Community Connection - April 27 2026 - Tina Cosby wtih Democratic Candidate For Marion County Sherrif - Catian Gregory Patrick - Community Connection With Tina Cosby

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Train. We're going to start with a weather reminder and
alert Eric Garns and I tell you, oh, yeah.

Speaker 2 (00:07):
This is serious.

Speaker 1 (00:08):
Yeah, yeah, it really is. You know, we're not taking
this lightly. That's why we're starting off because public safety
is first and foremost. Several lines of strong storms expected
throughout the day and late into the evening throughout all
of central Indiana, I think a lot of parts of
the entire state. Is that your understand you.

Speaker 3 (00:29):
Yes, a matter of fact of looking at the radar,
and it's showing pretty much moving east. It's covering pretty
much most of the western.

Speaker 2 (00:36):
Half of the states.

Speaker 3 (00:37):
If you're a thunderstorm watch until seven tonight, So they're
heading this way.

Speaker 1 (00:42):
Yeah, well some of the storms, they say it could
contain hail, damaging winds and even spawn a few tornadoes.
So please make sure to stay weather aware and please
do not ignore warnings, alerts, and sirens because they can
be life savers. And here I tell you a quick
story and then we got to get right to it,

(01:04):
but you know, right to the show. But Friday Friday,
this past Friday, I had to pick up something is
a charger. I had to pick up a charger at
best Buy and it was at the one in Carmel,
So I was up there in Hamilton County, right and yeah,
And all of a sudden, I kept hearing these sirens

(01:26):
going off, and it was fine. I'm like, what is this?
I had, you know, I didn't get any alerts on
my phone, but no, not then, not when the sirens
were going off. No. And so then I looked on
the radar and I'm like, well, what it doesn't you know,
it's not adding up, So what's going on? The sirens
kept going more and more and more, and then I

(01:48):
got all these calls from everybody, Hey are you okay?
Where are you? You know that I said, what And
what had happened was that it was one of those
pop up weather systems where you've heard of those where
people have little to no warning. I mean just five
kind of like when you hit unexpected turbulence on a plane.
And so I wasn't ignoring it. I was just like

(02:09):
me trying to rationalize it and make it, well, this
doesn't make sense and this and all of a sudden,
the weather told me get somewhere girl, because you and
it did it just I mean, it's just like it
almost became a tornado. So I was able to get
out of my car and then get into Uh. I
think I ran into home depot. That was a bit,

(02:30):
you know, because I was leaving and then I ran
into home depot and stayed in there.

Speaker 4 (02:34):
Uh.

Speaker 1 (02:34):
And there were several people doing the same, and they
all had the same puzzled look on their faces because
it just didn't, you know, now with this Yeah, with
this system here and all the warning and the maps
and all the other stuff we expected, but when you're
just out whatever. But the I guess the lesson is,
don't even try to rationalize that those things don't go off.

(02:55):
They do not go off for a reason. They don't
go off for any any not re don't go off
for nothing. Okay, we'll put it that way.

Speaker 2 (03:02):
So I was still here on Friday.

Speaker 1 (03:04):
Oh, you were still here.

Speaker 3 (03:05):
Downtown was hit pretty hard. There was a tree here
tenth of Meridian that fell on a car.

Speaker 1 (03:11):
My goodness, and hopefully no one was.

Speaker 2 (03:14):
There were no injuries with that.

Speaker 3 (03:15):
When was intense, it was it was pretty pretty pretty rough.

Speaker 5 (03:19):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (03:19):
Yeah, it wasn't too too calm up that way either.
And I you know, it was Friday, you were still here.
You must have been working on some stuff because I
was able to finish up and leave a little early,
and I wanted to beat the traffic, uh to get
up there to get this shot. I don't know why
I didn't have the charger just mailed. You know, that
is an option. I don't know what. I don't know.
Sometimes it's kind of like the attacks hit you, you know,

(03:42):
like Tita, just have it mailed. I have chargers. This
is one of those magnetic ones that can you can
do three things at one time. And it was half
off and I lost my mind because it was half
often I had some one to save money, save some money.
But anyway, No, but in all serious and stuff, please
do pay attention and if you hear the siren, take
he because again it's going off for a reason. It's

(04:03):
going off for a reason. And then the phones ees
system catch up. So there's that. So and we'll have
another reminder before we leave for the day as well.

Speaker 2 (04:16):
Eric sounds good.

Speaker 1 (04:17):
But onward and upward to the business at hand. As
you know, the twenty twenty six primary election is now
just over one week away, a week and a day
to be exact, and there are a number number of
candidates out there asking for your vote as they all
work to clear their primary parties the primary elections and

(04:38):
become their party's primary candidate, their sole candidate for a
public office in the upcoming November election, which is Tuesday,
November third. But first, first things first, the primary that's
next week Tuesday, May fifth, to be exact, and that
will be the first hurdle we have with us here
today in studio. Another primary election hopeful is Gregory Patrick,

(05:01):
Democratic candidate for Marion County Sheriff. He is here asking
for your vote as well if you like to talk
to the candidate. As always, we give the number three
one seven for eight zero thirteen ten three one seven
for eight zero thirteen ten And is it Captain Yes, okay,

(05:21):
Captain Patrick, welcome, welcome to the show. Glad to have
you with us.

Speaker 2 (05:24):
Cosby, I appreciate the opportunity.

Speaker 1 (05:26):
So we got to be best friends several days and
not really, I'm just but we did meet because you
were standing out there, and usually you see the candidates
on election day. This was just a regular day and
I was like, oh wow, you're I said, I just
sent you an email, you know, because so you're out
there each and every day talking to the public.

Speaker 6 (05:48):
Yes, maam, I am, and I want to touch base
with the people. I want them to have the opportunity
to ask me in person and not have someone speaking
for me. I think that's very important for them to
hear from me and see me when I'm speaking to them,
to let them know I'm genuine and everything I say
is what I plan to do.

Speaker 1 (06:07):
So tell our listeners about you who you are and yeah,
just let them know.

Speaker 6 (06:13):
Let them know who you are again. My name is
Gregory Patrick. I'm a forty two year law enforcement career guy.
I started with the Indiana State Police in nineteen eighty four.
I worked for the State Police until ninety three. I
transferred my employment to Florida. I worked for the Sheriff's
office there from ninety three to four. Came back here

(06:35):
in five started working for Center Township Trustee and they
immediately put me on what they had as a police
department at the.

Speaker 2 (06:44):
Time, and I became a special deputy.

Speaker 6 (06:46):
Then onto the Marion County Reserve, where I stayed until
twenty eleven when I went full time with Marion County.
I've touched every aspect of Marion County on the enforcement side,
I've worked warrants, I've worked civil, I've worked the building,
I've worked judicial, I've worked courtline. The only thing on

(07:08):
the enforcement side I haven't done with Marion County is
be a canine. I have actual boots on the ground
experience and every aspect of the Marion County enforcement side.
And I am the only one in the race that
can say that.

Speaker 1 (07:23):
Yeah, they have it. So the Sheriff's Department has a canine,
Yes they do, but they don't have an an equestrian.

Speaker 2 (07:31):
No horse patrol.

Speaker 6 (07:32):
But we do have canine and they are a useful
tool and we use them in a gym where I
am a captain on middle shift. We've called them several
times to clear blocks and and looked for any any
kind of contraband thatate minus snugy.

Speaker 1 (07:48):
Are they pretty good?

Speaker 2 (07:49):
They are very good. They are very good.

Speaker 6 (07:51):
I have a lot of respect for those guys, and
you know I did have aspirations of being a canine handler.
I work close with them. When I was in Florida,
I was on the special Response team there and we
had a canine actually assigned to us. And as I
work with that gentleman, he always had me hide the narcotics,

(08:11):
and I asked him, why why don't you hide him yourself?
And he's like Pat Man, the dogs are lazy, just
like people. If I hide it, he's going to be
looking for my sin and narcotics.

Speaker 2 (08:22):
And I kept that and it stuck with me.

Speaker 6 (08:24):
So, you know, I did apply once at Marion County
and I wasn't chosen, so so I moved on. But yeah,
I've I've enjoyed my law enforcement career. Like I said,
it's been forty two years, and you know, it's a
calling's it's not work.

Speaker 2 (08:40):
I enjoy what I do.

Speaker 6 (08:42):
And when you enjoy what you do, you know it's
easy to go to work with a smile on your
face and then give two hundred and ten percent, as
I do every day.

Speaker 1 (08:49):
So the sheriff interesting description of the role that the
shriff in Marion County plays right now in terms of
law enforcement. Can you explain a little bit more to
our listeners about that.

Speaker 2 (09:03):
Sure? Sure.

Speaker 6 (09:05):
As we all know, when IPD and Marion County merged
and became IMPD, Marion County lost their patrol side, not
their enforcement side. The sheriff is a constitutional officer has
the right to deputize individuals and has a certain amount
of time to get them trained as law enforcement officers

(09:26):
will become Tier two or Tier one through ileiah. We
are currently responsible for all the buildings that the city
owns and Marion County owns. We are responsible for the
security in them, and we have the CJC that we're
responsible for and that is where the Adult Detention Center

(09:46):
is or the old jail, that's where it is now.
We have units out there that do warrants. We have
our K nine unit, we have our Star Team. I mean,
there are a lot of aspects of the Marion County
Sheriff's Office in there career potential for anybody that would
like to be employed. We do not have a specific
road team that do road patrol, but hopefully one time

(10:11):
I like to share if we can get back to that.

Speaker 1 (10:14):
Yeah. Yeah, And so you had mentioned being different departments
in including a different state, different location and what have you. Yes,
what are your local routes and can you or do
you have the ability as a law enforcement leader or
aspiring to be a leader in law enforcement with the
Shares's Department know the community to where it needs you,

(10:38):
know to how it needs to be known. Because as
we know there's a lot of law enforcement and community
in general, there's just a lot of mistrust. So how
well do you know this community?

Speaker 6 (10:49):
Well, I did grow up in Indianapolis. I came here
when I was three, about to turn four, back in
sixty nine, and I grew up here. I mean I
started on the east side on Temple, we moved to
Eastern I went to elementary school or kindergarten at school

(11:11):
thirty seven with then we moved to the near east side,
just east of Sherman and I went to school seventy
three for my elementary. Then I went on to Forst.
Man Or Middle School that's on thirty second and Euclid.
I went there for middle school, and then I went
to John Marshall High School on the far east side

(11:31):
out of Midhafer in thirty eight. So I grew up here,
went to elementary through high school here. I went to
Saint Joseph's College up in rinsaliy Or Indiana. So I
do know the community well. I still have a lot
of friends that live on the east side. My mom
still lives in the house I grew up in, so Yes,
I have a lot of connections here. I know a

(11:53):
lot of people here and they've all wished me the best,
and they all tell me I'm the right man for
the drive.

Speaker 1 (11:59):
Ye indeed, And why why do you want to be
the sheriff? You know, because that's that's the top law
enforcement official. It is over that department. Why do you
want to be in charge?

Speaker 6 (12:11):
I do because it's a calling to me. Law enforcement
for me wasn't just a job. I mean I feel
it's a calling. And when you're operating your calling, you
aspire to be the best that you can be. And
being sheriff would be the pinnacle and the best that
I could be. I've always been a servant and law
enforcement is service. I mean, we're civil servants. I mean,

(12:33):
this is this is what we do. We're here to
serve the public in any way that they need, to
make sure they're safe and secure and make sure they
have what they need to navigate their daily life. As sheriff,
you know, I I definitely would bring change to the
Marion County Sheriff's office. My platform hasn't changed since I
got in a race in November. It's simple, you know, transparency,

(12:57):
Start a civilian review board. You say, whyavillion review board? Well,
the civilian review board, because if you're hearing it from
somebody other than me as the sheriff, it carries more weight.
Not to say that we don't investigate ourselves and give
the information that's needed and truthfully, however, when it comes
from an outside source, it lands better. People will always

(13:19):
say if you come out and say there's no there there,
they're always thinking, ah, they investigate themselves, So I don't know,
but if it's coming from a civilian review board that
is made up of the citizens of Marion County, it
just lands better. The second tier of my platform is
to assist our mental health inmates. As you know when
they close Central State. I mean we're the biggest mental

(13:41):
health care provider in Marion County. The jail is yes,
and they need more assistance with clinicians. And not to
say we do the best we can. You know, law
enforcement wasn't made or trained to handle the mentally ill,
and we do a good job, but our officers will
get more training under me, and also I would bring

(14:02):
more clinicians in to assist them to make sure that
they can navigate life once they're outside of jail and
keep it from being a revolving door. I mean, once
they're in jail and we can get them on the
meds they need and they become stable, they're fine. But
when we release them and if they don't have access
says to the meds or they're not taking them, then
they generally come back sort of recidivism rate, it's high

(14:24):
with them. So if we bring in mental health care providers,
clinicians that can navigate with them and show them where
to go, keep tabs on them to make sure they're
getting what they need, then they become protective citizens and
it helps us all out. I mean, so that's near
and dear to my heart, as well as school resource.
I started school resource program in Florida when I was there,

(14:45):
and I saw it work. I mean I saw the
kids turn around and the relationships turn around within three years.
So here it's not a takeover, you know, it's a
come alongside. Because we know the schools here have some
of them have their own police departments. They are the
school police, even though they're.

Speaker 3 (15:02):
Tier two or Tier one source of exactly, and.

Speaker 6 (15:06):
They wear the colors that the school has. But I
just feel the brown would carry more weight. And again,
it's not a takeover. It's a come alongside. If you
don't have it already, we're here to provide it for you.
If you do have it and you want us to
come alongside and help, we'll do that. If we can
come to a memorandum of understanding an MoU to where
you want us solely to do it, then we will

(15:29):
come alongside and give you what we can. To make
sure our kids succeed. We need to break the school
to prison pipeline. I mean, they're building more prisons, you know,
So it's not like they're not wanting to put people
in them. I mean they're they're labeling kids as young
as four and saying, you know, business guy is probably
going to end up in the penitentiary of this girl.

(15:49):
So they're just building more space. Why don't we give
them something to become viable and successful and let them
see law enforcement as their friends and not their enemies.
And right now we know that they think we're the enemy.
So if we instill that in them young we go
into elementary schools. First of all, we'll have them in
middle schools, and the middle school guys would be responsible

(16:12):
for their elementary schools. Whatever elementary school is feeding the
middle school they'll go down introduce themselves to the kids.
As we know, elementary school kids still love the police,
they still want to be firemen. So you make that relationship,
you garner it, you nurture it. And when they get
the middle or elementary school up to middle they're there,
they know, they see you, they remember you. The high

(16:35):
school kids the same, come down to the middle schools
to get to meet the kids as if they follow
them all the way through school. Once they get to
high school, the relationships are totally different. They respect them.
The guys would be there to assist in any way
they can, and it just wouldn't be a negative contact.
Every time they see them, they're giving mom and dad
a ticket. They're at the house to put them out.
Whatever the issue may be. We need to replace the

(16:57):
negative with the positive.

Speaker 1 (16:59):
Three one and four eight zero thirteen ten. Three one
seven four eight zero thirteen ten is the number to
call in. Our guest is Gregory Patrick. He is running
for Sheriff of Marion County Democratic Primary, hoping to clear
the Democratic Primary to become the candidate in November for

(17:20):
the November election.

Speaker 2 (17:21):
He's no, There is no November. No candidate for the Okay.

Speaker 1 (17:27):
Yeah, Oh, the Republicans don't have that's right, will be over.
It'll be so whoever wins the fifth it'll be sure.
And the Republicans are not going to have a last
minute they've missed the deadline to file, yes, ma'am, okay okay,
So by defaultant is that that's correct.

Speaker 2 (17:47):
Whoever wins this primary for the Democrats.

Speaker 1 (17:51):
So the winner take all, it's winner take all.

Speaker 2 (17:54):
It's winner take all.

Speaker 1 (17:55):
Now, everything you were describing that you would want to
do if you are or if you're elected on next Tuesday,
is that a wish list? Or is that something that
is attainable, that's not being done now but can be done,
especially budgetarily, because when you know, we hear candidates talk
a lot about, you know, the ideas and programs they

(18:16):
want to implement things of that nature, only to get
into office and find out, well, the budgetary constraints are
not going to allow for this, or we can only
do so much of that. So is what you're describing
something that is realistic, something that's not being done, something
that realistically can be done budgetarily with you as.

Speaker 6 (18:34):
Share and it's all a budgetary issue. Yeah, because you know,
the Civilian Review Board not so much. I mean, those
are the citizens that would be donating their time. Of course,
we would you know, give them, you know, if they're
their past lunch, feed them or whatever need be, but
that wouldn't be a paid position. The clinicians. Yes, that's
going to be a budgetary issue. Get what your budget,

(18:55):
your budget committee or the individual that has the budget
for the sheriff's office.

Speaker 2 (19:00):
Yet it is and it's a big budget.

Speaker 6 (19:01):
So you carve out the money you think you can
use to do it, and whatever your heart is to implement,
I think it can be done. I don't see any
obstacles in a way as far as the budgetary items go.

Speaker 2 (19:15):
With the school resource.

Speaker 6 (19:16):
Side, the schools would still have to pay that officer's salary,
and I would then equip them with the equipment they
need to do the job. So it's not money coming
from me. The schools would still have to pay for
that officer. And it worked the same way when I
was in Florida. Every school that wanted and they have
the money in their budget to do it. It's just
whether or not they choose to use it for that.

(19:37):
So I don't see anybody not wanting their kids safe transparency,
in the sheriff's office or mental health inmates getting everything
they need to become productive citizens.

Speaker 1 (19:52):
Well, speaking of obstacles, your opponent, quite the establishment candidate,
has all of the big establishment endorsements. You, I guess,
are running. I don't think this is an overstatement. Seemed
perhaps an underdog in a lot of ways, because, like
I said, your opponent is the establishment chosen candidate. What

(20:17):
are your thoughts in terms of slaying the dragon, so
to speak? And speaking of obstacles, well, like I.

Speaker 6 (20:23):
Said, I didn't come into as things with rose colored glasses.

Speaker 2 (20:28):
It is a David and Goliath thing.

Speaker 6 (20:29):
But I do have my five smooth stones, and I'm
not deterred in any way. I feel that my father
will make whatever happens happen. And I'm a man of
faith and I know that his will will be done
regardless of who's there. He is the one that establishes leadership.
That's what I believe. I believe I was born to leave.

(20:51):
So that's why I'm in the race. And you're Rightid,
my opponent, out of his own mouth, is the establishment candidate.
Usually the establishment candid it has to make certain concessions
on keeping this individual, keeping this program not getting involved
in that. So there's no constraint with me for that.
My only obligation would be to the voters in the
constituents of Marion County, not any special interest or anybody

(21:16):
pulling string.

Speaker 2 (21:17):
There's nobody pulling my streets.

Speaker 6 (21:19):
I mean, if you saw the article in the Star
last Monday, it outlined it perfectly. It said the current sheriff,
the previous sheriff, and the Democratic elite had picked my
opponent to be the Marion County sheriff. The last time
I checked. We're not an autocracy, We're not a We're

(21:39):
a democracy. We're not a dictatorship. So that people have
a right to choose. Yeah, so I'm here to give
them the right to choose.

Speaker 1 (21:45):
Yeah. And I you know, as I was reading that,
I was like, yeah, no Republican. And I guess it
didn't fire because I thought for a second, and you're right,
this is winner take all. I mean, so the winner
will be the sheriff, yes, ma'am for the most p
so well. And the interesting thing as well is that
you are both currently employees of the Marion County Sheriff's Department.

Speaker 6 (22:09):
That is correct, And I rose through the ranks by testing.
I was given technical ranks, but technical ranks don't last,
permanent ranks last. So my permanent rank is lieutenant. And
my opponent can't say that either. Every appointment that he's
every promotion has been given. You know, I have tested

(22:31):
and was promoted through testing.

Speaker 1 (22:33):
Is this your first time running for a public office. No, No,
you're in Indianapolis.

Speaker 2 (22:38):
Not in Indianapolis.

Speaker 6 (22:40):
I ran for a constable back after Tony Duncan died
m and that was my first shot.

Speaker 2 (22:45):
And it wasn't somewhere I was going to stay.

Speaker 6 (22:48):
This has always been in goal for Okay, you know,
I didn't plan to stay in that office if I
if I was elected. But yeah, it didn't work out.
But it's okay, I'm not you know, I see how things.

Speaker 1 (23:02):
Work here at it again? Okay. Three one seven four
eight zero thirteen ten three one seven for eight zero
thirteen ten. Our guest candidate for Marion County Sheriff in
a winner take all race. Pardon my oversight. A winner
take all race coming up after the May fifth primary.

(23:22):
Gregory Patrick three one seven four eight zero thirteen ten.
He's here asking for your vote. Uh, and he will
take your calls and your questions. Let's go to the
phone line. Pierre, you have a question for Captain Patrick.

Speaker 7 (23:35):
Go ahead, Oh good afternoons, Meena. Captain Patrick, Yes, sir,
good god speed. I hope you do well. My questions was,
you know, years ago I tried to get on the
Sheriff's apartment and had actually got it, made it and
then for whatever reason, I didn't get the job at

(24:00):
the last minute. But I remember back then it was
kind of like, you know, it seemed like they were
hiring family and friends and stuff like that. It seems
like that's changing. I hope it is. Like to get
your opinion on that. I see they're hiring new people
and other people. Uh that that seems to be a

(24:24):
positive thing. I would hope that you would continue that
because it's all it seems to me. It's always been
family and friends. But on that employment, are you going
to keep it fair? And the other thing is, uh,
what do you plan to do about cutting the number
of deaths into jail or suicides in the jail. Too

(24:49):
many people are dying in that new jail down there,
and I don't understand it. And are you are they
are they using solitary confinement in that Yeah, for some people,
I know, you gotta you gotta do that. But some
people Denise told me the form of constable told me

(25:11):
she was in solitary confinement in that jail. So what
do you plan to do about death? So now are
you going to keep the hiring fair? It looks like
it's changing for the good. But yeah, that's the question.

Speaker 1 (25:25):
Okay, thank you, pere appreciate it, sir.

Speaker 6 (25:28):
Of course, it would be whoever's qualified to get the job.
I've never been one that just give jobs to individuals
as favors. I can give you a job, but I
can't keep it for you. You know, if you take
a job that you cannot perform in, then you will
be moved, regardless of the position that you're in. No
family and friends for me as a no. If they're qualified,

(25:49):
that's different. But just to give them a job because
they're a family a friend, that's a no. On solitary confinement.
It's not solitary confinement. It's more of a keep saying
separate to where if we feel that your safety is
at risk, we do have places and cells that we
could put you. And it's not a eight y ten.

(26:11):
These are are big cells with two rooms. You sleep
in one, there's a TV in the other, So it's
not you know, what you would think of as solitary confinement.
Misatch was not in a room eight y ten where
there was nobody there. It was actually where we keep
all of our high profile inmates. And it is two rooms,

(26:34):
like I said, one where you sleep, shower and use
the restroom, the other where you have access to a TV,
a phone, and then there's a gate that can open
up at the top of the wall to let in
fresh air. And of course there's windows for sunlight. So
it's not solitary confinement in a way that you would

(26:54):
think it is.

Speaker 1 (26:57):
Three one seven for zero thirteen ten three one seven
or eight zero thirteen ten. Captain Grigory Patrick running for
Marion County Sheriff. He is currently asking for your vote.
Let's go back to the phone lines. Jesse, go ahead.
Do you have a question, Yes, I do.

Speaker 8 (27:14):
My question is how do you feel about change? Do
you prefer things to stay the same way or how
do you feel about that?

Speaker 2 (27:26):
I feel that change is always good.

Speaker 6 (27:28):
I mean when you see that it's not working, I mean,
let's face it, it's been the same administration for twenty
four years. Change comes from the top down, so change
is definitely good when there's a need for change, and
right now I feel that there is a need for change,
and that's.

Speaker 2 (27:43):
That's why I'm running. I mean, I'm not.

Speaker 6 (27:47):
I'm not disillusioned by anything that has gone on. I
go to work every day able to smile on my face.
I give two and ten percent because that's who I am.
I'm a man of my word. I don't crimp and
cringe and calto and ginger flex. I've always been a
man that spoke truth to power. So I'm not dismayed.

(28:09):
I'm not afraid of anything that you know, they might
try to do or hinder me in doing, because my
calling doesn't come from this world.

Speaker 2 (28:19):
It comes from my father.

Speaker 6 (28:21):
And my father always looks out for me, always has,
and I would caution individuals. You know, I am a
man of faith, and I do believe you know that
my father is always going to.

Speaker 2 (28:31):
Look out for me. And I pray for.

Speaker 6 (28:33):
Those who who despitefully use me, and the Bible tells
us if you do, it's like keeping hot coals on
your heads. So I pray for individuals that come against
me that might detegrate me or say negative things about me.
That's my daily scripture. No weapon formed against me shall prosper.
All tongues to rise up against me. I condemn, I
said two hundred and fifty three hundred times a day

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because of the opposition I received. So I'm not dismayed.
I'm not afraid. I'm not afraid of any one but
my father. And it's not a trembling and shaking with fear.
It's a reverence fear.

Speaker 1 (29:07):
Indeed. So in is there anything that you would like
for voters to know before we have to let you go?
Because I know you got to get to work and
a couple of other things you got. Are you going
back down to the city back down? I love it.
I love it. I guess you know a lot of

(29:29):
times I ask candidates what is your what's your elevator pitch?
And then if people want to know more about you,
get involved in your campaign, volunteer or whatever. What is
your website and how can they contact?

Speaker 6 (29:40):
My website is www dot Gregory Patrick for sheriff dot org.
I welcome anyone that want to volunteer to help. Just
as you said, I'm down there every day speaking to
them and I've had several individuals that come out and
tell me they voted for me and volunteer to help.

Speaker 2 (29:58):
And I've called on.

Speaker 6 (29:59):
Three of those ladies and they showed up. I mean,
they're out here at the early voting sites for me,
and that that to me means more than anything, for
people to volunteer their time. I don't have money to
pay anybody. I mean, I'm self funded. I mean, and
for individuals to believe in you enough to volunteer their time,
that means more to me than anything. And I appreciate

(30:22):
those ladies and I thank them for their time. And
one lady even told me I will pick up people
and bring them too whatever you.

Speaker 2 (30:32):
Need me to do.

Speaker 6 (30:33):
And Miss Liz has just been a god send and
a blessing and I appreciate her well.

Speaker 1 (30:38):
Shout out to Miss Liz. I love that. I love
that spirit, and I love the volunteerism there. But very quickly,
since you're there every day, what is your opinion about turnout?
Because we're hearing all over that it's up that people
are more interested, people are more engaged. You're seeing it
every day, are you saying similar things?

Speaker 2 (30:58):
Yes, I am.

Speaker 6 (30:58):
It's definitely high turnout and individuals come out and tell
me they voted for me, and I'm winning. I feel
I'm ahead in this race, and I feel I'm going
to bring it home in this last week and with
the individuals out there that are yet the vote, that
are are willing to vote, just remember you know, I'm
not restrained by any previous policies or procedures. I am

(31:22):
a candidate for the people. I'm the people's candidate, and
I believe if they look at the issues and see
my platform versus my opponent that doesn't have one, then
they would have no doubt vote for me and I
will be your next Marion County Sheriff.

Speaker 1 (31:38):
And you are once again in your website.

Speaker 6 (31:40):
My name is Gregory Patrick. I am running from Marion
County Sheriff on a Democratic ticket, and my website is
www dot Gregory Patrick for Sheriff dot org.

Speaker 1 (31:50):
Congratulations on the campaign and good luck, good luck to you.

Speaker 2 (31:56):
I appreciate you.

Speaker 1 (31:56):
Ap We'll be back with more right after this.

Speaker 5 (32:05):
Let's get back to the conversation. It's community Connection with
Tina Cosby, brought to you by Child Advocates, a champion
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Speaker 1 (32:28):
And we're back. Were you waiting long?

Speaker 2 (32:34):
No? No, no, not at all.

Speaker 1 (32:35):
Weked our guests out to Oh, I'm the lobby. You know,
this place is very secure. I like that. I do too,
but it takes time. You got a clear sity, clear security,
and then you can then you can get in and
get out a couple of layers of security that we
have to clear. But nice guy, and good luck, you know.
Like I said, I wish all the candidates like because

(32:56):
they're all, you know, regardless of their platforms where you
agree with them, disagree with them or whatever, they're out
there doing it.

Speaker 2 (33:02):
They are, they really are.

Speaker 3 (33:03):
And he's working still and he's campaigning, and he said,
you know, it's pretty much him.

Speaker 1 (33:08):
Yeah, he said. He's a small business owner as well,
so he's out there doing everything. But he certainly was
one of the last people I expected to see, you know,
like on election day. Yes, you see the candidates. But
I kind of looked and I jumped back. I said,
wait a minute. I had just because I was doing
some follow up emails because some folks had contacted me,

(33:29):
others had you know, So anyway, long story short, that
day I had just sent him an email. In fact,
it was maybe an hour before I went down to
the city County building.

Speaker 2 (33:39):
Wow, and there he was there.

Speaker 1 (33:41):
He was there, he was So I am still working
to get his opponent. His opponent has not maybe he's
been on our airwaves. I hear his political acts. Oh okay,
so he's buying time and we love that.

Speaker 2 (33:56):
That's true, buying times.

Speaker 1 (33:57):
I'm here by time here indeed. Indeed, So how was
your weekend?

Speaker 2 (34:02):
It was good.

Speaker 3 (34:03):
We were at on Saturday, number of the guys doing
some touch up at church, painting a few things or
pairing a few things.

Speaker 2 (34:11):
And nice fellowship. It was good. That was That was
my saturday.

Speaker 1 (34:15):
You know what what happens that I shouldn't even say
that this is not nice. But usually when we have well, no,
and it has nothing to do with churchy also, don't
come for me down church. But when you when whenever
you have those big pitching projects and things of that nature,
to a person, there's always somebody that works. Just you know,
there's work, work, work, work where there's somebody standing around

(34:38):
you know, that's the entertainment. And then yeah, there's always
the entertainment. And then there's somebody trying to be the boss,
uh with the hot salce. I guess I don't know.
I'm organizing, I'm coordinating, I'm doing this. We're all supposed
to be pitching in doing the same thing. But those
dynamics tend to play out whenever you have the big
and it has nothing to do with church, not at

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all situation.

Speaker 3 (35:02):
Yeah, indeed, we had some comedians, but they were working
at the same time.

Speaker 1 (35:07):
Yeah that makes it.

Speaker 2 (35:08):
That is laughing, but they were also working.

Speaker 1 (35:09):
That's good, that's all right. Yeah, that's a lot. I
went to a baby shower how to go very well beautifully.
I mean, my goodness, time I sure have changed since
uh my two were younger and little, even in the
few years since my well he was he was born

(35:30):
during COVID, so it was a virtual baby. But it
was still fun. But what I'm saying is just there's
so every each and every year there are new additions
and new things that just kind of make your head
spin in terms of what what these these showers consist of,
how they were, the interactive nature anyway, it was it
was extremely nice, right, that's good. Babies should be here

(35:50):
in June and all is well, great, that's great news,
that's good, food good, you know, catching up with a
lot of folks. So that's one of the people who
was there, our colleague. She's here on saturdays. Janice Bradley. Oh,
you know Janie right the real estate. She has a
very successful real estate and his agency and has been

(36:13):
with us for probably twenty five maybe thirty years. Long time, long,
long time. So she and I, you know, were able
to catch up and we're going to get her on
here pretty soon.

Speaker 2 (36:23):
Well that sounds good.

Speaker 3 (36:24):
She's nice.

Speaker 1 (36:24):
Yeah, she's got some things in the in the works
for the community.

Speaker 2 (36:28):
So that's good.

Speaker 1 (36:29):
Look over to that.

Speaker 2 (36:30):
Yep.

Speaker 1 (36:30):
Indeed, So again, as we were saying at the top
of the show, please be weather aware and stay you
don't have to say I mean, if the weather's coming
for you, you will know it.

Speaker 3 (36:44):
You will hear, you will you will know and you
feel it.

Speaker 1 (36:47):
And don't don't like I said, don't be like me
Friday trying to rationalize because A and B wouldn't equal
in c bad weather was coming, whether I could figure
it out or not. But yeah, this has been.

Speaker 3 (36:57):
A forecast exactly, so this, this will be this expected.

Speaker 2 (37:00):
Whereas Friday. It was like what.

Speaker 3 (37:02):
Because even here we're going, what's going on? It's like
the phones went off and then you know, of course
the alerts went off on all the stations, and so
we knew then, but still there was no indication. You know,
before we went off the air, there had been a shower,
I think a little bit.

Speaker 1 (37:16):
Of rain maybe, yeah, yeah.

Speaker 3 (37:20):
Nothing like what happened. But we do have a severe
thunderstorm watch. That's an effect until seven tonight.

Speaker 1 (37:27):
For oh, we're under a watch right now, under a.

Speaker 3 (37:29):
Watch right now until till seven for all of Central Indiana.

Speaker 2 (37:33):
You can hear us.

Speaker 3 (37:34):
It's an effect for you too, at least here in Indiana,
Central Indiana.

Speaker 2 (37:37):
It's an effect for you.

Speaker 3 (37:39):
Conditions are favorable.

Speaker 1 (37:40):
Conditions are favorable, and that is exactly what a watch is,
is that conditions are favorable. We'll do we'll do open
lines the rest of the way out for whatever is
on your mind. A lot of stuff to catch up on.
The country was witnessed to another mass shooting attempt, a
mass I don't know if it was anybody really.

Speaker 3 (38:02):
Which was the UH at the correspondence Yeah, White House
correspondents dinner, Yeah, that was the hotel where it was.

Speaker 1 (38:10):
It actually did not make it into the activity, did
not make it into the ballroom.

Speaker 3 (38:17):
But they did evacuate the president vice president. Did you
see the story that went viral from that which one?
There was a guy who was there, and you know,
they're getting the president out, the vice president. All these
people are jumping over tables and he's still sitting there
eating a salad. He's sitting and there eating a salad,
looking around like what do people do?

Speaker 2 (38:39):
It was just so it was gone viral.

Speaker 1 (38:42):
He's just like the salad was what I thought.

Speaker 3 (38:44):
Maybe this is so good I can't leave it. Did
I have to pay to get in or what? But
he sat there doing all of the commotion. He's just
looking at this having a salad, looking around like.

Speaker 1 (38:54):
I kind of check that out.

Speaker 3 (38:56):
That let's gone viral. It's just a pretty hilarious.

Speaker 1 (38:59):
Wow that, Larry's just just the way you're describing its
breathe mad. Yeah. Yeah, well, forsp. Just to be on
the record, this is how we have a summary, and
I will read the summary. President Trump and other White

(39:20):
House officials were quickly evacuated after a man fire shots
outside the White House correspondent's dinner on Saturday night, authorady
see a man armed with multiple weapons charged through a
security checkpoint in exchange fire with police and Secret Service.
He was stopped before he could enter the dinner. I'm

(39:41):
going to repeat he was stopped before he could enter
the dinner, which was attended by over twenty six hundred people,
including Trump and his wife. The suspect, identified as Cole
Thomas Allen Cole Thomas Allen of California, was apprehended at

(40:02):
the scene. FBI Director Cash Pattel confirmed the presence of
a long gun and shell casings at the scene. Speaking
at the White House, Trump confirmed that one officer was
shot but saved by his bulletproof vests. Is that what
you were talking about? Okay, that must have been what
you were talking about. Eric Trump, who has been the

(40:24):
target of multiple assassination attempts, I'm going to repeat that. Trump,
who has been the target of multiple assassination attempts, acknowledged
the risks of his position and said that being president
is a riskier job than race car driving or bull riding. Okay,

(40:46):
riskier than driving a race car or riding a.

Speaker 2 (40:48):
Bull That time, I just got part of that. I
was taking screening a car.

Speaker 1 (40:52):
I read it again, you were on the phone. Trump,
who has been the target of multiple assassination attempts, acknowledged
the risks of his position and said that being president
is a riskier job than race car driving or bull riding.
Mm hmmm.

Speaker 2 (41:12):
I don't. I don't know that.

Speaker 3 (41:14):
I I don't.

Speaker 2 (41:16):
I don't think so.

Speaker 3 (41:17):
I mean, it's generally the president is, you know, at
the White House, pretty secure areas and sometimes out and about,
and there's some risks. But race car driving is pretty dangerous,
pretty risky. Riding a bull too. I've never done either,
but those are pretty dangerous. That's my thought. But he
says it's more dangerous than driving a driving a race card.

Speaker 2 (41:41):
I can't see. I don't think so. I don't agree.
I'll put it that way.

Speaker 1 (41:46):
By the way, entertainment, they are entertainment. I never knew
that the president the presidency was entertaining neither entertainment. But
that's his, that's his purview, that's his frame of reference. Anyway.
It's either entertainment or transactional real estate or whatever. That's
that's his.

Speaker 2 (42:05):
Oh, that's being presidents not.

Speaker 1 (42:07):
That's his, but you know, that's his zone, that's his area.
Where he that's where he lived. Entertainment and or or
real estate, entertainment or business transaction. So race car driving
is voluntary. Bull righting is volunteer.

Speaker 2 (42:23):
It is.

Speaker 1 (42:24):
And again they're entertainment, but they're entertaining.

Speaker 2 (42:27):
The entertaining dangerous.

Speaker 1 (42:28):
Oh yeah, so so she was playing football, you know,
a whole lot of things. They're all it's all entertainment though,
and he just his frame of reference.

Speaker 2 (42:40):
Is just so.

Speaker 3 (42:43):
He didn't say firefighter, police.

Speaker 1 (42:45):
No, no, now that is the but those are servants
of people, which the president should be public service public servants.
So you know, a job in the public service arena
that might be as risky as being president might be secret.

Speaker 2 (43:02):
Service, secret services or not.

Speaker 3 (43:04):
Because they had to jump in when.

Speaker 1 (43:07):
They got to throw at it. Yeah, so everything at it.
So this guy that was eating his salad though, that's
the story.

Speaker 3 (43:13):
Yeah, that that has something that's been going going viral,
And it's like I had to take a second third looking.
He's just sitting there, he's eating and looking around like
what are you people doing?

Speaker 1 (43:23):
Oh my goodness, I see this.

Speaker 3 (43:26):
I I it was like it's almost like he was
in a different place when this was going on. President's
being ushered out, Vice President and everybody else. People diving
under table tables. You could hear people shouting, move, move, moved,
things like that, and he's just sitting at the table.

Speaker 1 (43:43):
But you know, apart from the fact that this was
somewhere in the vicinity or proximity of of the you know,
of the President, I guess, and other dignitaries and high
ranking officials, this happens in America every day, Yeah, doesn't it.
It does, and you know it's it's it's proof positive

(44:04):
that we have a gun problem.

Speaker 2 (44:06):
Well look what happened in Bloomington.

Speaker 1 (44:08):
Yes, yeah, yeah, I mean the circumstances are different, you know,
but they're different. They just have to line up just so,
uh for. But people aren't you know, they're not talking
about the the common sense approach to gun ownership or
gun useaguator. No, no, no, they're talking about how maybe

(44:28):
they're they're looking at security, they're they're going in the
wrong direction. Yes, I understand it. I do understand, and y'all,
you know, you can tell me if you want. I mean,
I'm not going to be offended. But the way I
see it is, yeah, this is a problem, not that
you you know, but you know what, if you if
you look at any mass shooting, a whole lot of

(44:49):
other things could have happened to a whole lot of
other people. This just happens to be a very elite
press corps and the President of the United States. So
I guess it just it happens to be who. But this,
you know, the proximity that you had to this mass
shooting is what Americans are facing every day. Is what
little kids are facing every single day. They're not you know,

(45:13):
these are these tornado and severe weather drills that that
they'll probably have to do today if they're in school
when the severe weather hits. They've been replaced or at
least have been added to active shooter drills. And the
people who hit the floor and whatever, they haven't been
watching movies or westerns or what have you. They know
they know by now this is what you do when

(45:34):
there's an active shooter. And so I'm not minimizing it.
Don't get me wrong about that. I'm not minimizing it.
I'm saying folks need to recognize and get a clue
and stop going off in a thousand different directions. Yes, okay,
if this is what it takes to get your attention
to circle back to the need for common sense gun

(45:57):
and weapons regulation. Then so be it. But they keep
talking about, oh, another assassin. I that that another assassination
attempt on Donald Trump. No, it wasn't. And how could they?
How could the thing that I just read it said
he's been, uh, you know, the target of several assassination attempts.

(46:20):
I maybe the guy certainly didn't like him, according to
his writings. He certainly didn't like a whole lot of things,
according to his writings. And maybe maybe he was on
his way there, you know, to to do some damage
to Trump. He didn't get there because he was in
the hotel lobby or what have you. So I don't know,

(46:41):
is that But this is the other thing. Doesn't the
Secret Service foil attempts like that each and every day?
The Secret Service, the FBI, the CI, don't they. I mean,
from what I was told when I was in the
FBI Citizens Academy, this stuff happens every day. They get
they now, maybe not to the point where the shooter

(47:02):
actually is active, but terrorists, homegrown terrorism, all kinds of
things like that are shut down on the regular because
that's what their job is.

Speaker 2 (47:12):
So we don't hear about those.

Speaker 1 (47:13):
We just don't hear about We heard about this one, yeah,
because he acted out and and got to fiery and
got close.

Speaker 3 (47:21):
They took action. Yeah, yeah, there's other things you mentioned.
We don't hear about those things, so we wouldn't know that.

Speaker 1 (47:28):
We wouldn't know. But I'm not buying and I just
simply cannot get it. I just can't even entertain that,
don't I don't know if I buy the other so
called the other assassination attempts, you know.

Speaker 2 (47:42):
And there been people questioning that one as well.

Speaker 1 (47:45):
Yeah, yeah, anyway, let's go what time is it fifty two? Okay,
we got several calls lined up, so why don't we
do this? Why don't we go ahead? And is it
to to take a commercial break? It's squeezing, Yeah, you

(48:05):
want to squeeze in a call?

Speaker 2 (48:06):
We can.

Speaker 1 (48:06):
Let's go to William. William, go ahead, how are you?

Speaker 2 (48:09):
How are you doing? Miss?

Speaker 9 (48:11):
And your guests?

Speaker 10 (48:12):
Uh?

Speaker 1 (48:12):
Doing well? He he had to go because he's got
to go campaign. And then he asked to go to
work at three o'clock, so he had to leave the studio.
But he had a full break every day. That's what
he said every day. But I wish him well, I
wish all the candidates. Well, it's why I like him
to come in and talk. So yep, indeed, so go ahead, William.

(48:32):
How you doing.

Speaker 9 (48:34):
I'm doing just that?

Speaker 1 (48:35):
Oh good?

Speaker 9 (48:36):
I was. I was looking at that uh plane plan.

Speaker 1 (48:40):
And apple last night on Saturday night.

Speaker 11 (48:44):
Yeah, and uh it was.

Speaker 9 (48:48):
It was a shame.

Speaker 11 (48:50):
The way that in the first place, anybody that has
a danger of present danger and the first te they
ignore in the danger while everybody else is seeking safety.
And something is strongly wrong with that person. I don't know.
I don't want to go into the mentor aspect because

(49:14):
something is seriously wrong with the verse that would I
ignore a I mean a present day everybody is jumping
under teeth.

Speaker 1 (49:28):
Still sitting there with this salad. Do you think something
wrong with it? To kind of one, I think it's
a good salad.

Speaker 11 (49:38):
Outside that they they put a ring of security around him,
but they're left to right outside of the ring, the
way inside of the ring, and they closed down. And

(49:59):
you know, the last time I saw her, she will
crawl and trying to get to safety.

Speaker 8 (50:05):
On all.

Speaker 11 (50:07):
She was just as much eligible for that at the
safety of getting it.

Speaker 8 (50:13):
Out of there.

Speaker 1 (50:13):
She should have. Yeah, I think every member of the
immediate family that's at the White I think the three
of them, him, his wife, and his son all should
have their own Secret Service protection units with each one
of them assigned to each one of them. So if
if there was one, if she was not protected, I

(50:34):
you know, I didn't look at it that closely, but
tell me go ahead. So you're saying, William, that she
Secret Service protected him, but they did not attend to her.
Is that what you're saying?

Speaker 9 (50:44):
They formed a ring of securited him round here.

Speaker 11 (50:49):
But she should have been inside of that ring, not
outside of the rings trying to push away in the ring.
Oh okay, Yeah, they clothed, they closed the gap. I
saw her, she will crawling on the floor of Well.

Speaker 1 (51:08):
This is not funny. This is very very serious. It's
very serious. But I mean, you just can't make this
stuff up. You're right, William, she should have been immediately.
All of them should have been immediately. Did you see
what happened? Okay, the Kennedy assassination, the the video, the
tape where they you know, when he was shot, the

(51:31):
you know, Secret Service surrounded him. They got her they
you know, they boom boom boom, boom boom. Right, and
you're saying with with this it did not happen with
her as first lady. Okay, no, it didn't.

Speaker 11 (51:43):
And it was disgusting to see her plan to get
into that.

Speaker 1 (51:49):
Uh I'm sorry to hear that.

Speaker 9 (51:54):
Oh you know, No, she will crawl in on the floor,
you know, and that should have never been.

Speaker 1 (52:00):
For well, this wouldn't be the first time that the
secret services, I don't know, protection techniques have been under scrutiny,
that's true, especially surrounding him and the protection that they
are supposed to be giving him. So you know, perhaps
a review is in line, is underway, is in order?

Speaker 2 (52:22):
There?

Speaker 1 (52:22):
Should it should be, Yeah, a review in order of
just how they how they do things? No, uh, you know, okay, Well,
thank you, William. I appreciate that. You know what you
and Eric have me looking you and Eric. Now I
got to go back and look at a couple of things.

(52:42):
I got to go back and look at the guy
the salad, and I have to look back for video
of the first Lady crawling on her hands and knees
seeking protection. Yeah, all right, all right, thank you William.

Speaker 3 (52:56):
I didn't see that with the first lady crawl much
going on, so much. Yeah, but him, the guy with
the salad, stood out because okay, someone got video of
him and other video.

Speaker 1 (53:07):
Yeah, a thousand videos. Everybody has a phone. Everybody has
a phone out, so video tape. Okay, well, we got
to several calls. We're going to get to right after
this very quick break.

Speaker 5 (53:24):
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(53:44):
five point one FM.

Speaker 1 (53:46):
And we're back with Community Connection Eric again in all seriousness.
This weather system that's moving in, we're under a watch
right now, Yes we are. I fully expect that to
go to a warning any time because whenever you read
on the doppler it is.

Speaker 3 (54:01):
Not good, not good, and the warning watches until seven.
And you said warning most definitely most coming its way
at some point because as you said, a lot of
red and heavy rain is a part of this thunderstorms.

Speaker 1 (54:15):
It's moving right now through terror or right over excuse me,
it's right over Tara Hote, which you know, depending on
what side of town you live on, maybe an hour
or so from here. That's true, Tarts. I used to
make that drive from Indianapolis to Tara Hope because my
kids were in school.

Speaker 3 (54:34):
It also depends on how fast it's moving exactly thirty
or sixty miles an hour. I think one advantage we
have is it's cooler. It's not like it was on
Friday or whatever it was, because that brings severe stuff,
I mean really tornadoes.

Speaker 1 (54:50):
Generally, and who knows in one hundred miles it could weaken.

Speaker 2 (54:53):
It could.

Speaker 1 (54:54):
Right now, it's looking pretty strong over tra Hope exactly.
You know, it looks like the path is going to
be here, a hot in Greencastle, then Bullseye, Indiana.

Speaker 2 (55:03):
Indianapolis.

Speaker 1 (55:03):
Yeah, I just don't see it going north or south.
It seems like it's making a bee line for the city.

Speaker 3 (55:08):
So it's raining at the airport right now, and most
likely if you're on the west side, southwest side.

Speaker 2 (55:13):
It's raining.

Speaker 1 (55:14):
Okay, okay, it's coming there we go, So pay attention
to y'all we'll we'll keep you in. If we get anything,
we'll give it to you, promise. So three one seven
for eight zero thirteen ten three one seven for eight
zero thirteen ten. Lines are open for whatever is on
your mind. First segment, we did have Marion County candidate
for sheriff, Democratic candidate for sheriff. It looks like there

(55:36):
will be no Republican opposition, so whoever wins this primary
is the sheriff by default. I don't know when I
saw that there was no Republican challenger mentioned. I was
looking at Ballapedia and I was like, but I guess
it just didn't register as like, well, you know what,
because I was thinking maybe somebody on the Republican side

(55:57):
would would appear before this, before December, before November. But uh,
he made a good point.

Speaker 4 (56:04):
Uh.

Speaker 1 (56:05):
Candidate Patrick made a good point that they missed the deadline,
so there is none. I guess the Republicans conceded the
Sheriff's office. Sounds like it and I should have figured
that out on Monday. Shake the cobwebs tein.

Speaker 3 (56:18):
Well it's Monday.

Speaker 1 (56:19):
But no, that's that's an interesting dynamic, and I'm not
sure it's one people talk about a lot.

Speaker 2 (56:25):
True, I don't know.

Speaker 3 (56:26):
I wouldn't know when the last time that happened.

Speaker 1 (56:28):
I don't know either. Yeah, well I'm sure other than
this one time in the primary. Yeah, sometimes in the
primaries when it happens, though, if there's no I don't know,
I gotta get I get to gotta get up on it.
But again, and I would love his challenger, Kelvis Williams,
who has got a number of endorsements, including the former sheriff,

(56:54):
the wife of one of the former sheriffs. You know,
like I said, the establishment everybody. I mean, he's he's
raised ten times as much money because he's, uh, you know,
he's he's quite well outfitted, uh for the run. And
so but we'll see, you know, elections have to be
played out and they have to be hell, so we'll

(57:15):
see who wins. Uh. Three one seven four eight zero
thirteen ten. Three one seven four eight zero thirteen ten.
Let's go back to the phone lines, Jeff, go ahead,
how are you hey?

Speaker 12 (57:25):
Happy Monday?

Speaker 1 (57:25):
Tina and Eric, Happy Monday, Happy Monday.

Speaker 12 (57:28):
Yeah, you know what, Tina, I'm with you on get one.

Speaker 1 (57:32):
I really don't which one, the sheriff, you know, or
the shooting slash. Yeah, Jem Yeah.

Speaker 13 (57:41):
Uh.

Speaker 12 (57:42):
Did you see his interview with Nora o'donald.

Speaker 1 (57:45):
No, because it makes me itch when I see him
like I can't because I know it's a lie. It's
a lie, Jeff. I know if he's talking, he's lying.

Speaker 12 (57:57):
So real issue with female reporters.

Speaker 1 (58:01):
What do you do? What do you do? I didn't,
I'd have to look at you.

Speaker 12 (58:05):
He called it no o'demo or something entertaining. Yeah, and
he didn't like the manifesto tomorrow. You know, I've been exonerate.
I'm not a pedophile.

Speaker 4 (58:16):
I'm not.

Speaker 2 (58:17):
I've been exonerating.

Speaker 12 (58:20):
And you know, either you need to get your new
secret service head or maybe you need to get another
line of work or something, because I'm sorry, Gene, but
I'm just maybe I'm just skeptical.

Speaker 14 (58:33):
But mhm, you know, you know, you know.

Speaker 1 (58:38):
What I will go. I will go there because you don't.
We don't know and what we and it's it's important
to know what we don't know. But I would say
that yet another if you're calling this yet another assassination attempt,
I just find it curious and interesting because there have
been so many quote assassination attempts. I guess I don't know. Well,

(59:04):
I'm talking about on Trump, you know himself, right right,
you know he probably can boast well, you know, you
know how he likes hyperbole. Well, I'm the only president
of the United States of America that had more assassination
attempts on my life than anybody, and blah blah blah.
You know. But but to you know, if you look
at social media to a person, I've ever seen social

(59:25):
media in that much agreement, you know, the recently social media.
You know, people out there, they're not buying it. They
feel like they're feeling like it was staged and to detract,
uh and to put attention somewhere else or what have you.

Speaker 12 (59:44):
So I all about it. None of us know think
it's all about it's all about Epstein, you know. And
I don't know, but this guy.

Speaker 1 (59:55):
Pardon you know, I'm just.

Speaker 12 (01:00:00):
You know, the the last one was definitely like over
the time where he stopped pumping his fists. You know,
like if your secret sew man, you need you don't
need to pump your fists. We need to get your
hell out of here. You know, you don't need a
photo op, you know, you one or two.

Speaker 1 (01:00:16):
Yeah, he's he may have gone to the well one
time too many because the the I would say, when
in reading the comments and I looked on a lot
of different sites, in terms of just reaction, I'd say
sixty to seventy five percent of folks aren't buying. They're
just not buying it. So that that routine or that
narrative has has worn thin with a lot of people.

(01:00:38):
Now this time, you know, it may be the boy,
the crid wolf. This time it may have been really
I don't know. The investigation is still very new.

Speaker 12 (01:00:46):
Well, but you know the manifesto say, you know that
he's protecting you know, he's a pedophile. Administration protects pedophowl
as a posy of the guys that registered Republicans. Wow,
these Hoplican's turning on him all all the time. And
a young man, uh, you know, he's an engineer Cayle Tech.

(01:01:07):
You know, obtably a very smart guy. I mean thirty
one years though, an engineer, a scientist. You have to wonder,
I mean, why would you want to tell you that
your wife well over this scumbag, over this scripter.

Speaker 2 (01:01:19):
Why would you I don't know.

Speaker 1 (01:01:21):
That that's a that's a head scratcher.

Speaker 2 (01:01:24):
Yeah, I mean he ain't worth it.

Speaker 1 (01:01:26):
I mean, well, doesn't always equate to common sense though, Jeff,
you know that. Well, you got that point, you have,
and privilege doesn't always equate to repond.

Speaker 12 (01:01:36):
Look, we got sitting in the White House, you know,
oh cash, my tails, hide none of the table and
you exit. You know, he's nowhere to be found. And
where was Marco? Where was the bike track? These guys
were to hide it? So I don't know, but it.

Speaker 1 (01:01:51):
As curious though, it is very interesting, and I you know,
I can't go so far because again another distrust is okay, well,
it definitely is distracting. It definitely is distracting. Uh. And
you know, if any of these investigations show up any
kind of orchestrated diversionary tactic and being that that's gonna be,

(01:02:16):
I don't I don't even know. But like I'm saying,
the majority of Americans, it appears that are willing to
weigh in on social media, it would appear as if
there is a lot of skepticism because most folks aren't
buying it right now.

Speaker 12 (01:02:32):
No, I mean no, I mean Reagan, Bush, Clinton all
been to the corresponding there no trouble, and this clown
shows up and everybody wants to do a Julius Caesar
on it.

Speaker 4 (01:02:42):
You know what I mean?

Speaker 1 (01:02:43):
Yeah, and then they want to yeah, and and thanks Obama.

Speaker 12 (01:02:47):
Obama got more death threats than anything anybody.

Speaker 1 (01:02:50):
And look at how clean he well, he came out
clean as a whistle because Secret Service did a beautiful
job on HI with him, his two children, his wife,
not a hair, not a scratch. And then anyway, never mind,
never mind, but yeah, and Jeff, thanks Jeff. But the
other thing is that we were hearing that if he'd

(01:03:11):
have had his ballroom, bulletproof ballroom, none of this would
have happened. If you had your ballroom. Certainly the correspondence
dinner would not have been in there. Uh you know,
maybe somewhere else, but it wouldn't have been in the ballroom.
That would have been a huge journalistic conflict of interests
and smack dab in the middle, you know, a smack
dab opposed what the correspondents, uh, and their dinner is

(01:03:34):
all about. Why would they go to a privately funded
White House room to to have their event. I mean,
they they'd be like they wouldn't exist anymore. I think
they would not be able to. I wouldn't think. So
it's like, well there goes the press.

Speaker 3 (01:03:53):
Yeah, it's like free press.

Speaker 1 (01:03:55):
Yeah, now you're bought exactly anyway. Three one, seven for eight,
zero thirty zero thirteen ten Josephine, go ahead, How are you?

Speaker 9 (01:04:05):
How are both for you?

Speaker 2 (01:04:06):
Doing? Well?

Speaker 1 (01:04:07):
Okay? Yeah? Good, good old Monday.

Speaker 9 (01:04:09):
First of all, I plan on voting this week.

Speaker 1 (01:04:12):
God good good.

Speaker 4 (01:04:14):
But I just I have a quick curis.

Speaker 10 (01:04:17):
I'm not I'm not arguing whether he was going to
be assassinated or not. What I am what I want
to say my two cents.

Speaker 4 (01:04:24):
He put it on himself.

Speaker 10 (01:04:28):
That he's done over the last well not just this president.
Well when he was president before he uh was convicted
of thirty four felonies and he got away with it.

Speaker 8 (01:04:40):
He started an insurrection.

Speaker 4 (01:04:44):
And they had.

Speaker 10 (01:04:45):
Jesus says, the Confederate Confederate flag, the American flag and
a noose.

Speaker 9 (01:04:53):
He has uh hate.

Speaker 4 (01:04:56):
He odds his racist to me.

Speaker 10 (01:04:58):
When you have a pis the direction?

Speaker 4 (01:05:02):
Are you there?

Speaker 1 (01:05:03):
Yeah? I'm here.

Speaker 10 (01:05:05):
He has pictures of himself with his parents and clan uniforms.
I remember him cussing the black me and out at
a football game.

Speaker 15 (01:05:15):
You remember that.

Speaker 1 (01:05:16):
Yes, m he has been.

Speaker 10 (01:05:20):
Proven to be an habitual liar. Yes, and he's shown
corruption in politics, He's shown financial corruption. I mean his son,
uh talk people down. This disregarded people, disrespected people. Anybody
that deals with him have to kneel before all this corruption.

(01:05:44):
He did it to himself. I'm not missing I don't
miss him sing. I do not support as fascinations.

Speaker 1 (01:05:52):
None of us. I don't want to know.

Speaker 10 (01:05:57):
I don't want anything bad to happen to him. Like
I said, he did it to himself. These people are tired,
They are tired of it. And that man had a
whether he had a degree engineered what have you?

Speaker 4 (01:06:13):
People are tired.

Speaker 1 (01:06:18):
I hope they're real tired, because I do. I hope
they hope they're really really, really really tired, because they say.

Speaker 10 (01:06:26):
I'm saved, I'm blood bought spirit. Feel at least he's
a suffer, blood and died one in.

Speaker 9 (01:06:32):
The gray, conquered death and when grave and.

Speaker 10 (01:06:33):
Rose again with all powers. But Jesus gives his boy
to nobody. And anytime you got people saying, oh he's
the chosen one and all this kind of stuff, it's crazy, yeah,
absolutely crazy.

Speaker 1 (01:06:48):
The stuff is crazy butexpected.

Speaker 4 (01:06:52):
That's my two cents.

Speaker 10 (01:06:53):
And I mean, I'm not surprised that it happened. I
didn't even watch it.

Speaker 4 (01:06:58):
I just turned it.

Speaker 8 (01:06:59):
I didn't even watch I turned on the TV.

Speaker 13 (01:07:00):
I don't want to.

Speaker 10 (01:07:01):
Even deal with it because the whole thing is a mess.
And like I said, anybody who does anything to him,
he really did it to himself. And I mean, I
know people get death threats and all that to all presidents.

Speaker 4 (01:07:15):
Of what have you.

Speaker 10 (01:07:17):
But he is outspoken, he's cut people out, he's on
uh dear everything. Just tell I just lie all the
time and believe it flies.

Speaker 1 (01:07:29):
But you know, Joseph, yeah, exactly there. Thank you for
your for your call. It's nothing new though it's nothing new,
is it is nothing that he did not displayed during
his first term in office? And so I I mean, yeah, okay,
but will y'all say that when out there and put

(01:07:50):
him in office, he was better than a black woman?
Mm hmm. And I say this pretty much everything that
he has done that black woman warned voters about before
the election. You know what voter said, eh, I ain't
gonna worry about that. I don't trust her. She's a

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white well she i don't know how to say her.
And she's this, and she's that, and she'll get us
into a war. And I'm gonna sit this one out
because they're all about the same. No, So I mean
I it's like, okay, this is America's choice. America did this.
I won't say that. People are tired, but you know
what you say, Trump did it to himself, America. The

(01:08:35):
voters who went out and the voters who did not
go out did it to themselves as well, probably more so.
That's that's my take on it. But such as it is,
as you would say, my humble opinion. Uh three one
seven four eight zero thirteen ten three one seven four
eight zero thirteen ten Marvin, go ahead, how are you?

Speaker 15 (01:09:00):
And you know you said it one hundred percent right,
and that's why people are you going.

Speaker 9 (01:09:05):
I didn't go to the No Kings and all of that.
I did my job before this.

Speaker 15 (01:09:09):
Man got back, you know, and to let him.

Speaker 4 (01:09:12):
I cannot sit up and have my blood pressure up.

Speaker 2 (01:09:16):
What you want, what's gonna be?

Speaker 8 (01:09:18):
You do it?

Speaker 7 (01:09:20):
Like they always say.

Speaker 15 (01:09:22):
Tina, elections have consequences, and the reality of it is
if this is not stage and I know now people
saying oh, he's gotten people to where everybody these things
are conspiracy. Every time this man's poll numbers are low.

Speaker 2 (01:09:37):
And we have these incidents.

Speaker 15 (01:09:40):
I don't know, but if it's not people quit trying
to kill the man.

Speaker 9 (01:09:44):
You're helping them.

Speaker 15 (01:09:45):
You see, they were all smiles at the press conference
because probably in their mind they dog, thank you God,
this is going to help out number. He might get
up to thirty seven percent, back up to where he's others.
But at the end of the day, the reality is,
I'm gonna be honest with your Tina. I don't want
to see anybody like you because the bad I got
to make Trump might be the one I lay in.

Speaker 9 (01:10:04):
But at the end of the day, I don't care.
I'm just being hollens with your Tina.

Speaker 15 (01:10:08):
And I was like that your last collar, Josephine, I
did not watch it. I tried as best possible not
to look at him or anybody.

Speaker 9 (01:10:16):
In the administration or listening to speak.

Speaker 15 (01:10:19):
But at the end of the day, if you're thinking,
if you're listening to my favorite show and you think
about doing something to the president, don't, well just let
him let him go, because we it helps them. This
chaos and confusion. It's what they like. They thrive off
of it. And now they're all the Demo, and I think,
how can you even keep a straight face and say

(01:10:39):
the Democrats are support and violence when that's all you
do and your your supporters are so crazy, matim what
they play, he plays in your face and you all
just you're so in love with his hate. And that's
what these people are so in love with his hate

(01:11:02):
that anything he does, it's fine with it.

Speaker 4 (01:11:06):
And so at the end of the day, it's in.

Speaker 15 (01:11:09):
It's two you know, the ballroom, the ballroom. Nobody cares now.
Of course, now the Republicans are saying we should put
the ballroom in the next reconciliation bill or something, you know,
so he can get this grand ballroom that I think
the next president, if it's not a Republicans, it's gonna.

Speaker 9 (01:11:26):
Tear down and repurpose.

Speaker 15 (01:11:28):
But then today I think that I'm I'm like Josephine.
I mean, I'm tired, and that's why I don't let
it get to me.

Speaker 1 (01:11:36):
No, No, yeah, it's there isn't there's a there's an
exhaustion element to where it's like y'all had enough yet
that's the way I look at you know how a
child You had enough yet? Y'all had enough yet?

Speaker 15 (01:11:48):
Because I'm sorry, it's in November, and if you don't
go vote, if you still think, then that's what you deserve.
Because what they don't realize is there's a god things
that Trump can do it by executive order. But if
the Democrats at least take the House, that effectively ends
this administration. And so we hopefully can get the Senate

(01:12:10):
so they can return to favor if we lose the
Supreme Court justice and not fill the seat until the
next president is selected. But at the end of the day,
go out and take this frustration, take your tiredness, like
you said, Tina, and show it at the that's making
way that wake up that we can stop this is insanity.
And then the last comment I'll make is I've seen

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women who live through the Civil rights era.

Speaker 4 (01:12:37):
The lady I.

Speaker 15 (01:12:37):
Love almost in tearside, never would have thought we would
be back here again. And the kind of pain that
this man has brought. You look at that they only
they took the Southern You know, it's just like anything
that's against racists. You go fil a indict an organization,

(01:12:58):
fight the kidst racism. How low can you go out bad?

Speaker 1 (01:13:02):
Where's the checks and balances? Though? Marvin, See, here's the thing.
You can do whatever you want to do. And thank
thank you, Marvin. I appreciate that you can do whatever
you want to do as long as you're not checked.
Ain't nobody checking in. He's never been held accountable or checked,
so no, he can be held accountable, and he can
be checked at the ballot box. That's where he can

(01:13:23):
be checked. So yes, before you.

Speaker 3 (01:13:25):
Take the next call, name's when released of a guy
that was having a salad at the dinner?

Speaker 15 (01:13:31):
Oh?

Speaker 3 (01:13:31):
Okay, Michael Glance. He's a top agent at Creative Artist Agency.
He's the guy that remained seated in ative his appetizing
appetizer during the chaos, and he was unfazed by it.
He said, I'm a New Yorker. We live with sirens
and activity happening all the time.

Speaker 2 (01:13:47):
I wasn't scared.

Speaker 3 (01:13:49):
His decision on to hit the floor like others was
due to his bad back and hygiene concerns. He stated,
there was no I'm quoting him now, no freaking way
was going to uh get on the floor in my
new tucks.

Speaker 1 (01:14:03):
Okay, well, there goes my diff he might have turned
off his hearing aid or something, so.

Speaker 3 (01:14:09):
He just hygiene issues and he's used to the sirens
and all that stuff going on.

Speaker 2 (01:14:15):
So that's why he.

Speaker 1 (01:14:15):
Lives in a war zone them. Yeah, all right, well
thank you for that. Also, this just uh, this just crossed.
The man charged uh oh, the man who fired the
shots at the outside the dinner has been charged with
attempted assassination of a president. Yes, he has been charged
with the attempted assassination of a president, even though the president.

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But I guess maybe the intent or whatever. It would
be interesting the intent was to get there even though
he didn't, so yeah, okay.

Speaker 3 (01:14:46):
And part of that says too that what I'm reading
here says that he traveled from California.

Speaker 1 (01:14:51):
To DCV be a train, yeah, for to be undetected
and detected.

Speaker 2 (01:14:56):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (01:14:56):
Yeah.

Speaker 4 (01:14:57):
You know.

Speaker 1 (01:14:58):
The the Royals, King Charles the and his wife Queen
Camilla are supposed to be there this afternoon, going to
be there for oh that's right, a few days. And
I think that's creating a little bit of a stir
in the UK because they don't like him over there,
and it's kind of interesting why the King went ahead
with the visit. An interesting calculus anyway. Yeah, you're right,

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let's see, let's go back to the phone line, mister Russell,
go ahead.

Speaker 4 (01:15:26):
How are you good afternoon, Jaina, good afternoon. You know
you've heard the expression what goes around comes around, I presume.
Now remember on January sixth, when the capital was invaded

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and the Vice President who was presiding over the Congress
at the time, in terms of trying to make sure
the boat was counting this kind of thing, he was
ushered out in unceremonious manner, if you remember. And now

(01:16:09):
this comes along and the person responsible, in my opinions,
for the January sixth insurrection was also ushered out. So yeah,
it seems like what goes around those come around. H
And I think I think that another factor of the

(01:16:30):
whole scenario is the fact that when you give a
person carte blanc, like the Supreme Court gave Donald Trump,
people who are not really in favor of that are
going to use other means. That's why the boat is
so important, you know that, That's why that is a

(01:16:53):
technique that that people can use. But at the same time,
if the authority give somebody carte blanc. They gave Donald
Trump to do whatever he wants to do. When they
offend people, if they can't do it legally, they might
do it illegally. Do you understand what I'm saying. So,

(01:17:15):
I think that's some of the things we need to
think about. The other thing is if you look at
the media, people that are kind of in the pocket
of Donald Trump, how are they framing it. They're framing
it that the left wing, the left wing media is
the responsible for this. But actually, when you take somebody

(01:17:38):
in the White House with a chainsaw cutting up the
systems that protect people, and you do these other anticues,
what do you expect. You know, that's kind of like
talking and when you talk to somebody, what's gonna happen?

(01:17:58):
You know they're going to fight back in any way
they can. So those are those are kind of minds.

Speaker 2 (01:18:04):
M hm.

Speaker 4 (01:18:05):
Two cents. And I think Josephine goes to the head
of the class. She needs to he needs to write
a letter to the to the editor of all the
nation's papers. Because she hit it right on the head.
I think, oh, she.

Speaker 1 (01:18:20):
The exhaustion is clear. I don't doubt that. What so
I just hope, you know, but is it enough? Are
people tired enough? That's the only question I asked. Folks
are tired?

Speaker 4 (01:18:31):
Tired? People are tired. And you remember that movie We're
tired and We're not going to take it anymore? You
remember that picture? I think it was a broadcast.

Speaker 1 (01:18:42):
Broadcast news or never. I'm mad as I'm not going
to We're not going to take it anymore yet.

Speaker 4 (01:18:49):
Yeah, well, people are like like, but are they tired?

Speaker 1 (01:18:55):
It Is it the kind of tired that where they're
going to move to action? Or is it the kind
of tire that defeats them and makes them sit down
and cover their head or bury their heads in the sand.
That's what I want you know, Yes, I acknowledge the fatigue.
I do, But what is this fatigue going to lead to?
That's the that's the next question. What are you going
to do as a result of the fatigue that you

(01:19:15):
are experiencing. Are you going to get up finally and
and do some stuff? Are you going to do more
than what you did the last time? Or are you
going to just say it's all rigged anyway and you
know what are you going to do with it? So
I acknowledge the fatigue, she was spot on. Yes, people
are tired. He's an exhausting piece of energy. You know

(01:19:36):
that it is, there's no there's no doubt about it.
But what are people going to do it? People have
a say and and like you say, elections there I mean,
this is a thing that that gets me when people
say election. You know, well, that's not going to do this.
It's not going to do that. I don't I don't
think anybody has ever said that an election takes care

(01:19:58):
of every single thing. But it sure gives you a
heck of a lot of leverage. When you do it right,
and when you do it in a coordinated way, you
can get more of what you want than not more
of what you want to know and the rest of it,
you just have to kind of strategize like the Republicans
have been doing for years. They have had a strategy,
they've had a plan, and they've stuck to it and

(01:20:20):
they've been patient. So you know that. That's all I'm
saying is what is your fatigue going to lead you to?

Speaker 4 (01:20:29):
I think people are definitely to a point where it's
going to make a difference in the member now the
Republicans and the support and the Donald Trump they're going
to try everything that they can to stay in power. Everything.

Speaker 1 (01:20:47):
Oh, he'll never he'll know, he's not gonna leave. He
will he will not leave with no, he won't.

Speaker 4 (01:20:52):
He didn't, he won't, he will everything.

Speaker 1 (01:20:57):
So get ready for that.

Speaker 7 (01:20:58):
So, you know, a lot of.

Speaker 4 (01:21:00):
It, unfortunately, I think is going to fall back on
the black community because they always do that. They you know,
if they can't do anything else, they'll fall back on
the black community, you know, pull out these different things.
But they're gonna try everything.

Speaker 1 (01:21:15):
Every trick in the book. You gotta be ready. You
gotta be ready. Thank you, mister Russell. Good points, very
good points. Appreciate it. We got a lot more calls
to get to. If you are on the line and
you can hear me, stay right there because we do
want to get to your call. Got another quick break,
We'll be right back.

Speaker 5 (01:21:34):
Let's get back to the conversation. It's Community Connection with
Tina Cosby, brought to you by Child Advocates, a champion
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Speaker 1 (01:21:50):
Hey, and we're back with Community Connection. Let's go back
to the phone lines. Let's go to Donna. How are you, Donna?

Speaker 13 (01:21:57):
Oh, I'm doing okay?

Speaker 1 (01:21:58):
How you doing doing good things?

Speaker 4 (01:22:00):
You?

Speaker 13 (01:22:01):
I don't know if you heard about the story where
the uh, that congress woman was killed in a plane.

Speaker 1 (01:22:09):
Yes, I read about that.

Speaker 13 (01:22:11):
Yes, yeah, just her and the pilot. And you know
she was a Democrat.

Speaker 1 (01:22:15):
Yes, she was a Democrat. Yes.

Speaker 13 (01:22:19):
I don't know if you've been paying attention from when
uh he was in office before and the incidents that
have been happening now to the different ones of Congress
and senators and all the violence towards uh, just that
just that group.

Speaker 4 (01:22:38):
Uh. I don't know if you have noticed.

Speaker 13 (01:22:40):
Well, I considered it a connection and that they assuite
that low to actually murder people. And that's the way
I'm looking at it. That they I'm like, now, since
they they don't feel like they can win, they're gonna
ask you just write out murder the different people to
make it a level of.

Speaker 4 (01:22:56):
Play and field.

Speaker 1 (01:22:59):
That I don't know.

Speaker 13 (01:23:00):
I can't No, I'm just saying, I'm just saying, that's
just my opinion.

Speaker 14 (01:23:04):
That's right.

Speaker 13 (01:23:04):
No, that's how that's how far. That's how far it
looks like to me that they're willing to go. If
you look at all the different incidents from you know,
this parting to see and the last time when he
desands all the violence has happened to a different Democratic party.
And that's my comment.

Speaker 1 (01:23:23):
Okay, all right, well thank you Donald, I appreciate it,
thank you, and I'm sorry. Go ahead, Eric, you're saying something. Yeah,
it's yeah, sure, you know, again the outrage and the

(01:23:44):
exhaustion needs to translate into something positive because again we
can collectively as a group do something to send a
message that this is not to our liking. All of
this going broke, people going broke, high gas prices, wars
that you know, sending our young men and women to

(01:24:05):
die for what you know, lies on top of lies
on top of you know, do you want more of that?
You want to continue with that even after he's gone,
because there is a there's a movement. Macca is a movement.
It's not just him. It's not just him. He's the
useful one that carries it out, I think, which is
why he doesn't get as much resistance as a lot

(01:24:26):
of people might think he should get. But there's a
silent majority who are who are exposing themselves to me
that really are I only take that fear thing so far.
I think a lot of this is what some of
them have quietly wanted, and he's just the man to

(01:24:48):
do so. And they will do turn themselves upside down
and inside out to make sure that he gets to
do it, because that's what they wanted. Case in point,
Mitch McConnell, although, bless his heart, there's not much left
to him these days. He can he is he coherent.

Speaker 2 (01:25:04):
I don't know that. I might have to look that
up and see. I've not heard a lot about him,
and a little that I had heard wasn't.

Speaker 1 (01:25:11):
But back to the uh, back to the incident Saturday.
Uh the barada you said that the brother, I think
it looks like a brother almost, I don't know.

Speaker 3 (01:25:22):
Maybe not Barata salad, I've never have you heard?

Speaker 1 (01:25:25):
I heard, never heard of a barada salad. I saw
that on It says a fresh Italian inspired dish featuring
creamy barata cheese, a mozzarella shell filled with cream and
struct struck yella.

Speaker 2 (01:25:45):
I couldn't tell you.

Speaker 1 (01:25:46):
I don't know either, pared with ripe tomatoes, olive oil,
and basil. It sounds delicious, must have been. Yeah, It's
often served with balsamic glaze, bread or mixed greens, acting
as an elevated creamy on a traditional capricey sound.

Speaker 3 (01:26:03):
Well, had I been there, I would have been on
the floor trying to get out of their or not.
I'm I'm mighty here.

Speaker 1 (01:26:09):
You can replace that, I certainly can. But he just
he just seemed like he was just non oblivious totally.

Speaker 4 (01:26:17):
I mean.

Speaker 1 (01:26:18):
But then the thing of it is, so somebody that
was videotaping him, they had to be of the same
min I From what.

Speaker 3 (01:26:26):
I could see, there were some people who were just
still kind of sitting.

Speaker 1 (01:26:29):
Yeah, just sitting standing around. But and again my understanding
is this was a good distance away. I mean, they
could hear it, but it was maybe two is it
two floors?

Speaker 2 (01:26:39):
It wasn't distance, it was some distance.

Speaker 1 (01:26:41):
It's some distance away.

Speaker 2 (01:26:43):
And see it.

Speaker 3 (01:26:43):
N it was a split screen of him and what
was going on. So they had a split screen of
it on CNN.

Speaker 1 (01:26:50):
Yeah. Yeah, So I guess his writings led to the
you know, the the charge of you know, attempting assassination
uh of a president, even though he did not get
anywhere near the president, the room, the dinner or anything else.
And now they're all taking apart the hotel's security and

(01:27:11):
how they've never secured the dinner. Well, they've never had
no go ahead.

Speaker 3 (01:27:17):
I'll just for him to get in there with all
of the weapons he had.

Speaker 1 (01:27:21):
But you know, that makes sense, the fact that he
politicizes everything and pits one side against the other. There's
never been a need for this security for the White
House Correspondence dinner. The correspondence put it on, but there's
never been a need for security because there's never been

(01:27:42):
the vitriol that this person creates. And I can't remember
one of the callers. He starts stuff all the time,
and so they're gonna they're gonna blame the hotel, the Hilton,
he said, it's always been open, and they call it
the what do you call it? The Hinckley Hilton, Hinkley
Hill take it because that was I think back in

(01:28:02):
the eighties when Reagan was shot outside that yeah.

Speaker 3 (01:28:07):
I think so, yeah, Well I thought it was Secret
Service was supposed to cure secure areas with the president supposed.

Speaker 2 (01:28:15):
To be that's also supposed to they did.

Speaker 1 (01:28:17):
He wasn't. He wasn't where the president was.

Speaker 2 (01:28:20):
Well, that's he wasn't. That's true.

Speaker 3 (01:28:22):
He never got to the got so that area was secured.

Speaker 1 (01:28:24):
Yeah, I was secure that everything worth the way it
was supposed to.

Speaker 2 (01:28:27):
That's true. So I don't know.

Speaker 1 (01:28:30):
Yeah, anyway, anyway, anyway, anyway, a couple of so you
you sent me this Eric, and it's interesting, and I
looked at the title and on the headline, I'm like,
what it says is that the US lawmakers right pushed
to make rotisserie chicken eligible for food stamps.

Speaker 2 (01:28:53):
It was I couldn't help. I had to send that
to you.

Speaker 1 (01:28:55):
What is that?

Speaker 3 (01:28:56):
I first of all, I didn't know that it wasn't
a part of that. It's food, it is.

Speaker 1 (01:29:02):
It's not a Snicker's bottle or a bottle of Muscatel
or whatever it's true, or a pack of cigarettes.

Speaker 3 (01:29:11):
I couldn't understand. I'm like, well, isn't this considered food?
How is this different than anything else? But they are,
I guess now they're saying, if you're on snap, you
can get rotissery chicken.

Speaker 1 (01:29:26):
Well, they said, the senators introduced what they're calling the
Hot Rotisserie Chicken Act Hot Chicken, Well, you make the
supermarket staple and eligible purchase under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Formerly known as food Stamps. America's best and delicious affordability
play is Consco's four ninety nine rotisseri chicken, said John

(01:29:49):
Fetterman of Pennsylvania. Is one of my family's favorites, and
I'm proud to join this bill would be well, Yeah,
the SNAP program program provides a monthly stipend for low
income families and buy groceries. But it doesn't hot. But
it doesn't pay for hot prepared foods. I didn't know.

Speaker 2 (01:30:05):
I didn't know.

Speaker 3 (01:30:06):
That Hot Rotisserie Chicken act. So that'll cover hot foods period.
That's what that act will cover it?

Speaker 4 (01:30:11):
Right? Oh?

Speaker 1 (01:30:11):
Really?

Speaker 2 (01:30:12):
Is that what that means? Once?

Speaker 1 (01:30:13):
It's It was meant to promote home cooking, but critics
say it's outdated and penalizes families that are already struggling,
excluding convenient nutritious options. Yeah, I guess, yeah, I didn't
know that. Lawmakers have long debated which food should be
eligible pres states to exclude junk foods such as soda

(01:30:34):
and candy.

Speaker 3 (01:30:37):
It's a major piece of of course, naps, a major
piece of us.

Speaker 1 (01:30:40):
They're introducing the bill. Uh and which for similar legislation.
You know you try, Okay, promote cooking. But in Trump's economy, yeah,
try to buy a whole chicken. Well, yeah, how much
is that going to cost you? That twelve dollars and
I'm I'm not exaggerating an average size for a family

(01:31:02):
of four, hole chicken is going to cost you at
a very very very low end seven dollars, higher end
maybe twelve, So somewhere in that price range. When you
can go to a place like Costco or Walmart, I
guess or whatever and get these hot, freshly prepared rotisserie chickens.

(01:31:23):
Costco has, you know, they have a price structure four
ninety nine. Regardless, that was the same during COVID. It's
the same. You know, they're rotisseri chicken cooked right there,
fresh hot in the store four dollars in ninety nine
per cent. You cannot get a good size rotisserie chicken
already cooked for four ninety nine in the grocery store,

(01:31:45):
even if you wanted to cook it and you wanted
to abide by the snap guideline. So there's a cost
savings right there. Here's the caveat though. Costco is a
member member's only warehouse, so you have to pay I
think the base membership is like sixty dollars or sixty

(01:32:06):
five dollars a year somewhere like that. So you would
have to pay to be able to realize the savings
at a costco for hot foods. But like you said, Eric,
hot foods in general at other stores where you don't
have to have a membership or you know, foot the
bill to pay first, that would be fine. And I
know Walmart has them. And I remember a while ago

(01:32:30):
when I was shopping at Walmart on the regular, they
would have, like you have day old bread, which is cheaper,
they'd have realtissory chicken and they didn't sell it that day,
So it might be like two dollars and fifty cents
or something, but it would be cold, it wouldn't be hot,
be hot, but it would be in their cold freezer.

(01:32:51):
Two dollars and fifty cents. And I would buy a
lot of those because I like to make my own
chicken broth in things of that nature. So and you
could just use them for all kinds of stuff, put
them in the freezer. Yeah, and that's a low price.
So and it's not just Walmart, I mean, it's Meyer Kroger,
all of these places at some point in time or

(01:33:12):
other have prepared food.

Speaker 2 (01:33:14):
So that's true.

Speaker 1 (01:33:15):
I love that hot food, hot cold, yeah, whole hot foods. Yeah,
and I love that. So thanks for sending that. I
had no idea that the government was so so many things,
too many things. The government's too many things. We want
to try to cook. So we want you to pay
two or three times as much for a chicken that
you would pay for a cooked chicken in the store

(01:33:36):
because we want you to cook.

Speaker 2 (01:33:37):
Would be nice.

Speaker 3 (01:33:38):
I feel that they could just lower the price, bring
those prices down.

Speaker 1 (01:33:41):
Well there yet bring.

Speaker 2 (01:33:43):
The prices down.

Speaker 3 (01:33:43):
All that's fine and great, but bring down the price
down the pace, put a put a cap on something.

Speaker 1 (01:33:49):
Yeah, let's go back to the phone lines three one
seven for eight zero thirteen ten. Three one seven for
eight zero thirteen ten. Carol, go ahead, How are you good?
How are you all doing well? Thank you?

Speaker 14 (01:34:01):
That's good. I just had a comment. You know, I
don't know what happened because fund this then on Saturday, well,
you know, our children has been invaded, you know what,
running and hiding and people are shooting at them at school.

Speaker 1 (01:34:22):
You know they've been taught how to run and hide.
Just if in their very instance if that, if that occurs, yeah.

Speaker 14 (01:34:31):
You know, we reap what we saw now Saturday they
was running and hiding on the seats. We got to
be careful how we treat people, because we don't reap
what we sow. So I just see it as God
was in this because usually He is not there, but

(01:34:56):
God intended for him to be there on Saturday. They
was up under the seats on Saturday, like our children be.
And it hurts me to see our children having to
go through that and nobody's paying attention up there.

Speaker 1 (01:35:14):
Exactly exactly, That's what I was saying earlier. You know,
this is what the children in America almost daily, or
people in America almost daily. You don't how many I
need to get that number, but there are mass shootings
in the United States of America every single day.

Speaker 14 (01:35:31):
That's true. I just turned it on about two point
thirty and I said, well, I want to comment on
this because we read what was soul Sister. God put
the people that's there where he wanted them to be
because he's trying to get attention. Our children need help, grandchildren,

(01:35:55):
my grandchildren, you know, at school all the time. And
I pray a lot and all the other kids, and
I want to say this before I get home. Now,
my son he attended the cors Fund the dinner when
Obama's had here.

Speaker 1 (01:36:13):
Oh nice.

Speaker 14 (01:36:14):
He was very happy about that. And I was thankful
that he got the tent and said that he was
sitting about the fifth seat table from the on the
right hand side of it. And he said, I don't
know how in the world that he got in there,

(01:36:36):
because you got to fill out a lot of papers
even before you go.

Speaker 1 (01:36:41):
But he was a registered guest at the well, he
was a registered guest at the hotel. And see that's
what the and I mean he did interrupt, but that's
what the criticism has been of the hotel is that
they did not lock down security around this particular event
well enough. And for the guest. If you're a registered guest,
you have backsets, got keys there. I mean, if you're

(01:37:01):
paying your money to stay at the hotel, don't they
give you the keys to the kingdom everything?

Speaker 14 (01:37:08):
Now I'm understanding that better. How he might have got
in there?

Speaker 1 (01:37:12):
Then, Oh, yeah, he's a registered.

Speaker 14 (01:37:14):
They were with all of them shotgun crystals and everything
he had.

Speaker 1 (01:37:18):
Yeah, he said he checked in with suitcases full of Yeah, he.

Speaker 2 (01:37:21):
Was had all of the stuff with.

Speaker 1 (01:37:23):
Him, all of it everything, So yeah, he was. That's
how he got through. He was a guest there. And
it wasn't an unsmart move. I guess if you say,
I don't, I don't want to encourage anybody to do that.
But when you think about it, it was very calculated,
very very calculated.

Speaker 14 (01:37:39):
So but I just wanted to say this because sister,
uh brother, there, we we do report we.

Speaker 1 (01:37:47):
Saw indeed, thank you very much. It's true. If only
they if only people would realize it. You know, a
lot of folks.

Speaker 14 (01:37:55):
I believe we're gonna see a change because this was
planned by God. This was orchestrat. Did he make sure
he was there? And they're all up under the table
like our children.

Speaker 1 (01:38:07):
Like our children have to do every day.

Speaker 14 (01:38:09):
And I think that again that God is trying.

Speaker 1 (01:38:11):
To well, let's hope, let's pray, let's hope and pray
that that. I'm not trying to.

Speaker 14 (01:38:15):
Pray nothing on the body. No, but I read what
I saw and everybody else.

Speaker 1 (01:38:19):
To indeed, all right, thank you, miss Carol, appreciated, appreciate
it again. Yeah again, I'm back home here at home.
First things first, most important public safety storms are getting closer.
We are, and just just be careful. You know, we
have this all this new equipment, uh new detecting and

(01:38:41):
all this other kind of kind of stuff that's out
there for you for your protection. So please just heed
the warnings and pay attention to what's going on. Also,
I wanted to let everyone know that early voting opened
up in eight new places this weekend on Saturday. So
early voting continues and now here in Indianapolis and Marion County.

(01:39:05):
There are several several more places. We have a total
now of eight several more places, so Decatur Township Government Center,
the Franklin Township Government Center, the Indianapolis Public Library at
Fort Benn, Indianapolis Public Library, Pike Branch, Crannart Park, Perrytownship
Government Center, Saint Luci United Methodist Church, and the Warren

(01:39:25):
Township Government Center. You can find out more about that
the Times and everything else if you go to vote
dot Indy dot gov, or if you just want to
shorten it, go to Indy dot gov and then put
in the search bar voting and all of this will
display for you. But the website is vote dot Indy

(01:39:46):
dot gov. That's for Indianapolis and Marion County only vote
dot Indy dot gov. If you are outside of Indianapolis
and Marion County, you can always go to Indiana Voters
dot in dot gog of Indiana Voters dot i in
dot gov. Same information is there for you as well.
In fact, it's there for Marion County, is there for

(01:40:07):
everyone that lives here in the state of Indiana. So
get out there and do your thing. The primary election
is one week from tomorrow, so we want to make
sure everyone has an opportunity to do so if they
choose to vote early, and then of course on election
day six am to six pm at several vote centers

(01:40:29):
in and around Indianapolis. Indianapolis is a vote center county,
so you got a lot of options and a lot
of choices throughout the day on election day next Tuesday,
if you so desire a week from Tuesday, Oh yeah,
if you so desired. So that is all the time
I hear the mew sick. Yeah, yeah, that means we
have to go. Yeah, it is. That's all the time

(01:40:50):
we have. As always, we want to thank everyone for
listening in. Again, please be careful out there and listen
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Our website dot com. Willemore Jr. On the radio is
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and please stay informed. For everyone here, I'm Tina Cosby
and this is community Connection.

Speaker 15 (01:41:11):
Mm hmmmm mm hm m hmm

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