Verdict with Ted Cruz - January 03, 2026


Fake Autism Centers in Fraudesota, Elon Musk's Warning & Will we See Jail Time for High Lvl Officials Week In Review


Episode Stats

Length

34 minutes

Words per Minute

172.48033

Word Count

5,899

Sentence Count

180

Misogynist Sentences

6

Hate Speech Sentences

13


Summary


Transcript

00:00:00.000 This is an iHeart Podcast.
00:00:02.560 Guaranteed human.
00:00:05.420 Welcome, it is Verdict with Ted Cruz,
00:00:07.640 Weekend Review, Ben Ferguson with you,
00:00:09.640 and these are the stories that you may have missed
00:00:11.300 that we talked about this week.
00:00:12.920 It all deals with fraud in Minnesota.
00:00:15.480 First up, Nick Shirley goes to the autism centers
00:00:18.560 to expose the massive fraud
00:00:21.420 at these daycare centers as well.
00:00:23.620 What does this mean?
00:00:24.560 We'll explain it all to you.
00:00:26.300 Also, when Elon Musk was in charge of Doge,
00:00:29.400 he had a major warning
00:00:30.700 that this is exactly what we are going to find.
00:00:33.740 He talked about it in an interview with the center and I,
00:00:36.200 and we're going to play it back for you.
00:00:38.020 And finally, the big question everyone's asking,
00:00:41.680 will people actually be arrested?
00:00:44.240 Go to prison.
00:00:45.740 It's the Weekend Review, and it starts right now.
00:00:48.980 I'm not crazy to say this,
00:00:50.800 and if you disagree with me, please tell me why.
00:00:53.340 If you are a person that is in a position of power
00:00:57.280 as an elected official,
00:00:58.700 you see this video,
00:01:00.580 wouldn't the first thing you would do
00:01:02.140 would get together with your staff,
00:01:03.480 then we'd get together with law enforcement,
00:01:04.940 then immediately send out teams,
00:01:06.540 like Monday morning,
00:01:08.140 to go to all these places
00:01:09.760 and investigate immediately?
00:01:11.600 They don't want to shut them down.
00:01:13.240 They want to cover it up.
00:01:14.860 They want to say,
00:01:15.440 no, no, it wasn't us, wasn't us.
00:01:16.860 We're not responsible.
00:01:18.880 And this is,
00:01:20.020 the scale,
00:01:21.380 it is so brazen,
00:01:22.620 they can't deny it.
00:01:23.500 And by the way,
00:01:24.900 all right,
00:01:25.280 to all the corporate reporters
00:01:26.540 who've done no journalism for years
00:01:28.340 except attacking Donald Trump
00:01:29.780 for everything he says and does,
00:01:32.240 here's the next place the story's going.
00:01:34.160 Here's where the puck is going.
00:01:35.960 Yeah.
00:01:36.160 How much of that money
00:01:38.040 has gone directly
00:01:39.260 into the campaign coffers
00:01:40.620 of the elected Democrats?
00:01:41.760 How much has Tim Walz made?
00:01:42.480 It's a great point.
00:01:43.500 How much of the U.S. senators made?
00:01:45.020 How much of the members of the House made?
00:01:47.500 How much has the mayor made?
00:01:48.600 How much has the city council made?
00:01:50.360 How many millions of dollars
00:01:52.040 were they buying political protection
00:01:54.100 in order to enable them
00:01:55.620 to steal billions?
00:01:57.780 All right,
00:01:58.020 I want to play one more segment.
00:01:59.840 Yep, one more thing.
00:02:00.580 This is a segment
00:02:01.920 where Nick Shirley tries to go
00:02:05.420 to another daycare center.
00:02:07.200 Woman answers the door.
00:02:08.540 He asks if he can sign up his son, Joey.
00:02:11.500 She says,
00:02:12.000 no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
00:02:13.800 We don't take children here.
00:02:15.820 And then he says,
00:02:16.760 all right,
00:02:17.060 let's branch out.
00:02:18.760 We've struck out
00:02:19.660 at every daycare center,
00:02:20.700 and these are all
00:02:21.420 within a couple blocks of each other,
00:02:22.840 all of these fake storefronts.
00:02:24.700 He said,
00:02:25.060 let's go to an autism center.
00:02:27.420 And we've seen an explosion
00:02:29.260 of autism centers,
00:02:30.580 and I want you to watch
00:02:31.880 and listen to what happens
00:02:32.900 when he goes to an autism center
00:02:34.760 that once again
00:02:35.800 is being paid millions of dollars
00:02:37.200 by the taxpayers of Minnesota.
00:02:39.320 Give a listen,
00:02:39.900 give a watch.
00:02:40.980 Little Joey would not be accepted
00:02:42.480 to that daycare.
00:02:43.280 Joey's still homeless.
00:02:44.460 Joey's still looking for daycare.
00:02:46.320 And because little Joey
00:02:47.420 couldn't get into a daycare,
00:02:48.900 we went to an autism center
00:02:50.640 as they have been popping up everywhere
00:02:52.920 as a rise of autism
00:02:54.120 has occurred here in Minnesota
00:02:55.600 because of the government funds
00:02:57.660 that they're receiving.
00:02:58.680 I tried to check my son,
00:02:59.920 Joey into an autism center.
00:03:01.800 We've been going to a lot
00:03:02.380 of these daycare centers.
00:03:03.220 We're trying to find a spot
00:03:03.940 for our little boy, Joey,
00:03:05.500 but we thought maybe
00:03:07.200 we could check him
00:03:07.660 in the autism center
00:03:08.380 because now the daycare centers
00:03:10.280 are open.
00:03:10.940 Yeah, and how many kids
00:03:11.800 do you guys have
00:03:12.200 at this autism center?
00:03:13.000 I can't give you a number of them.
00:03:20.460 Like more than five?
00:03:22.340 Probably.
00:03:23.280 Probably, so you don't really know?
00:03:24.560 Yeah.
00:03:25.720 What do you guys think
00:03:26.460 about like the fraud
00:03:27.000 that's been labeled
00:03:27.580 on the autism centers here?
00:03:28.840 What do you guys do think
00:03:29.940 about the fraud
00:03:30.500 or how come the autism centers
00:03:32.040 are popping up?
00:03:34.000 I can't actually know.
00:03:34.800 What news?
00:03:35.320 Are you a news reporter?
00:03:36.420 My name's Nick.
00:03:37.140 We're doing a little documentary
00:03:37.900 trying to find little Joey
00:03:38.880 a spot to put himself
00:03:40.260 in one of these centers here
00:03:41.440 because there's...
00:03:42.160 So why are you asking us
00:03:43.180 about like...
00:03:44.220 The fraud?
00:03:45.160 Yeah, because we want
00:03:45.880 to make sure we're going
00:03:46.360 to legit business
00:03:47.200 if we're going to bring
00:03:47.820 our little boy Joey here.
00:03:50.320 This is not a Joey spot.
00:03:52.640 But that's our number
00:03:53.720 on your Apple book.
00:03:54.960 But this is our...
00:03:56.000 We can't let you guys see.
00:03:57.640 Okay.
00:03:59.500 Thank you.
00:04:00.400 So once again,
00:04:01.200 little Joey,
00:04:02.000 he can't even go to daycare
00:04:03.220 and now they won't even
00:04:03.880 accept him if he has autism.
00:04:05.980 And again, no kids.
00:04:07.140 Couldn't tell you
00:04:07.580 how many kids they serve.
00:04:09.300 After being able
00:04:10.160 to provide no evidence
00:04:11.440 of them actually being
00:04:12.520 an autism center
00:04:13.380 in a place where
00:04:14.140 a child could go,
00:04:15.300 they shut the door
00:04:16.340 and we headed
00:04:16.780 to the next fraudulent
00:04:18.500 daycare center
00:04:19.360 that was just
00:04:20.120 around the corner.
00:04:21.420 We're on to the next location.
00:04:22.800 We're still trying
00:04:23.320 to find little Joey
00:04:24.080 a place to go
00:04:24.780 to get some daycare.
00:04:25.800 So where we're going now
00:04:27.080 is a place called
00:04:28.400 Super Kids Daycare Center.
00:04:30.520 Interestingly,
00:04:32.060 this daycare center
00:04:33.900 was shut down
00:04:35.020 when it was called
00:04:35.800 Creative Minds Daycare
00:04:37.240 and it had received
00:04:39.120 $2.45 million
00:04:40.960 this fiscal year,
00:04:44.260 2025.
00:04:45.300 They had this shut down
00:04:46.560 because there were
00:04:47.180 so many violations
00:04:48.240 and they went
00:04:49.660 and they just reopened
00:04:50.780 under a new license
00:04:51.680 and they renamed
00:04:52.900 the center
00:04:53.360 Super Kids Daycare Center,
00:04:55.220 LLC.
00:04:55.960 So they got shut down
00:04:56.860 and started on the other one.
00:04:58.520 Literally the next day.
00:05:00.340 Creative Minds Daycare,
00:05:01.540 $2.45 million
00:05:03.560 got sent to this
00:05:04.700 daycare center.
00:05:06.060 We have
00:05:06.740 empty parking lot.
00:05:09.220 We do have a bus here.
00:05:10.280 This is different.
00:05:11.040 We'll see if we see anybody.
00:05:12.340 I knocked on the door.
00:05:13.560 Absolutely nobody
00:05:14.500 was inside
00:05:15.260 and once again,
00:05:16.160 no children
00:05:16.840 could be heard anywhere.
00:05:18.360 So David,
00:05:19.080 once again,
00:05:19.680 another child
00:05:20.980 daycare center.
00:05:22.340 We have a bus
00:05:23.000 out here.
00:05:24.200 No one's inside.
00:05:25.960 Licensed for over
00:05:26.920 50 kids,
00:05:27.980 no children anywhere,
00:05:29.580 but yet millions
00:05:31.140 of dollars
00:05:32.160 every single year.
00:05:34.760 So the sign says
00:05:36.260 Creative Minds Daycare.
00:05:37.800 They got in so much trouble.
00:05:39.720 They had so many violations
00:05:40.880 that they had to shut down
00:05:43.120 and they reopened
00:05:44.060 the next day
00:05:44.840 under Super Kids Daycare Center.
00:05:47.560 You see 3801 Portland,
00:05:50.400 3801 Portland,
00:05:51.960 which is where we are.
00:05:53.720 So that's fraud
00:05:54.380 right there alone.
00:05:55.140 Millions and millions
00:05:57.320 of dollars
00:05:57.740 and again,
00:05:58.700 the kids are missing.
00:05:59.600 Where are the kids?
00:06:00.220 You'd think if they had
00:06:01.100 the same address
00:06:01.920 that whoever's inside
00:06:03.200 or working at the Capitol
00:06:04.320 here inside of Minnesota
00:06:05.980 would just say,
00:06:06.760 oh, maybe that's a red flag.
00:06:09.660 They just write the check.
00:06:11.260 Human Services,
00:06:12.300 they got to clean out
00:06:13.200 the whole bunch.
00:06:14.380 They're the ones
00:06:15.060 who enabled this fraud.
00:06:16.340 How can you not look
00:06:17.360 and say,
00:06:18.360 wait a minute,
00:06:19.000 these two are registered
00:06:20.020 at the same address?
00:06:21.280 On top of all
00:06:22.340 of the child care centers,
00:06:23.720 that's just only
00:06:24.440 a small piece of the fraud.
00:06:25.900 What other fraud
00:06:26.520 are they committing
00:06:26.980 here in Minnesota?
00:06:28.040 So another major piece
00:06:29.880 of the fraud
00:06:30.520 is the home health care industry.
00:06:34.340 Where we're going now
00:06:35.760 is a building
00:06:36.960 that has 14 Somali-owned
00:06:40.480 home health care companies
00:06:41.880 in the same building.
00:06:44.080 14 of the same health care companies
00:06:46.060 in one building.
00:06:47.320 14 home health care companies
00:06:48.920 with different names
00:06:49.660 in the same building.
00:06:50.580 How bad has Tim Waltz
00:06:52.120 managed the budget here
00:06:53.420 inside of Minnesota?
00:06:54.620 So the last biennium,
00:06:56.940 we had an $18 billion surplus.
00:07:00.800 This biennium,
00:07:02.100 we have a $6 billion deficit.
00:07:05.880 That's a $24 billion swing
00:07:08.600 in one biennium.
00:07:11.160 How in the world
00:07:12.200 can you burn through
00:07:13.000 $24 billion in two years?
00:07:15.440 This is how right here.
00:07:17.160 This is a huge part of it.
00:07:18.720 And so would you say
00:07:19.680 a lot of that is fraud
00:07:20.580 that's taking place
00:07:21.200 here in Minnesota?
00:07:22.040 Absolutely.
00:07:22.660 I would say
00:07:23.300 better than 90% of it
00:07:26.380 is absolute outright fraud.
00:07:28.420 And a large percentage
00:07:29.300 of this fraud
00:07:30.220 is from these health care companies
00:07:32.280 that are charging the state
00:07:33.600 millions of dollars
00:07:35.240 while they actually
00:07:36.100 aren't providing anything.
00:07:38.200 In fact,
00:07:38.700 the FBI just did a raid
00:07:40.020 a few days ago
00:07:40.960 on a building
00:07:41.560 similar to the one
00:07:42.520 we are about to enter.
00:07:43.720 Inside of this building,
00:07:44.880 there were 14
00:07:45.560 of nearly the exact same businesses
00:07:47.620 offering the exact same services.
00:07:49.960 Right here,
00:07:50.540 you have a list
00:07:51.020 of all of the health care companies.
00:07:54.880 Loads of them right here.
00:07:56.360 We want health care.
00:07:57.640 No, thank you.
00:07:58.500 Yes, we'd like to speak
00:07:59.560 about getting health care here.
00:08:00.660 No, no, no.
00:08:01.400 Why can't I get health care here?
00:08:02.920 No, no.
00:08:03.300 So I get, wait, wait.
00:08:04.300 Warning,
00:08:04.860 you are under video surveillance.
00:08:06.520 No trespassing,
00:08:07.560 security armed.
00:08:08.520 This is the strangest
00:08:13.300 place I've ever been
00:08:15.520 to get health care.
00:08:17.440 Just a bunch
00:08:18.860 of different places.
00:08:21.260 Health care here,
00:08:22.380 health care right here,
00:08:23.860 another health care company
00:08:26.620 right here.
00:08:27.360 There are three health care companies
00:08:29.420 inside of this building
00:08:31.020 right here
00:08:31.480 in this room of 7C.
00:08:33.800 Now we have another
00:08:34.900 helping hands,
00:08:35.900 Home Care LLC,
00:08:37.800 another health care company.
00:08:39.400 Present Help right here.
00:08:41.000 We're looking for the best rates
00:08:42.120 of health care here
00:08:42.940 inside this building
00:08:43.640 because we have so many options.
00:08:45.000 Who can we talk about
00:08:45.700 getting the best health care?
00:08:46.820 I don't know.
00:08:48.400 No?
00:08:48.700 Sorry.
00:08:49.760 All right.
00:08:50.780 We will not get
00:08:51.740 any health care here.
00:08:53.160 David,
00:08:53.460 this is one of the
00:08:54.000 strangest places
00:08:54.700 I've ever been.
00:08:56.920 Literally,
00:08:57.660 health care every door
00:08:58.420 you go to,
00:08:59.560 yet nobody will give you a rate.
00:09:01.080 How much money
00:09:01.680 do you think
00:09:01.900 has been funneled
00:09:02.440 through this building?
00:09:04.080 Every year,
00:09:04.600 I would say
00:09:05.860 $50 to $60 million
00:09:07.500 at least.
00:09:08.480 And finally,
00:09:09.220 we were accepted
00:09:09.780 into one of the
00:09:10.580 daycare centers
00:09:11.200 and they actually
00:09:11.920 took down information
00:09:12.880 to give us a rate.
00:09:14.420 However,
00:09:14.900 when we left,
00:09:15.640 we were then met
00:09:16.320 with the police.
00:09:17.440 I received a complaint
00:09:18.840 that,
00:09:20.120 don't mention your description,
00:09:21.340 we're in this building
00:09:22.040 harassing the individuals
00:09:23.360 who stayed here.
00:09:25.180 Oh,
00:09:25.360 we're just seeing,
00:09:25.960 we're checking out
00:09:26.380 the rates for health care
00:09:27.080 because there's 14
00:09:28.680 health care companies
00:09:29.300 inside this building,
00:09:30.100 so.
00:09:30.640 Okay.
00:09:30.860 That's not what he said.
00:09:32.000 He said there's 14
00:09:32.880 companies here
00:09:33.860 and he's trying
00:09:34.600 to assume
00:09:35.000 because there's
00:09:35.460 Somali providers
00:09:36.360 that everyone here
00:09:36.960 is fraudulent.
00:09:38.160 He's here with
00:09:38.820 some kind of like
00:09:39.420 propaganda.
00:09:40.440 No,
00:09:40.660 we're just checking.
00:09:41.340 This is,
00:09:42.080 this is a,
00:09:43.120 um,
00:09:44.640 area that we're
00:09:45.460 allowed to enforce
00:09:46.260 trespassing ordinance.
00:09:47.240 Is there any other
00:09:47.820 reason that you guys
00:09:48.440 are here?
00:09:49.120 Well,
00:09:49.360 we're checking rates.
00:09:50.780 No,
00:09:51.120 he's not.
00:09:51.800 We're checking rates.
00:09:52.600 We asked for rates.
00:09:53.320 No,
00:09:53.520 you're not.
00:09:54.220 Okay.
00:09:55.120 I'm going to have,
00:09:55.620 if you guys are all good,
00:09:56.380 we're going to step outside
00:09:57.200 and we can continue
00:09:57.840 to have a deal.
00:09:58.380 All right,
00:09:58.720 let's leave.
00:09:59.260 So,
00:09:59.700 all right,
00:09:59.960 we're getting escorted out
00:10:03.860 checking out the rates,
00:10:04.640 seeing what was happening
00:10:05.280 inside of this building.
00:10:06.320 No one would really speak
00:10:07.060 with us.
00:10:07.340 We did go inside
00:10:07.940 the one daycare center
00:10:08.780 and she actually did
00:10:09.880 give us rates for child care.
00:10:11.640 Much respect to that lady.
00:10:12.760 What's the problem,
00:10:13.460 officer?
00:10:14.380 Well,
00:10:14.760 so again,
00:10:15.300 we're,
00:10:15.540 we've been getting reports
00:10:16.580 from,
00:10:17.280 you know,
00:10:17.600 multiple individuals
00:10:18.360 that you guys were
00:10:19.180 harassing individuals
00:10:20.420 who work here.
00:10:22.240 At the end of the day,
00:10:23.240 this is private property
00:10:24.160 and it's one that
00:10:25.500 people are allowed
00:10:26.660 to ask you to leave
00:10:27.320 and it's also
00:10:27.720 when the Minneapolis
00:10:28.200 Police Department
00:10:28.860 is allowed to enforce
00:10:29.760 trespassing ordinance
00:10:30.580 at this address.
00:10:32.200 Yeah.
00:10:32.460 So,
00:10:32.660 as we got escorted
00:10:33.980 out of this building,
00:10:35.080 the Somalis filmed us
00:10:36.200 as we left
00:10:36.940 and we headed over
00:10:37.680 to the next building.
00:10:39.620 Senator,
00:10:40.200 I would encourage
00:10:41.020 everybody to go watch.
00:10:42.100 There's another
00:10:42.580 20,
00:10:43.520 10 minutes of this video
00:10:44.520 and we'll put it up
00:10:45.300 on social media.
00:10:46.280 But it is truly impressive
00:10:48.080 to watch the Somalis there
00:10:49.860 use the police
00:10:51.340 to kick someone
00:10:52.400 out of their building
00:10:53.500 who is exposing
00:10:54.480 their fraud
00:10:55.080 by just asking
00:10:56.100 for rates.
00:10:57.400 You're talking,
00:10:58.100 he said,
00:10:58.680 60,
00:10:59.040 70,
00:10:59.300 80 million
00:10:59.820 running through
00:11:00.380 that building
00:11:00.940 every single year.
00:11:02.660 with no one
00:11:03.700 offering anything
00:11:04.980 and yet the police
00:11:06.180 show up
00:11:06.660 not to arrest
00:11:08.400 these people
00:11:09.500 that are just
00:11:10.180 lynching our tax dollars
00:11:12.280 to the American people
00:11:13.340 but instead
00:11:14.420 when a 22,
00:11:16.420 23-year-old YouTuber
00:11:17.480 who's a hero
00:11:18.800 is the guy
00:11:19.920 they're harassing.
00:11:20.760 So Nick Shirley
00:11:22.920 in one afternoon
00:11:23.880 he uncovered
00:11:24.640 110 million dollars
00:11:26.580 of fraud
00:11:27.040 and in fact
00:11:27.580 during the video
00:11:28.200 he has a running tally
00:11:29.200 of the fraud
00:11:29.840 each place
00:11:30.840 that he uncovers.
00:11:33.000 The reason at the end
00:11:34.600 it speaks volumes
00:11:35.560 that the police
00:11:36.260 showed up
00:11:36.840 and forced them
00:11:38.180 to leave
00:11:38.720 not because
00:11:39.520 they were investigating
00:11:40.540 fraud
00:11:41.080 that the people
00:11:42.040 in that building
00:11:42.760 were obviously
00:11:44.340 robbing
00:11:45.100 the Minnesota taxpayers.
00:11:46.900 Now listen,
00:11:47.620 I don't fault
00:11:48.400 that police officer.
00:11:49.860 He's doing his job.
00:11:51.360 The problem is
00:11:52.520 his job is decided
00:11:53.760 by the mayor
00:11:54.420 of Minneapolis
00:11:55.020 and the city council
00:11:56.240 of Minneapolis
00:11:56.800 and they are all
00:11:57.680 corrupt Democrats
00:11:58.600 who are being paid for
00:12:00.580 by these Somali
00:12:02.440 thieves.
00:12:04.520 And so
00:12:05.160 at the end of the day
00:12:06.800 that the police
00:12:07.600 knows their
00:12:08.200 knows their jobs
00:12:09.320 is protect
00:12:10.080 the criminals
00:12:10.960 protect the thieves
00:12:12.640 because the thieves
00:12:14.180 are funding
00:12:14.860 the politicians
00:12:15.680 who are in charge
00:12:16.560 of the city.
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00:12:55.220 Now on to story number two.
00:12:57.340 You know this also goes back
00:12:58.540 to something you and I
00:12:59.300 talked about
00:12:59.980 several months ago
00:13:01.300 when we had
00:13:02.100 then the man
00:13:03.220 in charge of Doge
00:13:04.280 he was warning us
00:13:05.480 about waste
00:13:06.760 fraud and abuse.
00:13:08.120 That was Elon Musk.
00:13:09.080 He actually retweeted
00:13:10.660 the last couple days
00:13:11.920 this segment
00:13:13.340 that we had
00:13:14.020 from him
00:13:14.440 in the Doge office
00:13:15.260 in the EOB
00:13:15.820 next to the White House
00:13:16.760 and I want to play
00:13:18.040 that for people
00:13:18.700 just to remind you
00:13:20.060 of what he was talking about
00:13:21.280 of entitlement payments
00:13:23.020 going to people
00:13:24.300 just like these Somalians
00:13:26.140 and illegals
00:13:26.940 and how this was
00:13:28.660 one of the biggest frauds
00:13:30.020 as he described it
00:13:30.860 happening in the history
00:13:31.800 of this country.
00:13:32.460 Take a listen
00:13:33.880 to again
00:13:34.680 this is Elon Musk
00:13:35.600 on this show
00:13:36.580 months ago
00:13:37.300 warning about
00:13:38.520 this exact type
00:13:39.700 of behavior.
00:13:41.380 The single biggest thing
00:13:43.000 that they're
00:13:43.440 that they're worried about
00:13:44.980 is
00:13:45.460 that
00:13:46.420 Doge
00:13:48.120 is going to turn off
00:13:49.600 fraudulent payments
00:13:50.780 of entitlements
00:13:51.780 I mean everything
00:13:52.740 from Social Security
00:13:53.860 Medicare
00:13:54.340 you know
00:13:55.840 unemployment
00:13:56.480 disability
00:13:57.460 small business
00:13:59.380 administration loans
00:14:00.720 turn them off
00:14:01.760 to illegals
00:14:03.260 this is the
00:14:05.100 crux of the matter
00:14:05.820 yep
00:14:06.400 okay this is
00:14:07.120 this is the
00:14:07.800 this is the thing
00:14:09.120 that why they really
00:14:10.360 hit my guts
00:14:10.800 want me to die
00:14:11.380 and do you think
00:14:13.260 that's billions
00:14:13.960 hundreds of billions
00:14:15.140 what do you think
00:14:15.540 the scale is of that
00:14:16.580 I think
00:14:17.380 across the country
00:14:18.280 it's in
00:14:18.900 it's well worth
00:14:19.660 of 100 billion
00:14:20.240 maybe 200 billion
00:14:21.400 so
00:14:23.220 by
00:14:25.640 by using
00:14:26.440 entitlements fraud
00:14:27.420 the Democrats
00:14:28.320 have been able
00:14:28.780 to attract
00:14:30.160 and retain
00:14:31.380 vast numbers
00:14:32.680 of illegal immigrants
00:14:34.400 and
00:14:35.120 and by voters
00:14:35.960 and
00:14:36.500 and by voters
00:14:38.040 exactly
00:14:38.520 the
00:14:39.100 basically
00:14:40.100 bring in
00:14:41.140 I don't know
00:14:42.120 10-20 million
00:14:42.980 people
00:14:44.080 who are beholden
00:14:45.400 to the Democrats
00:14:46.240 for government
00:14:47.260 handouts
00:14:47.760 and will vote
00:14:49.260 overwhelmingly Democrat
00:14:50.360 as has been
00:14:51.320 demonstrated in
00:14:51.880 California
00:14:52.240 this is
00:14:53.660 it's an election
00:14:54.800 strategy
00:14:55.240 yes
00:14:55.780 it's power
00:14:56.500 yes
00:14:57.080 and
00:14:57.480 and
00:14:57.700 it
00:14:57.880 doesn't take
00:14:58.320 much to turn
00:14:58.960 the swing states
00:14:59.520 blue
00:14:59.880 I mean
00:15:00.500 often a swing state
00:15:01.320 might be won
00:15:01.940 by 10-20 thousand
00:15:03.080 votes
00:15:03.440 sure
00:15:03.700 so
00:15:04.200 the Dems can
00:15:05.020 bring in
00:15:05.400 200,000
00:15:06.400 illegals
00:15:07.060 and over time
00:15:07.820 get them
00:15:08.520 legalized
00:15:09.440 not counting
00:15:10.580 any cheating
00:15:11.060 that takes place
00:15:11.660 because there is
00:15:12.080 some cheating
00:15:12.520 but even without
00:15:13.820 cheating
00:15:14.220 if you
00:15:15.240 make
00:15:15.820 if you bring
00:15:17.200 in illegals
00:15:17.620 that are 10x
00:15:18.280 the voter
00:15:19.020 differential
00:15:19.480 in a swing state
00:15:20.560 it will no longer
00:15:21.620 be a swing state
00:15:22.340 right
00:15:22.560 and the Dems
00:15:24.540 will win
00:15:24.940 all the swing states
00:15:25.780 just a matter of time
00:15:26.620 and America
00:15:29.140 will be
00:15:29.540 permanent
00:15:30.280 deep blue
00:15:31.260 socialist state
00:15:32.080 the house
00:15:34.320 the senate
00:15:34.960 yep
00:15:35.340 the presidency
00:15:36.660 and the supreme court
00:15:37.600 will all go
00:15:38.420 hardcore Dem
00:15:39.300 they will then
00:15:40.300 further cement that
00:15:41.180 by bringing
00:15:42.620 in even more
00:15:43.420 aliens
00:15:43.800 so you
00:15:44.120 can't vote
00:15:45.120 your way out
00:15:45.540 of it
00:15:46.120 their objective
00:15:47.900 is to make
00:15:48.520 one party
00:15:49.140 socialist state
00:15:49.880 and it will be
00:15:50.640 much worse
00:15:51.020 than California
00:15:51.520 because at least
00:15:51.980 California is
00:15:52.500 mitigated by
00:15:53.160 the fact that
00:15:53.840 someone can
00:15:54.180 leave California
00:15:54.680 you can go to
00:15:55.200 Texas
00:15:55.460 yeah
00:15:55.900 exactly
00:15:56.500 they are going
00:15:57.960 to make
00:15:58.160 everywhere
00:15:58.760 California
00:15:59.400 a bit worse
00:15:59.880 you know
00:16:00.660 what's interesting
00:16:01.060 is the way
00:16:01.500 that he described
00:16:02.140 it there
00:16:02.440 senators saying
00:16:03.060 you can't
00:16:03.660 they'll get
00:16:04.060 to a point
00:16:04.540 where you can't
00:16:05.160 vote your way
00:16:05.720 out of it
00:16:06.200 it's almost
00:16:07.180 like Elon
00:16:07.940 was describing
00:16:08.800 Minneapolis
00:16:09.620 Minneapolis
00:16:11.400 St.
00:16:11.860 Paul
00:16:12.200 and now
00:16:13.520 in essence
00:16:14.340 the entire
00:16:14.960 state is going
00:16:15.800 that way
00:16:16.280 after it's
00:16:16.880 total Somali
00:16:17.580 control
00:16:18.120 locally
00:16:19.020 now look
00:16:20.160 that is
00:16:20.960 exactly right
00:16:21.760 I will say
00:16:22.600 by the way
00:16:23.140 that the
00:16:23.480 interview we
00:16:23.900 did with
00:16:24.140 Elon Musk
00:16:24.780 it was an
00:16:25.140 hour long
00:16:25.540 interview
00:16:25.860 we did it
00:16:26.320 in the course
00:16:26.820 of two
00:16:27.100 podcasts
00:16:27.700 it remains
00:16:29.200 one of my
00:16:29.620 favorite pods
00:16:30.220 we've ever
00:16:30.800 done
00:16:31.180 if you
00:16:31.820 didn't listen
00:16:32.540 to it
00:16:32.900 when it
00:16:33.160 came out
00:16:33.640 I would
00:16:33.920 encourage
00:16:34.360 you
00:16:34.540 it was
00:16:34.740 fascinating
00:16:35.320 we got
00:16:35.820 to ask
00:16:36.220 Elon
00:16:36.420 all sorts
00:16:36.940 of questions
00:16:37.500 about how
00:16:38.320 he built
00:16:38.620 Tesla
00:16:38.960 how he built
00:16:40.020 SpaceX
00:16:41.220 what are
00:16:42.340 the odds
00:16:42.860 of killer
00:16:43.300 robots
00:16:43.740 killing us
00:16:44.300 all
00:16:44.580 what's
00:16:44.900 going to
00:16:45.080 happen
00:16:45.300 with AI
00:16:45.780 I mean
00:16:46.980 it was
00:16:47.420 it was
00:16:47.840 fun
00:16:48.280 it was
00:16:48.700 interesting
00:16:49.340 Elon
00:16:49.800 is a good
00:16:50.300 friend
00:16:50.720 and that
00:16:51.900 exchange
00:16:52.560 it was
00:16:53.240 prescient
00:16:53.860 that he
00:16:54.520 predicted
00:16:55.040 and it's
00:16:55.400 interesting
00:16:55.760 he said
00:16:56.120 north of
00:16:56.480 100 billion
00:16:57.040 nationwide
00:16:57.720 we look
00:16:58.680 at Minneapolis
00:16:59.340 and Minnesota
00:17:00.860 where it's
00:17:01.520 already north
00:17:02.200 of 9 billion
00:17:02.840 in just one
00:17:03.560 state
00:17:03.920 and I think
00:17:04.780 that prediction
00:17:05.280 of 100 billion
00:17:05.960 or more
00:17:06.480 is very
00:17:07.840 accurate
00:17:08.300 you know
00:17:09.000 I'll also
00:17:09.540 say on the
00:17:10.180 point about
00:17:11.040 getting
00:17:12.080 you know
00:17:12.340 Elon talked
00:17:12.940 right there
00:17:13.480 about getting
00:17:14.280 people locked
00:17:15.080 into welfare
00:17:15.960 and dependency
00:17:16.700 and making
00:17:17.160 them dependent
00:17:17.580 on the
00:17:17.860 Democrats
00:17:18.380 you know
00:17:19.020 there was
00:17:19.280 a tweet
00:17:19.840 that Bill
00:17:20.300 Ackman
00:17:20.740 the New
00:17:21.600 York
00:17:21.760 investor
00:17:22.140 put out
00:17:22.620 today
00:17:23.480 that I
00:17:23.820 thought
00:17:23.960 was quite
00:17:24.280 insightful
00:17:24.720 he said
00:17:26.140 quote
00:17:26.440 even assuming
00:17:27.140 there was
00:17:27.620 no fraud
00:17:28.200 none of
00:17:29.120 this makes
00:17:29.520 sense
00:17:29.960 how is it
00:17:31.280 that we
00:17:31.620 have been
00:17:31.940 funding
00:17:32.480 billions
00:17:33.240 of dollars
00:17:33.980 of daycare
00:17:34.840 for Somali
00:17:36.260 immigrants
00:17:36.840 in Minnesota
00:17:37.960 81%
00:17:40.260 of which
00:17:40.940 according to
00:17:41.560 Gemini
00:17:42.020 are on
00:17:43.060 welfare
00:17:43.420 now get
00:17:43.940 this
00:17:44.180 listen to
00:17:44.980 that fact
00:17:45.400 again
00:17:45.660 81%
00:17:46.880 of Somali
00:17:47.600 immigrants
00:17:48.000 are on
00:17:48.360 welfare
00:17:48.900 Ackman
00:17:50.320 continues
00:17:50.840 in other
00:17:51.700 words
00:17:52.080 if mom
00:17:53.360 and dad
00:17:53.900 don't work
00:17:55.240 why the
00:17:56.460 need for
00:17:56.820 child care
00:17:57.420 perhaps you
00:17:58.800 could say
00:17:59.180 the welfare
00:17:59.620 statistics
00:18:00.180 include some
00:18:00.880 subsidies
00:18:01.360 for working
00:18:01.920 parents
00:18:02.380 but still
00:18:03.180 in this
00:18:03.560 case
00:18:03.800 the child
00:18:04.240 care
00:18:04.400 does not
00:18:04.740 appear to
00:18:05.080 be needed
00:18:05.520 as the
00:18:06.280 daycare
00:18:06.640 centers
00:18:07.020 are empty
00:18:07.820 furthermore
00:18:09.120 why is
00:18:09.700 federal
00:18:10.060 funded
00:18:10.520 child care
00:18:11.200 provided to
00:18:11.940 recent
00:18:12.380 immigrants
00:18:12.840 on welfare
00:18:13.780 versus
00:18:14.520 long-standing
00:18:15.520 American
00:18:16.060 working
00:18:16.520 families
00:18:17.040 who are
00:18:17.320 not on
00:18:17.780 welfare
00:18:18.160 how does
00:18:18.980 this make
00:18:19.460 sense
00:18:19.800 and the
00:18:20.020 answer
00:18:20.260 is it
00:18:20.660 doesn't
00:18:21.420 it doesn't
00:18:22.320 unless the
00:18:23.260 goal is to
00:18:23.800 buy votes
00:18:24.360 and if the
00:18:25.200 goal is to
00:18:25.760 buy votes
00:18:26.260 it makes
00:18:27.200 perfect sense
00:18:28.000 and everyone
00:18:29.180 responsible
00:18:29.900 needs to
00:18:30.380 go to
00:18:30.600 jail
00:18:30.860 senator
00:18:31.440 we're talking
00:18:31.760 about
00:18:31.900 accountability
00:18:32.500 and
00:18:32.900 and CEOs
00:18:34.060 they're held
00:18:35.720 accountable
00:18:36.080 when they
00:18:36.520 commit
00:18:36.880 major
00:18:37.300 frauds
00:18:37.820 Bernie
00:18:38.160 Madoff
00:18:38.560 is one
00:18:38.880 I mentioned
00:18:39.240 a moment
00:18:39.560 ago
00:18:39.760 as well
00:18:40.320 is there
00:18:41.800 a real
00:18:42.240 chance
00:18:42.880 that we
00:18:43.420 will see
00:18:44.040 government
00:18:44.680 elected
00:18:45.360 officials
00:18:46.000 because of
00:18:47.280 this fraud
00:18:47.780 actually be
00:18:48.700 arrested and
00:18:49.340 held accountable
00:18:49.900 for the fact
00:18:50.820 that they're
00:18:51.180 the CEO
00:18:51.600 of the state
00:18:52.160 and they
00:18:53.200 are the ones
00:18:53.820 that allowed
00:18:54.360 this to
00:18:54.680 happen
00:18:54.900 there were
00:18:55.300 a lot
00:18:55.560 of warning
00:18:55.920 signs
00:18:56.400 there were
00:18:57.100 whistleblowers
00:18:57.760 that have
00:18:58.060 come forward
00:18:58.540 saying that
00:18:58.980 they had
00:18:59.320 taken to
00:18:59.760 the governor
00:19:00.160 and they
00:19:00.520 were actually
00:19:00.880 punished
00:19:01.400 for being
00:19:01.920 a whistleblower
00:19:02.700 in
00:19:03.300 Minnesota
00:19:03.680 that's part
00:19:04.600 of this
00:19:04.860 story
00:19:05.180 that can't
00:19:05.620 be overlooked
00:19:06.160 look I hope
00:19:07.840 so and I
00:19:08.560 believe there
00:19:09.140 will be
00:19:09.600 accountability
00:19:10.100 we've already
00:19:10.860 seen people
00:19:11.980 being prosecuted
00:19:12.980 the fraudsters
00:19:13.680 themselves
00:19:14.240 we've seen
00:19:15.160 DOJ and
00:19:16.000 the FBI
00:19:16.520 promising to
00:19:17.300 go higher
00:19:17.800 up the
00:19:18.160 chain
00:19:18.580 and I
00:19:20.160 hope and
00:19:20.540 expect that
00:19:21.140 to happen
00:19:21.580 now you
00:19:22.280 know I
00:19:22.480 will say
00:19:23.020 on Twitter
00:19:24.020 lots of
00:19:24.480 folks are
00:19:24.860 commenting
00:19:25.220 with our
00:19:25.820 last couple
00:19:26.360 of pods
00:19:26.820 and they're
00:19:27.140 yelling at
00:19:27.600 me going
00:19:28.020 well Ted
00:19:29.500 do something
00:19:30.200 about it
00:19:30.740 and let's
00:19:31.300 get back
00:19:31.780 to the
00:19:32.060 basic
00:19:32.360 constitution
00:19:33.060 and the
00:19:33.440 separation
00:19:33.860 of powers
00:19:34.420 the only
00:19:36.020 federal entity
00:19:37.000 that can
00:19:37.500 prosecute
00:19:38.120 is the
00:19:38.460 executive
00:19:38.940 branch
00:19:39.380 that is
00:19:39.860 the
00:19:40.360 department
00:19:40.680 of
00:19:40.880 justice
00:19:41.220 that is
00:19:41.580 the FBI
00:19:42.100 they can
00:19:42.860 bring criminal
00:19:43.500 charges
00:19:43.920 I serve
00:19:44.380 in the
00:19:44.580 legislature
00:19:45.100 the legislature
00:19:46.060 cannot prosecute
00:19:47.420 anyone
00:19:47.720 what we can
00:19:48.400 do is shine
00:19:49.560 a light
00:19:49.860 what we can
00:19:50.380 do this
00:19:50.800 podcast reaches
00:19:51.760 millions of
00:19:52.480 people by
00:19:53.280 shining a
00:19:53.980 light and
00:19:54.380 calling for
00:19:54.900 accountability
00:19:55.420 that builds
00:19:56.600 the momentum
00:19:57.120 for then the
00:19:57.860 executive has to
00:19:58.820 bring the
00:19:59.160 indictments and
00:20:00.020 has to prosecute
00:20:00.980 and that we're
00:20:02.040 going to do
00:20:02.440 and I fully
00:20:02.860 expect we will
00:20:03.580 also have
00:20:04.220 congressional hearings
00:20:05.780 again to shine
00:20:07.180 a light
00:20:07.460 now a congressional
00:20:08.160 hearing cannot
00:20:09.660 actually indict
00:20:10.720 anyone and put
00:20:11.360 anyone in jail
00:20:12.360 but it can draw
00:20:13.320 real attention
00:20:14.080 and it could
00:20:14.720 uncover evidence
00:20:15.880 that helps
00:20:16.920 helps the
00:20:17.660 executive then
00:20:18.580 prosecute
00:20:19.300 there are also
00:20:20.620 political consequences
00:20:21.800 and I want to
00:20:22.620 play actually an
00:20:23.840 ad that I saw
00:20:24.680 online I don't
00:20:25.500 know who put
00:20:25.880 this together
00:20:26.420 but it's a
00:20:27.620 satirical ad
00:20:28.440 about Tim Walz
00:20:29.320 that gives
00:20:29.760 some of the
00:20:30.260 sense of
00:20:30.740 political
00:20:31.220 consequences
00:20:32.000 that will
00:20:33.520 happen
00:20:33.900 this just
00:20:34.840 came out
00:20:35.280 today
00:20:35.720 give a listen
00:20:36.500 Tim Walz
00:20:37.760 doesn't seek
00:20:38.380 out fraud
00:20:39.040 fraud
00:20:39.680 seeks out
00:20:40.460 Tim Walz
00:20:41.300 when scammers
00:20:42.580 apply for jobs
00:20:43.800 they list him
00:20:44.860 as a reference
00:20:45.700 under his watch
00:20:47.240 fraud is
00:20:48.080 Minnesota's
00:20:48.740 fastest growing
00:20:49.540 small business
00:20:50.680 his biggest
00:20:51.920 export
00:20:52.480 taxpayer money
00:20:53.740 delivered to
00:20:54.700 foreign terrorists
00:20:55.580 if fraud had a
00:20:57.240 frequent flyer
00:20:57.940 program he
00:20:59.040 would always
00:20:59.700 fly first
00:21:00.560 class
00:21:01.140 he is
00:21:02.940 Tim Walz
00:21:03.860 the most
00:21:04.660 fraudulent
00:21:05.220 man in
00:21:05.780 America
00:21:06.280 Tim Walz
00:21:07.960 doesn't seek
00:21:08.560 I love the
00:21:10.160 and I remember
00:21:10.740 the most
00:21:11.180 interesting man
00:21:11.820 in the world
00:21:12.280 that's that
00:21:12.780 theme to that
00:21:13.540 with Dos Equis
00:21:14.160 yeah which is
00:21:16.560 such a great
00:21:17.300 like great ad
00:21:18.420 series they did
00:21:18.960 there for years
00:21:19.680 and by the way
00:21:20.820 Ben I have
00:21:24.020 to say I'm
00:21:24.580 also a fan
00:21:25.320 of bearded
00:21:26.700 Latinos
00:21:27.180 with just
00:21:28.180 you know
00:21:28.540 with something
00:21:29.180 to say in
00:21:29.740 the world
00:21:30.140 now I
00:21:31.540 understand your
00:21:32.400 beard like
00:21:33.060 never before
00:21:33.860 you were trying
00:21:34.840 to be the
00:21:35.380 most interesting
00:21:35.960 man in the
00:21:36.380 world of
00:21:36.840 politics
00:21:37.400 okay now
00:21:38.100 it's full
00:21:38.560 circle
00:21:38.980 it's a low
00:21:40.040 bar
00:21:40.400 I get it
00:21:42.240 that's so
00:21:43.280 good
00:21:43.600 that's I'm
00:21:44.480 never okay
00:21:45.440 the connection
00:21:46.160 is solidified
00:21:47.000 now
00:21:47.320 I that that
00:21:48.740 ad is hysterical
00:21:49.980 it's also
00:21:51.000 incredibly accurate
00:21:52.540 look this is
00:21:55.200 and it's just
00:21:55.940 the beginning
00:21:56.440 this is only
00:21:57.280 going to get
00:21:57.720 worse as I
00:21:58.420 said this has
00:22:00.000 happened in
00:22:00.640 other states
00:22:01.220 Minnesota is a
00:22:03.160 perfect storm
00:22:04.040 because you've
00:22:04.560 got the massive
00:22:05.240 Somali community
00:22:06.240 there but but
00:22:07.480 it is happening
00:22:08.220 in other states
00:22:08.940 we are going to
00:22:09.720 see accountability
00:22:10.420 and and and
00:22:11.480 listen I'm really
00:22:12.120 glad the Trump
00:22:12.800 administration
00:22:13.420 DOJ and the
00:22:14.160 FBI is going
00:22:14.940 after that this
00:22:16.120 but also today
00:22:17.800 HHS the
00:22:19.580 Trump administration
00:22:20.300 came out with
00:22:21.220 with with with
00:22:22.000 this announcement
00:22:23.120 give a listen
00:22:23.720 I'm here with
00:22:24.780 Assistant Secretary
00:22:25.620 Alex Adams
00:22:26.380 Alex oversees
00:22:27.720 the administration
00:22:28.360 for children and
00:22:29.060 families
00:22:29.500 intrepid journalists
00:22:31.200 have made shocking
00:22:31.960 incredible allegations
00:22:32.900 of extensive fraud
00:22:34.320 in Minnesota's
00:22:35.220 child care programs
00:22:36.160 we believe the
00:22:37.560 state of Minnesota
00:22:38.140 has allowed
00:22:38.680 scammers and
00:22:39.520 fake daycares to
00:22:40.440 siphon millions of
00:22:41.460 taxpayer dollars over
00:22:42.500 the past decade
00:22:43.240 my office ACF
00:22:44.920 provides Minnesota
00:22:45.900 185 million
00:22:47.220 dollars in child
00:22:48.000 care funds each
00:22:48.820 year that money
00:22:49.940 should be helping
00:22:50.600 19,000 American
00:22:51.980 children including
00:22:52.880 toddlers and
00:22:53.600 infants any dollar
00:22:55.280 stolen by fraudsters
00:22:56.520 is stolen from
00:22:57.540 those children
00:22:58.140 yesterday I spoke
00:22:59.820 directly with the
00:23:00.780 director of the
00:23:01.320 Minnesota Child
00:23:02.040 Care Services
00:23:02.720 office she could
00:23:04.020 not tell me with
00:23:04.720 confidence whether
00:23:05.440 those allegations of
00:23:06.460 fraud are isolated
00:23:07.400 or whether there's
00:23:08.220 fraud stretching
00:23:08.940 statewide today we
00:23:10.440 have taken three
00:23:11.180 direct actions against
00:23:12.300 the blatant fraud
00:23:13.220 that seems to be
00:23:14.340 rampant in Minnesota
00:23:15.200 first I've asked
00:23:17.220 our defend the
00:23:18.300 spend system for
00:23:19.280 all ACF child care
00:23:20.500 payments across
00:23:21.200 America starting
00:23:22.820 today we require a
00:23:23.960 justification receipt
00:23:25.280 or photo evidence
00:23:26.440 before we make a
00:23:27.200 payment second I've
00:23:29.520 just signed and sent
00:23:30.440 a demand letter to
00:23:31.320 governor walls I
00:23:32.740 required a full 360
00:23:34.180 review of these
00:23:35.400 centers this includes
00:23:37.020 attendance records
00:23:37.860 licenses complaints
00:23:39.080 investigations and
00:23:40.180 inspections and third
00:23:41.700 we've launched a
00:23:42.520 dedicated fraud
00:23:43.460 reporting hotline and
00:23:44.800 email address at
00:23:45.820 childcare.gov whether
00:23:47.560 you're a parent a
00:23:48.440 provider a member of
00:23:49.560 the public we want to
00:23:50.500 hear from you let me be
00:23:52.060 crystal clear ACF expects
00:23:53.960 every state to uphold the
00:23:55.420 highest standards of
00:23:56.480 oversight monitoring and
00:23:58.120 accountability for federal
00:23:59.240 dollars Minnesota is no
00:24:01.020 exception we're committed
00:24:02.720 to holding bad actors
00:24:03.720 accountable regardless of
00:24:05.320 rancor office anyone is
00:24:06.720 involved in perpetrating
00:24:07.820 this fraud against the
00:24:08.700 American people should
00:24:10.340 expect to be prosecuted to
00:24:11.780 the fullest extent of the
00:24:13.160 law so this is a step in
00:24:15.260 the right direction if you
00:24:16.340 look at the the president's
00:24:17.760 response and the
00:24:18.500 administration's response I
00:24:20.040 I do think the best part
00:24:21.360 is he's using all of
00:24:23.220 government we're hearing
00:24:24.640 that the IRS is getting
00:24:25.800 involved that the Department
00:24:26.940 of Homeland Security the
00:24:28.000 FBI they're working with
00:24:30.440 with basically every part of
00:24:32.600 our government to fight
00:24:33.960 this fraud you see this
00:24:35.500 from HHS and and there are
00:24:37.460 some that will say well
00:24:38.360 this is unfair because
00:24:39.860 they're stopping the
00:24:40.760 funding and there has to
00:24:41.760 be somebody doing good
00:24:42.920 work in Minnesota if
00:24:44.060 you're mad I would say
00:24:45.940 that you should be mad at
00:24:46.800 the Democrats for allowing
00:24:48.100 it to get to the point
00:24:48.940 where they had to stop the
00:24:49.940 funding going to the state
00:24:50.880 of Minnesota if you're
00:24:52.340 angry you should be angry
00:24:53.240 at Walt's and you should
00:24:54.240 be angry at every Democrat
00:24:55.960 that allowed this to
00:24:57.620 continue when there was
00:24:58.960 massive amounts of
00:25:00.080 warning signs not for
00:25:01.400 weeks not for months but
00:25:02.540 for literally years and
00:25:03.700 years and years well Ben
00:25:05.760 Jim O'Neill who just made
00:25:06.900 that announcement he is the
00:25:07.980 deputy secretary of HHS
00:25:09.420 he's Bobby Kennedy's
00:25:10.480 deputy Jim has been a
00:25:12.320 good friend of mine for
00:25:13.520 25 years actually Jim was
00:25:15.380 a groomsman at Heidi's
00:25:17.260 and my wedding so actually
00:25:18.160 longer married 25 years
00:25:19.620 ago so Jim was a
00:25:20.560 groomsman at our wedding
00:25:21.420 and and he's a great
00:25:23.440 friend he's doing a
00:25:24.280 terrific job as deputy
00:25:25.460 secretary at HHS but
00:25:27.180 that's the kind of
00:25:27.980 leadership we see now
00:25:28.940 it's now it's striking
00:25:29.860 when when when HHS put
00:25:33.180 this out immediately Tim
00:25:35.700 Waltz responded and and
00:25:37.080 and here's what what Tim
00:25:38.280 Waltz said in response
00:25:39.540 this is Trump's long game
00:25:42.420 we've spent years cracking
00:25:45.420 down on fraudsters it's a
00:25:47.360 serious issue but this has
00:25:49.260 been his plan all along he's
00:25:51.440 politicizing the issue to
00:25:53.000 defund programs that help
00:25:55.340 Minnesotans and and this is
00:25:57.700 this is Saul Alinsky like
00:25:59.980 like jujitsu of attacking the
00:26:03.320 Trump administration for
00:26:04.440 holding him accountable
00:26:05.340 look Governor Waltz when you
00:26:08.420 let Somalian fraudsters steal
00:26:10.660 nine billion dollars from
00:26:12.460 taxpayers you know who
00:26:13.500 doesn't get that real
00:26:15.020 Minnesotans who are not
00:26:16.760 fraudsters real kids and
00:26:18.900 that that's what the Trump
00:26:20.080 HHS emphasized right now is
00:26:21.740 this money is is made to go
00:26:23.600 to Americans in need and not
00:26:26.020 to thieves who are supporting
00:26:28.140 Democrats and and we're
00:26:30.440 going to see a whole lot more
00:26:31.520 accountability coming as
00:26:32.840 before if you want to hear
00:26:34.140 the rest of this conversation
00:26:35.360 on this topic you can go
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00:27:13.200 to get back to the big story
00:27:14.920 number three of the week you
00:27:16.000 may have missed if this was a
00:27:17.720 private sector fraud there would
00:27:20.500 already be people in handcuffs
00:27:21.880 yep there would be people there
00:27:23.420 that would be doing perp walks it
00:27:25.180 would be wall-to-wall coverage
00:27:27.000 but somehow because it's the
00:27:29.940 government it's like the
00:27:31.460 governor's not even a suspect
00:27:33.080 the AG is not even a suspect it's
00:27:35.400 like oh well you know we want to
00:27:36.740 bring in more Somalis that's what
00:27:38.120 the governor said a couple days
00:27:39.340 ago we should bring more of them
00:27:41.120 in how dare you demonize them and
00:27:43.140 if there is no accountability then
00:27:45.280 did they in fact get away with it I
00:27:47.060 would argue the answer is yes
00:27:48.240 because ultimately their goal was
00:27:49.880 to get Somalis to vote for them this
00:27:52.640 was the payoff it's pay-to-play
00:27:54.460 politics in Minnesota am I wrong
00:27:56.360 you're not wrong and that needs to
00:27:59.360 be one one significant part of the
00:28:01.120 investigation both from journalists
00:28:03.200 and from prosecutors there needs to
00:28:05.900 be significant investigation into how
00:28:08.520 much of that money ended up in
00:28:10.000 political coffers of politicians how
00:28:12.120 much the the reason that the
00:28:14.200 Democrats in Minnesota all look the
00:28:16.000 other way is they're all getting
00:28:18.020 paid a it's a huge voting block and
00:28:20.480 and I want you to to to watch this
00:28:23.040 for those of you who are watching
00:28:24.140 this online I I want you to see this
00:28:26.780 video of the mayor of Minneapolis
00:28:29.220 dancing waving a Somali flag if you
00:28:32.040 haven't but if you're not watching it
00:28:34.340 online if you're listening on radio
00:28:35.400 we're going to narrate it but here
00:28:36.540 give a look if you can and Ben and I
00:28:38.620 will tell you what you're looking at
00:28:39.540 I mean this video is amazing you got
00:28:48.320 the mayor of Minneapolis up there on
00:28:50.280 stage center waving a Somali flag and
00:28:55.200 dancing with a shirt of the Somali flag
00:28:57.940 on a shirt as well if you want to know
00:29:00.620 how we got to where we are now this is
00:29:03.600 just proof of it am I wrong okay and I
00:29:06.440 gotta say that this mayor manages to
00:29:09.080 dance in a way that makes Tim Waltz
00:29:11.620 look manly but like that is the most
00:29:14.920 effeminate prancing ass kissing like
00:29:21.260 like like unbelievably he's just
00:29:23.320 dancing and waving a Somali flag now
00:29:25.940 let me ask you do you think someone who
00:29:29.600 is desperately trying to get the votes
00:29:31.860 of the hundred thousand Somalis that
00:29:33.600 Democrats have imported into Minnesota
00:29:35.140 and desperately trying to get their
00:29:37.140 cash do you think he has any interest
00:29:38.640 in investigating and finding out the
00:29:40.560 billions of dollars they're stealing
00:29:41.720 from the taxpayers no hell no well and
00:29:44.060 that's how we got here let's go back to
00:29:47.240 the dancing mayor and talk a little bit
00:29:49.400 more about the propaganda he puts out on
00:29:51.660 social media clearly making it well known
00:29:54.340 where his allegiance isn't is not to the
00:29:56.540 American taxpayer well look if you're
00:29:59.900 asking how could this happen how could
00:30:01.840 it be so brazen how could you have daycare
00:30:03.900 centers with no kids how could you have
00:30:06.060 daycare centers with no playground
00:30:08.060 equipment how could you have centers for
00:30:09.900 kids with autism with no kids in them how
00:30:12.440 could you have home health care providers
00:30:14.500 that are not actually providing health
00:30:16.140 care like like the this the raw brazenness
00:30:18.500 of it and the answer is the politicians
00:30:20.740 were complicit and and and to to understand
00:30:23.820 just how craven and corrupt they are I want
00:30:26.340 to go back to the Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey and and
00:30:29.440 and or Frey or Fry or however you say his
00:30:31.420 name it depends if you're talking in Somali
00:30:35.280 you know I don't know it depends on what
00:30:37.040 you're doing well I want to play a video
00:30:39.220 that he put out and this is him really
00:30:41.140 speaking to America's heartland speaking
00:30:43.700 to you to me to to all of us because he's a
00:30:46.800 mayor of a major American city so give a
00:30:49.280 listen to mayor Frey
00:30:50.160 okay that's enough I did hear him say
00:31:13.040 by the way you and I are officially unelectable
00:31:15.280 in Minnesota I just want to be very I did
00:31:18.060 hear him say kiss Mayo and and he is saying
00:31:20.780 to his voters kiss Mayo he's telling them
00:31:22.900 to kiss Mayo he said Mogadishu and and
00:31:25.420 apparently he's running for mayor of
00:31:27.440 Mogadishu and maybe he is mayor of Mogadishu
00:31:29.400 look if you're the biggest funder of Al
00:31:32.940 Shabab yeah you're actually quite a star in
00:31:36.240 Mogadishu do you think look I don't know
00:31:38.660 what that guy's saying and and and that is
00:31:41.500 by design and and by the way you might
00:31:44.480 think well okay he's just you know he's
00:31:47.180 just trying to appeal to a constituency I
00:31:50.120 want you to listen to the prime minister
00:31:52.780 of Somalia standing next Ilhan Omar Ilhan Omar
00:31:56.980 is the congresswoman who represents this
00:31:59.220 Somali community and I want you to listen
00:32:01.180 to what the prime minister of Somalia says
00:32:03.900 about Ilhan Omar
00:32:04.740 I mean this is I honestly shocking when he's
00:32:24.580 talking about it's not in the interest of
00:32:25.960 Minnesota
00:32:26.260 somebody else all right and and let me let me for
00:32:30.360 our listeners you'll be forgiven if you thought
00:32:33.440 that might have been the mayor of Minneapolis
00:32:35.040 Jacob Fry because because they both speak
00:32:37.340 Somalian and so you know it is understandable that
00:32:40.440 the prime minister of Somalia sounds just like the
00:32:42.440 Minneapolis mayor but but here actually is is what
00:32:47.360 the Somalian prime minister's name and it's Hassan Ali
00:32:50.820 Kyrie and and he says the following for those listening
00:32:54.960 on radio you don't have the English translation so let
00:32:56.760 me translate what he said quote the interest of Ilhan are
00:33:02.280 not of the American people the interest of Ilhan is
00:33:08.680 that of the Somalian people and Somalia that that's not me
00:33:13.980 saying that or you saying that that's the prime minister of
00:33:17.720 Somalia in Minneapolis in America telling presumably
00:33:22.300 Americans your member of Congress her interests are not
00:33:26.120 America they are Somalians and Somalia and you want to know
00:33:30.120 why so many Democrats look the other way as the Somalian
00:33:33.840 fraudsters were robbing the taxpayers blind it is because
00:33:38.600 they were in on it they were profiting from it they were
00:33:42.520 benefiting from it and and and this embodies level upon
00:33:47.420 level of corruption as always thank you for listening to
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