WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:07.160 It's my privilege that Dietta asked me if I would introduce Kendall Qualls, our guest tonight, 00:07.300 --> 00:12.840 running for governor of the state of Minnesota. And Lord knows we need a new one. 00:20.900 --> 00:29.600 Soon I've known Kendall and Sheila now for a few years. And Kendall and I have some regular 00:29.600 --> 00:38.020 breakfasts with each other. We talk, we text. And here's what I want you to know, because most 00:38.020 --> 00:44.660 of you have heard his story, especially if you're part of Word of Life. He's not new to you. 00:45.120 --> 00:59.580 He's been here three or four times. You've heard his coming out of a broken home, which 00:59.580 --> 01:05.580 he was raised in poverty, but I think he would say it was only poverty of finances. It certainly 01:05.580 --> 01:11.180 wasn't poverty of the work ethic and the qualities and the characteristics his parents built into 01:11.180 --> 01:21.520 him. The man has proven through a career in the military, through a career in business, 01:22.120 --> 01:30.640 through his starting a Minnesota nonprofit to rebuild families, particularly in the black 01:30.640 --> 01:35.780 community, which has been decimated by policies that came out of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 01:37.940 --> 01:43.560 Kendall has had tremendous success in all of his endeavors, but the thing that I respect most 01:43.560 --> 01:50.340 is not just the success. It is the Christian character and his dependence upon Christ that 01:50.340 --> 01:56.540 has been so consistent in getting that done. And I believe he would bring that to the office 01:57.100 --> 02:02.340 of Governor of the State of Minnesota. So let's hear from him, your gubernatorial candidate 02:02.340 --> 02:04.040 for tonight, Mr. Kendall-Quals. 02:10.830 --> 02:15.330 Boy, Dale, I love you guys. You and Sue, you guys are wonderful. For those of you 02:15.330 --> 02:19.530 that know me, I usually have a partner with me. My wife, Sheila, she comes with me 02:19.530 --> 02:24.450 everywhere I go. But we're tag teaming tonight. She's up near Duluth. She's at 02:24.450 --> 02:30.430 a convention speaking on my behalf to delegates there. So we're tag teaming. Normally, we're 02:30.430 --> 02:40.870 together. We're like, you know, if you remember the movie Smoky and Abandoned, okay? I look 02:41.690 --> 02:46.170 like Burke Reynolds because I'm only missing the mustache. That's why you can't tell. 02:46.570 --> 02:50.830 And that's Sally Fields up near Duluth. So we're near together. I got the trans 02:50.830 --> 02:56.750 am in the parking lot, and we're just hitting the state all around. Guys, I tell you, I am... 02:56.750 --> 03:02.850 I want to tell you this story. I saw this podcaster in a social media platform. He talked 03:02.850 --> 03:08.190 about the worst place to live in the United States is Minnesota. He had the old Minnesota 03:08.190 --> 03:11.630 flag on it. And, you know, I got upset. Yeah, we're going to do some difficult 03:11.630 --> 03:15.090 times. I'm going to do a social post tomorrow on this. Yeah, we're going to do some 03:15.090 --> 03:20.630 difficult times, but we're wounded, but we're not out. We're not out. And 03:20.630 --> 03:23.990 I got friends that live all over the country, and they say, Kendall, what are you 03:23.990 --> 03:28.190 still doing in Minnesota? And I tell them, because God sends his warriors where 03:28.190 --> 03:32.550 the battles are. Okay? And so that's the fight. I wanted to share that with you 03:32.550 --> 03:36.150 just to let you know my spirit, my heart. Every thing I'm going to say to you is 03:36.150 --> 03:38.650 going to be coming straight from the heart. I have no script. I have nothing. 03:39.130 --> 03:44.150 Okay? But where's Nate? Nate, God bless you. Hey, look, we need to have... I'm a 03:44.150 --> 03:47.490 big proponent of having veterans who serve. They love the country. They 03:47.490 --> 03:51.770 serve the country. They put their lives on the line, right? And there's 03:51.770 --> 03:56.570 something about serving, especially in uniform, and you can't explain it to 03:56.570 --> 04:00.210 people that hasn't. Especially if you've been overseas, you work with people from 04:00.210 --> 04:03.950 all different socioeconomic backgrounds, different ethnic groups, and you all 04:03.950 --> 04:08.590 focusing on one objective. We need to get back to that as a nation. The 04:08.590 --> 04:13.410 Democrats have split us up so bad that we need to get back together as 04:13.410 --> 04:17.650 Americans again, and we're definitely so here in Minnesota. So I'm going to do 04:17.650 --> 04:20.430 three things today. I'm going to share a little bit about my background, just a 04:20.430 --> 04:24.830 quick reminder. Then second, I'm going to talk about how we plan on winning and 04:24.830 --> 04:28.290 why, and then this vision for Minnesota. I'm going to move this out of the way 04:28.290 --> 04:31.850 because I'm going to be going back and forth like crazy. The vision for 04:31.850 --> 04:35.870 Minnesota, the future. What we plan on doing when we win, okay? Because here's 04:35.870 --> 04:40.050 the... here's a scenario. So Dale mentioned, come from the impoverished 04:40.050 --> 04:44.070 background. I live with part of my mom in the inner city of Oklahoma, inner city 04:44.070 --> 04:49.090 of New York City. And then later with my dad in rural Oklahoma. I'm comfortable in 04:49.090 --> 04:53.130 both places in the city as well as Oklahoma. And I had a corporate career. 04:53.250 --> 04:57.770 I worked full-time, paid my way through college, went on active duty, as I 04:57.770 --> 05:02.970 mentioned. Got my first job with Johnson & Johnson & Sales. My first job 05:02.970 --> 05:06.730 was in Dallas, Texas. I wasn't a Christian at the time. And again, I 05:06.730 --> 05:10.230 share this with you because I want you to... here's a scenario. When I got that 05:10.230 --> 05:15.370 first job in Dallas, Texas, Sheila was at home in Oklahoma finishing up her 05:15.370 --> 05:19.450 master's degree. It was... typically we get together on the weekends in Dallas 05:19.450 --> 05:24.510 and meet up until she finishes school. But that time was an ice storm. And one 05:24.510 --> 05:27.990 of her friends, her family friends, invited me to church. I said, your 05:27.990 --> 05:30.870 friend Debbie Thomas just invited me to church. She goes, whatever you do, 05:31.030 --> 05:34.690 don't join. I said, don't worry, I'm not. I believed in God, but I 05:34.690 --> 05:38.730 wasn't looking for God. I wasn't looking for a church. I went anyway because it 05:38.730 --> 05:42.650 was the family friend. It was going to be a one and done thing. But I tell you, 05:42.730 --> 05:47.990 I'm glad I went. It changed my life. Tony Evans was the pastor. I never 05:47.990 --> 05:54.310 heard the Bible taught that way. Not preached, taught. It changed my 05:54.310 --> 05:58.390 life. A year later, I got baptized in that church. And to this very day, I 05:58.390 --> 06:02.590 have the baptism certificate in my file with all of our family birth 06:02.590 --> 06:05.790 certificates. It was that meaningful for me. So over my corporate 06:05.790 --> 06:10.190 career, we've been very fortunate. Max Locato was one of our pastors. In 06:10.190 --> 06:14.530 San Antonio, then this guy named Joel Stoll in Chicago. When we lived in 06:14.530 --> 06:17.670 Chicago, he used to be president of Moody Bible College. We have some 06:17.670 --> 06:21.630 great discipleship along the way. And look, at the end of the day, what 06:21.630 --> 06:27.090 we believe in is truth. And my identity and what we've learned 06:27.090 --> 06:29.830 over there, and Tony Evans would teach this all the time. Look, you 06:29.830 --> 06:32.430 don't identify yourself as a white Christian, black Christian, or 06:32.430 --> 06:36.990 Hispanic Christian. You don't put your identity first before the Son of God. 06:37.990 --> 06:41.550 You know, you're a Christian first and everything else is secondary and 06:41.550 --> 06:47.110 tertiary. So my identity is not my skin color. My identity is first as a 06:47.110 --> 06:51.690 follower of Jesus Christ. Okay. I'm a husband and my father. I'm an 06:51.690 --> 06:55.930 American. And, you know, black and Republican, all that is all down 06:55.930 --> 07:01.330 the list. All of those things come first. Okay. We, what the 07:01.330 --> 07:04.810 culture has done, what our, what our secular culture has done is make 07:04.810 --> 07:09.310 people identify as different sections and parts that we never used to 07:09.310 --> 07:12.710 have in this country. There's no precedence for it whatsoever. And 07:12.710 --> 07:16.250 we want to get that back. So that's, I share this with you so you 07:16.250 --> 07:19.490 guys understand my personal motivation. And at the end of the 07:19.490 --> 07:23.430 day also, as Christians, God expects his people to stand up 07:23.430 --> 07:28.870 against evil. He doesn't expect us to be passive. So I tell 07:28.870 --> 07:33.170 people, look, I'm one of the, think about one of the 12 tribes 07:33.170 --> 07:36.550 when they go into the Promised Land, he's in God's sense, his 12 07:36.550 --> 07:41.370 spies into the Promised Land. I'm like Josh when Caleb, let's go 07:41.370 --> 07:46.210 trust in what God is telling us to do. Notice the 10 that said 07:46.210 --> 07:49.290 no, it's too scary. They're big giants and no, no, no, that 07:49.290 --> 07:52.370 caused the whole Israelites to wander in the desert for 40 years. 07:52.650 --> 07:55.850 We don't know their names. But we know the names of the 07:55.850 --> 08:00.070 men who are courageous, who are believed, who went into the 08:00.070 --> 08:04.170 problem. Josh won Caleb. So that's who we, that's who I'm, I'm 08:04.170 --> 08:07.810 the who I am, who I represent. And what I understand more than 08:07.810 --> 08:12.090 anything else is courage is contagious. And that's what we 08:12.090 --> 08:16.670 need to have. We've been so passive in our state. And as 08:16.670 --> 08:19.690 in our party, that the Democrats have won circles 08:19.690 --> 08:22.090 around us, our schools no longer even represent the 08:22.090 --> 08:24.870 schools we grew up with. They're not teaching anything. 08:25.770 --> 08:30.910 Right? Our kids are 10 year lows in academic performance. They 08:30.910 --> 08:33.910 don't know anything, but their personal pronouns. And I tell 08:33.910 --> 08:38.710 people, look, my personal pronoun is fixed bayonets. And my 08:38.710 --> 08:41.970 my wife says, those are, she's an English major. Those are 08:41.970 --> 08:46.110 not pronouns. I said, well, they identify as pronouns. 08:49.450 --> 08:53.170 So, um, so let me, let me just share. So again, that's, 08:53.210 --> 08:55.230 that's why that's my motivation. Let's, so let's 08:55.230 --> 08:59.650 talk about running. What I'm running for is to save 08:59.650 --> 09:01.790 Minnesota. I'm not running against any of my 09:01.790 --> 09:04.830 competitors. I'm not even running, I'm running to save 09:04.830 --> 09:09.770 the state of Minnesota. Okay, this is, this is at this 09:09.770 --> 09:11.570 juncture. And now we hear it all the time. This is the 09:11.570 --> 09:14.250 most important blah, blah, blah, blah. This is it. Well, 09:14.270 --> 09:17.350 you know, you guys have people, you know, family and 09:17.350 --> 09:19.710 friends that have left the state. We know businesses 09:19.710 --> 09:22.470 that have left the state. If we don't win at this 09:22.470 --> 09:25.630 time, all of those people that have been waiting are 09:25.630 --> 09:27.970 going to leave to have leave and that family leave 09:27.970 --> 09:29.970 back is one of the reasons why it's as well. That is the 09:29.970 --> 09:33.610 worst law that's been passed ever. And they're proud 09:33.610 --> 09:36.650 of it because it's going to run businesses out of the 09:36.650 --> 09:40.730 state. It's the last drop. They can't, it is the 09:40.730 --> 09:44.310 most unsustainable law that we have on the books. So 09:44.310 --> 09:45.590 they're going to leave if we don't win this 09:45.590 --> 09:49.610 thing. And so here's the issue. Not just the 09:49.610 --> 09:54.390 governor's race. We can't change anything if we 09:54.390 --> 09:58.270 don't have the Senate and the House. So look, again, 09:58.530 --> 10:01.330 why I'm sharing this is because God expects his 10:01.330 --> 10:06.530 big, bold visions, not little vision. He is not a 10:06.530 --> 10:09.190 God of small things, big things. And when I say 10:09.190 --> 10:12.050 big things, it's doable. These are doable big 10:12.050 --> 10:13.570 things, but you've got to have a vision for it. 10:14.110 --> 10:16.810 Look, with the Democrats controlling everything in 10:16.810 --> 10:19.270 the state, they control the media, they outspend 10:19.270 --> 10:22.870 as five to one, they control a higher education, K 10:22.870 --> 10:25.470 through 12, but they only have a one-seat advantage 10:25.470 --> 10:31.170 in the Senate. And we're tied in the House. Okay, we 10:31.170 --> 10:34.070 have four Democrats in Washington, D.C. that 10:34.070 --> 10:37.470 represent us in Congress and four Republicans. We 10:37.470 --> 10:42.250 are a centric, centrist, pragmatic state. We're 10:42.250 --> 10:45.590 not Uber Left or Uber Right. And all this is 10:45.590 --> 10:47.750 what I'm, my vision of this, of getting our 10:47.750 --> 10:52.870 first trifecta, since 1969, is to recalibrate that 10:52.870 --> 10:56.450 needle from crazy back to normal. Okay, put it 10:56.450 --> 10:58.350 right in the middle where, you know what, nothing 10:58.350 --> 10:59.850 looking to try to turn Minnesota into Texas. 11:00.210 --> 11:04.410 Now, it's character is centrist state. And what 11:04.410 --> 11:07.330 they've done is just told that, in fact, they're 11:07.330 --> 11:09.650 leaving either, and reason why I believe that we 11:09.650 --> 11:11.430 can accomplish this is because they're leaving 11:11.430 --> 11:14.250 some of the moderate Democrats behind. I call 11:14.250 --> 11:15.770 them the Bill Clinton Democrats, not the 11:15.770 --> 11:19.350 Hillary Clinton Democrats. And the reason I say 11:19.350 --> 11:21.130 that is because they contact me when they hear 11:21.130 --> 11:23.350 me on a podcast. And I say, look, we're going to 11:23.350 --> 11:27.410 get Minneapolis back. Minneapolis used to be the 11:27.410 --> 11:29.850 safest, cleanest city with the best quality of 11:29.850 --> 11:32.130 life of any city in the nation, according to 11:32.130 --> 11:35.930 Forrest Magazine in October 2009. These are not 11:35.930 --> 11:37.990 my comments. These are Forrest Magazine 2009. 11:38.490 --> 11:40.610 That's been its character since ever we all 11:40.610 --> 11:43.290 known it. The only thing that's changed 11:43.290 --> 11:47.190 since that time is the leadership. This is 11:47.190 --> 11:49.350 why leadership matters. We're going to get it 11:49.350 --> 11:50.610 back. Well, it's like, Kendall, you're not running 11:50.610 --> 11:52.330 for mayor. How are you going to get Minneapolis 11:52.330 --> 11:55.670 back? Because it's the governor's job to make 11:55.670 --> 11:57.830 sure the safety of its citizens and the 11:57.830 --> 12:00.110 protection of their property, regardless of where 12:00.110 --> 12:02.950 they live. Walls can be doing this right now, 12:03.050 --> 12:04.550 and he should have been doing it eight years 12:04.550 --> 12:06.750 ago. And how is it going to do that? 12:06.830 --> 12:08.190 What does it look like? Well, I can tell 12:08.190 --> 12:10.470 you this. Good men and women in law 12:10.470 --> 12:12.390 enforcement are not going to put their 12:12.390 --> 12:14.310 lives on the line for the City Council 12:14.310 --> 12:17.490 of Minneapolis or St. Paul. Half of them 12:17.490 --> 12:21.090 are already out of the closet. Socialist 12:21.750 --> 12:24.350 somewhere in Marxist and the City 12:24.350 --> 12:25.950 Councils are both of them. You vote 12:26.670 --> 12:28.550 socialist 90% of the time anyway. 12:29.570 --> 12:30.770 They're not going to put their lives on 12:30.770 --> 12:32.030 the line for a defund the police 12:32.030 --> 12:33.790 city council, but they'll do it at the 12:33.790 --> 12:36.530 state level. We'll hire hundreds of 12:36.530 --> 12:39.070 law enforcement officers, not highway 12:39.070 --> 12:41.170 patrol, hundreds of law enforcement 12:41.170 --> 12:42.910 officers, and we'll deploy them in the 12:42.910 --> 12:45.170 Twin Cities, whether the City Council 12:45.170 --> 12:47.410 wants them there or not. Because it's 12:47.410 --> 12:48.650 the governor's job to ensure the 12:48.650 --> 12:50.210 safety of its citizens, regardless of 12:50.210 --> 12:51.450 where they live. We're going to get 12:51.450 --> 12:54.170 the city back, and it'll take me two 12:54.170 --> 12:56.630 years at most. It'll be sooner, but 12:56.630 --> 13:00.890 I want to overpromise and over 13:00.890 --> 13:03.630 perform. We'll get it sooner. You 13:03.630 --> 13:05.270 know why? Because the citizens want 13:05.270 --> 13:07.910 it. You never hear, again, these 13:07.910 --> 13:09.010 are Bill Clinton Democrats. They 13:09.010 --> 13:11.830 contact me and say, please, we need you 13:11.830 --> 13:12.830 to get elected, because that's 13:12.830 --> 13:14.730 exactly right. Our car has been broken 13:14.730 --> 13:17.530 into twice. Our windows have been 13:17.530 --> 13:19.470 knocked out in our cars, and you 13:19.470 --> 13:20.990 know what they get for it? Their 13:21.510 --> 13:23.490 car insurance has gone up because 13:23.490 --> 13:24.750 the cars have been stolen and they've 13:24.750 --> 13:26.130 been damaged. Guess what insurance 13:26.130 --> 13:29.110 company is going to do? Why? Only 13:29.110 --> 13:30.350 because the leadership has changed. 13:31.050 --> 13:32.450 Not because they're in a more violent 13:32.450 --> 13:34.510 city. It didn't used to be that 13:34.510 --> 13:36.730 way. Not only their insurance has gone 13:36.730 --> 13:37.870 up, the real estate taxes are 13:37.870 --> 13:40.570 going up. So the vision for this, for 13:40.570 --> 13:43.310 me, I want to win not just a governor 13:43.310 --> 13:46.110 seat, I want to win one seat in the 13:46.110 --> 13:48.210 senate, one seat in the house, so we 13:48.210 --> 13:49.450 can make the changes in regulations 13:49.450 --> 13:51.290 and taxes and all of the things that 13:51.290 --> 13:53.190 we need, because my friends, without 13:53.190 --> 13:55.990 winning both chambers, okay, the senate 13:55.990 --> 13:57.790 in the house, we won't be, I won't 13:57.790 --> 14:00.110 be able to do anything. Who wants to 14:00.110 --> 14:01.910 be a captain of a sinking ship? I 14:01.910 --> 14:02.590 said, you know these other 14:02.590 --> 14:03.990 candidates, I'm the only one 14:03.990 --> 14:06.010 speaking like this. Look, some of 14:06.010 --> 14:07.130 these guys just want a job 14:07.130 --> 14:09.090 promotion, I am looking to save the 14:09.090 --> 14:11.770 state. You can't do everything in an 14:11.770 --> 14:14.910 executive order. We have to win and 14:14.910 --> 14:17.830 cast a vision. So let's 14:18.410 --> 14:20.470 cast that vision, okay? We win, we win 14:20.470 --> 14:22.110 the senate, we win the house. Now, what 14:22.110 --> 14:23.330 does it look like? What do we do? 14:24.250 --> 14:25.730 First of all, yes, we're going to 14:25.730 --> 14:27.550 eliminate all the taxes on social 14:27.550 --> 14:29.630 security. Yes, we're going to roll back 14:29.630 --> 14:31.610 taxes, and I have it on my website, 14:32.070 --> 14:33.570 exactly what the personal tax is going 14:33.570 --> 14:35.250 to be, as well as the business 14:35.250 --> 14:37.790 taxes. Significant reductions in 14:37.790 --> 14:41.330 both, okay? But the vision part of 14:41.330 --> 14:42.950 this is also real estate taxes have 14:42.950 --> 14:44.310 gone up. You know the real estate 14:44.310 --> 14:46.290 taxes across the state on average 14:46.290 --> 14:49.290 is 8.1 percent. That's 14:49.290 --> 14:51.570 unsustainable. No one gets... 14:51.570 --> 14:53.450 If you're on social security, 14:53.930 --> 14:56.170 no one gets an increase of 8.1 14:56.170 --> 14:57.330 percent. You might get two or 14:57.330 --> 14:59.930 three percent. Well, the 14:59.930 --> 15:01.970 expenses of living in this state 15:01.970 --> 15:03.090 because of what the Democrats 15:03.090 --> 15:04.310 have set up, the infrastructure 15:04.310 --> 15:06.310 and everything else is exceeding 15:07.090 --> 15:08.690 the growth rate of household 15:08.690 --> 15:10.690 income. How do I know that? 15:11.070 --> 15:12.950 Because the state chamber of 15:12.950 --> 15:14.510 commerce, the Minnesota chamber of 15:14.510 --> 15:17.030 commerce, they ranked the 15:17.030 --> 15:19.390 household income for all 50 states 15:19.390 --> 15:23.590 and we're at number 46 in household 15:23.590 --> 15:26.930 income. We only beat four other 15:26.930 --> 15:28.450 states. In the last 10 years, 15:28.570 --> 15:30.510 this is under the Democrats' 15:30.750 --> 15:31.850 rule. This is not just Tim 15:31.850 --> 15:33.390 Walls, and it's not like Amy 15:33.390 --> 15:34.710 Klobuchar is going to come in and 15:34.710 --> 15:36.550 just make a real... These are all 15:36.550 --> 15:39.590 of her policies. This is the 15:39.590 --> 15:41.210 Democrat platform policies. 15:42.090 --> 15:43.050 Only thing that she's going to 15:43.050 --> 15:43.990 come in is that she's going to be a 15:43.990 --> 15:46.270 familiar face, a familiar... 15:46.270 --> 15:48.350 Better-looking face than 15:48.350 --> 15:50.090 Tim Walls. Same program, 15:50.470 --> 15:52.530 everything else. Same program, 15:52.630 --> 15:55.250 but a different face. And I'm 15:55.250 --> 15:56.110 going to explain why we have the 15:56.110 --> 15:57.490 best opportunity to beat her 15:58.510 --> 16:01.310 because in just a bit. So I also 16:01.310 --> 16:02.550 want to share all the... Yes, 16:02.550 --> 16:03.950 we're going to do the basics. And 16:03.950 --> 16:06.210 obviously, yes, the fraud thing 16:06.210 --> 16:07.350 kills me. This is the easiest 16:07.350 --> 16:09.150 thing to... Look, many of you... 16:09.150 --> 16:09.990 Raise your hand if you own a 16:09.990 --> 16:12.710 business. If you own a business, 16:13.150 --> 16:15.050 we do quarterly reports. You do 16:15.050 --> 16:17.190 your finances every quarter. 16:17.790 --> 16:18.770 You know where the money's 16:18.770 --> 16:19.350 going. You know where the 16:19.350 --> 16:20.590 expense is going. You know if 16:20.590 --> 16:21.690 you got a profit or a loss. 16:22.010 --> 16:22.770 And you know if there's a 16:22.770 --> 16:25.390 leaky bucket. This 16:25.390 --> 16:26.710 embezzlement happens all the 16:26.710 --> 16:28.490 time in a private sector, but 16:28.490 --> 16:31.170 not for 10 years. It may 16:31.170 --> 16:32.630 happen one quarter or two, but 16:32.630 --> 16:34.690 by the second quarter, we know 16:34.690 --> 16:36.570 there's money missing and that 16:36.570 --> 16:37.610 we tracked down that person. 16:37.710 --> 16:39.370 That person is tried for 16:39.370 --> 16:40.970 embezzlement. Obviously, they're 16:40.970 --> 16:42.890 fired, they're arrested, and 16:42.890 --> 16:44.070 that's taken care of. 16:45.210 --> 16:46.750 The issue of this thing has 16:46.750 --> 16:48.010 been going on for 10 years is 16:48.010 --> 16:50.190 nothing but this lousy 16:50.190 --> 16:52.550 leadership, unaccountability. No 16:52.550 --> 16:54.190 one person has been fired for 16:54.190 --> 16:56.950 this, not one. And you know 16:56.950 --> 16:58.130 this business... It's been a 16:58.130 --> 16:59.290 whisper campaign in state 16:59.290 --> 17:00.170 government for a long time. 17:01.410 --> 17:03.010 Our Republican Party knew 17:03.010 --> 17:04.670 about it. No one's raising 17:04.670 --> 17:06.170 the alarm because they don't 17:06.170 --> 17:07.430 want to offend. We're 17:07.430 --> 17:08.870 passive, we're Minnesota nice. 17:09.450 --> 17:10.590 Well, you know those times 17:10.590 --> 17:13.390 are over. Those times are 17:13.390 --> 17:15.370 over. This is not a 17:15.370 --> 17:17.130 surprise to people, and we've 17:17.130 --> 17:18.450 just happened to have a fraud 17:18.450 --> 17:20.970 committee in an election year. 17:21.410 --> 17:22.730 What a coincidence. Hey, look, 17:22.850 --> 17:24.410 I'm just coming out saying it 17:24.410 --> 17:28.190 out loud. It's too 17:28.730 --> 17:29.850 convenient because this has 17:29.850 --> 17:30.850 been going on for a long time 17:30.850 --> 17:31.770 and a lot of people knew about 17:31.770 --> 17:33.670 it. So yes, we're going to do 17:33.670 --> 17:35.490 fraud. But getting rid of fraud 17:35.490 --> 17:36.610 and making you have a 17:36.610 --> 17:38.230 transparent business, that's 17:38.230 --> 17:39.650 not a vision. That stuff 17:39.650 --> 17:40.450 should never happen in the 17:40.450 --> 17:42.110 first place. That's poor 17:42.110 --> 17:43.650 leadership. So what does 17:43.650 --> 17:44.890 that vision look like? So yes, 17:45.090 --> 17:46.330 when I talk about lowering 17:46.330 --> 17:47.270 taxes on all of these 17:47.270 --> 17:48.410 different things, and I'll 17:48.410 --> 17:49.850 answer questions at the end. 17:50.250 --> 17:51.010 But here's some things I 17:51.010 --> 17:51.790 want to share with you 17:51.790 --> 17:52.830 based on my business 17:52.830 --> 17:53.790 background, travel to 17:53.790 --> 17:56.250 country. Over the course 17:56.250 --> 17:57.750 of my career, I hired 17:58.450 --> 18:00.550 895 people. I promoted 18:00.550 --> 18:02.870 78 of them. We have to fire 18:02.870 --> 18:04.770 a few, but over them, I'm 18:04.770 --> 18:05.310 talking about over the 18:05.310 --> 18:07.350 course of my career. Here's 18:07.350 --> 18:09.870 what I can tell you. I got 18:09.870 --> 18:11.390 a chance to launch new 18:11.390 --> 18:13.450 businesses, get involved 18:13.450 --> 18:14.850 in starting turnaround 18:14.850 --> 18:17.050 businesses and as a head 18:17.050 --> 18:17.930 of marketing and sales, 18:18.350 --> 18:19.950 commercial businesses, usually 18:19.950 --> 18:21.230 like what they call, they 18:21.230 --> 18:21.690 don't call it an 18:21.690 --> 18:23.090 entrepreneur. And when 18:23.090 --> 18:23.810 you're doing it in big, 18:23.850 --> 18:25.050 big companies, it's called 18:25.050 --> 18:27.410 entrepreneur. Do the 18:27.410 --> 18:28.550 entrepreneurial stuff 18:28.550 --> 18:29.850 internally, help fix this 18:29.850 --> 18:30.830 out and fix these businesses. 18:31.190 --> 18:32.430 It was fun. I enjoyed it. 18:32.790 --> 18:33.890 I did a startup. I did some 18:33.890 --> 18:34.910 very starters from nothing 18:34.910 --> 18:36.930 to the beginning of things, 18:37.050 --> 18:37.570 all in the healthcare 18:37.570 --> 18:39.250 industry, and up until 18:39.250 --> 18:40.610 six years ago. So why did 18:40.610 --> 18:41.710 I get involved? I got 18:41.710 --> 18:42.330 involved because this 18:42.330 --> 18:43.330 woman called Ilhan Omar. 18:44.310 --> 18:45.410 She inspired me to get 18:45.410 --> 18:46.590 involved in politics. I 18:46.590 --> 18:47.470 couldn't take it. I 18:47.470 --> 18:48.870 called, I contacted the 18:48.870 --> 18:50.190 state party. I said, look 18:50.190 --> 18:52.550 guys, use me. This 18:52.550 --> 18:53.990 woman's dangerous. She's a 18:53.990 --> 18:54.850 federal elected official. 18:54.850 --> 18:55.570 She shouldn't be saying 18:55.570 --> 18:57.510 things like this. I'll 18:57.510 --> 18:58.710 speak in Minneapolis. I'll 18:58.710 --> 18:59.870 speak all over the state. 19:00.890 --> 19:01.790 And so they had me meet 19:01.790 --> 19:02.310 with someone and meet 19:02.310 --> 19:02.950 with someone I met 19:02.950 --> 19:03.970 eventually with people 19:03.970 --> 19:04.850 that said, well, look, 19:04.930 --> 19:05.710 would you consider 19:05.710 --> 19:06.370 running in a third 19:06.370 --> 19:07.930 district? I said, sure, 19:08.010 --> 19:08.890 I run against Ilhan Omar. 19:09.070 --> 19:09.670 And he goes, no, no, no. 19:09.950 --> 19:10.670 She's not in a third 19:10.670 --> 19:11.630 district. You don't 19:11.630 --> 19:12.230 live in her district. 19:12.570 --> 19:13.250 You live in a third 19:13.250 --> 19:14.030 district. We lost 19:15.070 --> 19:16.070 the third district 19:16.070 --> 19:17.410 after 50 years to Dean 19:17.410 --> 19:18.930 Phillips. I said, well, 19:18.930 --> 19:19.410 can I run against 19:19.410 --> 19:20.550 Dean Phillips and Ilhan 19:20.550 --> 19:21.930 Omar? Because I'm 19:21.930 --> 19:22.850 from the Army. We take 19:22.850 --> 19:23.750 ground. We don't see 19:23.750 --> 19:26.490 ground. And to go, no, no, 19:26.490 --> 19:27.130 no, you can only get 19:27.130 --> 19:28.030 someone who gets one. 19:28.290 --> 19:29.050 I don't know why that's 19:29.050 --> 19:30.010 a rule. I mean, look, 19:30.130 --> 19:31.370 if both districts want me, 19:31.690 --> 19:32.590 let's run against both. 19:33.030 --> 19:33.790 Save money. Anyway, 19:34.630 --> 19:36.170 I didn't win. When I 19:36.170 --> 19:37.570 ran, I didn't win. 19:38.390 --> 19:39.450 I lost to Dean Phillips. 19:39.890 --> 19:40.410 It wasn't because 19:40.410 --> 19:41.690 they loved him. They ran 19:41.690 --> 19:42.630 on. He ran on 19:42.630 --> 19:43.670 an anti-Trump wave. 19:44.050 --> 19:44.970 They barely knew his name. 19:46.870 --> 19:48.270 But but here's 19:48.270 --> 19:49.210 what I can tell you. 19:49.410 --> 19:50.270 They came back to me 19:50.270 --> 19:50.790 and said, Kendall, 19:50.930 --> 19:52.450 you did great. I said, 19:52.490 --> 19:52.990 what are you talking 19:52.990 --> 19:53.970 about? I lost. 19:54.470 --> 19:55.050 I hate losing. 19:55.490 --> 19:56.070 He goes, no, no, no, 19:56.070 --> 19:56.650 you don't understand. 19:56.810 --> 19:57.590 You were a first-time 19:57.590 --> 19:58.890 candidate, really no 19:58.890 --> 19:59.430 name recognition. 20:00.330 --> 20:01.770 You were a down-ballot 20:01.770 --> 20:02.850 candidate for Congress. 20:03.850 --> 20:06.010 But you got 5% more votes 20:06.010 --> 20:06.790 than President Trump. 20:07.590 --> 20:09.350 You got 4% more votes 20:09.350 --> 20:10.190 than Jason Lewis, 20:10.330 --> 20:11.230 the senatorial candidate. 20:12.150 --> 20:13.430 I raised $2 million. 20:13.850 --> 20:15.130 I needed about three and a 20:15.130 --> 20:18.190 half. Since that time, 20:18.710 --> 20:19.710 there's been two other 20:19.710 --> 20:21.010 no other candidate 20:21.010 --> 20:22.170 has performed at that 20:22.170 --> 20:23.410 level or raised half 20:23.410 --> 20:24.210 the money I raised. 20:25.010 --> 20:26.510 And I share this with you 20:26.510 --> 20:27.570 why this makes it makes. 20:28.070 --> 20:30.030 If we get 5% to 7% 20:30.030 --> 20:31.070 votes in the metro, 20:31.390 --> 20:32.350 like I did in the third 20:32.350 --> 20:33.130 district, right? 20:34.130 --> 20:35.330 We just bring our normal, 20:35.570 --> 20:36.970 our normal Republican numbers. 20:37.550 --> 20:39.610 If I can get 5% bump, 20:39.930 --> 20:41.450 5% to 7% bump 20:41.450 --> 20:42.850 in the third district, 20:43.410 --> 20:44.210 the fifth district 20:44.210 --> 20:44.890 versus Minneapolis, 20:45.170 --> 20:45.910 the fourth district, 20:45.910 --> 20:48.950 which is St. Paul in East, 20:49.470 --> 20:50.470 around the metro, 20:50.590 --> 20:51.650 if I perform like I did 20:51.650 --> 20:52.670 six years ago, 20:53.190 --> 20:54.070 we're going to win that night. 20:54.630 --> 20:55.850 We're going to win the night. 20:56.390 --> 20:57.770 We have a predicate. 20:58.090 --> 21:00.710 We have a profile 21:01.370 --> 21:02.990 for what winning looks like. 21:03.890 --> 21:04.870 And if I can basically, 21:05.310 --> 21:06.910 we don't need to win the metro 21:06.910 --> 21:10.350 or the luth or Rochester. 21:10.830 --> 21:12.670 We need to get 5% to 7% 21:12.670 --> 21:15.090 more votes in those areas 21:15.090 --> 21:16.150 than we're getting today. 21:16.790 --> 21:18.970 My friends, this is why I'm in it. 21:19.790 --> 21:21.230 This is why I'm in this thing. 21:22.490 --> 21:23.410 I'm in it with this. 21:23.610 --> 21:24.150 So here's the things 21:24.150 --> 21:25.710 that I truly believe in. 21:25.850 --> 21:27.070 I'm a capitalist at heart 21:27.070 --> 21:28.210 because you know what? 21:28.290 --> 21:29.570 It's capitalism of gotten people 21:29.570 --> 21:31.530 out of poverty around the world, 21:31.670 --> 21:32.690 billions of people around the world. 21:32.950 --> 21:33.770 Love capitalism. 21:34.230 --> 21:35.770 But we do a lousy job of selling it. 21:36.430 --> 21:38.330 But it's the government's job 21:38.330 --> 21:40.170 is not to create jobs. 21:40.430 --> 21:40.950 That's your job. 21:41.410 --> 21:42.010 Be an innovator. 21:42.110 --> 21:42.510 Be creator. 21:43.070 --> 21:44.250 Take risk. 21:45.070 --> 21:45.690 Have dreams. 21:46.290 --> 21:47.570 We create the environment 21:48.110 --> 21:48.750 for businesses. 21:49.090 --> 21:50.010 We create the environment 21:50.010 --> 21:50.690 for investment 21:50.690 --> 21:52.330 to for job growth. 21:52.630 --> 21:53.410 But there's some things that 21:53.970 --> 21:54.970 government can do, 21:55.050 --> 21:55.710 like number one, 21:56.370 --> 21:57.490 open up the iron range. 21:58.130 --> 21:58.830 The federal government, 21:59.050 --> 22:01.190 just work with the federal 22:01.190 --> 22:02.030 government to ensure 22:02.030 --> 22:03.930 that we do proper releasing. 22:04.190 --> 22:04.630 But you know what? 22:04.830 --> 22:05.810 It's taking 20 years 22:05.810 --> 22:06.910 to get to permitting right now 22:06.910 --> 22:07.550 because of the state. 22:08.450 --> 22:10.470 There's no country in the world 22:10.470 --> 22:11.770 that can do mining 22:11.770 --> 22:13.330 and making sure we do it 22:13.330 --> 22:14.610 in a clean way 22:15.230 --> 22:16.670 to protect the boundary waters. 22:16.990 --> 22:18.250 No other country can do that 22:18.250 --> 22:19.270 better than the United States. 22:19.270 --> 22:20.930 When people think 22:20.930 --> 22:22.290 we can't do one or the other yet, 22:22.470 --> 22:22.870 you know what? 22:23.070 --> 22:24.050 This is a new world. 22:24.830 --> 22:25.510 Technology's improved. 22:25.690 --> 22:26.370 Everything's improved. 22:27.170 --> 22:28.410 So we can do mining 22:28.410 --> 22:29.490 and that'll create 22:29.490 --> 22:31.110 double the number of jobs 22:31.110 --> 22:32.190 in that area 22:32.190 --> 22:33.450 for a whole new generation 22:33.450 --> 22:34.170 of Minnesotans 22:34.170 --> 22:35.450 that are not even involved 22:35.450 --> 22:36.090 in that industry. 22:36.410 --> 22:37.670 We mine less than 10% 22:37.670 --> 22:38.690 of the minerals in that area 22:38.690 --> 22:40.070 and we import the rest 22:40.070 --> 22:40.510 from China 22:41.170 --> 22:42.810 and the Congo of Africa. 22:43.450 --> 22:44.050 Slave labor. 22:44.190 --> 22:44.850 Child slave labor. 22:45.170 --> 22:45.510 No more. 22:46.250 --> 22:47.290 This is a whole agenda 22:47.290 --> 22:48.190 about Trump's 22:49.410 --> 22:50.490 repopulating our country 22:50.490 --> 22:51.550 with manufacturing jobs 22:51.550 --> 22:52.610 and good paying jobs 22:52.610 --> 22:53.530 like those in the mines. 22:54.550 --> 22:55.690 So one of the things 22:55.690 --> 22:56.230 that I did 22:56.230 --> 22:57.390 when I traveled the country 22:57.390 --> 22:58.330 I noticed in Colorado, 22:58.610 --> 22:59.710 Colorado had a school 22:59.710 --> 23:00.710 of mining and engineering. 23:01.310 --> 23:01.970 I'm going like, 23:02.110 --> 23:02.750 we don't have one. 23:03.330 --> 23:03.630 Okay? 23:03.850 --> 23:04.470 South Dakota has one. 23:04.550 --> 23:05.110 We don't have one. 23:05.350 --> 23:06.170 We don't have a school 23:06.170 --> 23:07.170 of mining and engineering 23:07.170 --> 23:07.910 for the next generation 23:07.910 --> 23:08.750 of Minnesotans 23:08.750 --> 23:09.590 and we're going to put 23:09.590 --> 23:10.290 it in the foothills 23:10.290 --> 23:11.110 of the Iron Range 23:11.110 --> 23:11.730 right in Duluth, 23:11.890 --> 23:12.950 the UMD. 23:13.730 --> 23:15.170 And so that's one. 23:15.490 --> 23:16.510 And then the second one 23:16.510 --> 23:17.590 I want to do, 23:17.590 --> 23:18.830 again, what government can do 23:18.830 --> 23:20.250 is lift the moratorium 23:20.250 --> 23:21.010 on nuclear power. 23:21.750 --> 23:22.230 Okay? 23:22.370 --> 23:22.850 Right now, 23:23.010 --> 23:23.750 we're not going to get there 23:23.750 --> 23:24.430 with wind and solar. 23:25.210 --> 23:25.690 Okay? 23:26.090 --> 23:26.490 That is, 23:26.530 --> 23:26.910 that is, 23:26.950 --> 23:27.630 that is fannish. 23:27.750 --> 23:28.870 That's worse than Disney. 23:29.530 --> 23:29.790 Okay? 23:30.890 --> 23:31.690 And not only that, 23:31.870 --> 23:32.730 it is, 23:34.210 --> 23:35.170 it's counterintuitive. 23:35.430 --> 23:36.690 It costs more 23:36.690 --> 23:37.650 that green 23:37.650 --> 23:39.570 to make those things 23:39.570 --> 23:40.230 than it does 23:40.230 --> 23:41.410 the energy it produces, 23:41.590 --> 23:42.290 especially the, 23:42.290 --> 23:43.710 especially the windmills. 23:44.250 --> 23:45.310 So we're going to lift 23:45.310 --> 23:45.770 the moratorium 23:45.770 --> 23:46.450 on nuclear power 23:46.450 --> 23:47.070 and I want to, 23:47.070 --> 23:47.770 I'm going to petition 23:47.770 --> 23:48.350 the White House 23:48.350 --> 23:49.070 to get a 23:49.070 --> 23:50.010 next generation 23:50.010 --> 23:51.230 nuclear power plant 23:51.230 --> 23:52.230 built here in Minnesota. 23:53.070 --> 23:53.330 Okay? 23:53.490 --> 23:54.590 These are smaller footprints, 23:55.390 --> 23:55.830 safer, 23:56.630 --> 23:57.210 and they produce 23:57.210 --> 23:58.270 twice as much power 23:58.270 --> 23:59.330 as the older generation 23:59.330 --> 24:00.610 nuclear power plants. 24:01.470 --> 24:02.450 It takes eight years 24:02.450 --> 24:02.930 to build those. 24:02.990 --> 24:04.250 That's a lot of construction jobs. 24:04.870 --> 24:05.670 Eight years to build it, 24:05.750 --> 24:06.170 but it's a, 24:06.310 --> 24:06.830 it's one of these 24:06.830 --> 24:08.590 75 year to 100 year 24:08.590 --> 24:10.270 visionary plants 24:10.270 --> 24:11.330 to have the most cheapest 24:11.330 --> 24:12.650 form of energy 24:13.250 --> 24:14.270 in the world 24:14.270 --> 24:15.530 and the safest form. 24:15.950 --> 24:16.450 You know, 24:16.450 --> 24:17.290 there's one thing 24:17.290 --> 24:18.450 that France does well. 24:18.770 --> 24:19.690 No, there's one thing. 24:20.070 --> 24:20.710 They've been doing 24:20.710 --> 24:21.930 nuclear energy 24:21.930 --> 24:22.570 for decades. 24:23.430 --> 24:24.290 70 to 5, 24:24.350 --> 24:26.150 the 80% of that country's power 24:26.150 --> 24:27.410 is generated by nuclear power. 24:28.350 --> 24:28.910 And they've been doing, 24:29.410 --> 24:30.490 they're the one country 24:30.490 --> 24:31.070 in Western Europe 24:31.070 --> 24:31.710 that's not dependent 24:31.710 --> 24:35.190 on Russian natural gas 24:35.930 --> 24:36.810 and oil. 24:37.790 --> 24:38.670 The one country. 24:38.970 --> 24:39.290 Now that's the, 24:39.410 --> 24:39.970 that's the one thing 24:39.970 --> 24:40.390 they do right. 24:40.690 --> 24:41.270 It made me whine, 24:41.490 --> 24:41.730 but then, 24:42.410 --> 24:43.210 but that's it. 24:44.870 --> 24:46.430 But so in the last thing 24:46.430 --> 24:46.950 I'm going to share. 24:47.110 --> 24:47.670 So those two are 24:47.670 --> 24:48.650 big visionary things, right? 24:49.250 --> 24:49.610 School of Mining, 24:49.730 --> 24:50.350 open up the mines 24:51.030 --> 24:52.510 and the nuclear power. 24:52.950 --> 24:53.290 What we can do 24:53.290 --> 24:54.510 in a short order is this. 24:55.370 --> 24:56.930 Look, because of 24:56.930 --> 24:58.850 Democrats policies 24:58.850 --> 24:59.690 and what they've done 24:59.690 --> 25:00.710 over the years 25:00.710 --> 25:01.870 in California, Michigan, 25:02.490 --> 25:03.470 Illinois, New Jersey, 25:03.650 --> 25:04.030 New York, 25:04.430 --> 25:05.590 people were fleeing 25:05.590 --> 25:06.410 those states 25:06.410 --> 25:07.430 and going down 25:07.430 --> 25:07.830 to Texas, 25:08.010 --> 25:08.690 Tennessee and Florida. 25:09.510 --> 25:10.530 No one's going, 25:10.850 --> 25:11.490 no one's going 25:11.490 --> 25:11.910 to Illinois, 25:12.070 --> 25:12.910 Michigan and California. 25:13.110 --> 25:13.650 They're all going 25:13.650 --> 25:14.090 to Tennessee, 25:14.230 --> 25:14.930 Texas and Florida. 25:15.570 --> 25:16.630 Well, here's what I can tell you. 25:17.350 --> 25:18.430 The last place you want 25:18.430 --> 25:19.270 to be in the summer months 25:19.930 --> 25:21.510 is Tennessee, Texas and Florida. 25:22.950 --> 25:24.190 Okay, I've been there 25:24.190 --> 25:25.390 after three months 25:25.390 --> 25:26.430 of 100 degree weather. 25:27.210 --> 25:28.150 That's why I want to 25:28.150 --> 25:29.690 have a huge ad campaign 25:29.690 --> 25:30.990 to make Minnesota 25:30.990 --> 25:32.310 the America's 25:32.310 --> 25:33.390 family destination 25:33.390 --> 25:34.550 vacation spot 25:34.550 --> 25:35.730 for America. 25:36.170 --> 25:37.350 We have the infrastructure 25:37.350 --> 25:38.310 in Greater Minnesota, 25:38.590 --> 25:39.450 all the resorts, 25:39.590 --> 25:40.310 all the fun things 25:40.310 --> 25:40.830 that we have, 25:40.890 --> 25:41.330 our lakes, 25:41.730 --> 25:42.430 our outdoors, 25:42.950 --> 25:43.510 is just incredible. 25:43.650 --> 25:44.250 And by that time 25:44.250 --> 25:45.530 we'll get Minneapolis fixed 25:45.530 --> 25:47.070 to enjoy Minneapolis. 25:47.290 --> 25:48.130 But it is really, 25:48.410 --> 25:49.710 it's really the Greater Minnesota 25:49.710 --> 25:50.210 will benefit 25:50.210 --> 25:50.970 from all the things 25:50.970 --> 25:51.930 that we have up here. 25:51.930 --> 25:52.590 We're going to have up here 25:52.590 --> 25:54.410 because there's got a lot 25:54.410 --> 25:54.970 of people living 25:54.970 --> 25:55.490 in those states 25:55.490 --> 25:57.150 that never used to live there. 25:57.530 --> 25:58.410 And I'm going to tell you 25:58.410 --> 25:59.070 that those summers 25:59.070 --> 25:59.890 get pretty hot. 26:00.170 --> 26:00.970 But up here 26:00.970 --> 26:02.350 is absolutely beautiful. 26:02.830 --> 26:03.550 It is nothing 26:03.550 --> 26:04.810 like having a bonfire 26:04.810 --> 26:06.150 in the summer months, 26:06.290 --> 26:07.090 not by the lake 26:07.090 --> 26:07.850 with your family. 26:08.590 --> 26:09.290 And we're going to 26:09.290 --> 26:10.530 advertise that 26:10.530 --> 26:11.850 and we're going to get 26:11.850 --> 26:12.330 the bounty 26:12.330 --> 26:13.610 of what that looks like 26:13.610 --> 26:14.310 and people are going to see 26:14.310 --> 26:15.330 a very different Minnesota. 26:15.790 --> 26:16.570 In fact, they're going to say, 26:16.650 --> 26:17.430 oh my gosh, 26:17.850 --> 26:19.230 this is not what I anticipated. 26:19.790 --> 26:20.510 This is different. 26:20.730 --> 26:21.110 You know why? 26:21.390 --> 26:22.270 Because I don't know about you. 26:22.710 --> 26:23.830 I'm tired of Ron DeSantis 26:23.830 --> 26:24.770 having all the fun. 26:26.130 --> 26:26.550 Are we going to bring 26:26.550 --> 26:26.930 some liberty, 26:27.110 --> 26:28.330 justice and economic freedom 26:28.330 --> 26:29.050 up here as well? 26:29.430 --> 26:29.690 Now friends, 26:29.830 --> 26:30.710 I'm going to end with this. 26:31.370 --> 26:32.670 It's time to get our swagger back. 26:32.810 --> 26:33.970 I am so tired of playing defense. 26:34.650 --> 26:34.870 You know, 26:34.970 --> 26:35.830 it's time to go on the offense 26:35.830 --> 26:36.730 for a change, right? 26:37.450 --> 26:38.090 And to take that, 26:38.230 --> 26:38.810 we seed ground, 26:39.510 --> 26:40.290 we've been seeding 26:40.290 --> 26:41.050 too much ground. 26:41.550 --> 26:42.410 I'm telling you, 26:42.410 --> 26:43.870 right now, from a football analogy, 26:44.150 --> 26:45.250 there's nothing left back here. 26:45.690 --> 26:46.210 We're all... 26:46.210 --> 26:47.770 Our heels are on the end zone. 26:48.610 --> 26:49.470 We have no... 26:49.470 --> 26:51.010 If we seed this ground, 26:51.090 --> 26:51.590 we're gone. 26:52.310 --> 26:53.390 So I tell people this. 26:53.830 --> 26:54.770 I'm ready to go on the offense. 26:54.990 --> 26:56.070 I've traveled the state. 26:56.250 --> 26:57.350 There's a town up north 26:58.470 --> 26:59.350 called Halleck. 26:59.730 --> 27:00.390 I don't know if you ever know. 27:00.430 --> 27:02.050 It's like 15 miles south 27:02.050 --> 27:02.910 of the Canadian border. 27:03.650 --> 27:04.290 Every summer, 27:04.570 --> 27:05.970 they shut down their downtown. 27:06.250 --> 27:07.010 They got a small downtown. 27:07.190 --> 27:07.950 It's a beautiful place. 27:08.470 --> 27:09.450 And they have a ribfest. 27:10.170 --> 27:10.930 And I was shocked. 27:10.930 --> 27:12.350 I said, a ribfest, really. 27:13.190 --> 27:14.010 And the ribs are pretty good. 27:14.170 --> 27:14.470 They're... 27:14.470 --> 27:15.330 I'm surprised they're good. 27:15.790 --> 27:17.330 I would think maybe a walleye fest. 27:17.670 --> 27:18.290 You're this far north, 27:18.450 --> 27:18.830 you need a... 27:18.830 --> 27:20.070 Maybe a moose fest. 27:20.910 --> 27:22.610 But a ribfest, really? 27:23.570 --> 27:23.890 I said, 27:23.910 --> 27:24.710 you know what we're going to do 27:24.710 --> 27:25.230 when we win? 27:25.470 --> 27:28.290 I'm going to challenge Governor Abbott 27:28.290 --> 27:28.850 and Texas 27:28.850 --> 27:30.290 and they challenge them 27:30.290 --> 27:31.670 in a statewide ribfest. 27:32.030 --> 27:33.010 And we're going to win 27:33.010 --> 27:34.310 and we're going to get our swagger back. 27:34.610 --> 27:36.290 Now, not only are we going to turn Minnesota around, 27:36.330 --> 27:38.470 we're going to have a new agenda. 27:38.890 --> 27:40.450 But we're going to attack on everything. 27:40.930 --> 27:41.790 You know what? 27:41.910 --> 27:42.910 And I'm going to tell Ron to stand. 27:42.990 --> 27:43.450 Just watch out. 27:43.570 --> 27:45.310 I'm going to get your numbers and check. 27:46.170 --> 27:46.390 That's right. 27:46.690 --> 27:48.490 And for everyone that retires down to your state, 27:48.550 --> 27:49.690 I want two of their grandkids. 27:52.330 --> 27:54.450 So guys, guys, I'm telling you, 27:54.550 --> 27:55.310 we can do this, 27:55.530 --> 27:57.210 but we have to be together as a... 27:57.210 --> 27:59.510 Okay, a house divided can't stand. 28:01.430 --> 28:03.010 We need an outsider 28:03.010 --> 28:04.490 that can do these things, 28:04.510 --> 28:05.310 have a vision for this. 28:05.390 --> 28:06.930 We can't do it with a political insider. 28:07.850 --> 28:08.910 So I'm counting on you. 28:08.990 --> 28:09.970 I'm asking for your support. 28:10.590 --> 28:11.590 Let's do this together. 28:12.110 --> 28:13.530 And let's save this state together. 28:13.670 --> 28:14.190 God bless you. 28:14.370 --> 28:14.650 Thank you.