Headline Humboldt
Headline Humboldt: June 10th, 2022
Season 2 Episode 36 | 28m 29sVideo has Closed Captions
James Faulk and Eric Kirk examine the election results from this past Tuesday's vote.
James Faulk and Eric Kirk examine the election results from this past Tuesday's vote and break down what matters and and its impact. Also, we interview incoming Auditor-Controller Cheryl Dillingham on what's ahead for the county as she seeks to calm the financial waters and get the county out from a state lawsuit. We also highlight the January 6th hearings.
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Headline Humboldt
Headline Humboldt: June 10th, 2022
Season 2 Episode 36 | 28m 29sVideo has Closed Captions
James Faulk and Eric Kirk examine the election results from this past Tuesday's vote and break down what matters and and its impact. Also, we interview incoming Auditor-Controller Cheryl Dillingham on what's ahead for the county as she seeks to calm the financial waters and get the county out from a state lawsuit. We also highlight the January 6th hearings.
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DEMOCRACY ON PARADE.
WE CAMPAIGNED.
WE VOTED AND WE'VE TALLIED THE RESULTS.
SINCE THE CIVIL WAR.
WILL ANY OF THIS MAKE A DIFFERENT UNCONSCIOUS.
STICK AROUND AND VIEW THE LATEST ELECTION RESULTS.
COMING UP ON HEADLINE HUMBOLDT.
>> THIS IS HEADLINE HUMBOLDT.
I'M JAMES FAULK.
REMEMBER BACK IN SPIRIT WEEK.
GENERATE SUPPORT FOR THE SCHOOL SPORTS TEAMS AND SPUR SPORTS TEAMS TO ACHIEVE GREAT THING.
THE RESULTS OF WHICH WE'LL COVER LATER TO.
WE WITNESSED THE FIRST HEARING FROM THE JANUARY 6th COMMITTEE.
THAT OCCURRED ON JANUARY 6th OF 2021.
ALLEGEDLY AT THE BEHEST OF THE FORMER DONALD TRUMP.
>> IT'S OUR PLEASURE TO HELP YOU GUIDE THROUGH THESE EVENTS AND ADD SOME PERSPECTIVE TO THE NUMBERS.
JOINING ME IS ERIC KIRK.
TOGETHER WE'LL DISSECT THE NUMBERS AND GET TO THE UNDER LAYING NARRATIVES IN THESE RESULTS.
AND DISCUSS HOW THE EVENTS OF THE JANUARY 6th COUPLED WITH THE ELECTION MADE IT TO POSSIBLY TO COMPLICATE.
MAY WELL DETERMINE WHETHER THIS COUNTRY CAN FIND ITS POLITICAL MOORINGS.
DO WE DESERVE THIS DEMOCRACY WE INHERITED.
IN THE RACE FOR HUMBOLDT COUNTY DISTRICT STRICT.
EADS LEADS.
SHE'S 59.12% TO ADRIAN KAMADA.
AND THE RACE FOR AUDITOR CONTROLLER IT APPEARS THAT THE CHALLENGER SHERYL DILLINGHAM BILL UNSEAT KAREN PAZ DOMINGUEZ.
SHE'S 75.45% TO PAZ DEPHAN GES'S 24%.
ALTHOUGH THAT'S NOT A CERTAINTY AT THIS POINT.
SHE'S RECEIVED 50.83%.
WHILE MIKE NEWMAN RECEIVED 35.GLYNN%.
MIGUEL RECEIVED 15%.
RUNOFF BETWEEN ARROYO AND NEWMAN.
THERE ARE STILL POSSIBLY THOUSANDS OF VOTES TO BE COUNTED.
ACCORDING TO THE MADRONE RECEIVED 62.16.
LARRY DOSS RECEIVED 34.8%.
AND THE RACE FOR THE REGISTRAR OF VOTERS THAT'S A TRIFECTA WILL HEAD TO TIFFANY HUNT NIELSEN WHO 45.26% AND JUAN PABLO CERVANTES.
IT'S APPARENTLY YOU HAVE THREE PARNTS.
BENJAMIN HUSH BURGER TOOK 12.83% AND HAS BEEN DEFEATED.
AND IT'S CURRENTLY PASSING WITH 63.3%.
AND MEASURE K WHICH WOULD RE-UP FOR ABANDONED VEHICLE ABATEMENT HAS PASSED AT 80%.
FULL-TIME FOR THE HUMBOLDT COUNTY STEVEN STEWART IS 57.24% TO DEFEAT BEN McLAUGHLIN'S 42.2%.
WE CAUGHT UP WITH SHERYL DILLINGHAM AND WHAT SHE BELIEVES TO AMELIORATE THE COUNTY'S FINANCIAL SITUATION.
>> HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE VICTORY.
I HAVE TO SAY THAT LESS THAN THE VOTES HAD BEEN COUNTED.
I'M NOT QUITE AZOPT MYSTIC AS I WAS A DAY OR SO AGO.
BUT I'M FAIRLY CONFIDENT THAT THE LEAD IS LARGE ENOUGH I PROBABLY WILL STILL GET 51%.
THERE'S THE LAWSUIT.
IS THAT GOING TO BE IN EFFECT.
BECAUSE SHE'S NAMED IN IT.
HOW DOES THAT WORKN'T >> YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ONE FROM THE STATE CONTROLLER.
>> YEAH.
>> THAT IS SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO HER BY NAME.
THERE'S GOVERNMENT CODE THAT I'M NOT GOING TO QUOTE SECTIONS AT THIS POINT BUT THERE'S A GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION THAT TALKS ABOUT THE AUDITOR CONTROLLER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR FINISHING ANY UNFINISHED BUSINESS EVEN AFTER THEY LEAVE OFFICE.
>> HAVE YOU REACHED OUT TO YOU.
>> I HAVE TALKED TO SOME OF HER STAFF THAT ARE NO LONGER CURRENTLY EMPLOYED.
JUST HAD SOME BRIEF CONVERSATIONS WHAT THEY THOUGHT WAS GOING IN THE OFFICE AND HOW THEIR THOUGHTS ON THINGS THAT WERE HAPPENING, AND I WILL SAY THAT I'M AMAZED AT HOW DIVERGENT THE OPINIONS ARE ON BOTH SIDES OF THIS ISSUE.
>> HOW SO.
>> MEANING THAT WHEN I TALKED TO PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE AUDITOR CONTROLLER'S SIDE AND YOU HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY ABOUT AN INCIDENT OR ISSUE AND THEN YOU TALK TO THE PEOPLE ON THE OTHER SIDE THEY'RE SO DIVERGENT.
>> WHAT DID YOU TELL ABOUT THE GRAND JURY REPORT.
>> I DO HAVE SOME DIFFERING OPINIONS ABOUT SOME OF THE OPINIONS.
PRIMARILY THE CASH RECONCILIATIONS.
I DO BELIEVE THOSE NEED TO BE DONE.
>> ASSISTANT STACEY EADS WHO IS ALMOST LIKELY TO BE THE NEXT DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
>> IT FEELS GOOD.
IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO THE JURY TRIAL EXPERIENCE ONCE THE CAMPAIGNING WAS COMPLETED AND FOLKS HAD GOT THEIR VOTES IN.
I FELT AT PEACE HOWEVER HUMBOLDT COUNTY DECIDED.
NOW KNOWING MOST LIKELY I'M GOING TO BE THE NEXT DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
I DO BELIEVE IT'S A TREMENDOUS RESPONSIBILITY AND SO I SEE IT MORE AS JUST A DUTY, AND HAVING YOU KNOW THE VOTERS ENTRUST THOSE WITH THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES -- THAT'S MORE HOW I SEE IT.
I WANT TO FILL MY OBLIGATIONS AND DUTIES IN HUMBOLDT WELL.
>> THERE ARE ALWAYS CHANGES AND ALWAYS NEW CHALLENGES.
I THINK I'M PREPARED TO FACE THOSE CHALLENGES AND LEARN WHAT I NEED TO LEARN AND SERVE HUMBOLDT COUNTY.
I THINK AS A WHOLE I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE ENTIRE PROCESS AND THOSE FOES THAT SUPPORTED MY CANDIDACY.
I WILL SERVE THEM VERY WELL.
AND I WILL PUT MY HEART AND SOUL INTO IT.
THERE WILL BE HARD DECISION TO BE HAVING.
IT'S ABOUT FOLLOWING THE LAW AND SEEKING THE TRUTH.
I THINK THAT YOU KNOW I WILL SERVE EVERYONE EQUALLY AND I'M EXCITED TO DO SO.
IN TERMS OF THE OFFICE, I AM REALLY HAPPY TO SAY THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE FOLKS THAT WORKED WITHIN THE OFFICE WERE IN MY CAMPAIGN WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN.
AND I'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF FEEDBACK JUST BREATHING A SIGH OF RELIEF.
I'M HAPPY WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THE WORK WE'RE DOING.
AND PUSH FORWARD.
>> NOW WE WELCOME ERIC KIRK AND A LONG TIME POLITICAL OBSERVER.
THANKS FOR BEAMING IN KIRK, OR ERIC.
>> HOW LONG BEEN ON THE SHOW THREE TIMES.
>> SO YOU SAW THE COVERAGE THUS FAR.
SO ANY ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS ABOUT THE ELECTION RESULTS YOU'VE SEEN.
>> THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WERE SURPRISING.
I THINK THAT THE BIGGEST WAS THE MARGIN FOR STEVE MADRONE.
I DID EXPECT STEVE MADRONE TO WIN IT ESPECIALLY WITH THE MONEY THAT HIS LARRY DOSS RECEIVED.
IT WAS AMAZING.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT SET RECORDS.
IT WAS WELL ORR $100,000.
MONEY DOESN'T MEAN THAT MUCH ANYMORE.
BY ADS.
NOBODY UNDER 60 WATCHES TELEVISION ANYMORE.
ESPECIALLY KEET OF COURSE.
>> KEET IS THE REAL TELEVISION IN THE WORLD ANYWAY.
SO YOU WERE PUBLIC WITH YOUR SUPPORT FOR KAREN PAZ DOMINGUEZ.
YES, I DID SUPPORT KAREN.
>> THAT RACE WAS OBVIOUSLY ONE OF THE MOST YOU KNOW HIGH PROFILE RACES TO COME THIS LAST ELECTION.
HOW DO YOU THINK THAT SHE DID.
DO YOU THINK HER LOSS WAS ATTRIBUTED TO HER FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE THE PROBLEMS SHE FOUND IN THE AUDITOR CONTROLLER'S OFFICE.
>> THERE'S A LOT TO GO THERE.
FOR ONE THING SHE INITIALLY SHE WAS GOING TO RERUN FOR OFFICE.
AND THEN SOME THINGS THAT MADE HER DECIDE.
IT WAS WAY TOO LATE IN THE GAME.
SHE HAS VERY COMPLICATED MESSAGE WITH A LOT OF DATA TO PRESENT.
WASN'T ABLE TO PULL IT TOGETHER AND DO HER JOB AS AND AUDITOR CONTROLLER.
AND WHEN YOU HAVE THE CENSURE FOR THE THIS REPORT OF ANONYMOUS REPORT SHE BULLIED THEM FOUR YEARS AGO, AND THEN THE GRAND JURY BEING DUMPED ON A CLASSIC THURSDAY DUMP BUT SHORTLY BEFORE THE ELECTION AND ALL OF THE OTHER NEGATIVE NEWS.
IT'S A LOT TO OVERCOME.
SHE WOULD HAVE TO CAMPAIGN FULL-TIME TO CUT SIGNIFICANTLY INTO THAT.
I SUPPORTED HER.
BECAUSE I KNOW HER, AND I BELIEVE IN HER BUT IT WAS -- WHEN SHE DECIDED TO RUN I THINK SHE TOLD ME IN MARCH I WAS MY HEART KIND OF SANK.
I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS POSSIBLE TO PULL IT OFF.
>> I'VE BEEN IN NEWS A LONG TIME AND THE GRAND JURY DROPPING LAST WEEK WAS A SHOCK.
THE TIMING WAS TOO RICH FOR OPPONENTS OF KAREN PAZ DOMINGUEZ.
THAD GREENSON.
BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE A BRIDGE TO SELL ME.
I DON'T KNOW IF I'M NECESSARILY BUYING THAT.
DO YOU THINK THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN USING THE POWERS IN POLITICAL GOVERNMENT.
>> I DON'T HAVE ANY EVIDENCE OF IT.
THEY DIDN'T TALK TO HER UNTIL THEY HAD MADE HER FINDINGS.
OH HERE'S OUR FINDINGS AND IF YOU'VE GOT ANY INFORMATION WE SHOULD CONSIDERATION YOU'VE GOT 24 HOURS TO DELIVER IT.
SHE PULLED TOGETHER AS MUCH AS SHE COULD PULL IN 24 HOURS.
I'M LOOKING AT THE PROCESS OF THE REPORT EVEN MORE THAN THE TIMING OF IT.
THEN YOU LOOK AT THE PAST GRAND JURY YOU CANNOT RELEASE A GRAND JURY REPORT IN A JUNE ELECTION YEAR, ANYTIME AFTER FEBRUARY UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTION.
HERE IT WAS DROPPED ON THURSDAY.
THE THURSDAY BEFORE AN ELECTION IS A CLASSIC DUMP.
>> ON AN OPPONENT.
>> IT'S CONSIDERED OPTIMAL.
YOU HAVE TIME TO SINK IN BUT NOT TIME FOR ANYBODY TO RAISE AN EFFECTIVE RESPONSE.
EVEN WITH THAT.
BUT THAT DOES LOOK STRANGE.
>> THE OTHER THING I WAS THAT WAS POINTED OUT TO ME THERE'S A Facebook BLOCKED BY KPD.
WHERE A CURRENT OF EMPLOYEES FREQUENT.
AND LOT OF THEM ARE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICERS WHO'RE TASKED WITH MEDIA AND THE PUBLIC WERE OUT LOUD IN SUPPORT OF SHERYL DILLINGHAM.
AND THERE WAS SOME NEGATIVE VIDEOS FROM A PARTY.
THERE'S SEVERAL CURRENT EMPLOYEES.
THIS IS A SHERYL DILLINGHAM SHOT BY LOST COAST OUTPOST.
>> YOU DON'T KNOW WHO'S GOING TO WIN.
IF YOU'RE A CANDIDATE THAT LOSES ARE YOU GOING TO BE COMFORTABLE -- I DON'T KNOW.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE FACT THAT THE EMPLOYEES ARE NOT ON THE FENCE ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR RACE?
>> WELL, NONE OF THEM -- THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO FEAR.
NONE OF THEM WERE HER STAFF.
KAREN'S STAFF FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS COMPLETELY SUPPORTIVE OF HER.
IT'S NOT LIKE SHE HAD AUTHORITY OVER ANY OF THEM.
I CONFESS I KIND OF TROLLED THE GROUP AND I DON'T THINK IT WAS WORTH MY TIME.
FEWER MORE THAN 200 PEOPLE GOT THERE.
I DON'T THINK IT'S A HUGE NEWS WHETHER OR NOT IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYEES TO DO THAT.
AT LEAST THEY'RE PUTTING THEIR NAMES ON IT.
AS LONG AS THEY'RE NOT SPENDING TOO MUCH PUBLIC TIME ON IT.
IT DOESN'T TAKE TOO MUCH TIME TO POST.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S A CONTROVERSY.
I BUT I DO THINK THAT'S SAID IN THE GROUP WAS INAPPROPRIATE.
IN GENERAL.
>> NOW AS SOMEONE WHO SUPPORTED HER, WAS THERE ANY WAY SHE COULD HAVE COMMUNICATED THE ISSUES SHE WAS DISCOVERING IN A BETTER WAY.
WE GET THESE HUGE INFORMATION DUMPS.
OBSCURE NUMBERS THAT I COULDN'T MAKE ANY HEADS OR TAILS OUT OF HER.
HOW MUCH OF HER PROBLEMS WERE COMMUNICATING HER ISSUES.
I THINK THERE WERE A LOT OF PROBLEMS.
DIPLOMATICALLY I THINK IT'S REALLY HARD.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT REALLY COMPLEX ISSUES AND THEY'RE NOT SOMETHING YOU CAN SUMMARIZE.
IT'S NOT RUNNING FOR CONGRESS WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO TALK WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO VOTE FOR.
THIS IS THESE ARE REALLY COMPLICATED ISSUES THAT ARE PROBABLY GOING TO BE DEALT WITH ON A DIFFERENT LEVEL.
AND AGAIN EXPECTING VOTERS TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT.
SHE WAS FAIR TO ASK REPORTERS TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
I THINK ONE REPORTER LOOKED AT HER RESPONSES TO THE INFORMATION SHE PUT OUT IN RESPONSE TO THE GRAND JURY REPORT.
>> I DID.
>> NOW I KNOW.
IN TERMS OF PUTTING ANYTHING ABOUT IT IN THEIR STORIES.
THERE WAS A STORY IN REDHEADED BLACK BELT.
I THINK IT'S A TIME.
THAT'S THE PROBLEM.
WE DON'T HAVE HUGE STAFFS.
>> ALSO I MEAN I ACTUALLY JUST SO I HAD QUOTED HER ON LENGTH ON THAT FRIDAY GIVING HER THE TIME TO REBUT AS BEST SHE COULD WITH THE STUFF IN THE GRAND JURY REPORT.
TO BE FAIR SHE GIVES -- SHE WANTS TO GIVE THEM A THUMB DRIVE AND ZIP DRIVE.
NOT ONE SAYS ACTUAL RESPONSE.
REPORTERS HAVE TO GO THROUGH AND OPEN EACH AND EVERY FILE AND FISH THROUGH.
AND >> THEN THAT'S A MATTER OF TIME.
THIS HAPPENED ON TIME FOR HER TO BE ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER A PRESENTATION.
SHE DOES INTEND TO PUT TOGETHER A MUCH MORE DETAILED PRESENTATION WHERE SHE'S DIRECTING YOU WANT TO SEE.
SHE DOES INTEND TO PRESENT THAT.
BUT NOT UNTIL SHE'S OUT OF OFFICE.
BECAUSE SHE'S VERY BUSY.
IT'S A VERY BUSY POSITION.
>> SHE HAS SIX MONTHS.
THERE'S A LONG TIME UNTIL SHE UNTIL SHERYL DILLINGHAM TAKES THE POSITION.
>> SHE AND SHERYL THERE'S NOTHING PERSONAL BETWEEN THEM.
THEY'VE BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS AND KAREN IS GOING TO WORK WITH SHERYL TO TRANSITION AS SMOOTHLY AND EFFECTIVELY AS POSSIBLE.
THERE'S NOTHING PERSONAL, AND KAREN ACTUALLY WILL TELL YOU THAT SHE DIDN'T HAVE ANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE WAY THAT SHERYL CAMPAIGNED.
MAYBE SOME OF THEIR SUPPORTERS.
IT SEEMED THERE WAS NO ANIMOSITY BETWEEN THE TWO.
>> THERE'S NONE TO MY UNDERSTANDING.
>> THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IF THINGS HOLD AS THEY ARE.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE MAY WELL HAVE OUR PROGRESSIVE MAJORITY ON THE BOARD.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT MIGHT MEAN FOR HUMBOLDT COUNTY.
>> IT CAN MEAN SO MANY THINGS.
AND I MEAN IT COULD BE IN A CHANGE IN THE WAY THAT THE GENERAL PLAN IS DEVELOPED.
REMEMBER WE HAD A VERY ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND AND SMART GROWTH GENERAL PLAN 10 YEARS AGO.
EVEN THOUGH IT WASN'T A PROGRESSIVE MAJORITY.
AND THEN YOU HAD A RAW VOTE AND CONSERVATIVE REASSERTED COMPLETE CONTROL OVER THE BOARD AND EVERYTHING PRETTY MUCH ENVIRONMENTAL WAS STRIPPED OU OF THE GENERAL PLAN.
WE MIGHT SEE A BHOL NEW GENERAL PLAN OORNED THE GROWTH THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THE ECONOMIC CHANGES HAPPENING HERE.
IT COULD MEAN A LOT OF DIFFERENT THING.
BUT TIME WILL TELL.
SHE DOES STILL HAVE TO WIN IT.
WE DON'T KNOW STATISTICALLY IF WHAT THE RELEASE OF THE 3,000 VOTES TODAY IS STATISTICALLY REPRESENTATIVE OF ALL OF THE VOTES LEFT.
WE DON'T KNOW.
>> WELL MY UNDERSTANDING IS ANYWHERE FROM 10,000 TO 17 THOUSANDS.
AFTER ELECTION NIGHT THERE WERE 20 THOUSANDS.
>> THERE'S NO IDEA WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM.
>> JUST DON'T KNOW.
YOU ARE AN ATTORNEY.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAD AN ELECTION FOR HUMBOLDT COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE.
DO WE PAY ENOUGH ATTENTION TO THOSE RACES.
DO THEY DON'T GET STEVEN STEWARD HE'S GOING TO PULL THIS ONE OUT.
SHE HAS NATIONAL POLITICAL BOA FIDE S. >> FIRST OF ALL I SUPPORTED HIS OPPONENT BEN McLAUGHLIN.
THAT WAS A CHOICE BETWEEN GOOD AND GOOD.
BOTH WERE YES WE SHOULD PAY ATTENTION TO IT.
JUDGES ARE MORE POWERFUL WHEN THEY MAKE A DECISION IT HAS MORE POWER THAN AN EXECUTIVE OR LEGISLATIVE.
BECAUSE THE LIMITATION THEY DECIDE ON WHAT IS PRESENTED TO THEM.
AND ONLY IN THE CONTEXT OF VERY SPECIFIC DUE PROCESS.
IT'S HARD FOR A JUDGE TO RUN FOR OFFICE.
THEY CAN'T PROMISE TO DO ANYTHING.
THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT KIND OF CASE IS GOING TO BE IN FRONT.
I WILL INTRODUCE A BILL.
A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE I'M GOING TO PRESS CONGRESS.
BUT A JUDGE CAN'T MAKE ANY PROMISE WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO HEAR LET ALONE WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO RULE ON.
THEY ARE VERY POWERFUL PLAYERS IN OUR SOCIETY.
VERY IMPORTANT DECISIONS.
AND VERY IMPORTANT THEY TRY TO BE AS OBJECTIVE AS POSSIBLE.
WE HAVE A MINUTE LEFT IN THIS INTERVIEW.
WE'RE GOING TO PLAY A EXCISED SERIES OF QUOTES AND DEMONSTRATIONS FROM THAT HEARING.
AND IT WAS STUNNING TO ME.
YOU WERE ABLE TO WATCH SOME EXCERPTS.
>> NOT A WHOLE LOT OF SURPRISES FOR ME.
THIS WAS AN INSURRECTION ATTEMPT.
IT WAS A CONCERTED ALTER BADLY ORGANIZED.
EVERYBODY GIVES THEM TOO MANY CREDIT FOR THE SUPPOSEDLY PLAN.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY WERE TRYING TO DO BY PRESENTING THE POLICE OFFICERS'S POINTS OF VIEWS AND HAVING LIN CHENEY WAS LEAD OFF WAS BRILLIANT.
BETWEEN INFLATION AND THE WAR.
THAT COULD POSSIBLY LEAD TO WORLD WAR 3.
BUT A REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS TO BE WORRIED ABOUT IT.
BECAUSE THEY SHOULD RE-TAKE CONGRESS IN NOVEMBER.
THE ONE FACTOR THAT COULD PREVENT IS TRUMP AND HIS DEMANDS THAT ALL OF THE CANDIDATES HE SUPPORTS AND ALL OF THE REPUBLICANS ADOPT THE LINE.
THAT IS THE WAY THEY COULD NOT WIN THE MAJORITY IN EITHER THE SENATE OR THE HOUSE.
>> THANKS FOR JOINING US ERIC.
I APPRECIATE YOUR WISDOM ON THESE ISSUE.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO TALK TO YOU.
JANUARY 6th WAS THE CULMINATION OF AN ATTEMPTED QUEUE.
A BRAZEN ATTEMPT AS ONE RIOTER PUT IT SHORTLY AFTER JANUARY 6th TO OVER THROW THE GOVERNMENT.
THE BALANCE WAS IN ACCIDENT.
IT REPRESENTS PRESIDENT TRUMP'S LAST PLAN.
ON 6:01 AFTER HE SPENT WATCHING WATCHING A VIOLENT MOB SIEGE ATTACK DONALD TRUMP TWEETED HE DID NOT CONDEMN THE ATTACK.
INSTEAD HE JUSTIFIED IT.
THESE ARE THE THINGS AND EVENTS THAT HAPPENED WHEN A SACRED LANDSLIDE IS SO UNCEREMONIOUSLY STRIPPED AWAY FROM GREAT PATRIOTS WHO HAVE BEEN BADLY AND UNFAIRLY TREATED FOR SO LONG.
AS YOU WILL SEE IN THE HEARINGS TO DUMB, PRESIDENT TRUMP BELIEVED HIS SUPPORTERS AT THE CAPITOL AND I QUOTE WERE DOING WHAT THEY SHOULD BE DOING.
THIS IS WHAT HE TOLD HIS STAFF AS THEY PLEADED WITH HIM TO CALL OFF THE MOB TO INSTRUCT THEM TO LEAVE.
THERE'S PROBABLY ABOUT 300 PROUD BOYS.
THEY'RE MARCHING EASTBOUND AND IT'S 400 BLOCK OF INDEPENDENT ACTUALLY ON THE SMALL TOWARDS THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL.
>> I AM NOT ALLOWED TO SAY WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TODAY BECAUSE EVERYONE IS GOING TO HAVE TO WATCH FOR THEMSELVES.
BUT IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
SOMETHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
[CHANTING] >> SOMEBODY WANTS A PICTURE.
I HOPE MIKE IS GOING TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
I HOPE SO.
BECAUSE IF MIKE PENCE DOES THE RIGHT THING ALL VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE IS SEND IT BACK TO THE STATES TO RE-CERTIFICATE AND WE BECOME PRESIDENT AND YOU ARE THE HAPPIEST PEOPLE.
>> IT DOES LOOK LIKE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A AD HOC MARCH.
THERE'S A CROWD GOING EAST.
THEY BREACHED THE LINE.
WE NEED BACK-UP.
>> WE'RE GOING TO HAVE WE'RE GOING TO GIVE RIOT WARNINGS.
THIS CROWD IS RIOT.
DECLARING IT A RIOT.
>> PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT TRYING TO BREACH AND GET IN THE CAPITOL.
>> COPY.
HOLD THE LINE.
HOLD THE LINE.
HOLD THE LINE.
WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE OUR WAY THROUGH ALL THIS.
Why are you letting this happen?
Why havent you called for backup?
Where is your backup?
This is our damn capitol building and youre all letting it get destroyed on your watch Call for backup get some help down here.
and if they dont want to get you backup they obviously dont care about you.
These people want blood.
THAT STILL MAKES ME SICK TO WATCH.
THAT HAPPENED.
THAT IS AN INSURRECTION.
NO MATTER WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT PLITT PARTICULARS THAT WAS AN INSURRECTION.
AND INCLUDING THE JANUARY 6th RIOT.
REMEMBER TO SUPPORT KEET BY CALLING THE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN AND MAKING A DONATION.
WE CAN ALL USE YOUR HELP.
STAY TUNED.
AND STAY INFORMED.

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