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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Now, Michael, Normally I wouldn't do this, but I think
you need to stand for this talkback all right, please
please stand up, Come on, stand up. Thank you.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Judge rugs to the front of the United States of
America into the republic triage, one nation undergone, indivisible and lively,
and just just from I'm a great name, mister Brown.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
Amen, in the great tradition of Chevy Chase after the
Christmas prayer, Amen, which in which Aunt Betsy or whatever
name is cites the pledge of Allegiance. Well, thank you, sweetie.
That was cute. That was very nice and very well done,
by the way, very well done. The how do you
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how do you go into the dietribes that I want
to go into after that?
Speaker 1 (01:01):
You know, that's why you make the big bucks, big buck?
Speaker 3 (01:07):
See, yeah, yeah, that's why I make the big buck. Yeah,
the one, the one big buck. Here's your Benjamin for
the month. A Republican lawmaker has forced Chicago's lefty that's
not correct. Let me just start that whole students all
over again. A Republican lawmaker has forced Chicago's communist mayor
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to admit he not only supports giving ille Ali is
the right to vote in local elections, but also wants
to fund their abortions and well pretty much anything else
they want. Congressman Brandon Gill, who's a Republican from Tapas,
grilled Mayor Brandon Johnson during this congressional hearing we had yesterday,
claiming that Chicago is a welcoming city. Yeah, I'm gonna
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find out after to go to Chicago in April for
a presentation at the Universe Chicago. That's going to be interesting,
isn't it. As I recall, the Universe of Chicago was
kind of on the north end of the of the
Golden Mile. So I I gotta see right where you
I dragon, I may need you go along to walk
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by me and pretend to be like, you know, a
security art or something. Sure, anyway, Mayor Johnson says Brandon Johnson,
not Mike Johnston. We'll get to Mike Johnston in a minute.
I claims that Chicago was a welcoming city. Now he
first admitted to supplying and supporting the idea of driver's
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licenses for illegal aliens. I've never quite understood that one
you you violate both civil and criminal laws by coming
across the border illegally. And then you don't have any ID.
But for example, when I had to go in, I
had I had made the final payment on the BMW
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M sport and I'd gotten the stupid lean release from
the Credit Union. So I went into, you know to
give a clear title. Now I know, I know, actually
just left, but I wanted a clear title. Nothing on
it you wouldn't believe, So you have to Now she
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didn't ask me. But when I went on to the
you know whatever the d m V website is for Colorado,
it listed the things that you had to have to
prove who you were. And so all I'm getting is
a lean release. I just just give me a new title.
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Look here. In fact, I'm the Credit Union sent me
the paper title they had with their you know, their
whoever their VP was that signs awful those and had
a little stamp on it. And so I'm in possession
of the title and I go in and present the title.
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I'm not asking for a name change, I'm not asking
for anything. Just here here's the title. Here's the lean release. Okay,
I mean, we see, may I have two forms of ID.
That's not what the website says. He says, you'll accept
this or this or this or this or this or this.
Now she's being really not don't give me, she's not
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argumentative with me. But I'm like, I didn't come with
two forms of ID. I came with my uh, Colorado
driver's license issued by the state of Colorado. Well we
really need two forms? Okay, Well you know what. Here's
here's here's my Douglas County Sheriff's Office concealed kerry permit,
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which is a government issued I D. It's got my name,
it's got my photo, which you can can pair to
the photo on my driver's license. It's the exact same name.
It's everything. So here, So she took that. But if
you're an illegal, just go in and the able to
give you a driver's license. All this kind of stuff
just pisses me off. It irritates me too, because you
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know what you can do with a driver's license. Yeah,
you can go registered to vote in poorly vetted federal
elections despite them being ineligible because they're non citizens. So anyway,
back to Congressman Gil He went on to ask Mayor
Johnson if he supports health care free illegals free or
reduced college taxpayer funded abortions, free illegals. The congressman took
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all of Johnson's answers to mean yes, which the mayor
did not dispute. How much of that is available to
you as an American citizen. Now, whether you want want
this or don't want this, whether you approve of this
or don't approve of this, that's not the issue. Free
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or reduced college, taxpayer funded abortions, health care. How's that
health how's that Obamacare working out for you? Huh? Now
the exchange comes not the Obama exchange, But this exchange
between the two of them comes after a long history
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of support for illegals from Mayor Johnson, who once attempted
to get former President Joe Biden to grant work permits
to more than half a million illegal aliens. Do you
know that last year it was revealed that Chicago had
spent nearly three hundred million dollars on over thirty eight
thousand immigrants illegal immigrants to house them, feed them, and
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pay for their medical care. Homelessness is Chicago actually surged
amid the city's illegal alien crisis, increasing by more than
two hundred percent between twenty twenty three just twenty twenty four.
Speaker 4 (07:03):
The exchange went like this topic. Mayor Johnson, I want
to start with you. One of your first actions as
mayor was establishing a Deputy Mayor for Immigrant, migrant and
refugee rights.
Speaker 3 (07:23):
I wonder how much is that job based in the
City of Chicago. And think about this. You don't have
to do anything. Now Why do I say you don't
have to do anything Because all of that stuff that
I just listed, you know, they want to work permits,
you got housing, You've got healthcare, you got free college,
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reduced college, you got taxpayer funded abortions, you got all
of that. So what do you think this new person
that he's advocated And I want to start with you.
Speaker 4 (07:53):
One of your first actions as mayor was establishing a
Deputy mayor for Immigrant and refugee rights.
Speaker 3 (08:02):
What do you think he had to do? Not a
damn thing. Now. Why do you think he didn't have
to do anything because he had all the nngos, all
the non government organizations out there. They were getting all
this federal money to pay for that stuff, or the
city was getting it and handing it out to those NGOs,
So he didn't have to do anything. Probably gave speeches,
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Probably went to different you know, he went to I
probably didn't go to the Kawanas Club or the Roadvery
Club because they probably wouldn't have well in Chicago they might,
but he probably went to you know, every little party
or every little you know event that they had, you know,
for you know, the the coalition for you know, migrant
services or whatever they might call it. He probably went
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to all of those and handed out you know, the
big cardboard jugs and you know, made a big deal
of it and talked about how the mayor loves you know,
migrants and blah blah blah blah blah.
Speaker 4 (08:54):
And I want to ask you a series of questions.
If you could answer with a guess or no answer,
that'd be great.
Speaker 3 (09:00):
But it's not going to happen. You know, I watched this.
I didn't watch all of it. I watched a lot
of this stupid hearing yesterday, and two things come to mind.
And we'll more detail on this is just a second.
But stop asking them for yes or no answers. Now
you know why they do it. One They want to
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trap them in just a yes or no answer. Most
of the questions truly can be answered with a yes
or no. But the people in the hot seat. Don't
want to do that because that's an admission against interest,
because then they're going to use that against you. And
then the other reason is because of time constraints. Now
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I know what it's like to operate under time constraints.
I have about eight minutes left, so I got to
get as much of this particular segment done in eight minutes,
and then I have to take a break. If I
don't take a break when we have a heard break
in this segment, and if I don't take that heartbreak,
well then Dragon's just gonna cut my microphone off and
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he's gonna play the spots because if he doesn't play
the spots, then those people aren't getting what they paid
for and we're in big doo doo. Congressman get paid
to barely work. So why don't you just ask the question,
let them answer the question, and if they fill a buster,
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you let him answer. Let them drone on for four
or five minutes, and then cut them off. But I'd
like to hear what they have to say.
Speaker 4 (10:33):
Bull, do you support allowing illegal aliens to obtain driver's licenses?
Speaker 5 (10:38):
This?
Speaker 3 (10:39):
Yes or no?
Speaker 6 (10:44):
So the city of Chicago has been a welcoming city.
Speaker 3 (10:46):
Think about how long good looking? They come up with, Uh, well,
the answer is yes, but I can't say that. So
what am I gonna say here? I mean the silence
was deafening.
Speaker 4 (10:58):
Allowing illegal aliens to tain driver's licenses?
Speaker 3 (11:02):
Does yes or no?
Speaker 6 (11:08):
So the city of Chicago has been a welcoming city
for over forty years.
Speaker 3 (11:11):
I'll take what was it? Dragon just timed o?
Speaker 1 (11:13):
That was six seconds?
Speaker 3 (11:15):
Six seconds to decide how how am I going? How
am I going to do this?
Speaker 1 (11:19):
Typically in radio most silence alarms go off after about five.
Speaker 3 (11:23):
Seconds, right, yeah?
Speaker 5 (11:24):
Me?
Speaker 3 (11:26):
And then we get a call from temper want to
tell you guys? Are you guys asleep again? Well, yeah,
we want it. It's a nap kind of day. For
over forty years.
Speaker 4 (11:34):
I'll take that as a yes.
Speaker 3 (11:35):
Next question, that's the policy that we will hold to.
Speaker 4 (11:37):
Do you support tax dollars subsidizing or paying for the
healthcare of the legal aliens?
Speaker 6 (11:44):
I support investments in all residents of the people of Chicago.
And that's what I do.
Speaker 3 (11:47):
That's yes, is investments. He's pretty good, isn't he. Marxist
and communists are so good, you know. I support investments
in my people, I could use some investments. Maybe when
when I go to Chicago, you know, dragon, Maybe when
I go to Chicago, I should get like a Chicago driver,
an Illinois driver's license. Maybe I should sign for some
healthcare or something. Go for it now, might as well.
Speaker 4 (12:11):
Do you support free or reduced college for illegal aliens?
Speaker 6 (12:16):
Again, I support the investments of all residents and the
people of Chicago.
Speaker 3 (12:19):
That I would have pause because of Mike Johnston, the
Denver mayor used exactly the same phrase, not so much
investments but for illegal aliens.
Speaker 6 (12:33):
Again, I support the investments of all residents and the
people of residents.
Speaker 3 (12:38):
What's a resident?
Speaker 2 (12:39):
M hmm?
Speaker 5 (12:40):
What is?
Speaker 3 (12:41):
Have you ever stopped and talking about what? What's the
definition of a resident? Because there are certain requirements to
maintain and establish residency. Do they meet that requirement? I'm
not sure they do. That is a yes.
Speaker 4 (12:56):
Next question, do you support allowing non citizens to vote
in local elections?
Speaker 6 (13:03):
Again, I'm not over the jurisdiction of that type of law,
but again I'm committed to investing in all residents.
Speaker 3 (13:10):
Of the Bunkin. I'll take that is yes.
Speaker 4 (13:11):
I've got an article from the Chicago Sun Times and
I'll quote here briefly. Johnson proposed, among other things, that
all residents, regardless of citizenship status, be able to vote
for Chicago Board of Education members. Next question, your your
website states, and this is your campaign website quote, I
will not stop fighting until abortion access is completely secure
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for people all over the country.
Speaker 3 (13:36):
End quote. Yes or vote yes or no?
Speaker 4 (13:38):
Do you support taxpayer funded abortions for illegal aliens?
Speaker 6 (13:42):
Support the reproductive rights of all people?
Speaker 3 (13:45):
Call with that is a yes. As well.
Speaker 4 (13:47):
Your mayoral transition website mentioned support for creating a Chicago
Board of Education non citizen advisory board.
Speaker 3 (13:55):
Again, yes or no?
Speaker 4 (13:56):
Do you support appointing non citizens to government advisory boards.
Speaker 6 (14:02):
I was invited here today to discuss the welcome Yes. Yes,
I was invited here to discuss welcoming the city.
Speaker 2 (14:07):
Yes or no?
Speaker 6 (14:07):
If you're interested in asking, you're talking about the welcoming
city that I'm happy to answer those questions.
Speaker 3 (14:13):
Now we're going to move on, and don't forget the
phrase welcoming cities.
Speaker 4 (14:19):
As you know, President Trump, unlike the previous administration, has
taken serious action to bring foreign criminal gangs to justice,
to take our border back, and to restore public safety.
Speaker 3 (14:32):
In our communities.
Speaker 4 (14:32):
He designated eight trans national criminal organizations and car tallises
foreign Thank you.
Speaker 3 (14:39):
That's that's enough of that. So what are we to
learn from all of this?
Speaker 5 (14:46):
What?
Speaker 6 (14:48):
What?
Speaker 3 (14:48):
What did we learn? I quite quite frankly don't think
we learned anything. So let's go back in time. Uh,
this good to April eighteen of last year, not this year.
Speaker 7 (15:08):
Here's Fox News Denver Mayor Mike Johnson announcing new funding
to help the migrant crisis, but it comes with cuts
to many city services, including taking millions away from police.
Alicia Kunya is live from Denver.
Speaker 6 (15:20):
Good Morning, Good morning data.
Speaker 8 (15:22):
Eight point four million dollars will be taken from Denver
the Denver police budget. This is to help fund a
nearly ninety million dollar aid package to address the city's
BYRN crisis. And as you mentioned, Denver Mike Johnson is
trying to justify this plan, explaining it's a combination of
capital cuts like putting off buying new furniture for police,
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but it will restrict the department's ability to hire for
open positions. Johnston insists it will not impact public safety.
Speaker 3 (15:53):
How's public safety in Denver? Real? Or proceed? Because because
perception is reality, how's crime in Denver?
Speaker 9 (16:06):
So no change and aufers that are deployed to the street,
no changes in our plan on recruiting, no change in
public facing services.
Speaker 8 (16:15):
Denver's police chief was also at this announcement. He said,
the department recognizes the need to be partners in this
attempting to assure folks who live here.
Speaker 10 (16:24):
So we were able to make sure that we provide
all of our course services.
Speaker 3 (16:29):
That have an impact on the bunchet at all.
Speaker 6 (16:31):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (16:32):
Now, I think about that. You have a department budget
that is supposed to be what a fiduciary responsibility to
the taxpayers that you're going to use tax dollars to
provide certain core services like law enforcement. And here is
dumbass chief of police basically saying, yeah, we were able
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to cut eight point four million dollars without doing anything
that has nothing to do with front facing, nothing to
do with public interaction, nothing to do with you know,
cops on the street or cops on the be nothing
to do with that. Well, and what the hell was it?
Because it's clearly money that has nothing to do with
law enforcement. Wow, these people are dummies.
Speaker 10 (17:15):
I'm certainly happy that that we found a halfway to
help these migrants that are coming into our city now.
Speaker 8 (17:22):
Mark Johnson says he had no choice given the influx
of migrants to Genver, which at one point was receiving
the largest number per capita of any other city in
the country. He also blames Washington.
Speaker 3 (17:32):
Of course, he blames Washington. So Mike Johnston goes to Washington,
does it really make any difference to you what he
said in the hearing or would you rather hear what
he said after the hearing? Because to me, that's the goal.
Speaker 11 (17:57):
Michael, I'm changing Mayor's aim to Johnson because after yesterday,
not only did he prove he's got low T, he's
got no T.
Speaker 3 (18:08):
Keep up the good work voice. Kyle clark over at
nine News decided he would go to Washington, d So
what he didn't decide, I'm sure his assignment desk decided
that he was going to go to Washington, d C.
To cover the hearings, And while he was there, he
decided to post a few things to x prior to
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the prior to the hearing. One post in particular kind
of caught my attention for something that he says because
it shows, I know, calm down. It shows a bias.
See if you can pick up what that bias is,
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because either that or Kyle's master the obvious.
Speaker 5 (18:56):
Deadver Mayor Mike Johnson has a reserve seat.
Speaker 12 (18:59):
For him here at the Capital today, whether he wants
it or not.
Speaker 5 (19:01):
He's been called to testify about sanctuary city policies.
Speaker 3 (19:05):
But it's Colorado kind of interesting that Kyle's able to
use the term sanctuary city but nobody else can.
Speaker 5 (19:12):
Denver Mayor Mike Johnson has a reserve seat for him
here at the Capitol today, whether he wants it or not.
He's been called to testify about sanctuary city policies, but
it's Colorado Republicans who desperately want to get in the
room with him. Lauren Boberg sits on the Oversight Committee.
She'll have the opportunity to question Johnson today. The other
three Republicans in Colorado's House delegation, Jeff Heard, Jeff Crank,
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and Gabe Evans, are all trying to wave onto the committee,
basically asking for a day pass to come onto the
Oversight Committee to be seen by the TV cameras questioning Johnson.
They want to challenge him on immigration policies that they
don't like, and they want a chance to be the
person who creates that viral moment that gets replayed over
and over on cable news and social media.
Speaker 3 (19:56):
Oh so the other three evans Heard and Crank want
to be waved onto the committee so they can be
seen by the television cameras asking Mayor Johnston questions about
sanctuary cities, so they can create that viral moment that
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will be played over and over and over on cable
channels and TV. Mean you mean like yours? Yes, you
mean like you will yes, and also like everybody else does,
as if this is some earth shattering news. Oh my gosh,
members of the Colorado delegation have the mayor of the
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capital city coming to d C to be questioned about
a hot topic, illegal immigration, and they want to be
waved onto the committee so they can be seen asking
questions of their mayor. Huh, Well, isn't that amazing because
I've never seen that happen with Oh, I don't know
Karen Bass in Los Angeles or Eric Adams in New York,
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or any other mayor anywhere else. Kyle getting a little desperate,
I think getting a little desperate. Here's part of Johnston's
opening statements.
Speaker 13 (21:18):
All hold forty two thousand people arriving and then eating
bus the largest for capita in plus to.
Speaker 3 (21:24):
Men are forty two thousand and eighteen months, the largest
per capita of any city in the country. I understand
why he cited it, but I don't think he gets
the implications of admitting that because you get on a bus,
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you get on a plane where however, you get to
wherever you're going, and you decide, Look, I've got everything
from Bangor, Maine to San Diego, California. I got everything
from Key West, Florida to Seattle, Washington. Where am I
gonna go? I think I'll go to Denver, you know,
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I always I truly, I honestly thought about this myself.
If I were homeless, where would I go? Now? I
like Denver's climate. I like four seasons. Well, I like
the the four seasons too, but I like four seasons.
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But I'm not sure if I were like homeless or
illegal alien, I would go to Denver because, well, sometimes
it's colder than a well digger's ass, and I don't
really want to be out in the cold in that
I might I know it gets hotter than hades in Phoenix.
But it's easier to stay cool than it is necessarily
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to stay warm in a place like Phoenix. So I
might go to Phoenix. I go to San Diego, I
go to anywhere, and I go to Los Angeles. I
go to Florida. I go to Miami Dade County. I
go almost in almost any county in Florida. But why Denver?
Why Denver?
Speaker 12 (23:20):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (23:20):
I can think of a lot of reasons. Uh, it's
a crossroads for drug trafficking. It's got an outrageous amount
of social services that I can get free of charge.
I can get all sorts of housing, education, medical care.
I can get all of these things. So I'm pulled
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to come to Colorado.
Speaker 12 (23:46):
Thinking about what should happen.
Speaker 14 (23:47):
It's out of order. But that was not the question
facing Jener. The question Denver faces.
Speaker 13 (23:52):
What will you do with a mom and two kids
dropped on the streets of our city with no warm clothes,
no food.
Speaker 3 (23:59):
Now, when I heard that yesterday, what are we supposed
to do?
Speaker 12 (24:04):
Now?
Speaker 3 (24:05):
I like the word drop? He says, what are you
going to do when a mom and two kids are
dropped in your city?
Speaker 5 (24:12):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (24:12):
They just what? Someone just pushed them off a bus.
They're getting parachutes. They shoved out of the back of
an eighteen wheeler, which no kidding aside, that's kind of
what they do sometimes. A mom and two kids with
no clothes and hungry and nothing to eat, What are
we supposed to do with them? Mayor? I got an idea.
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Why don't we find a charitable organization and give them
something to eat? Why don't we find a charitable organization
and give them some clothes If it's wintertime, you know,
let's give them, give them a coat or whatever, and
then let's put them on Because I have a story
over here, our TV ridership fails to grow in twenty
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twenty four, we've lost customers who used to trust us. Well,
why don't we Since RTD seems to have a lot
of room on the trains, why don't we take some
of the eight point four million dollars that you took
from the police department, And why don't we take that
mom and those two kids. Uh, put them on the
RTD train the A line out to Denver International Airport,
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and let's use some of the eight point four million
dollars you took from the cops and Let's buy them
a cut couple of economy, you know, non refundable tickets,
the cheapest tickets you can find, you know, put them
on Frontier or wherever, and while we send them back.
How about that we could do that because you have
no obligation to keep them here. You want to keep
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them here because you've got a grift going.
Speaker 12 (25:51):
As there. I have to prepare the hell of the
safety and everyone.
Speaker 3 (25:56):
I have the obligation to protect the health and safety
of everyone in the city. What about every crime victim
in the city. What about every person that is scared
to death to go to downtown Denver because of the crime.
And you think it's just said, oh, no, no, no.
Remember yesterday's story about how we've got people in the
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politbureau who are screaming for the Denver Police Department to
provide additional patrols around the state Capitol because of all
the crime, because legislatives, staffers and legislators themselves are being
accosted by criminals around the state Capitol. Well, why don't
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you take some of that? Oh, I'm sorry, you don't
have the comps to do it, because you took eight
point four million dollars out of the police department budget.
More long, here we go. This one really irritates me
as a man of faith. I have a moral obligation.
Speaker 12 (27:03):
Need I say or I was hungry, You gave me
something to eat? I was thirsty, gave you something dream.
I was a stranger and you invited be anything?
Speaker 3 (27:16):
Who was Christ speaking to when he said that? Was
he saying that to the Roman Empire? No, he wasn't.
He was saying it to us as individuals. The scripture
is addressed to each of us as individuals. The scripture
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and our salvation is not a collective salvation. My salvation
does not depend upon yours, nor yours depend upon mine.
We are each we each enjoy the grace of God collectively.
Not so much. This is a bastardization of scripture in
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order to justify a public policy that has nothing to
do with that particular scripture. It is not the obligation
of government. If it is the obligation of government to
feed the poor, to clothe the poor, to do that
for all of the poor, then human nature would tell
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us that, well, we're all going to be poor because
somebody else will just take care of us. That is
an individual obligation. Mayor. So I'd like to know what
you're doing. If you're going to claim that scripture requires
all of us and collectively to take care of the poor,
then in versely, I want to know what you are
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doing individually. Now, if you ask me, I'll take somene
of your business. I'll give to the organization that I
want to give, and I will give the amounts that
I want to give. And I may or may not
claim that of my tax return. There's lots of things
that I do that I do not claim on my
tax return in terms of charitable giving. Don't throw that
crap out. I find that despicable.
Speaker 12 (29:14):
And defer.
Speaker 13 (29:15):
We believe our problems are solvable, and we are the
ones solved a bunch of work.
Speaker 14 (29:20):
When we started, we had the largest encampment in general history,
with more than two hundred migrant families living in freezing temperatures.
So you have in any different city shelters housing.
Speaker 12 (29:28):
Five thousand feet.
Speaker 3 (29:31):
Yeah, you got an ng O to do it. So
taxpayers fade paid for that.
Speaker 9 (29:38):
Also, Michael is mayor Johnston, as a man of fate,
expected to uphold the.
Speaker 3 (29:45):
Law, you would think. So, do you remember Kyle Clark's
thing about the other members of the Colorado delegation that
are not on the committee. Bobert's on the committee, but
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Crank Evans and are not on get the Abate are
not on the committee. So he's pointing out that they
want to be on the committee so they can get
their viral moment. He does include in his tweet storm
this what sixty second clip? Sixty five second clip of
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Lauren Bobert talking to Mayor Johnston.
Speaker 12 (30:35):
So let me ask you, would a.
Speaker 15 (30:38):
Would a city employee be fired for communicating with anyone
in the EPA right A comers for on our policies.
Speaker 12 (30:45):
We don't ask people's status.
Speaker 15 (30:47):
Would any employee be fired for communicating, coordinating, talking with
an agent from the EPA a federal employee?
Speaker 12 (30:57):
What about how the human services?
Speaker 15 (30:58):
But they get fired for talking with the one from
helping beating services? They would only be fired for talking
to federal law enforcement officers.
Speaker 12 (31:08):
I know that's increase when our city.
Speaker 15 (31:11):
Employees in twenty seventeen, mister Mayor, our.
Speaker 12 (31:14):
City employees do as I communicating with us when you
coordinate a multiple things, class reasons.
Speaker 13 (31:18):
If there's a violent criminal warrant in the city, we're
talking before the warrance.
Speaker 15 (31:23):
Mister Mayor, there are issues happening before warrants are issues,
and local law enforcement officers are unable to coordinate because
there is no warrant, and your ordinance says that a
city employee would.
Speaker 6 (31:36):
Be fired or communicating with federal law enforcements.
Speaker 12 (31:39):
So E've been mayor for six hundred years.
Speaker 3 (31:41):
So Lauren Bobert says that city ordinance says that employee
city employees would be terminated for coordinating or communicating with
federal law enforcement prior to a warrant being issued. But
here's Clark's response, because because he also did an eight
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minute interview with Lauren Bobert. Afterwards, he tweeted twenty two
hours ago this Bobert's five minutes are done. Opinions will vary,
but it's fair to say there was no viral gotcha
moment in her interaction with Mayor Johnston. The clip that
emerges from this hearing as a moment to remember isn't
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likely to come from Bobert and Johnston's first meeting. So
remember when he pointed out that, oh, all of these
Congress critors are all trying to get into the hearing
because they all want to have a viral moment with
their mayor from their city. Well, that's exactly what you're
admitting to, Kyle. You were looking for that viral moment.
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They have such cognitive dissonance about what they say. Well,
you know they're coming in here because all they want
to do is just have a viral moment that will
be picked up by television. Well, Bobert's time's done, and
well you know what, she didn't get a gotcha moment.
The only clip that emerges from this hearing is a
moment to remember, isn't likely to come from Bobar and
Johnson's first meeting. So you were looking for that viral moment,
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So which came first to took under the egg here?
But guess what. There may have been a viral moment,
but it didn't come during the hearing, at least from
Mike Johnston. I think from Mayor Johnson or Chicago. It did,
but it didn't come from Mike Johnston in the hearing.
It came elsewhere, and it came in interviews that of
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course they ran and did immediately with MSNBC and CNN.
So let's but before we do it, let's go back
in time once again. Just to make sure you had
the right perspective of what Mike Johnston is saying today.
Let's go back to August thirtieth of last year.
Speaker 9 (33:54):
Any population, you'll have very small subsets of folks that
don't follow the rules, and we hold those folks accountable.
Speaker 12 (33:59):
We actually know so.
Speaker 9 (34:00):
Historically, it's always true that we have lower levels of
crime around migrants.
Speaker 6 (34:03):
Than we do among our general populations.
Speaker 9 (34:05):
So that there's a risk of misperceptions about this population
is more dangerous, causing more trouble.
Speaker 6 (34:10):
That's just factually not true. But we are aware of it.
Speaker 9 (34:13):
We have overt and covert operations going every day to
intervene and where we know there are risks, we're going
to be aggressive about making risks, about pressing charges and
if needing, deporting folks.
Speaker 6 (34:22):
But I think that much.
Speaker 9 (34:22):
Bigger risk is that you'll have a perception that all
of the newcomers in the city are dangerous and nothing
could be farther from the truth.
Speaker 3 (34:28):
Newcomers, A much bigger risk is a perception. A much
bigger risk is a perception that the newcomers are dangerous.
Oh well, then when you went on with MSNBC and CNN,
what did you say well, we'll hear that next
Now, Michael, Normally I wouldn't do this, but I think
you need to stand for this talkback all right, please
please stand up, Come on, stand up. Thank you.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Judge rugs to the front of the United States of
America into the republic triage, one nation undergone, indivisible and lively,
and just just from I'm a great name, mister Brown.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
Amen, in the great tradition of Chevy Chase after the
Christmas prayer, Amen, which in which Aunt Betsy or whatever
name is cites the pledge of Allegiance. Well, thank you, sweetie.
That was cute. That was very nice and very well done,
by the way, very well done. The how do you
(00:56):
how do you go into the dietribes that I want
to go into after that?
Speaker 1 (01:01):
You know, that's why you make the big bucks, big buck?
Speaker 3 (01:07):
See, yeah, yeah, that's why I make the big buck. Yeah,
the one, the one big buck. Here's your Benjamin for
the month. A Republican lawmaker has forced Chicago's lefty that's
not correct. Let me just start that whole students all
over again. A Republican lawmaker has forced Chicago's communist mayor
(01:31):
to admit he not only supports giving ille Ali is
the right to vote in local elections, but also wants
to fund their abortions and well pretty much anything else
they want. Congressman Brandon Gill, who's a Republican from Tapas,
grilled Mayor Brandon Johnson during this congressional hearing we had yesterday,
claiming that Chicago is a welcoming city. Yeah, I'm gonna
(01:55):
find out after to go to Chicago in April for
a presentation at the Universe Chicago. That's going to be interesting,
isn't it. As I recall, the Universe of Chicago was
kind of on the north end of the of the
Golden Mile. So I I gotta see right where you
I dragon, I may need you go along to walk
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by me and pretend to be like, you know, a
security art or something. Sure, anyway, Mayor Johnson says Brandon Johnson,
not Mike Johnston. We'll get to Mike Johnston in a minute.
I claims that Chicago was a welcoming city. Now he
first admitted to supplying and supporting the idea of driver's
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licenses for illegal aliens. I've never quite understood that one
you you violate both civil and criminal laws by coming
across the border illegally. And then you don't have any ID.
But for example, when I had to go in, I
had I had made the final payment on the BMW
(03:05):
M sport and I'd gotten the stupid lean release from
the Credit Union. So I went into, you know to
give a clear title. Now I know, I know, actually
just left, but I wanted a clear title. Nothing on
it you wouldn't believe, So you have to Now she
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didn't ask me. But when I went on to the
you know whatever the d m V website is for Colorado,
it listed the things that you had to have to
prove who you were. And so all I'm getting is
a lean release. I just just give me a new title.
(03:48):
Look here. In fact, I'm the Credit Union sent me
the paper title they had with their you know, their
whoever their VP was that signs awful those and had
a little stamp on it. And so I'm in possession
of the title and I go in and present the title.
(04:11):
I'm not asking for a name change, I'm not asking
for anything. Just here here's the title. Here's the lean release. Okay,
I mean, we see, may I have two forms of ID.
That's not what the website says. He says, you'll accept
this or this or this or this or this or this.
Now she's being really not don't give me, she's not
(04:32):
argumentative with me. But I'm like, I didn't come with
two forms of ID. I came with my uh, Colorado
driver's license issued by the state of Colorado. Well we
really need two forms? Okay, Well you know what. Here's
here's here's my Douglas County Sheriff's Office concealed kerry permit,
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which is a government issued I D. It's got my name,
it's got my photo, which you can can pair to
the photo on my driver's license. It's the exact same name.
It's everything. So here, So she took that. But if
you're an illegal, just go in and the able to
give you a driver's license. All this kind of stuff
just pisses me off. It irritates me too, because you
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know what you can do with a driver's license. Yeah,
you can go registered to vote in poorly vetted federal
elections despite them being ineligible because they're non citizens. So anyway,
back to Congressman Gil He went on to ask Mayor
Johnson if he supports health care free illegals free or
reduced college taxpayer funded abortions, free illegals. The congressman took
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all of Johnson's answers to mean yes, which the mayor
did not dispute. How much of that is available to
you as an American citizen. Now, whether you want want
this or don't want this, whether you approve of this
or don't approve of this, that's not the issue. Free
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or reduced college, taxpayer funded abortions, health care. How's that
health how's that Obamacare working out for you? Huh? Now
the exchange comes not the Obama exchange, But this exchange
between the two of them comes after a long history
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of support for illegals from Mayor Johnson, who once attempted
to get former President Joe Biden to grant work permits
to more than half a million illegal aliens. Do you
know that last year it was revealed that Chicago had
spent nearly three hundred million dollars on over thirty eight
thousand immigrants illegal immigrants to house them, feed them, and
(06:46):
pay for their medical care. Homelessness is Chicago actually surged
amid the city's illegal alien crisis, increasing by more than
two hundred percent between twenty twenty three just twenty twenty four.
Speaker 4 (07:03):
The exchange went like this topic. Mayor Johnson, I want
to start with you. One of your first actions as
mayor was establishing a Deputy Mayor for Immigrant, migrant and
refugee rights.
Speaker 3 (07:23):
I wonder how much is that job based in the
City of Chicago. And think about this. You don't have
to do anything. Now Why do I say you don't
have to do anything Because all of that stuff that
I just listed, you know, they want to work permits,
you got housing, You've got healthcare, you got free college,
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reduced college, you got taxpayer funded abortions, you got all
of that. So what do you think this new person
that he's advocated And I want to start with you.
Speaker 4 (07:53):
One of your first actions as mayor was establishing a
Deputy mayor for Immigrant and refugee rights.
Speaker 3 (08:02):
What do you think he had to do? Not a
damn thing. Now. Why do you think he didn't have
to do anything because he had all the nngos, all
the non government organizations out there. They were getting all
this federal money to pay for that stuff, or the
city was getting it and handing it out to those NGOs,
So he didn't have to do anything. Probably gave speeches,
(08:24):
Probably went to different you know, he went to I
probably didn't go to the Kawanas Club or the Roadvery
Club because they probably wouldn't have well in Chicago they might,
but he probably went to you know, every little party
or every little you know event that they had, you know,
for you know, the the coalition for you know, migrant
services or whatever they might call it. He probably went
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to all of those and handed out you know, the
big cardboard jugs and you know, made a big deal
of it and talked about how the mayor loves you know,
migrants and blah blah blah blah blah.
Speaker 4 (08:54):
And I want to ask you a series of questions.
If you could answer with a guess or no answer,
that'd be great.
Speaker 3 (09:00):
But it's not going to happen. You know, I watched this.
I didn't watch all of it. I watched a lot
of this stupid hearing yesterday, and two things come to mind.
And we'll more detail on this is just a second.
But stop asking them for yes or no answers. Now
you know why they do it. One They want to
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trap them in just a yes or no answer. Most
of the questions truly can be answered with a yes
or no. But the people in the hot seat. Don't
want to do that because that's an admission against interest,
because then they're going to use that against you. And
then the other reason is because of time constraints. Now
(09:42):
I know what it's like to operate under time constraints.
I have about eight minutes left, so I got to
get as much of this particular segment done in eight minutes,
and then I have to take a break. If I
don't take a break when we have a heard break
in this segment, and if I don't take that heartbreak,
well then Dragon's just gonna cut my microphone off and
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he's gonna play the spots because if he doesn't play
the spots, then those people aren't getting what they paid
for and we're in big doo doo. Congressman get paid
to barely work. So why don't you just ask the question,
let them answer the question, and if they fill a buster,
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you let him answer. Let them drone on for four
or five minutes, and then cut them off. But I'd
like to hear what they have to say.
Speaker 4 (10:33):
Bull, do you support allowing illegal aliens to obtain driver's licenses?
Speaker 5 (10:38):
This?
Speaker 3 (10:39):
Yes or no?
Speaker 6 (10:44):
So the city of Chicago has been a welcoming city.
Speaker 3 (10:46):
Think about how long good looking? They come up with, Uh, well,
the answer is yes, but I can't say that. So
what am I gonna say here? I mean the silence
was deafening.
Speaker 4 (10:58):
Allowing illegal aliens to tain driver's licenses?
Speaker 3 (11:02):
Does yes or no?
Speaker 6 (11:08):
So the city of Chicago has been a welcoming city
for over forty years.
Speaker 3 (11:11):
I'll take what was it? Dragon just timed o?
Speaker 1 (11:13):
That was six seconds?
Speaker 3 (11:15):
Six seconds to decide how how am I going? How
am I going to do this?
Speaker 1 (11:19):
Typically in radio most silence alarms go off after about five.
Speaker 3 (11:23):
Seconds, right, yeah?
Speaker 5 (11:24):
Me?
Speaker 3 (11:26):
And then we get a call from temper want to
tell you guys? Are you guys asleep again? Well, yeah,
we want it. It's a nap kind of day. For
over forty years.
Speaker 4 (11:34):
I'll take that as a yes.
Speaker 3 (11:35):
Next question, that's the policy that we will hold to.
Speaker 4 (11:37):
Do you support tax dollars subsidizing or paying for the
healthcare of the legal aliens?
Speaker 6 (11:44):
I support investments in all residents of the people of Chicago.
And that's what I do.
Speaker 3 (11:47):
That's yes, is investments. He's pretty good, isn't he. Marxist
and communists are so good, you know. I support investments
in my people, I could use some investments. Maybe when
when I go to Chicago, you know, dragon, Maybe when
I go to Chicago, I should get like a Chicago driver,
an Illinois driver's license. Maybe I should sign for some
healthcare or something. Go for it now, might as well.
Speaker 4 (12:11):
Do you support free or reduced college for illegal aliens?
Speaker 6 (12:16):
Again, I support the investments of all residents and the
people of Chicago.
Speaker 3 (12:19):
That I would have pause because of Mike Johnston, the
Denver mayor used exactly the same phrase, not so much
investments but for illegal aliens.
Speaker 6 (12:33):
Again, I support the investments of all residents and the
people of residents.
Speaker 3 (12:38):
What's a resident?
Speaker 2 (12:39):
M hmm?
Speaker 5 (12:40):
What is?
Speaker 3 (12:41):
Have you ever stopped and talking about what? What's the
definition of a resident? Because there are certain requirements to
maintain and establish residency. Do they meet that requirement? I'm
not sure they do. That is a yes.
Speaker 4 (12:56):
Next question, do you support allowing non citizens to vote
in local elections?
Speaker 6 (13:03):
Again, I'm not over the jurisdiction of that type of law,
but again I'm committed to investing in all residents.
Speaker 3 (13:10):
Of the Bunkin. I'll take that is yes.
Speaker 4 (13:11):
I've got an article from the Chicago Sun Times and
I'll quote here briefly. Johnson proposed, among other things, that
all residents, regardless of citizenship status, be able to vote
for Chicago Board of Education members. Next question, your your
website states, and this is your campaign website quote, I
will not stop fighting until abortion access is completely secure
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for people all over the country.
Speaker 3 (13:36):
End quote. Yes or vote yes or no?
Speaker 4 (13:38):
Do you support taxpayer funded abortions for illegal aliens?
Speaker 6 (13:42):
Support the reproductive rights of all people?
Speaker 3 (13:45):
Call with that is a yes. As well.
Speaker 4 (13:47):
Your mayoral transition website mentioned support for creating a Chicago
Board of Education non citizen advisory board.
Speaker 3 (13:55):
Again, yes or no?
Speaker 4 (13:56):
Do you support appointing non citizens to government advisory boards.
Speaker 6 (14:02):
I was invited here today to discuss the welcome Yes. Yes,
I was invited here to discuss welcoming the city.
Speaker 2 (14:07):
Yes or no?
Speaker 6 (14:07):
If you're interested in asking, you're talking about the welcoming
city that I'm happy to answer those questions.
Speaker 3 (14:13):
Now we're going to move on, and don't forget the
phrase welcoming cities.
Speaker 4 (14:19):
As you know, President Trump, unlike the previous administration, has
taken serious action to bring foreign criminal gangs to justice,
to take our border back, and to restore public safety.
Speaker 3 (14:32):
In our communities.
Speaker 4 (14:32):
He designated eight trans national criminal organizations and car tallises
foreign Thank you.
Speaker 3 (14:39):
That's that's enough of that. So what are we to
learn from all of this?
Speaker 5 (14:46):
What?
Speaker 6 (14:48):
What?
Speaker 3 (14:48):
What did we learn? I quite quite frankly don't think
we learned anything. So let's go back in time. Uh,
this good to April eighteen of last year, not this year.
Speaker 7 (15:08):
Here's Fox News Denver Mayor Mike Johnson announcing new funding
to help the migrant crisis, but it comes with cuts
to many city services, including taking millions away from police.
Alicia Kunya is live from Denver.
Speaker 6 (15:20):
Good Morning, Good morning data.
Speaker 8 (15:22):
Eight point four million dollars will be taken from Denver
the Denver police budget. This is to help fund a
nearly ninety million dollar aid package to address the city's
BYRN crisis. And as you mentioned, Denver Mike Johnson is
trying to justify this plan, explaining it's a combination of
capital cuts like putting off buying new furniture for police,
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but it will restrict the department's ability to hire for
open positions. Johnston insists it will not impact public safety.
Speaker 3 (15:53):
How's public safety in Denver? Real? Or proceed? Because because
perception is reality, how's crime in Denver?
Speaker 9 (16:06):
So no change and aufers that are deployed to the street,
no changes in our plan on recruiting, no change in
public facing services.
Speaker 8 (16:15):
Denver's police chief was also at this announcement. He said,
the department recognizes the need to be partners in this
attempting to assure folks who live here.
Speaker 10 (16:24):
So we were able to make sure that we provide
all of our course services.
Speaker 3 (16:29):
That have an impact on the bunchet at all.
Speaker 6 (16:31):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (16:32):
Now, I think about that. You have a department budget
that is supposed to be what a fiduciary responsibility to
the taxpayers that you're going to use tax dollars to
provide certain core services like law enforcement. And here is
dumbass chief of police basically saying, yeah, we were able
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to cut eight point four million dollars without doing anything
that has nothing to do with front facing, nothing to
do with public interaction, nothing to do with you know,
cops on the street or cops on the be nothing
to do with that. Well, and what the hell was it?
Because it's clearly money that has nothing to do with
law enforcement. Wow, these people are dummies.
Speaker 10 (17:15):
I'm certainly happy that that we found a halfway to
help these migrants that are coming into our city now.
Speaker 8 (17:22):
Mark Johnson says he had no choice given the influx
of migrants to Genver, which at one point was receiving
the largest number per capita of any other city in
the country. He also blames Washington.
Speaker 3 (17:32):
Of course, he blames Washington. So Mike Johnston goes to Washington,
does it really make any difference to you what he
said in the hearing or would you rather hear what
he said after the hearing? Because to me, that's the goal.
Speaker 11 (17:57):
Michael, I'm changing Mayor's aim to Johnson because after yesterday,
not only did he prove he's got low T, he's
got no T.
Speaker 3 (18:08):
Keep up the good work voice. Kyle clark over at
nine News decided he would go to Washington, d So
what he didn't decide, I'm sure his assignment desk decided
that he was going to go to Washington, d C.
To cover the hearings, And while he was there, he
decided to post a few things to x prior to
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the prior to the hearing. One post in particular kind
of caught my attention for something that he says because
it shows, I know, calm down. It shows a bias.
See if you can pick up what that bias is,
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because either that or Kyle's master the obvious.
Speaker 5 (18:56):
Deadver Mayor Mike Johnson has a reserve seat.
Speaker 12 (18:59):
For him here at the Capital today, whether he wants
it or not.
Speaker 5 (19:01):
He's been called to testify about sanctuary city policies.
Speaker 3 (19:05):
But it's Colorado kind of interesting that Kyle's able to
use the term sanctuary city but nobody else can.
Speaker 5 (19:12):
Denver Mayor Mike Johnson has a reserve seat for him
here at the Capitol today, whether he wants it or not.
He's been called to testify about sanctuary city policies, but
it's Colorado Republicans who desperately want to get in the
room with him. Lauren Boberg sits on the Oversight Committee.
She'll have the opportunity to question Johnson today. The other
three Republicans in Colorado's House delegation, Jeff Heard, Jeff Crank,
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and Gabe Evans, are all trying to wave onto the committee,
basically asking for a day pass to come onto the
Oversight Committee to be seen by the TV cameras questioning Johnson.
They want to challenge him on immigration policies that they
don't like, and they want a chance to be the
person who creates that viral moment that gets replayed over
and over on cable news and social media.
Speaker 3 (19:56):
Oh so the other three evans Heard and Crank want
to be waved onto the committee so they can be
seen by the television cameras asking Mayor Johnston questions about
sanctuary cities, so they can create that viral moment that
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will be played over and over and over on cable
channels and TV. Mean you mean like yours? Yes, you
mean like you will yes, and also like everybody else does,
as if this is some earth shattering news. Oh my gosh,
members of the Colorado delegation have the mayor of the
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capital city coming to d C to be questioned about
a hot topic, illegal immigration, and they want to be
waved onto the committee so they can be seen asking
questions of their mayor. Huh, Well, isn't that amazing because
I've never seen that happen with Oh, I don't know
Karen Bass in Los Angeles or Eric Adams in New York,
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or any other mayor anywhere else. Kyle getting a little desperate,
I think getting a little desperate. Here's part of Johnston's
opening statements.
Speaker 13 (21:18):
All hold forty two thousand people arriving and then eating
bus the largest for capita in plus to.
Speaker 3 (21:24):
Men are forty two thousand and eighteen months, the largest
per capita of any city in the country. I understand
why he cited it, but I don't think he gets
the implications of admitting that because you get on a bus,
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you get on a plane where however, you get to
wherever you're going, and you decide, Look, I've got everything
from Bangor, Maine to San Diego, California. I got everything
from Key West, Florida to Seattle, Washington. Where am I
gonna go? I think I'll go to Denver, you know,
(22:13):
I always I truly, I honestly thought about this myself.
If I were homeless, where would I go? Now? I
like Denver's climate. I like four seasons. Well, I like
the the four seasons too, but I like four seasons.
(22:34):
But I'm not sure if I were like homeless or
illegal alien, I would go to Denver because, well, sometimes
it's colder than a well digger's ass, and I don't
really want to be out in the cold in that
I might I know it gets hotter than hades in Phoenix.
But it's easier to stay cool than it is necessarily
(22:58):
to stay warm in a place like Phoenix. So I
might go to Phoenix. I go to San Diego, I
go to anywhere, and I go to Los Angeles. I
go to Florida. I go to Miami Dade County. I
go almost in almost any county in Florida. But why Denver?
Why Denver?
Speaker 12 (23:20):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (23:20):
I can think of a lot of reasons. Uh, it's
a crossroads for drug trafficking. It's got an outrageous amount
of social services that I can get free of charge.
I can get all sorts of housing, education, medical care.
I can get all of these things. So I'm pulled
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to come to Colorado.
Speaker 12 (23:46):
Thinking about what should happen.
Speaker 14 (23:47):
It's out of order. But that was not the question
facing Jener. The question Denver faces.
Speaker 13 (23:52):
What will you do with a mom and two kids
dropped on the streets of our city with no warm clothes,
no food.
Speaker 3 (23:59):
Now, when I heard that yesterday, what are we supposed
to do?
Speaker 12 (24:04):
Now?
Speaker 3 (24:05):
I like the word drop? He says, what are you
going to do when a mom and two kids are
dropped in your city?
Speaker 5 (24:12):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (24:12):
They just what? Someone just pushed them off a bus.
They're getting parachutes. They shoved out of the back of
an eighteen wheeler, which no kidding aside, that's kind of
what they do sometimes. A mom and two kids with
no clothes and hungry and nothing to eat, What are
we supposed to do with them? Mayor? I got an idea.
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Why don't we find a charitable organization and give them
something to eat? Why don't we find a charitable organization
and give them some clothes If it's wintertime, you know,
let's give them, give them a coat or whatever, and
then let's put them on Because I have a story
over here, our TV ridership fails to grow in twenty
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twenty four, we've lost customers who used to trust us. Well,
why don't we Since RTD seems to have a lot
of room on the trains, why don't we take some
of the eight point four million dollars that you took
from the police department, And why don't we take that
mom and those two kids. Uh, put them on the
RTD train the A line out to Denver International Airport,
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and let's use some of the eight point four million
dollars you took from the cops and Let's buy them
a cut couple of economy, you know, non refundable tickets,
the cheapest tickets you can find, you know, put them
on Frontier or wherever, and while we send them back.
How about that we could do that because you have
no obligation to keep them here. You want to keep
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them here because you've got a grift going.
Speaker 12 (25:51):
As there. I have to prepare the hell of the
safety and everyone.
Speaker 3 (25:56):
I have the obligation to protect the health and safety
of everyone in the city. What about every crime victim
in the city. What about every person that is scared
to death to go to downtown Denver because of the crime.
And you think it's just said, oh, no, no, no.
Remember yesterday's story about how we've got people in the
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politbureau who are screaming for the Denver Police Department to
provide additional patrols around the state Capitol because of all
the crime, because legislatives, staffers and legislators themselves are being
accosted by criminals around the state Capitol. Well, why don't
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you take some of that? Oh, I'm sorry, you don't
have the comps to do it, because you took eight
point four million dollars out of the police department budget.
More long, here we go. This one really irritates me
as a man of faith. I have a moral obligation.
Speaker 12 (27:03):
Need I say or I was hungry, You gave me
something to eat? I was thirsty, gave you something dream.
I was a stranger and you invited be anything?
Speaker 3 (27:16):
Who was Christ speaking to when he said that? Was
he saying that to the Roman Empire? No, he wasn't.
He was saying it to us as individuals. The scripture
is addressed to each of us as individuals. The scripture
(27:38):
and our salvation is not a collective salvation. My salvation
does not depend upon yours, nor yours depend upon mine.
We are each we each enjoy the grace of God collectively.
Not so much. This is a bastardization of scripture in
(28:04):
order to justify a public policy that has nothing to
do with that particular scripture. It is not the obligation
of government. If it is the obligation of government to
feed the poor, to clothe the poor, to do that
for all of the poor, then human nature would tell
(28:26):
us that, well, we're all going to be poor because
somebody else will just take care of us. That is
an individual obligation. Mayor. So I'd like to know what
you're doing. If you're going to claim that scripture requires
all of us and collectively to take care of the poor,
then in versely, I want to know what you are
(28:48):
doing individually. Now, if you ask me, I'll take somene
of your business. I'll give to the organization that I
want to give, and I will give the amounts that
I want to give. And I may or may not
claim that of my tax return. There's lots of things
that I do that I do not claim on my
tax return in terms of charitable giving. Don't throw that
crap out. I find that despicable.
Speaker 12 (29:14):
And defer.
Speaker 13 (29:15):
We believe our problems are solvable, and we are the
ones solved a bunch of work.
Speaker 14 (29:20):
When we started, we had the largest encampment in general history,
with more than two hundred migrant families living in freezing temperatures.
So you have in any different city shelters housing.
Speaker 12 (29:28):
Five thousand feet.
Speaker 3 (29:31):
Yeah, you got an ng O to do it. So
taxpayers fade paid for that.
Speaker 9 (29:38):
Also, Michael is mayor Johnston, as a man of fate,
expected to uphold the.
Speaker 3 (29:45):
Law, you would think. So, do you remember Kyle Clark's
thing about the other members of the Colorado delegation that
are not on the committee. Bobert's on the committee, but
(30:08):
Crank Evans and are not on get the Abate are
not on the committee. So he's pointing out that they
want to be on the committee so they can get
their viral moment. He does include in his tweet storm
this what sixty second clip? Sixty five second clip of
(30:32):
Lauren Bobert talking to Mayor Johnston.
Speaker 12 (30:35):
So let me ask you, would a.
Speaker 15 (30:38):
Would a city employee be fired for communicating with anyone
in the EPA right A comers for on our policies.
Speaker 12 (30:45):
We don't ask people's status.
Speaker 15 (30:47):
Would any employee be fired for communicating, coordinating, talking with
an agent from the EPA a federal employee?
Speaker 12 (30:57):
What about how the human services?
Speaker 15 (30:58):
But they get fired for talking with the one from
helping beating services? They would only be fired for talking
to federal law enforcement officers.
Speaker 12 (31:08):
I know that's increase when our city.
Speaker 15 (31:11):
Employees in twenty seventeen, mister Mayor, our.
Speaker 12 (31:14):
City employees do as I communicating with us when you
coordinate a multiple things, class reasons.
Speaker 13 (31:18):
If there's a violent criminal warrant in the city, we're
talking before the warrance.
Speaker 15 (31:23):
Mister Mayor, there are issues happening before warrants are issues,
and local law enforcement officers are unable to coordinate because
there is no warrant, and your ordinance says that a
city employee would.
Speaker 6 (31:36):
Be fired or communicating with federal law enforcements.
Speaker 12 (31:39):
So E've been mayor for six hundred years.
Speaker 3 (31:41):
So Lauren Bobert says that city ordinance says that employee
city employees would be terminated for coordinating or communicating with
federal law enforcement prior to a warrant being issued. But
here's Clark's response, because because he also did an eight
(32:02):
minute interview with Lauren Bobert. Afterwards, he tweeted twenty two
hours ago this Bobert's five minutes are done. Opinions will vary,
but it's fair to say there was no viral gotcha
moment in her interaction with Mayor Johnston. The clip that
emerges from this hearing as a moment to remember isn't
(32:23):
likely to come from Bobert and Johnston's first meeting. So
remember when he pointed out that, oh, all of these
Congress critors are all trying to get into the hearing
because they all want to have a viral moment with
their mayor from their city. Well, that's exactly what you're
admitting to, Kyle. You were looking for that viral moment.
(32:46):
They have such cognitive dissonance about what they say. Well,
you know they're coming in here because all they want
to do is just have a viral moment that will
be picked up by television. Well, Bobert's time's done, and
well you know what, she didn't get a gotcha moment.
The only clip that emerges from this hearing is a
moment to remember, isn't likely to come from Bobar and
Johnson's first meeting. So you were looking for that viral moment,
(33:08):
So which came first to took under the egg here?
But guess what. There may have been a viral moment,
but it didn't come during the hearing, at least from
Mike Johnston. I think from Mayor Johnson or Chicago. It did,
but it didn't come from Mike Johnston in the hearing.
It came elsewhere, and it came in interviews that of
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course they ran and did immediately with MSNBC and CNN.
So let's but before we do it, let's go back
in time once again. Just to make sure you had
the right perspective of what Mike Johnston is saying today.
Let's go back to August thirtieth of last year.
Speaker 9 (33:54):
Any population, you'll have very small subsets of folks that
don't follow the rules, and we hold those folks accountable.
Speaker 12 (33:59):
We actually know so.
Speaker 9 (34:00):
Historically, it's always true that we have lower levels of
crime around migrants.
Speaker 6 (34:03):
Than we do among our general populations.
Speaker 9 (34:05):
So that there's a risk of misperceptions about this population
is more dangerous, causing more trouble.
Speaker 6 (34:10):
That's just factually not true. But we are aware of it.
Speaker 9 (34:13):
We have overt and covert operations going every day to
intervene and where we know there are risks, we're going
to be aggressive about making risks, about pressing charges and
if needing, deporting folks.
Speaker 6 (34:22):
But I think that much.
Speaker 9 (34:22):
Bigger risk is that you'll have a perception that all
of the newcomers in the city are dangerous and nothing
could be farther from the truth.
Speaker 3 (34:28):
Newcomers, A much bigger risk is a perception. A much
bigger risk is a perception that the newcomers are dangerous.
Oh well, then when you went on with MSNBC and CNN,
what did you say well, we'll hear that next
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