Senate Candidate Osborn on Trump's Ovation to Labor

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In the studio right now, anindependent candidate for the United States Senate taking
on deb Fisher in November. Heis Dan Osborne. Back here on eleven
ten, kfab Dan, welcome,Thank you Scott, your website. Osborne
for Senate dot com. Osborne noe. Osborne for Senate dot Com says
mechanic independent. I think I knowwhat independent means. We'll talk more about

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that. Mechanic. Yeah. Yeah, I was an industrial mechanic at Kellogg's
for twenty years and I'm a steamfitternow. It doesn't say anything about you
doing a Casey case impression, whichyou told me just moments ago that you
can do. I can't, andI'd like to try it out on the
radio. I like putting comes up. I like putting politicians, political figures

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on the hot seat and asking thetough questions. So will you do your
Casey case impression for us? Iwill do my best. Let's hear it.
This is Casey kse America's top forty. Next up on the charts the
number one UNS. But before that, we have a letter that reads,
dear Casey. My name is ScottVoorhees and I'm a radio DJ and Omaha

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Nebraska. That's all I got.That's very very good. There was I
heard a conversation recently Dana Carvey andsomebody else in the in this sketch back
in the late eighties early nineties,they did a Casey case bit that I
don't even know. I never sawit. I don't even know if it
went, if it made it tothe air, but it was something that

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they thought was really funny that noone else got. It was Casey Caseum
and his son, like Casey Casemchewing out his son, like for finding
pot in his room or something likethat, but doing it in that style.
Yeah, I get letters, dearCasey, you know the whole thing.
I don't do the impression though,but that's I appreciate the Casey case

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impression. Very well done, thankyou. So. I don't know if
that's going to cause people to votefor you. I don't. I try
and be when I get these politicianson the show. Here, when deb
Fisher's on the show, we'll askher to do her Casey Casem impress.
Okay, I'm not a politician yet, well I know, but you know
you run for the Senate, Yes, sir, it's your politician. Ease,

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okay, right now here? Asan independent and someone who's got a
union background, what do you thinkabout what's been going on this week at
the Republican National Convention. The openingnight of the convention in Milwaukee on Monday
featured union guy after a union guy, including the president of the Teamsters up
there, maybe not all giving afull throated endorsement of Trump, but at

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least saying, you know, maybewe should look at our options here.
What do you think about that?Well, I think it's great because unions
are traditionally nonpartisan. You know,it's we're about the workers and about the
people and fair wages and getting insuranceand so allow you to raise your kids
and a happy, healthy environment.And you know it shouldn't it shouldn't be.

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Well, yeah, it's sounds niceand officially nonpartisan, but you know,
when it comes to democratic races,you get a lot of union groups,
union bosses. Organized labor is alwaysout there with the Democratic Party.
And then the Democratic Party says,and here's a whole bunch of cheap on
union labor coming into the country andour southern border. Yet I've always chastised

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the unions for continuing to vote Democratall the time, So you're independent in
this race here, and obviously theRepublicans have their nominee not a Democrat.
Why not? I don't know,you would have to you'd have to ask
them, But did you want torun as a Democrat? No, I

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haven't been a Democrat since twenty sixteenwhen I changed over to independent, like
a lot of people are doing rightnow. There's over three hundred thousand people
registered nonpartisan in Nebraska because you know, we're just frustrated with this divide,
both parties seemingly catering to their extremes. This is arguably the one hundred and
eighteen Congress is arguably one of themost ineffective congresses that we've ever seen.

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And it's because I believe that politics, you know, I just read and
it totally makes sense that our partiesdidn't even have colors red and blue really
solidified until the year two thousand andit's become this football team mentality almost politics,
and we're seeing it played out.And you know, the corporate agenda

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has got its foothold in our federalpolitics, and that's something that I'm desperately
trying to get out in the openand that's something I want to change.
I'm curious to see how you doin November. I mean, it's thought
that the usual Republican voters are goingto go behind, you know, she
who has enjoyed previous success in elections, the sitting incumbent Republican Senator Deb Fisher.

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And when you say I haven't beena Democrat since twenty sixteen, I
got my problems with that party.Who were Democrats supposed to vote for then?
Because there's no Democrat in this race, which says a lot about the
statewide political ambitions of the Nebraska DemocraticParty. Sure well, I think if
you know people are people are thirstyfor a change, and I would hope

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that they vote for me. AndI hope every Libertarian votes for me.
I hope every Republican votes for me, because what they need to see is,
you know where our money comes from, too, right. I've raised
the last quarter, I almost doubleddeb Fisher's fundraising. We raised over a
million dollars my average donations thirty threedollars. Ninety percent of her money comes

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from corporate super packs. She tookmoney from Facebook, Boeing, Class one
Railroads, and so that's how she'sgoing that's how she's going to vote and
senate. And I want to work. I work for a corporation for a
twenty years, Scott. I wantto work for the people in Nebraska now,
right that because that's the way thethe framers of our constitution say it
up a government for the people andbuy the people. And I feel like

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we've gotten so far away from thatwith the with the amount of money in
politics today. You want to workfor the people in Nebraska to do what
to do their bidding? We're goingyou want to what do you want to
see done? Though, well,what I want to see done. You
got to lead some of the bidding, correct. And so this being a
grassroots campaign has been awesome, rightbecause I'm going out. I've traveled the

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state two three times over now andI do probably four or five events a
day, uh in county after countyand town after town. And I'm hearing
from the people in Nebraska. What'simportant to them. Number One is the
economy. And I think with withthat, government spending is completely out of
control. The Department of Defense hasn'tpassed a single audit ever, you know,

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and there's there's I think without havingthe fact in front of me.
But like seventy trillion dollars of unaccountedfor assets, that's not right. That's
that's uh, that's complete, letelyasinine. That needs to be under control.
As well as all the other departments, we need to go through with
a fine tooth comb to see ifthey need a seven billion dollar budget and
employee sixty five hundred people in someof these departments. I don't know.

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Maybe they do, but I tendto think not. And I'm not saying
slash everything, but I'm saying weneed to take a real look at our
spending because it's it's I mean,we saw in political ninety thousand dollars for
a seven dollar brass bushing. That'sinsane. Nine thousand dollars toilets, that's
real, and that's something that shouldn'tbe happening. Because the federal government does
not make money. They have noway of making money except for taking it

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from mine and yours paycheck, Andso I would be I'm very careful with
how I spend my money, andI think they should be the same.
The second part of inflation is pricegouging. You know, I used two
hundred and fifty dollars. I usedto be able to fill my grocery cart
up full for a family of fivenow and barely skims the bottom. It's

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people are hurting, and you know, I don't think the federal government should
be dictating to come is how theydo their business. But maybe it's something
as simple as having a consumers sittingon a board meetings. So if they're
gonna screw you, at least theygot to do it to your face.
That's interestingly put. I don't that'sa little bit too long to fit on
a bumper sticker. But you canlearn more at Osborne for Senate dot Com

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Osborne no E. Osborne for Senatedot Com. I'm hearing a lot of
that sentiment from people who are Trumpvoters, and I want to get your
take on him and what has happenedhere since the assassination attempt on Saturday.
One more segment with independent candidate forSenate Dan Osborne right here Scott Bories News

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Radio eleven kfab Dan Osborne with USOsborne for Senate dot Com Osborne no E.
Do people think you related to Tom? I get asked that every single
day in my life. I've prettymuch been asked that. Since I was
in second grade, I've only saidyes once and I immediately regretted it.
That was when I was in secondgrade. I learned very quickly to deny
it. Well, yeah, whenyou were in second grade, it was

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more difficult to try and fact checkthese things. Yeah, yeah, definitely.
Well right now, Dan Osborne,you might be related to someone named
Tom. I'm guessing in your Osbornefamily street. There's got to be a
Tom in there somewhere. And Ishould put coach on my signs because I
did coach T ball years ago,Coach Dan Osborne. That's right. It's

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been an interesting week here politically forthe country. On Saturday, President Trump
campaign in Butler County, Pennsylvania,and someone nearly murdered him for that,
took off part of his ear,and since then there's been questions from the
political rhetoric in this country to alot of questions for the Secret Service,

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what the heck are we going todo with all of that? What do
you I mean, surely when yougot the news on Saturday, what were
your thoughts about what was going onwith this situation and how it's played out
in the last few days. It'sa disturbing to say the least, that
you know they're being attempt on anyany anybody's life and political violence. It

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scares me to see to see that, and you know, information is constantly
coming out out about it. Tous, it's difficult to decipher right now.
It raises there's a lot of questionsthat have been raised about how it
even happened, who this guy is, if what his motives are. But
it's a it's unfortunate that it hadto happen. I'm just I'm glad the

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former president's okay, and uh,we're going to be able to move along,
move move, move past this asa country we have to write.
But it's it's definitely it's definitely disturbingto me. Yeah, I mean,
what do you think about the ascertationthat we've just whether it's the political rhetoric
coming from politicians or I'm sure whatyou've been able to see online in our

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interactions with regular Americans on social media. It's pretty ugly out there, isn't
it it is? And right now, you know, I don't focus on
any of that, you know,I do. You know, we talked
about the football team mentality these partiesbeing so divided, catering to their extremes,
and you know they're they're leaving usout. So I want to I

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want to deliver for Nebraskans, andwhoever the president is and vice president is,
I'll be happy to work with whoeverit is to deliver for Nebraskans because
that's that's my focus. What doyou like about Trump? What questions do
you have about I mean, Iassure that any questions you'd have about Trump,
you had a full term to getto know him as what he might
be as president. So what doyou think about him? Good and bad?

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Yeah, I can tell you myfour oh one k has never been
better than when he was in office, you know. But deciphering the truth
can be difficult. There's so muchinformation out there on the internet, twenty
four hour news cycles, so it'sit's difficult as consumers of me to really
figure out and find out what thetruth is. But you know where Donald

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Trump lost me a bit is whenit came out of five star general said
that Donald Trump said, you know, and it's he said, she said
at this point, but I'm gonnatend to believe a five star general that
anybody who died or got caught infour war as a loser and a sucker.
I'm a military guy. I comefrom my whole family's military and that

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hits home in my heart. So, you know, we could argue whether
he said it or not he saidnineteen people said, he didn't say.
He said people were around him.But as he said they said at that
point, Yeah, so it is. You know, there's so much media
out there and it's difficult to deciphertruth anymore. But that's our responsibility to
do. So what about President JoeBiden. President Joe Biden, you know

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I come I come from labor,a rank and file labor, and you
know, I've enjoyed my life withgood wages and good health benefits and I'll
never forget that. And Joe Biden'sbeen arguably one of the most labor friendly
presidents of all time. So that'swhat I'd say about Joe. Well,
you could make the argument that theporous Southern border has brought a lot of

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cheap labor into this country, whichallows workers to do an end around rules
as well as fair wages and compensation, which is what a lot of unions
really support and fight for on aregular basis. How Can you say that
President Biden has been friendly to laborwhen his administration has seen this invasion on
our southern border which has made abig problem for labor workers across this country.

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Yeah, I wouldn't. I wouldn'tput that solely on President Biden.
Look, we had two bipartisan borderbills get shot down. Dev Fisher voted
down both of those. It wouldhave added fifteen hundred border agents to our
ports of entry, more, moresecurity, more money, more technology.

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So you got to ask yourself why, and I think it's because it all
circles back to the dirty money inpolitics. You know, she should be
wearing a Nascar jacket with patches ofher sponsors so we know how she's going
to vote. JBS Tyson are someof those sponsors the big four meat packers
in this state, And those arethe ones benefiting from an influx of undocumented
workers coming up here that they canchoose to exploit and pay a little next

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to nothing, and they continue toenrich themselves. To me, it's pretty
obvious, but I am very interestedin securing those ports of entry. You
said that you outraised deb Fisher inthis last quarter by a nearly two to
one margin, raising over a milliondollars. You said the average donation was
somewhere in the neighborhood of thirty bucksor so. Yes, well, of

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course have to see how that translatesto votes in November. I'm very interested
in this one, Dan, becauseRepublicans have their incumbent candidate. I know
that there are some people that say, ah, I'm not a big fan
of deb Fisher. I wanted herto be stronger on this or weaker on
that or whatever, so they'd beinclined to vote for you. That's not

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going to be anywhere close to amajority of Republicans, and the Democrats don't
have a candidate, so I'm curiousas to how much they'll rally around you.
So with all this in mind,give us your pitch here for why
all these voters, as well asthe legion of independence, libertarians and others
should vote for you in November.Yeah. Well, I think I think
it's you know, it goes backto again, I just want to work

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for the people in Nebraska, andI want to work for corporations. You
know, I believe deb Fisher hasa corporate agenda, and you know it's
nothing personal against Deb. This is. This is just the bottom lines.
I think I can do a betterjob and deliver better for the people in
Nebraska, and that's it. AndI think the independent piece to this is
extremely important because you know, Imade an announcement that angered a lot of

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people that I am not accepting theendorsement from any political party or any political
person for that matter, because Iwant to. I want to being independent
because I think that's how I cantruly delivered for Nebraska is not having a
party boss and not being beholden tocorporations or the bosses. And again,
uh, trying to trying to navigatemy way through the middle. There osbornefir

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Senate dot com O S B OR N no E no U in their
Osborne for Senate dot com Dan Osborne, Independent candidate for Senate taking on deb
Fisher as an independent this November.I'm sure we'll talk to you again before
November. Thanks a lot for stoppingby today. Yeah, thanks for having
me on. Scott