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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome, Welcome, welcome. I'm going right to the phone where
my incredibly important and very busy friend, John Justice from
Twin Cities News Talk is joining me. John, I thoroughly
enjoyed listening to your show this morning as you talked
about your Governor Tim Walls in Minnesota being chosen as
the vice presidential candidate. Is it fair to say you
are not impressed?
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Well? Intro? Where do I get a song like that?
My show?
Speaker 1 (00:25):
A listener made it for me that came from the listener, John, Amazing.
Isn't it awesome? And it's catchy as hell. It'll be
stuck in your head the rest of the day. It's amazing.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
So impressed, boy, that's a tough one to answer. Listen
from a host in Minneapolis standpoint and being able to
talk about all the massive failures of Governor Tim Walls. Sure,
I'm impressed in terms of Kamala Harris and her desire
to be the president choosing Tim Walls. Now that I've
(00:56):
had a few hours to sit on it, I don't
think it was a smart move on her part.
Speaker 1 (01:00):
I gotta tell you this feels like a pick for
the base, and not to say that Minnesota is not important,
but Pennsylvania obviously far more important. A lot of people
are saying, look, Josh Shapiro was a better pick, but
why wasn't he chosen? And I think we both know
the answer that.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
Yeah, I think we both do know the answer to that.
But I do think that there might be something a
little deeper in play relating to Minnesota and how vulnerable
Minnesota might be in the opportunity that Trump has to
change the electoral map. A bit prior to Kamala Harris
being anointed as the nominee, the polls were increasingly getting
(01:38):
tighter here in Minnesota, and you know, there was talk
from Trump that he was going to be spending a
lot of time here. He already came here for a
rally in Duluth, and that was prior to Kamala Hara,
you know, taking over for Biden. So yeah, I think
you know, the reasons why Shapiro wasn't Chos wasn't chosen
are pretty clear. But I also think that this might
(01:59):
be a move to try to tecta state that they
thought was going to be safe and and may not.
I mean, there's a lot of different reasons, but I
think that may have had something to do with it
as well.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
And that's kind of sad for the Democrats because I mean,
correct me if I'm wrong. I don't. I'm not going
to pretend that I know the most about you know,
Minnesota politics. But do they feel like they're losing their
group on the Midwest?
Speaker 2 (02:21):
I you know, I don't think so, not at the
not at the moment. You know, Minnesota is a strange,
a strange state, and the past couple of years, with
the dominance of the Democrats the DFL in the state,
you know, a lot of conservatives have felt incredibly downtrodden
because the state typically you know, was had a divided
(02:41):
government with it and it just hasn't been that way
the past few years. You know, the surrounding states have
kind of maintained their semblance of what they've been for
you know, a long long time, but Minnesota has been
kind of in transition, and there was a lot of
talk that this was the year when we begin to
sort of turn things around. I think the impact for Minnesota,
(03:02):
specifically of her choosing Tim Walls is going to be
much greater than the impact that it will have on
her national campaign to be to be the president.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
Tell me a little bit about Governor Tim Walls, tell
what can we expect. I mean, obviously he's just going
to be the VEEP, so we know that's mostly a
figurehead position, unless they decide to depose Kamala Harris and
just insert him as a candidate. What do we need
to know about your governor?
Speaker 2 (03:29):
He has gn in fannel. I think that's that's who
he aspires to be. He is very, very shifty, and
I think this is one of the reasons why Kamala
Harris chose him specifically. I think it's because he's a
you know, he's he's also a crescent ringe, meaning he's
(03:50):
going to be a useful tool for her. He's very,
very sappy when it comes to the media. He did
the white Dudes for Kamala zoom call the course of
the past week. Now on that Mandy, he got very
aggressive and didn't love a name calling, and he dropped
his socialism is you know, one person's socialism is another
(04:11):
person's neighborly nis nonsense.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
Yeah, that was that was I mean, talk about are
they just rebranding socialism Now it's not socialism, it's neighborliness.
To have the government force your money into someone else's pocket.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
It's a ridiculous way to lay it out. The example
I keep giving, it's like saying, you know, one person's
serial killer is another person's population control.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
I mean, but.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
He he plays it up when he knows he's on
you know, he's in the friendly radical right crowd. But
in the midst of all of it, all of his
auditioning on the national media for this job because he
was jockey and hard for it. You know, he shows
up at our Viking's training camp and he's wearing his
Viking shirt and a ball cap, and when he talks
(04:58):
to local media, he becomes the folks dad, and he
downplays the weird narrative that he was pushing out and
saying he's not trying to be mean. He is very,
very savvy, and I think that's the role that he
is going to play to try to blunt all of
the very real and relevant litany of criticisms of Kamala Harris.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
So, policy wise, where is he on the spectrum? Where
would you place him center, center, left, left, left and
hard left. Where would you put him on that spectrum?
Speaker 2 (05:30):
Where do you put Marxism on that?
Speaker 1 (05:33):
Okay, yes, okay, We're gonna put that on the hard,
hard left.
Speaker 2 (05:36):
So he's a radical. He's an absolute radical. What he's
done in the state, the policies that they have proposed,
you know, some of the most radical abortion rights, you know,
no limitations on relating to what part of the you know,
what part of labor or the term the woman is in.
(05:56):
He's granted rights for minors to undergo you know, gender
transition surgery, and even empowered them to challenge parents in court.
If parents of minor children decide that they want to
go through this but their parents are pushing back against it,
He's enabled them to do that. He's adopted everything but
(06:19):
making Minnesota sanctuary state, driver's licenses for licenses for all
free healthcare, the free meals for children. No, he has
adopted every single radical item that his party, the Democrats
the DFL in this day, have proposed and basically signed
off on all of it. He is not a moderate.
They will try to cast him that way, but he
(06:40):
is not a modern He is absolutely far left.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
See everything you just said, we already have in Colorado.
So you know, you guys have now caught up with us,
and we're out California. In California. Now, so you do
not want to be like Colorado who is out California
in California. So it's good to know. Now I will
remember and I will paint him as a communist if
you do me a And if anybody ever says our
governor Jared Polis is a libertarian, just walk up and
(07:06):
punch him in the face and say that's from Colorado. Okay,
just like, let's just disabuse these notions as much as
we can. John Justice is my guest. He does the
morning show on Twin Cities Talk News Talk in Minneapolis. John,
I appreciate you very much. Man, I gotta take a break.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
That sounds good. Thank you.
Speaker 1 (07:23):
All right, that's John Justice, Thank you so much. Now
we know a little bit more about the hardcore lefty
that VP Kamala Harris has chosen for a ticket
Welcome, Welcome, welcome. I'm going right to the phone where
my incredibly important and very busy friend, John Justice from
Twin Cities News Talk is joining me. John, I thoroughly
enjoyed listening to your show this morning as you talked
about your Governor Tim Walls in Minnesota being chosen as
the vice presidential candidate. Is it fair to say you
are not impressed?
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Well? Intro? Where do I get a song like that?
My show?
Speaker 1 (00:25):
A listener made it for me that came from the listener, John, Amazing.
Isn't it awesome? And it's catchy as hell. It'll be
stuck in your head the rest of the day. It's amazing.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
So impressed, boy, that's a tough one to answer. Listen
from a host in Minneapolis standpoint and being able to
talk about all the massive failures of Governor Tim Walls. Sure,
I'm impressed in terms of Kamala Harris and her desire
to be the president choosing Tim Walls. Now that I've
(00:56):
had a few hours to sit on it, I don't
think it was a smart move on her part.
Speaker 1 (01:00):
I gotta tell you this feels like a pick for
the base, and not to say that Minnesota is not important,
but Pennsylvania obviously far more important. A lot of people
are saying, look, Josh Shapiro was a better pick, but
why wasn't he chosen? And I think we both know
the answer that.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
Yeah, I think we both do know the answer to that.
But I do think that there might be something a
little deeper in play relating to Minnesota and how vulnerable
Minnesota might be in the opportunity that Trump has to
change the electoral map. A bit prior to Kamala Harris
being anointed as the nominee, the polls were increasingly getting
(01:38):
tighter here in Minnesota, and you know, there was talk
from Trump that he was going to be spending a
lot of time here. He already came here for a
rally in Duluth, and that was prior to Kamala Hara,
you know, taking over for Biden. So yeah, I think
you know, the reasons why Shapiro wasn't Chos wasn't chosen
are pretty clear. But I also think that this might
(01:59):
be a move to try to tecta state that they
thought was going to be safe and and may not.
I mean, there's a lot of different reasons, but I
think that may have had something to do with it
as well.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
And that's kind of sad for the Democrats because I mean,
correct me if I'm wrong. I don't. I'm not going
to pretend that I know the most about you know,
Minnesota politics. But do they feel like they're losing their
group on the Midwest?
Speaker 2 (02:21):
I you know, I don't think so, not at the
not at the moment. You know, Minnesota is a strange,
a strange state, and the past couple of years, with
the dominance of the Democrats the DFL in the state,
you know, a lot of conservatives have felt incredibly downtrodden
because the state typically you know, was had a divided
(02:41):
government with it and it just hasn't been that way
the past few years. You know, the surrounding states have
kind of maintained their semblance of what they've been for
you know, a long long time, but Minnesota has been
kind of in transition, and there was a lot of
talk that this was the year when we begin to
sort of turn things around. I think the impact for Minnesota,
(03:02):
specifically of her choosing Tim Walls is going to be
much greater than the impact that it will have on
her national campaign to be to be the president.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
Tell me a little bit about Governor Tim Walls, tell
what can we expect. I mean, obviously he's just going
to be the VEEP, so we know that's mostly a
figurehead position, unless they decide to depose Kamala Harris and
just insert him as a candidate. What do we need
to know about your governor?
Speaker 2 (03:29):
He has gn in fannel. I think that's that's who
he aspires to be. He is very, very shifty, and
I think this is one of the reasons why Kamala
Harris chose him specifically. I think it's because he's a
you know, he's he's also a crescent ringe, meaning he's
(03:50):
going to be a useful tool for her. He's very,
very sappy when it comes to the media. He did
the white Dudes for Kamala zoom call the course of
the past week. Now on that Mandy, he got very
aggressive and didn't love a name calling, and he dropped
his socialism is you know, one person's socialism is another
(04:11):
person's neighborly nis nonsense.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
Yeah, that was that was I mean, talk about are
they just rebranding socialism Now it's not socialism, it's neighborliness.
To have the government force your money into someone else's pocket.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
It's a ridiculous way to lay it out. The example
I keep giving, it's like saying, you know, one person's
serial killer is another person's population control.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
I mean, but.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
He he plays it up when he knows he's on
you know, he's in the friendly radical right crowd. But
in the midst of all of it, all of his
auditioning on the national media for this job because he
was jockey and hard for it. You know, he shows
up at our Viking's training camp and he's wearing his
Viking shirt and a ball cap, and when he talks
(04:58):
to local media, he becomes the folks dad, and he
downplays the weird narrative that he was pushing out and
saying he's not trying to be mean. He is very,
very savvy, and I think that's the role that he
is going to play to try to blunt all of
the very real and relevant litany of criticisms of Kamala Harris.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
So, policy wise, where is he on the spectrum? Where
would you place him center, center, left, left, left and
hard left. Where would you put him on that spectrum?
Speaker 2 (05:30):
Where do you put Marxism on that?
Speaker 1 (05:33):
Okay, yes, okay, We're gonna put that on the hard,
hard left.
Speaker 2 (05:36):
So he's a radical. He's an absolute radical. What he's
done in the state, the policies that they have proposed,
you know, some of the most radical abortion rights, you know,
no limitations on relating to what part of the you know,
what part of labor or the term the woman is in.
(05:56):
He's granted rights for minors to undergo you know, gender
transition surgery, and even empowered them to challenge parents in court.
If parents of minor children decide that they want to
go through this but their parents are pushing back against it,
He's enabled them to do that. He's adopted everything but
(06:19):
making Minnesota sanctuary state, driver's licenses for licenses for all
free healthcare, the free meals for children. No, he has
adopted every single radical item that his party, the Democrats
the DFL in this day, have proposed and basically signed
off on all of it. He is not a moderate.
They will try to cast him that way, but he
(06:40):
is not a modern He is absolutely far left.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
See everything you just said, we already have in Colorado.
So you know, you guys have now caught up with us,
and we're out California. In California. Now, so you do
not want to be like Colorado who is out California
in California. So it's good to know. Now I will
remember and I will paint him as a communist if
you do me a And if anybody ever says our
governor Jared Polis is a libertarian, just walk up and
(07:06):
punch him in the face and say that's from Colorado. Okay,
just like, let's just disabuse these notions as much as
we can. John Justice is my guest. He does the
morning show on Twin Cities Talk News Talk in Minneapolis. John,
I appreciate you very much. Man, I gotta take a break.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
That sounds good. Thank you.
Speaker 1 (07:23):
All right, that's John Justice, Thank you so much. Now
we know a little bit more about the hardcore lefty
that VP Kamala Harris has chosen for a ticket
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