September 8, 2025 • 6 mins
Lt. Gov Micah Beckwith has now DELETED A SOCIAL MEDIA POST that made it look like he wanted to take in 40,000 Haitian refugees.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hammer and Nigel.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
Can you believe these characters are weirdos?
Speaker 1 (00:05):
I was thinking about this Hammer, this this radio stage
of this show probably one of the only shows in
America that talks about it's lieutenant governor more than it
does it's governor.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
Correct.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
I mean, between us and Rob Kendall and Tony Katz,
it looks like Lieutenant governor Mikeebec with now a deleted
social media post. Don't be deleted social media post, guy, Micah,
come on up.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
There, man own it, own it, man post it no
own it?
Speaker 1 (00:34):
So what so can you tell me? Can you interpret
what this deleted social media post is all about? It?
Kind of I It made it look like he didn't
say it, but it made it look like he won
forty thousand Haitian refugees to become Partment of residents here.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
Okay, Well, the Internet's forever, so I've got the actual
post here. Okay, So I'm going to read it word
for word. There'll be no interpreting anything. This is word
for word, and you take it for you want. Number
one I'm sorry. Quote. Yesterday I sat with Haitian pastors
from Marion County. Their people have endured earthquakes. And violence,
(01:10):
and now more than forty thousand are seeking asylum here
in Indiana. We spoke about barriers of language and culture
while also discussing the power of faith and family. What
I saw was not a community asking for a handout,
but people determined to work hard, raise their children, to
become contributors to the great Hoosier State and assimilate to
(01:32):
the American way of life. Okay, I take that as
he's talking to these Haitian pastors about ways forty thousand
Haitians can become comfortable and assimilate here in Indiana.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
There's a couple of things. I think a few months
ago or a few you know before, before Braun was
elected Governor Broun, I think he had a different take
on some of these people coming in. I look at
this tweet, which has now been DEALI I don't see
anything wrong with it, per se. I see Governor Lieutenant
Governor Michaebec with with his preacher hat on. He has
(02:09):
compassion and empathy and sympathy for these people. I get it.
I'm not saying it's I don't get me wrong. I'm
not saying I want forty thousand people sucking off resources here. Okay,
you understand what I'm saying. But Mike is a pastor.
Micah puts God first in his life, and he put
this out on the official Lieutenant governor Twitter correct social
(02:31):
media page. Right, Kurt, wasn't some private thing. It was
the Lieutenant Governor Michaeh. Beck with the land check mark page.
And there's some dispute about the forty thousand number two,
I think, but that's what he wrote.
Speaker 2 (02:42):
Those were his understand I understand, and I get it.
I mean, I understand where you're coming from. But my side,
he's not my pastor. Okay, I need a litenate governor.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
Sure, exactly. Yeah, he's got to wear two different hats.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
Correct.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
I think he had his pastoral hat on there, and
I get it. But you were totally within one hundred
percent right, and he's not your pastor. But I do
like I like Micah. I know it's a different relationship
with him and Rob. Now we were introduced to the
Lieutenant governor through Rob and I.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
You're rooting for him. Man, we want the dude to
do well.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
I want him to do well, but I don't want
forty thousand people, you know, in Logan's port with you know,
sucking up Okay, even if they assimilate, which I don't
know that they are, Rob Rob made it sound like
this morning wasn't Kennel and Casey show. They don't want
to assimilate the Haitians don't. I don't know how you
(03:41):
know that or not?
Speaker 2 (03:42):
Well, but that's they back to the olds. Uh, they're
eating the cats, they're eating the dogs like these That's
a good point. Were the folks that we were talking
about here.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
And yeah, but I think Tony and Rob there just
definitely they're saying this is it for Micah right? And
I don't know. Oh, he's wearing his pastor's hat, and
I think he has a lot of compassion and empathy
and I get it. I do too. But you know,
forty thousand people like you know, taking up American jobs
and sucking off American resources.
Speaker 2 (04:14):
We can't take care of the people we have here
in Marion County.
Speaker 1 (04:17):
Oh.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
I know, we still have a homeless tent community near
Fountain Square, yep. Like driving around parts of Indie yesterday,
so another tent community like near the White River on
our way into downtown to go to the Colts game.
We got to worry about these people, forty thousand Haitians.
I'm sorry, God bless you. I'm sure you're probably fleeing
(04:38):
from something. But we've got rules and regulations here. There
are people who are waiting to come into this country
legally the right way, and if you want to have
a conversation about how we make that process easier, I'm
all ears, But right now, you don't get to cut
people because we feel bad for you.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
Now, they didn't they didn't come here here illegally. They
were brought here. But you're saying they're not citizens. That
they're not citizens, right, and there's a process.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
Correct, And forty thousand is a big number. So I
get he's being Pastor Micah, but you used it on
the Lieutenant Governor Micah social media. Maybe it's a mistake,
maybe we're making too big of a deal here, but ah, no, no, no, no,
this is like the one thing that's bringing some of
(05:27):
the establishment Republicans and more MAGA type Republicans here in
Indiana together. No, we've got our own issues here and
forty thousand Haitians does not fit what we're trying to
accomplish in the state of Indiana.
Speaker 1 (05:42):
You probably need to go back and look at what
he said prior to these Haitians arriving.
Speaker 2 (05:47):
Right, very closed border guy, very uh, you know Trump
like when it comes to the border. But then he
puts on social media in a now deleted posts, you know,
forty thousand work, got to assimilate. No, no assimilation. Sorry,
that's not how this is going to work. Forty thousand.
(06:07):
But he has since deleted it. Mike has made a
statement basically saying it's taken out of context, blah blah blah.
But the damage is done. Damage has already done. Now
it's out there and people have been ripping him to shreds,
so we'll see what happens.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
He's used to that by true.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
And you look at the folks that are working in
his office right now. Their whole angle is everybody's wrong
but us. Now, sometimes a lot of people can be wrong,
but everybody's wrong. But the folks that used to be
the church, you know, members that are somehow now running
the Lieutenant governor's office. Okay, that's that's how you feel.
(06:49):
That's fine.
Hammer and Nigel.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
Can you believe these characters are weirdos?
Speaker 1 (00:05):
I was thinking about this Hammer, this this radio stage
of this show probably one of the only shows in
America that talks about it's lieutenant governor more than it
does it's governor.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
Correct.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
I mean, between us and Rob Kendall and Tony Katz,
it looks like Lieutenant governor Mikeebec with now a deleted
social media post. Don't be deleted social media post, guy, Micah,
come on up.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
There, man own it, own it, man post it no
own it?
Speaker 1 (00:34):
So what so can you tell me? Can you interpret
what this deleted social media post is all about? It?
Kind of I It made it look like he didn't
say it, but it made it look like he won
forty thousand Haitian refugees to become Partment of residents here.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
Okay, Well, the Internet's forever, so I've got the actual
post here. Okay, So I'm going to read it word
for word. There'll be no interpreting anything. This is word
for word, and you take it for you want. Number
one I'm sorry. Quote. Yesterday I sat with Haitian pastors
from Marion County. Their people have endured earthquakes. And violence,
(01:10):
and now more than forty thousand are seeking asylum here
in Indiana. We spoke about barriers of language and culture
while also discussing the power of faith and family. What
I saw was not a community asking for a handout,
but people determined to work hard, raise their children, to
become contributors to the great Hoosier State and assimilate to
(01:32):
the American way of life. Okay, I take that as
he's talking to these Haitian pastors about ways forty thousand
Haitians can become comfortable and assimilate here in Indiana.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
There's a couple of things. I think a few months
ago or a few you know before, before Braun was
elected Governor Broun, I think he had a different take
on some of these people coming in. I look at
this tweet, which has now been DEALI I don't see
anything wrong with it, per se. I see Governor Lieutenant
Governor Michaebec with with his preacher hat on. He has
(02:09):
compassion and empathy and sympathy for these people. I get it.
I'm not saying it's I don't get me wrong. I'm
not saying I want forty thousand people sucking off resources here. Okay,
you understand what I'm saying. But Mike is a pastor.
Micah puts God first in his life, and he put
this out on the official Lieutenant governor Twitter correct social
(02:31):
media page. Right, Kurt, wasn't some private thing. It was
the Lieutenant Governor Michaeh. Beck with the land check mark page.
And there's some dispute about the forty thousand number two,
I think, but that's what he wrote.
Speaker 2 (02:42):
Those were his understand I understand, and I get it.
I mean, I understand where you're coming from. But my side,
he's not my pastor. Okay, I need a litenate governor.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
Sure, exactly. Yeah, he's got to wear two different hats.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
Correct.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
I think he had his pastoral hat on there, and
I get it. But you were totally within one hundred
percent right, and he's not your pastor. But I do
like I like Micah. I know it's a different relationship
with him and Rob. Now we were introduced to the
Lieutenant governor through Rob and I.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
You're rooting for him. Man, we want the dude to
do well.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
I want him to do well, but I don't want
forty thousand people, you know, in Logan's port with you know,
sucking up Okay, even if they assimilate, which I don't
know that they are, Rob Rob made it sound like
this morning wasn't Kennel and Casey show. They don't want
to assimilate the Haitians don't. I don't know how you
(03:41):
know that or not?
Speaker 2 (03:42):
Well, but that's they back to the olds. Uh, they're
eating the cats, they're eating the dogs like these That's
a good point. Were the folks that we were talking
about here.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
And yeah, but I think Tony and Rob there just
definitely they're saying this is it for Micah right? And
I don't know. Oh, he's wearing his pastor's hat, and
I think he has a lot of compassion and empathy
and I get it. I do too. But you know,
forty thousand people like you know, taking up American jobs
and sucking off American resources.
Speaker 2 (04:14):
We can't take care of the people we have here
in Marion County.
Speaker 1 (04:17):
Oh.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
I know, we still have a homeless tent community near
Fountain Square, yep. Like driving around parts of Indie yesterday,
so another tent community like near the White River on
our way into downtown to go to the Colts game.
We got to worry about these people, forty thousand Haitians.
I'm sorry, God bless you. I'm sure you're probably fleeing
(04:38):
from something. But we've got rules and regulations here. There
are people who are waiting to come into this country
legally the right way, and if you want to have
a conversation about how we make that process easier, I'm
all ears, But right now, you don't get to cut
people because we feel bad for you.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
Now, they didn't they didn't come here here illegally. They
were brought here. But you're saying they're not citizens. That
they're not citizens, right, and there's a process.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
Correct, And forty thousand is a big number. So I
get he's being Pastor Micah, but you used it on
the Lieutenant Governor Micah social media. Maybe it's a mistake,
maybe we're making too big of a deal here, but ah, no, no, no, no,
this is like the one thing that's bringing some of
(05:27):
the establishment Republicans and more MAGA type Republicans here in
Indiana together. No, we've got our own issues here and
forty thousand Haitians does not fit what we're trying to
accomplish in the state of Indiana.
Speaker 1 (05:42):
You probably need to go back and look at what
he said prior to these Haitians arriving.
Speaker 2 (05:47):
Right, very closed border guy, very uh, you know Trump
like when it comes to the border. But then he
puts on social media in a now deleted posts, you know,
forty thousand work, got to assimilate. No, no assimilation. Sorry,
that's not how this is going to work. Forty thousand.
(06:07):
But he has since deleted it. Mike has made a
statement basically saying it's taken out of context, blah blah blah.
But the damage is done. Damage has already done. Now
it's out there and people have been ripping him to shreds,
so we'll see what happens.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
He's used to that by true.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
And you look at the folks that are working in
his office right now. Their whole angle is everybody's wrong
but us. Now, sometimes a lot of people can be wrong,
but everybody's wrong. But the folks that used to be
the church, you know, members that are somehow now running
the Lieutenant governor's office. Okay, that's that's how you feel.
(06:49):
That's fine.
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