1 00:00:04,879 --> 00:00:07,160 Speaker 1: What's going on? Thank you so much for listening to 2 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:09,640 this podcast. It is heard live every day from noon 3 00:00:09,679 --> 00:00:12,519 to three on WBT Radio in Charlotte. And if you 4 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:16,719 want exclusive content like invitations to events, the weekly live stream, 5 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:19,239 my daily show prep with all the links, become a patron, 6 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:22,600 go to dpetecleanershow dot com. Make sure you hit the 7 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:25,160 subscribe button. Get every episode for free right to your 8 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:27,679 smartphone or tablet. And again, thank you so much for 9 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:32,479 your support. Our number three. We always talk with ap Dylan. 10 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:35,600 She is a reporter at the North State Journal ansjonline 11 00:00:35,640 --> 00:00:40,200 dot com, also the publisher of her Substack newsletter. More 12 00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:44,119 to the story, Ap, how are you today? I'm good, Pet, 13 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:47,240 and I'm doing all right. So we've been talking about 14 00:00:47,240 --> 00:00:49,640 the whole, you know piece in the Middle East thing. 15 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:53,000 Just any thoughts on that. Are you optimistic? 16 00:00:54,920 --> 00:00:58,520 Speaker 2: Well, they've received all twenty of the living hostages back. 17 00:00:59,119 --> 00:01:01,039 It's waiting on the room of all the ones that 18 00:01:01,280 --> 00:01:05,480 died as a result of being taken hostage by Hamas. 19 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:09,560 I'm not optimistic about that one that Hamas seems to 20 00:01:09,599 --> 00:01:13,599 have not been able to find where they put the body. Yeah, 21 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:16,959 which is just horrifying. In and of itself. But I 22 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:21,159 think this is this is a historic event. I mean, 23 00:01:22,359 --> 00:01:25,079 I don't know that. I don't know that. I in 24 00:01:25,120 --> 00:01:29,799 my lifetime, I can recall anything is momentous in terms 25 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:32,239 of hostage releases, you know, going all the way back 26 00:01:32,280 --> 00:01:36,519 to when the Iran hostages were finally So this this 27 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:40,400 is big. And uh, you know the Trump administration credit, 28 00:01:40,439 --> 00:01:43,319 where's credits due? You know, they they've pulled this off. 29 00:01:43,439 --> 00:01:44,840 Speaker 3: No, no, we're not allowed to do that. 30 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:48,400 Speaker 1: Ab We're not allowed to give Trump any bit of 31 00:01:48,439 --> 00:01:51,560 credit on this whatsoever anybody could have done. I saw also, 32 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:56,359 I saw uh, Anthony Blinkeln, the former Secretary of State 33 00:01:56,439 --> 00:02:00,200 under Joe Biden, worthless guy, and he was he's saying, well, 34 00:02:00,239 --> 00:02:02,719 you know, basically, we negotiated this whole deal, and he 35 00:02:02,879 --> 00:02:05,719 just like took it off the shelf and and and 36 00:02:05,799 --> 00:02:09,840 adopted our plan or something like they're trying to claim though. 37 00:02:09,879 --> 00:02:12,039 Speaker 2: At the twenty step plan that Trump put out is 38 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:14,520 nothing even remotely close to what the Biden administration was 39 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:18,240 talking about. Yeah, or you know, it was ultimately rejected 40 00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:20,039 before it was even put on the table, So. 41 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:23,240 Speaker 3: You know, yeah, it's just yeah, it's insanity. 42 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:25,439 Speaker 1: But I mean as I think I said earlier, and 43 00:02:25,439 --> 00:02:28,800 I think we all recognized, this is exactly what Hitler 44 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:31,599 would do, you know, bring together all of these countries 45 00:02:31,599 --> 00:02:35,199 for a peace deal and connect them to its success 46 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:37,599 to try to avoid war. 47 00:02:37,919 --> 00:02:40,560 Speaker 3: That's totally what an Orange Hitler would do. 48 00:02:40,879 --> 00:02:45,080 Speaker 2: So yeah, Babylon B had a headline Hitler Free the Juice. 49 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:48,319 Speaker 1: Oh nice, Oh that's classic Hitler frees the Jews. 50 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:50,080 Speaker 3: That's great record. 51 00:02:51,039 --> 00:02:53,159 Speaker 1: So all right, so let's talk a little bit about 52 00:02:53,159 --> 00:02:55,479 a piece you've got up at your sub stack and 53 00:02:55,599 --> 00:02:59,840 more to the story headline, FBI drops Southern Poverty Loss 54 00:02:59,840 --> 00:03:04,400 and as partner. So first, what is the Southern Poverty 55 00:03:04,479 --> 00:03:06,639 Law Center? Who is this organization? 56 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:09,520 Speaker 2: Well, it goes way back to Silver, right, So they 57 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:11,919 used attract you know, the KKK and that sort of think. 58 00:03:11,919 --> 00:03:13,960 That's sort of how they, you know, got their fame 59 00:03:14,199 --> 00:03:18,319 and fortune was tracking extremist groups, in particular white supremacists 60 00:03:18,319 --> 00:03:20,759 and the KKAK. But as that's that well sort of 61 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:23,759 just started to dry up and white supremacists became few 62 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:26,280 and far too far between the track, they started turning 63 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:30,800 their eyes on anyone who is ideologically different than those 64 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:35,599 on the progressive left. They've labeled, you know, organist churches 65 00:03:35,639 --> 00:03:38,599 and organizations that you know are just basically, you know, 66 00:03:38,719 --> 00:03:42,479 just Christian Christian denominations, and put them on their quote 67 00:03:42,479 --> 00:03:46,319 hate map, right, which has been a source of controversy 68 00:03:46,319 --> 00:03:47,080 for some time now. 69 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:53,240 Speaker 1: And you outline a couple of these organizations, Moms for Liberty, 70 00:03:53,479 --> 00:03:57,439 that terrorist organization. Uh, yeah, we know, Yeah, they landed 71 00:03:57,479 --> 00:04:01,719 on the hate map for what was you wrote here 72 00:04:01,759 --> 00:04:05,120 that they got labeled anti government general? 73 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:08,919 Speaker 3: So just a general anti government. 74 00:04:08,719 --> 00:04:15,639 Speaker 1: Right, not specific policies pertaining to books and transgender policy. 75 00:04:15,759 --> 00:04:18,480 That's not at all what they were focused on, just 76 00:04:18,519 --> 00:04:22,439 in general. They were just anti government. They also put 77 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:24,480 on the list Turning Point USA. 78 00:04:25,399 --> 00:04:26,839 Speaker 2: Yep, just as past Spring. 79 00:04:27,959 --> 00:04:28,920 Speaker 3: Totally hatefield. 80 00:04:28,920 --> 00:04:31,800 Speaker 1: This is obviously why the left continues to call Turning Point, 81 00:04:32,439 --> 00:04:36,199 you know some hate bongerers and such. Now they did 82 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:40,000 have historically, they had, and I think the Family Research Council, 83 00:04:40,319 --> 00:04:43,920 I think they're actually still on the hate map, even though. 84 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:47,519 Speaker 2: Even after they had that attempted terror attack at their 85 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:50,040 offices by Floydlee Corkin's what was that back in. 86 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:55,079 Speaker 1: Yeah, like ten or fifteen years ago or something. Yeah, 87 00:04:55,199 --> 00:04:57,560 like the guy walked in and shot the place up 88 00:04:57,600 --> 00:05:01,199 killed a security guard. Yeah, because the I mean, like, 89 00:05:01,240 --> 00:05:03,519 who would do that? The Family Research Council, How would 90 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:07,319 you even know this thing exists because it's like a 91 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:10,560 it's a conservative like think tank, research firm or whatever. 92 00:05:11,079 --> 00:05:14,759 But they landed on that hate map, and this guy 93 00:05:14,959 --> 00:05:16,800 saw it and went in and tried to murder a 94 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:17,720 bunch of the people there. 95 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:20,839 Speaker 2: He was intercepted by a security guard. If I recall 96 00:05:21,959 --> 00:05:25,040 who I think did get shot. Yeah, he got killed, correctly, 97 00:05:25,879 --> 00:05:28,680 but he stopped it. And he's brought Chick fil a 98 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:31,199 sandwiches and to put on the dead bodies. That was 99 00:05:31,279 --> 00:05:34,600 part of this guy's point. I mean, wow, yeah. 100 00:05:34,439 --> 00:05:38,959 Speaker 1: I did not know that. That's that's horrifying. And then 101 00:05:38,959 --> 00:05:43,199 you also had James Hodgkinson, which is always, for some 102 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:46,759 reason left out of all discussions of left wing violence. 103 00:05:46,759 --> 00:05:48,720 For some reason, he was the guy that tried to 104 00:05:48,759 --> 00:05:52,439 assassinate like a third of the Republican delegation while they 105 00:05:52,480 --> 00:05:57,600 were practicing for a charity softball game. Yep, and this guy, 106 00:05:57,680 --> 00:06:00,000 so what was the connection? So do we know that 107 00:06:00,040 --> 00:06:03,360 at Hodgkinson was aware of the SPLC. 108 00:06:04,360 --> 00:06:07,120 Speaker 2: He was, he had liked several of their fate He's 109 00:06:07,160 --> 00:06:09,839 following them on Facebook, like several other posts, including one 110 00:06:09,839 --> 00:06:12,959 that included the hate map I believe. Ah, okay, so 111 00:06:13,040 --> 00:06:14,079 that was how he was linked to. 112 00:06:14,079 --> 00:06:18,959 Speaker 1: That a closer link than say, the guy Jared Lockner 113 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:23,519 that went and tried to murder Gabby Giffords down in Arizona. 114 00:06:24,480 --> 00:06:29,480 We have a stronger connection of an actual visual graphic 115 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:33,000 that was seen by the shooter that would have connected 116 00:06:33,079 --> 00:06:36,759 him to the target versus the Gabby Giffords attempted murder 117 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:40,720 where there's no proof that Lackner ever even heard of 118 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:45,040 the bullseye map that the Palin campaign had put up 119 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:51,519 on a wall to target congressional distance. Yeah that was okay, yeah, 120 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:54,040 never yet, no connection ever, but the left tried to 121 00:06:54,079 --> 00:06:56,759 make it such. In fact, just recently too, like within 122 00:06:56,800 --> 00:06:58,600 the last couple of years. I remember the New York 123 00:06:58,639 --> 00:07:04,560 Times in editorial cited the Gifford's attack as proof of 124 00:07:04,639 --> 00:07:08,439 right wing extremism based on that map. And it's like 125 00:07:08,519 --> 00:07:10,920 the guy never saw the map. He was he was 126 00:07:10,959 --> 00:07:14,839 a paranoid schizophrenic. He thought grammar was thought control, like 127 00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:18,560 he was insane anyway. So the Southern Poverty Law Center 128 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:22,279 for people who are not aware they had what some 129 00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:25,439 sort of a relationship with the FBI. 130 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:31,279 Speaker 2: Yeah, it was sort of we don't know how far 131 00:07:31,360 --> 00:07:35,759 exactly it goes back, but there were documents that were 132 00:07:36,319 --> 00:07:41,079 dropped recently that showed that they had been offering basically 133 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:46,079 tutoring and prompting FBI officials and others in the department 134 00:07:46,879 --> 00:07:49,879 with talking points so that they could go out and 135 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:58,480 target certain groups. So it got kind of twist the 136 00:07:58,519 --> 00:08:03,839 inturney in there. But those documents were first unearthed by 137 00:08:03,879 --> 00:08:08,680 America First Legal and they have been looking into the 138 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:12,519 Biden administration and their law enforcement priorities for quite some time, 139 00:08:12,959 --> 00:08:15,839 and they got these documents through Freedom of Information Act 140 00:08:15,839 --> 00:08:20,600 request which resulted in ultimately result in litigation against the 141 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:25,000 Biden administration. And to quote the New York Posts who 142 00:08:25,040 --> 00:08:27,319 reported on this, so they said that by twenty twenty two, 143 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:31,279 members of the Civil Rights Division were directly soliciting SPLC, 144 00:08:31,319 --> 00:08:34,679 which is a Southern poverty law center for civil rights issues. 145 00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:37,320 They should be quote tracking an inviting the group to 146 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:43,360 attend quarterly to departmental meetings, and they were giving they 147 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:47,120 were talking to the Biden DJ and got exclusive access 148 00:08:47,159 --> 00:08:51,120 to federal hate crime databases in order to quotet help 149 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:56,919 craft talking points for the DJ and going after these organizations. 150 00:08:56,960 --> 00:09:00,000 And I mean, we had all those congressional hearings about 151 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:03,440 the targeting of Catholic charities and Catholic institutions and Catholics 152 00:09:03,440 --> 00:09:07,320 in general. So one has to wonder if if all 153 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:11,200 this wasn't tied to SPLC's activities behind the scenes. 154 00:09:11,559 --> 00:09:14,000 Speaker 3: Well, sure, yeah, you think so. 155 00:09:14,200 --> 00:09:16,440 Speaker 2: You know, also going after parents. 156 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:19,759 Speaker 1: Right school, anybody that spoke at like school board meetings 157 00:09:19,919 --> 00:09:23,399 or school board candidates or school board members that expressed 158 00:09:23,399 --> 00:09:28,080 any kind of opposition or hesitancy about you know, the 159 00:09:28,639 --> 00:09:31,480 sexually graphic books that were being put on the shelves 160 00:09:31,519 --> 00:09:33,399 for you know, middle schoolers and such. 161 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:36,399 Speaker 3: They got targeted. And so I was not aware of this. 162 00:09:36,440 --> 00:09:40,360 Speaker 1: Also, but they are a nonprofit and so now what 163 00:09:40,399 --> 00:09:43,159 they're there are simply you write that there are calls 164 00:09:43,639 --> 00:09:48,879 for an investigation into the SPLC's nonprofit status because you're 165 00:09:48,919 --> 00:09:53,519 not allowed to engage in partisan activity. And I was 166 00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:56,639 unaware of this, but there are there's there's I guess 167 00:09:56,639 --> 00:09:59,039 an allegation or is there any proof of this yet 168 00:09:59,080 --> 00:10:02,360 that they've gotten money stashed overseas. 169 00:10:02,639 --> 00:10:02,799 Speaker 4: Uh. 170 00:10:02,879 --> 00:10:04,759 Speaker 2: Yeah, there were two reports that came out. I want 171 00:10:04,759 --> 00:10:07,200 to say. One was maybe from the Daily Wire, the 172 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:08,879 Daily Signal. I'm trying to remember which one, but I 173 00:10:08,879 --> 00:10:12,240 do know that the Washington freebeekon several years back reported 174 00:10:12,240 --> 00:10:15,720 on they had over thirty million dollars stashed away in 175 00:10:15,759 --> 00:10:19,559 offshores accounts, which is according to nonprofit death you can't 176 00:10:19,559 --> 00:10:23,360 do that. Oh so yeah, you can't stash your money 177 00:10:23,519 --> 00:10:28,159 off offshore. It has to be here in US bank. 178 00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:32,320 So that was something that was dropped and that was 179 00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:35,120 easily I think two years ago that that one came out. 180 00:10:35,159 --> 00:10:39,159 Maybe maybe less, Yeah, but yeah, that's that's something that's 181 00:10:39,279 --> 00:10:40,799 I think that Congress is going to be taking a 182 00:10:40,799 --> 00:10:42,799 look at that there. You know, more than one of 183 00:10:42,840 --> 00:10:45,080 the Oversight Committee members has brought it up in the 184 00:10:45,159 --> 00:10:50,039 last two or three months in an open hearing. They've 185 00:10:50,039 --> 00:10:51,879 been mentioned a couple of times, and I think that 186 00:10:51,919 --> 00:10:54,960 you're going to see the House Judiciary Chair James Comber 187 00:10:54,960 --> 00:10:57,639 probably announced something that they're going to be looking into them. 188 00:10:58,200 --> 00:11:02,639 Speaker 1: Well, couldn't happen to a nicer organization. AP always a pleasure, 189 00:11:02,679 --> 00:11:05,639 Thanks so much for joining us. I appreciate it, all right, 190 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:08,000 thank you, Yes sir, yes, ma'am. I should say you 191 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:11,919 can also read more about this story at her substack 192 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:15,240 at ap substack. 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Mecklimber County Judge on Friday afternoon, 218 00:12:43,639 --> 00:12:49,919 Ugh this okay? Do you remember the other day when 219 00:12:50,080 --> 00:12:52,799 a whole bunch of members of Congress came to Charlotte 220 00:12:53,120 --> 00:12:54,919 for a field hearing about crime? 221 00:12:55,840 --> 00:12:57,360 Speaker 3: Do you remember? I played a clip. 222 00:12:58,759 --> 00:13:04,519 Speaker 1: The clip was of a woman named Mia Alderman, and 223 00:13:05,080 --> 00:13:10,879 she talked about the murder of her granddaughter, Mary Collins, 224 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:16,200 who was developmentally disabled. She was lured to an apartment, 225 00:13:16,679 --> 00:13:19,679 she was murdered, she was stabbed like one hundred and 226 00:13:19,679 --> 00:13:24,679 thirty times, her body was stuffed in a mattress. Four 227 00:13:24,679 --> 00:13:28,559 people were arrested, charged, and then she talked about what 228 00:13:28,639 --> 00:13:32,279 happened to some of them, particularly one of them was 229 00:13:32,320 --> 00:13:37,559 a woman and her name is America Deal and I 230 00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:40,960 believe she lives in South Carolina. And the grandmother said 231 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:45,960 that this suspect, this defendant had cut off her ankle 232 00:13:46,039 --> 00:13:52,039 monitor several times had posted on social media like mocking 233 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:56,120 the family and the courts and everybody else, like totally 234 00:13:56,159 --> 00:14:02,120 without remorse. Right. So she apparently had an appearance last 235 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:08,639 week in court and on Friday afternoon, Mecklenburg County Judge 236 00:14:08,799 --> 00:14:17,480 David Strickland declined to revoke the bond. Declined to revoke, 237 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:21,440 meaning he did not put her on a bond. He 238 00:14:21,720 --> 00:14:26,600 sent her back home. She was charged in connection with 239 00:14:26,639 --> 00:14:30,480 the murder of Mary Collins in twenty twenty. Her bond 240 00:14:30,519 --> 00:14:34,159 will remain the same after Judge David Strickland decided he 241 00:14:34,200 --> 00:14:38,600 would not revoke it and her ankle monitor would be 242 00:14:38,720 --> 00:14:46,200 removed despite requests from the Mecklenburg County District Attorney's office. 243 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:52,600 So the DA is asking revoke her bond and keep 244 00:14:52,639 --> 00:14:57,120 the ankle monitor, and the judge said no, and no, 245 00:14:58,399 --> 00:15:01,320 she's going to be freed from the ank monitor which 246 00:15:01,360 --> 00:15:04,000 she had cut off. Like that's a big deal, you 247 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:08,200 cut off your ankle monitor, Like they get a signal 248 00:15:08,240 --> 00:15:10,639 immediately and then they go and arrest you. And that 249 00:15:10,759 --> 00:15:13,519 the idea is if you cut off the ankle monitor, 250 00:15:13,679 --> 00:15:15,799 then you go back into the jail. That's the way 251 00:15:15,840 --> 00:15:19,440 that's supposed to work. I guess in her case, she 252 00:15:19,480 --> 00:15:21,720 gets a little bit of special treatment for some reason, 253 00:15:22,080 --> 00:15:24,200 even though the DA is like, do not take her 254 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:29,000 off of the ankle monitor, and we want to hire bond, 255 00:15:29,879 --> 00:15:35,960 and the judge rejected both of those requests. America Deal, 256 00:15:36,120 --> 00:15:38,720 along with three other people, are facing charges for their 257 00:15:38,759 --> 00:15:42,480 alleged involvement in killing Mary Collins in twenty twenty. The 258 00:15:42,519 --> 00:15:45,440 prosecution said Collins was stabbed more than one hundred and 259 00:15:45,480 --> 00:15:49,320 thirty times and bludgeoned to death. Her body was found 260 00:15:49,360 --> 00:15:52,720 wrapped in plastic and stuffed in a mattress. The District 261 00:15:52,720 --> 00:15:57,120 Attorney's office and the ankle monitoring company said Deal has 262 00:15:57,200 --> 00:16:00,879 repeatedly violated the conditions of her bond. Well, then, what 263 00:16:01,039 --> 00:16:05,480 is the freaking point of a bond? What's the point 264 00:16:05,799 --> 00:16:09,679 why even bother? Just let her out right, Just save 265 00:16:09,759 --> 00:16:13,159 us all some court costs, save us some time, clear 266 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:16,039 up some of the backlog in the court system, and 267 00:16:16,159 --> 00:16:19,879 not even have the hearing. What's the point if you 268 00:16:19,919 --> 00:16:22,840 can violate the terms of your bond and there is 269 00:16:22,960 --> 00:16:28,080 no ramifications for it except obviously a win. You actually 270 00:16:28,679 --> 00:16:31,759 you get a reward for it. You can cut your 271 00:16:31,799 --> 00:16:35,519 monitor off and then when the DA says, hey, we 272 00:16:35,600 --> 00:16:37,360 want you to increase her bond because she's been in 273 00:16:37,440 --> 00:16:40,240 violation of the terms of her release and she's cutting 274 00:16:40,240 --> 00:16:43,000 off the ankle monitor, So keep that on her and 275 00:16:44,399 --> 00:16:49,240 you get rewarded for violating the terms of your release. 276 00:16:50,480 --> 00:16:57,320 Why would anybody follow the terms of the release, especially criminals, 277 00:16:58,080 --> 00:17:03,320 especially somebody a cue boosed in a horrific murder who 278 00:17:03,320 --> 00:17:09,160 has already displayed on her own social media accounts that 279 00:17:09,279 --> 00:17:14,240 she has no remorse for what she participated in and 280 00:17:14,359 --> 00:17:19,440 is antagonizing and mocking the victim's family and the court system. 281 00:17:22,160 --> 00:17:24,799 What are you even doing here, Judge David Strickland, What 282 00:17:24,839 --> 00:17:30,359 the hell are you doing? The DA's office and the 283 00:17:30,359 --> 00:17:33,359 ankle monitoring company says she's repeatedly violated the conditions of 284 00:17:33,400 --> 00:17:36,799 her bond, including letting her ankle monitor die, as well 285 00:17:36,839 --> 00:17:41,839 as violating curfew over the past two years. Her attorney argued, 286 00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:45,119 she's not a threat to the community. It's not like 287 00:17:45,200 --> 00:17:50,319 she would participate in some gruesome murder. Oh wait, sorry, Okay, yeah, 288 00:17:50,359 --> 00:17:52,119 he didn't say that. But she's not a threat to 289 00:17:52,160 --> 00:17:56,480 the community. And look, she has a job. 290 00:17:57,359 --> 00:18:02,960 Speaker 3: Look at that. Oh good job. You're supposed to have 291 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:03,519 a job. 292 00:18:05,160 --> 00:18:07,720 Speaker 1: Why are you, like to quote the philosopher Chris Rock, 293 00:18:07,960 --> 00:18:14,759 why do you want credit for something you're supposed to do. Also, 294 00:18:15,759 --> 00:18:22,279 the attorney said that she would cooperate with the prosecution. Okay, 295 00:18:23,119 --> 00:18:25,920 all right, so maybe this is what's happening. Okay, she's 296 00:18:25,960 --> 00:18:30,839 going to be a state's witness. Okay, well, then why 297 00:18:30,960 --> 00:18:34,839 is the district attorney asking you to keep the monitor? 298 00:18:36,359 --> 00:18:40,039 Why are they asking for the bond? Why do they 299 00:18:40,079 --> 00:18:46,519 have you back in court on this m I'm not convinced. 300 00:18:47,759 --> 00:18:50,480 That's just what her attorney argued, which that attorney is 301 00:18:50,480 --> 00:18:53,000 supposed to represent their clients, so I totally understand why 302 00:18:53,039 --> 00:18:57,160 they're making this argument. But the family of the victim 303 00:18:57,279 --> 00:19:04,519 that was in the courtroom visibly upset crying over this, Like, 304 00:19:08,400 --> 00:19:13,640 I am just at a loss for words at the 305 00:19:13,839 --> 00:19:19,240 lack of empathy for the family of the murdered that's 306 00:19:19,279 --> 00:19:28,759 on display here. You reward the defendant and further traumatize 307 00:19:29,279 --> 00:19:33,519 the victim's family. So this is one of your judges, 308 00:19:33,519 --> 00:19:37,279 folks in Mecklenburg County, Judge David Strickland, that's one of them. 309 00:19:37,720 --> 00:19:37,920 Speaker 4: You know. 310 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:40,519 Speaker 1: Stories are powerful. They help us make sense of things, 311 00:19:40,519 --> 00:19:43,960 to understand experiences. Stories connect us to the people of 312 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:47,319 our past while transcending generations. They help us process the 313 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:50,799 meaning of life and our stories are told through images 314 00:19:50,839 --> 00:19:54,640 and videos. Preserve your stories with Creative Video started in 315 00:19:54,720 --> 00:19:57,440 nineteen ninety seven and mind Hill, North Carolina. 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They 325 00:20:30,640 --> 00:20:33,519 are your life told through the eyes of everyone around 326 00:20:33,519 --> 00:20:35,799 you and all who came before you, and they will 327 00:20:35,799 --> 00:20:39,160 tell others to come who you are. Visit Creative video 328 00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:42,519 dot Com. Let's go to the phones, shall we and 329 00:20:42,599 --> 00:20:45,240 chat with Shirley. Welcome to the show. 330 00:20:45,279 --> 00:20:48,680 Speaker 3: Hello Shirley, Hey, how are you? Hey? I'm well, how 331 00:20:48,720 --> 00:20:48,920 are you? 332 00:20:49,920 --> 00:20:52,599 Speaker 4: I'm worried about this David Stirclin that's on the bench 333 00:20:52,680 --> 00:20:55,000 and he's going to be there until twenty thirty. What 334 00:20:55,200 --> 00:20:57,000 do we do in the meantime? Is there any way 335 00:20:57,039 --> 00:20:57,759 to get rid of him? 336 00:20:58,160 --> 00:21:03,160 Speaker 1: There is a process for rem moving judges in North Carolina, 337 00:21:03,200 --> 00:21:07,640 but it would require some courage and backbone and a 338 00:21:07,960 --> 00:21:10,720 willingness to go against one's own party. 339 00:21:11,920 --> 00:21:14,440 Speaker 3: Among local officials. 340 00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:17,319 Speaker 4: Yeah, because he is a Democrat. 341 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:22,119 Speaker 1: Right, ran unopposed in his last election in twenty twenty two. 342 00:21:23,400 --> 00:21:27,200 Speaker 4: Is he pretty consistent with this sort of you know, 343 00:21:27,279 --> 00:21:29,400 decisions from the barge that. 344 00:21:29,319 --> 00:21:33,200 Speaker 3: I do that I do not know that I don't know. 345 00:21:33,279 --> 00:21:35,200 Speaker 4: But how do you find out? I'll be glad to 346 00:21:35,240 --> 00:21:36,720 do the research. How do you find out? 347 00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:39,640 Speaker 1: You would have to go back and find every docket 348 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:45,480 that he has presided over, okay, and then find out 349 00:21:45,720 --> 00:21:48,839 like what his rulings were in all of those all 350 00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:50,279 of those individual cases. 351 00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:55,319 Speaker 4: I find it amazing that people that have this power 352 00:21:55,880 --> 00:22:00,559 are able to put us in such danger. And then 353 00:22:00,599 --> 00:22:02,559 they say that you know, they're trying to keep the 354 00:22:02,599 --> 00:22:03,839 public safe. No you're not. 355 00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:07,519 Speaker 1: No, No, you're not no this yeah, like yeah, when 356 00:22:07,680 --> 00:22:10,759 when the DA comes to you and says that they 357 00:22:10,799 --> 00:22:15,920 want to revoke this woman's bond for multiple violations, and 358 00:22:16,119 --> 00:22:19,079 your answer is no, I'm not going to revoke the bond. 359 00:22:19,119 --> 00:22:20,440 And not only am I not going to do that, 360 00:22:20,559 --> 00:22:24,880 but I'm also going to remove the ankle monitoring bracelet 361 00:22:25,160 --> 00:22:29,640 off of her, even though she has multiple infractions of 362 00:22:29,759 --> 00:22:34,039 letting it either letting the battery die or well I 363 00:22:34,039 --> 00:22:37,720 should I say she cut off the monitoring It could 364 00:22:37,759 --> 00:22:40,039 have just been that she let the battery die on 365 00:22:40,119 --> 00:22:43,440 multiple occasions. And maybe that's what they claimed, was that 366 00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:47,000 she never took it off. It just died repeatedly because 367 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:47,880 you got to recharge it. 368 00:22:48,160 --> 00:22:48,599 Speaker 5: Useless. 369 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:53,359 Speaker 4: Basically it was useless, right, she might have well had 370 00:22:53,440 --> 00:22:55,839 not might as well not have had one on. 371 00:22:56,359 --> 00:22:58,759 Speaker 3: Correct, well, and now she won't. She was rewarded for it, 372 00:22:58,799 --> 00:22:59,599 so now she won't. 373 00:23:01,319 --> 00:23:03,960 Speaker 1: So it's. 374 00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:09,319 Speaker 4: Right up, my uh, I just don't understand it. 375 00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:12,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, No, it's super frustrating, and yeah, yeah, it's it's 376 00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:15,559 very frustrating and unfortunately, Yeah. 377 00:23:16,480 --> 00:23:19,720 Speaker 4: That big meeting with people, you know, people coming in 378 00:23:19,759 --> 00:23:23,200 to find out what's going on, that we're having problems 379 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:26,559 in this area and and something like that. You find 380 00:23:26,559 --> 00:23:29,640 out they're just letting them go. And and to say 381 00:23:29,640 --> 00:23:33,079 the DA is trying to get him to be more 382 00:23:33,119 --> 00:23:37,319 forceful in his findings or his decision. That speaks volumes 383 00:23:37,359 --> 00:23:38,519 because that doesn't happen. 384 00:23:38,799 --> 00:23:42,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, no, you're yeah, you're right now. There is 385 00:23:42,559 --> 00:23:45,480 a I'm trying to remember because it's been a while, 386 00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:52,480 but there is a There is an office in the 387 00:23:52,519 --> 00:24:00,519 court system that compiles data on on the out comes 388 00:24:00,559 --> 00:24:05,960 of cases per judge. So there is this data that exists. 389 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:09,400 I've seen it. It's been years, okay, like it's been 390 00:24:09,480 --> 00:24:15,440 probably four years since I saw one report that somebody 391 00:24:15,519 --> 00:24:22,200 inside the system gave me to show the different bail 392 00:24:22,279 --> 00:24:27,640 rates and the types of bail that were being offered. 393 00:24:27,839 --> 00:24:33,359 So they do track this stuff internally. I am fairly 394 00:24:33,400 --> 00:24:36,720 confident that you can request it. I don't remember the 395 00:24:36,839 --> 00:24:42,480 office that compiles the data, but I have seen it, 396 00:24:42,519 --> 00:24:45,160 and it's a chart and it had the different judges, 397 00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:48,759 and it had the disposition of cases with the percentage 398 00:24:49,359 --> 00:24:52,559 of But it doesn't get granular, you know, It doesn't 399 00:24:52,599 --> 00:24:56,279 show you every individual case. It just gives you percentages 400 00:24:56,720 --> 00:24:58,880 of like how many people are they letting out, how 401 00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:01,559 many people are they are they remanding to. 402 00:25:01,599 --> 00:25:05,799 Speaker 3: Custody, that kind of thing. Wow something. Yeah, so there 403 00:25:05,839 --> 00:25:06,480 is some data. 404 00:25:06,599 --> 00:25:09,720 Speaker 1: So if you want to pursue it, yeah, like start 405 00:25:09,799 --> 00:25:12,359 asking around in the court system. Like I said, I 406 00:25:12,400 --> 00:25:15,119 wish I could remember what the office was, but it's 407 00:25:15,119 --> 00:25:17,319 been years since somebody showed me that document. 408 00:25:18,559 --> 00:25:20,079 Speaker 4: Yeah, okay, all right, Charlie. 409 00:25:20,079 --> 00:25:20,799 Speaker 3: I appreciate the call. 410 00:25:20,960 --> 00:25:21,559 Speaker 4: I appreciate it. 411 00:25:21,759 --> 00:25:23,119 Speaker 1: Yeah, you take care. 412 00:25:23,519 --> 00:25:24,200 Speaker 3: Thanks for the call. 413 00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:30,279 Speaker 1: Oh gosh, it's like, hmm, it's like the office of something. 414 00:25:30,359 --> 00:25:31,000 Speaker 3: But I forget. 415 00:25:33,599 --> 00:25:35,839 Speaker 1: It's what happens. I get older. I forget these things. 416 00:25:35,839 --> 00:25:46,400 I apologize. I have some texts and some emails. Democrats 417 00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:49,079 have quit talking about defending police. Now they just let 418 00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:51,960 criminals go. After all, it would cost money to build 419 00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:54,640 more jail cells. Uh yeah, well that was there. That 420 00:25:54,759 --> 00:25:58,079 was literally Their argument was that it's too expensive. And 421 00:25:58,119 --> 00:26:00,960 they talk about you know, the cars state, the prison 422 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:05,160 industrial complex and all of this, but it's all aimed 423 00:26:05,200 --> 00:26:10,559 at one thing, which is to undermine safety. Because that's 424 00:26:10,559 --> 00:26:14,599 how you undermine the pillars that are the foundation of 425 00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:17,920 Western society. That's the point. That's why the Left is 426 00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:21,079 always pursuing these types of things. It's because they want 427 00:26:21,119 --> 00:26:26,119 to tear down these institutions of our society and they 428 00:26:26,119 --> 00:26:30,599 want to replace it with Marxism. Like that's the idea, 429 00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:32,559 that's always been the idea. That's why I say, like, 430 00:26:32,599 --> 00:26:34,920 the issue is never the issue. The issue is always 431 00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:38,359 the revolution. You just swap one thing out, stick another 432 00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:43,279 thing in. I'm not aware of what's happening on the stream. 433 00:26:43,319 --> 00:26:48,160 Apparently there are some technical issues. Has the judge given 434 00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:50,759 a reasoning as to why he made the decision? I 435 00:26:50,839 --> 00:26:55,400 see no reasoning in this report from WBTV. That's what 436 00:26:55,440 --> 00:26:58,240 I'm relying on. They were there in the courtroom, but 437 00:26:58,400 --> 00:27:03,559 there's no explanation off by the judge or in this 438 00:27:03,640 --> 00:27:05,319 story that explains his decision. 439 00:27:05,440 --> 00:27:06,039 Speaker 3: So I don't know. 440 00:27:06,319 --> 00:27:09,400 Speaker 1: So when I was a kid, my grandpa died with Alzheimer's, 441 00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:11,680 and before he died, my mom and my dad took 442 00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:13,960 care of him as he got worse. Forty years ago, 443 00:27:14,039 --> 00:27:17,119 there were no treatments and not much support for caregivers 444 00:27:17,119 --> 00:27:19,680 and family. But things are different today because of the 445 00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:22,920 work of so many people, including the Alzheimer's Association of 446 00:27:22,920 --> 00:27:26,559 Western Carolina. It's a great organization with awesome people with 447 00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:29,480 huge hearts. I've been a supporter for twenty five years. 448 00:27:29,519 --> 00:27:32,839 This cause means a lot to me. I participate in 449 00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:35,720 the annual walk to end Alzheimer's and I'm leading a 450 00:27:35,799 --> 00:27:38,920 Charlotte team again this year, and it's called once again 451 00:27:39,039 --> 00:27:41,400 Pete's Pack. You can sign up and you can join 452 00:27:41,440 --> 00:27:44,200 the team and walk with us. It's on October eighteenth, 453 00:27:44,279 --> 00:27:48,319 that truest field. Sign up at alz dot org slash 454 00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:50,759 Walk and then you could search for my team name 455 00:27:50,880 --> 00:27:54,319 Pete's Pack. There's also a link at the petepod dot com. 456 00:27:54,359 --> 00:27:57,039 There's also a link in the description of this podcast. Also, 457 00:27:57,400 --> 00:28:00,920 I'll be am seeing the Gastonia Walk on aber eleventh then, 458 00:28:00,960 --> 00:28:03,039 so you can make a team and join that one too, 459 00:28:03,400 --> 00:28:05,319 or make a donation and help me hit my goal 460 00:28:05,359 --> 00:28:08,240 of five thousand dollars. If you do, I really appreciate it. 461 00:28:08,279 --> 00:28:10,960 There are a bunch of other walks all over the Carolinas. 462 00:28:11,079 --> 00:28:13,720 You can go to alz dot org slash walk for 463 00:28:13,839 --> 00:28:16,599 all the dates and locations. We're closer than ever to 464 00:28:16,680 --> 00:28:19,000 stopping Alzheimer's. Can you help us get there. Will you 465 00:28:19,039 --> 00:28:21,920 walk with me for a different future, for families, for 466 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:26,119 more time for treatments. This is why we walk from 467 00:28:26,240 --> 00:28:31,799 Allen Pete mandatory drug testing for all judges and magistrates. 468 00:28:33,119 --> 00:28:37,119 I'm listening. That's a pretty good idea. Jeff says he 469 00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:41,319 loves the philosophy of Chris Rock. Yes, he has some 470 00:28:42,039 --> 00:28:47,559 deep insights. And Kirk says, if I was Mary Collins relative, 471 00:28:47,799 --> 00:28:49,559 I'd have a hard time to not take the law 472 00:28:49,640 --> 00:28:54,160 into my own hands. Well, they did say the DA's 473 00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:58,920 office said that this murder trial, they expect the case 474 00:28:58,960 --> 00:29:02,599 to go to trial at some point in twenty twenty six. 475 00:29:03,799 --> 00:29:10,200 Mary Collins was murdered in twenty twenty six years just 476 00:29:10,359 --> 00:29:19,680 to go to trial. Stuart says, Pete, what would be 477 00:29:19,720 --> 00:29:23,319 the harm in suggesting people write the state legislature or 478 00:29:23,400 --> 00:29:27,240 the judge's office to vocalize their concerns of as blatant 479 00:29:27,240 --> 00:29:31,079 disregard for holding criminals accountable? I missed if he's federal 480 00:29:31,200 --> 00:29:35,119 or he's state. He's a state superior court judge Mecklenburg County. 481 00:29:35,839 --> 00:29:39,519 Does anybody have impeachment powers over this judge? So all 482 00:29:39,599 --> 00:29:42,400 right to answer the first question, what would be the harm. 483 00:29:42,720 --> 00:29:45,559 There is no harm. If you would like to write 484 00:29:45,759 --> 00:29:48,799 the judge, if you would like to write the state legislature, 485 00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:51,880 if you would like to write county commissioners, you could 486 00:29:52,039 --> 00:29:57,039 write to all of them. I don't know if that 487 00:29:57,200 --> 00:30:01,039 will actually result in anything, because again that's why I 488 00:30:01,039 --> 00:30:07,640 said to Shirley, it would rely on Democrats having some 489 00:30:07,839 --> 00:30:13,000 modicum of courage in making some sort of an effort 490 00:30:13,079 --> 00:30:16,920 against this judge. And I have not seen any indication 491 00:30:17,920 --> 00:30:23,440 over years that Democrats want to pursue any other type 492 00:30:23,480 --> 00:30:26,519 of judicial philosophy than what we have seen. They keep 493 00:30:26,519 --> 00:30:30,240 electing the same judges, literally the same judges, and they 494 00:30:30,359 --> 00:30:35,160 keep using the same judicial philosophy, So I don't have 495 00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:38,400 any Look, you can't even get people to try to 496 00:30:38,440 --> 00:30:44,480 move against the sheriff, right so I just don't see 497 00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:50,200 it happening with the judges. But you can absolutely write letters, 498 00:30:51,079 --> 00:30:54,720 post on social media about it. Sure you could do that, 499 00:30:54,759 --> 00:30:57,799 You could amplify. That's I'm amplifying this story right now 500 00:30:57,839 --> 00:31:01,480 in order to let you know what the WBTV story 501 00:31:01,720 --> 00:31:07,759 is and highlight this judge and this decision, which again 502 00:31:08,440 --> 00:31:13,839 there's no explanation for why he decided to do this. 503 00:31:15,319 --> 00:31:19,240 It doesn't make any sense. And that's what you know, honestly, 504 00:31:19,319 --> 00:31:22,519 That's what journalism is supposed to do, is to help 505 00:31:22,599 --> 00:31:27,839 the citizens make sense of decisions or issues of the day, 506 00:31:28,319 --> 00:31:33,039 and this decision is not explained. Now, maybe the judge 507 00:31:33,039 --> 00:31:38,000 did not offer an explanation. Maybe he did and it 508 00:31:38,039 --> 00:31:40,160 didn't make it into the story for some reason. I 509 00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:43,200 don't know. I don't know. I don't know if the 510 00:31:43,279 --> 00:31:48,880 reporter or they got two reporters, Katie Salt and Spencer Chrisman. 511 00:31:49,079 --> 00:31:52,079 I don't know if either of them were actually in 512 00:31:52,200 --> 00:31:56,160 the hearing, if they were actually at this court proceeding, 513 00:31:56,319 --> 00:31:58,480 or if they got the information after the fact. So 514 00:31:58,519 --> 00:32:00,799 maybe that's why they don't have the ex explanation from 515 00:32:00,839 --> 00:32:02,559 the judge, if one was even offered. 516 00:32:02,599 --> 00:32:05,400 Speaker 3: I don't know. All I can do is tell you this. 517 00:32:05,400 --> 00:32:07,640 Speaker 1: Information that I've got in front of me from the 518 00:32:07,720 --> 00:32:15,799 WBTV story and ask the obvious question, why why when 519 00:32:15,799 --> 00:32:18,960 the DA is asking for something like this, and you've 520 00:32:18,960 --> 00:32:23,279 got repeated violations that are supporting the DA's position, why 521 00:32:23,319 --> 00:32:26,279 do you then go the opposite direction and go softer 522 00:32:27,359 --> 00:32:30,039 not harder when the DA's asking for harder and you 523 00:32:30,079 --> 00:32:37,839 actually roll it back it just doesn't make sense. Okay, 524 00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:40,839 let me get Randy on before the end of the show. Here, Hello, Randy, 525 00:32:40,880 --> 00:32:41,759 welcome to the program. 526 00:32:42,640 --> 00:32:46,119 Speaker 5: Yeah, hey, Pete, just suiting answer. I might be a 527 00:32:46,160 --> 00:32:51,160 little off base here. I think you're referring to issue 528 00:32:51,200 --> 00:32:53,759 with one of the judges. I guess I'm gonna chime 529 00:32:53,839 --> 00:32:59,480 in and say this. At the last several general elections 530 00:32:59,680 --> 00:33:02,799 of that I participated in, when you go all to 531 00:33:02,960 --> 00:33:07,160 all the judgeships that are available, and the people who 532 00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:11,599 are running, they're all Democrats. You might casey center up, 533 00:33:11,839 --> 00:33:15,359 Republican or conservative. Because I do my homework, I either 534 00:33:15,920 --> 00:33:18,039 looked to say if they're a Democrat or see which 535 00:33:18,039 --> 00:33:23,119 way they lean in their political beliefe. And it's my 536 00:33:23,279 --> 00:33:27,240 trying to thought that you probably can't get a Republican 537 00:33:27,279 --> 00:33:30,319 to run because he'd be losing money if he left 538 00:33:30,880 --> 00:33:35,559 practice of his private law practice. So I think we're 539 00:33:35,599 --> 00:33:39,880 just it's the judges and we just will chief select 540 00:33:39,960 --> 00:33:42,720 them because nobody else runs. Right. 541 00:33:42,839 --> 00:33:46,400 Speaker 1: So this guy, this judge David Strickland, he was unopposed 542 00:33:46,440 --> 00:33:49,279 in his last election, the previous one before that. If 543 00:33:49,279 --> 00:33:52,200 I recall he ran against he had a Democrat primary. 544 00:33:52,240 --> 00:33:56,079 He won his Democrat primary, no general. So this is 545 00:33:56,119 --> 00:33:59,000 pretty standard, and there are a number of reasons for it. Randy, 546 00:33:59,039 --> 00:34:01,559 I appreciate the call. There are a number of reasons 547 00:34:01,559 --> 00:34:05,400 for it. One, as you mentioned, a lot of lawyers 548 00:34:05,440 --> 00:34:07,799 may end up taken a pay cut if they go 549 00:34:07,880 --> 00:34:10,239 to work as a judge, right, they could take a 550 00:34:10,239 --> 00:34:14,320 pay cut. The other is that in the legal community 551 00:34:14,360 --> 00:34:17,719 it is predominantly Democrat in Mecklinburg County, which means you 552 00:34:17,760 --> 00:34:21,679 have to raise money among Democrats because the bar is 553 00:34:21,920 --> 00:34:24,880 packed with Democrats. That's who they raise money off of, 554 00:34:25,559 --> 00:34:27,519 and that's who they've worked with, these judges and that 555 00:34:27,639 --> 00:34:30,599 sort of thing, right in the private practices and such, 556 00:34:31,519 --> 00:34:33,559 So there are a lot of personal connections but also 557 00:34:33,639 --> 00:34:36,800 political ties and so Republicans then if you try to 558 00:34:37,039 --> 00:34:39,880 run against an incumbent Democrat judge and you lose, now 559 00:34:39,920 --> 00:34:43,159 you end up having to appear before that judge. That's 560 00:34:43,199 --> 00:34:45,639 not ideal. So there are a number of factors why 561 00:34:45,679 --> 00:34:49,679 Republicans don't run against these Democrat judges in districts that 562 00:34:49,760 --> 00:34:53,679 are Democrat controlled. All right, that'll do it for this episode. 563 00:34:53,719 --> 00:34:55,760 Thank you so much for listening. 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