WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:02.600 All right, we're going to give you a couple rules for the road here. 00:03.880 --> 00:08.240 We have a couple people going to be roaming with mics, so if you have a question, 00:08.580 --> 00:13.140 raise your hand, and they'll come to you so that everybody can not only hear you, 00:13.340 --> 00:15.580 but we can get the question on recording also. 00:17.080 --> 00:20.480 So yes, raise your hand, don't just blurt out your questions, we want to be able 00:20.480 --> 00:26.100 to get them recorded. Number two, one question per person 00:27.120 --> 00:31.240 to begin with. Once everybody has had a chance to ask a question, 00:32.140 --> 00:35.520 if we still have time, then you can come back with a second or third or whatever. 00:35.900 --> 00:38.960 So make your first question the best question you want to ask, 00:39.600 --> 00:42.920 because it might be the only one for the evening, then again there might be 00:42.920 --> 00:47.460 chance for more. Number three, in order to facilitate more questions, 00:48.440 --> 00:51.540 don't give us a five-minute backstory to your question. 00:52.480 --> 00:57.120 You know, sometimes a little bit of dialogue is needed to kind of set the 00:57.120 --> 01:02.200 scene, but we don't care what you had for supper at Thanksgiving when you were 01:02.200 --> 01:06.560 watching TV, and this took place, and you build it forward. 01:07.040 --> 01:11.340 So try to keep it short so we can have more questions done. 01:11.960 --> 01:17.840 And also this crowd feels pretty good, I don't think it'll be an issue, 01:17.840 --> 01:22.440 but let's keep the... in case you get riled up about something, 01:22.660 --> 01:29.300 angry, let's keep the attitudes calm, because we want to all be civil here, 01:30.800 --> 01:34.980 right? And the meetings go much better if we stay calm and relaxed. 01:35.500 --> 01:40.260 So I will moderate that way if someone gets a little bit feisty. 01:40.980 --> 01:43.280 These guys don't have to deal with it, I'll take care of it. 01:44.880 --> 01:47.940 So hopefully it just stays all nice, calm, and even. 01:48.620 --> 01:54.700 If you have a question directed for any particular one or both, just state that at 01:54.700 --> 01:58.300 the beginning so we know who you're talking to, and we'll go from there. 01:58.520 --> 02:00.900 So let's start in. Anybody have a question? 02:01.020 --> 02:02.520 Right up front here, first hand up. 02:04.240 --> 02:05.000 Snooze, you lose. 02:06.060 --> 02:07.180 It's questions for Nate. 02:07.700 --> 02:10.840 Nate, thank you, you did a good job helping us understand 02:11.440 --> 02:16.400 the role of the state auditor and handling city council local sorts of deals. 02:16.940 --> 02:20.260 What's still not clear, at least not my mind, and I've been running around the 02:20.260 --> 02:27.120 Capitol for a decade, is who chooses the legislative auditor, what do they really do, 02:27.700 --> 02:31.660 and which of the sides really is more responsible for the fraud we're finding out? 02:31.880 --> 02:33.140 How does that all play together? 02:33.960 --> 02:35.480 Yeah, I appreciate you asking that. 02:35.800 --> 02:38.980 So the legislative auditor is in a pointed position by the 02:38.980 --> 02:43.980 legislative audit commission, and they report directly to the legislature. 02:45.100 --> 02:50.660 And so one of the issues and complaints I hear about most often is, well, 02:51.000 --> 02:54.680 when you have a certain party that's in control of the legislature, 02:55.420 --> 03:02.340 well, then they control who the legislative auditor investigates or doesn't. 03:03.140 --> 03:07.320 Or doesn't is always the part was the asterisk, right? 03:07.320 --> 03:11.240 And so that's why we see such... 03:14.020 --> 03:18.200 We've seen a lot of quietness coming from that side over the years, 03:18.380 --> 03:21.100 while reports are finally starting to come out. 03:21.240 --> 03:25.500 They also didn't really kind of have a choice because now it's full public knowledge. 03:26.060 --> 03:33.100 So you had another part of your question as far as the fraud, right? 03:36.930 --> 03:40.630 Yeah, so what's the number up to? 03:41.030 --> 03:45.070 It changes every day, like 19 billion estimated now on the high end. 03:46.050 --> 03:50.410 A lot of that is solely in the legislative auditor's purview 03:51.170 --> 03:55.150 by having the oversight of the state agencies and state programs. 03:55.990 --> 04:03.050 Now, if a complaint is received at the local level to the office of the state auditor, 04:03.050 --> 04:10.150 and they start pulling on that thread and it crosses into state programs and state agencies, 04:10.830 --> 04:16.570 they ought to be and they can be pulling the legislative auditor into that investigation. 04:17.430 --> 04:22.130 And so that's kind of what we have an issue of is the fragmentation of our auditing apparatus 04:22.130 --> 04:25.550 as a whole. Everybody's off kind of doing their own little thing. 04:26.110 --> 04:28.470 Nobody's really getting together to collaborate on anything. 04:29.590 --> 04:35.850 So if I can add on to this, I'm not running for the auditor's name, but this is classic leadership. 04:36.430 --> 04:41.130 Each one of those commissioners, their jobs is to make sure that the money is not being misused. 04:42.250 --> 04:47.150 You know, the auditor is the safety valve, the responsibilities with the leaders in each 04:47.150 --> 04:50.870 one of these organizations. If you got something going wrong in your organization, 04:51.030 --> 04:56.470 that's your leadership job as a commissioner that reports into the governor that that's 04:56.470 --> 05:00.230 something out of whack. So am I in my line there? Okay. 05:00.530 --> 05:07.230 All right. Any questions on this side? Right back there. Who's got the mic? There you go. 05:10.080 --> 05:17.380 I got a question for each one of you, Nate George. Who audits the voter rolls locally? 05:18.440 --> 05:23.940 And I know you can't do it on the top level, but who audits the voter rolls? 05:24.800 --> 05:31.100 So that would deal with the Secretary of State when it comes to elections and when it comes to 05:31.100 --> 05:37.020 complaints at the county level, then whoever's in charge of your elections in the county. 05:37.140 --> 05:40.480 And you audit the local level government too, right? 05:40.840 --> 05:44.660 Finances. Not elections. Right, but finances too. 05:44.880 --> 05:51.600 Correct. And Kendall, who backs you for campaign contributions? Is it 05:52.440 --> 05:59.760 do you get NGOs or is it corporations? Well, yeah, happy to answer that question. 06:00.000 --> 06:04.820 So I'm the only candidate that has donations from every 87 counties of the state. 06:06.100 --> 06:10.440 We have zero and I don't ask for it, don't want it, but no one's offered. 06:10.880 --> 06:15.540 And I wouldn't take it. I have no PAC money or lobbyist money. 06:15.540 --> 06:20.220 Okay, that's... There's other candidates that do. We do not. 06:20.900 --> 06:27.500 And we raised the most in last year in 2025. We raised the most in any other candidate 06:27.500 --> 06:31.480 and it's all been funds from local citizens grassroots. 06:31.880 --> 06:34.200 I'll have to clear that up on Roxanne Cowes then. 06:34.840 --> 06:38.440 All right. I would just say same in my case too. 06:38.440 --> 06:46.660 When you see campaign reports, be very mindful of the context of those reports. 06:47.220 --> 06:50.280 Some of them might have a lot of money compared to another candidate, 06:50.440 --> 06:52.060 but look where that money's coming from. 06:53.560 --> 06:55.700 That's right. It's all public information. 06:57.260 --> 07:02.280 I have a question for both. I mean, I'm sorry. I have a question for each one of you 07:02.280 --> 07:04.220 differently and I'll state both of the questions. 07:05.900 --> 07:08.820 My first question for Nate is more of a clarification. 07:09.760 --> 07:13.740 If you are elected, you'll be part of the executive board, correct? 07:14.420 --> 07:15.540 Executive council, yep. 07:15.920 --> 07:19.980 In order for the governor to make mandates and such, 07:20.220 --> 07:23.920 he has to have the vote of the executive board? 07:25.100 --> 07:26.880 That's absolutely correct. Yeah. 07:26.920 --> 07:29.480 And for those of you who don't know, the executive council is the mechanism 07:29.480 --> 07:32.400 that was put in the place to keep the governor in check. 07:33.940 --> 07:35.440 Yeah, that's been working really well. 07:37.820 --> 07:41.840 And so anytime the governor wants to implement an executive order, 07:42.320 --> 07:47.340 it actually gets voted on by the executive council first and they yay or nay it. 07:47.980 --> 07:53.920 And so everything... the executive council, which is made up of all the constitutional 07:53.920 --> 07:59.400 offices, so your AG, your secretary of state, and your auditor, and lieutenant governor, 08:00.180 --> 08:03.460 they're all complicit in the decisions that the governor makes. 08:04.380 --> 08:06.460 My second question is for Kendall. 08:06.780 --> 08:10.260 And my understanding is, is you've been talking to a lot of the farmers 08:10.260 --> 08:17.440 and you've been talking about a relocation of a possibility of relocating the educational... 08:18.820 --> 08:21.760 Yeah, yep. I'll let you continue. 08:21.760 --> 08:24.000 Yeah, so good question. 08:25.040 --> 08:28.720 I could have stayed up there for another half hour to talk about all the things we're going to do. 08:29.380 --> 08:33.660 But you know what? At this point of our state, we need radical transformation. 08:34.160 --> 08:34.320 Yeah. 08:34.680 --> 08:37.380 And we can't keep doing the same things we've been doing over and over again. 08:37.480 --> 08:40.420 No organization does that, except if you're a blockbuster 08:41.020 --> 08:42.040 and then you go into bankruptcy. 08:42.500 --> 08:44.400 Right? I don't want to go into bankruptcy. 08:44.600 --> 08:45.500 I don't want our state to do that. 08:45.840 --> 08:50.360 So she was asking specifically about Department of Agriculture. 08:50.360 --> 08:52.940 So one of the things I've talked about, not just with the Department of Ag, 08:53.020 --> 08:55.780 this goes with the DNR as well, Department of Natural Resource. 08:58.600 --> 09:01.920 Our agribusiness in this state is $26 billion a year. 09:02.640 --> 09:05.900 It's the third, second or third largest industry any given year. 09:06.320 --> 09:07.980 And they treat it like second-class citizens. 09:09.040 --> 09:12.140 Not only is it a way of life, but it's their business. 09:12.940 --> 09:16.040 And the permitting, the regulations, all of these things 09:16.040 --> 09:21.100 are causing them to work harder for the same amount of money. 09:21.480 --> 09:23.580 And it's eating into their margins and everything else. 09:23.620 --> 09:24.260 It is terrible. 09:25.460 --> 09:29.040 And I come from the business world, from sales and marketing. 09:29.500 --> 09:30.740 And you know what, from my perspective? 09:31.420 --> 09:35.140 When you're closer to the customer, you get better customer service. 09:35.280 --> 09:36.600 You get better results and better ideas. 09:37.900 --> 09:40.620 I want to move that Department of Agriculture out of St. Paul 09:40.620 --> 09:42.520 and move it to someplace like Wilmer. 09:43.580 --> 09:47.800 And by doing that, what you wound up doing is, well, guess what? 09:47.900 --> 09:51.800 Some of those people that are in St. Paul, who've never worked in agriculture, 09:52.940 --> 09:54.260 may not want to move to Wilmer. 09:55.080 --> 09:56.080 And that's a good thing. 09:57.240 --> 10:03.300 Because we'll hire the people that know ag and want to be more responsive. 10:03.460 --> 10:05.140 Same thing with the Department of Natural Resource. 10:05.360 --> 10:06.820 I'm looking at moving it to like Bemidji. 10:08.120 --> 10:10.120 It is starting to shake things up. 10:10.500 --> 10:11.860 So, thank you for the question. 10:12.560 --> 10:14.580 Anybody in the center section, right up front here. 10:15.020 --> 10:16.240 Got the hand up first. 10:16.560 --> 10:19.920 And my question is, what are we doing for our youth? 10:20.580 --> 10:22.560 You know, for those that have to leave their home 10:22.560 --> 10:23.600 because they've been in trouble. 10:24.200 --> 10:26.440 I worked for many years with youth in trouble, 10:26.440 --> 10:28.380 but there's no place to go with them, 10:28.480 --> 10:31.360 except for chemical dependency types of things. 10:31.600 --> 10:33.240 And I worked with St. Frank camps. 10:33.600 --> 10:35.220 It was a Wilder Foundation program. 10:35.740 --> 10:37.340 I'm just wondering what happened to Wilder 10:37.340 --> 10:39.940 because it's not available anymore. 10:40.240 --> 10:42.260 You know, they had both the girls and the boys. 10:43.160 --> 10:45.160 Camp that was a 90-day program. 10:45.360 --> 10:47.840 And we just don't have programs in Minnesota like that. 10:47.940 --> 10:49.780 Have you done any thinking about that? 10:50.040 --> 10:52.240 Or what might happen in the future? 10:52.600 --> 10:54.260 So, here's a sad fact. 10:54.500 --> 10:55.840 And I say this as a fact. 10:56.600 --> 11:00.840 You know, when I came out of the 70s, 80s, 11:01.880 --> 11:04.740 with a broken home, in both cases, 11:05.100 --> 11:07.560 worked full-time, paid my way through calls, 11:07.680 --> 11:08.420 all those different things. 11:08.560 --> 11:10.340 I went to different camps and all those things. 11:10.700 --> 11:12.260 I could not have gotten out of poverty 11:12.260 --> 11:13.160 in today's Minnesota. 11:13.920 --> 11:14.940 I would have been stuck. 11:15.280 --> 11:16.420 I would have been one of the statistics. 11:17.040 --> 11:17.640 And I have a heart. 11:18.980 --> 11:22.720 I've mentored for a Minnesota adult and teen challenge. 11:23.340 --> 11:24.980 I'm on the board for Hope Farm School. 11:25.620 --> 11:27.400 This is a boarding school. 11:27.800 --> 11:29.560 These kids have never gotten in trouble yet. 11:30.000 --> 11:31.200 It's their last chance. 11:31.740 --> 11:34.740 And it's a 400-acre working farm 11:34.740 --> 11:37.260 where these kids take care of cows, chickens, everything. 11:38.140 --> 11:39.440 This is the coolest thing. 11:39.680 --> 11:41.220 I'm going like, man, I wish I would have went to high school here. 11:41.780 --> 11:44.520 And they have a bee farm and everything. 11:45.040 --> 11:50.720 And not only do they raise these crops and the livestock, 11:51.280 --> 11:52.080 they sell them. 11:52.240 --> 11:54.540 So they see the full cycle of farming 11:54.540 --> 11:56.320 to the economic component as well. 11:57.060 --> 11:58.620 And so I'm on the board of that. 11:58.740 --> 12:00.660 My son graduated high school there 12:00.660 --> 12:03.680 because he was a peer leader amongst those group of boys. 12:04.400 --> 12:07.660 So we believe in these things. 12:08.000 --> 12:09.820 And so to answer your question, 12:09.820 --> 12:11.980 we plan on doing a lot of things differently. 12:12.380 --> 12:13.280 I mean a lot. 12:13.440 --> 12:17.720 So example, returning vocational education back into high schools. 12:18.540 --> 12:18.940 Okay? 12:19.420 --> 12:20.400 They never should have left. 12:21.400 --> 12:22.980 And I'm giving the example of a program 12:22.980 --> 12:25.080 that has been working in other states that we're going to do here. 12:25.240 --> 12:27.620 Look, all of our states, our 50 states are laboratories 12:27.620 --> 12:29.160 for ideas and innovation. 12:29.920 --> 12:31.220 And one of the things we're going to do, 12:31.400 --> 12:32.540 what they've done in other states, 12:33.000 --> 12:35.880 is that we partner with contractors. 12:36.020 --> 12:38.340 So this is a public-private partnership 12:38.340 --> 12:41.100 where we partner with contractors. 12:41.600 --> 12:44.680 We take over like an old, dilapidated home 12:44.680 --> 12:47.220 in a neighborhood that's kind of seen as better days. 12:47.940 --> 12:49.000 We purchase that home. 12:49.200 --> 12:51.560 We let the kids work with the contractors. 12:52.020 --> 12:53.280 We do the roofing, do the tiling, 12:53.520 --> 12:55.640 the plumbing, the electrician, all of that stuff. 12:56.180 --> 12:58.080 Well, from the 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 12:58.480 --> 13:01.880 now they're certified in the trades 13:01.880 --> 13:05.840 to get a job where they can get middle-class wages. 13:06.400 --> 13:08.500 And after six months of being in that job, 13:09.080 --> 13:10.920 and they've shown that they have the work ethic 13:10.920 --> 13:12.720 to be there and be dependable, 13:13.160 --> 13:15.280 they can get low-interest loans to buy the home 13:15.280 --> 13:17.140 that they've been renovating for the last three years. 13:17.820 --> 13:18.580 Isn't that cool? 13:19.720 --> 13:22.280 So in one area, Birmingham, Alabama, 13:22.720 --> 13:25.640 they actually have finished one complete neighborhood 13:25.640 --> 13:26.920 and they're moving to the second one. 13:27.200 --> 13:29.200 That's something for the inter-core, urban core, 13:29.340 --> 13:30.340 but also rural Minnesota. 13:31.140 --> 13:33.600 Our kids in greater Minnesota need the same thing. 13:34.540 --> 13:35.480 Boys and girls. 13:35.840 --> 13:37.080 So those are the things we're looking at doing, 13:37.560 --> 13:39.280 not just having fun and keeping out of trouble, 13:39.360 --> 13:42.300 but give them a sense of pride of something 13:42.300 --> 13:43.460 they can take into adulthood. 13:44.980 --> 13:46.080 You want to speak into it? 13:48.200 --> 13:51.300 Yeah, I think I can offer just a little bit of insight 13:51.300 --> 13:52.620 from an auditor perspective. 13:52.860 --> 13:54.220 I think when it comes to the question 13:54.220 --> 13:55.760 of what happened to those programs, 13:56.440 --> 13:58.720 I think the answer is pretty similar 13:58.720 --> 14:00.500 to what happened to a lot of programs 14:00.500 --> 14:03.340 that we're finding is just they then 14:03.340 --> 14:05.480 fraud it into non-existence. 14:05.740 --> 14:08.020 And so that's something that the state auditor 14:08.020 --> 14:11.960 could help with the governor in acting his vision 14:12.920 --> 14:15.620 by making sure that there's oversight of those programs 14:15.620 --> 14:21.560 so that they stay solvent and they don't disappear 14:21.560 --> 14:25.780 because of misuse or fraudulent use of those funds. 14:26.260 --> 14:27.900 Excellent. Anybody over here? 14:28.880 --> 14:30.640 We'll just go section to section. 14:31.360 --> 14:33.660 And I'm a registered public health nurse 14:33.660 --> 14:36.240 and I'm also the mother of a 27-year-old young man 14:36.240 --> 14:38.480 who lives with an autism spectrum disorder. 14:39.160 --> 14:42.020 My question is, how will you as governor 14:42.020 --> 14:44.580 empower the people that have the boots on the ground, 14:44.780 --> 14:47.820 that have lived experience when we come to committees, 14:48.000 --> 14:49.280 we want our voices heard? 14:49.700 --> 14:51.480 I've been a part of local committees, 14:51.720 --> 14:53.540 the special education advisory committee. 14:54.060 --> 14:55.480 Most recently, I've been on the waiver 14:55.480 --> 14:56.920 reimagined advisory committee 14:56.920 --> 14:57.840 for the state of Minnesota. 14:58.430 --> 15:00.980 And I can tell you, they may hear us, 15:01.060 --> 15:03.260 but they do not implement our feedback. 15:03.840 --> 15:05.820 And for people who have lived experience, 15:06.040 --> 15:07.820 we know how money can be saved. 15:08.440 --> 15:10.040 What's really concerning is 15:10.040 --> 15:11.880 waiver reimagined is going to move forward, 15:12.000 --> 15:13.540 even though we had three years of the committee, 15:14.140 --> 15:16.820 the Department of Human Services 15:16.820 --> 15:19.980 is going to bring the proposal to CMS in March, 15:20.300 --> 15:22.340 even though they didn't use any of our feedback. 15:23.720 --> 15:25.220 As people, we want to be involved, 15:25.220 --> 15:27.980 but how can you get that power down to the people 15:27.980 --> 15:30.700 to make our voices not just heard, but implemented? 15:31.120 --> 15:32.480 Yeah, well, and guys, 15:33.040 --> 15:36.180 I want you to know what type of Republican I am. 15:36.220 --> 15:37.580 I'm a constitutional Republican. 15:38.280 --> 15:39.380 And what that means is, 15:39.680 --> 15:42.200 is that power is shifted down locally, 15:43.080 --> 15:44.700 the committees and actually to the people, 15:44.980 --> 15:48.320 not to committees, not self-appointed. 15:49.460 --> 15:51.980 Right now, we have so many committees in this state 15:52.500 --> 15:54.540 that it doesn't matter where the legislators passed, 15:54.540 --> 15:56.620 I mean, literally the tail was wagging the dog 15:56.620 --> 15:57.960 in a lot of cases, right? 15:58.920 --> 16:01.100 And so what I want to be able to do, again, 16:01.180 --> 16:04.960 like as I mentioned, we are a state of 50 laboratories, 16:05.220 --> 16:06.340 50 innovative laboratories. 16:06.700 --> 16:08.380 And one of these things is health, 16:08.520 --> 16:09.700 we're going to implement healthcare, 16:10.380 --> 16:11.640 traditional healthcare as we know it, 16:11.700 --> 16:14.040 but also mental, we have a huge mental health problem 16:14.040 --> 16:14.660 in our country. 16:15.300 --> 16:17.400 And the best ideas come from local. 16:17.960 --> 16:20.820 And that includes the autism spectrum as well. 16:22.200 --> 16:25.420 If our experts were right in everything we said, 16:25.520 --> 16:27.200 we wouldn't have been wearing masks 16:27.200 --> 16:28.220 and being six feet apart. 16:28.680 --> 16:31.640 We wouldn't have to be forced to take medications 16:31.640 --> 16:32.300 that didn't work. 16:33.580 --> 16:36.340 And all of these different things these experts tell us. 16:38.720 --> 16:41.380 When I come from the world in healthcare, 16:41.640 --> 16:42.980 where outcomes matter, 16:43.780 --> 16:47.760 if you tell us that global economic systems 16:47.760 --> 16:50.540 work by offshoring all of our manufacturing 16:50.540 --> 16:52.600 to China, because the experts tell us, 16:53.220 --> 16:56.100 and then we're left with a huge hole 16:56.740 --> 16:59.020 and millions of Americans not working, 16:59.840 --> 17:02.040 I don't, I'm losing trust in the experts. 17:02.620 --> 17:06.300 Because their outcomes have never played out. 17:06.440 --> 17:08.620 When it was green energy or even healthcare, 17:09.300 --> 17:11.140 they've lied to us blatantly. 17:11.660 --> 17:14.120 And again, I know I'm going, 17:14.540 --> 17:16.460 I'm using examples outside of yours, 17:16.900 --> 17:18.920 but the point of it is, is that 17:19.900 --> 17:22.620 we've, we've, we've relied too much 17:22.620 --> 17:25.120 on experts to guide our way as Americans. 17:26.100 --> 17:28.920 We're smart enough to manage these things on our own. 17:29.220 --> 17:31.680 And we, I want to make sure that you guys get the power 17:31.680 --> 17:33.500 that you get down at the local level. 17:33.960 --> 17:37.140 Like I give you an example of the Met Council. 17:37.620 --> 17:39.720 The Met Council members are appointed by the governor. 17:40.100 --> 17:42.620 They should be elected by the, by the counties 17:42.620 --> 17:45.320 that the seven counties that represents that met, 17:45.420 --> 17:46.360 not by the governor, 17:46.360 --> 17:48.560 or he hand picks his, his cronies. 17:48.880 --> 17:50.560 It should be, it's an elected position. 17:50.760 --> 17:52.120 And that's one of the things they're looking at doing. 17:52.620 --> 17:54.560 As much power that we can push down 17:54.560 --> 17:56.700 at the local level as possible. 17:57.900 --> 17:58.100 Okay. 17:59.340 --> 18:00.140 You go ahead. 18:01.040 --> 18:02.600 And the follow-up is, I mean, 18:02.680 --> 18:04.160 I do think we need these committees 18:04.160 --> 18:06.340 because it's how you get token buy-in 18:06.340 --> 18:08.060 from the people who have the lived experience. 18:08.360 --> 18:11.000 How will you hold those committees accountable? 18:11.100 --> 18:13.600 Because like the leaders of DHS, they came, 18:13.720 --> 18:15.300 they sat, they heard what we had to say. 18:15.300 --> 18:17.720 We told them, this is how you will save money. 18:17.840 --> 18:18.780 And they just flipped it. 18:18.800 --> 18:20.120 And they went and followed the playbook 18:20.120 --> 18:22.360 from HSRI for the consultants. 18:22.860 --> 18:23.660 And that's simple. 18:24.540 --> 18:25.820 Okay. How did the committee get, 18:26.100 --> 18:28.000 who's, how did they get on the committee? 18:30.880 --> 18:31.380 Yeah. 18:31.580 --> 18:35.600 It was a legislative proposal from a parent who said, 18:35.960 --> 18:38.600 DHS is just making these changes without us. 18:38.640 --> 18:40.400 Back in 2019, this started. 18:40.620 --> 18:43.160 And then in 2022, the committee came along 18:43.160 --> 18:45.660 after we've re-imagined it already been in play. 18:46.240 --> 18:48.240 So three years we had time to say, look, 18:48.340 --> 18:49.920 you will save money if you keep people 18:49.920 --> 18:51.340 with disabilities in the community. 18:51.640 --> 18:51.900 Understand. 18:52.420 --> 18:54.760 But how did they get appointed on the committee? 18:55.000 --> 18:55.460 Who appointed them? 18:55.460 --> 18:55.920 You had to apply. 18:56.260 --> 18:59.140 You applied and then DHS chose you. 18:59.640 --> 18:59.660 So... 18:59.660 --> 19:00.900 Okay. So that's the problem. 19:00.980 --> 19:01.760 So basically, it's still, 19:01.820 --> 19:04.480 it's still the government choosing their people. 19:04.700 --> 19:05.540 Yes. That's true. 19:05.680 --> 19:08.220 But we had very outspoken people there as well 19:08.220 --> 19:09.020 who made sense. 19:09.440 --> 19:10.500 Okay. I did. 19:10.540 --> 19:11.560 And they just didn't take our... 19:11.560 --> 19:12.880 The people of these committees, 19:13.040 --> 19:14.340 I believe, need to be voted on. 19:14.660 --> 19:15.060 There should be... 19:15.900 --> 19:17.180 Let's just say there's a three-person committee. 19:17.420 --> 19:18.860 Two of those people should be voted by the people, 19:19.160 --> 19:20.660 and then DHS can appoint one of them. 19:20.760 --> 19:20.960 Sure. 19:21.040 --> 19:22.060 One of the self-appointed experts. 19:22.460 --> 19:22.600 Right. 19:22.680 --> 19:26.140 There needs to be a counterbalance. 19:26.400 --> 19:26.640 Right. 19:27.200 --> 19:27.520 Well... 19:27.520 --> 19:28.740 With power back to the parents. 19:29.120 --> 19:29.400 Thank you. 19:29.620 --> 19:31.240 Okay. Some of this stuff is just, 19:31.280 --> 19:32.020 you know, it's common sense. 19:32.240 --> 19:32.460 Thank you. 19:32.980 --> 19:33.460 Right in the middle. 19:42.940 --> 19:46.700 Do you have any ideas about how to get the... 19:47.820 --> 19:49.180 to counteract the media? 19:49.580 --> 19:52.220 Because, like, Governor says a big lie. 19:52.460 --> 19:54.040 Attorney General says a big lie. 19:54.540 --> 19:56.800 And nobody ever comes out to counteract it. 19:57.320 --> 19:58.950 We don't hear that in the... 19:59.840 --> 20:01.740 So you got any ideas about, you know, 20:01.840 --> 20:05.140 having a Republican press release or something 20:05.140 --> 20:08.840 to get the truth out? 20:09.360 --> 20:12.640 Well, I want to flabbergasted to hear, 20:12.860 --> 20:15.100 for the first time that the Governor 20:15.100 --> 20:17.380 and the AG had been telling lies this whole time. 20:17.820 --> 20:19.300 I had no idea. 20:22.400 --> 20:23.940 So that's concerning. 20:25.060 --> 20:27.480 I thought they'd been doing their job this whole time. 20:29.960 --> 20:33.420 One of the things that I could do as the auditor, 20:34.580 --> 20:37.600 even though I may not have a direct role 20:37.600 --> 20:40.500 in a lot of the state side of things, 20:40.920 --> 20:42.720 you know, in state agencies and state programs, 20:43.900 --> 20:45.820 being on that executive council, though, 20:45.920 --> 20:47.460 I do have a seat at the table 20:47.460 --> 20:49.320 when it comes to executive decisions. 20:50.140 --> 20:52.000 And hopefully we get somebody like Kendall, 20:52.220 --> 20:54.360 who I support by the way, want everybody to know that. 20:56.360 --> 20:57.660 We can get them in there 20:57.660 --> 20:59.320 because I know he's going to make good decisions 20:59.320 --> 21:01.740 and I won't really have to go and raise my hand 21:01.740 --> 21:03.140 and say, that's a bad idea. 21:04.800 --> 21:07.440 But even if there's a situation where I do, 21:07.660 --> 21:10.860 or let's say we're super unlucky and we don't flip that seat, 21:11.120 --> 21:12.100 I don't think that's going to happen. 21:12.540 --> 21:15.260 But if we don't, and somehow I get elected still, 21:15.790 --> 21:18.060 then I can still be the voice of reason in the room 21:18.060 --> 21:20.460 and say, this is a bad idea. 21:20.980 --> 21:22.940 And take that information back with me, 21:22.980 --> 21:24.200 even if I'm out-voted, 21:24.660 --> 21:28.540 because I have my own independent media division. 21:29.120 --> 21:32.000 And I can use that to put the information out 21:32.000 --> 21:33.680 and message out to the people 21:33.680 --> 21:35.300 and let them know what is going on 21:35.300 --> 21:37.160 and what decisions are being made 21:37.820 --> 21:39.880 behind closed doors without their knowledge. 21:41.180 --> 21:44.620 And at least use that to inform the people again, 21:44.620 --> 21:47.060 because again, that's where I feel, much like Kendall, 21:47.660 --> 21:49.120 that's where the accountability lies. 21:49.260 --> 21:50.360 The power is in the people. 21:50.500 --> 21:53.220 The government works for you, not the other way around. 21:53.520 --> 21:54.760 And that's what we need to get back to. 21:55.400 --> 21:56.300 Yeah, you know what? 21:56.380 --> 21:58.040 We're in the middle of a transformation with our media, 21:58.260 --> 21:59.340 and it's really great. 21:59.520 --> 22:01.220 I love that Elon Musk bought X. 22:01.380 --> 22:02.700 That was great, near Twitter. 22:03.700 --> 22:05.820 But the social media platform is circumventing, 22:06.080 --> 22:07.760 and while all of this is happening, 22:08.380 --> 22:11.000 media audience and the credibility legacy media 22:11.000 --> 22:12.280 has gone down, down, down, down. 22:12.280 --> 22:15.040 I mean, that MSNBC, they had to change their name. 22:15.160 --> 22:17.600 It's like MSCOW or something, right? 22:18.680 --> 22:20.560 Now it's cow, not now, but cow. 22:20.820 --> 22:21.180 I mean, now. 22:22.140 --> 22:25.320 Yeah, but literally, their viewership is so low. 22:26.280 --> 22:27.780 I mean, I think they have their parents, 22:27.980 --> 22:31.400 and there may be some friends from high school that watch them. 22:32.440 --> 22:33.740 Their credibility has gone down. 22:33.980 --> 22:36.320 They still have an influence, because they're overwhelming. 22:36.620 --> 22:40.340 In our state, sorry, Tribune, they are like 250,000. 22:40.340 --> 22:41.400 Can they... 22:41.400 --> 22:44.180 Look, and I can't wait to expose these. 22:44.900 --> 22:48.160 If a reporter asked me about, well, the Star Tribune, 22:48.220 --> 22:49.960 I said, wait a minute, are you really going to ask me, 22:50.040 --> 22:51.600 are you using the Star Tribune as a reference? 22:52.120 --> 22:54.060 Does you mean the same institution where 22:54.060 --> 22:56.280 the general manager for the Star Tribune 22:56.280 --> 22:59.200 used to work directly for Tim Walls in the last administration? 22:59.680 --> 23:01.460 Really, it's a propaganda piece. 23:02.960 --> 23:07.480 Alpha News now gets more viewership than the Star Tribune. 23:07.480 --> 23:12.480 So there's a catastrophic resizing, 23:12.820 --> 23:14.860 if you will, seismic shift of media outlets. 23:15.420 --> 23:16.660 So one of the things that we're going to do, 23:16.880 --> 23:18.340 and in fact, my wife Sheila and I, 23:18.880 --> 23:22.280 we started a weekly little two to three minute question 23:22.280 --> 23:25.720 and answer session on our social media platform. 23:26.320 --> 23:27.000 We're doing it on the weekly. 23:27.340 --> 23:28.780 When we get elected, we're going to do just like, 23:29.800 --> 23:30.460 FDR dead. 23:30.860 --> 23:31.560 We're going to do a weekly, 23:31.760 --> 23:33.420 but I can't call it a fireside chat, 23:33.900 --> 23:35.820 but we're going to do kind of like a media side chat. 23:35.820 --> 23:36.960 What's going on? 23:37.220 --> 23:39.320 Take the truth and just get, 23:39.500 --> 23:41.160 so you can get that information directly 23:41.160 --> 23:42.740 and not filter through reporters. 23:43.280 --> 23:44.080 And it's going to work. 23:44.500 --> 23:45.860 They're going to have to find a new business model 23:45.860 --> 23:47.240 because what they're doing now is not working. 23:48.440 --> 23:50.840 And that works on both sides of the aisle, too. 23:51.880 --> 23:54.760 Don't be fooled by any of that. 23:55.580 --> 23:58.520 We as independent individual citizens, 23:58.920 --> 24:01.100 it is our duty to make informed votes. 24:01.640 --> 24:03.480 And as many of you know, 24:03.480 --> 24:06.780 I Santy County has some of the highest property taxes. 24:07.280 --> 24:10.160 And Kendall, I know that you did answer this question today 24:10.800 --> 24:12.080 on your Q and A, 24:12.220 --> 24:13.780 but for those who didn't hear it, 24:13.900 --> 24:18.300 what are your plans, especially for property taxes 24:18.300 --> 24:19.480 and especially for people, 24:20.000 --> 24:22.260 senior citizens who are on fixed incomes? 24:23.080 --> 24:23.260 Right. 24:23.600 --> 24:24.600 So, you know what? 24:25.080 --> 24:25.940 This is Ron DeSantis. 24:26.180 --> 24:26.760 He kills me for... 24:26.760 --> 24:27.740 He always gets out there front. 24:27.840 --> 24:28.500 You know, he's elected. 24:28.700 --> 24:29.880 I'm not yet, so I get it. 24:30.300 --> 24:32.140 And he has this analogy. 24:32.140 --> 24:33.500 Look, when I go to the store, 24:33.600 --> 24:34.580 I buy a big-screen TV. 24:35.020 --> 24:36.200 I pay the taxes on it. 24:36.560 --> 24:39.440 I don't pay for taxes every time I watch something. 24:40.300 --> 24:42.500 It shouldn't be the same way on your home. 24:43.240 --> 24:44.180 You bought it. 24:45.340 --> 24:47.820 Even if you still have a mortgage on it, 24:49.100 --> 24:51.820 the cost of it shouldn't go up just because you... 24:51.820 --> 24:53.640 So, we need to figure that out. 24:54.560 --> 24:56.640 So, the school's got to be funded some way, 24:56.820 --> 24:57.960 you know, something... 24:57.960 --> 25:01.300 But this idea that you're going to be priced out of your own home. 25:02.140 --> 25:02.720 Is wrong. 25:03.780 --> 25:04.460 It's wrong. 25:05.060 --> 25:06.180 So, we've got to figure that out. 25:06.260 --> 25:07.860 But in the short term, what we can do, 25:08.100 --> 25:09.760 short term, here's the solution, 25:10.400 --> 25:12.600 is that for seniors, those are 65 and older, 25:12.760 --> 25:14.520 regardless if your house is paid for or not, 25:15.080 --> 25:17.240 50% reduction on your property taxes, 25:17.760 --> 25:18.520 and it's frozen. 25:19.280 --> 25:19.580 Frozen. 25:19.740 --> 25:21.740 So, it's not 50% of whatever goes up. 25:22.640 --> 25:23.940 50% and frozen. 25:24.820 --> 25:27.900 What I like to do is find ways to actually... 25:27.900 --> 25:31.260 How do we eliminate that as a source for revenue 25:31.260 --> 25:32.000 for local counties? 25:32.200 --> 25:33.980 But that's a big committee. 25:34.100 --> 25:35.320 Why don't they go back to committees? 25:35.500 --> 25:36.060 I hate doing that. 25:36.400 --> 25:38.880 But we need to have smart answers around this thing. 25:38.940 --> 25:40.860 But I'm going to tell you, it is wrong 25:40.860 --> 25:44.340 for someone that's been working 25, 30, 35 years or longer, 25:45.480 --> 25:46.240 they're on fixed income, 25:46.980 --> 25:48.820 and you're pricing them out of their home. 25:49.660 --> 25:50.380 It's wrong. 25:51.240 --> 25:52.700 Like I said from the beginning, 25:52.980 --> 25:54.220 this issue, the issues that we're facing 25:54.220 --> 25:55.320 are not Republican Democrat, 25:55.480 --> 25:57.040 they're right and wrong, good and evil. 25:57.580 --> 25:58.140 It's wrong. 25:58.560 --> 25:59.880 And we're not going to let that continue. 26:01.260 --> 26:03.140 Yeah, I got to stand up for this one too. 26:03.260 --> 26:04.840 This is kind of hits close to home. 26:05.500 --> 26:09.640 All right, so a lot of the issues that we're seeing too 26:10.240 --> 26:11.820 is on the local level. 26:12.200 --> 26:13.480 It's the mismanagement 26:13.480 --> 26:16.640 and the bad policy making at the state. 26:17.540 --> 26:19.260 If you didn't catch it, 26:19.380 --> 26:21.880 I was one of the mayors that spoke 26:21.880 --> 26:24.140 at the press conference a couple of weeks ago 26:24.140 --> 26:25.060 at the state capitol. 26:25.280 --> 26:28.540 I was the second person after Mayor Jackson Perferst 26:28.540 --> 26:30.140 who is a good friend of mine. 26:30.840 --> 26:32.800 Him and I were the original creators 26:32.800 --> 26:34.140 of that letter that went out 26:34.140 --> 26:37.160 that now has over 261 signatures on it. 26:39.340 --> 26:43.060 It's the bad policy decision making at the governor, 26:44.340 --> 26:45.100 governor's level, 26:45.220 --> 26:47.580 and the radical agenda that Tim Walz has. 26:48.700 --> 26:49.960 He's the puppet master. 26:50.240 --> 26:51.220 He's steering the ship. 26:51.580 --> 26:55.980 So he's telling his majority Democrat legislators 26:56.600 --> 26:58.560 what to do, what bills to push, 26:58.640 --> 26:59.460 what not to support. 27:00.140 --> 27:02.360 And it's not for the lack of effort 27:02.360 --> 27:04.200 on our Republican legislators part. 27:04.580 --> 27:06.120 A couple of them are in the room tonight. 27:07.060 --> 27:09.520 They're doing what they can to fight for us, 27:09.580 --> 27:11.580 but when they're outvoted by the majority, 27:11.660 --> 27:13.760 there's not a whole lot that they can do. 27:14.440 --> 27:17.220 And so we need to put that blame squarely where it falls, 27:17.480 --> 27:19.540 because it's these unfunded mandates, 27:19.540 --> 27:22.800 like we talked about paid family medical leave 27:22.800 --> 27:25.260 or whatever it's called earlier today, 27:25.860 --> 27:29.480 is those types of things that come from the state 27:29.480 --> 27:31.440 that make it difficult for local leaders 27:31.880 --> 27:36.040 to really mitigate the impact on the local property tax levy 27:36.040 --> 27:37.980 and mitigate the impact to you. 27:38.560 --> 27:40.580 But that's also where, as a state auditor, 27:40.740 --> 27:42.740 I can really come into play and make sure that 27:43.400 --> 27:46.880 local governments have the resources they need 27:46.880 --> 27:48.860 to be better fiscal stewards 27:48.860 --> 27:50.980 and control those levers and mechanisms 27:50.980 --> 27:53.900 that they can control at the local level 27:53.900 --> 27:56.460 to make sure that they're not just arbitrarily 27:56.460 --> 27:57.940 increasing your property taxes 27:57.940 --> 28:00.700 for the sake of arbitrarily increasing your property taxes 28:01.220 --> 28:04.560 or because they're basing their budgets off of bad numbers 28:05.020 --> 28:07.460 and fluff that doesn't even need to be in the budget. 28:08.200 --> 28:10.880 And so those are the different mechanisms 28:10.880 --> 28:12.540 and the different factors at play 28:12.540 --> 28:15.960 that have a direct impact on those property taxes. 28:16.480 --> 28:18.040 And that's why we need to make sure 28:18.040 --> 28:19.540 that we don't just flip one seat, 28:20.100 --> 28:21.220 we got to flip them all. 28:22.000 --> 28:24.260 Or we're not going to see any of the changes 28:24.260 --> 28:25.200 that we want to make. 28:26.660 --> 28:28.060 Anybody in this section? 28:29.500 --> 28:31.400 My question is for Kendall. 28:32.100 --> 28:33.960 Although in the big schema thing, 28:34.060 --> 28:34.860 not that important, 28:35.060 --> 28:37.700 what's your plan for the Minnesota State flag? 28:38.940 --> 28:39.660 Oh, what? 28:41.620 --> 28:42.880 That is important. 28:43.260 --> 28:44.980 That's not in a grand scheme that is important 28:44.980 --> 28:45.960 because you know why? 28:46.540 --> 28:49.660 Again, if you've been taught world history 28:50.510 --> 28:52.420 and the different types of mechanisms 28:52.420 --> 28:54.280 like capitalism, socialism, Marxism, 28:54.280 --> 28:55.720 if you know Marxism, 28:56.160 --> 28:57.040 one of the first thing they do 28:57.040 --> 28:59.220 is erase the history of an organization 28:59.220 --> 29:00.140 that they've just taken over. 29:00.280 --> 29:01.400 A country or an institution 29:01.400 --> 29:03.600 they've taken over, erase the history. 29:05.120 --> 29:08.280 And there were 13 people that decided 29:08.280 --> 29:08.980 to change that flag. 29:09.160 --> 29:10.660 It wasn't a vote against the, you know, 29:11.040 --> 29:11.740 to Minnesotans. 29:12.120 --> 29:13.400 It wasn't even in the legislature. 29:13.940 --> 29:17.700 13 people committee changed that flag. 29:18.360 --> 29:20.040 And we're supposed to take it and love it. 29:21.060 --> 29:22.940 And I'll tell you, so Sheila and I, 29:22.940 --> 29:24.840 we were at a fundraiser 29:24.840 --> 29:27.120 at a Republican fundraiser event near Duluth. 29:27.900 --> 29:30.720 And there was an auction for the state flag, 29:30.840 --> 29:31.660 the original state flag. 29:32.180 --> 29:34.260 It was the last one that flew 29:34.260 --> 29:36.020 on the state capitol before they switched. 29:36.580 --> 29:37.080 We bought it. 29:37.580 --> 29:38.540 We have a safekeeping. 29:39.080 --> 29:40.460 I said, and I've got an association meeting. 29:40.740 --> 29:41.820 This is going to be a safekeeping 29:41.820 --> 29:44.180 and we have a great place for it when we win. 29:50.380 --> 29:51.980 We'll go way over the other side first 29:51.980 --> 29:52.760 then we'll come back. 29:54.620 --> 29:56.480 Thank you both for being here. 29:56.600 --> 29:58.200 Kendall, I have a question for you. 29:58.560 --> 30:00.940 I love the idea of getting more law enforcement 30:00.940 --> 30:01.800 into Minneapolis, 30:01.800 --> 30:03.660 but I am a little concerned 30:03.660 --> 30:05.180 about how effective that would be 30:05.180 --> 30:07.920 when we have judges who like to reduce sentences, 30:08.160 --> 30:09.140 reuse the same excuses, 30:09.340 --> 30:11.340 and recycle criminals right back onto the street. 30:13.660 --> 30:15.140 So, you know what, 30:15.600 --> 30:16.800 so here's the, 30:16.920 --> 30:18.320 this is where you use the bully pulpit 30:18.320 --> 30:19.560 of your office, right? 30:20.860 --> 30:22.420 Yes, we're going to get the officers, 30:23.640 --> 30:26.260 but whenever we have something that has gone wrong 30:26.940 --> 30:29.860 because a career criminal is out on the street 30:29.860 --> 30:30.560 then they shouldn't be, 30:31.960 --> 30:33.380 there's something about the bully pulpit 30:33.380 --> 30:34.680 of the office how you can use it. 30:35.300 --> 30:37.340 So, number one is that I'm going to have 30:37.340 --> 30:39.480 the victims' families up in the stage with me, 30:39.860 --> 30:41.720 and we're going to broadcast this across the state, 30:42.120 --> 30:43.700 and I'm going to have on the tripod 30:43.700 --> 30:47.320 the picture of the judge let him out. 30:48.200 --> 30:48.640 Okay? 30:50.520 --> 30:52.660 Because shame has power. 30:53.580 --> 30:54.020 Okay? 30:54.480 --> 30:56.400 No one wants to be around at the cocktail party 30:56.400 --> 30:57.220 with someone else that, 30:57.400 --> 30:59.940 because they caused trauma in someone else's life. 31:00.360 --> 31:01.820 And it's not that, it's not, 31:01.900 --> 31:02.900 you know, I'm not like the Democrats, 31:03.120 --> 31:03.860 like getting their face, 31:04.040 --> 31:05.160 and you let them know and wag, 31:05.500 --> 31:06.820 no, it's public shame. 31:07.340 --> 31:08.500 That's number, that's number one. 31:08.760 --> 31:09.980 Those things make a difference. 31:10.400 --> 31:11.500 And I'm going to do that. 31:11.880 --> 31:14.300 It only takes a few times before people get it. 31:14.820 --> 31:17.100 And because everyone else around the state 31:17.100 --> 31:18.260 will get riled up as well. 31:19.020 --> 31:20.820 That people's lives have been changed 31:20.820 --> 31:22.600 because you made a decision 31:22.600 --> 31:25.300 that affected someone else's life in a bad way. 31:26.120 --> 31:28.600 It's time to start holding people accountable, okay? 31:29.720 --> 31:30.900 Vonda, you're next. 31:31.640 --> 31:32.960 The mic's coming your direction. 31:35.660 --> 31:38.280 We have a housing problem in Minnesota. 31:40.280 --> 31:41.960 An affordability problem. 31:42.480 --> 31:45.420 We have people that are buying up properties 31:45.420 --> 31:47.160 to turn them to rental properties, 31:47.620 --> 31:49.440 and suddenly the rent is higher 31:49.440 --> 31:51.340 than a mortgage would ever be. 31:52.100 --> 31:53.600 I personally know somebody, 31:54.100 --> 31:56.120 single mother, three children, 31:56.520 --> 31:59.920 qualifies for a $225,000 house 31:59.920 --> 32:02.660 and can't find one that will, 32:03.000 --> 32:05.880 that is livable for her and her children. 32:06.760 --> 32:11.480 She's already priced out at $225,000. 32:11.480 --> 32:16.500 What can we do to be able to make housing affordable 32:16.500 --> 32:18.480 for people that are out there working, 32:19.540 --> 32:21.180 supporting our state? 32:21.780 --> 32:22.700 Yeah, you know what? 32:22.880 --> 32:27.480 This is one that I'm keenly attuned to. 32:27.760 --> 32:29.400 I have five kids, adult kids, 32:29.560 --> 32:30.900 that I want them to stay in Minnesota. 32:31.700 --> 32:33.300 It is harder for them to get started 32:33.300 --> 32:34.320 than it was for us. 32:34.820 --> 32:36.520 Me and Sheila, Sheila and I bought our first house 32:36.520 --> 32:37.560 when we were 23 years old. 32:37.940 --> 32:39.720 The interest rates were 9.5%. 32:40.300 --> 32:41.900 We thought we had a good deal 32:41.900 --> 32:43.500 because six months before that, 32:43.560 --> 32:44.360 it was 11%. 32:45.180 --> 32:46.980 And it's harder for kids today 32:46.980 --> 32:48.520 to get started for what you just talked about. 32:49.020 --> 32:49.740 So here's what I'll do, 32:49.800 --> 32:50.840 and I'll do this with Amy Klobuchar. 32:52.180 --> 32:55.240 Guys, the biggest contrast, 32:55.400 --> 32:57.140 the way for us to have a candidate 32:57.140 --> 32:58.460 that has the biggest contrast 32:59.360 --> 33:01.520 between a career politician 33:01.520 --> 33:03.520 and an outsider from the business world 33:03.520 --> 33:05.140 plus an outsider from the business world 33:05.140 --> 33:06.180 that started with nothing, 33:06.540 --> 33:07.840 the eight government surplus cheese 33:07.840 --> 33:09.580 that lived in these conditions 33:09.580 --> 33:10.980 and just wanted a better life. 33:11.400 --> 33:12.440 And that's nothing wrong with that. 33:12.520 --> 33:13.840 We shouldn't apologize for it either, right? 33:14.160 --> 33:15.620 But it's the government's job 33:15.620 --> 33:16.600 to make it affordable, 33:16.860 --> 33:18.140 make it easier for its citizens. 33:18.140 --> 33:18.600 It's not harder. 33:19.700 --> 33:21.280 And her party has been doing it 33:21.280 --> 33:22.120 for over 20 years. 33:22.720 --> 33:24.860 So she can't defend it. 33:25.540 --> 33:26.780 In neighboring Wisconsin, 33:27.180 --> 33:29.820 it costs $53,000 less 33:30.340 --> 33:32.960 for a same home in Minnesota, 33:33.220 --> 33:33.780 a new home bill. 33:34.760 --> 33:37.540 $53,000 less in Democrat Wisconsin 33:37.540 --> 33:38.200 than it does here. 33:38.680 --> 33:40.820 That's because Democrat Minnesotans, 33:41.860 --> 33:43.200 oh, I don't want to call them a name, 33:44.440 --> 33:45.820 they make it harder. 33:46.720 --> 33:48.260 They deliberately make it harder. 33:48.860 --> 33:50.200 And so things that we'll do, 33:50.420 --> 33:52.100 I mean, again, rolling back regulation, 33:52.260 --> 33:53.660 this is why having our own trifecta 33:53.660 --> 33:54.500 is so important. 33:54.880 --> 33:56.100 You got to roll back the regulations, 33:56.240 --> 33:56.840 roll back the taxes, 33:57.020 --> 33:58.020 roll back all the permitting, 33:58.180 --> 34:00.080 all those things that increase its cost. 34:00.740 --> 34:01.980 But the another thing we can do 34:01.980 --> 34:03.840 is this is classic supply and demand. 34:04.380 --> 34:05.780 The more you have of things, 34:06.180 --> 34:07.060 the less it costs. 34:08.600 --> 34:10.020 The permitting and regulations, 34:10.240 --> 34:11.880 everything slows down the build 34:12.940 --> 34:14.680 and rises the cost of things, 34:14.720 --> 34:15.740 raises the cost of things. 34:16.140 --> 34:17.540 So those are the things that we got to do. 34:17.660 --> 34:18.900 We got to have more inventory, 34:19.800 --> 34:20.840 lowers the cost. 34:21.760 --> 34:24.400 And look, I'm a big fan of, 34:24.740 --> 34:27.680 we've got a lot of older homes. 34:28.800 --> 34:30.760 It's time to put some sweat equity back 34:30.760 --> 34:36.600 and renovating and bringing some luster back 34:36.600 --> 34:38.520 to some of our older homes and older neighborhoods. 34:39.480 --> 34:40.340 I think we can do, 34:40.380 --> 34:42.220 especially with a lot of the younger generations, 34:42.380 --> 34:43.180 if we give you, 34:43.840 --> 34:47.020 if you go in and you work with this crew 34:47.820 --> 34:49.780 to restore this home and renovate it, 34:49.980 --> 34:51.800 you know, we give you a special interest rate 34:51.800 --> 34:52.760 with a special price. 34:53.660 --> 34:55.600 And we can do those things as well. 34:55.800 --> 34:58.180 So there's a lot of creative things that we can do 34:58.840 --> 35:00.560 from a public-private partnership 35:01.160 --> 35:01.940 to make this work. 35:02.740 --> 35:04.700 But the old part of this thing 35:04.700 --> 35:06.220 is capitalism, supply and demand works. 35:06.600 --> 35:07.820 I do have a follow-up. 35:08.120 --> 35:08.980 Okay, yes, ma'am. 35:12.190 --> 35:13.970 There's kind of an incentive 35:16.130 --> 35:23.530 for people to get rates and special treatment 35:23.530 --> 35:27.410 if they are within on government programs. 35:27.850 --> 35:29.430 And this is another thing that I've seen 35:29.430 --> 35:31.050 on more than one individual 35:31.510 --> 35:33.290 where they're trying their best 35:33.770 --> 35:37.110 to not take part of a government program 35:37.110 --> 35:40.670 and somehow they lose twice as bad. 35:41.330 --> 35:43.890 This started under President Obama. 35:44.590 --> 35:46.210 They used to brag about the number of people 35:46.210 --> 35:48.830 that they're supporting or helping, right? 35:49.970 --> 35:52.470 I'm going to tell you, I've lived under government. 35:52.710 --> 35:55.170 Once you're in it, you're going to be hooked 35:55.170 --> 35:55.890 for generations. 35:56.310 --> 35:57.490 And it is hard to get... 35:57.490 --> 35:58.430 And here's the problem. 35:58.930 --> 35:59.670 We have one of the... 35:59.670 --> 36:01.810 We're the second highest state 36:02.470 --> 36:03.950 of government benefits. 36:04.990 --> 36:06.750 Government benefits, we pay out. 36:07.690 --> 36:09.090 They want you on it. 36:09.750 --> 36:11.150 And they want you on it 36:11.150 --> 36:12.930 so you can be a permanent voter, 36:13.410 --> 36:14.990 but dependent on it so you... 36:14.990 --> 36:16.850 If you vote out, you don't have a way out. 36:17.230 --> 36:19.150 Even if you get a good private sector job. 36:20.030 --> 36:22.970 And we saw it on steroids during COVID. 36:23.730 --> 36:24.870 Paying people to stay home. 36:26.070 --> 36:26.830 And look, I'm going to... 36:26.830 --> 36:27.250 You know what? 36:27.570 --> 36:30.270 Here's what I'm going to share with... 36:30.270 --> 36:31.930 And I'm already getting calls from a lot of 36:31.930 --> 36:34.690 Democrat leaders in the African-American community. 36:34.770 --> 36:35.590 That's what they call... 36:36.810 --> 36:41.050 They're DFLers, leaders in African-American caucus. 36:41.950 --> 36:43.170 And what they realize is 36:43.710 --> 36:46.410 they had $18 billion surplus, Democrats. 36:47.990 --> 36:48.930 They had a trifecta. 36:50.450 --> 36:52.470 And the black community in North Minneapolis 36:52.470 --> 36:54.310 and South Minneapolis are the same condition, 36:54.490 --> 36:56.490 if not worse, than before the George Floyd riots. 36:56.970 --> 36:58.470 And they're going like, what happened to us? 36:58.770 --> 37:00.690 We see the Somali community getting $9 billion. 37:01.710 --> 37:02.090 And they're... 37:02.550 --> 37:04.510 And we look, our situation hasn't changed 37:04.510 --> 37:05.130 or it's gotten worse. 37:05.670 --> 37:06.670 So, Kendall... 37:06.670 --> 37:07.750 But they're coming to me. 37:07.930 --> 37:08.990 I'm not going out there. 37:09.250 --> 37:12.010 They're coming to me because of this issue right here. 37:12.310 --> 37:14.950 And we're going to win because the Democrats... 37:16.490 --> 37:20.070 Once they trap you when they're trapped, you're hooked. 37:20.670 --> 37:22.450 And I'll share this information. 37:23.090 --> 37:25.050 Like I said, I say the same things, 37:25.110 --> 37:27.250 regardless of the ethnic group that I'm speaking with. 37:27.830 --> 37:29.770 There's a data that just came out two weeks ago. 37:31.890 --> 37:34.370 The spread between black and white, 37:34.370 --> 37:37.550 the wealth gap between black and white citizens in the United States, 37:38.570 --> 37:42.350 7 out of 10 of those are Democrat states, including Minnesota. 37:43.370 --> 37:44.730 So when I speak to them, I said, 37:44.770 --> 37:47.790 look, you've been loyal for 20, 30, 40 years all your life. 37:47.970 --> 37:50.970 They've controlled everything in this state for 30 years. 37:52.030 --> 37:53.330 How about give us a chance? 37:53.850 --> 37:55.190 What programs, what are you going to... 37:55.190 --> 37:55.530 I don't... 37:55.530 --> 37:56.790 Why do I need to tell you what programs? 37:57.310 --> 37:58.470 It's going to be better than theirs. 38:01.390 --> 38:03.670 We got the largest wealth gap 38:04.630 --> 38:05.770 in the United States. 38:06.350 --> 38:08.850 And the 10 states, they had a list of the 10 states 38:08.850 --> 38:09.950 with the least wealth gap, 38:10.330 --> 38:12.390 7 out of 10 of those are Republican states. 38:13.410 --> 38:14.610 So whatever we're going to do, 38:14.730 --> 38:16.010 it's going to be better than what they've got. 38:16.610 --> 38:18.150 So, you know, look, I just come with them facts, 38:18.430 --> 38:19.410 and also I come with... 38:19.410 --> 38:23.470 From... look, we as Republicans, we have a heart. 38:23.570 --> 38:24.670 We want everyone to prosper. 38:25.470 --> 38:27.070 We got the great programs, 38:27.350 --> 38:29.150 but we're lousy at sales and marketing it. 38:30.890 --> 38:32.290 We live in a time in history 38:32.290 --> 38:35.130 where more than ever, we need Christians 38:35.130 --> 38:36.650 who happen to be politicians, 38:37.070 --> 38:39.270 rather than politicians who happen to be Christians. 38:39.850 --> 38:41.430 How does that speak into where you're at? 38:41.690 --> 38:43.670 You know, I think I shared part of that 38:43.670 --> 38:44.770 already earlier for me. 38:46.150 --> 38:47.470 But here's the thing. 38:49.510 --> 38:51.990 The left are going to use my faith against me. 38:52.330 --> 38:53.450 And I'll say bring it. 38:54.030 --> 38:54.610 Bring it. 38:55.170 --> 38:59.010 When I say bring it because what I stand for 38:59.010 --> 38:59.750 used to be the norm. 39:00.290 --> 39:03.350 You know, it's ironic. 39:03.790 --> 39:08.130 Even President Joe Biden used to be one of the Democrats 39:08.130 --> 39:11.410 that stood for, I can't remember, the Hyde Amendment. 39:11.750 --> 39:12.930 That's what it was called, the Hyde Amendment. 39:13.190 --> 39:16.170 And what that was, it was for those people that believed 39:16.710 --> 39:21.630 that abortion shouldn't be paid for with government tax dollars. 39:22.710 --> 39:23.890 But when he got on the ticket, 39:24.670 --> 39:25.870 he immediately dropped it 39:25.870 --> 39:28.470 because that Democrat party is long gone. 39:29.750 --> 39:33.730 What I, you know, where I stand used to be the norm 39:33.730 --> 39:34.610 for a lot of Democrats. 39:35.170 --> 39:36.530 They have left God. 39:36.810 --> 39:37.350 I didn't. 39:38.170 --> 39:39.910 And just because they have, 39:40.070 --> 39:41.690 does it mean that I am going to... 39:41.690 --> 39:44.570 No, I'm not changing anything from where I stand 39:44.570 --> 39:45.810 as a pro-life candidate. 39:46.450 --> 39:47.950 All of that hasn't changed. 39:48.210 --> 39:49.670 But what I do realize is this. 39:50.050 --> 39:53.610 If we want to win power, we have to prioritize where we... 39:53.610 --> 39:55.230 If we need to, if we got to win, 39:55.610 --> 39:57.990 so we can have righteous people in these roles, 39:57.990 --> 40:00.850 how do we prioritize and meet people where they are 40:01.550 --> 40:03.190 and then bring them along with us? 40:03.950 --> 40:05.170 That's what Jesus Christ did. 40:05.270 --> 40:08.070 He came down to met us in our grummy little lives, 40:09.250 --> 40:10.130 met us where we are, 40:10.210 --> 40:12.890 and then brought us along with them with the 12, right? 40:13.670 --> 40:15.170 And that's what we have to do with people. 40:15.370 --> 40:16.870 And that's where I'm at. 40:17.230 --> 40:19.950 I tell people, I'm not going to shove my beliefs down your throat. 40:20.750 --> 40:21.830 Christians don't do that anyway. 40:22.290 --> 40:23.650 That's what the left wants to believe, 40:23.830 --> 40:24.890 tell people they believe them. 40:24.890 --> 40:32.050 So I'm a proud member of the Christian faith, 40:32.270 --> 40:34.610 but you know what, I'm smiling because I just remember, 40:34.790 --> 40:37.150 I said this three days in a row, 40:37.270 --> 40:38.110 I was then speaking to church. 40:38.570 --> 40:40.770 On Saturday, I spoke at a church in Burnsville 40:41.410 --> 40:43.330 to do a marriage conference, a workshop. 40:43.930 --> 40:45.490 On Sunday, they had me come back and speak 40:45.910 --> 40:48.030 and do a marriage renewal for marriage 40:48.030 --> 40:49.470 and then also give the sermon. 40:49.630 --> 40:50.990 I had no idea I was going to give the sermon. 40:51.310 --> 40:53.050 He told me right there, okay, now we... 40:53.630 --> 40:54.790 I was like, holy smoke. 40:55.530 --> 40:57.590 And now here Monday, I'm speaking about this as well. 40:58.030 --> 41:00.550 I am so comfortable in this space because you know what? 41:00.850 --> 41:03.350 I live the life because before I was a Christian. 41:03.490 --> 41:05.330 I know what the before and after. 41:05.790 --> 41:07.750 Man, I tell you what, it's so much better on this side. 41:09.150 --> 41:11.010 And I'll have no problem sharing it, 41:11.190 --> 41:14.150 but I understand I got to meet people where they are first 41:14.710 --> 41:15.670 and bring it along. 41:15.830 --> 41:16.450 That's how you do it. 41:16.690 --> 41:18.030 This is probably for Nate. 41:19.970 --> 41:22.570 On your little chart you had with the red and the yellow 41:23.270 --> 41:25.530 where do you think the state stands right now 41:25.530 --> 41:26.930 as far as that chart goes? 41:29.590 --> 41:31.030 Well, I think they broke it. 41:34.010 --> 41:36.450 The needle's just spinning at this point. 41:38.490 --> 41:40.690 Yeah, there's obviously a lot of work there 41:40.690 --> 41:41.590 that needs to be done. 41:42.470 --> 41:44.650 And again, it goes back to... 41:45.810 --> 41:47.150 I've got some great ideas, 41:47.390 --> 41:51.570 but we've got to get the legislature in place 41:51.570 --> 41:53.170 to be able to support those ideas 41:53.170 --> 41:55.150 for all the candidates across the ballot. 41:55.890 --> 42:00.030 Because we can pitch ideas all day long, 42:00.350 --> 42:02.470 but a lot of this stuff is rooted in statute. 42:03.250 --> 42:05.570 And the only branch that can change statute 42:05.570 --> 42:06.630 is the legislature. 42:08.570 --> 42:09.930 Anybody in this section? 42:10.810 --> 42:11.330 Right there. 42:11.690 --> 42:14.350 And we'll come over to the man in the red. 42:16.070 --> 42:18.150 I'm going to address Governor Qualls 42:18.690 --> 42:19.630 because I'm calling it. 42:19.830 --> 42:20.190 Thank you. 42:20.490 --> 42:20.810 Thank you. 42:22.010 --> 42:24.790 We've discussed the homeless. 42:25.110 --> 42:26.590 We've discussed old people. 42:26.770 --> 42:28.070 We've discussed children. 42:29.190 --> 42:30.230 What about our veterans? 42:31.470 --> 42:33.770 We haven't discussed what you're going to do 42:33.770 --> 42:35.330 with our veterans that are homeless 42:35.330 --> 42:37.310 and have nothing. 42:38.310 --> 42:39.650 Yeah, you know what? 42:39.990 --> 42:40.770 Thank you for that. 42:41.550 --> 42:44.690 You know, on my social media post that I did today, 42:45.750 --> 42:47.970 that reduction in property taxes 42:47.970 --> 42:49.290 also goes for the veterans. 42:50.690 --> 42:54.230 And I was in conversation with a guy today 42:54.230 --> 42:56.310 that has a ministry for veterans 42:56.310 --> 42:58.170 that I'm going to be a part of. 42:58.490 --> 42:59.590 And then we got to take a look 42:59.590 --> 43:01.330 at how do we care for these guys. 43:02.370 --> 43:05.910 I don't have answers directly right now, 43:06.090 --> 43:09.370 but it is something that we take care of those 43:09.370 --> 43:11.190 who try to take care of us. 43:11.910 --> 43:12.390 Right? 43:12.910 --> 43:15.610 They represent less than 6% of all of us. 43:16.350 --> 43:19.710 And right now, we're not showing... 43:19.710 --> 43:22.650 I don't believe in our state that reverence 43:22.650 --> 43:24.110 that we need to for those that serve 43:24.110 --> 43:25.610 and put everything online for us. 43:26.290 --> 43:27.710 So don't have a direct answer, 43:27.790 --> 43:29.250 but we will be doing something. 43:29.970 --> 43:30.550 Thank you. 43:34.770 --> 43:36.670 Hi, I'm a Vietnam veteran 43:36.670 --> 43:38.510 and a lot of water's gone under the bridge. 43:38.710 --> 43:40.610 I mean, a lot of years gone by since then. 43:41.990 --> 43:42.390 And... 43:43.490 --> 43:44.730 Thank you for your service, sir. 43:45.830 --> 43:46.450 Thank you. 43:49.490 --> 43:50.290 Thank you. 43:50.470 --> 43:51.670 It's country's worth it, 43:51.690 --> 43:54.090 and we all got to keep on looking out after her. 43:55.210 --> 43:57.850 I just had something to say to both of you, Nate. 44:00.350 --> 44:02.330 I mean, I've been paying attention 44:02.330 --> 44:04.270 for the last four or five years. 44:04.530 --> 44:06.030 I mean, since I felt like 44:07.390 --> 44:09.290 slapped around, you got to be kidding me 44:09.290 --> 44:10.590 with, you know, all that's going on 44:10.590 --> 44:11.910 just the last four or five years. 44:12.470 --> 44:13.910 For that, I've never been paying attention 44:13.910 --> 44:14.870 to anything political. 44:16.450 --> 44:18.730 But now we all have to 44:19.930 --> 44:21.510 and don't ever forget that. 44:21.550 --> 44:23.190 No matter how good it ever gets, 44:23.990 --> 44:26.130 pass it on to everybody you know, 44:26.390 --> 44:28.650 especially everybody under your youngins. 44:29.510 --> 44:30.830 And, Nate, I just want to say to you, 44:30.950 --> 44:32.010 well, I learned a lot. 44:32.270 --> 44:34.290 I didn't know anything about what 44:35.250 --> 44:36.770 you taught us here today. 44:37.810 --> 44:41.350 And Kendall, I agree. 44:41.350 --> 44:44.230 I could go on hours just in conversation 44:44.230 --> 44:46.090 with you. I agree with everything you say. 44:47.170 --> 44:48.830 But one thing I just want to share 44:48.830 --> 44:49.910 with everyone here, 44:52.070 --> 44:56.490 movie, you know, Warner Brothers put it out in 1951, 44:56.970 --> 45:00.350 an old movie called I Was a Spy for the FBI. 45:01.370 --> 45:02.910 If you've never seen it, 45:03.570 --> 45:07.190 it hits right on what Kendall Calls 45:07.190 --> 45:09.470 was talking about with 45:09.470 --> 45:13.470 sort of going after black people 45:13.470 --> 45:15.290 to separate people. 45:18.950 --> 45:20.810 Socialism is behind it. 45:21.150 --> 45:22.510 Communists are behind that. 45:22.970 --> 45:25.710 And that movie shows it right straight out. 45:25.850 --> 45:28.210 And that movie was made in 1951 by 45:28.910 --> 45:30.710 Warner Brothers, and it was supposed to 45:30.710 --> 45:32.690 took place in the 1930s. 45:33.170 --> 45:35.330 So this is ain't nothing new here. 45:36.510 --> 45:38.590 So if I can't comment real quick. 45:38.590 --> 45:41.050 First of all, for a very long veteran, 45:41.550 --> 45:42.890 your age, you look great. 45:43.550 --> 45:44.690 I mean, you got more hair than I do. 45:45.170 --> 45:46.230 Okay, okay. 45:46.570 --> 45:47.430 I second that. 45:50.810 --> 45:52.430 And second, when it comes to veterans, 45:52.790 --> 45:53.770 you know, my son just got off 45:53.770 --> 45:55.210 an active duty, he's fourth generation. 45:56.550 --> 45:57.490 He's been five years. 45:57.630 --> 45:59.930 He's finishing up his college at Crown College. 46:00.650 --> 46:02.810 But so no one has more of a heart 46:02.810 --> 46:04.810 for veterans than I think we do here. 46:05.310 --> 46:06.930 But when it comes to our nation, 46:06.930 --> 46:08.490 having served and having been, 46:08.650 --> 46:10.870 I served in South Korea, North Korea, 46:10.970 --> 46:12.750 South Korea, communist free. 46:13.450 --> 46:14.850 I mean, it's the night and day difference. 46:16.230 --> 46:17.750 What's happening in our country, 46:18.090 --> 46:20.090 people have no idea this is being delivered. 46:20.390 --> 46:21.310 And I'll give you an example, 46:21.490 --> 46:22.530 especially in the black community. 46:23.290 --> 46:25.150 And every major city around the country, 46:25.350 --> 46:27.370 we think it's poverty, all these poor... 46:27.370 --> 46:30.390 No, this, these, there are black 46:30.390 --> 46:31.970 mayors of these cities, 46:32.810 --> 46:35.270 superintendents of schools, police chiefs. 46:35.270 --> 46:37.410 You think it'd be a utopia for black Americans. 46:37.650 --> 46:41.750 It's not generational, five generations of poverty, 46:42.230 --> 46:43.990 five generations on government welfare. 46:44.650 --> 46:46.690 When you have, and then you have elite few 46:46.690 --> 46:49.570 that are getting wealthy and they're in power 46:50.130 --> 46:52.190 at the local level, to get power at the local level 46:52.190 --> 46:52.970 and they're getting wealthy. 46:53.090 --> 46:55.050 They want to do it off of government dollars. 46:56.410 --> 46:58.150 Outside of the country, if that was a, 46:58.150 --> 46:59.550 if that was a nation state, 46:59.550 --> 47:01.890 it would be a communist socialist country. 47:02.670 --> 47:06.550 And it's not a coincidence that every major inner city 47:06.550 --> 47:07.710 in a black community like that, 47:07.750 --> 47:09.950 because there's socialist Marxist first. 47:10.950 --> 47:13.050 They don't care about these people. 47:14.550 --> 47:16.770 They keep them locked into schools 47:16.770 --> 47:18.750 that where they can't get an education to get out. 47:20.290 --> 47:22.550 It took me five years to figure this out. 47:23.290 --> 47:26.390 And the fact that we've gone from 80% two-parent families 47:26.390 --> 47:27.750 in my lifetime in a black community, 47:27.850 --> 47:29.170 to 80% fatherless homes, 47:29.650 --> 47:30.690 there's never been one initiative 47:30.690 --> 47:31.550 to reverse the trend. 47:33.390 --> 47:34.690 That's when I said this is evil. 47:35.750 --> 47:38.370 And it's exactly what you just talked about. 47:38.530 --> 47:40.310 And most Americans have no idea 47:40.790 --> 47:43.310 and that we're trying to educate people on. 47:43.630 --> 47:45.750 And it's gone beyond the black community 47:45.750 --> 47:46.790 and spreading out even further. 47:48.650 --> 47:50.690 Any more questions in the far section? 47:51.230 --> 47:52.710 We're going to start cleaning this up now 47:52.710 --> 47:54.250 and call on it to an end. 47:55.150 --> 47:57.490 Well, okay, so I'm Todd Christiansen. 47:57.570 --> 47:59.050 I don't have a question for you. 47:59.190 --> 48:00.890 I just want to say to both of you guys, 48:00.890 --> 48:03.370 thank you so much for taking on this fight 48:03.370 --> 48:04.910 because it is an uphill battle, 48:05.210 --> 48:06.770 but thank you for doing it 48:06.770 --> 48:09.430 and being willing to put yourselves on the line for all this 48:09.430 --> 48:11.390 because I'm sure you've got a lot other things 48:11.390 --> 48:12.670 you'd rather be doing than that. 48:12.950 --> 48:14.910 So, and then the other thing I was going to say 48:14.910 --> 48:17.010 when you brought up about the flag, 48:17.510 --> 48:19.530 and that is so important. 48:19.670 --> 48:21.030 It might seem like a simple thing, 48:21.030 --> 48:22.530 but it is just another example 48:22.530 --> 48:24.630 of what they're trying to do. 48:25.430 --> 48:26.570 And in Sandy County, 48:26.670 --> 48:27.790 I'm actually a county commissioner. 48:28.310 --> 48:30.550 And we still have the right flag flying. 48:31.230 --> 48:32.330 Yeah, God bless you. 48:32.590 --> 48:33.170 That's right. 48:33.790 --> 48:37.470 We did not cave like the city of Cambridge 48:37.470 --> 48:39.250 is flying the new flag. 48:39.710 --> 48:42.850 So, sorry, don't offend anybody, but yeah. 48:43.290 --> 48:44.730 So, and as long as I'm a county commissioner, 48:44.850 --> 48:46.150 I will always be trying to push 48:46.150 --> 48:47.410 for the keep that flag up there. 48:48.230 --> 48:49.630 All right, that's the vermin. 48:49.730 --> 48:51.950 If I can say one thing before we close, guys, 48:52.850 --> 48:53.830 I'm going to be announcing 48:53.830 --> 48:56.070 my Lieutenant Governor on March 2nd. 48:56.270 --> 48:57.750 Okay, on March 2nd. 48:57.750 --> 48:58.550 It's just a couple of weeks. 48:59.030 --> 49:00.570 It's going to be historic in nature. 49:00.570 --> 49:01.530 It's not what you think. 49:01.670 --> 49:02.130 It's not going to be... 49:02.130 --> 49:03.550 It's not a race thing or anything like that. 49:03.770 --> 49:05.910 It's going to be historic in nature 49:05.910 --> 49:08.210 because it's going to meet the crisis of the moment 49:08.210 --> 49:10.370 of what we are dealing with in our state. 49:10.810 --> 49:12.350 So, stay tuned for that March 2nd. 49:12.750 --> 49:13.130 Excellent. 49:14.370 --> 49:15.250 Anybody else? 49:15.690 --> 49:16.890 We have two more questions. 49:17.110 --> 49:17.390 We're done. 49:17.530 --> 49:19.430 And then Dale wanted to share something quickly. 49:20.630 --> 49:21.110 Go ahead. 49:22.270 --> 49:23.490 So, in 22, 49:23.490 --> 49:26.910 two walls in Jensen, 49:27.850 --> 49:30.690 that race was about a 7 to 8 percent. 49:32.510 --> 49:34.210 You mentioned earlier that 49:34.210 --> 49:37.170 winning Minneapolis St. Paul 49:37.170 --> 49:40.350 or capturing 5 to 7 percent. 49:40.590 --> 49:44.350 Do you have documented data that shows that? 49:44.490 --> 49:48.190 I mean, is that realistic that you can pull 49:48.190 --> 49:51.490 that many out of those typical Democrat 49:51.490 --> 49:54.810 blue cities, counties to win this? 49:54.890 --> 49:56.770 Because that's where I kind of, you know, 49:56.770 --> 49:57.890 numbers are still numbers. 49:58.170 --> 49:58.950 Do you have that on that? 49:59.450 --> 49:59.790 Yeah. 49:59.990 --> 50:02.150 So, if you go to the Secretary of State 50:03.130 --> 50:05.910 and look back at the CD3, 50:05.950 --> 50:08.990 Third Congressional District race in 2020 50:09.570 --> 50:11.270 where I ran, okay, 50:11.430 --> 50:15.650 you'll see my results that they over-indexed 50:15.650 --> 50:17.570 the President and the Senatoral candidate. 50:18.310 --> 50:20.730 And then you extrapolate that across the day. 50:20.730 --> 50:22.910 This is just doing a math modeling, right? 50:23.790 --> 50:28.710 Extrapolate that over the Metro Congressional Districts, 50:30.030 --> 50:33.090 CD3, 4, 2, and 5. 50:34.030 --> 50:35.930 And just extrapolate that and then extrapolate that 50:35.930 --> 50:38.510 out of Duluth as well as Rochester. 50:39.330 --> 50:40.630 That'll kind of give you the numbers. 50:42.030 --> 50:44.690 But at the end of the day, then what's the message? 50:45.150 --> 50:46.790 What's the message that will help motivate 50:46.790 --> 50:49.310 those people in the middle, the centrist middle, 50:49.850 --> 50:52.450 to maybe vote Republican for the first time ever? 50:53.390 --> 50:54.190 Now, you've got to remember, 50:54.390 --> 50:56.310 the crisis that we had with President Trump 50:56.310 --> 50:58.350 in this last election when he won, 51:00.350 --> 51:02.890 in the swing states, in the battle states, 51:03.090 --> 51:05.610 the six, the six battle states, right? 51:06.930 --> 51:08.570 He got 22% of the black vote. 51:09.290 --> 51:10.570 And they've been calling him a, you know, 51:10.590 --> 51:13.330 basically a, you know, the grand wizard of the KKKK 51:13.330 --> 51:15.450 for the last six years, 24-7. 51:15.930 --> 51:18.070 And he got almost the highest vote 51:18.070 --> 51:20.350 in the black community since Richard Nixon. 51:21.590 --> 51:25.050 So I think I can get a few black votes, okay? 51:25.950 --> 51:27.450 And but also not, and it's not just, 51:27.650 --> 51:30.010 but also, there are suburban moms, right? 51:30.190 --> 51:31.410 Right now, I got data that shows 51:31.410 --> 51:33.970 that CD3 is underwater for the Democrats. 51:35.110 --> 51:36.770 CD3, again, this is the western suburbs, 51:37.030 --> 51:40.010 Minnetonka, Wyseta, Maple Grove, 51:40.370 --> 51:43.490 that it's underwater for the Democrats by 3%. 51:43.490 --> 51:44.030 Wow. 51:44.510 --> 51:45.850 Okay. I got data. 51:46.050 --> 51:47.850 And in fact, I shared it with the CD3 51:48.390 --> 51:50.630 leadership so they can feel a good candidate. 51:51.450 --> 51:52.910 My point is that they're vulnerable 51:52.910 --> 51:55.030 because if left is gone so far left, 51:55.130 --> 51:56.430 they're leaving some of their people behind. 51:56.550 --> 51:58.530 So what are the message for our campaign? 51:58.710 --> 51:59.350 It's just three things. 51:59.650 --> 52:00.630 They're not about for Republicans. 52:00.790 --> 52:01.650 They transcend party. 52:02.090 --> 52:02.950 Number one, economically. 52:03.710 --> 52:04.970 People want to thrive economically. 52:05.170 --> 52:06.090 They don't want to just survive. 52:06.610 --> 52:07.390 We're going to re... 52:07.390 --> 52:08.670 We have robust economy. 52:08.850 --> 52:09.890 We're going to lift the economy. 52:10.070 --> 52:10.890 That is number one. 52:11.970 --> 52:13.150 Economy transcends politics. 52:13.330 --> 52:15.410 Number two, we're going to fix the crime problem. 52:16.530 --> 52:17.990 Crime transcends politics. 52:18.650 --> 52:19.610 These people... 52:19.610 --> 52:21.130 Criminals don't care what party... 52:21.130 --> 52:22.830 They don't ask you what party you are. 52:22.910 --> 52:23.450 Are you a car guy? 52:23.990 --> 52:26.170 They'll car jack you either way. 52:26.250 --> 52:27.330 They don't care, right? 52:28.250 --> 52:31.130 And number three is everyone wants a good college... 52:31.130 --> 52:32.670 I mean a good education for their kids. 52:32.910 --> 52:33.850 The public school education. 52:34.190 --> 52:35.330 We already talked about the numbers. 52:36.010 --> 52:42.430 Those three things are universal that transcend politics 52:42.430 --> 52:45.970 that focus and where the people that felt left behind 52:45.970 --> 52:49.210 by the Democrats, they'll respond to that with a candidate 52:49.210 --> 52:50.450 they can believe in, they can trust. 52:50.950 --> 52:53.530 And they're going to see on March 2nd, 52:53.550 --> 52:54.770 when you see this, you'll see... 52:54.770 --> 52:55.830 Boy, these guys are totally different. 52:56.310 --> 52:58.230 Talking to the people in that neighborhood, 52:58.770 --> 53:01.410 I absolutely can tell you what Kendall is saying 53:01.410 --> 53:02.550 is 100% true. 53:02.970 --> 53:05.730 There's a very quiet population of people 53:05.730 --> 53:09.110 in these traditionally blue areas who are just fed up 53:09.710 --> 53:10.830 and they're waking up. 53:10.830 --> 53:13.670 It might be a little bit slow, but they're waking up 53:13.670 --> 53:17.710 to how worse off they've been this whole time 53:17.710 --> 53:19.530 under Democrat leadership. 53:19.910 --> 53:22.370 And so I think there's a very large population 53:22.940 --> 53:24.730 of traditionally dark blue voters 53:24.730 --> 53:26.970 who are just waiting for the opportunity to make a switch. 53:28.170 --> 53:29.190 Last question. 53:31.130 --> 53:33.050 So there's been a lot of talk about 53:33.700 --> 53:35.650 meeting the legislature both yet. 53:36.890 --> 53:40.170 And thinking about election fraud, 53:40.830 --> 53:42.910 and how Trump kept talking about 53:42.910 --> 53:45.310 need it too big to rig. 53:46.130 --> 53:47.990 And that you both need the legislature 53:47.990 --> 53:50.310 to be successful at what you're doing. 53:50.870 --> 53:54.010 What are your plans to make it 53:54.010 --> 53:57.330 so that the legislature isn't rigged, 53:58.010 --> 53:58.870 if that makes sense? 53:59.590 --> 53:59.970 Thank you. 54:06.090 --> 54:08.510 That's a tough question to answer from 54:10.090 --> 54:11.770 from the purview of an auditor. 54:13.650 --> 54:17.450 I can give you what my personal recommendations are. 54:18.930 --> 54:20.830 And just from having conversations 54:20.830 --> 54:23.550 with people who have been directly involved in elections, 54:26.110 --> 54:29.110 a lot of the fraud or a lot of the capability 54:29.110 --> 54:34.350 to produce the fraud and the amounts and capacities 54:34.350 --> 54:36.530 that they have when it comes to elections 54:37.080 --> 54:39.830 is the mail-in voting system. 54:41.210 --> 54:42.670 And so how do you beat that? 54:43.710 --> 54:45.130 Don't do mail-in voting. 54:45.390 --> 54:47.490 Show up on election day and vote. 54:48.470 --> 54:52.570 And encourage everyone around you 54:53.340 --> 54:54.510 to do the same thing. 54:54.790 --> 54:56.230 Because what they're doing is 54:56.230 --> 54:58.450 they're using these systems, 54:58.770 --> 55:02.410 these early voting and absentee ballots and whatnot 55:03.130 --> 55:07.930 to get an idea of how the numbers look ahead of time. 55:08.390 --> 55:12.310 So they can determine where to build the gaps, 55:12.550 --> 55:15.050 how many more votes they need to make up 55:15.690 --> 55:16.830 to win the election. 55:17.250 --> 55:19.950 And when you vote on election day, 55:20.790 --> 55:24.050 you take away their ability to do pre-planning like that. 55:25.690 --> 55:28.810 Yeah, and so in the last election, 55:29.130 --> 55:29.890 the presidential election, 55:29.890 --> 55:31.130 Laura Trump was here. 55:31.250 --> 55:32.650 She was co-chair of the RNC. 55:33.970 --> 55:35.610 And she said one of the things they did 55:35.610 --> 55:37.370 in some of these swing states 55:37.370 --> 55:41.670 was that they had attorneys in these suspect precincts. 55:41.870 --> 55:43.630 And they would file injunctions 55:44.510 --> 55:47.010 when they saw something nefarious going on 55:47.500 --> 55:48.670 and that the judge had... 55:48.670 --> 55:49.650 They stopped all the voting 55:49.650 --> 55:52.670 until the judges adjudicated that issue. 55:53.330 --> 55:56.730 What that did, it put everybody else on notice. 55:56.730 --> 56:00.450 And so it's just in the military they do this. 56:00.610 --> 56:02.010 You know what people respect what you inspect. 56:03.150 --> 56:04.850 And when you start shining a light on it, 56:05.150 --> 56:06.050 you know that's an issue. 56:06.150 --> 56:07.790 So we'll have attorneys and precincts 56:07.790 --> 56:08.590 and judges and all that, 56:08.770 --> 56:10.970 but the judges, we want judges to be attorneys 56:10.970 --> 56:12.130 so they can file. 56:12.810 --> 56:14.090 Second part of this is look, 56:14.810 --> 56:15.770 throughout my career, 56:15.890 --> 56:17.610 I never played the race card or anything like that. 56:17.670 --> 56:18.270 But this time, 56:19.170 --> 56:20.550 with Democrats history of, 56:20.550 --> 56:21.910 you know, stunting the black vote, 56:22.330 --> 56:24.550 they always come on blame Republicans for doing this. 56:24.670 --> 56:26.610 It's been the Democrats throughout the history 56:26.610 --> 56:27.810 of our election. 56:28.450 --> 56:30.250 And it was primarily in the South. 56:30.710 --> 56:31.530 They don't care where they are. 56:31.570 --> 56:32.050 They're in the North. 56:32.450 --> 56:32.770 I'm going to look. 56:32.910 --> 56:34.390 I'm going to put it on full on notice. 56:34.990 --> 56:37.130 President Trump, Pam Bondi, we need you. 56:38.030 --> 56:40.110 Because they'll do anything to cheat line still. 56:40.310 --> 56:41.050 Why do you want to say that? 56:41.190 --> 56:42.490 Because they did it with Norm Coleman. 56:43.690 --> 56:47.210 We know six months after that he lost his election, 56:47.310 --> 56:48.090 there was not it done. 56:48.890 --> 56:51.550 There was like 400 votes that were counted 56:51.550 --> 56:52.750 that should not have been counted 56:52.750 --> 56:53.890 because they were felons 56:53.890 --> 56:56.290 and they were not eligible to be vote. 56:56.290 --> 56:58.950 And they put Al Franken in the office, 56:59.690 --> 57:01.750 the one vote they needed for Obamacare. 57:02.990 --> 57:03.770 They'd done it. 57:04.190 --> 57:05.210 And this is, you know what, 57:05.290 --> 57:07.470 we've never been able to fix this in the Republican Party. 57:07.510 --> 57:09.590 We should have been focused on this years ago. 57:10.650 --> 57:11.590 This is, again, guys, 57:11.890 --> 57:13.490 this is why as an outsider I'm running, 57:14.330 --> 57:16.070 it's, you know, I love the guys 57:16.070 --> 57:17.230 that have support the party. 57:17.510 --> 57:19.010 You're on the front lines of this thing. 57:19.410 --> 57:21.190 But we need to go harder because 57:22.250 --> 57:24.510 we're also as a Republicans responsible 57:24.510 --> 57:26.050 for what has happened in this state. 57:26.670 --> 57:29.250 If we haven't filled in enough competitive candidates 57:29.250 --> 57:31.590 that win the Secretary of State in 20 years, 57:32.510 --> 57:34.790 the AG since 1970, 57:34.930 --> 57:35.970 and the governor for 20 years, 57:36.450 --> 57:37.870 we are responsible as well. 57:38.630 --> 57:39.650 This is why I'm involved. 57:39.870 --> 57:40.830 We have to do something different 57:40.830 --> 57:42.310 to help this get us over the top. 57:43.070 --> 57:44.310 Pastor Frank, thank you so much. 57:44.430 --> 57:44.810 God bless you.