23:49,840 --> 00:23:53,040 Speaker 1: increase in death, saying quote. He certainly doesn't want to 415 00:23:53,080 --> 00:23:55,840 Speaker 1: see people being killed in the streets of Tehran, and 416 00:23:55,960 --> 00:23:59,639 Speaker 1: unfortunately that's something we're seeing right now. One thing is 417 00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:02,680 Speaker 1: for sure, the President United States of America is going 418 00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:06,280 Speaker 1: to hold a rant accountable for what's happening right now 419 00:24:06,359 --> 00:24:11,040 Speaker 1: on the ground, keeping all options on the table. Which 420 00:24:11,080 --> 00:24:15,000 Speaker 1: brings us to another important story. President Donald Trump has 421 00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:18,720 Speaker 1: come out and pledged to uncover the leftist groups that 422 00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:23,320 Speaker 1: are countering ICE all over the country. President Trump said 423 00:24:23,359 --> 00:24:26,120 Speaker 1: that he believes the woman that was fatally shot by 424 00:24:26,240 --> 00:24:30,440 Speaker 1: a US Immigration and Customs enforcement officer in Minneapolis last 425 00:24:30,440 --> 00:24:34,280 Speaker 1: week may have been a professional agitator and indicated that 426 00:24:34,320 --> 00:24:38,960 Speaker 1: the government will uncover the funding sources behind such anti 427 00:24:39,080 --> 00:24:41,400 Speaker 1: law enforcement agitation nationwide. 428 00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:44,520 Speaker 2: Here's the President in his own words. 429 00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:49,280 Speaker 3: The woman and her friend, we're highly disrespectful of law enforcement. 430 00:24:49,359 --> 00:24:52,560 Speaker 3: You saw that they were harassing, that were following for 431 00:24:53,359 --> 00:24:58,680 Speaker 3: days and for hours. I think, frankly, they're professional agitators. 432 00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:01,760 Speaker 3: I'd like to find out, and we are going to 433 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:04,720 Speaker 3: find out who's paying for it. Where their brand new 434 00:25:04,800 --> 00:25:08,400 Speaker 3: signs and all the different things. But these are professional agitators, 435 00:25:08,440 --> 00:25:12,440 Speaker 3: and law enforcement should not be in a position where 436 00:25:12,440 --> 00:25:15,800 Speaker 3: they have to put up with this stuff. What that 437 00:25:15,880 --> 00:25:18,800 Speaker 3: woman and what her friend and what their other friends 438 00:25:19,280 --> 00:25:23,480 Speaker 3: we're doing to law enforcement, not just ICE, law enforcement 439 00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:24,680 Speaker 3: is outrageous. 440 00:25:25,640 --> 00:25:27,920 Speaker 1: The President added that he would like to find out, 441 00:25:28,040 --> 00:25:30,200 Speaker 1: and we're going to find out who's paying for it 442 00:25:30,320 --> 00:25:32,439 Speaker 1: with their brand new signs. 443 00:25:31,960 --> 00:25:33,480 Speaker 2: And all the different things. 444 00:25:33,880 --> 00:25:37,040 Speaker 1: But these are professional agitators, and law enforcement should not 445 00:25:37,240 --> 00:25:39,719 Speaker 1: be in a position where they have to put up 446 00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:42,560 Speaker 1: with this stuff. What that woman and what her friend 447 00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:45,080 Speaker 1: and what their other friends are doing to law enforcement, 448 00:25:45,160 --> 00:25:49,240 Speaker 1: not just ICE, law enforcement is outrageous. The US Department 449 00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:52,800 Speaker 1: of Homeland Security retweeting a post in which rep Republican 450 00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:56,680 Speaker 1: Representative Lance Gooden of Texas asserted that the anti ICE 451 00:25:56,760 --> 00:26:00,639 Speaker 1: protesters are actually all just being paid for, saying, quote 452 00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:04,960 Speaker 1: the anti ice mobs or anything but organic dark money 453 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:08,400 Speaker 1: is bankrowing these far left groups like ice Watch. 454 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:09,760 Speaker 2: And Lighting the Fuse. 455 00:26:10,359 --> 00:26:13,520 Speaker 1: Americans deserve to know who's cutting the checks, the lawmaker 456 00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:17,840 Speaker 1: said in his post. A person weaponizing their vehicle against 457 00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:22,520 Speaker 1: law enforcement is unacceptable, and we're witnessing it happen all 458 00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:26,400 Speaker 1: over the country. Fox News having even more on this, 459 00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:28,720 Speaker 1: and here's what they said right now. 460 00:26:28,840 --> 00:26:32,800 Speaker 8: DHS is deploying hundreds of more federal agents to Minnesota 461 00:26:32,880 --> 00:26:36,600 Speaker 8: as violent anti ice protests continue to rise in the state. 462 00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:40,080 Speaker 11: Matt Finn joins us Live in Minneapolis with the details, Hey. 463 00:26:39,960 --> 00:26:40,520 Speaker 8: Matt. 464 00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:45,000 Speaker 9: Hi Ainsley. DHS sources tell us up to one thousand 465 00:26:45,119 --> 00:26:48,399 Speaker 9: additional federal officers could surge at Minneapolis here. That's on 466 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:51,120 Speaker 9: top of the already two thousand agents on the ground. 467 00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:55,440 Speaker 9: And this comes as DHS Secretary Christy Noeum is defending 468 00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:57,760 Speaker 9: her assessment of the Renee Good shooting. 469 00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:02,119 Speaker 11: If you look at what the definition of domestic terrorism is, 470 00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:05,920 Speaker 11: it completely fits the situation on the ground. This individual, 471 00:27:06,359 --> 00:27:08,199 Speaker 11: as you saw in the video that we released just 472 00:27:08,280 --> 00:27:11,760 Speaker 11: forty eight hours after this incident, showed that this officer 473 00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:14,720 Speaker 11: was hit by her vehicle, she weaponized it, and he 474 00:27:15,040 --> 00:27:17,879 Speaker 11: defended his life and those colleagues around him and the public. 475 00:27:19,119 --> 00:27:22,920 Speaker 9: But the Democratic Mayor of Minneapolis, Jacob Frye, disagrees and 476 00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:26,720 Speaker 9: is slamming Secretary Noam. 477 00:27:26,960 --> 00:27:29,840 Speaker 5: It sounds like she doesn't believe a single word that 478 00:27:29,920 --> 00:27:32,240 Speaker 5: she is saying. Right now, here's the thing she's calling 479 00:27:32,280 --> 00:27:35,960 Speaker 5: Minneapolis like this dystopian hellhole. You know how many shootings 480 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:39,359 Speaker 5: we've had so far this year two and one of 481 00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:42,359 Speaker 5: them was ICE. Two shootings in a large city so 482 00:27:42,440 --> 00:27:45,160 Speaker 5: far this entire year, and one of them is ICE. 483 00:27:45,440 --> 00:27:49,200 Speaker 5: This is a safe city, Ice and Christy Noman. Everything 484 00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:51,840 Speaker 5: they're doing is making it far less safe. 485 00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:56,280 Speaker 9: And there's new video leading up to the moments of 486 00:27:56,320 --> 00:27:59,840 Speaker 9: Renee goods shooting death by an ICE agent on Wednesday. 487 00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:16,040 Speaker 9: The video appears to show goods suv partially blocking the street, 488 00:28:16,200 --> 00:28:19,560 Speaker 9: honking her horn and apparently dancing in the driver's seat. 489 00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:22,919 Speaker 9: Border Patrol tells us it's dangerous for agents to be 490 00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:25,359 Speaker 9: blocked in by a car because there are so many 491 00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:29,000 Speaker 9: anti ICE agitators who quickly surround them. A new video 492 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:32,440 Speaker 9: from last night apparently shows federal agents using crowd control 493 00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:36,480 Speaker 9: tactics firing teargas and pepper balls at protesters outside the 494 00:28:36,520 --> 00:28:40,880 Speaker 9: federal building where ICE detainees are being held. An independent 495 00:28:40,880 --> 00:28:44,680 Speaker 9: photographer who was there says protesters tried to stop traffic 496 00:28:45,120 --> 00:28:47,680 Speaker 9: in and out of the federal facility and they were 497 00:28:47,680 --> 00:28:50,200 Speaker 9: met with forces. Now this is happening in a city 498 00:28:50,240 --> 00:28:52,920 Speaker 9: where the mayor has told ICE to get the f out, 499 00:28:53,280 --> 00:28:56,880 Speaker 9: and highly organized anti ICE activists are patrolling the neighborhoods. 500 00:28:57,080 --> 00:28:59,800 Speaker 9: We ask Border Patrol during a ride along if any 501 00:28:59,840 --> 00:29:01,360 Speaker 9: of this is going to deter. 502 00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:05,040 Speaker 4: Them, Absolutely not. We're out here to do a job 503 00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:08,440 Speaker 4: and we're not going to stop until it's done. If 504 00:29:08,880 --> 00:29:11,760 Speaker 4: a mayor wants to say something that he's not not 505 00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:14,200 Speaker 4: for us, if anybody wants to say that they're not 506 00:29:14,240 --> 00:29:16,720 Speaker 4: for us, that is not going to stop what we're 507 00:29:16,760 --> 00:29:19,520 Speaker 4: doing in Minneapolis or anywhere across the country. 508 00:29:20,360 --> 00:29:22,479 Speaker 9: And that was during a ride along with Border Patrol. 509 00:29:22,560 --> 00:29:24,560 Speaker 9: Have to say, driving around the city, as soon as 510 00:29:24,600 --> 00:29:26,720 Speaker 9: they get out of their cars, they're met with people 511 00:29:26,760 --> 00:29:30,440 Speaker 9: who have those ear piercing whistles, of people, you know, 512 00:29:30,600 --> 00:29:33,360 Speaker 9: resisting trying to surround the cars. There is really a 513 00:29:33,480 --> 00:29:36,840 Speaker 9: highly organized anti ICE, anti border patrol network here on 514 00:29:36,880 --> 00:29:38,719 Speaker 9: the ground in the Twin Cities. 515 00:29:39,240 --> 00:29:41,640 Speaker 1: It's clear the President United States of America wants to 516 00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:45,360 Speaker 1: find out exactly who is weaponizing these individuals to go 517 00:29:45,440 --> 00:29:48,360 Speaker 1: after ICE agents. And you can see it there as 518 00:29:48,400 --> 00:29:51,160 Speaker 1: ICE put out saying that these individuals are impeding law 519 00:29:51,200 --> 00:29:55,640 Speaker 1: enforcement and they're weaponizing their vehicles against ICE. The officer 520 00:29:55,760 --> 00:30:00,480 Speaker 1: in this shooting was dutifully acted in self defense. That 521 00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:03,440 Speaker 1: is what the DHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia 522 00:30:03,480 --> 00:30:07,280 Speaker 1: McLaughlin said on X one thing's for sure. The President 523 00:30:07,400 --> 00:30:09,440 Speaker 1: now has made it clear we're going to find out 524 00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:13,400 Speaker 1: exactly who's paying these individuals and what group is behind them. 525 00:30:13,720 --> 00:30:15,880 Speaker 1: Don't forget to share this podcast, by the way, with 526 00:30:15,920 --> 00:30:18,320 Speaker 1: your family and your friends on social media wherever you 527 00:30:18,360 --> 00:30:20,520 Speaker 1: can hit that subscribe or auto download 528 00:30:20,560 --> 00:30:22,720 Speaker 2: Button and I'll talk to you again tomorrow