My 6/17 Comments On The Hortmans Murder

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Shootings of Minnesota lawmaker. What else is there to say
other than it's abhorrent. This is awful. This is but
it's also at the same time this wild, like kind
of twisted opportunity to take a pot shot across the aisle.
That's ultimately what it is, you know, And if our
friends on the other side of the aisle weren't ratcheting

(00:20):
up the violence, so like, it's an opportunity for that. Otherwise,
what is there to say other than it's terrifying. Man,
more I hear about it begs the question would you
answer your door at two o'clock in the morning if
somebody who looks like a cop is at your door?
Have you?

Speaker 2 (00:37):
Yeah?

Speaker 1 (00:37):
But Jim, you're not well. I had my head, of
course you have.

Speaker 2 (00:43):
You're a former marine armed? Yeah, I was armed.

Speaker 1 (00:47):
Why did you go? I mean, if the kids are home, well,
I suppose they could shout from the other side of
the door. There's been some suspicious activity in the neighborhood.

Speaker 2 (00:57):
I left my garage door open, and he was gonna
he's just coming to tell me because there has been
a string of break ins and stuff like that.

Speaker 1 (01:03):
That's cool.

Speaker 2 (01:03):
So he knocked down my door too in the morning.
It was two two thirty. Yeah, and I went downstairs
and I had my gun on me. That's the only
reason why. Yeah, sure, sure, you know, if I didn't
have my gun on me, I don't know what I
would have done. I know, well, that's what I want
to takeaway here to be.

Speaker 1 (01:18):
But it's not as simple as that. I mean, all
they have to do is say the you know the
right thing. Uh, you know, we're canvassing the neighborhood due
to some suspicious activity one of your neighbors two doors down.
Then I suppose you have the back and forth. Oh
which neighbor two doors down to the right or left?
What's their name? You start your test. I don't even

(01:39):
know how this guy went the distance that he went.
This drove a black SUV, had the emergency lights on it,
like talk about calling the distance, had a license plate
that said police. Do license plates say police? Maybe that's
one tell right? This guy, this, this vance bolter, actually

(02:00):
had a list a list of forty five elected officials, yes,
all Democrats. It's the largest manhunt in state history. In
his vehicle voluminous writings. Also at his home, he'd been
planning and researching lawmakers for months. You know, we've got

(02:23):
the Connecticut officials speaking out on it, and what else
is there to say, But it's terrifying, and we've got
to all come down, come back down to earth. Those
who really have quite the bully pulpit, quite the fan
base and everything. You got to chill out with the

(02:44):
fair mongering if you've got that huge audience both sides.
So Lamont comes out, he says, this targeted act of violence,
you know, it's all very This isn't even a slam.
He's like, it's repulsive and absolutely unacceptable. I mean, political
violence has no place in America. We must unite as

(03:05):
one nation to condemn it. Well said, but keep your
eye out, keep your eye out for those who do
like Chris Murphy did. He made it. He said, Oh,
you know, Republicans have been the victims on a few occasions.

(03:27):
Keep an eye out for who is able to just
say this has got to stop, and who truly politicizes this.
I mean, he already moved on from it like crazy.
But he wrote he's a hate filled right winger. Let's
stop walking on eggshells about Maggot's legitimization of political violence. Sure,

(03:52):
Republicans have also been the target of inexcusable violence. But
this isn't a both sides issue. Bad dude, bad dude,
take this time to look at who's able to concoct
a correct it that we've got to get our act
together as a nation, as a species, look out for

(04:16):
one another, and know that all is going to be well.
Or who seeses the moment and says things like it
was a hate filled right winger. This isn't a both
sides issue. That's a bad dude. I haven't needed further
proof of that in months, but that seals the deal

(04:37):
for me. How about you,