March 11, 2026 • 36 mins
The show kicks off with Sam giving Jon bad advice. Jon looks at the latest developments for the SAVE act and breaks down the talking points from the DFL. One listener's talkback raises eyebrows in the studio.
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Speaker 1 (00:08):
Twin Cities News Talk Am eleven thirty and one oh
three five FM. All right, you can blame me now,
there's a lot of snow on the ground.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Heck man, it's not that bad, at least in the
South Twin Cities.
Speaker 3 (00:27):
It's that terrible.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
No, it wasn't too bad. I was a little concerned.
I made the mistake. I can't remember how it popped
it up. I think I might have saw something on Facebook.
But I made the mistake of signing up for one
of those next door social media community things, and I've
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been getting inundated with emails, so I have to keep unsubscribing. Well,
then I really screwed up because I went to unsubscribe
and I missed read the subscription page because it had
a whole bunch of toggles of which you could go
in mark and I thought, oh, I need to click
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these to turn them off.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
That was that was That was That was dumb of
That was dumb of me. You're fascinating to talk to
because all.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
I did was go and turned all them on. So
I've been slowly going and unsubscribing to the emails because
I just I don't care that much about what my
neighbors were saying regarding the neighborhood. But this morning I
woke up and there was there was an alert from
and again I hadn't canceled one of them from the
same website, and there was an alert stating that there
was a there was a winter weather warning or snow
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warning in an oak. I'm like, come on, so when
I but when I got out, it wasn't it wasn't.
Speaker 3 (01:45):
It wasn't nearly bad at all. The roads, the roads
weren't too the roads weren't too bad. So I think
this is the last winter sort of push.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
If you look at the weather after this weekend, I
think we're coming out of it finally.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
Okay, So I can change the format hold on, Sam
said I can change the formats next week.
Speaker 3 (02:04):
Why not heard it for Lamb. Let's blame Sam for
this six eight.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
On a Wednesday morning, March eleventh, Sam said, next week,
I can change the formats out so all right? On
the show today, Walls has a brand new fraud plan
that really is more of a He wants to cover
up all the fraud for who ever, hopefully in their end,
becomes the next governor.
Speaker 3 (02:24):
Amyklobashar and for Democrats.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
We'll get into that ad after seven o'clock this morning,
the speaking of the DFL and Democrats, they shot down
once again an office of Inspector General that actually has
some teeth and authority to go after the fraud. We
have guests on the show today. We will discuss further
the legislative session with Luke Sprinkle from Alpha News at
eight thirty this morning. Also Adam Swarzey running for Senate.
(02:51):
The candidate will be joining us. He'll share his military
expertise regarding Operation Metro.
Speaker 3 (02:57):
Excuse me, epic SIY.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
So we'll talk with Adam Forrezy coming up and his
of course Senate run at seven thirty this morning.
Speaker 3 (03:06):
Let's start here.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
I didn't get a chance to get into as much
detail yesterday that I wanted to regarding the press conference
that Governor Tim Walls had made in Florida before returning
to DC earlier this week. Trump did directly on Monday
press Republicans to enact the sweeping new voting restrictions as
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a way to guarantee victory in November's mid term elections,
saying he would refuse to sign new bills into law
before they before they did so so I have a
couple of eclipse from President Donald Trump that we did
not get a chance to get to yesterday. First off,
we go here talking specifically about the same act earlier
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this week, I'll.
Speaker 3 (03:53):
Be able to cheat.
Speaker 4 (03:55):
And number two, the people are demanding it every time
I go out. Save America, sir, Save America Act.
Speaker 3 (04:02):
We want the Save America Acts, sir. That's all they
talk about.
Speaker 4 (04:06):
They don't talk about housing, they don't talk about anything.
Speaker 3 (04:09):
That's what they talk about.
Speaker 4 (04:11):
And if you send it up that you're going to
win the midterms at levels that you can't even believe,
and you're gonna win every election for a long time
until somebody ruled.
Speaker 3 (04:20):
He's absolutely right. I'm gonna keep hammering this.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
The winning strategy for Republicans is provided there is a
successful end to epic fury the mission considering that Americans
and Republicans like to blow stuff up, like to see
our enemies held accountable, and if they stick to this
being a shortened campaign to degrade this regime's ability to
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threaten us and our allies, and you couple that with
the Save Act, you've got a winning message. Now, the
House of course passed the Save America Act last month.
Trump now wants Speaker Johnson to revise it and add
bands to transgender women and women's sports, transgender surgery for children,
arguing that it will make it easier to pass Congress.
Speaker 3 (05:05):
I don't know about that, but the.
Speaker 1 (05:06):
Latest version is still in the Senate under the current
filibuster rule.
Speaker 3 (05:09):
At wouldn't he sixty votes to pass?
Speaker 1 (05:11):
We've covered going the full filibuster route to nuking the
filibuster the talking filibuster. Republicans have only a fifty three
to forty seven majority. Trump's speech didn't dwell on the
soaring energy costs from the US Israeli war with Iran,
according to the newsmaxa article, which have unsettled according to
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the Peace Republican lawmakers at a time when voters were
frustrated about the cost of living. Instead, he urged Republicans
to address affordability concerns by moving legislation that would codify
his policies to, for example, lower drug prices, limit the
participation of institutional investors in the housing industry. He's a
little bit more from Trump and his press conference on Monday.
Speaker 4 (05:53):
The only reason you vote against voter idea is because
you want a cheat. There's no other reason.
Speaker 3 (05:58):
They come up with reasons.
Speaker 5 (05:59):
They say it's racist, that's their number one racist. Then
you have to explain it, and they're just sitting there
mumbling they can't explain it. And it's actually very insulting
when they use the term racist, very assaulted to the
people that they're trying to so called defend.
Speaker 4 (06:15):
But they're not defending.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
And the reality is Democrats have done a really, really
bad job of pushing back on the Save America Act.
The excuses that they have been putting forward are just ridiculous.
Speaker 3 (06:28):
Caroline Levett yesterday.
Speaker 1 (06:30):
During the White House Press Briefing, addressed the issue of
married women not being able to vote. I will share
with you that clip coming up in just a moment
on the show. Also an opinion piece, the federal government
should not control Minnesota's elections of the Constitution leaves no
ambiguity about who runs the voting process. This is written
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by an individual who used to be a member of
Congress currently a member of Issue one's Reformers Caucus. Issue
one is a cross partisan political reform group. I question
that based off of the details in this editorial, but
it's one of these pieces where it pretends to be
an incredibly thoughtfully written and examination of an issue, and
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it is anything but. But it does provide me the
opportunity to explain how the examples that Democrats have been
given pushing back on the Save America Act they're just
not there, which is all the more reason for the
Senate to get this thing passed. However, they need to
go and do that. Phone lines are open. We have
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a brand new phone number eight four four nine four
six five eight five five eight four four nine four
six five eight five five. The email address is Justice
at iHeartRadio dot com and I see comments are already
rolling in to the iHeartRadio app this morning. Your talkbacks
are brought to you by Lyndahl Realty every day. We'll
get to those next here on Twin Cities News Talk
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Am eleven thirty and one of three.
Speaker 3 (08:00):
Good morning, and I love your show.
Speaker 1 (08:02):
That Twin Cities News Talk Am eleven thirty one oh
three five FM. There's plenty of blame to go around.
I was talking with Dubs over at K one oh two.
We walked up together this morning, and uh, I think
he said he put a snowplow away. I saw mine
and I almost put it away. It's in the spot
where the lawnmar usually goes, but I decided to wait.
I don't know why I'm the only one that ends
up using the snowplow. Everybody else likes to go out
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and shovel because my family is weird. Not that I
don't appreciate it, just saying for the record.
Speaker 2 (08:30):
I will say, I don't know if this is me
being proactive or lazy, but I keep my ice scraper
in my car all year round.
Speaker 3 (08:36):
Yeah, no, you should.
Speaker 1 (08:38):
No, that's that's that's that's uh, that's sound logic.
Speaker 3 (08:41):
You never know.
Speaker 1 (08:43):
Melinda cannot stand and it's too bad now because I've
already driven across the driveway. But she hates the frozen
tire strips on the on that when the when when the.
Speaker 3 (08:51):
Driveway is not plowed.
Speaker 1 (08:52):
So typically my what what I expect is if I
don't reach out to her before I leave, she's gonna
be texting me at some point after nine o'clock asking
time you got to be home, because you'll want to
get the edge driveway I'm taken care of before before
I do get home. So all right, enough about the weather,
let's get back to Democrats in their nonsense pushing back
against the say back. First off, White House Press Secretary
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Caroline Levitt White House Press briefing yesterday, laying out and
basically destroying this myth that married women won't be able
to vote under the Save America Act, which is just
one of many of the ridiculous arguments given by Democrats
as to why they don't support this.
Speaker 6 (09:31):
So one of the biggest things the Democrats are saying,
the claims they're making is that the Save America Act
it would prevent married women from voting in elections or
make it harder for them. What do you have to
say to those claims? Is there any validity to them?
And where do you think they're getting this from.
Speaker 7 (09:52):
There is zero validity to these claims, and I'm glad
that you brought them up, because you have the Democrats
who have created this myth, and it has been perpetuous,
unfortunately by many in the mainstream media. Let me be
very clear, the Save America Act does not prohibit anyone
from voting, with the exception of illegal aliens. And the
greatest way to disenfranchise American citizens from voting in American
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elections is to allow legal aliens to vote, which is
what Democrats want to do.
Speaker 3 (10:18):
We see it taking place.
Speaker 7 (10:19):
In Democrat jurisdictions at the state and local level across
this country. So the Save America Act corrects that. And
as far as married women who have changed their name,
if they're already registered to vote, they're entirely unaffected by
the Save Act. And for the small fraction of individuals
who have changed their name or their address, they can
still register to vote, of course, they just have to
go through their state processes to update that documentation. And
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this is something that the American people, married women and
minorities and people all across this country who Democrats are
insultingly saying cannot do this. They're already doing it every day,
going to the Social Security Office, going to the DMV.
And I think it's frankly insulting that the Democrats are
saying that there's certain of people in this country who
aren't smart enough to update their documentation to allow them
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to vote again.
Speaker 3 (11:05):
This is a.
Speaker 7 (11:06):
Huge myth, and thank you for giving me the opportunity.
Speaker 3 (11:08):
To address it again.
Speaker 1 (11:09):
The White House Press Secretary Caroline love It. It is insulting.
What's also insulting is the fact that Democrats if they
were I've said this so many times, but I'm going
to repeat myself. They can be honest about why they
don't want to pass this, and their base is not
going to care. There was a talkback that rolled in
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from the foe.
Speaker 3 (11:31):
Of the show.
Speaker 1 (11:32):
I'm not going to share it because it was stupid
and had a bunch of ridiculous claims about President Donald
Trump that are completely unsubstantiated, So I'm not going to
end up you entertaining that particular individual. But in it
they were like, Republicans need to pass this so they
can win elections. Well, yeah, duh, because everybody knows that
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there are those in the country illegally that are voting
in our elections that shouldn't be. That's the only reason
why Democrats pose this. They want to individuals who are
here illegally to be able to vote in our elections.
It's the worst kept secret. Democrats know this. The elected
Democrat leadership knows this. It's the same excuse of why
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they're keeping dhs D funded. We don't want ice showing
up appolling places. Why are you concerned about ice showing
up at polling places? I have no problem with ice
showing up polling places. They need to stay the proper
distance that you have. And as it relates to the
law and politics, but that might be a good idea,
might disincentivize individuals who go and vote illegally in our elections,
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which absolutely does happen. Then you get stupid editorials like this.
Jerry Sikorski again was a member of Congress representing Minnesota
from eighty three to ninety three, current member of Issue
One's Reformers Caucus and Issue one is a cross partisan
political reformer group. He says the Trump administration's demands for
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sensitive voter data not only threatened to undermine trust in
Minnesota elections, but also a void the touchstone of federalism
that states administer elections.
Speaker 3 (13:13):
It doesn't do any of that.
Speaker 1 (13:16):
And why is it that Secretary of State se Simon
and the Walls administration can have the voter roles, look
at them and keep them private. Why is it there
to be trusted with them, but the federal government isn't.
What are they afraid the federal government is going to do?
The law is clear. He's not wrong. The Constitution leaves
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no ambiguity about who runs the voting process. But this
is about transparency. This is about making sure that in
a state filled with rampant fraud, that we also look
at and examine the potential of fraud within our elections.
Speaker 3 (13:57):
He goes on to Wright.
Speaker 1 (14:00):
Administration has ignored the Constitution, utilized executive orders and the
Department of Justice to erode our democracy and promote misinformation
and mistrust in how elections work. I imagine that Jerry didn't
care when Democrats did this exact same thing in the
run up to the last election. Biden's executive orders a
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record number of them, the DOJ attempting to prosecute President
Donald Trump. It's I'll find in nany when Democrats do
it to Republican It's just not the other way around.
He goes on to, underlying all of this are the
ideals of transparency and accountability that I strived for during
my time as a member of Congress. Okay, cool story, bro,
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I'll skip over all the ridiculous details that have nothing
to do with his core argument, and I'll just get
to the end. A portion of the piece that says
the Constitution, as I mentioned, leads no ambiguity about who
runs elections. I don't disagree with that, but it's also
just voter roles making sure that everything is you know,
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a simple, a simplified way to put it on the
up and up. If the DOJ manages to get to
to get its hands on private voter roles in Minnesota,
it could set a dangerous president for election infrastructure nationwide. Okay,
that is just a bold, subjective assumption with no basis
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in reality. The only precedent that could possibly be set
would be one where we actually root out potential election
fraud bills like the Make Elections Great Again Mega Act,
the Save Act, and the Save America Act. The executive
branch is pressuring Congress to impose sweeping unfunded mandates. Since
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when did Democrats care about unfunded mandates? I mean, I
have a whole stack of stories today about the legislatives
and all the ways that the Minnesota state Legislature Democrats
want to go and take more money from you by
raising taxes.
Speaker 3 (16:10):
Local election officials.
Speaker 1 (16:12):
It would also pressure while making it significantly harder for
eligible Americans to register and cast a ballot. You heard
one argument there from Caroline Levity. There are plenty others.
It is a ridiculous notion everybody has made the example
who is in support a voter ID about how weaning
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an ID for virtually everything else in life, and nobody
complains about it. He wraps up saying, we are at
a turning point. Congress must stand up to protect our
system of free and fair elections for the people of
Minnesota and for our friends and neighbors across the country.
And again, it's just another vapid editorial pretending to be
a thoughtfully written and well thought out examination of the issue,
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and yet what you end up with is just an
anti Trump, anti gop trite exercise that exposes the lack
of any coachin to argument if you actually bothered to
read this piece in its entirety, but most people won't.
Speaker 3 (17:09):
They'll read the headline.
Speaker 1 (17:11):
They'll look at this guy's background and see like, yeah,
this guy too thinks that the federal government's trying to
control Minnesota's elections by asking for.
Speaker 3 (17:18):
The voter rolls off. You should be against that.
Speaker 1 (17:22):
Later on in the show, in the eight o'clock hour,
I'm going to do a version of the Tale of
two headlines.
Speaker 3 (17:28):
It's pretty stunning.
Speaker 1 (17:29):
There's a judge that came out yesterday in favor of.
Speaker 3 (17:36):
ICE agents. Finding the ICE agents.
Speaker 1 (17:44):
When it comes to their operations here in Minnesota.
Speaker 3 (17:50):
They go on to say, I gotta grab the article here.
Speaker 1 (17:53):
Judge won't stop ICE from using practices alleged to be
racially biased. Okay, the complaint was filed by a chapter
of the ACLU saying that ICE agents were racially profiling.
The judge said, well, I hear your complaints, I see
your examples, but I don't see anything as it means
to go and stop them. But wait until you hear
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the way that this was framed by our media outlets
to make it look like the judge actually ruled against ICE.
Just another example of the bias and how they carry
the water for the DFL here in the state of Minnesota.
Coming up, speaking of voting, voting can actually save Republican lives,
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or I should say voting Republican can save lives, not
just of Republicans. I've got a fantastic piece based off
of a study that shows that when it comes to
voting Republican, you're actually going to be a heck of
a lot safer than if you vote for Democrats. And
then we'll dive into the latest out of the legislative session,
including electronic IDs in Minnesota bill stalled by lawmakers this session. Yeah,
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there's a lot to unpack with this one. We'll get
to your thoughts on the iHeartRadio app as well. Coming
up on Twin City's News Talk AM eleven thirty and
one oh three five FM. Got an email that came in, so,
how would the Save Act stop illegals who are registered
to vote by getting a driver's license here in Minnesota
thanks to walls.
Speaker 3 (19:22):
My understanding is.
Speaker 1 (19:24):
That you know, those driver's licenses, while they are driver's
license here in the state of Minnesota, they're still breaking
federal law.
Speaker 3 (19:33):
They shouldn't be allowed to have them.
Speaker 1 (19:34):
So you can differentiate in terms of the idea that's
being used.
Speaker 3 (19:41):
In order to go and vote. There would be a
way to figure that out.
Speaker 1 (19:45):
Twin Cities News Talk from AM eleven thirty and one
oh three five FM. We'll get back to more of
this in just a moment and your talkbacks as well.
Let me just share one with you first. We're going
to talk a little bit more about voting with this
push for a electronic ID in a Minnesota bill. And
this is something that I wouldn't mind having a debate over.
On its face, I disagree with it, but I wouldn't
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mind having a debate over it if one thing we're
taken care of. But of course that one thing that
I would require is already being shot down by Democrats.
So details on that coming up in just a moment
on the show.
Speaker 8 (20:20):
Good Morning, John, Dave, Saint Louis Park. Yeah, the foe
of the show is exactly right. If we don't pass
the Save America Act, Republicans will never win another election
because it's going to be open season on fraud. Everybody
in the graveyard is going to vote Democrat and every
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league alien.
Speaker 1 (20:43):
So I disagree with this, That is the concern. But
taking that stance were the Save America Act not to
be passed by Republicans, which admittedly would be disastrous in
the midterms in my opinion, But taking that stance, unfortunately,
would make that matter even worse if everybody suddenly believes
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that without the Save America Act, Republicans can never go
and win elections.
Speaker 3 (21:12):
First off, it's just not true. Look at last year,
or I should say not last year.
Speaker 1 (21:16):
Look at twenty twenty four and the election results Republicans
were able to win even here at Minnesota. While we
didn't grab power, we did divide the House, and the
Senate already only squeaked by with a couple of seats
in terms of having the majority on the left. So
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the dynamics would essentially stay the same. Would there be
an increase in the potential of those here in the
country illegally voting. Maybe, But I would also go and
to argue that probably not, because there's more examination, there's
more individuals keeping an eye on elections. The GOP has
done a lot, and we've discussed this with frequent friend
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of the Show and Friday guest Ak Kamara about the
efforts that Republicans here in Minnesota and across the country
have done and shoring up election integrity even beyond the
Save America Act. So I'm not homping on board of
this mentality that all is completely lost if we don't
pass the Save America Act. I would actually go a
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different way on this, and I would say, you're going
to see how little support Democrats actually have if the
Save America Act is passed. And I'm reminded, and I
can visualize it in my mind right now, I'm one
of those individuals. I can see stuff when they think
of things. I forgot what the terminology is for that.
It's always very strange to me. Some people can actually
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visualize things in their minds and others others can't. Which
way to you go, Sam, Can you visualize things in
your mind? I believe so, yeah, let's let's go with that. Okay,
we'll go with that. But I can visualize the map
of the election wherein Trump beat Kamalon and the states
that Kamalowan didn't require voter ID.
Speaker 3 (23:04):
So that tells you all you need to know.
Speaker 1 (23:07):
Brian Alignman in The Federalist writes this, For years, Americans
have been assured that Democrat prosecutors are the compassionate choice,
but a new study suggests that compassion comes at a
deadly cost. Research done by Vanderbilt University economists, they say
that counties that narrowly elect Republican prosecutors experience a significantly
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lower death rate among men. In fact, when a Republican
prosecutor narrowly beats a Democrat, the all cause mortality among
men aged twenty to twenty nine falls by six point
six percent. Oh, everything, may think that's not a lot,
but when you consider this is the choice, between living
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or dying. That's pretty significant. In other words, voting a
Republican can save lives. Using data from twenty ten to
twenty nineteen, it compares counties where Republican prosecutors barely one
and counties where Republicans barely lost. The main finding shows
that doing that thing with my fingers Republican local prosecutor
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leads to a reduction in all cause mortality among the
most criminal justice involved demographic. Again, that's young men ages
twenty to twenty nine years old. It's almost as if
holding people accountable actually makes a difference and letting people
go free for their crimes does it. It's crazy how
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that happens. This reduction is meaningful, according to the study. Again,
that's six point six percent reduction. Republicans, according to the study,
tend to pursue more charges and convictions. Convictions can carry
consequences like restrictions on gun ownership and household firearm access.
As a result, violent offenders or others suffering from mental
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health are unable to possess a firearm, resulting in less
firearm related deaths. The study comes years after the left
maligning Republicans and their tough on crime approach. The New
York Times in twenty twenty three framed Republican efforts to
rein in progressive prosecutors as Republicans pounce. Emily Baselawn wrote,
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Republican lawmakers are putting limits on progressive prosecutors. Democratic district attorneys,
often serving cities with black and Latino voters, say they
are prioritizing serious crimes. In response, Republicans, often representing mostly
white and rural areas, have accused them of ignoring criminal
law and making it easier to remove.
Speaker 3 (25:44):
Them from office.
Speaker 1 (25:45):
The Los Angeles Times editorial boards similarly framed the efforts
as Republicans using an ominous strategy to throwt to criminal justice,
reform and democracy with my fingers. According to the editorial
board at the Hillsborough County in Hillsborough County, Florida, voters
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were stuck with an unelected tough on crime prosecutor.
Speaker 3 (26:10):
Ooh.
Speaker 1 (26:12):
Time Magazines Oodi Offer in twenty twenty two wrote, politicians
tough on crime messaging could have devastating consequences, but as
it turns out, the only devastating consequences are the ones
that occur as a result of a Democrat narrowly winning
a race.
Speaker 9 (26:32):
Good morning John, it's wagh in front of the show
in Maplewood. The problem between ID and proof of citizenship
is that when we show I'd buy alcohol or drive
a car, we don't need proof of citizenship. I've got
a bunch of girlfriends who say I can't get my
group of citizenship it's.
Speaker 3 (26:49):
In another state.
Speaker 9 (26:50):
Well, you lazy poop, that's not my problem. But that's
actually a really good argument.
Speaker 1 (26:58):
First off, wead how many girl do you have? And
why are they from from out of state?
Speaker 2 (27:07):
I have to admit I read that transcript of that
talkbag on the app and I thought it was like
a female listener, you know, talking about their girlfriends.
Speaker 3 (27:15):
Right, So that one threw me off.
Speaker 1 (27:17):
Yeah I would have thought the same thing, but I
keyed in on on Wade. But no, you're right, I've
just got a bunch of girlskis. Feel good on you man,
You do you, You do you.
Speaker 3 (27:28):
That's good.
Speaker 1 (27:30):
We need to extend this argument relating to fighting for
voter ID to beyond ID. And maybe this gets a
little bit too convoluted to put into a SoundBite. Perhaps
I'll use this as a talking point the next time
if I'm invited back on National News to talk about
this particular issue, but difficulty and necessary documentation in life.
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Consider this getting a job. Having gone through this experience
with my boys, especially with my youngest Kyle, as he
is working various jobs right now, like the hoops that
you need to jump through in order to apply for
a job. Okay, we're not talking about voting. We're talking
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about a job in order to earn income to make
a living. And this could apply to individuals that aren't
still living at home like my son, but anybody else.
The lengths that you have to go through, the documentation,
the paperwork, it's extensive, Like just to apply to a
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job nowadays, it requires like a day a day's worth
of work, and nobody ever complains about that. Do you
see democrats out there trying to make it easier to
go and get a gig, complaining about all of the
red tape necessary, the cover letters, the resume, yes, the documentation.
Speaker 3 (28:57):
The ID No, of course you don't.
Speaker 1 (29:03):
I only say this because it serves as another example
of just how ridiculous these arguments are of requiring legal
citizenship and an ID to vote, and the only reason
why Democrats don't want to do it is because they
do not want to lose out on the opportunity, as
the previous talkbacker said, in the future, to allow individuals
who they believe are always going to vote for Democrats
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the ability to go and vote in our elections when
they shouldn't be legally allowed to do so. From Fox nine,
a proposal to create a system that allows Minnesotans to
have electronic IDs and drivers' licenses might never leave the
parking lot this legislative session.
Speaker 3 (29:40):
You know, during the.
Speaker 1 (29:40):
Height of American Idol popularity, I remember predicting that we
would eventually be voting in elections the same way that
we vote for the American Idol through our phones. Thankfully
it hasn't come to fruition. This type of legislation, however,
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would be a precursor to that. Now, you already can
use your phone as an ID and for your for
you going on a on a trip somewhere when you
bred a plane, right, you can you can show that.
So I don't think we're that far off from actually
being able to use your electronic devices for identification.
Speaker 3 (30:24):
Now if we were going to.
Speaker 1 (30:25):
Do this, and again, on its face, I disagree with it,
but I'm willing to have a debate. At a bare minimum, though,
you would have to require US citizenship, prove your US
citizenship and an ID in order to get this electronic ID.
Speaker 3 (30:43):
Well, wouldn't you know it that?
Speaker 1 (30:44):
Prior to this vote, and I'll give you details about
the bill itself, I just kind of want to jump
to the to the endpoint on this. Prior to the vote,
the committee failed to approve the amendment that would have
limited eligibility for electronic credentials only to people who can
prove US citizenship or a lawful presence in the United States.
Speaker 3 (31:08):
They simply won't have it.
Speaker 1 (31:09):
Brad Tabke Representative Brad Tabke, dfl out of Shakapee and
a well known ice on the street insurrectionist, was the
one who put this bill forward.
Speaker 3 (31:19):
He sponsored it.
Speaker 1 (31:20):
It would authorize the Department of Public Safety to implement
a system of electronic versions of identification and give the
department the authority to set rules on their limit and
usage and any fees associated with them. In the House
Transportation Finance Policy Committee on Monday, Representative Tabkey touted the
tech as offering convenience, security, and safety, while saying Minnesota
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will join fourteen other states that already have a similar
system in place. A similar bill, also sponsored by Tabke,
was proposed last session as well. At the time, Tabke
likened the system too, as they mentioned a moment ago
Apple Pay, Google Pay, or a chipped credit card that
can be readily available on a smartphone.
Speaker 3 (32:03):
Listen.
Speaker 1 (32:04):
As I mentioned, I'm willing to have a debate. I
disagree with it on his face, but I'm willing to
have a debate over this. However, they're not willing to
go and put in the stipulation once again for an
individual to have to prove that they are legally eligible
to go and vote.
Speaker 3 (32:20):
So I'm sorry, it's dead on arrival.
Speaker 9 (32:23):
Hey John, Hey, everybody wait from Maplewood. Yes, I have
more than one girlfriend. They're all US citizens. Two of
them are from outside of the country. There became naturalized citizens.
But more importantly, you don't need citizenship to get a job.
Just look around. There are plenty of illegal aliens for
shaking jobs here in Minnesota. Frustrating. We still need to
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pass the Save America Act.
Speaker 1 (32:49):
By the way, I didn't I broke my rule of
playing more than one talkback, but I wanted to give
him a chance to explain himself. I was not insinuating
that he was dating illegal aliens. I just want to
put that forward. I think that may think that may
have been misconstrued. That was not I was more focused
on him having many girlfriends apparently wait as game. So
I was not under the assumption that you were dating
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a bunch of illegals.
Speaker 3 (33:13):
But you are correct.
Speaker 1 (33:15):
We do have a lot of individuals that are working
jobs here illegally here in Minnesota. All right, let's get
to a few more of your comments this morning.
Speaker 3 (33:25):
Time from Saint Paul.
Speaker 2 (33:26):
You may be able to use your phone to get
on the plane, but when you're going through TSA, you
still need your ID.
Speaker 3 (33:34):
Yeah. No, that's a really good point. Thank you. Thank
you for that, Tom, I appreciate it. Good morning, John.
Speaker 10 (33:40):
My understanding with the Minnesota driver's licenses for all is that.
Speaker 3 (33:47):
People here illegally.
Speaker 10 (33:48):
All they have to do is apply, but they're supposed
to check a box on the application saying they're a
non citizen. If they don't check that box, they're automatically
registered to volte legislate.
Speaker 3 (34:00):
You're in twenty three.
Speaker 10 (34:01):
That young woman said, yep, illegal, said that we're voting,
and we will vote you out Democrats if you don't
give us this.
Speaker 1 (34:08):
Yeah, no, you're you're absolutely right, and thank you for
bringing that, for bringing that up.
Speaker 11 (34:16):
Voting John, you made a great point to my wife,
who works and lives in Minnesota. Also her job in December.
She worked there for nine years.
Speaker 3 (34:27):
It took her a long.
Speaker 11 (34:28):
Time to get a resume and other documentation ready. She
had to find her birth certificate and stuff. It was
actually much easier for her to change her name when
we got very.
Speaker 3 (34:37):
Five years ago.
Speaker 11 (34:39):
It was to get her stuff ready to find a
new job. And now she's finally.
Speaker 3 (34:43):
Working this week, because of course it was.
Speaker 1 (34:49):
Yeah, you look at real world scenarios relating to requiring
an ID, and again all of the arguments put forward
by the left pushing back on this, they just sit
please fall flat.
Speaker 3 (35:03):
Quick side.
Speaker 1 (35:04):
Note, by the way, I've had several talkbacks that have
come in from one particular friend of the show.
Speaker 3 (35:10):
None of the audio is coming through.
Speaker 1 (35:11):
I don't know why this happens, So just letting you
letting you know, there's been five or six talkbacks from
one individual that have been rolling in and the audio
is not showing up. That happens on occasion, it's not
on our end, I don't know what's going on on
your end, so my apologies for that. So on the way,
so Governor Tim Walls held the press conference yesterday. I
posted this up online. This is how things typically go.
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I start doing my prep. I see that Governor Tim
Walls is holding a press conference, because usually his press
conferences start right around when I start my afternoon prep
for the next day show. And then I wait about
an hour an hour and a half for all of
the comments and snippets from the press conference to pop
up showing just what a ridiculous buffoon he is. And
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that certainly played out yesterday he announced plans to centralize
and modernize DHS. I'll jump to what this really does,
so I'm not going to bury the lead on this.
It essentially provides the opportunity to cover up the fraud
that's taking place. That's what this is designed to do.
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Before we get to that, though, the US House of
Representatives Oversight Committee did America a favor. Looking at a
piece here from Bill glahn as Center of the American Experiment,
they released a fifty three page staff report on fraud
here in Minnesota. I want to give you some details
on this and audio from the legislative session, where in
the Democrats continue to show how they have no interest
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in tackling fraud as they vote down over and over
again an Office of Inspector General here in Minnesota. We'll
get some more of your talkbacks as well from the
iHeartRadio app Do Not Go Anywhere. You're listening to Twin
Cities News Talk AM eleven thirty and one oh three
five FM.
Twin Cities News Talk Am eleven thirty and one oh
three five FM. All right, you can blame me now,
there's a lot of snow on the ground.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Heck man, it's not that bad, at least in the
South Twin Cities.
Speaker 3 (00:27):
It's that terrible.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
No, it wasn't too bad. I was a little concerned.
I made the mistake. I can't remember how it popped
it up. I think I might have saw something on Facebook.
But I made the mistake of signing up for one
of those next door social media community things, and I've
(00:50):
been getting inundated with emails, so I have to keep unsubscribing. Well,
then I really screwed up because I went to unsubscribe
and I missed read the subscription page because it had
a whole bunch of toggles of which you could go
in mark and I thought, oh, I need to click
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these to turn them off.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
That was that was That was That was dumb of
That was dumb of me. You're fascinating to talk to
because all.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
I did was go and turned all them on. So
I've been slowly going and unsubscribing to the emails because
I just I don't care that much about what my
neighbors were saying regarding the neighborhood. But this morning I
woke up and there was there was an alert from
and again I hadn't canceled one of them from the
same website, and there was an alert stating that there
was a there was a winter weather warning or snow
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warning in an oak. I'm like, come on, so when
I but when I got out, it wasn't it wasn't.
Speaker 3 (01:45):
It wasn't nearly bad at all. The roads, the roads
weren't too the roads weren't too bad. So I think
this is the last winter sort of push.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
If you look at the weather after this weekend, I
think we're coming out of it finally.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
Okay, So I can change the format hold on, Sam
said I can change the formats next week.
Speaker 3 (02:04):
Why not heard it for Lamb. Let's blame Sam for
this six eight.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
On a Wednesday morning, March eleventh, Sam said, next week,
I can change the formats out so all right? On
the show today, Walls has a brand new fraud plan
that really is more of a He wants to cover
up all the fraud for who ever, hopefully in their end,
becomes the next governor.
Speaker 3 (02:24):
Amyklobashar and for Democrats.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
We'll get into that ad after seven o'clock this morning,
the speaking of the DFL and Democrats, they shot down
once again an office of Inspector General that actually has
some teeth and authority to go after the fraud. We
have guests on the show today. We will discuss further
the legislative session with Luke Sprinkle from Alpha News at
eight thirty this morning. Also Adam Swarzey running for Senate.
(02:51):
The candidate will be joining us. He'll share his military
expertise regarding Operation Metro.
Speaker 3 (02:57):
Excuse me, epic SIY.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
So we'll talk with Adam Forrezy coming up and his
of course Senate run at seven thirty this morning.
Speaker 3 (03:06):
Let's start here.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
I didn't get a chance to get into as much
detail yesterday that I wanted to regarding the press conference
that Governor Tim Walls had made in Florida before returning
to DC earlier this week. Trump did directly on Monday
press Republicans to enact the sweeping new voting restrictions as
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a way to guarantee victory in November's mid term elections,
saying he would refuse to sign new bills into law
before they before they did so so I have a
couple of eclipse from President Donald Trump that we did
not get a chance to get to yesterday. First off,
we go here talking specifically about the same act earlier
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this week, I'll.
Speaker 3 (03:53):
Be able to cheat.
Speaker 4 (03:55):
And number two, the people are demanding it every time
I go out. Save America, sir, Save America Act.
Speaker 3 (04:02):
We want the Save America Acts, sir. That's all they
talk about.
Speaker 4 (04:06):
They don't talk about housing, they don't talk about anything.
Speaker 3 (04:09):
That's what they talk about.
Speaker 4 (04:11):
And if you send it up that you're going to
win the midterms at levels that you can't even believe,
and you're gonna win every election for a long time
until somebody ruled.
Speaker 3 (04:20):
He's absolutely right. I'm gonna keep hammering this.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
The winning strategy for Republicans is provided there is a
successful end to epic fury the mission considering that Americans
and Republicans like to blow stuff up, like to see
our enemies held accountable, and if they stick to this
being a shortened campaign to degrade this regime's ability to
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threaten us and our allies, and you couple that with
the Save Act, you've got a winning message. Now, the
House of course passed the Save America Act last month.
Trump now wants Speaker Johnson to revise it and add
bands to transgender women and women's sports, transgender surgery for children,
arguing that it will make it easier to pass Congress.
Speaker 3 (05:05):
I don't know about that, but the.
Speaker 1 (05:06):
Latest version is still in the Senate under the current
filibuster rule.
Speaker 3 (05:09):
At wouldn't he sixty votes to pass?
Speaker 1 (05:11):
We've covered going the full filibuster route to nuking the
filibuster the talking filibuster. Republicans have only a fifty three
to forty seven majority. Trump's speech didn't dwell on the
soaring energy costs from the US Israeli war with Iran,
according to the newsmaxa article, which have unsettled according to
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the Peace Republican lawmakers at a time when voters were
frustrated about the cost of living. Instead, he urged Republicans
to address affordability concerns by moving legislation that would codify
his policies to, for example, lower drug prices, limit the
participation of institutional investors in the housing industry. He's a
little bit more from Trump and his press conference on Monday.
Speaker 4 (05:53):
The only reason you vote against voter idea is because
you want a cheat. There's no other reason.
Speaker 3 (05:58):
They come up with reasons.
Speaker 5 (05:59):
They say it's racist, that's their number one racist. Then
you have to explain it, and they're just sitting there
mumbling they can't explain it. And it's actually very insulting
when they use the term racist, very assaulted to the
people that they're trying to so called defend.
Speaker 4 (06:15):
But they're not defending.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
And the reality is Democrats have done a really, really
bad job of pushing back on the Save America Act.
The excuses that they have been putting forward are just ridiculous.
Speaker 3 (06:28):
Caroline Levett yesterday.
Speaker 1 (06:30):
During the White House Press Briefing, addressed the issue of
married women not being able to vote. I will share
with you that clip coming up in just a moment
on the show. Also an opinion piece, the federal government
should not control Minnesota's elections of the Constitution leaves no
ambiguity about who runs the voting process. This is written
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by an individual who used to be a member of
Congress currently a member of Issue one's Reformers Caucus. Issue
one is a cross partisan political reform group. I question
that based off of the details in this editorial, but
it's one of these pieces where it pretends to be
an incredibly thoughtfully written and examination of an issue, and
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it is anything but. But it does provide me the
opportunity to explain how the examples that Democrats have been
given pushing back on the Save America Act they're just
not there, which is all the more reason for the
Senate to get this thing passed. However, they need to
go and do that. Phone lines are open. We have
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a brand new phone number eight four four nine four
six five eight five five eight four four nine four
six five eight five five. The email address is Justice
at iHeartRadio dot com and I see comments are already
rolling in to the iHeartRadio app this morning. Your talkbacks
are brought to you by Lyndahl Realty every day. We'll
get to those next here on Twin Cities News Talk
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Am eleven thirty and one of three.
Speaker 3 (08:00):
Good morning, and I love your show.
Speaker 1 (08:02):
That Twin Cities News Talk Am eleven thirty one oh
three five FM. There's plenty of blame to go around.
I was talking with Dubs over at K one oh two.
We walked up together this morning, and uh, I think
he said he put a snowplow away. I saw mine
and I almost put it away. It's in the spot
where the lawnmar usually goes, but I decided to wait.
I don't know why I'm the only one that ends
up using the snowplow. Everybody else likes to go out
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and shovel because my family is weird. Not that I
don't appreciate it, just saying for the record.
Speaker 2 (08:30):
I will say, I don't know if this is me
being proactive or lazy, but I keep my ice scraper
in my car all year round.
Speaker 3 (08:36):
Yeah, no, you should.
Speaker 1 (08:38):
No, that's that's that's that's uh, that's sound logic.
Speaker 3 (08:41):
You never know.
Speaker 1 (08:43):
Melinda cannot stand and it's too bad now because I've
already driven across the driveway. But she hates the frozen
tire strips on the on that when the when when the.
Speaker 3 (08:51):
Driveway is not plowed.
Speaker 1 (08:52):
So typically my what what I expect is if I
don't reach out to her before I leave, she's gonna
be texting me at some point after nine o'clock asking
time you got to be home, because you'll want to
get the edge driveway I'm taken care of before before
I do get home. So all right, enough about the weather,
let's get back to Democrats in their nonsense pushing back
against the say back. First off, White House Press Secretary
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Caroline Levitt White House Press briefing yesterday, laying out and
basically destroying this myth that married women won't be able
to vote under the Save America Act, which is just
one of many of the ridiculous arguments given by Democrats
as to why they don't support this.
Speaker 6 (09:31):
So one of the biggest things the Democrats are saying,
the claims they're making is that the Save America Act
it would prevent married women from voting in elections or
make it harder for them. What do you have to
say to those claims? Is there any validity to them?
And where do you think they're getting this from.
Speaker 7 (09:52):
There is zero validity to these claims, and I'm glad
that you brought them up, because you have the Democrats
who have created this myth, and it has been perpetuous,
unfortunately by many in the mainstream media. Let me be
very clear, the Save America Act does not prohibit anyone
from voting, with the exception of illegal aliens. And the
greatest way to disenfranchise American citizens from voting in American
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elections is to allow legal aliens to vote, which is
what Democrats want to do.
Speaker 3 (10:18):
We see it taking place.
Speaker 7 (10:19):
In Democrat jurisdictions at the state and local level across
this country. So the Save America Act corrects that. And
as far as married women who have changed their name,
if they're already registered to vote, they're entirely unaffected by
the Save Act. And for the small fraction of individuals
who have changed their name or their address, they can
still register to vote, of course, they just have to
go through their state processes to update that documentation. And
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this is something that the American people, married women and
minorities and people all across this country who Democrats are
insultingly saying cannot do this. They're already doing it every day,
going to the Social Security Office, going to the DMV.
And I think it's frankly insulting that the Democrats are
saying that there's certain of people in this country who
aren't smart enough to update their documentation to allow them
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to vote again.
Speaker 3 (11:05):
This is a.
Speaker 7 (11:06):
Huge myth, and thank you for giving me the opportunity.
Speaker 3 (11:08):
To address it again.
Speaker 1 (11:09):
The White House Press Secretary Caroline love It. It is insulting.
What's also insulting is the fact that Democrats if they
were I've said this so many times, but I'm going
to repeat myself. They can be honest about why they
don't want to pass this, and their base is not
going to care. There was a talkback that rolled in
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from the foe.
Speaker 3 (11:31):
Of the show.
Speaker 1 (11:32):
I'm not going to share it because it was stupid
and had a bunch of ridiculous claims about President Donald
Trump that are completely unsubstantiated, So I'm not going to
end up you entertaining that particular individual. But in it
they were like, Republicans need to pass this so they
can win elections. Well, yeah, duh, because everybody knows that
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there are those in the country illegally that are voting
in our elections that shouldn't be. That's the only reason
why Democrats pose this. They want to individuals who are
here illegally to be able to vote in our elections.
It's the worst kept secret. Democrats know this. The elected
Democrat leadership knows this. It's the same excuse of why
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they're keeping dhs D funded. We don't want ice showing
up appolling places. Why are you concerned about ice showing
up at polling places? I have no problem with ice
showing up polling places. They need to stay the proper
distance that you have. And as it relates to the
law and politics, but that might be a good idea,
might disincentivize individuals who go and vote illegally in our elections,
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which absolutely does happen. Then you get stupid editorials like this.
Jerry Sikorski again was a member of Congress representing Minnesota
from eighty three to ninety three, current member of Issue
One's Reformers Caucus and Issue one is a cross partisan
political reformer group. He says the Trump administration's demands for
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sensitive voter data not only threatened to undermine trust in
Minnesota elections, but also a void the touchstone of federalism
that states administer elections.
Speaker 3 (13:13):
It doesn't do any of that.
Speaker 1 (13:16):
And why is it that Secretary of State se Simon
and the Walls administration can have the voter roles, look
at them and keep them private. Why is it there
to be trusted with them, but the federal government isn't.
What are they afraid the federal government is going to do?
The law is clear. He's not wrong. The Constitution leaves
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no ambiguity about who runs the voting process. But this
is about transparency. This is about making sure that in
a state filled with rampant fraud, that we also look
at and examine the potential of fraud within our elections.
Speaker 3 (13:57):
He goes on to Wright.
Speaker 1 (14:00):
Administration has ignored the Constitution, utilized executive orders and the
Department of Justice to erode our democracy and promote misinformation
and mistrust in how elections work. I imagine that Jerry didn't
care when Democrats did this exact same thing in the
run up to the last election. Biden's executive orders a
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record number of them, the DOJ attempting to prosecute President
Donald Trump. It's I'll find in nany when Democrats do
it to Republican It's just not the other way around.
He goes on to, underlying all of this are the
ideals of transparency and accountability that I strived for during
my time as a member of Congress. Okay, cool story, bro,
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I'll skip over all the ridiculous details that have nothing
to do with his core argument, and I'll just get
to the end. A portion of the piece that says
the Constitution, as I mentioned, leads no ambiguity about who
runs elections. I don't disagree with that, but it's also
just voter roles making sure that everything is you know,
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a simple, a simplified way to put it on the
up and up. If the DOJ manages to get to
to get its hands on private voter roles in Minnesota,
it could set a dangerous president for election infrastructure nationwide. Okay,
that is just a bold, subjective assumption with no basis
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in reality. The only precedent that could possibly be set
would be one where we actually root out potential election
fraud bills like the Make Elections Great Again Mega Act,
the Save Act, and the Save America Act. The executive
branch is pressuring Congress to impose sweeping unfunded mandates. Since
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when did Democrats care about unfunded mandates? I mean, I
have a whole stack of stories today about the legislatives
and all the ways that the Minnesota state Legislature Democrats
want to go and take more money from you by
raising taxes.
Speaker 3 (16:10):
Local election officials.
Speaker 1 (16:12):
It would also pressure while making it significantly harder for
eligible Americans to register and cast a ballot. You heard
one argument there from Caroline Levity. There are plenty others.
It is a ridiculous notion everybody has made the example
who is in support a voter ID about how weaning
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an ID for virtually everything else in life, and nobody
complains about it. He wraps up saying, we are at
a turning point. Congress must stand up to protect our
system of free and fair elections for the people of
Minnesota and for our friends and neighbors across the country.
And again, it's just another vapid editorial pretending to be
a thoughtfully written and well thought out examination of the issue,
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and yet what you end up with is just an
anti Trump, anti gop trite exercise that exposes the lack
of any coachin to argument if you actually bothered to
read this piece in its entirety, but most people won't.
Speaker 3 (17:09):
They'll read the headline.
Speaker 1 (17:11):
They'll look at this guy's background and see like, yeah,
this guy too thinks that the federal government's trying to
control Minnesota's elections by asking for.
Speaker 3 (17:18):
The voter rolls off. You should be against that.
Speaker 1 (17:22):
Later on in the show, in the eight o'clock hour,
I'm going to do a version of the Tale of
two headlines.
Speaker 3 (17:28):
It's pretty stunning.
Speaker 1 (17:29):
There's a judge that came out yesterday in favor of.
Speaker 3 (17:36):
ICE agents. Finding the ICE agents.
Speaker 1 (17:44):
When it comes to their operations here in Minnesota.
Speaker 3 (17:50):
They go on to say, I gotta grab the article here.
Speaker 1 (17:53):
Judge won't stop ICE from using practices alleged to be
racially biased. Okay, the complaint was filed by a chapter
of the ACLU saying that ICE agents were racially profiling.
The judge said, well, I hear your complaints, I see
your examples, but I don't see anything as it means
to go and stop them. But wait until you hear
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the way that this was framed by our media outlets
to make it look like the judge actually ruled against ICE.
Just another example of the bias and how they carry
the water for the DFL here in the state of Minnesota.
Coming up, speaking of voting, voting can actually save Republican lives,
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or I should say voting Republican can save lives, not
just of Republicans. I've got a fantastic piece based off
of a study that shows that when it comes to
voting Republican, you're actually going to be a heck of
a lot safer than if you vote for Democrats. And
then we'll dive into the latest out of the legislative session,
including electronic IDs in Minnesota bill stalled by lawmakers this session. Yeah,
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there's a lot to unpack with this one. We'll get
to your thoughts on the iHeartRadio app as well. Coming
up on Twin City's News Talk AM eleven thirty and
one oh three five FM. Got an email that came in, so,
how would the Save Act stop illegals who are registered
to vote by getting a driver's license here in Minnesota
thanks to walls.
Speaker 3 (19:22):
My understanding is.
Speaker 1 (19:24):
That you know, those driver's licenses, while they are driver's
license here in the state of Minnesota, they're still breaking
federal law.
Speaker 3 (19:33):
They shouldn't be allowed to have them.
Speaker 1 (19:34):
So you can differentiate in terms of the idea that's
being used.
Speaker 3 (19:41):
In order to go and vote. There would be a
way to figure that out.
Speaker 1 (19:45):
Twin Cities News Talk from AM eleven thirty and one
oh three five FM. We'll get back to more of
this in just a moment and your talkbacks as well.
Let me just share one with you first. We're going
to talk a little bit more about voting with this
push for a electronic ID in a Minnesota bill. And
this is something that I wouldn't mind having a debate over.
On its face, I disagree with it, but I wouldn't
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mind having a debate over it if one thing we're
taken care of. But of course that one thing that
I would require is already being shot down by Democrats.
So details on that coming up in just a moment
on the show.
Speaker 8 (20:20):
Good Morning, John, Dave, Saint Louis Park. Yeah, the foe
of the show is exactly right. If we don't pass
the Save America Act, Republicans will never win another election
because it's going to be open season on fraud. Everybody
in the graveyard is going to vote Democrat and every
(20:41):
league alien.
Speaker 1 (20:43):
So I disagree with this, That is the concern. But
taking that stance were the Save America Act not to
be passed by Republicans, which admittedly would be disastrous in
the midterms in my opinion, But taking that stance, unfortunately,
would make that matter even worse if everybody suddenly believes
(21:07):
that without the Save America Act, Republicans can never go
and win elections.
Speaker 3 (21:12):
First off, it's just not true. Look at last year,
or I should say not last year.
Speaker 1 (21:16):
Look at twenty twenty four and the election results Republicans
were able to win even here at Minnesota. While we
didn't grab power, we did divide the House, and the
Senate already only squeaked by with a couple of seats
in terms of having the majority on the left. So
(21:38):
the dynamics would essentially stay the same. Would there be
an increase in the potential of those here in the
country illegally voting. Maybe, But I would also go and
to argue that probably not, because there's more examination, there's
more individuals keeping an eye on elections. The GOP has
done a lot, and we've discussed this with frequent friend
(22:00):
of the Show and Friday guest Ak Kamara about the
efforts that Republicans here in Minnesota and across the country
have done and shoring up election integrity even beyond the
Save America Act. So I'm not homping on board of
this mentality that all is completely lost if we don't
pass the Save America Act. I would actually go a
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different way on this, and I would say, you're going
to see how little support Democrats actually have if the
Save America Act is passed. And I'm reminded, and I
can visualize it in my mind right now, I'm one
of those individuals. I can see stuff when they think
of things. I forgot what the terminology is for that.
It's always very strange to me. Some people can actually
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visualize things in their minds and others others can't. Which
way to you go, Sam, Can you visualize things in
your mind? I believe so, yeah, let's let's go with that. Okay,
we'll go with that. But I can visualize the map
of the election wherein Trump beat Kamalon and the states
that Kamalowan didn't require voter ID.
Speaker 3 (23:04):
So that tells you all you need to know.
Speaker 1 (23:07):
Brian Alignman in The Federalist writes this, For years, Americans
have been assured that Democrat prosecutors are the compassionate choice,
but a new study suggests that compassion comes at a
deadly cost. Research done by Vanderbilt University economists, they say
that counties that narrowly elect Republican prosecutors experience a significantly
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lower death rate among men. In fact, when a Republican
prosecutor narrowly beats a Democrat, the all cause mortality among
men aged twenty to twenty nine falls by six point
six percent. Oh, everything, may think that's not a lot,
but when you consider this is the choice, between living
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or dying. That's pretty significant. In other words, voting a
Republican can save lives. Using data from twenty ten to
twenty nineteen, it compares counties where Republican prosecutors barely one
and counties where Republicans barely lost. The main finding shows
that doing that thing with my fingers Republican local prosecutor
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leads to a reduction in all cause mortality among the
most criminal justice involved demographic. Again, that's young men ages
twenty to twenty nine years old. It's almost as if
holding people accountable actually makes a difference and letting people
go free for their crimes does it. It's crazy how
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that happens. This reduction is meaningful, according to the study. Again,
that's six point six percent reduction. Republicans, according to the study,
tend to pursue more charges and convictions. Convictions can carry
consequences like restrictions on gun ownership and household firearm access.
As a result, violent offenders or others suffering from mental
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health are unable to possess a firearm, resulting in less
firearm related deaths. The study comes years after the left
maligning Republicans and their tough on crime approach. The New
York Times in twenty twenty three framed Republican efforts to
rein in progressive prosecutors as Republicans pounce. Emily Baselawn wrote,
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Republican lawmakers are putting limits on progressive prosecutors. Democratic district attorneys,
often serving cities with black and Latino voters, say they
are prioritizing serious crimes. In response, Republicans, often representing mostly
white and rural areas, have accused them of ignoring criminal
law and making it easier to remove.
Speaker 3 (25:44):
Them from office.
Speaker 1 (25:45):
The Los Angeles Times editorial boards similarly framed the efforts
as Republicans using an ominous strategy to throwt to criminal justice,
reform and democracy with my fingers. According to the editorial
board at the Hillsborough County in Hillsborough County, Florida, voters
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were stuck with an unelected tough on crime prosecutor.
Speaker 3 (26:10):
Ooh.
Speaker 1 (26:12):
Time Magazines Oodi Offer in twenty twenty two wrote, politicians
tough on crime messaging could have devastating consequences, but as
it turns out, the only devastating consequences are the ones
that occur as a result of a Democrat narrowly winning
a race.
Speaker 9 (26:32):
Good morning John, it's wagh in front of the show
in Maplewood. The problem between ID and proof of citizenship
is that when we show I'd buy alcohol or drive
a car, we don't need proof of citizenship. I've got
a bunch of girlfriends who say I can't get my
group of citizenship it's.
Speaker 3 (26:49):
In another state.
Speaker 9 (26:50):
Well, you lazy poop, that's not my problem. But that's
actually a really good argument.
Speaker 1 (26:58):
First off, wead how many girl do you have? And
why are they from from out of state?
Speaker 2 (27:07):
I have to admit I read that transcript of that
talkbag on the app and I thought it was like
a female listener, you know, talking about their girlfriends.
Speaker 3 (27:15):
Right, So that one threw me off.
Speaker 1 (27:17):
Yeah I would have thought the same thing, but I
keyed in on on Wade. But no, you're right, I've
just got a bunch of girlskis. Feel good on you man,
You do you, You do you.
Speaker 3 (27:28):
That's good.
Speaker 1 (27:30):
We need to extend this argument relating to fighting for
voter ID to beyond ID. And maybe this gets a
little bit too convoluted to put into a SoundBite. Perhaps
I'll use this as a talking point the next time
if I'm invited back on National News to talk about
this particular issue, but difficulty and necessary documentation in life.
(27:57):
Consider this getting a job. Having gone through this experience
with my boys, especially with my youngest Kyle, as he
is working various jobs right now, like the hoops that
you need to jump through in order to apply for
a job. Okay, we're not talking about voting. We're talking
(28:19):
about a job in order to earn income to make
a living. And this could apply to individuals that aren't
still living at home like my son, but anybody else.
The lengths that you have to go through, the documentation,
the paperwork, it's extensive, Like just to apply to a
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job nowadays, it requires like a day a day's worth
of work, and nobody ever complains about that. Do you
see democrats out there trying to make it easier to
go and get a gig, complaining about all of the
red tape necessary, the cover letters, the resume, yes, the documentation.
Speaker 3 (28:57):
The ID No, of course you don't.
Speaker 1 (29:03):
I only say this because it serves as another example
of just how ridiculous these arguments are of requiring legal
citizenship and an ID to vote, and the only reason
why Democrats don't want to do it is because they
do not want to lose out on the opportunity, as
the previous talkbacker said, in the future, to allow individuals
who they believe are always going to vote for Democrats
(29:25):
the ability to go and vote in our elections when
they shouldn't be legally allowed to do so. From Fox nine,
a proposal to create a system that allows Minnesotans to
have electronic IDs and drivers' licenses might never leave the
parking lot this legislative session.
Speaker 3 (29:40):
You know, during the.
Speaker 1 (29:40):
Height of American Idol popularity, I remember predicting that we
would eventually be voting in elections the same way that
we vote for the American Idol through our phones. Thankfully
it hasn't come to fruition. This type of legislation, however,
(30:02):
would be a precursor to that. Now, you already can
use your phone as an ID and for your for
you going on a on a trip somewhere when you
bred a plane, right, you can you can show that.
So I don't think we're that far off from actually
being able to use your electronic devices for identification.
Speaker 3 (30:24):
Now if we were going to.
Speaker 1 (30:25):
Do this, and again, on its face, I disagree with it,
but I'm willing to have a debate. At a bare minimum, though,
you would have to require US citizenship, prove your US
citizenship and an ID in order to get this electronic ID.
Speaker 3 (30:43):
Well, wouldn't you know it that?
Speaker 1 (30:44):
Prior to this vote, and I'll give you details about
the bill itself, I just kind of want to jump
to the to the endpoint on this. Prior to the vote,
the committee failed to approve the amendment that would have
limited eligibility for electronic credentials only to people who can
prove US citizenship or a lawful presence in the United States.
Speaker 3 (31:08):
They simply won't have it.
Speaker 1 (31:09):
Brad Tabke Representative Brad Tabke, dfl out of Shakapee and
a well known ice on the street insurrectionist, was the
one who put this bill forward.
Speaker 3 (31:19):
He sponsored it.
Speaker 1 (31:20):
It would authorize the Department of Public Safety to implement
a system of electronic versions of identification and give the
department the authority to set rules on their limit and
usage and any fees associated with them. In the House
Transportation Finance Policy Committee on Monday, Representative Tabkey touted the
tech as offering convenience, security, and safety, while saying Minnesota
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will join fourteen other states that already have a similar
system in place. A similar bill, also sponsored by Tabke,
was proposed last session as well. At the time, Tabke
likened the system too, as they mentioned a moment ago
Apple Pay, Google Pay, or a chipped credit card that
can be readily available on a smartphone.
Speaker 3 (32:03):
Listen.
Speaker 1 (32:04):
As I mentioned, I'm willing to have a debate. I
disagree with it on his face, but I'm willing to
have a debate over this. However, they're not willing to
go and put in the stipulation once again for an
individual to have to prove that they are legally eligible
to go and vote.
Speaker 3 (32:20):
So I'm sorry, it's dead on arrival.
Speaker 9 (32:23):
Hey John, Hey, everybody wait from Maplewood. Yes, I have
more than one girlfriend. They're all US citizens. Two of
them are from outside of the country. There became naturalized citizens.
But more importantly, you don't need citizenship to get a job.
Just look around. There are plenty of illegal aliens for
shaking jobs here in Minnesota. Frustrating. We still need to
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pass the Save America Act.
Speaker 1 (32:49):
By the way, I didn't I broke my rule of
playing more than one talkback, but I wanted to give
him a chance to explain himself. I was not insinuating
that he was dating illegal aliens. I just want to
put that forward. I think that may think that may
have been misconstrued. That was not I was more focused
on him having many girlfriends apparently wait as game. So
I was not under the assumption that you were dating
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a bunch of illegals.
Speaker 3 (33:13):
But you are correct.
Speaker 1 (33:15):
We do have a lot of individuals that are working
jobs here illegally here in Minnesota. All right, let's get
to a few more of your comments this morning.
Speaker 3 (33:25):
Time from Saint Paul.
Speaker 2 (33:26):
You may be able to use your phone to get
on the plane, but when you're going through TSA, you
still need your ID.
Speaker 3 (33:34):
Yeah. No, that's a really good point. Thank you. Thank
you for that, Tom, I appreciate it. Good morning, John.
Speaker 10 (33:40):
My understanding with the Minnesota driver's licenses for all is that.
Speaker 3 (33:47):
People here illegally.
Speaker 10 (33:48):
All they have to do is apply, but they're supposed
to check a box on the application saying they're a
non citizen. If they don't check that box, they're automatically
registered to volte legislate.
Speaker 3 (34:00):
You're in twenty three.
Speaker 10 (34:01):
That young woman said, yep, illegal, said that we're voting,
and we will vote you out Democrats if you don't
give us this.
Speaker 1 (34:08):
Yeah, no, you're you're absolutely right, and thank you for
bringing that, for bringing that up.
Speaker 11 (34:16):
Voting John, you made a great point to my wife,
who works and lives in Minnesota. Also her job in December.
She worked there for nine years.
Speaker 3 (34:27):
It took her a long.
Speaker 11 (34:28):
Time to get a resume and other documentation ready. She
had to find her birth certificate and stuff. It was
actually much easier for her to change her name when
we got very.
Speaker 3 (34:37):
Five years ago.
Speaker 11 (34:39):
It was to get her stuff ready to find a
new job. And now she's finally.
Speaker 3 (34:43):
Working this week, because of course it was.
Speaker 1 (34:49):
Yeah, you look at real world scenarios relating to requiring
an ID, and again all of the arguments put forward
by the left pushing back on this, they just sit
please fall flat.
Speaker 3 (35:03):
Quick side.
Speaker 1 (35:04):
Note, by the way, I've had several talkbacks that have
come in from one particular friend of the show.
Speaker 3 (35:10):
None of the audio is coming through.
Speaker 1 (35:11):
I don't know why this happens, So just letting you
letting you know, there's been five or six talkbacks from
one individual that have been rolling in and the audio
is not showing up. That happens on occasion, it's not
on our end, I don't know what's going on on
your end, so my apologies for that. So on the way,
so Governor Tim Walls held the press conference yesterday. I
posted this up online. This is how things typically go.
(35:33):
I start doing my prep. I see that Governor Tim
Walls is holding a press conference, because usually his press
conferences start right around when I start my afternoon prep
for the next day show. And then I wait about
an hour an hour and a half for all of
the comments and snippets from the press conference to pop
up showing just what a ridiculous buffoon he is. And
(35:54):
that certainly played out yesterday he announced plans to centralize
and modernize DHS. I'll jump to what this really does,
so I'm not going to bury the lead on this.
It essentially provides the opportunity to cover up the fraud
that's taking place. That's what this is designed to do.
(36:15):
Before we get to that, though, the US House of
Representatives Oversight Committee did America a favor. Looking at a
piece here from Bill glahn as Center of the American Experiment,
they released a fifty three page staff report on fraud
here in Minnesota. I want to give you some details
on this and audio from the legislative session, where in
the Democrats continue to show how they have no interest
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in tackling fraud as they vote down over and over
again an Office of Inspector General here in Minnesota. We'll
get some more of your talkbacks as well from the
iHeartRadio app Do Not Go Anywhere. You're listening to Twin
Cities News Talk AM eleven thirty and one oh three
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