1 00:00:02,160 --> 00:00:05,480 Speaker 1: Hey there, folks. It is Tuesday, May twenty six, and 2 00:00:05,680 --> 00:00:11,320 Speaker 1: the case, the mystery really of the missing member of Congress. Yes, 3 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:15,080 Speaker 1: a congressman from New Jersey has not shown up to 4 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:18,640 Speaker 1: work in nearly three months, and in fact no one 5 00:00:18,760 --> 00:00:23,800 Speaker 1: has seen him at all, and barely are we starting 6 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:25,439 Speaker 1: to hear his voice. And with that, welcome to this 7 00:00:25,520 --> 00:00:28,120 Speaker 1: episode of Amy and DJ Rose. As the longest you've 8 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:32,199 Speaker 1: gone without going to work and not telling anybody you 9 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:33,320 Speaker 1: were going to be there or why? 10 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:35,040 Speaker 2: That's called never? 11 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:38,120 Speaker 1: Okay? Unexplained absences are just something you can do right 12 00:00:38,200 --> 00:00:38,600 Speaker 1: at work. 13 00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:41,360 Speaker 3: No, I don't think most people would be able to 14 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:47,520 Speaker 3: keep their jobs if they had an unexplained absence, talked 15 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:53,240 Speaker 3: about an unidentifiable illness and then just said that's all. 16 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:56,600 Speaker 3: There are no details, there is no explanation. There is 17 00:00:56,640 --> 00:01:03,200 Speaker 3: no information surrounding where Congressman Tom Kane has been, what 18 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:08,399 Speaker 3: he is suffering from, and why he can't be seen 19 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:09,000 Speaker 3: in public. 20 00:01:10,080 --> 00:01:13,520 Speaker 1: So he hasn't been the work since March fifth. Yes, 21 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:16,400 Speaker 1: we are talking about a Republican Congressman from the seventh 22 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:18,480 Speaker 1: District in New Jersey. This is the northern part of 23 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:20,920 Speaker 1: the state. But his name is Tom Kane. He's actually 24 00:01:20,920 --> 00:01:23,480 Speaker 1: part of a legacy family there in the state of 25 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:25,920 Speaker 1: New Jersey. His dad served in Congress, his dad was 26 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:28,760 Speaker 1: governor as well, his grandfather, the great grandfather. They were 27 00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:32,920 Speaker 1: all actually members of Congress, so the name is very 28 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:38,960 Speaker 1: familiar there. But Rogues he voted March fifth in Congress. 29 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:43,160 Speaker 1: Congress then went on recess. He ain't been back. 30 00:01:43,720 --> 00:01:46,959 Speaker 3: I believe the count was last Thursday. He missed his 31 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:51,600 Speaker 3: one hundredth vote. So if he is your representative in 32 00:01:51,640 --> 00:01:53,840 Speaker 3: your district in New Jersey and he is running for 33 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:57,960 Speaker 3: reelection currently, how well does that sit with voters that 34 00:01:58,040 --> 00:02:02,680 Speaker 3: he has missed one hundred votes in Congress with no 35 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:07,520 Speaker 3: actual specific explanation other than what is the term that 36 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:10,000 Speaker 3: they've given it, just a medical. 37 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:17,160 Speaker 1: Situationtional medical issue. It's been that vague, and I think 38 00:02:18,440 --> 00:02:22,440 Speaker 1: no question voters would be willing to give sympathy. Of course, 39 00:02:22,639 --> 00:02:24,480 Speaker 1: I mean they would even, Yeah, you need to miss 40 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:27,040 Speaker 1: a little time, that's okay, And I don't think voters 41 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:31,360 Speaker 1: would punish him for that. What made this situation so 42 00:02:31,480 --> 00:02:36,600 Speaker 1: odd is there seems to be a a very noticeable 43 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:38,280 Speaker 1: lack of transparency here. 44 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:39,040 Speaker 2: And that's the issue. 45 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:42,800 Speaker 3: Look, I understand people obviously are entitled to their privacy, 46 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:45,640 Speaker 3: especially when it comes to health issues that I think 47 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:50,320 Speaker 3: anyone can understand, and especially if you've gone through a 48 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:54,960 Speaker 3: private health battle. It's something that people don't necessarily want 49 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:57,760 Speaker 3: to share and shouldn't have to share for whatever reason. 50 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:01,080 Speaker 3: But when you were an elected memory of Congress and 51 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:04,960 Speaker 3: your job is to serve and represent the people of 52 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:09,840 Speaker 3: your district, it would just seem as though you would 53 00:03:09,919 --> 00:03:13,480 Speaker 3: expect someone in that high profile of a public position 54 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:17,560 Speaker 3: to at least offer an explanation as to why he 55 00:03:17,680 --> 00:03:21,000 Speaker 3: can't be there. And we don't have to get details. 56 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:23,560 Speaker 3: But this is truly a mystery, and I think a 57 00:03:23,639 --> 00:03:26,640 Speaker 3: lot of folks are pointing to the fact that it's remarkable, 58 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:29,720 Speaker 3: first of all, that no one has talked. There's been 59 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:33,760 Speaker 3: zero even there's not even been a whisper. But they're 60 00:03:33,800 --> 00:03:36,800 Speaker 3: talking about obviously members of the press have tried to 61 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:39,520 Speaker 3: see this is a wealthy family that have multiple homes. 62 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:42,880 Speaker 3: They're saying in some places, a truck hasn't moved in months, 63 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:46,480 Speaker 3: he hasn't been seen, his face has not been seen 64 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:50,480 Speaker 3: in public. No one can actually point to a time 65 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:53,720 Speaker 3: or a moment where he has been seen in public. 66 00:03:53,840 --> 00:03:56,560 Speaker 1: And up till very recently a lot of his colleagues 67 00:03:56,560 --> 00:03:58,760 Speaker 1: said they couldn't even get a hold of him. They 68 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:03,000 Speaker 1: would send him messages just out of concern and radio silence. 69 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:09,440 Speaker 1: This is an odd situation, Robes, because of what you mentioned. Now, 70 00:04:09,480 --> 00:04:11,840 Speaker 1: to go through the timeline and went back to March fifth, 71 00:04:11,840 --> 00:04:14,440 Speaker 1: he didn't show up. After that, he did one vote, 72 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:16,000 Speaker 1: they went on recess. I think they were supposed to 73 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:18,960 Speaker 1: come back March sixteenth or something like that. He didn't 74 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:21,880 Speaker 1: show up. So then March twentieth, Robes is the first 75 00:04:21,920 --> 00:04:24,000 Speaker 1: time they at least publicly acknowledged. As we go through 76 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:26,440 Speaker 1: the timeline here, March twentieth is the first indicator we 77 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:28,159 Speaker 1: got that something was up with its health. 78 00:04:28,240 --> 00:04:31,400 Speaker 3: Yes, we got a very brief statement from his folks 79 00:04:31,480 --> 00:04:36,400 Speaker 3: saying the Congressman is addressing a personal health matter. He 80 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:39,880 Speaker 3: will be returning to a full regular schedule soon. 81 00:04:40,279 --> 00:04:43,680 Speaker 1: Now that's as vague as you can get personal health matter, 82 00:04:43,839 --> 00:04:48,400 Speaker 1: and that how that they have kept it vague Robes throughout. 83 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:50,920 Speaker 1: So we almost go a full month without an update, 84 00:04:50,960 --> 00:04:54,000 Speaker 1: a significant one. But Speaker Johnson did say he talked 85 00:04:54,400 --> 00:04:57,400 Speaker 1: to Caine by phone and said he expects to be 86 00:04:57,680 --> 00:05:01,000 Speaker 1: back to one hundred percent very soon. Again, that was 87 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:05,080 Speaker 1: April twenty third. Speaker Johnson at least got to hold 88 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:08,559 Speaker 1: them on the phone, and that was the expectation runs 89 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:12,159 Speaker 1: with April May. We're a month plus passed that, and 90 00:05:12,200 --> 00:05:13,919 Speaker 1: he was expected to be back in one hundred percent 91 00:05:13,960 --> 00:05:14,600 Speaker 1: very soon. 92 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:16,479 Speaker 2: Right very soon. April twenty third. 93 00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:20,599 Speaker 3: So four days after Speaker Johnson spoke with Congressman Kin, 94 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:25,560 Speaker 3: the Congressman actually released a statement. Okay, so now we're 95 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:29,240 Speaker 3: going to get some details, right, Okay, three paragraphs. We'll 96 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:31,160 Speaker 3: read them for you and just see if you can 97 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:33,599 Speaker 3: discern anything out of this. I want to thank my 98 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:37,400 Speaker 3: constituents and colleagues for their patients as I address a 99 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:42,080 Speaker 3: personal medical issue. My doctors continue to assure me that 100 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:44,680 Speaker 3: my recovery will be complete and that I will be 101 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:48,120 Speaker 3: back to the job I love very soon. I expect 102 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:52,360 Speaker 3: to return to a full schedule and be at one 103 00:05:52,480 --> 00:05:56,240 Speaker 3: hundred percent. I take my responsibilities seriously and have a 104 00:05:56,279 --> 00:06:00,040 Speaker 3: strong record of showing up and delivering, which makes this 105 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:03,919 Speaker 3: absence all the more difficult. I am especially proud of 106 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:07,520 Speaker 3: my congressional team who have kept constituent services and legislative 107 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:11,200 Speaker 3: work moving forward without interruption, and my political team for 108 00:06:11,279 --> 00:06:14,840 Speaker 3: ensuring the campaign continues to run strong. I also want 109 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:17,880 Speaker 3: to thank my friends and colleagues on both sides of 110 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:21,400 Speaker 3: the aisle for their patients and understanding during this time. 111 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:24,360 Speaker 3: I appreciate your support and look forward to being back 112 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:26,960 Speaker 3: in the near future. 113 00:06:27,600 --> 00:06:32,560 Speaker 1: Near future, very soon. Okay, full schedule, one hundred percent 114 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:38,920 Speaker 1: recovery will be complete. Back to the job ropes. Okay, 115 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:41,880 Speaker 1: I guess this will pass or he is least speaking 116 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:44,960 Speaker 1: as if he is going to make a full recovery 117 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:49,360 Speaker 1: from whatever it is. I guess he's certainly hopeful of that, 118 00:06:49,400 --> 00:06:51,800 Speaker 1: but he's putting it out there sounding as if that's 119 00:06:51,839 --> 00:06:54,240 Speaker 1: the case. What in the world is going on with him? 120 00:06:54,279 --> 00:06:57,000 Speaker 1: Certainly want him to be okay, yes, But. 121 00:06:57,200 --> 00:07:02,080 Speaker 3: Then it gets even stranger because after that statement on 122 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:06,320 Speaker 3: April twenty seventh, about two weeks later, we get the 123 00:07:06,480 --> 00:07:09,840 Speaker 3: most bizarre comment from Cain's chief of staff. 124 00:07:10,320 --> 00:07:12,200 Speaker 1: And this was an accident, This was a slip. I 125 00:07:12,240 --> 00:07:15,160 Speaker 1: don't think they were trying to no, yes, announce this right. 126 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:18,000 Speaker 3: He wasn't trying to make a statement, but I believe they. 127 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:22,360 Speaker 3: I don't know what he was asked that that produced 128 00:07:22,440 --> 00:07:26,600 Speaker 3: this response, But this response is a doozy. He said, 129 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:32,760 Speaker 3: there are no cameras where he is what and that 130 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:33,920 Speaker 3: is really bizarre. 131 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:37,200 Speaker 1: And look, he didn't elaborate, He wouldn't explain because they 132 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:37,960 Speaker 1: did follow. 133 00:07:37,760 --> 00:07:40,640 Speaker 3: Up and for anyone, obviously, people are concerned about the 134 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:44,240 Speaker 3: congressman's health and certainly his constituents and people who are 135 00:07:44,640 --> 00:07:48,480 Speaker 3: his coworkers there in Congress. Regardless of what your political affiliation, 136 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:51,720 Speaker 3: everyone of course is rooting for Congressman Kane and want 137 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:55,400 Speaker 3: him to come back healthy and happy and back one 138 00:07:55,480 --> 00:07:57,680 Speaker 3: hundred percent as he claims he will be. But you 139 00:07:57,720 --> 00:08:00,080 Speaker 3: start to scratch your head because look, as someone one 140 00:08:00,920 --> 00:08:03,680 Speaker 3: who went through cancer, I made the choice to be 141 00:08:03,720 --> 00:08:06,680 Speaker 3: public about it. But certainly that's not something where you 142 00:08:06,680 --> 00:08:09,120 Speaker 3: can say I'll be back soon and one hundred percent. 143 00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:13,120 Speaker 3: And frankly, people have treatment. How many members of Congress 144 00:08:13,120 --> 00:08:15,560 Speaker 3: go through treatment, go through chemo, go through all sorts 145 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:20,720 Speaker 3: of medical treatment treating a disease while still showing up 146 00:08:20,760 --> 00:08:25,080 Speaker 3: to Congress. It doesn't usually preclude you from not being 147 00:08:25,120 --> 00:08:27,200 Speaker 3: able to travel or to vote, or at least to 148 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:29,080 Speaker 3: show your face or at least to make a statement. 149 00:08:29,400 --> 00:08:31,920 Speaker 3: So the idea would be, then if you say there 150 00:08:31,960 --> 00:08:33,960 Speaker 3: are no cameras where he is that maybe for some 151 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:37,920 Speaker 3: reason there's some physical aspect to what he's suffering from 152 00:08:38,440 --> 00:08:41,559 Speaker 3: that he doesn't want to appear in public because there 153 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:46,440 Speaker 3: is something physical about his appearance that makes him want 154 00:08:46,480 --> 00:08:47,079 Speaker 3: to hide. 155 00:08:47,559 --> 00:08:49,760 Speaker 1: He is choosing to hide from public. I don't think 156 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:53,160 Speaker 1: there's any other way to put that. Why is he 157 00:08:53,280 --> 00:08:57,160 Speaker 1: chosen to do so? I mean, I don't I mean 158 00:08:57,480 --> 00:08:59,959 Speaker 1: so much of the question than the debate here. Hey, 159 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:02,080 Speaker 1: if he's going through something, let him go through it 160 00:09:02,160 --> 00:09:05,240 Speaker 1: on his own in privacy, and who knows how devastating 161 00:09:05,280 --> 00:09:07,360 Speaker 1: it is for him, for his family potentially, and what 162 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:13,000 Speaker 1: this all? Yes, but Robes there is something to public service, 163 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:16,640 Speaker 1: and there is something to answering to your boss. And 164 00:09:17,200 --> 00:09:19,040 Speaker 1: even if you don't have to give your boss with 165 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:26,800 Speaker 1: your constituents all of the information, it's tough to argue 166 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:29,440 Speaker 1: that he didn't know them a little more than he's 167 00:09:29,480 --> 00:09:29,880 Speaker 1: given him. 168 00:09:30,120 --> 00:09:32,839 Speaker 3: It doesn't make a lot of sense, especially for a 169 00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:35,440 Speaker 3: congressman who is in a re election. 170 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:38,240 Speaker 2: Yeer, look, his primary is coming up. 171 00:09:38,280 --> 00:09:41,040 Speaker 3: He's running unopposed on the primary, so he's going on 172 00:09:41,080 --> 00:09:42,280 Speaker 3: the ballot as the Republican. 173 00:09:42,320 --> 00:09:43,360 Speaker 2: There's no question about that. 174 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:46,360 Speaker 3: So he doesn't have the immediate need to be out 175 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:49,560 Speaker 3: there knocking on doors for June second, because he is 176 00:09:49,640 --> 00:09:55,199 Speaker 3: running unopposed in the primary. However, he is still in 177 00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:58,720 Speaker 3: an election year. And it just this is not any 178 00:09:58,760 --> 00:10:01,600 Speaker 3: behavior you would expect from a congressman or any elected 179 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:04,600 Speaker 3: official who is trying to win. 180 00:10:04,480 --> 00:10:07,440 Speaker 2: People's trust or at least keep their trust. 181 00:10:07,840 --> 00:10:10,600 Speaker 3: It doesn't make any sense you would just go away 182 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:14,000 Speaker 3: and not offer any real explanation as to why you 183 00:10:14,040 --> 00:10:17,320 Speaker 3: are actually in hiding anyone. If you if you talked 184 00:10:17,320 --> 00:10:19,720 Speaker 3: about whatever you're suffering from, that actually would Garner. 185 00:10:20,080 --> 00:10:23,680 Speaker 2: I'm imagining a lot of support, a lot of well wishes. 186 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:26,360 Speaker 1: Hold how I mean, it's a health I mean, it's 187 00:10:26,400 --> 00:10:29,000 Speaker 1: it's different for people. Ro it's how personal that is. 188 00:10:29,040 --> 00:10:29,480 Speaker 2: That's true. 189 00:10:29,520 --> 00:10:31,800 Speaker 1: How it just it just is and we want to 190 00:10:32,120 --> 00:10:35,840 Speaker 1: give that I mean, ex then that respect, okay, But 191 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:39,679 Speaker 1: to disappear his district is not being representative. They do 192 00:10:39,760 --> 00:10:43,120 Speaker 1: not have a voice in Congress. They do, I mean, 193 00:10:43,320 --> 00:10:45,040 Speaker 1: if they're not going to have one, they owe an 194 00:10:45,080 --> 00:10:47,960 Speaker 1: explanation for why they don't have one currently. That's okay. 195 00:10:48,040 --> 00:10:51,840 Speaker 1: Put someone out in front of a camera to say something, 196 00:10:52,640 --> 00:10:54,120 Speaker 1: and if you don't want to do it, or if 197 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:57,200 Speaker 1: he can't do it, have his wife or the next 198 00:10:57,240 --> 00:11:00,640 Speaker 1: person or the next person. Somebody hopes to make that 199 00:11:00,720 --> 00:11:04,720 Speaker 1: district feel better. And yes, there's politics at play here, Rod, 200 00:11:04,920 --> 00:11:07,520 Speaker 1: It's a district that goes back and forth and who 201 00:11:07,559 --> 00:11:08,280 Speaker 1: they vote for. 202 00:11:08,400 --> 00:11:11,440 Speaker 3: New Jersey isn't known for its Republicans very often. I 203 00:11:11,440 --> 00:11:14,160 Speaker 3: mean they are there. Obviously, we had some very prominent 204 00:11:14,200 --> 00:11:17,760 Speaker 3: ones emerged as governor and as representatives of the state. 205 00:11:17,840 --> 00:11:21,280 Speaker 3: But it isn't a necessary Let's just say it's it's 206 00:11:21,320 --> 00:11:22,079 Speaker 3: not a red state. 207 00:11:23,280 --> 00:11:27,040 Speaker 1: And that district voted the last couple of elections went 208 00:11:27,120 --> 00:11:29,800 Speaker 1: for Trump and then went for the Democrat who was 209 00:11:30,040 --> 00:11:33,520 Speaker 1: running in the election. So that state, that very district 210 00:11:33,679 --> 00:11:37,320 Speaker 1: has shown that it will do democratic and Republican. And 211 00:11:37,320 --> 00:11:40,400 Speaker 1: given the numbers that Mike Johnson, that poor fellow up 212 00:11:40,440 --> 00:11:42,880 Speaker 1: in Congress, I just I swear if I ever meet him, 213 00:11:42,880 --> 00:11:45,760 Speaker 1: I'm just gonna hug him. See God bless your brother. 214 00:11:46,080 --> 00:11:50,000 Speaker 1: But just he's always people's health issues have an impact 215 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:53,640 Speaker 1: on numbers and the president's agenda and the mid terms. 216 00:11:53,679 --> 00:11:56,600 Speaker 1: This is bananas, but stay here, We're going to add 217 00:11:56,600 --> 00:12:02,000 Speaker 1: something more to it. His dad, Yes, Tomin Junior's dad 218 00:12:02,160 --> 00:12:04,839 Speaker 1: Tom Kane Senior. Again, he is the one who spent 219 00:12:04,960 --> 00:12:08,160 Speaker 1: time as the governor there of New Jersey. He added 220 00:12:08,280 --> 00:12:11,400 Speaker 1: to some of this mystery, or did he robes? He 221 00:12:11,480 --> 00:12:14,640 Speaker 1: might have given us more information than anyone has so far. 222 00:12:14,760 --> 00:12:26,640 Speaker 3: Stare Welcome back everyone to this episode of Amy and 223 00:12:26,720 --> 00:12:31,120 Speaker 3: TJ where we are talking about a missing congressman. We're 224 00:12:31,160 --> 00:12:35,400 Speaker 3: talking about Congressman Tom Kane, a Republican from New Jersey, 225 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:38,360 Speaker 3: fifty seven years old. He's in his second term. He 226 00:12:38,480 --> 00:12:43,080 Speaker 3: is running for reelection. He comes from a major political 227 00:12:43,160 --> 00:12:46,079 Speaker 3: dynasty there in New Jersey. His father was the storied 228 00:12:46,120 --> 00:12:49,120 Speaker 3: governor of New Jersey there, Tom Kin Senior. But he 229 00:12:49,240 --> 00:12:53,480 Speaker 3: has not voted in Congress since March fifth, and he 230 00:12:53,559 --> 00:12:54,760 Speaker 3: ain't been seen since. 231 00:12:55,080 --> 00:12:57,400 Speaker 1: But no one has laid eyes on the guy. We 232 00:12:57,480 --> 00:13:00,560 Speaker 1: say missing. That's not a stretch. Where is he? 233 00:13:01,880 --> 00:13:05,240 Speaker 2: No one knows, nobody and Lord knows. Reporters have been trying. 234 00:13:05,280 --> 00:13:09,160 Speaker 3: I mean I've read I read so many reports where 235 00:13:09,160 --> 00:13:09,839 Speaker 3: they went to. 236 00:13:09,800 --> 00:13:11,320 Speaker 2: This house, in that house, in this house. 237 00:13:11,320 --> 00:13:15,880 Speaker 3: They've you know how tenacious photographers reporters are. And you've 238 00:13:15,880 --> 00:13:19,000 Speaker 3: got a missing congressman. Yet they are on the case 239 00:13:19,040 --> 00:13:22,079 Speaker 3: trying to find him, and they have not been successful. 240 00:13:22,440 --> 00:13:26,120 Speaker 1: That's something nobody's laid eyes on a member of Congress 241 00:13:26,160 --> 00:13:29,440 Speaker 1: in three months robes that will raise some eyebrows. They 242 00:13:29,520 --> 00:13:32,079 Speaker 1: are giving us the answer, at least a vague one, 243 00:13:32,120 --> 00:13:35,320 Speaker 1: that there's some medical issue, but other than that, answers 244 00:13:35,360 --> 00:13:37,600 Speaker 1: have been not very forthcoming. 245 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:42,880 Speaker 3: Yes, So on May fifteenth, we heard from Tom Kaine's father, 246 00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:45,360 Speaker 3: Tom Kain Senior, the aforementioned former governor. 247 00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:46,960 Speaker 2: Here was his quote. 248 00:13:47,720 --> 00:13:51,560 Speaker 3: It took a real illness to knock him out. This 249 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:54,960 Speaker 3: won't linger. It's not some kind of disease that's going 250 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:58,440 Speaker 3: to incapacitate him in the future. The consensus is that 251 00:13:58,520 --> 00:14:02,960 Speaker 3: he will be one hundred percent And okay, So I'm 252 00:14:02,960 --> 00:14:06,360 Speaker 3: wondering if he's contagious at this point, like, why wouldn't 253 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:09,120 Speaker 3: he be somewhere I'm thinking hotavirus, I'm thinking ebola. 254 00:14:09,280 --> 00:14:11,640 Speaker 2: No, I'm teasing, but that was the only other thing 255 00:14:11,679 --> 00:14:12,079 Speaker 2: I thought. 256 00:14:12,240 --> 00:14:15,760 Speaker 3: Autoimmune disorder where somehow you look disfigured, whether it's some 257 00:14:15,800 --> 00:14:19,000 Speaker 3: sort of paralysis, some sort of horrific rash all over 258 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:21,760 Speaker 3: his face, there could be some sort of autoimmune disease, 259 00:14:21,880 --> 00:14:24,760 Speaker 3: or there's something massively contagious where he has to be 260 00:14:24,800 --> 00:14:27,920 Speaker 3: in an isolation unit. Other than that, I can't imagine 261 00:14:27,920 --> 00:14:33,320 Speaker 3: because what his father described doesn't sound like cancer or 262 00:14:33,680 --> 00:14:36,840 Speaker 3: something where you'd have long term concerns where you'd have 263 00:14:36,880 --> 00:14:41,240 Speaker 3: to fight for your life. That doesn't seem what like 264 00:14:42,560 --> 00:14:46,280 Speaker 3: the type of illness anyone is describing a. 265 00:14:46,320 --> 00:14:50,000 Speaker 1: Real I'm breaking down every single word in here. A 266 00:14:50,080 --> 00:14:54,000 Speaker 1: real illness, a real one, A real illness so beyond 267 00:14:54,040 --> 00:14:57,600 Speaker 1: the cold, it took a real illness. And then he 268 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:01,360 Speaker 1: said it's not a disease, not some kind of disease. 269 00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:04,160 Speaker 1: What he could be a disease? Like is such a mystery? 270 00:15:04,520 --> 00:15:06,040 Speaker 1: Every word here I'm hanging on to. 271 00:15:06,560 --> 00:15:09,800 Speaker 3: That's why I was going to autoimmune disorder. But here's 272 00:15:09,800 --> 00:15:14,760 Speaker 3: the deal. In an era where social media and transparency 273 00:15:14,960 --> 00:15:18,880 Speaker 3: and keeping it real and the oppression Olympics seem to 274 00:15:19,360 --> 00:15:23,360 Speaker 3: garner a lot of support, I actually was trying to 275 00:15:23,360 --> 00:15:27,200 Speaker 3: come up with the reason why an elected official wouldn't 276 00:15:27,240 --> 00:15:31,200 Speaker 3: want the sympathy, wouldn't want the support, wouldn't want the attention, 277 00:15:31,320 --> 00:15:34,720 Speaker 3: wouldn't use I hate to say this, but use an 278 00:15:34,720 --> 00:15:38,840 Speaker 3: illness or something you're battling a struggle to his advantage 279 00:15:39,280 --> 00:15:42,360 Speaker 3: with the voters. Like I would just assume most politicians 280 00:15:42,360 --> 00:15:46,000 Speaker 3: would say, Hey, while this is tough, I'm going through it. 281 00:15:46,320 --> 00:15:49,360 Speaker 3: This actually could benefit me because, yes, people will connect 282 00:15:49,400 --> 00:15:52,200 Speaker 3: with me. People will be rooting for me, people will 283 00:15:52,200 --> 00:15:55,200 Speaker 3: be praying for me. They will be supporting like he 284 00:15:55,800 --> 00:15:57,040 Speaker 3: has just disappeared. 285 00:15:57,320 --> 00:15:59,080 Speaker 1: And on the flip side of that, even if you're 286 00:15:59,120 --> 00:16:03,640 Speaker 1: not that cynical, you would expect Robes, that someone with 287 00:16:03,720 --> 00:16:06,040 Speaker 1: the heart in the right place might do it just 288 00:16:06,080 --> 00:16:08,880 Speaker 1: to connect to others, to say I'm with you, Yes, 289 00:16:08,960 --> 00:16:13,160 Speaker 1: it's okay. Yes, So it's just I just really really 290 00:16:13,280 --> 00:16:15,320 Speaker 1: hope this guy is okay. His dad also mentioned he 291 00:16:15,400 --> 00:16:18,480 Speaker 1: used the phrase he is under a doctor's care. He 292 00:16:18,600 --> 00:16:22,520 Speaker 1: is under a doctor's care. Why say, what does all 293 00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:26,560 Speaker 1: this mean? Robes? But we did hear from and again 294 00:16:26,560 --> 00:16:30,240 Speaker 1: we're speaking about it now because some members of Congress 295 00:16:30,240 --> 00:16:33,040 Speaker 1: in there in New Jersey said they have heard from 296 00:16:33,080 --> 00:16:36,080 Speaker 1: him in recent days on the phone, like he's checking 297 00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:39,840 Speaker 1: in by phone finally, So maybe he's getting better or 298 00:16:39,880 --> 00:16:43,880 Speaker 1: he's I guess the timing with everything happening with people 299 00:16:43,920 --> 00:16:46,840 Speaker 1: are starting to cast votes, it's a big deal, so 300 00:16:47,080 --> 00:16:49,520 Speaker 1: who knows, but they're starting to hear his voice. But 301 00:16:49,560 --> 00:16:52,080 Speaker 1: he also did an interview on May twenty first Robes, 302 00:16:52,120 --> 00:16:54,120 Speaker 1: where he did confirm Yeah, he plans on being on 303 00:16:54,120 --> 00:16:55,120 Speaker 1: the campaign trail. 304 00:16:55,760 --> 00:16:58,440 Speaker 3: It's almost like he had to have a proof of life, 305 00:16:58,480 --> 00:16:59,920 Speaker 3: Like I want to see a picture of him with 306 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:03,120 Speaker 3: the current newspaper headline, and that's kind of where we are. 307 00:17:03,240 --> 00:17:05,480 Speaker 2: That's how little information we have right now. 308 00:17:06,119 --> 00:17:08,240 Speaker 1: Bro, that's what you're saying is not a stretch. He 309 00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:10,960 Speaker 1: has not checked in with his with the voters to 310 00:17:11,040 --> 00:17:13,879 Speaker 1: let them hear his voice or see his face in 311 00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:14,560 Speaker 1: three months. 312 00:17:14,680 --> 00:17:17,919 Speaker 3: I actually checked out his Instagram account and it's just 313 00:17:18,119 --> 00:17:21,320 Speaker 3: all you know, like basically like. 314 00:17:22,760 --> 00:17:26,240 Speaker 2: Words and pictures and signs. It has nothing of him. 315 00:17:26,560 --> 00:17:29,240 Speaker 3: The last one of him is from yes months ago, 316 00:17:29,320 --> 00:17:30,919 Speaker 3: I believe early March. 317 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:33,120 Speaker 2: So he has not been seen in public. He hasn't 318 00:17:33,119 --> 00:17:33,880 Speaker 2: posted any. 319 00:17:33,680 --> 00:17:39,760 Speaker 3: Pictures and maybe someday soon we'll find out. At least 320 00:17:40,040 --> 00:17:43,120 Speaker 3: I would hope his voters would expect that from him 321 00:17:43,720 --> 00:17:44,800 Speaker 3: in short order, and. 322 00:17:44,840 --> 00:17:48,119 Speaker 1: Hope he's okay. I mean, I hope he emerges not 323 00:17:48,160 --> 00:17:51,080 Speaker 1: because of politics, but because he's actually in better health 324 00:17:51,920 --> 00:17:54,000 Speaker 1: coming up. So yeah, and he doesn't have to tell 325 00:17:54,080 --> 00:17:57,000 Speaker 1: us anything Robes if he wants to keep that private. 326 00:17:57,560 --> 00:18:00,720 Speaker 1: But but yeah, to his vote is it seems like 327 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:04,880 Speaker 1: they are really right now they have no representation in Congress. Wow. 328 00:18:05,440 --> 00:18:08,320 Speaker 3: Okay, so obviously we will be keeping our eye on 329 00:18:08,400 --> 00:18:13,040 Speaker 3: this situation and the moment we hear from or see 330 00:18:13,320 --> 00:18:16,119 Speaker 3: Congressman tom Kin, we will hop on and let you know. 331 00:18:16,200 --> 00:18:18,560 Speaker 2: But in the meantime, thank you as always for listening 332 00:18:18,600 --> 00:18:22,080 Speaker 2: to us. Everyone. I'm Amy Roeboch alongside TJ. Holmes. We'll 333 00:18:22,080 --> 00:18:22,760 Speaker 2: talk to you soon.