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Speaker 1 (00:00):
On the line with us now from the Midwestern to
the Midwestern or God is Kyle Olsen joining us? Kyle,
good morning, appreciate you being here with Have you just
been a wild week? For sure, hadn't it?
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Yeah, it never seems to end. Good morning.
Speaker 1 (00:13):
It's very gold moment, I can tell you. It makes
his business interesting. Uh. And not just across the country
and throughout the world with developments in these stories, but
right here in Michigan. In fact, we got some big
ones and I think maybe the biggest.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (00:26):
Well, actually, first let's start with this because this is
the most immediate. This is the one that just happened
last night, the endorsement President Trump and Mike Rodgers.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
Yeah, it effectively clears the field. It seemed like things
were sort of moving in this direction anyway. Uh. And
then when you know, when when Bill Heisinge announced that
he was not going to run, I think things sort
of moved moved more quickly after that, you know that.
I think the So what this does is it effectively
(00:57):
clears the field. Mike Rodgers won't have a primary, at
least won't have a serious primary. President Trump, you know,
has a ninety plus percent approval rating amongst Republicans. So
his endorsement carries, you know, a major amount of weight.
We've seen that in lots of races across the country.
But the issue that Rogers I think has to overcome is,
(01:19):
you know, he Trump won in twenty twenty four. Rogers
didn't win in twenty twenty four, And a lot of
these candidates don't have the luxury of having President Trump
on the ballot in twenty twenty six. And so the
fundamental question is what are they going to do differently
to win in twenty twenty six that they didn't do
(01:40):
in twenty twenty four.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
Yeah, that's a really good question. What are they going
to do differently? And what what? How do you how
do you bring so there's just some holdouts out there
on the libertarian side of things, how do you bring
them into the into the into the tent because you
know made the case in twenty four or look, folks,
I get it. Maybe you're not happy. There is no
such thing as a perfect candidate. Uh. And if you
(02:06):
play that purity test game like we've seen, unfortunately, what
that leads to is Alissa Slockey getting elected and right,
run that same risk.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
Now right and and Rogers, he you know, he did not.
He lost some of the base and because there were
questions about you know, his when he was on the
Intelligence Committee and the Patriot Act and you know all
of that. And and so I think that President Trump
will help to solidify the base for sure. And Rogers,
(02:38):
you know, has now he's got a lot of time
to be able to continue to make the case about
why he supports Trump policies and and you know what
he would do in the Senate to advance those and
protect those. So you know, I think it's he's got
work to do, but I think that he's got the time.
And the other important thing here is that when there
(03:00):
isn't a primary, the candidate doesn't have to spend all
their money in the primary and then turn around and
raise money for the general election. And that's what we
saw in twenty twenty two. And so that's also a
huge advantage for a candidate who is being endorsed this early.
Speaker 1 (03:15):
All right, let us there Mike Rodgers endorsed by President
trumpley last night with the drop the came. You'll sure
hear him on the radio shortly in the days ahead.
Another big story and this is all over at the
Midwestern or the Midwesterner. Dot News have been doing a
great job covering these stories. But the DOJ. We've got
investigations on investigations galore inside Michigan right now. Two Michigan
(03:39):
universities under investigation. DOJ investigating the twenty twenty four election
Jocelyn Benson illegal votes that came in under her watch.
You're a stranger to this story, but it's a big one,
and it's really not a great look when you're running
for governor.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
No. And so the Department of Justice, they want to
make sure that only citizens are voting, which is the law,
and so they have questions about what Jocelyn Benson knew
when she knew it, what her role was in effectively
allowing at least fifteen non citizens to vote in Michigan elections,
(04:20):
and was that a result of her policies and her
guidance or what exactly was going on. And so the
Department of Justice has asked for several different bits of information,
or not bits, but a lot of information, and they've
given her two weeks to respond. So we'll see how
(04:41):
this proceeds. My guess is, because it's the Trump administration,
she's going to resist, and she may ignore it, and
we'll have to see how all of that plays out.
And what's fascinating is that there are legitimate questions about
how at least fifteen non citizens voted in the twenty
twenty four election. So here we have gone from Joe
(05:05):
Biden giving her an award because of her role in
the twenty twenty election to the next administration demanding documents
related to how fifteen at least fifteen non citizens voted
in the twenty twenty four election.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
Yeah, and how do we know? This is the toughest
part for me, because how do we know that it
was only ten fifteen? It's ten to fifteen that we
know about how many others? I mean, it was ten
to fifteen. It could have been thousands. We just don't know.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
Correct, That's what she's admitted to based on her search
of a particular way that she searched. She searched the records,
she came up with fifteen, she admitted to fifteen. But yes,
you're right, how many more are there?
Speaker 1 (05:49):
It's just a it. This would be something that ought
to enrage Ever, I don't care if you're a Democrat
or Republican, whoever you are. Especially people that claim to
want to defend them inocracy and all the rest of it. Look,
it's if if you got people that are running the
show that are allowing this type of thing to happen.
(06:10):
I mean, just look, folks, it's not that art. Look
how hard it is. Just take a look at how
hard it is to get an appointment to get into
the Secretary of State office to get you your tags. Now,
it's my birthday month, so I got to do that
now and get that done for it's too late figure
out how to get it all worked out. And these
these are the same people that are running the elections.
(06:30):
I mean, this ought to be. This ought to it
ought to make people pull their hair out. But I
don't for some reason, I don't see people really connecting
the dots there and how bad things really are.
Speaker 2 (06:40):
Kyle, Yeah, yeah, that's right. And we'll see if the campaigns,
whether it's whoever the Republican is or dug In, they
sort of make that case that she has not been
effective at running elections at customer service when it comes
to you know, titles and lights and you know, driver's
(07:03):
licenses and all of that, or if she's or if
she's not held accountable for that, and about the votes.
It doesn't. This is not a partisan issue. If if
those if those illegal voters were voting for Donald Trump,
they're effectively diluting the votes of citizens who voted for
(07:24):
Kamala Harris. And that's I don't think anybody wants to
see that happen. Nobody wants to see the votes of
citizens negated by people who should not be voting in elections.
Speaker 1 (07:34):
We've got a long history of just governance here and
corruption here in the state that just gone run amok.
In fact, one of those latest is the big bill.
We're all getting about nearly a quarter of a million
dollars from Gratchen Witmer for her trip down Under. She's
been doing a lot of these trips, gallivanting across the globe,
(07:54):
trying to make a case that she has foreign policy
shops so that she can turn around and running twenty
twenty eight is the best estimation I've heard on this. Well, meanwhile,
it's costing all of us money because do you think,
really think we're going to get some investment for investment
from Australia. It's incredible.
Speaker 2 (08:13):
Well, she's think about this. She has gone all over
the world. She's gone to Australia, the Middle East, the
United Kingdom, Spain, to Asia, She's gone everywhere. Have we
seen a single announcements of jobs or investment or anything
that has come from those trips? And here she spent
(08:35):
over two hundred thousand dollars, taking several people, including I
saw the lobbyists for Delta Airlines, which I thought, why
is the lobbyist for Why are Michigan tax payers paying
for the lobbyists of Delta Airlines to go on this
trip to Australia? But what do they have to show
for this? And so here and the Midwesterner has been
(08:57):
reporting constantly about jobs leading Michigan companies leaving Michigan. We
just reported the other day about Pepsi. Pepsi has been
in Detroit for eighty years, incredible manufacturing, and they're leaving.
So there, it's just it's story after story, and it's
eighty jobs here, it's two hundred jobs there, it's fifteen
(09:19):
jobs over there. And this is adding up. And so
instead of focusing on what do we need to do
to keep long running companies that have been in Michigan
for generations? What regulations can we cut, What taxes, can
we cut she's looking beyond all of those companies, and
she's running to Australia so she can get photos in
(09:40):
front of the American flag, signing some document. But then
there's nothing beyond that to show for it. And so
is a This is a high priced press release and
photo wop that she's spending our tax dollars on with
no jobs to show for it.
Speaker 1 (09:57):
Jet setting on our dime. That's probably the best way
to put it in. And there he is, ladies and gentlemen.
It is never a good moment. The folks a midwestern
are doing their best to stay up on top of
it all. Kyle Olsen, the Midwestern or the Midwesterner dot
new is always a pleasure, my friend. Thank you so much.
You have a great weekend. And by the way, folks,
(10:17):
don't just go there and bookmark to site. Definitely do that,
but while you're there, put your dam and your information
in so that you can stay up tonight on the
latest stories from around Michigan and beyond.
On the line with us now from the Midwestern to
the Midwestern or God is Kyle Olsen joining us? Kyle,
good morning, appreciate you being here with Have you just
been a wild week? For sure, hadn't it?
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Yeah, it never seems to end. Good morning.
Speaker 1 (00:13):
It's very gold moment, I can tell you. It makes
his business interesting. Uh. And not just across the country
and throughout the world with developments in these stories, but
right here in Michigan. In fact, we got some big
ones and I think maybe the biggest.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (00:26):
Well, actually, first let's start with this because this is
the most immediate. This is the one that just happened
last night, the endorsement President Trump and Mike Rodgers.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
Yeah, it effectively clears the field. It seemed like things
were sort of moving in this direction anyway. Uh. And
then when you know, when when Bill Heisinge announced that
he was not going to run, I think things sort
of moved moved more quickly after that, you know that.
I think the So what this does is it effectively
(00:57):
clears the field. Mike Rodgers won't have a primary, at
least won't have a serious primary. President Trump, you know,
has a ninety plus percent approval rating amongst Republicans. So
his endorsement carries, you know, a major amount of weight.
We've seen that in lots of races across the country.
But the issue that Rogers I think has to overcome is,
(01:19):
you know, he Trump won in twenty twenty four. Rogers
didn't win in twenty twenty four, And a lot of
these candidates don't have the luxury of having President Trump
on the ballot in twenty twenty six. And so the
fundamental question is what are they going to do differently
to win in twenty twenty six that they didn't do
(01:40):
in twenty twenty four.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
Yeah, that's a really good question. What are they going
to do differently? And what what? How do you how
do you bring so there's just some holdouts out there
on the libertarian side of things, how do you bring
them into the into the into the tent because you
know made the case in twenty four or look, folks,
I get it. Maybe you're not happy. There is no
such thing as a perfect candidate. Uh. And if you
(02:06):
play that purity test game like we've seen, unfortunately, what
that leads to is Alissa Slockey getting elected and right,
run that same risk.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
Now right and and Rogers, he you know, he did not.
He lost some of the base and because there were
questions about you know, his when he was on the
Intelligence Committee and the Patriot Act and you know all
of that. And and so I think that President Trump
will help to solidify the base for sure. And Rogers,
(02:38):
you know, has now he's got a lot of time
to be able to continue to make the case about
why he supports Trump policies and and you know what
he would do in the Senate to advance those and
protect those. So you know, I think it's he's got
work to do, but I think that he's got the time.
And the other important thing here is that when there
(03:00):
isn't a primary, the candidate doesn't have to spend all
their money in the primary and then turn around and
raise money for the general election. And that's what we
saw in twenty twenty two. And so that's also a
huge advantage for a candidate who is being endorsed this early.
Speaker 1 (03:15):
All right, let us there Mike Rodgers endorsed by President
trumpley last night with the drop the came. You'll sure
hear him on the radio shortly in the days ahead.
Another big story and this is all over at the
Midwestern or the Midwesterner. Dot News have been doing a
great job covering these stories. But the DOJ. We've got
investigations on investigations galore inside Michigan right now. Two Michigan
(03:39):
universities under investigation. DOJ investigating the twenty twenty four election
Jocelyn Benson illegal votes that came in under her watch.
You're a stranger to this story, but it's a big one,
and it's really not a great look when you're running
for governor.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
No. And so the Department of Justice, they want to
make sure that only citizens are voting, which is the law,
and so they have questions about what Jocelyn Benson knew
when she knew it, what her role was in effectively
allowing at least fifteen non citizens to vote in Michigan elections,
(04:20):
and was that a result of her policies and her
guidance or what exactly was going on. And so the
Department of Justice has asked for several different bits of information,
or not bits, but a lot of information, and they've
given her two weeks to respond. So we'll see how
(04:41):
this proceeds. My guess is, because it's the Trump administration,
she's going to resist, and she may ignore it, and
we'll have to see how all of that plays out.
And what's fascinating is that there are legitimate questions about
how at least fifteen non citizens voted in the twenty
twenty four election. So here we have gone from Joe
(05:05):
Biden giving her an award because of her role in
the twenty twenty election to the next administration demanding documents
related to how fifteen at least fifteen non citizens voted
in the twenty twenty four election.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
Yeah, and how do we know? This is the toughest
part for me, because how do we know that it
was only ten fifteen? It's ten to fifteen that we
know about how many others? I mean, it was ten
to fifteen. It could have been thousands. We just don't know.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
Correct, That's what she's admitted to based on her search
of a particular way that she searched. She searched the records,
she came up with fifteen, she admitted to fifteen. But yes,
you're right, how many more are there?
Speaker 1 (05:49):
It's just a it. This would be something that ought
to enrage Ever, I don't care if you're a Democrat
or Republican, whoever you are. Especially people that claim to
want to defend them inocracy and all the rest of it. Look,
it's if if you got people that are running the
show that are allowing this type of thing to happen.
(06:10):
I mean, just look, folks, it's not that art. Look
how hard it is. Just take a look at how
hard it is to get an appointment to get into
the Secretary of State office to get you your tags. Now,
it's my birthday month, so I got to do that
now and get that done for it's too late figure
out how to get it all worked out. And these
these are the same people that are running the elections.
(06:30):
I mean, this ought to be. This ought to it
ought to make people pull their hair out. But I
don't for some reason, I don't see people really connecting
the dots there and how bad things really are.
Speaker 2 (06:40):
Kyle, Yeah, yeah, that's right. And we'll see if the campaigns,
whether it's whoever the Republican is or dug In, they
sort of make that case that she has not been
effective at running elections at customer service when it comes
to you know, titles and lights and you know, driver's
(07:03):
licenses and all of that, or if she's or if
she's not held accountable for that, and about the votes.
It doesn't. This is not a partisan issue. If if
those if those illegal voters were voting for Donald Trump,
they're effectively diluting the votes of citizens who voted for
(07:24):
Kamala Harris. And that's I don't think anybody wants to
see that happen. Nobody wants to see the votes of
citizens negated by people who should not be voting in elections.
Speaker 1 (07:34):
We've got a long history of just governance here and
corruption here in the state that just gone run amok.
In fact, one of those latest is the big bill.
We're all getting about nearly a quarter of a million
dollars from Gratchen Witmer for her trip down Under. She's
been doing a lot of these trips, gallivanting across the globe,
(07:54):
trying to make a case that she has foreign policy
shops so that she can turn around and running twenty
twenty eight is the best estimation I've heard on this. Well, meanwhile,
it's costing all of us money because do you think,
really think we're going to get some investment for investment
from Australia. It's incredible.
Speaker 2 (08:13):
Well, she's think about this. She has gone all over
the world. She's gone to Australia, the Middle East, the
United Kingdom, Spain, to Asia, She's gone everywhere. Have we
seen a single announcements of jobs or investment or anything
that has come from those trips? And here she spent
(08:35):
over two hundred thousand dollars, taking several people, including I
saw the lobbyists for Delta Airlines, which I thought, why
is the lobbyist for Why are Michigan tax payers paying
for the lobbyists of Delta Airlines to go on this
trip to Australia? But what do they have to show
for this? And so here and the Midwesterner has been
(08:57):
reporting constantly about jobs leading Michigan companies leaving Michigan. We
just reported the other day about Pepsi. Pepsi has been
in Detroit for eighty years, incredible manufacturing, and they're leaving.
So there, it's just it's story after story, and it's
eighty jobs here, it's two hundred jobs there, it's fifteen
(09:19):
jobs over there. And this is adding up. And so
instead of focusing on what do we need to do
to keep long running companies that have been in Michigan
for generations? What regulations can we cut, What taxes, can
we cut she's looking beyond all of those companies, and
she's running to Australia so she can get photos in
(09:40):
front of the American flag, signing some document. But then
there's nothing beyond that to show for it. And so
is a This is a high priced press release and
photo wop that she's spending our tax dollars on with
no jobs to show for it.
Speaker 1 (09:57):
Jet setting on our dime. That's probably the best way
to put it in. And there he is, ladies and gentlemen.
It is never a good moment. The folks a midwestern
are doing their best to stay up on top of
it all. Kyle Olsen, the Midwestern or the Midwesterner dot
new is always a pleasure, my friend. Thank you so much.
You have a great weekend. And by the way, folks,
(10:17):
don't just go there and bookmark to site. Definitely do that,
but while you're there, put your dam and your information
in so that you can stay up tonight on the
latest stories from around Michigan and beyond.
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