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


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Ted Cruz and Ben Ferguson discuss fraud at Minnetonolo daycare centers in Minnesota, Elon Musk's warning about the fraud, and will people actually be arrested for the fraud? Ted Cruz's Weekend Review with Ben Ferguson and Ted Cruz.

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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. 1.00
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. 0.77
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, 0.68
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.
00:12:17.480 Now if you want to hear
00:12:18.240 the rest of this conversation
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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 1.00
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 0.81
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 0.94
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 0.93
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 0.83
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 0.95
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 0.95
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 1.00
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 0.81
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 1.00
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 0.97
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 1.00
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 0.86
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 0.94
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 1.00
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 0.69
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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