WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.120 --> 00:00:00.360 Today. 2 00:00:00.360 --> 00:00:03.000 It all happens. We may not have a result for Wednesday, 3 00:00:03.040 --> 00:00:06.679 Thursday or Friday, but nonetheless it happens on a week 4 00:00:06.719 --> 00:00:09.080 from today. Joining you and I now is Frank Lrose, 5 00:00:09.599 --> 00:00:12.279 who is the Ohio Secretary of State. He's in charge 6 00:00:12.279 --> 00:00:15.640 of all eighty eight county elections. And Frank LaRose, welcome 7 00:00:15.679 --> 00:00:18.000 again to the Bill Cunningham Show. And first of all, 8 00:00:18.000 --> 00:00:21.480 I had on yesterday Sherry Poland, the excellent executive director 9 00:00:21.519 --> 00:00:23.640 of the Hamley County Board of Elections. She gave us 10 00:00:23.679 --> 00:00:26.239 some numbers, So can you give the American people some 11 00:00:26.399 --> 00:00:30.519 numbers about from the Secretary of State's perspective, how many 12 00:00:30.559 --> 00:00:32.880 have voted by mail at this point a week out, 13 00:00:32.880 --> 00:00:35.439 how many have walked in? How many ballots are out 14 00:00:35.439 --> 00:00:38.479 there not yet return I need all that information. Give 15 00:00:38.520 --> 00:00:39.719 me a full report. 16 00:00:40.439 --> 00:00:42.039 Yes, sir, and you're right. Sherry is one of the 17 00:00:42.079 --> 00:00:44.000 best in the business. We're honored to have her. And 18 00:00:44.240 --> 00:00:46.119 by the way, in Ohio, we will give you the 19 00:00:46.159 --> 00:00:48.399 results on election night. We brew a pot of coffee 20 00:00:48.439 --> 00:00:51.079 and stay up late and do our work avail. All 21 00:00:51.079 --> 00:00:53.439 this information is available on our website as well, which 22 00:00:53.479 --> 00:00:56.320 is ohiosos dot gov slash data we've got an all 23 00:00:56.359 --> 00:00:59.200 new data dashboard. And so what this tells us is 24 00:00:59.240 --> 00:01:02.119 that at this point, as of our last update several 25 00:01:02.159 --> 00:01:05.879 hours ago, one point one million Ohioans have requested an 26 00:01:05.920 --> 00:01:10.319 AST ballot, about seven hundred thousand have returned their asketee ballot. 27 00:01:10.319 --> 00:01:12.920 That means sixty five percent of people that have requested 28 00:01:12.920 --> 00:01:14.840 their ballot have actually sent it back in. So if 29 00:01:15.200 --> 00:01:17.519 if it's sitting on your dashboard or sitting on your 30 00:01:17.599 --> 00:01:19.519 kitchen table, make sure to get it in the mail. 31 00:01:19.560 --> 00:01:21.760 It's got to get postmarked by next Monday, but no 32 00:01:21.799 --> 00:01:24.760 reason to wait. Early in person voting has been strong 33 00:01:24.799 --> 00:01:27.959 as well. Nine hundred and forty one thousand Ohioans have 34 00:01:28.000 --> 00:01:30.959 taken advantage of early voting. And so when you combine 35 00:01:31.000 --> 00:01:34.680 early in absentee voting one point six to eight million Ohioans, 36 00:01:34.680 --> 00:01:37.799 one point six to eight million Ohiolands have already voted. 37 00:01:37.959 --> 00:01:39.719 But Lilly, here's the number that I think is really 38 00:01:39.760 --> 00:01:44.519 interesting as well. Republicans are outpacing Democrats in both early 39 00:01:44.560 --> 00:01:49.000 and absentee voting by by a lot. Right, five hundred thousand, 40 00:01:49.040 --> 00:01:52.079 five hundred and fifteen thousand Republicans have already voted early. 41 00:01:52.640 --> 00:01:55.920 Only three hundred and forty nine thousand Democrats have. Now, 42 00:01:55.959 --> 00:01:57.359 this is not the way it used to be. 43 00:01:57.640 --> 00:01:58.319 It used to be. 44 00:01:58.560 --> 00:02:02.439 If Republicans were not trailing by too much when the 45 00:02:02.439 --> 00:02:05.359 polls opens on election day, we felt pretty good about it. 46 00:02:05.519 --> 00:02:08.719 The fact that Republicans are leading Democrats by this number 47 00:02:08.759 --> 00:02:10.319 in early voting, I think says a lot. 48 00:02:10.599 --> 00:02:13.719 So you're saying that at this point, this Tuesday afternoon, 49 00:02:13.759 --> 00:02:16.719 and they got another week to go, that grossly more 50 00:02:16.759 --> 00:02:20.560 Republicans have early voted than Democrats, and that's quite unusual, 51 00:02:21.759 --> 00:02:22.039 it is. 52 00:02:22.120 --> 00:02:24.800 And by the way, that's registered Republicans, so that means 53 00:02:25.000 --> 00:02:27.199 you have to be the only way to be a 54 00:02:27.240 --> 00:02:29.840 registered Republican means you vote in the primaries, or a 55 00:02:29.840 --> 00:02:32.240 registered Democrat for that matter. And so of course there's 56 00:02:32.280 --> 00:02:35.120 a large number of what we call unaffiliated voters that 57 00:02:35.240 --> 00:02:37.479 just don't vote in spring primaries, so they don't show 58 00:02:37.520 --> 00:02:40.719 up with a partisan affiliation. But among registered Republicans it 59 00:02:40.719 --> 00:02:44.120 is one data metric. But among registered Republicans we are 60 00:02:44.159 --> 00:02:47.599 outpacing registered Democrats by well over one hundred thousand votes 61 00:02:47.639 --> 00:02:48.039 right now. 62 00:02:48.199 --> 00:02:51.960 So if one point seven million approximately have already voted 63 00:02:52.400 --> 00:02:56.319 either returned, there are ballots, which is about seven hundred thousand, 64 00:02:56.639 --> 00:02:59.560 and then those who vote in person, the numbers about 65 00:02:59.560 --> 00:03:02.039 one point seven million. By the end of business today, 66 00:03:02.039 --> 00:03:04.800 it'll probably be right out one point seven million. Can 67 00:03:04.840 --> 00:03:08.439 you extrapolate from that by Monday close of business how 68 00:03:08.439 --> 00:03:11.439 many Ohiglands would have voted early, either in person or 69 00:03:11.520 --> 00:03:12.080 buy the mail. 70 00:03:13.360 --> 00:03:16.599 Yeah. I'm not gonna hazard a guess on that, because invariably, 71 00:03:16.680 --> 00:03:19.560 if I'm a little low, then the mainstream media says 72 00:03:19.560 --> 00:03:21.840 he's predicting low turnout. And if I'm a little high, 73 00:03:21.919 --> 00:03:23.879 then people say, oh, he doesn't know what he's talking about. 74 00:03:24.000 --> 00:03:26.560 I will say this, the numbers are really strong. They're 75 00:03:26.599 --> 00:03:28.840 on par with what we've seen in past elections, and 76 00:03:28.919 --> 00:03:31.599 I think we're on pace to have another record breaking election. 77 00:03:31.960 --> 00:03:35.319 I'll say this too. Regardless, the boards of elections are ready. 78 00:03:35.439 --> 00:03:37.800 If people decide to wait and come on Tuesday, we'll 79 00:03:37.800 --> 00:03:40.400 be ready for that. If we have a large turnout 80 00:03:40.479 --> 00:03:43.039 this weekend, for example, there may be lines. You got 81 00:03:43.120 --> 00:03:44.719 to be smart about this. If you decide to show 82 00:03:44.759 --> 00:03:47.240 up on Saturday afternoon to the early voting center, that's 83 00:03:47.280 --> 00:03:49.639 the highest traffic time, so you're probably gonna wait line. 84 00:03:49.759 --> 00:03:52.879 If you go on Thursday afternoon, at three pm. You're 85 00:03:53.000 --> 00:03:57.199 not likely to see lines at the early voting location then, 86 00:03:57.240 --> 00:03:59.719 So again, whatever you do, we'll be ready to make 87 00:03:59.759 --> 00:04:02.560 sure that you have an honest vote and that it's 88 00:04:02.599 --> 00:04:03.599 convenient in Ohio. 89 00:04:03.680 --> 00:04:05.960 Now let's talk gross numbers. I like to deal with facts. 90 00:04:05.960 --> 00:04:08.840 Some deal with hyperbole. I deal with facts. There's about 91 00:04:08.879 --> 00:04:13.400 twelve million Ohioans alive right now, about twelve million, and 92 00:04:13.479 --> 00:04:16.600 I would assume there's about three million underage of eighteen. 93 00:04:16.639 --> 00:04:20.839 Hopefully they're not voting. So this election is similar to 94 00:04:20.839 --> 00:04:22.720 what happened in twenty twenty or a little bit more. 95 00:04:23.240 --> 00:04:27.000 What's going to be in your guestimation, the total turnout, 96 00:04:27.560 --> 00:04:31.079 the total number of votes casting this election is approximately what. 97 00:04:33.079 --> 00:04:35.879 Yeah, again, that's not a number that I like to pardicularly, 98 00:04:36.319 --> 00:04:38.560 but i'd saying I'll say this. We set a record 99 00:04:38.560 --> 00:04:41.920 in twenty twenty, the all time highest turnout election, by 100 00:04:41.959 --> 00:04:45.160 the way, an election where in Ohio Republicans did very well. 101 00:04:45.199 --> 00:04:48.360 So don't let anybody say that high turnout benefits the Democrats. 102 00:04:48.399 --> 00:04:51.160 When Ohio and show up in large numbers, actually usually 103 00:04:51.199 --> 00:04:53.959 votes well for Republicans. But we set a record in 104 00:04:53.959 --> 00:04:55.920 twenty twenty, we may break that record this. 105 00:04:55.920 --> 00:05:00.199 Year, which is what what's the record? Oh, gosh, have 106 00:05:00.680 --> 00:05:03.319 like seventy seventy five something? 107 00:05:03.399 --> 00:05:05.759 That was it was, it was something in that in 108 00:05:05.800 --> 00:05:06.160 that area. 109 00:05:06.279 --> 00:05:10.560 Yeah, let's talk about lawsuits. I see in Virginia, Glenn 110 00:05:10.600 --> 00:05:14.360 Youngkin is being sued. They were about eighteen hundred to 111 00:05:14.480 --> 00:05:19.519 persons living in Virginia who self identified as not able 112 00:05:19.600 --> 00:05:22.480 to vote because they're not citizens. There's a federal law 113 00:05:22.480 --> 00:05:25.120 that says to vote, you have to be a US citizen. Now, 114 00:05:25.240 --> 00:05:28.199 in Virginia, he said, well, I got seventeen hundred so 115 00:05:28.279 --> 00:05:32.480 called human beings living in Virginia who admit they're not citizens. 116 00:05:32.720 --> 00:05:35.480 Therefore I'm taking them off the voter rolls. The federal 117 00:05:35.519 --> 00:05:38.399 government sued the governor, saying, wait a minute, you can't 118 00:05:38.399 --> 00:05:42.399 do that. You can't take off non citizens from voter rules. 119 00:05:42.759 --> 00:05:45.000 Tell me in Ohio what's happening in that regard. 120 00:05:46.240 --> 00:05:49.160 So in Ohio we have been working to remove non 121 00:05:49.199 --> 00:05:52.079 citizens as well. It hasn't gotten as much attention because 122 00:05:52.079 --> 00:05:54.480 they haven't sued US. I think that's probably because the 123 00:05:54.519 --> 00:05:58.000 way that we structured it in Ohio was narrowly crafted 124 00:05:58.040 --> 00:06:00.199 to make sure that we could remove non citizens from 125 00:06:00.240 --> 00:06:02.800 the voter roles without at the same time getting into 126 00:06:02.839 --> 00:06:06.120 the crosshairs of DJ Here's how we've done it. We 127 00:06:06.240 --> 00:06:09.399 do it on an individual basis. When we first of all, 128 00:06:09.439 --> 00:06:12.279 we work to prevent non citizens from ever becoming register, 129 00:06:12.360 --> 00:06:15.279 but if they do get registered within a week or two, 130 00:06:15.360 --> 00:06:18.120 we have removed them because we check the voter rules 131 00:06:18.120 --> 00:06:20.639 on the front end. As new registrations come in, we 132 00:06:20.800 --> 00:06:25.120 verify them against the Ohio BMV database, against the single 133 00:06:25.199 --> 00:06:27.319 federal database they let us choose. I'm trying to get 134 00:06:27.319 --> 00:06:29.639 access to the other ones, and if we flag them 135 00:06:29.639 --> 00:06:32.879 as a non citizen, we do further investigation, and then 136 00:06:32.920 --> 00:06:36.240 we individually investigate those and instruct the boards on a 137 00:06:36.279 --> 00:06:38.439 one on one basis to remove them from the rules. 138 00:06:38.720 --> 00:06:41.759 Since just the last couple of months, I've removed over 139 00:06:41.839 --> 00:06:44.879 seven hundred non citizens from the voter rules. And so 140 00:06:44.920 --> 00:06:47.360 when Democrats say that there's no such thing as non 141 00:06:47.399 --> 00:06:51.319 citizens attempting to register to vote, that's hogwash. We found it. 142 00:06:51.399 --> 00:06:54.199 Seven hundred out of twelve million is a relatively small number. 143 00:06:54.240 --> 00:06:56.040 But we're not going to just allow that kind of 144 00:06:56.079 --> 00:06:58.399 crime to accer in Ohio. We're going to identify it, 145 00:06:58.519 --> 00:07:00.519 remove them from the rules, and we been doing it 146 00:07:00.560 --> 00:07:03.920 in a way that I'm confident is consistent, although DJ 147 00:07:04.120 --> 00:07:07.480 is definitely sneaking around, sniffing around, if you will, Ohio, 148 00:07:07.519 --> 00:07:09.639 and trying to find me messing up so that they 149 00:07:09.680 --> 00:07:11.680 can file a lawsuit here as well. We're not going 150 00:07:11.720 --> 00:07:12.560 to give them that pleasure. 151 00:07:12.759 --> 00:07:16.399 Why would the DOJ not agree with you that non 152 00:07:16.439 --> 00:07:19.079 citizens shouldn't vote? So when you take them off, how 153 00:07:19.120 --> 00:07:21.279 come for Genuoue sued and you weren't sued. 154 00:07:22.480 --> 00:07:25.560 Yeah, well, I'll give you their public argument. They say, well, 155 00:07:25.600 --> 00:07:29.720 you may be accidentally ensnaring a small number that have 156 00:07:29.839 --> 00:07:32.879 recently become naturalized. Of course, we have safeguards in place 157 00:07:32.920 --> 00:07:35.560 to make sure that that doesn't happen. But you know, 158 00:07:35.680 --> 00:07:39.160 if one were a skeptic, they could say, perhaps that 159 00:07:39.279 --> 00:07:42.959 the same administration that has left our southern border completely 160 00:07:43.120 --> 00:07:49.000 unguarded and has resulted in a really national embarrassment and disaster, 161 00:07:49.160 --> 00:07:52.040 this invasion that's occurring on our southern border, one might 162 00:07:52.639 --> 00:07:55.879 draw the conclusion that folks in the Biden Harris administration 163 00:07:55.959 --> 00:08:00.160 want those people to vote. You know, that's a wild thing, 164 00:08:00.199 --> 00:08:03.279 but it's entirely possible. Idea, We're not going to allow 165 00:08:03.319 --> 00:08:04.439 that to happen in Ohio. 166 00:08:04.839 --> 00:08:06.839 And so at this point you're not been sued yet, 167 00:08:06.879 --> 00:08:09.279 but they're looking over your shoulder to find some reason 168 00:08:09.319 --> 00:08:11.920 to sue you. But is the statement accurate? If I 169 00:08:11.920 --> 00:08:16.399 would say this, non citizens in America cannot legally vote, 170 00:08:16.879 --> 00:08:17.600 is that accurate? 171 00:08:17.839 --> 00:08:19.279 That's correct, that's correct. 172 00:08:19.319 --> 00:08:22.600 So why wouldn't the federal government join with you and 173 00:08:22.720 --> 00:08:26.560 making sure your data who can vote is shared with 174 00:08:26.639 --> 00:08:28.639 you so that you get them off get them off 175 00:08:28.639 --> 00:08:30.000 their roles. Why doesn't that happen? 176 00:08:31.240 --> 00:08:33.960 Some things defy logic, Willy. I mean, here's the thing. 177 00:08:34.039 --> 00:08:37.039 I've been working to try to get access to better 178 00:08:37.320 --> 00:08:39.440 data from the federal government, and they have blocked me 179 00:08:39.480 --> 00:08:42.399 at every turn. For months now. I've been asking them 180 00:08:42.440 --> 00:08:46.159 for access to the other three databases. Typical federal government. 181 00:08:46.519 --> 00:08:49.320 They don't just have one database for non citizens, It's 182 00:08:49.320 --> 00:08:52.559 spread across four. They've only given me access to one 183 00:08:52.600 --> 00:08:56.120 of those databases, which is of course therefore incomplete. When 184 00:08:56.120 --> 00:08:58.759 I've been asking for months and months, they have stonewalled 185 00:08:58.799 --> 00:09:02.080 and ignored us. When we finally got our congressional delegation involved, 186 00:09:02.080 --> 00:09:04.720 my friend, Congressman Jim Jordan got involved and we were 187 00:09:04.720 --> 00:09:07.519 able to finally rattle their cage enough that they answered 188 00:09:07.600 --> 00:09:10.000 us and they said no, we will not let you 189 00:09:10.120 --> 00:09:12.600 access these databases. And so I had no choice but 190 00:09:12.679 --> 00:09:15.279 to file a lawsuit against DHS. That's what we did 191 00:09:15.399 --> 00:09:18.120 last week to get them to cough up this data 192 00:09:18.120 --> 00:09:20.759 which federal law says they must provide us. 193 00:09:21.240 --> 00:09:23.799 And they want to slow roll this until maybe Wednesday 194 00:09:23.840 --> 00:09:24.440 of next week. 195 00:09:25.840 --> 00:09:27.840 Well one with guess. But here's the thing. This is 196 00:09:27.919 --> 00:09:30.799 important regardless of whether we get the access to this 197 00:09:30.919 --> 00:09:34.120 before or after this election, because after the election, we 198 00:09:34.159 --> 00:09:36.399 go into enforcement mode and we want to look at 199 00:09:36.440 --> 00:09:39.200 the voter rules and if somebody has attempted to cast 200 00:09:39.200 --> 00:09:41.440 a ballot on behalf of a deceased Ohio and we 201 00:09:41.480 --> 00:09:43.320 want to make sure they face justice for it. If 202 00:09:43.360 --> 00:09:46.120 somebody's attempted to vote in Ohio and in another state, 203 00:09:46.159 --> 00:09:48.200 we want to catch them. And if a non citizen 204 00:09:48.679 --> 00:09:51.080 has in fact attempted to or even cast a ballot 205 00:09:51.080 --> 00:09:53.080 in Ohio, we need to detect that so we can 206 00:09:53.519 --> 00:09:56.240 turn that over to county prosecutors and to the Ohio 207 00:09:56.320 --> 00:09:58.960 Attorney General. Because when a law is not enforced, Lily, 208 00:09:59.039 --> 00:10:01.480 it's not a law, it's suggestion. And we will make 209 00:10:01.519 --> 00:10:04.840 sure even if it's small numbers that people face justice 210 00:10:04.879 --> 00:10:06.480 for those kinds of elections crimes. 211 00:10:06.519 --> 00:10:09.159 And when this issue arises, I hear Mary Garland or 212 00:10:09.159 --> 00:10:13.240 hear Kamala Harris talk about voter intimidation, that by you 213 00:10:13.399 --> 00:10:17.200 enforcing the law, you're intimidating voters. Can you respond to 214 00:10:17.240 --> 00:10:19.320 the voter intimidation argument. 215 00:10:20.080 --> 00:10:22.720 Well, I tell you who I intend to intimidate. I 216 00:10:22.759 --> 00:10:25.600 intend to I want to intimidate those who are attempting 217 00:10:25.639 --> 00:10:27.600 to break our law. And so if you are a 218 00:10:27.639 --> 00:10:30.600 non citizen and you're thinking about trying to cast a vote, 219 00:10:30.639 --> 00:10:32.960 I want you to be intimidated. If you are somebody 220 00:10:33.000 --> 00:10:35.960 who is planning to cast a ballot on or try 221 00:10:36.000 --> 00:10:38.240 to cast a ballot on behalf of a deceased person, 222 00:10:38.279 --> 00:10:40.919 I want you to be intimidated. And the Left and 223 00:10:41.000 --> 00:10:44.840 all of their handwringing about this is well, it's really nonsense. 224 00:10:44.879 --> 00:10:47.840 Ohioan's no. Americans know that it's easy to vote. My 225 00:10:48.000 --> 00:10:49.960 job is to also make sure that it's hard to cheat. 226 00:10:50.279 --> 00:10:52.879 Let's move on quickly to State Issue one. Can you 227 00:10:53.440 --> 00:10:56.360 briefly describe to the American people what is State Issue 228 00:10:56.360 --> 00:10:59.320 one and what it does it say and what doesn't. 229 00:10:59.000 --> 00:10:59.799 It say yes. 230 00:11:00.000 --> 00:11:00.039 So. 231 00:11:00.200 --> 00:11:05.000 Issue one is a thirteen thousand word constitutional amendment that 232 00:11:05.159 --> 00:11:07.720 is being paid for by out of state special interests 233 00:11:07.799 --> 00:11:10.720 to the tune of over thirty million dollars. Eighty five 234 00:11:10.759 --> 00:11:14.240 percent of those dollars come from Washington, New York, California. 235 00:11:14.720 --> 00:11:17.840 And we even believe that six million of those dollars 236 00:11:17.840 --> 00:11:20.559 have come from a Swiss billionaire, literally, a guy from 237 00:11:20.639 --> 00:11:23.279 Switzerland that wants to tell us how our district line 238 00:11:23.279 --> 00:11:27.120 should be drawn. This thing, beyond being complex, takes away 239 00:11:27.159 --> 00:11:30.360 the power from the voters. It puts the power into 240 00:11:30.399 --> 00:11:34.240 the hand of fifteen unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats. And here's the 241 00:11:34.320 --> 00:11:37.879 kicker willing. You cannot fire these people. You cannot remove 242 00:11:37.960 --> 00:11:41.679 them from their job, even for malfeasance, for committing a crime. 243 00:11:42.000 --> 00:11:45.559 Nothing can take their ability to draw these lines away 244 00:11:45.559 --> 00:11:47.679 from them once they're appointed to it. And you're not 245 00:11:47.799 --> 00:11:49.639 even allowed to talk to them. I think this is 246 00:11:49.679 --> 00:11:53.320 a clear First Amendment violation. But the amendment literally says 247 00:11:53.480 --> 00:11:56.919 that if you discuss redistricting with one of these members 248 00:11:56.960 --> 00:12:00.480 of the redistricting Commission, that you violated the Law's crazy. 249 00:12:00.519 --> 00:12:02.720 So if you sit next to them in church and 250 00:12:02.759 --> 00:12:04.879 you have a comment to make you're not allowed to 251 00:12:04.960 --> 00:12:07.279 talk to them about the work that they do, that 252 00:12:07.279 --> 00:12:10.120 they're being paid for to do by the taxpayers. What 253 00:12:10.440 --> 00:12:13.360 they're really required to do under Issue one is to 254 00:12:13.519 --> 00:12:16.879 jerrymander the state to draw a certain number of democratic 255 00:12:16.919 --> 00:12:20.279 districts that they preconceive as their formula. I think this 256 00:12:20.399 --> 00:12:23.320 is really bad news for Ohio, and that's why we've 257 00:12:23.360 --> 00:12:25.639 been very clear about this. And that's why, by the way, 258 00:12:25.679 --> 00:12:30.159 also we drafted very honest, very blunt, but very honest 259 00:12:30.480 --> 00:12:33.080 language that's on the ballot. It has been approved as 260 00:12:33.120 --> 00:12:34.840 truthful by the Ohio Supreme Court. 261 00:12:34.879 --> 00:12:35.559 And so if you. 262 00:12:35.639 --> 00:12:38.879 Read the few hundred words on your ballots that describe 263 00:12:38.879 --> 00:12:40.600 what this thing does, I think you'll arrive at the 264 00:12:40.639 --> 00:12:41.559 same conclusion I have. 265 00:12:41.799 --> 00:12:43.799 All the polling indicates is going to be a yes 266 00:12:43.919 --> 00:12:48.559 vote because citizens respond, the term jerry mandering is used. 267 00:12:49.559 --> 00:12:53.559 The citizens respond, but stated briefly. They're seven members of 268 00:12:53.559 --> 00:12:57.200 the Reapportionment Board. They are the governor, the Secretary State, 269 00:12:57.399 --> 00:13:00.240 and the auditor, and two from the House, two from 270 00:13:00.279 --> 00:13:03.320 the Senate that we as lowly citizens actually vote for. 271 00:13:03.440 --> 00:13:07.200 We decide who's on the Reapporcement poard. This amendment would say, 272 00:13:07.240 --> 00:13:09.799 no more voting. You don't get to vote anymore. And 273 00:13:09.799 --> 00:13:12.600 there's going to be retired appellate judges like my wife, 274 00:13:12.639 --> 00:13:15.360 for example. If you won't take it, but nonetheless retired 275 00:13:15.360 --> 00:13:19.399 to pellate judges in Ohio will appoint five Republicans, five Democrats. 276 00:13:19.480 --> 00:13:23.320 They then appoint five independence fifteen get together that we 277 00:13:23.480 --> 00:13:26.639 don't vote for, and they will draw. You can't fire, 278 00:13:26.720 --> 00:13:28.720 and you can't fire them. You can't fire, you can't 279 00:13:28.759 --> 00:13:29.120 let them go. 280 00:13:29.399 --> 00:13:32.720 Did Trump as a smart executive, has said in the 281 00:13:32.759 --> 00:13:35.759 past that if you can't fire somebody, they don't actually 282 00:13:35.799 --> 00:13:38.600 work for you. And that's the problem with these unelected, 283 00:13:38.679 --> 00:13:42.559 unaccountable bureaucrats. You cannot bounce them from their jobs, no 284 00:13:42.559 --> 00:13:44.639 matter how bad of a job they do. If you 285 00:13:44.639 --> 00:13:46.679 don't like the way the governor and the auditor and 286 00:13:46.720 --> 00:13:48.080 I and the two members of the House and the 287 00:13:48.120 --> 00:13:49.600 two members of send, if you don't like the way 288 00:13:49.600 --> 00:13:53.600 we draw district lines, you can fire us. And guess what, 289 00:13:53.639 --> 00:13:57.080 Ohioans didn't do that In twenty twenty one, we drew 290 00:13:57.080 --> 00:13:59.360 new district lines and I got more votes than any 291 00:13:59.360 --> 00:14:02.159 secretary's has ever gotten in history. So people must like 292 00:14:02.240 --> 00:14:05.000 the work that we do in totality and decided to 293 00:14:05.080 --> 00:14:05.720 keep us around. 294 00:14:05.840 --> 00:14:09.919 But at least we vote. You know, I love you politically, 295 00:14:09.960 --> 00:14:13.120 that's great. But if Tony Bender is a left winger 296 00:14:13.120 --> 00:14:15.360 from Green Township and he says, I've had it with 297 00:14:15.399 --> 00:14:18.200 Frank LeRose, I've had it with Mike Dwaine. I want 298 00:14:18.200 --> 00:14:20.840 those guys gone. They got the opportunity to say I'm 299 00:14:20.879 --> 00:14:24.519 voting against that guy. If this thing passes, the voting 300 00:14:24.600 --> 00:14:29.559 is done, democracy dies in darkness and because of Swiss 301 00:14:29.600 --> 00:14:33.639 billionaires and a slick commercial run by a defroct Supreme 302 00:14:33.679 --> 00:14:37.480 Court justice named Ren O'Connor, who's as an effective ad 303 00:14:37.799 --> 00:14:41.320 but it's wrong. But nonetheless, if citizens are led to 304 00:14:41.440 --> 00:14:44.960 believe that democracy is alive by not voting, you can 305 00:14:45.080 --> 00:14:47.519 vote yes on Issue one and the voting is done, 306 00:14:47.679 --> 00:14:50.240 and then it becomes it's in the constitution and away 307 00:14:50.279 --> 00:14:52.519 we go and God help us all. Well, Frank, we 308 00:14:52.600 --> 00:14:55.879 got a run. But thanks for calling in today this afternoon, 309 00:14:55.879 --> 00:14:58.159 and we'll see what happens. But I often say we 310 00:14:58.200 --> 00:15:01.200 get the government we deserve, and at times that concerns 311 00:15:01.200 --> 00:15:03.519 me greatly. But we'll see what happens. Vote no in 312 00:15:03.559 --> 00:15:05.879 state Issue one because if you want to vote in 313 00:15:05.919 --> 00:15:08.519 the future for the members of this board. Vote no. 314 00:15:08.679 --> 00:15:11.679 If you don't want to vote anymore, vote yes. Democracy 315 00:15:11.759 --> 00:15:14.960 will live in darkness. But Frank la Russ, once again, 316 00:15:15.000 --> 00:15:17.399 thank you for coming on the Bill Cunningham Show. Maybe 317 00:15:17.399 --> 00:15:19.519 we'll check in next week as things are hot and heavy, 318 00:15:19.559 --> 00:15:19.960 and thank. 319 00:15:19.840 --> 00:15:22.519 You Frank, Thank you, sir. God bless and. 320 00:15:22.480 --> 00:15:26.039 God bless America. Let's continue with more very simple six 321 00:15:26.200 --> 00:15:30.200 million dollars in TV ads to convince Ohio ones it 322 00:15:30.279 --> 00:15:35.399 is time to quit voting what and maybe it's working? 323 00:15:35.480 --> 00:15:38.320 I hope not. Let's continue. My comments are next to 324 00:15:38.360 --> 00:15:40.919 more at your home of the Bengals News Radio seven 325 00:15:41.000 --> 00:15:42.240 hundred WLW. 326 00:15:43.320 --> 00:15:46.559 There's more to sports than scores and stats. There's emotion 327 00:15:47.200 --> 00:15:49.000 about your tears, God. 328 00:15:50.320 --> 00:15:53.440 Leading the moments you'll always remember, Mark Hamlin into the 329 00:15:53.440 --> 00:15:59.360 ambulance and the accomplishment, the park home run Morelly Bay 330 00:15:59.480 --> 00:16:05.200 or clue, unbelievable place, two yards two, bah Hoyle joined me. 331 00:16:05.360 --> 00:16:09.320 Lance mcavilster. Is we cover them all on sports talk tonight? 332 00:16:09.320 --> 00:16:12.480 Did six on seven hundred WLW. 333 00:16:13.200 --> 00:16:16.360 Your first words after a stroke, your first step since 334 00:16:16.360 --> 00:16:19.039 his spinal cord injury, your last year is here we 335 00:16:19.080 --> 00:16:22.679 go again? A journey in broadcast and excellence, broadcast superbity 336 00:16:23.039 --> 00:16:26.679 if possible. After one o'clock today is a great guest 337 00:16:26.759 --> 00:16:29.440 I have talking about media reaction, what the media is 338 00:16:29.480 --> 00:16:32.399 doing to you and twisting your mind. I would point 339 00:16:32.399 --> 00:16:35.240 out that, uh, the owner of the Washington Post, one, 340 00:16:35.320 --> 00:16:38.600 Jeff Bezos, has written the obvious, which is the media 341 00:16:38.720 --> 00:16:42.159 is not trusted in this country. He said, The Washington Post, 342 00:16:42.200 --> 00:16:46.200 New York Times, mainstream media is not credible nor accurate. 343 00:16:46.919 --> 00:16:52.159 What what is that possible that we the American people 344 00:16:52.159 --> 00:16:55.480 don't trust the mainstream media anymore. And that's why fere 345 00:16:55.639 --> 00:16:59.039 and Fere and fere are watching the mainstream media for 346 00:16:59.120 --> 00:17:04.000 news and or reading newspapers anymore, because it's not trustworthy. 347 00:17:04.160 --> 00:17:06.519 And the man who's saying that is not the great American. 348 00:17:07.319 --> 00:17:10.920 It's the owner of the Washington Post. Taking the Washington 349 00:17:10.960 --> 00:17:13.640 Post and the New York Times to task for not 350 00:17:13.720 --> 00:17:16.880 serving its readers. He said, it is time for us 351 00:17:16.920 --> 00:17:22.200 to respond, otherwise we will fade two irrelevance, fade too irrelevance, 352 00:17:22.279 --> 00:17:24.799 he said. Quote. While I do not and will not 353 00:17:24.960 --> 00:17:28.039 push my personal interests, I would also not allow the 354 00:17:28.160 --> 00:17:31.799 Washington Post to stay as on idle pilot and fade 355 00:17:31.799 --> 00:17:37.279 into complete irrelevance, overtaken by unresearched podcasts and social media barbs. 356 00:17:37.559 --> 00:17:39.599 Not without a fight. It's too important. The stakes are 357 00:17:39.640 --> 00:17:44.000 too high now more than ever. The world needs a credible, trusted, 358 00:17:44.200 --> 00:17:47.640 independent voice, and we're better for that voice to originate 359 00:17:47.680 --> 00:17:49.960 than the capital city of the United States of America. 360 00:17:50.519 --> 00:17:56.400 At this point, we don't have that voice. Somehow, an 361 00:17:56.400 --> 00:17:59.880 outsider coming into the news media business is spoken truth 362 00:17:59.880 --> 00:18:03.160 to power, and he went on to say criticism will 363 00:18:03.200 --> 00:18:05.960 be part and parcel of anything new. Of course, this 364 00:18:06.119 --> 00:18:08.000 is the way of the world. None of this will 365 00:18:08.039 --> 00:18:10.000 be easy, but it will be worth it, and I'm 366 00:18:10.039 --> 00:18:12.599 so grateful to be part of this endeavor. Many of 367 00:18:12.599 --> 00:18:14.680 the finest journalists you will ever find work here at 368 00:18:14.720 --> 00:18:17.680 The Washington Post, and they work painstakingly every day to 369 00:18:17.720 --> 00:18:20.240 get to the truth. They deserve to be believed, and 370 00:18:20.359 --> 00:18:27.240 right now they're not. According to polling, you know, we 371 00:18:27.440 --> 00:18:30.759 lawyers and used car dealers have been at the bottom 372 00:18:31.039 --> 00:18:34.400 of trusted American organizations. I would note that the Boy 373 00:18:34.480 --> 00:18:37.880 Scouts and Girl Scouts have also plummeted to below thirty percent. 374 00:18:37.920 --> 00:18:40.559 When you can't trust the Boy Scouts and can't trust 375 00:18:40.559 --> 00:18:43.680 the girl scouts. That's a problem. But nonetheless, the media 376 00:18:43.680 --> 00:18:46.440 at this point is a little bit below used car 377 00:18:46.559 --> 00:18:51.079 dealers and lawyers at nineteen percent trust. Put another way, 378 00:18:51.680 --> 00:18:54.240 about eighty percent of us do not trust what we see, 379 00:18:54.319 --> 00:18:57.119 what we hear, and what we read. Eighty percent. I 380 00:18:57.119 --> 00:18:59.880 don't trust it, do you? I'm surprised the number isn't 381 00:18:59.880 --> 00:19:02.680 a higher than eighty percent. I have a guest coming 382 00:19:02.720 --> 00:19:07.079 on tomorrow, Curtis Halk of a RealClearPolitics dot com media 383 00:19:07.119 --> 00:19:10.480 research center, who's going to talk about what's happening in 384 00:19:10.480 --> 00:19:13.000 the mainstream media that you're fed every night on the 385 00:19:13.079 --> 00:19:19.839 nightly news. Their expertise is recording ABC, NBCCBS and PBS 386 00:19:20.200 --> 00:19:24.400 every day and they recorded them for the last two 387 00:19:24.440 --> 00:19:28.680 months something in the range of six hundred hours of 388 00:19:28.759 --> 00:19:32.279 video six hundred hours, and they determined that ninety percent 389 00:19:32.279 --> 00:19:36.359 of the coverage of Kamala Harris has been positive, along 390 00:19:36.400 --> 00:19:39.680 with ninety percent of the coverage of Donald Trump to 391 00:19:39.680 --> 00:19:43.319 be negative. And this translates to real votes on behalf 392 00:19:43.319 --> 00:19:46.319 of liberal Democrats who without the media at their back, 393 00:19:46.680 --> 00:19:49.640 the win beneath their wings, there wouldn't be a Democrat 394 00:19:49.640 --> 00:19:55.799 anywhere in national politics. National Democrat wouldn't even exist if 395 00:19:55.799 --> 00:19:58.839 the media had the same scrutiny of Kamala Harris as 396 00:19:58.880 --> 00:20:03.480 they've given Donald Trump. And for those who only get 397 00:20:03.640 --> 00:20:06.799 self professed. If you're an American who says I only 398 00:20:06.839 --> 00:20:12.799 get my news from ABC, NBCCBS, PBS, the Washington Post, 399 00:20:12.880 --> 00:20:17.119 the New York Times, sixty five percent of those readers 400 00:20:17.160 --> 00:20:23.079 and viewers vote for Democrats. You know, garbage in, garbage out. 401 00:20:23.680 --> 00:20:26.480