“Chasing Pirates” in Minnesota: Exposing the Tim Walz Fraud ft. Nick Shirley

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Tricia, Welcome to the Charlie Kirk Show. 00:02:00 Speaker 5: Andrew, thanks so much for having me. 00:02:02 Speaker 2: Thank you for joining us. 00:02:04 Speaker 4: We were been discussing it really all month, this this story out of Minnesota with the Somalis. 00:02:11 Speaker 2: It started with talking. 00:02:12 Speaker 4: About it was coverage of the autism centers, talking about medicaid fraud, talking about all sorts of stuff. But now it's really gone ultra viral, and we'll have them on later in the show. Nick Shirley knocking on the doors of some daycares, people becoming really aware of that there's dozens hundreds of these daycares with supposedly hundreds of children at them, getting millions of taxpayer dollars. Some of them may not exist at all, some of them may be massively exaggerating how many services they provide. This has really become it's gone insanely viral. I think Nick Shirley's video is around one hundred and twenty million views at this point. 00:02:52 Speaker 2: It's gotten it's. 00:02:54 Speaker 4: Become this symbol, I think, for a lot of the right and really the wider America of the downside of immigration, and it's been getting a lot of attention now from the Trump administration, from DJ and your own DHS. So how about you tell our listeners what's been going on as a result. 00:03:12 Speaker 5: Of that, absolutely, and thank you for having me so. Right now, on the ground in Minneapolis, Homeland Security investigators are going door to door to these suspected fraud sites, whether it be daycare centers or healthcare centers, and businesses around them as well to get more information and to make sure we're following the money here and we bring arrests and prosecutions and ultimately removals. But if you rewind a couple of months, while this is HFI, which is part of ICE on the ground, we've also had an ongoing ICE operation for the past two months, Operation Twin Shields. We've arrested about five hundred illegal aliens, many of which are from the Somalian population. But as well, there's been an ongoing USCIS immigration fraud investigation. We've had about a thousand cases there so far and about half of which we've found fraud. 00:04:12 Speaker 4: Yeah, there's this word that has been making the rounds on X and other venues, and that word is denaturalization, And for those who don't know, that would refer to basically removing citizenship from somebody who had gained citizenship before. And America does that very very rarely, but it's getting brought up, especially in relation to these fraud cases, because if someone was engaging in widespread fraud from when they arrived, that would seem like a valid grounds to say giving you citizenship was a mistake and you should be removed. Has there been any progress on that front? Do you have anything you can tell us there. 00:04:50 Speaker 5: Yeah, so President Trump really since the start of his administration, but then it really became a focus following the terrorist attack against the two National guardsmen out of Washington right ahead of Thanksgiving. There was really a focus on auditing those who have come into our country, whether they have had become citizens coming through visas or green cards, particularly for these nineteen countries of concern. So that's something that President Trump has made a major focus is these people, sure did they come in a legal way? We're looking at it. We're looking at did they come under fraudulent circumstances, exploiting the system? Did they lie on their applications? Those are all things that would be grounds for deed naturalization. So as far as on this specific Somalian front, I don't have a specific update there, but across the board, this is something that we're really auditing and recognizing the massive amount of fraud and abuse that's happened in our legal immigration. 00:05:54 Speaker 3: System, Tricia. We are seeing this surge of HSI all the videos coming out. You mentioned it, but there's other states that are now being highlighted as well. Ohio has a huge Somali population, Columbus, I believe, is the second largest population Washington State. There is you know a lot of allegations that California has a lot of rampant fraud as well. Meanwhile, they're trying to raise a billionaire tax five percent of you know, the wealth of billionaires to pay for healthcare. Meanwhile, all this fraud is happening. Can you hint at some of the plans that are going to be outside of the state of Minnesota as well? Is this going to be nationwide? What can you tell us? 00:06:35 Speaker 5: Yeah, I think you're going to see that Minnesota as a blueprint for what's going to happen nationwide. I'm actually in Columbus, Ohio as we seek this is where I'm from, and we see a lot of these similar a lot of it's copy paste or similar networks as far as the potential and suspected crime and fraud that we are seeing. But I think what you're also going to see, and we started to see this with the FBI and Home and Security investigations, but you're going to see a lot more action from the Treasury Department and other facets of the US government that a lot of people, you know, maybe aren't as familiar with as far as tracking this kind of crime and fraud and abuse. So we're going to be seeing more and more of that across not just Minnesota, not just Ohio, but across the country. 00:07:23 Speaker 3: Right, And one other question here, Uh so, go ahead and put up this political article. Trump admin can share immigrants medicaid data with ICE A judge is ruled, Tricia, how big of a ruling is this and what kind of uh you know, what are you gonna what do you expect to find here? And why did twenty one blue states sue the Trump administration to block them getting this information? I was credibly informed that immigrants are legals, do not get do not get medicaid? 00:07:57 Speaker 5: How many times are we told that over and over and over? And I think that this is a very first of all, it's a good sign because we also have a similar case with the irs, the Trump administration. I think I was in the first administration and this administration far more than under Trump forty five, we are doing much better at sharing information across agencies, and that it makes us a lot more efficient so that we can root out this fraud and also identify those who are on the books who are getting medicaid are their public benefits, and if they're in the country illegally, it helps us to really target these people and remove them from the country. So we've also are working on sharing IRS data. But of course we're told time and time again that this is something that's not happening, This fraud and exploitation isn't occurring. But it is. And I think part of the reason that these states and these politicians are so afraid but is it's going to show that they were culpable, that they knew that this fraud was occurring and not only let it occur, but enabled it. 00:08:58 Speaker 3: Well, that's a big, big storyline. We actually had our Meat Dylan on yesterday talking about what it would look like to indict a sitting governor, say Tim Waltz. But I have a feeling that as we go down this rabbit hole, we're going to find a lot of elected officials we're culpable and complicit. Trisia mcgloughlin, thank you for joining us. I know you've been traveling, so thanks for making the time. We appreciate it. 00:09:21 Speaker 5: Andrew things so much. 00:09:25 Speaker 3: President Trump walked into a catch twenty two when taking office. Do nothing in America would be staring at a ticking debt bomb, the kind of crisis that could cripple our future. Instead, he's taken action with strong policies to slow the train and buy us some time. But the effects of past administration spending are still working through the system, and experts predict dramatic price increases and market uncertainty. 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So he's the legal affairs reporter or analyst or whatever for Politico. He says, at some point the amateur effort to knock on doors of home daycares intersects with robust stand your ground laws and good focus on exert. Yes, no, go ahead, read it. 00:10:52 Speaker 4: Stand your ground laws remove the duty to retreat from a threat when a person is in a place they have a legal right to be. Knocking on the of a supposedly public business does not constitute a threat, so stand your ground could not be invoked as a defense. 00:11:06 Speaker 2: Now I have a few thoughts on that, and. 00:11:09 Speaker 4: It's pretty remarkable. First of all, it's amazing to see. I've been around for a while. I'm a bit older than a lot of our you know, turning point base. So I of course remember the infamous Trayvon Martin George Zimmerman case, and I think that legitimately drove the left insane on this topic, where they it's like the joke, they just refuse to understand the core concept because they were so angry that George Zimmerman was able to defend himself from a guy bashing his head into the pavement, and now they think stand your ground is a magical thing that lets you just shoot anyone for any reason, And no, it's never worked that way. It's definitely and I think that the Zimmerman case didn't even apply to as a standard ground one was normal self defense. 00:11:57 Speaker 2: So it shows their continuing thing. 00:11:58 Speaker 4: But the darker thing here that I think is worth highlighting is what this clearly gets at. And I don't know, and Gerstein seems to be manifesting it, but definitely other people are is like the left really does have this dark desire they whatever the law is, they really want somebody to get shot in the face while doing this. They badly want it to take place. And that's how you end up posting stuff like this. 00:12:25 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, think about what this so Nick Shirley helps expose. I mean he sort of popularized what was had already been exposed, which is an important piece of any puzzle. So you have to understand that. So, I mean I used to talk about this with Charlie all the time. You know, our job was to sort of popularize things that were important for people to know there's people doing good reporting out there. It needs to get out there, and sometimes that's the job. Shows like this and that's why we try and highlight good reporting. So good reporting happens. Nick Shirley helps blow the lid on this massive fraud scandal that's plaguing our nation to tune of billions and billions of dollars in Medicare and medicaid fraud. And instead of supporting the exposing this, a reporter who is let me get this title exactly right, the senior legal affairs reporter for Politico prior, ABC, White House and China correspondent CNN. So instead of supporting this, he says, Oh, when you expose fraud, you should kill these people. You should shoot them. This is insane. This is why the mainstream news media has lost so much standing in the minds of the American population. Absolutely incredible thing to conclude that you're in the business of exposing corruption if you are a reporter, that is essentially your core job and function. So Nick Shirley exposes corruption and fraud, and this guy suggests that he should be shot in a standard ground law, which doesn't And by the way, and you even get it wrong, you're you're a legal affairs reporter and you get the law wrong. I mean, the whole thing is just absolutely asinine, and it's hard to believe that this is like the state of American journalism. 00:14:19 Speaker 4: Well it's funny too, because like they're speculating this about public businesses, and Washington Post reporters will just show up and knock on the door of your house to harass you. 00:14:31 Speaker 2: A fact. I know because Eric Wimple of the Washington Post did. 00:14:34 Speaker 4: That to my house once in twenty twenty like disgusting people. 00:14:40 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's a it's a pretty remarkable thing to watch happen that you, you know, But this is why you have to understand how much pushback that President Trump is getting, how much pushback the Trump administration is getting. The fact that Eric Swalwell and Nancy Pelosi are already talking about what they're gonna do to President Trump and his cabinet if they get power back in the House in twenty twenty six. They're already gonna impeach him. They're going to investigate, They're going to try and impeach cabinet members. All this to gum up the works. They know they're not gonna be able to remove these people but they're gonna try and make their lives miserable, and that's the whole point. They're gonna try and grab headlines. This is why Trump is. You know the bases. You know they want results now, they want they want more indictments, they want more prosecutions. I fully understand that. I sympathize with that. I'm told much more is underway in the works. But you have to look at what they are doing. When good people do good work and good journalism, when the administration moves the country in the right direction, when the ship is getting righted as it is right now. Rome wasn't built in a day. But this is why they fight him. It's a testament to the Trump administration of just how effective they are if you just look at how varable they've been treated, how they are, how Trump and the administration are still viewed as existential threats to the Democratic Party. Everyone has a perspective shaped by what they've lived, what they've learned, and what they believe. Charlie always appreciated TikTok because it shared our values of connecting and building community. On TikTok, you can find a teacher discussing math in a way that makes it click. A dad sharing a lifetime of knowledge with his viewers, or a gardener showing how patients and care can turn a patch of dirt into something alive, Ordinary people doing extraordinary things and showing others how it's done. TikTok is a space where voices can find each other, and no voice is too small. That's what's really special about TikTok. Even the quiet voices can hold great wisdom. Unexpected voices can make a big difference. 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It's been a crazy past few days as we've been uncovering what could potentially be one of the largest fraud scandals in America history out here in Minnesota. 00:17:57 Speaker 3: Yeah. Absolutely, and you know you call it chasing pirate. You know, I have to ask you, how did you get turned onto this story in the first place. 00:18:07 Speaker 6: Nick, Well, I've known about the fraud taking place for a very long time, ever since last June. I made my first visit to Minnesota kind of documenting how what's been happening inside of the state, and then a lot of the locals were telling me about the fraud that I was taking place within the daycares they have their houses where they're running home healthcare. 00:18:26 Speaker 7: Business is out of But I could never I. 00:18:30 Speaker 6: Couldn't dedicate the time to be able to get all the information with everything else I have to do with my YouTube channel, and so I was very fortunate when this man by the name of David reached out to me, and me and him were able to collaborate and he was able to go out and get the numbers as he's been looking in this fraud for years now, so it was a joint effort and I was super happy to be able to amplify his voice and his work that he's been able to do. Yeah, and with my work as well. 00:18:56 Speaker 3: Yeah, Well, tell us more about David. Who is he? And you know, how do people follow him? Follow his work as well? I was trying to look around. I didn't see much on him. 00:19:06 Speaker 7: He's just a local legend, displain and simple. 00:19:10 Speaker 6: He's a lifelong local legend in Minnesota, and we have to keep him pretty non you know. I can't say too much about him because people are even recognizing him out in places, and I don't want anything to happen to David. So he's just a local legend that cares a lot about his city, wants the best for his city, and is sick of seeing American pirates steal money from hard working tax thank citizen tunes. 00:19:34 Speaker 3: Yeah, that's amazing, so so Nick, first question, second question, brother, is what has what has it been like to see the Attorney General of the United States tagging you in posts. The FBI is responding, did you have any inkling when you were doing this investigation that it had this potential? 00:19:56 Speaker 6: I knew it had a lot of potential, and I'm super happy to see how people are reacting to it now. And it's also very sad to see how people are trying to justify the fraud. It's pretty hilarious, actually, but it's actually amazing how the Trump adminstration because this is a great opportunity for them to go in and really show people, Okay, we're paying attention, like. 00:20:19 Speaker 2: What what do you make? 00:20:21 Speaker 6: And it did more than all their mainstream networks in one day. 00:20:26 Speaker 4: What do you make of this, Washington Post reporter, I'm sure you saw this where he suggested that you deserve to have someone pull a standard ground on you because you show up at these businesses. 00:20:39 Speaker 7: Well, I never tried to go inside of any of the business as. I never forced my way into any of the businesses. I simply just asked if I could enroll a child just like a typical operation, Like just a typical operation that a parent would go to when he's decare centers. So I wasn't putting in force or anything. I simply just asking can I put my son Joey into daycare? And they can answer that question, well. 00:21:02 Speaker 4: Yeah, I think that's people are noticing the quality leering thing. But I think that is actually probably the best. The best part of the montage for me is when you just asked can I enroll a child here and the person immediately responds why, Yeah. 00:21:19 Speaker 6: It's like so obvious. And the whole thing with the Quality Learing center too. It's hilarious because while Samalis were bussing in children, but the commissioner of I think chat one of the the Department of Children or something, she was on a live stream at the same time talking about how they closed the daycare. 00:21:40 Speaker 3: A week ago. 00:21:42 Speaker 6: So they had the Samali's bussing in children trying to cover up. Meanwhile the lady who's in charge is saying they closed the daycare a week ago. Meanwhile the video had been filmed. 00:21:52 Speaker 7: More than a week ago. 00:21:53 Speaker 6: So and I posted the original video of me outside of the daycare about a week ago, and then I were able to produce entire documentary went out of at home for Christmas. 00:22:04 Speaker 3: Nick, You've been pretty loud on your social media about the fact that you think Tim Waltz needs to be held accountable for this. What in your reporting has led you to believe that the complicity here culpability goes all the way up to the top in the state of Minnesota. 00:22:21 Speaker 6: I think nine billion dollars is a lot of money, and so if the governor is knowing that all this money is going out, I think the governor should know about nine billion dollars being sent to these welfare programs and these other businesses graudulently, and then there's nobody out the businesses. 00:22:41 Speaker 3: Yeah, in these neighborhoods, Nick, you've made some comment I think it was on Fox News where you were saying that this whole racket is kept alive by the fact that these politicians need the Somalian votes. At this point, they've become a huge voting block within the state of Minnesota. When you're walking through these neighborhoods on the ground, what what percentage of the population does it feel like it's Somalian? Are these neighborhoods almost entirely Somalian now they've kind of moved in or is it fifty to fifty? What's what's it feel like like? 00:23:13 Speaker 6: Ninety five percent in certain neighborhoods throughout Minneapolis. Wow, especially in like areas like Cedar Riverside. I mean a lot of these apartment complexes, I said on Fox, But a lot of these apartment complexes white people, white people, and anybody who's not Somalian have been pushed out of these apartment complexes because they claim that people are is homophobic or racist, and they're able to get the landlords to then kick them out because of those claims. And so you have entire apartment complexes that are full of smaller people. They're not even making money. In eighty percent of the population in the small in population here in Minnesota lives off of welfare. These people have four wives and they run these day care companies. I'm out they're paying the wives, and so then those wives are able to also claim welfare while they're receiving millions of dollars from the government. It's a huge It's like a like the roots are deep. 00:24:04 Speaker 7: In this fraud. 00:24:05 Speaker 3: Yeah. I'm going to play a clip from Tim Waltz here at Nick and have you respond to it where he uh, he's accusing the Trump admin of white supremacy one twenty. 00:24:14 Speaker 8: This is what happens when your own federal government wages war against you. This is what happens when they target communities for their own benefit. This is what happens when they scapegoat. And this is what say happens when they no longer hide the idea of white supremacy. When you hear the Vice President of the United States talk about now white people won't have to apologize for being white. That's never happened once in my whole damn life. And I think everybody in this room knows what they're doing. So we're here today to say enough of this. We're here today to stand that Minnesota will protect their neighbors. 00:24:45 Speaker 3: Nick, what do you make? Yeah? Go ahead, and in total panics. 00:24:51 Speaker 6: He's in total panic right now. He doesn't know what to do because he knows the frauds catching up. He's trying to run for reelection. Meanwhi's trying to say, and he should resign to try not take accountability from what's happening, and then he's going to blame the white man. 00:25:05 Speaker 2: Got you think you it really? 00:25:07 Speaker 4: Tim Wallas always strikes me as he's like a time warp from twenty fifteen or twenty seventeen. There's just this type of person, and he's that type of person where anything he doesn't like, he's just going to instantly shut it down by pointing and screaming racist. 00:25:24 Speaker 2: And the sad thing is it's Minnesota, so it might work. Have you heard anything? 00:25:29 Speaker 4: Have you heard anything from locals in Minnesota who've reached out to you or sent you any interesting stories for follow ups or just interesting anecdotes you think might be good to share. 00:25:41 Speaker 6: Oh, I've received thousands of messages from people in Minnesota. Everyone's thankful that this frost being exposed. Nobody wants their money going to fraudulent businesses like daycares or even have the big having the potential that to be wired off to Somalia. Our money should stay here inside the United States, especially if it's tax dollars. 00:26:00 Speaker 3: Yep, yep. Nick, What are you planning on doing next? Nick? Can you give us a hint of what you're currently working on? Are you going to stay on the fraud beat? 00:26:09 Speaker 6: There's a lot of fraud happening here in Minnesota. So I have a part two coming out very soon of the fraud because there's a whole other layer of that that we weren't even able to put into this first video and so we're working on that as well. 00:26:23 Speaker 3: Wow, I Nick, I hope you're staying. Say if we have the u r L down there black Line Guardianfund dot com. Obviously here on this show, the Charlie Kirks Show, we take that very seriously. And I please, if you're watching this and you want to support Nick's work, help him with his security. It's really really important. Black Line Guardianfund dot com. Please please please consider giving Nick some backing. He's got to stay safe out there, and now his profile is larger than ever. So Nick, if you want to just mention that and has has your ability to do your work on the ground, has it changed, given just how much your profile has increased. 00:27:07 Speaker 6: Yeah, it's changed exponentially. So without Black Liang Guardian, it's actually really cool because it's just essentially a nonprofit that Auserkatum set up a while back, and all the funds go directly to me. So like right now I have security with me and it's because of that, and it's essential because people are I mean, people are doxing might me. They're doctioning like members of my family yep. And so it's like actually very worrisome, like like some Indian Indian newspaper did a whole entire article docsing my family yesterday. 00:27:37 Speaker 7: I was like, what the heck? 00:27:39 Speaker 3: Yeah, and I don't. 00:27:40 Speaker 6: Claim my family being very like it's like sad and it's like, are you serious. Well, I never wanted to have to ask you. 00:27:48 Speaker 3: Yeah, I know, as Nick, I can say as somebody who's lived through doxing in the recent months, it's a pretty terrible experience. And when the family gets involved, when they start targeting family members, it's it's awful. So again, please stay safe, Nick. We can't wait for part two. I know you got to run because you're you're chasing pirates right now. You're on the road, so you know, God bless you. Stay safe and thanks for making the time coming on the show. 00:28:14 Speaker 6: Of course, thank you guys. 00:28:16 Speaker 3: Yeah, and you know, thanks for being the last live guest on the show on nine to ten, which is it's pretty creepy but in some ways fitting seeing the great things that you're doing now, so you know you're you're the baton has passed to a lot of people and you're one of them. Nick, So god speed, my. 00:28:35 Speaker 6: Friend, Thank you. We need to carry on the legacy. 00:28:38 Speaker 3: Yeah, man, God love you, Bye bye, see it. Nick Shirley, he's out literally right now. We're gonna do it video and he calls me and he goes, hey, I can't do it because I'm out chasing pirates. Can I do it? 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So if you guys like a segment, definitely let us know at Freedom and we'll be doing a year in review just up ahead. 00:31:10 Speaker 2: So if you have thoughts. 00:31:11 Speaker 4: About Charlie and your favorite moments of the past year, of course before the tragedy, be sure to send those in and we'll give a look at those. 00:31:19 Speaker 3: Yeah, Freedom at Charliekirk dot com. I want to as we're playing back the year in retrospective, the I want to be playing I want to be reading a lot of your emails, So please Freedom at Charliekirk dot com. Freedom at Charliekirk dot com. And what a year it's been. It's been a terrible year. It's been a tragic year. We've seen miracles, We've seen God's provision in the midst of a terrible, terrible storm. And so and you guys in the audience have been a huge part of that, your support. I mean when we went to Amfest, Blake, I actually didn't get to confer with you on this, but at Amfest it was I think I was honest with the audience. I said, I wasn't really looking forward to it this year. I was kind of dreading it because it was the first one without Charlie. And then I, you know, win in kind of because I had to, honestly, and you guys gave me so much love and support and encouragement. And I'm sure Blake you experienced that too. That proved me wrong was huge, and the members podcast room was huge, and those episodes are dropping. So it's been amazing for your supports. All right. So, Blake, I was reflecting on Amfest and all the love we got. Did you get Did you get some attention there, Blake? 00:32:26 Speaker 4: This is a little bit I stopped. I would always stop and take photos with people. I think that's a that's a good rule Charlie gave me. If if someone wants to take a photo with you always say yes. I think that's a good principle to follow. I had to wear my blue blazer three days in a row, which might have staked a bit by the end. 00:32:45 Speaker 2: But I only have one. I only have one notable blazer. I'm not gonna wear some normal. 00:32:51 Speaker 3: You know, Blake, I missed a good Christmas present for you. I should have got you a gift card to Macy's so you could. 00:32:56 Speaker 4: No, you can't have You can't just buy a copy of the LA That's not not gonna get you. 00:33:01 Speaker 2: It doesn't work a way. 00:33:03 Speaker 3: Don't get the same one. I'm just I'm you know, I'm suggesting maybe branch out a little bit. We're gonna get your your glow up going on here soon, Blake. There's a clip here though, I want to play. And of course I misplaced at one thirty four. 00:33:16 Speaker 10: Tim Walls saying there's organized crime in Minnesota. What did he do about it? Nothing? You've got organized crime? 00:33:21 Speaker 6: What do you? 00:33:22 Speaker 10: What are you doing? This is the Minnesota law which mandates that anyone who knows a fraud and as a state employee, must report that fraud. It's Minnesota Statue three point ninety seventy one Subdivision nine. Not only that, but Walls is also guilty of misconduct of a public employee. 00:33:42 Speaker 3: All right, Blake, you're the contrarian. We had our meat Dylan on yesterday. Everybody is calling for Tim Watz's to either resign or they want an indictment. This stuff takes time. There's no doubt. You got to build a case that is actually will hold up in court. What is a contrarian as a little bit of a you know, pump the brakes on the legal side. What do you think the odds are that we get some actual accountability at the top levels of the Minnesota government. 00:34:09 Speaker 6: Oh? 00:34:09 Speaker 2: Low, Probably they might try it. 00:34:11 Speaker 4: But I think the one trouble is, I'll be honest, is when people just below that they want someone arrested. Sometimes, let's be real, our side sometimes goes off a little half cocked. I think the most important thing is actually getting the fraud itself, which is all these daycares, which is all these facilities. If you were going to get someone at the top, I think the best shot would be Keith Ellison. Keith Elison is clearly this sinister figure. He's very clearly a radical. He is dishonest. I mean he did that whole posing with the Antifa handbook in twenty twenty. He's a lunatic, I think, and also I just don't think he's that smart. Overall, I think he's probably your best shot if you were going to bring down a major person. But it's gonna be tough because in the end, a lot of this comes down to a traditional normal have prosecutorial discretion. They knew this was going on, and they just chose not to stop it. And the sad thing is, there's not that much you can do if someone if they're not directly benefiting from the crime, they just don't care that it's happening because they like the people committing it. It's just like the police forces who let the rioter, you know, they abandoned a Minneapolis police precinct and let it get burned down. They let rioters just terrorize people. That stuff is morally abhorrent. It's completely evil, but it traditionally, at least is not something we normally prosecute as a crime, perhaps because it's basically unthinkable, And I guess I would just warn people. The best way to make them accountable for this is to make sure we have a good campaign for governor in Minnesota and try to unseat him, and failing that, probably the best thing you can do if you're a Minnesota resident is get out. No, that's a frustrating piece of advice, but it's a If you look at the numbers, Minnesota is a state that it's absolutely bleeding anyone who's a taxpayer, anyone who's a functional member of society. The left in Minnesota is going all in on we should import as many refugees as possible, we should admit as many parasites as possible, and we should wage war on anyone who's functional, who's law abiding, who is a person you would want in your state. 00:36:27 Speaker 2: And we're seeing the outcomes of that. 00:36:29 Speaker 3: Yeah, I didn't realize they were having a net outflow of productive cities, one of the worst. 00:36:33 Speaker 4: They're like New York or California in terms of driving out people. 00:36:37 Speaker 3: No kidding, And that's really sad. In Minnesota's historically been a pretty functioning state, despite being a yes wing state. 00:36:43 Speaker 2: Yes, they used to be one of the best. We have to admit it, and now they're not. 00:36:51 Speaker 9: For more on many of these stories and news you can trust, go to Charliekirk dot com