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Why are Tennessee Republicans Terrified of David Hatley? · ToddCast Podcast with Todd Starnes

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  Speaker 1: From the principal Toyota Studios, it's Morning in Memphis with
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  Speaker 1: Todd Starnes.
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  Speaker 2: I've been waiting to say this for months now. You
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  Speaker 2: might want to grab a sweater if you're going to
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  Speaker 2: be out tonight. Hello, everybody. I hope you're having a
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  Speaker 2: great start to your Wednesday. It is hump day. The
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  Speaker 2: gradient is beautiful outside, folks. 65 degrees right now at
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  Speaker 2: the Memphis Zoo. And it is going to get up
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  Speaker 2: into the 80s today before dropping back into the 60s tonight.
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  Speaker 2: I'm just going to go ahead and say now, if
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  Speaker 2: you're going to go out to Shelby Farms and do
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  Speaker 2: the loop around the Baptist Promenade, you better get there
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  Speaker 2: early to get a parking spot because there are going
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  Speaker 2: to be a lot of people outdoors this evening. enjoying
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  Speaker 2: this incredible weather after your Wednesday night church services. We
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  Speaker 2: have a great show for you today, everybody. And again,
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  Speaker 2: one of the things that we've committed to do here
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  Speaker 2: at The Mighty 990 is provide you with direct access
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  Speaker 2: to all of the candidates. running for office. And yesterday,
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  Speaker 2: we did a great interview, a sit-down interview with Charlie Hatcher,
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  Speaker 2: who wants to be the next congressman from the 5th
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  Speaker 2: Congressional District. Made a couple of headlines. First of all,
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  Speaker 2: he said, if elected, he plans on creating a redneck caucus. And, well,
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  Speaker 2: he also had some things to say about you people
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  Speaker 2: complaining about the price of beef. We'll get to that
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  Speaker 2: in just a moment. But today we have David Hatley
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  Speaker 2: joining us in just.
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  Speaker 3: A little while.
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  Speaker 2: He's going to be on for an entire half hour
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  Speaker 2: of the morning show. David Hatley is really causing a
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  Speaker 2: lot of chaos right now. within Tennessee politics. And we're
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  Speaker 2: going to sit down with him, get to know David,
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  Speaker 2: get to know his position on some of the big issues.
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  Speaker 2: We're also going to be taking your calls as well.
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  Speaker 2: Or maybe you have a question that you would like
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  Speaker 2: us to pose to Mr. Hatley, and we'll be happy
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  Speaker 2: to do that. I want you to write down our number, 901-260-5926.
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  Speaker 2: That's 901-260-5926. But again, we want KYM to be the
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  Speaker 2: place where you can get the exclusive conversations with all
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  Speaker 2: of the candidates, Republican and Democrat, who are running for office.
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  Speaker 2: And again, part of this is all about having a conversation.
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  Speaker 2: By the way, a couple of big stories brewing locally.
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  Speaker 2: You folks in Collierville, my word, they need, Bravo just
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  Speaker 2: needs to set up shop in the town square. The
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  Speaker 2: amount of drama involving Collierville politics right now is off
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  Speaker 2: the charts. The headline in this morning's Daily Memphian, most
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  Speaker 2: Collierville aldermen say they would not have fired Selberg. Pardon me,
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  Speaker 2: but that is a load of grade A fertilizer, ladies
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  Speaker 2: and gentlemen. And I say that, I say that because
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  Speaker 2: they could have stood up and put a stop to
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  Speaker 2: this nonsense from day one. And if, in fact, that's
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  Speaker 2: the case, hire the guy back. That's what they, I mean, again,
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  Speaker 2: if that's, if this headline is, in fact, accurate. But anyway,
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  Speaker 2: what a mess there. And I suspect one of the
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  Speaker 2: reasons for this story is there are a lot of
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  Speaker 2: very angry townsfolk, and many of them have pulled petitions.
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  Speaker 2: They're going to run, they're going to challenge the current
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  Speaker 2: lineup of elected leaders there in Collierville. They've got the
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  Speaker 2: mayor and the board of aldermen. And of course, the
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  Speaker 2: town administrator, Molly Maynard, what is out so and it
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  Speaker 2: looks like you good people the taxpayers are collierville are
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  Speaker 2: picking up the tab on all of that as well
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  Speaker 2: what a mess in collierville come on folks you guys
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  Speaker 2: can do better uh 901-260-5926 our telephone number another story
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  Speaker 2: we're following and this is really fascinating um Enrollment numbers
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  Speaker 2: in universities here in Memphis are not looking good, and
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  Speaker 2: we decided to do a little deep dive and to
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  Speaker 2: see how other states were dealing with their enrollment numbers.
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  Speaker 2: We're going to share that in just a moment, but
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  Speaker 2: what's really interesting are the University of Memphis numbers, and
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  Speaker 2: the University of Memphis and Christian Brothers, Christian Brothers Between
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  Speaker 2: 2025 and 2026, they lost nearly a third of its
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  Speaker 2: student population. They were hoping for a big surge and
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  Speaker 2: influx of students in the fall. That did not happen.
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  Speaker 2: According to the numbers, they only added seven students, so
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  Speaker 2: they've got about 1,039 students there on campus. Now, the
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  Speaker 2: University of Memphis, and the big question is, why aren't
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  Speaker 2: kids going back to college? And because we did a
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  Speaker 2: deep dive on community colleges, and we also took a
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  Speaker 2: look at trade schools. And let me just say this,
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  Speaker 2: in West Tennessee, trade school enrollment numbers are through the roof.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, near record numbers. So you're seeing a lot
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  Speaker 2: of kids graduating high school, and they're realizing, you know what?
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  Speaker 2: I'm not going to be able to make a living
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  Speaker 2: or have a family if I have a degree in,
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  Speaker 2: I don't know, a lesbian macrame. I think that's a
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  Speaker 2: degree program at the University of Memphis. So anyway, Southwest
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  Speaker 2: Community College, right off of I-40 there, a 10% jump
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  Speaker 2: in enrollment. That's a huge number. But again, the University
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  Speaker 2: of Memphis enrollment declined this fall by about 3.4%. However,
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  Speaker 2: it's a lot worse than that, ladies and gentlemen. We
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  Speaker 2: went back and we actually looked at the enrollment numbers
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  Speaker 2: at the University of Memphis for the past decade. And
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  Speaker 2: there has been a free fall in enrollment there. Dual
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  Speaker 2: enrollment has exploded, no doubt about that. But actual enrollment
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  Speaker 2: numbers down 11.5% from the peak back in 2020. So
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  Speaker 2: for whatever reason, people are not enrolling at the University
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  Speaker 2: of Memphis. Not looking good. You say, Todd, what about
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  Speaker 2: other schools? Well, University of Tennessee, Knoxville looks great. They've
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  Speaker 2: had an uptick in numbers. I want to Union University
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  Speaker 2: went down a little bit as well. So the private schools,
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  Speaker 2: the pricey schools not doing to not doing too well.
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  Speaker 2: As far as trade schools, this is just insane. They
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  Speaker 2: have not published their fall numbers just yet, but they're
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  Speaker 2: anticipating perhaps a 14 percent increase. and a 38% year-over-year increase.
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  Speaker 2: So there you go. Well done. The good news is
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  Speaker 2: we're going to have some very well-qualified welders and plumbers
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  Speaker 2: and electricians here in the Mid-South, and I love that.
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  Speaker 2: 901-260-5926 is our telephone number. I want to play some
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  Speaker 2: audio from this interview we did, and we're going to
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  Speaker 2: air the entire interview with Charlie Hatcher on tomorrow's morning show.
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  Speaker 2: We were just too slammed today, but I did want
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  Speaker 2: to get this bit in here. Charlie Hatcher, the former
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  Speaker 2: Agriculture Commissioner, going up against Chas Moeller, the Democrat, who
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  Speaker 2: quite frankly is, well, he's billing himself as a conservative Democrat.
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  Speaker 2: I'll let you be the judge of that. His campaign
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  Speaker 2: ads are insanely well done, but so are Charlie Hatcher's.
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  Speaker 2: And Charlie Hatcher is very well known in the farm
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  Speaker 2: and ag community. Of course, the Mighty 990 is a
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  Speaker 2: farm and ag radio station. We're proud to be the
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  Speaker 2: sponsors of the Farm Bureau here locally. But here's what
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  Speaker 2: Charlie Hancher had to say when I asked him about
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  Speaker 2: these rising beef prices, and we're hearing it from you guys.
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  Speaker 2: You guys are really frustrated at how much things are
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  Speaker 2: costing down at the supermarket. Take a listen. This is
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  Speaker 2: from the Secretary of Agriculture, Brooke Rollins. She was on
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  Speaker 2: a podcast yesterday, and a lot of people have really
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  Speaker 2: been concerned about the price of food, and especially beef.
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  Speaker 2: And I've got a couple of beef questions, Charlie, and
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  Speaker 2: I suspect you may have a beef with the beef.
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  Speaker 2: But this is the secretary explaining what Americans should do
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  Speaker 2: if they can't afford to buy a pound of ground beef.
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  Speaker 2: Cut 23, please.
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  Speaker 4: But if it is too expensive, unlike fuel binning, you
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  Speaker 4: can eat chicken, pork, salmon, eggs. There are other sources
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  Speaker 4: of really good protein. And all of those prices are
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  Speaker 4: coming down as well. So it isn't necessarily breaking out there.
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  Speaker 4: And listen, I'm a mom of four. I'm still feeding
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  Speaker 4: a whole bunch of kids, very hungry kids. We realize
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  Speaker 4: the price of groceries are too high. We're doing everything
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  Speaker 4: we can to bring them down after the Biden years
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  Speaker 4: of crazy, crazy inflation.
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  Speaker 2: All right. So I did a little bit of research.
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  Speaker 2: It turns out the price of chicken is higher today
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  Speaker 2: than it was under the Biden administration, as was the
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  Speaker 2: cost of pork. And I'm not sure. You think that
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  Speaker 2: explanation is going to go over well with moms who
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  Speaker 2: want to feed their kids a hamburger?
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  Speaker 1: No, probably not. But she's right about different forms of protein.
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  Speaker 1: So I was at the grocery store yesterday. I got
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  Speaker 1: two pounds of turkey, ground turkey, for $ 8. So that's
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  Speaker 1: $ 4 a pound. So I think there's things that they
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  Speaker 1: can do.
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  Speaker 3: But yeah.
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  Speaker 1: You know, the the price of meat across the board
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  Speaker 1: is increased.
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  Speaker 2: The the president saying one solution is to bring in
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  Speaker 2: beef from other countries. How do you feel about that?
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  Speaker 1: Well, I've released a statement on social media about it.
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  Speaker 1: I didn't like it. You know, one of the bright
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  Speaker 1: spots in agriculture is beef cattle business. And a lot
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  Speaker 1: of the dairy businesses depended on what we're calling beef
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  Speaker 1: on dairy. And that's helping us. So when the president
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  Speaker 1: announced that, and some of it was in the messaging,
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  Speaker 1: we import a lot of beef anyhow, but it's just the.
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  Speaker 3: Way that it was rolled out.
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  Speaker 1: Probably wouldn't have had that big an impact, but the
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  Speaker 1: market went down almost. immediately and kind of knocked the
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  Speaker 1: legs out of some of the cattlemen.
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  Speaker 2: So a lot of cattle farmers here. What exactly are
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  Speaker 2: you hearing from them and what are they concerned about?
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  Speaker 3: The price of diesel.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, it's a record high They've got to put
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  Speaker 1: it in their tractor, their grain trucks, their combines, their
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  Speaker 1: pickup trucks. And so they feel that every day.
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  Speaker 2: All right. There you have it. Charlie Hancher will play
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  Speaker 2: the full interview. But, Charlie, say to all you folks
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  Speaker 2: complaining about the price of beef, let them eat turkey.
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  Speaker 2: I'm going to take a pass on the turkey burgers
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  Speaker 2: if it's okay with you. Coming up, we're going to
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  Speaker 2: be talking to our good friend Adam Martin, a great financial,
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  Speaker 2: big financial news coming out. Also, District Attorney Steve Mulroy.
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  Speaker 2: You're not going to believe who the number three now is.
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  Speaker 2: over at the district attorney's office, and some exciting news
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  Speaker 2: about a wonderful tribute in Millington. We're going to get
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  Speaker 2: to all of that, plus your calls, 901-260-5926. Let's check
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  Speaker 2: in with Commander Chuck, standing by with a look at
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  Speaker 2: your traffic.
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  Speaker 3: All right, welcome back, everybody.
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  Speaker 2: It is a very busy morning here at the Principal
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  Speaker 2: Toyota Memphis studio, and we do have some breaking news
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  Speaker 2: to share with you.
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  Speaker 3: Breaking news now on the mighty 990 AM KWIN.
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  Speaker 2: And for that news, we go directly to our Patriot
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  Speaker 2: Mobile Newsmaker line and say good morning to Lance Walker.
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  Speaker 2: Host of Walker Auction. It's time to sell every Saturday
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  Speaker 2: here on the Mighty 990. Lance, good morning. And I
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  Speaker 2: understand we do have some breaking news to share with
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  Speaker 2: the Mid-South today.
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  Speaker 5: Yes, it's time to have a baby, Todd. We are
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  Speaker 5: the proud grandparents of Clement Lee Walker. That's Eric's third child.
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  Speaker 2: Wow. Born by natural birth with a midwife in their home.
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  Speaker 2: Is that right? So they went old school.
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  Speaker 5: They have done that.
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  Speaker 2: Three times, Todd, and she's a little woman, but.
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  Speaker 1: Very, very strong.
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  Speaker 2: Wow, this is exciting. Now, I'm just curious, Lance and Terry,
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  Speaker 2: do you guys have a grandparent? I know you obviously
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  Speaker 2: have grandparent names. Do you want to share what your
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  Speaker 2: grandparent names are? Terry is Lolly, and I am Pop.
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  Speaker 2: Lolly and Pop. Oh, Lollipop. Lollipop. By the way, Lance,
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  Speaker 2: I've got Adam Martin here with Bluff City Advisory, and
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  Speaker 2: we're going to be talking. Lance, Adam, any advice here
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  Speaker 2: for the newborn? Do we need to start a Trump
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  Speaker 2: baby account? Definitely.
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  Speaker 6: And then, you know, set something aside for some college.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, that's great advice. That's great advice. Option school.
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  Speaker 3: I love that.
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  Speaker 2: Well, Lance, congratulations, and no doubt a huge celebration in
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  Speaker 2: the Walker family this morning. Very big celebration, and a
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  Speaker 2: new auctioneer is born. And a new KWAM listener, too,
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  Speaker 2: so we appreciate that.
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  Speaker 4: We'll have them on the show as soon as possible.
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  Speaker 2: I love it. I love it. Give the family our
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  Speaker 2: very best. And I know we'll all be praying for
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  Speaker 2: Eric and Amber and the newborn. And God bless you guys, Lance.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you, Todd.
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  Speaker 6: Appreciate you.
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  Speaker 2: All right. Lance Walker, and you can hear his show
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  Speaker 2: every Saturday. It's one of my favorite weekend shows. We
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  Speaker 2: have some great local shows. Adam Martin, BluffCityAdvisory.com. Good to
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  Speaker 2: see you, my friend.
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  Speaker 6: It's good seeing you.
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  Speaker 3: The weather feels great out there.
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  Speaker 2: Holy cow. It was just so refreshing.
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  Speaker 6: We were sitting outside last night, and my wife was like,
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  Speaker 6: I think I need a jacket. And I looked at
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  Speaker 6: the temperature, and it's 72 degrees. And I'm like, isn't
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  Speaker 6: that crazy?
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  Speaker 2: It's nuts. It's nuts. Of course, you know, we were
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  Speaker 2: talking about this. You know what's coming. Oh, yeah.
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  Speaker 6: The crazy winter is coming fast.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, they're saying we're going to have like a huge
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  Speaker 2: bad winter this year.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I hope not.
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  Speaker 6: But I do have the generator ready. So if that happens,
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  Speaker 6: bring it on.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know if you heard Charlie Hatcher just a
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  Speaker 2: little while ago running for Congress talking about diesel prices
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  Speaker 2: way too high. You know, we've got to do something
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  Speaker 2: about the price of groceries. We understand Federal Reserve just
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  Speaker 2: raised interest rates. So what does this all mean for
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  Speaker 2: the average investor in their portfolio right now?
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  Speaker 6: You know, the last time that we talked, this is
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  Speaker 6: kind of leading up to this, and you mentioned something
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  Speaker 6: about Wall Street versus Main Street. So I like to
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  Speaker 6: take this opportunity, you know, Main Street, obviously we're filling
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  Speaker 6: it at the gas pump, we're filling it at the
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  Speaker 6: grocery stores, but on the Wall Street side of things,
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  Speaker 6: the average investor is looking at things like, okay, if
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  Speaker 6: you were in a bond fund a year ago, with
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  Speaker 6: raise of interest rates, the bond market has an inverse
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  Speaker 6: relationship to interest rates. When interest rates go up, bond
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  Speaker 6: prices go down. So your average investor may have seen
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  Speaker 6: the price of their bond decrease and then What that
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  Speaker 6: means is that these companies are issuing new debt at
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  Speaker 6: higher interest rates. So that could be an opportunity for
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  Speaker 6: them to sit down and reevaluate. Do I need to reallocate?
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  Speaker 6: Do I need to maybe move out of this longer
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  Speaker 6: duration bond and buy into a shorter duration bond with
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  Speaker 6: a higher yield?
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  Speaker 2: Adam Martin joining us from BluffCityAdvisory.com. Every Wednesday, Adam is
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  Speaker 2: on air answering your questions about finances, about investing. I
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  Speaker 2: know some people are already starting to think about retirement
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  Speaker 2: and or some may already be living in retirement. Any
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  Speaker 2: kind of how does the rate increase change their strategies?
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  Speaker 6: Well, just like I was just mentioning, you know, when
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  Speaker 6: you're in retirement, you're obviously on a fixed income. You're
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  Speaker 6: no longer collecting a paycheck. So it's important to really
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  Speaker 6: look in and sit down with your advisor and think, OK,
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  Speaker 6: you Prices of goods are up because of inflation. Do
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  Speaker 6: I need to look at reallocating to get more yield
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  Speaker 6: off of my portfolio so I can keep up with
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  Speaker 6: the cost of goods? And that kind of goes right
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  Speaker 6: back into what I was saying with, OK, they're issuing
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  Speaker 6: new debt. They're going to pay higher yields. So is
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  Speaker 6: this now an opportunity to get out of the one
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  Speaker 6: that wasn't paying as much and reallocate into something that
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  Speaker 6: pays you more?
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  Speaker 2: So some people may not be close to retirement, but
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  Speaker 2: they do have credit cards. They do have a mortgage.
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  Speaker 2: At that higher rate, is that going to have any
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  Speaker 2: sort of an impact there?
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  Speaker 3: Absolutely, it is.
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  Speaker 6: I mean, just like stock market, we have a real
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  Speaker 6: estate market. So we start to see, is this a
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  Speaker 6: buyer's market? Is this a seller's market? And right now,
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  Speaker 6: with the higher interest rate, it's actually going into a
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  Speaker 6: buyer's market because people, the inventory is sitting longer. So
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  Speaker 6: the prices that you we're seeing six months ago are
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  Speaker 6: going to naturally come down because not a lot of
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  Speaker 6: people qualify for the new interest rates. And so the
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  Speaker 6: demand's not there.
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  Speaker 3: All right.
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  Speaker 2: Again, Adam Martin, BluffCityAdvisory.com is the website. Somebody listening today,
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  Speaker 2: get a little bit nervous, you know, the market volatility,
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  Speaker 2: all that crazy stuff with Iran. What should they be
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  Speaker 2: thinking about right now before making any changes? Because we
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  Speaker 2: don't want people to make decisions panicked.
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  Speaker 6: You know, knee-jerk reactions are never a good thing in
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  Speaker 6: the market. I think a calculated, proactive planning is the
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  Speaker 6: way to go. So this is an opportunity to sit
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  Speaker 6: back and go, okay, do I have an advisor? If
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  Speaker 6: I don't, can I reach out to one and let's
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  Speaker 6: talk about it? And really what we're going to talk
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  Speaker 6: about is what opportunities are in the market. You know,
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  Speaker 6: we don't want you to just panic selling and go
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  Speaker 6: and nuts because this is going to be bad long term.
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  Speaker 6: You know, kind of going back to the real estate
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  Speaker 6: thing is that if you want a house, go buy
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  Speaker 6: the house. OK, we always say marry the house, date
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  Speaker 6: the rate. We can always refinance, you know, interest rates
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  Speaker 6: go up, they come down. And really what they're trying
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  Speaker 6: to do is get the core inflation numbers back to
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  Speaker 6: as close as they can.
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  Speaker 2: To two percent.
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  Speaker 6: So with these hikes and kind of a stranglehold on
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  Speaker 6: monetary policy for a little bit, it's going to be
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  Speaker 6: a better situation.
• 18:15
  Speaker 2: Adam Martin, financial advisor, bluffcityadvisory.com is number 901-365-3447. Adam, good
• 18:23
  Speaker 2: to see you this morning. Good to see you too, Doug.
• 18:25
  Speaker 2: All right, hang tight. David Hatley coming up next. And
• 18:43
  Speaker 2: welcome back, everybody. What a beautiful day. It's hump day
• 18:47
  Speaker 2: here in here in West Tennessee. And you're going to
• 18:50
  Speaker 2: need a jacket tonight. Finally, the cooler weather has arrived.
• 18:55
  Speaker 2: So if you're heading out to church this evening, better
• 18:57
  Speaker 2: grab a jacket. Also want to give a huge shout
• 19:00
  Speaker 2: out to our friends in Millington this morning and Patriot Bank.
• 19:05
  Speaker 2: gearing up for what is going to be an incredible
• 19:08
  Speaker 2: monument plaza called the Lone Sailor Monument Plaza Project in Millington.
• 19:13
  Speaker 2: And this is a big project sponsored by the City
• 19:17
  Speaker 2: of Millington, the U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation, the Navy League Memphis,
• 19:22
  Speaker 2: all partnering together. And we'll be telling you more about
• 19:25
  Speaker 2: that in the coming days. But well done, our good
• 19:28
  Speaker 2: friends here. in Millington. All right, our telephone number, 901-260-5926.
• 19:35
  Speaker 2: That's 901-260-5926. We are honored to have in studio from
• 19:41
  Speaker 2: East Tennessee, and I mean the eastern part of the state,
• 19:44
  Speaker 2: David Hatley, an independent running for governor. uh david first
• 19:49
  Speaker 2: welcome to west tennessee.
• 19:50
  Speaker 3: Oh beautiful i'm so happy to be here.
• 19:52
  Speaker 2: Well we're glad to have you here um and it
• 19:55
  Speaker 2: seems like you know especially the memphis area has become
• 19:59
  Speaker 2: ground zero for a lot of politics uh this election
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  Speaker 2: cycle yeah i.
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  Speaker 5: Agree i think it's it's uh It's an interesting and
• 20:07
  Speaker 5: very diverse area to go and campaign in, and a
• 20:10
  Speaker 5: lot of things going on here.
• 20:12
  Speaker 2: And by the way, folks, if you have a question,
• 20:15
  Speaker 2: give us a call, and we'll be happy to have
• 20:18
  Speaker 2: that conversation as we talk to David here. I don't
• 20:22
  Speaker 2: want to necessarily alarm you, but I don't think Marsha
• 20:27
  Speaker 2: Blackburn likes you very much. Have you picked up on that?
• 20:31
  Speaker 3: I have picked up on that.
• 20:32
  Speaker 5: I saw, I think, a $ 2. 3 million buy on TV
• 20:35
  Speaker 5: over the next few weeks. So, yeah, I think it's
• 20:38
  Speaker 5: either Marsha or her.
• 20:39
  Speaker 3: Pack, maybe.
• 20:40
  Speaker 2: Okay. Well, yeah, and then the website, you know, they're
• 20:44
  Speaker 2: coming after you. And, I mean, you're the independent candidate.
• 20:49
  Speaker 2: and they're treating you like you are the front runner here.
• 20:52
  Speaker 5: Yeah, I think that comes from, you know, Todd, our polls,
• 20:55
  Speaker 5: you know, we're still six weeks out, so people have
• 20:57
  Speaker 5: to remember we're six weeks out from the election here.
• 21:00
  Speaker 5: Lots of things change fast in the election world. So
• 21:03
  Speaker 5: we've increased in the polls for six straight weeks now
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  Speaker 5: in our internal polls, and I think Marcia's team's seen that.
• 21:08
  Speaker 5: She's been to all of our events. They've sent people
• 21:10
  Speaker 5: to all of our events. They've picketed some of our events.
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  Speaker 5: I mean, it's been a It's been a weird deal.
• 21:15
  Speaker 5: It's a little unexpected, but, you know, welcome to.
• 21:18
  Speaker 3: The world of politics.
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  Speaker 2: I'm curious about the negative ads because they've been running
• 21:21
  Speaker 2: here in Memphis as well. And we'll talk about the
• 21:26
  Speaker 2: back story there in a minute. But is that having
• 21:29
  Speaker 2: the impact that you think the campaign thought it was
• 21:32
  Speaker 2: going to have?
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  Speaker 5: Well, you know, they just started in the last week.
• 21:34
  Speaker 5: So that's tough to say. I think they started Saturday.
• 21:37
  Speaker 5: So it's too early for us to know from an
• 21:38
  Speaker 5: internal poll on that.
• 21:39
  Speaker 2: You were in Jackson. What was the reaction from you?
• 21:42
  Speaker 2: You had a huge crowd turn out in Jackson. What
• 21:45
  Speaker 2: was their reaction to those ads?
• 21:47
  Speaker 5: You know, we had at least two people that I
• 21:50
  Speaker 5: shook hands with and took questions in line at the
• 21:52
  Speaker 5: end of the conversation that said they originally found me
• 21:55
  Speaker 5: from those ads, and they figured that if I'm drawing
• 21:58
  Speaker 5: the ire of Marsha Blackburn, I must be doing something right.
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  Speaker 2: You know, it is interesting because in politics, and this
• 22:04
  Speaker 2: aggravates me and a lot of other, you know, interviewers because—
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  Speaker 2: The rule of thumb is you never mention your opponent.
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  Speaker 2: They have decided not only to mention you, but go
• 22:13
  Speaker 2: directly after you. And now I think they're looking at
• 22:17
  Speaker 2: Jerry Green as well, but they're really coming after you.
• 22:20
  Speaker 2: They see you as a threat. How do you react
• 22:22
  Speaker 2: to that?
• 22:23
  Speaker 5: You know, I thought this would happen a little closer
• 22:27
  Speaker 5: to the election as we got higher in the polls.
• 22:29
  Speaker 5: I'm surprised, you know, that it's happening this early. But Ultimately,
• 22:32
  Speaker 5: I knew that was part of this game, this political game. And,
• 22:35
  Speaker 5: you know, when me and my wife prayed and made
• 22:37
  Speaker 5: the decision to run for governor... We knew we're putting
• 22:39
  Speaker 5: a platform out there that's going to get attacked. I mean,
• 22:41
  Speaker 5: that's how the world of politics works.
• 22:43
  Speaker 2: Well, let's talk about that because you're a businessman. You're
• 22:45
  Speaker 2: not a politician. Have you ever run for office before?
• 22:48
  Speaker 3: I have not. I've never even considered running for office.
• 22:50
  Speaker 4: All right.
• 22:51
  Speaker 2: What is wrong with you? Why are you doing this?
• 22:53
  Speaker 2: I mean, everything's out there. Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: I just love this state, Todd. I mean, this state
• 22:59
  Speaker 3: has done everything.
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  Speaker 5: The guy sitting in this chair is the most appreciative
• 23:02
  Speaker 5: guy you'll ever have in this room for this state.
• 23:05
  Speaker 5: And I think that's where I came from. That's my background.
• 23:07
  Speaker 5: That's my struggle. That's my failure to start over, to rebuild,
• 23:11
  Speaker 5: to work side by side by Tennesseans every single day.
• 23:15
  Speaker 5: You have a lot of appreciation for this state.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, you did have some struggles, you know, growing up.
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  Speaker 2: You made some bad decisions. You paid for those decisions.
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  Speaker 2: And and again, I guess people, if they want to,
• 23:26
  Speaker 2: they can focus on who you were 30 years ago
• 23:29
  Speaker 2: or they can look and see what kind of a
• 23:32
  Speaker 2: man you became as you came out of all of that. Agreed.
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  Speaker 3: You know that you.
• 23:36
  Speaker 5: Things happen in life and you don't question why they happen,
• 23:39
  Speaker 5: but it's what results from those I think that matters.
• 23:42
  Speaker 5: It's not when you get knocked down, it's how you
• 23:44
  Speaker 5: get back up. So, you know, in 1998, when I
• 23:47
  Speaker 5: did that, trying to keep my first business afloat, you know,
• 23:49
  Speaker 5: I was floating bad checks, got charged, served three and
• 23:52
  Speaker 5: a half weeks in a county jail. And I had
• 23:54
  Speaker 5: a decision to make, you know, in those three and
• 23:56
  Speaker 5: a half weeks, I could turn my life around or
• 23:57
  Speaker 5: I could blame it on my poverty and my upbringing
• 24:00
  Speaker 5: and my parents. And I took my life in my
• 24:03
  Speaker 5: own hands at that point and walked out there and
• 24:05
  Speaker 5: have never been back since.
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  Speaker 2: What was it about the governor's office that was important
• 24:12
  Speaker 2: to you? You clearly think that there are things that
• 24:16
  Speaker 2: need to be changed here in Tennessee. What are those things?
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  Speaker 5: The reason I chose governor, and I get this question
• 24:22
  Speaker 5: a lot, is I believe you have the most impact
• 24:24
  Speaker 5: on your state from that level. A governor has a
• 24:26
  Speaker 5: lot of power. He's got 12 appointees. There's not a
• 24:29
  Speaker 5: lot of laws that I can pass. I mean, I've
• 24:31
  Speaker 5: got to go through the House for those things. But
• 24:33
  Speaker 5: there's a 40,000-plus employee base and departments that run that
• 24:37
  Speaker 5: people depend on every day for a service. And that's
• 24:40
  Speaker 5: what I've done my whole entire life. 33 years I've
• 24:43
  Speaker 5: been fixing problems.
• 24:44
  Speaker 2: And you've got a lot of employees. And they've, I mean,
• 24:48
  Speaker 2: been very supportive. I mean, we've seen the stories and
• 24:50
  Speaker 2: we've seen the coverage. And you're self-funding this, right? That's mind-boggling,
• 24:56
  Speaker 2: I think, in the world of politics.
• 24:58
  Speaker 5: You know, it's not that I wanted to self-fund Todd,
• 25:00
  Speaker 5: to be honest. I'd love to have someone else's money
• 25:02
  Speaker 5: like my opponent's. But I believe it's a huge problem
• 25:05
  Speaker 5: in politics. I believe that whether it comes from a
• 25:07
  Speaker 5: $ 5, 000 donation from an individual or a PAC, you're going
• 25:11
  Speaker 5: to walk in on day one and you're going to
• 25:13
  Speaker 5: have meetings lined up with people that supported your campaign.
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  Speaker 5: That's not what's going to happen with this guy right here.
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  Speaker 2: It is kind of concerning, and I know this because
• 25:21
  Speaker 2: it's happening. You've got Democrats here in Tennessee that are
• 25:24
  Speaker 2: fundraising and holding big parties and shindigs in Los Angeles.
• 25:28
  Speaker 2: You've got Republicans in D.C. and New York City with
• 25:31
  Speaker 2: their handout. And, you know, you have to imagine that.
• 25:34
  Speaker 2: If those people get elected, they're going to be beholden
• 25:37
  Speaker 2: to out-of-state donors.
• 25:40
  Speaker 5: Out-of-state donors is a real problem. That's a whole other issue.
• 25:43
  Speaker 5: I mean, agreed. I mean, I don't know, Todd. I
• 25:46
  Speaker 5: think it's one of the, if you look at my platform,
• 25:47
  Speaker 5: it's one of the things I want to ban. We
• 25:49
  Speaker 5: call it pay for play, and it's donating to politicians
• 25:52
  Speaker 5: who have control over your contract. It's got to stop.
• 25:54
  Speaker 5: There are many states that it's not allowed in. Tennessee's
• 25:57
  Speaker 5: got to get with the program. This is why things
• 26:00
  Speaker 5: happen that aren't good for Tennesseans. When you have politicians
• 26:03
  Speaker 5: making decisions that are best for them instead of the people,
• 26:06
  Speaker 5: that's what happens.
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  Speaker 2: A lot of people looking at you and they see independent,
• 26:10
  Speaker 2: they see you've never run before. So we're having to take–
• 26:13
  Speaker 2: really step out on faith, I guess, if voters are
• 26:16
  Speaker 2: going to have to step out in faith. Why not
• 26:20
  Speaker 2: run as a Republican?
• 26:21
  Speaker 5: Well, one, I didn't qualify for the bona fide rule,
• 26:24
  Speaker 5: hadn't voted three out of the last four elections. But two–
• 26:26
  Speaker 5: I want to be independent. Todd, I think it's important
• 26:28
  Speaker 5: that to reach across both sides of the aisle, someone
• 26:31
  Speaker 5: needs to pull these people together because they're clearly on
• 26:33
  Speaker 5: two different sides of the fence right now. I believe
• 26:36
  Speaker 5: it's a lot easier for somebody in the middle to
• 26:38
  Speaker 5: listen to both sides.
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  Speaker 3: That's what I've done my whole life.
• 26:41
  Speaker 2: David Hatley joining us in studio. Hatleyforgovernor.com. We're going to
• 26:45
  Speaker 2: save that website over and over again before the end
• 26:48
  Speaker 2: of this segment. Hatleyforgovernor.com. Memphis is always treated as the
• 26:55
  Speaker 2: you know, the blue butt of Tennessee, for lack of
• 26:59
  Speaker 2: a better term. And we feel that way. Even, I think,
• 27:03
  Speaker 2: Republicans feel that way, that Nashville ignores us, that Nashville
• 27:07
  Speaker 2: is you know, that Nashville is not, meaning the state
• 27:09
  Speaker 2: capitol and the assembly, General Assembly, are not doing what
• 27:13
  Speaker 2: they need to do here in the Mid-South. You've traveled here.
• 27:17
  Speaker 2: You've met the people. What concerns you and what do
• 27:20
  Speaker 2: you want to fix that's broken here in Memphis?
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  Speaker 5: One of the more frustrating things is I feel like
• 27:25
  Speaker 5: the state blames a lot of its problems, its rankings
• 27:27
  Speaker 5: on Memphis, and it's not true. We won't talk about
• 27:29
  Speaker 5: violent crime. Sure, we have a violent crime issue in Memphis.
• 27:32
  Speaker 5: It's getting better. It's gotten a lot better in the
• 27:34
  Speaker 5: last few years. But we also have violent crime problems
• 27:36
  Speaker 5: in Knoxville. We also have them in Chattanooga, in Nashville.
• 27:39
  Speaker 3: We're above average. So I want to treat.
• 27:41
  Speaker 5: Memphis like the rest of the state and stop blaming
• 27:44
  Speaker 5: and reach out my hand and offer support. That's what
• 27:47
  Speaker 5: Memphis needs. It needs more support from the state level.
• 27:50
  Speaker 5: Let's stop talking about how bad things are, and let's
• 27:53
  Speaker 5: get together and fix these problems.
• 27:55
  Speaker 2: The Memphis Shelby County Schools, right now the issue is
• 27:59
  Speaker 2: being litigated in the courts. with the state takeover. Do
• 28:04
  Speaker 2: you think that was a good idea? Do you think
• 28:06
  Speaker 2: the state should step in and take over a failing
• 28:09
  Speaker 2: school district?
• 28:10
  Speaker 5: Yeah, I don't ever like when a state takes over anything.
• 28:14
  Speaker 5: I like that been in the municipality's hands because those
• 28:16
  Speaker 5: are the people that know their education system, know their children,
• 28:18
  Speaker 5: know their teachers. That being said, I don't have enough
• 28:21
  Speaker 5: details to tell you if that's a good idea, how
• 28:23
  Speaker 5: I know all the fraud and the waste and all
• 28:25
  Speaker 5: the stuff that was accused. But I'd have to see
• 28:27
  Speaker 5: that to make a final determination. I don't normally like that, though.
• 28:30
  Speaker 5: I like leaving that in their hands.
• 28:32
  Speaker 2: But if you're elected, that's going to fall right in
• 28:34
  Speaker 2: your lap there.
• 28:36
  Speaker 6: Sure.
• 28:36
  Speaker 3: And I'll make a decision on it when I learn
• 28:38
  Speaker 3: all the facts.
• 28:39
  Speaker 2: There are a couple of other issues that have been
• 28:41
  Speaker 2: impacting a lot of folks out here. Of course, Elon
• 28:43
  Speaker 2: Musk building all of the colossus, the data centers. And
• 28:49
  Speaker 2: depending on who you talk to, there are a lot
• 28:53
  Speaker 2: of opinions and some Republicans and Democrats agree or even
• 28:56
  Speaker 2: disagree on the issue. Where do you stand on these
• 28:59
  Speaker 2: data centers? They terrify me, to be honest. I think
• 29:03
  Speaker 2: there's so many unknowns with these data centers. I mean,
• 29:06
  Speaker 2: it's sickening to know that we've been given these 20
• 29:08
  Speaker 2: year tax abatements to Google and people that have a
• 29:10
  Speaker 2: decimal point where our property taxes are the fastest growing
• 29:13
  Speaker 2: in the country. So I think we got to have
• 29:16
  Speaker 2: real guidelines here, like a complete stop on these, go
• 29:19
  Speaker 2: back to the drawing board, really bring some professionals in
• 29:22
  Speaker 2: that can tell us all the effects of these.
• 29:24
  Speaker 5: It's a little more to me than extra power and
• 29:26
  Speaker 5: extra property taxes and extra water. There are environmental things
• 29:30
  Speaker 5: that I worry about. There are noise or disrupting farmlands.
• 29:33
  Speaker 5: There's a lot of issues here that need to be
• 29:35
  Speaker 5: cleared up before we allow that.
• 29:37
  Speaker 2: Do you believe, because there are residents who live nearby
• 29:40
  Speaker 2: that say the sound issues are pretty significant, and even
• 29:45
  Speaker 2: though Elon Musk hasn't come out and said as much,
• 29:48
  Speaker 2: the work they're trying to do to soundproof tells me
• 29:51
  Speaker 2: They do recognize that that's a problem. Are you hearing
• 29:54
  Speaker 2: that as well?
• 29:56
  Speaker 5: I am hearing that, and I'm also hearing that they're
• 29:58
  Speaker 5: having a hard time. This is one thing that's been
• 30:02
  Speaker 5: great to see, how people have stepped up and came
• 30:04
  Speaker 5: out and really got against these data centers. And now
• 30:06
  Speaker 5: these guys are looking at paying their property taxes or
• 30:09
  Speaker 5: looking at paying their electric bills. So I think we've
• 30:13
  Speaker 5: turned the corner on these from governors across the state.
• 30:15
  Speaker 5: You're seeing governor after governor put moratoriums on these and
• 30:18
  Speaker 5: pause them. So, yes, I do believe the sound is
• 30:21
  Speaker 5: a problem, and they know that.
• 30:23
  Speaker 3: All right.
• 30:23
  Speaker 2: We've got to take a break. You've agreed to stick
• 30:25
  Speaker 2: around for a few more minutes. I want to ask
• 30:27
  Speaker 2: you about flock cameras. Also, we're going to be taking
• 30:31
  Speaker 2: your call. So if you have a question for David Hatley,
• 30:33
  Speaker 2: give us a call, 901-260-5926. That's 901-260-5926. The website, hatleyforgovernor.com.
• 30:36
  Speaker 2: We'll be right back.
• 30:48
  Speaker 6: All right.
• 30:48
  Speaker 2: Welcome back, everybody. Great to have you with us. And
• 30:52
  Speaker 2: big event tomorrow night, an opportunity for you, all of
• 30:55
  Speaker 2: our KWAM listeners, to meet David Hatley. He's the independent
• 30:59
  Speaker 2: running for governor. There's a big event tomorrow night. Write
• 31:02
  Speaker 2: this down, Old Dominick's, that's 6 o'clock tomorrow night. we
• 31:07
  Speaker 2: understand what several hundred people have already RSVP. That's right.
• 31:10
  Speaker 3: It's going to be a big event.
• 31:11
  Speaker 4: Wow.
• 31:11
  Speaker 2: What does that tell you? Aside from people of bourbon here,
• 31:14
  Speaker 2: but I mean, you know, they want to know about you.
• 31:16
  Speaker 5: I think people are looking for something different right now.
• 31:19
  Speaker 5: I think the same old stuff's not working very well anymore.
• 31:22
  Speaker 2: Tell me about the flock cameras.
• 31:25
  Speaker 5: I'm very against flock cameras. You know, I started out
• 31:27
  Speaker 5: in this kind of neutral because I want to fight crime.
• 31:29
  Speaker 5: I want to definitely be the governor that finally takes
• 31:31
  Speaker 5: our crime off and gets it cleaned up across the state.
• 31:34
  Speaker 5: That's one of my agendas. But These flock cameras are
• 31:37
  Speaker 5: not the way to solve crimes. They're too expensive. I
• 31:40
  Speaker 5: can tell you back home we've solved 70 crimes and
• 31:42
  Speaker 5: spent $ 1.
• 31:43
  Speaker 3: 5 million.
• 31:44
  Speaker 5: So you do quick math on that. $ 20, 000, I believe
• 31:47
  Speaker 5: we could slap detectives in there. We've got detectives here
• 31:49
  Speaker 5: in Memphis that have caseloads that are way too heavy.
• 31:52
  Speaker 5: I'd rather invest in our detectives and not invade people's privacy.
• 31:56
  Speaker 2: And again, one of the reasons for the task force,
• 31:59
  Speaker 2: we were not at our full complement of police officers.
• 32:01
  Speaker 2: We were down, what, 500, 600 officers. That's right.
• 32:05
  Speaker 5: Yeah, and again, that's what I want to do from
• 32:07
  Speaker 5: the state level. We have to really give Memphis support.
• 32:11
  Speaker 5: We can't look at Memphis and blame things on Memphis
• 32:14
  Speaker 5: and separate Memphis from Nashville.
• 32:15
  Speaker 3: We're one state here.
• 32:17
  Speaker 2: You also want to take a look at the bank accounts.
• 32:19
  Speaker 2: You want an audit. Why is that, and what are
• 32:23
  Speaker 2: you concerned about?
• 32:24
  Speaker 5: I'm concerned of third-fastest-growing budget in the country right now,
• 32:28
  Speaker 5: the budget that's almost twice as much as inflation is growing.
• 32:32
  Speaker 3: Where's the money going? You know, I want to see.
• 32:34
  Speaker 3: We don't have a real audit system right now, Todd.
• 32:36
  Speaker 5: I mean, we have the politicians that are picking the
• 32:39
  Speaker 5: guy that audits them. I mean, think about that. Politicians
• 32:42
  Speaker 5: are picking the guy that audits them. We're one of
• 32:45
  Speaker 5: two states that do that. I want to see an
• 32:46
  Speaker 5: elected auditor. On day one, I want to make sure
• 32:49
  Speaker 5: we have an auditor, an inspector general, but we need
• 32:52
  Speaker 5: an elected auditor, which will take four to six years
• 32:54
  Speaker 5: to get.
• 32:55
  Speaker 2: I look back as I'm listening to you talk and
• 32:59
  Speaker 2: I'm just I'm sensing the spirit of Monty Fritz, who
• 33:03
  Speaker 2: ran a really solid campaign. And again, I think there
• 33:07
  Speaker 2: was a lot of division within the Republican Party in
• 33:10
  Speaker 2: that primary with John Rose. as well. But again, Monty,
• 33:15
  Speaker 2: launching this really grassroots campaign sort of sounds like what
• 33:19
  Speaker 2: you're trying to do.
• 33:20
  Speaker 3: It is.
• 33:21
  Speaker 5: You know, I think that's what me and Monty have
• 33:23
  Speaker 5: in common is we're both more blue collar. You know,
• 33:25
  Speaker 5: I've grown my business. I've been in every Tennessee and
• 33:28
  Speaker 5: almost every Tennessee in shoes at some point.
• 33:30
  Speaker 3: In my life. You don't lose that. And this is
• 33:32
  Speaker 3: a job.
• 33:33
  Speaker 5: I look at this job, Todd, as going in and
• 33:35
  Speaker 5: rolling up your sleeves and putting on your boots and
• 33:37
  Speaker 5: punching in early and staying late. Like there's a lot
• 33:39
  Speaker 5: of work to be done. There's a lot of people
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  Speaker 5: hurting in Tennessee right now. There's a lot of stuff
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  Speaker 5: that needs to be cleaned up. We need to be
• 33:45
  Speaker 5: putting money in the right places and knowing where it's
• 33:47
  Speaker 5: all going.
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  Speaker 2: Senator Blackburn's campaign, their argument is that you're not qualified.
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  Speaker 2: You don't have the experience of decades of service, you know,
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  Speaker 2: in the statehouse or in Congress. How do you respond
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  Speaker 2: to that?
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  Speaker 5: Well, all I've done my whole life is sign the
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  Speaker 5: front of a paycheck, not the back. You know, I've
• 34:05
  Speaker 5: employed people. I've created thousands of jobs. I've fixed problems.
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  Speaker 3: I'm an innovator. I think outside the box. It's absurd that.
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  Speaker 5: We have a senator that goes on TV and says
• 34:15
  Speaker 5: that we have a payroll tax to pay back the
• 34:17
  Speaker 5: $ 30 million from Starbucks her administration gave when we don't
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  Speaker 5: even have a payroll tax. I mean, that's somebody you're
• 34:22
  Speaker 5: looking at running a $ 59 billion budget, doesn't even know
• 34:25
  Speaker 5: how the.
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  Speaker 3: Tax system works.
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  Speaker 5: So I'm by far the most qualified candidate. I believe
• 34:29
  Speaker 5: I'm the only qualified candidate in this race.
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  Speaker 2: She says Jerry Greene, the Democrat, is a socialist. Would
• 34:35
  Speaker 2: you agree with that assessment of Jerry Greene?
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  Speaker 5: You know, I think we see some of these Democrats
• 34:41
  Speaker 5: like the one in Virginia right now that we thought
• 34:43
  Speaker 5: were something.
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  Speaker 1: Spanberger.
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  Speaker 3: Spanberger.
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  Speaker 5: And we thought were something to get elected and they're
• 34:47
  Speaker 5: something else. And that's what concerns me about Jerry. She
• 34:49
  Speaker 5: seems like a nice enough lady.
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  Speaker 3: I don't know her.
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  Speaker 5: Her policies don't seem too socialist to me. But is
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  Speaker 5: that Jerry? Is that how she's going to run the government?
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  Speaker 5: You know, that's the part that I'm not sure of.
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  Speaker 2: And I think, you know, again, veering just slightly, Chas Mulder,
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  Speaker 2: his campaign video, which was pretty brilliant. I thought he
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  Speaker 2: was the Republican running, sitting around the dinner table with
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  Speaker 2: his family, a wife, a traditional family, you know, nuclear family. praying.
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  Speaker 2: Nobody was wearing a nose ring. Nobody was burning anything down.
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  Speaker 2: You know, they were just, you know, regular folks. But
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  Speaker 2: the problem is that's what they say they are. But
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  Speaker 2: as we saw in Virginia, that is not the reality.
• 35:28
  Speaker 5: That is not the reality. And that's what we got
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  Speaker 5: to remember. I mean, they still are running on that
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  Speaker 5: party platform. So, you know, a lot of people, what
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  Speaker 5: I've found, Todd, is a lot of these people, they
• 35:37
  Speaker 5: poll and they do things that to get elected. They
• 35:41
  Speaker 5: run on positions to get elected. And then when they
• 35:43
  Speaker 5: get in the office, they run on what they believe in.
• 35:45
  Speaker 2: That's a fair point. A fair point. All right. The
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  Speaker 2: big event tomorrow night, what's going to happen at the end?
• 35:50
  Speaker 2: What do you do at a David Hadley event?
• 35:51
  Speaker 5: I talk about all the things that we're going to
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  Speaker 5: change when I'm in the governor's office, how we're going
• 35:56
  Speaker 5: to clean up this system. We're going to be transparent.
• 35:59
  Speaker 5: We're going to ban this pay-for-play stuff and get Tennessee
• 36:02
  Speaker 5: going in the right direction. And you're going to answer
• 36:04
  Speaker 5: people's questions? I answer every question. I stand up there
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  Speaker 5: and shake every hand until the last person leaves. It
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  Speaker 5: usually takes a little while, as long as there's not
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  Speaker 5: an event after.
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  Speaker 3: But I'm usually there for a few hours.
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  Speaker 2: You'd be surprised at how rare that is in Tennessee politics.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, I'm finding that out, and I think that's the
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  Speaker 5: sad part of the politics world is.
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  Speaker 3: How it works.
• 36:24
  Speaker 5: The attacks, the way we run, when we get in
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  Speaker 5: the office, we don't do anything. I feel like, Nashville Todd,
• 36:30
  Speaker 5: I feel like everyone has a position and no one
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  Speaker 5: has a plan. And that's– I come from a world
• 36:36
  Speaker 5: where you better have a plan. I know Jerry Green
• 36:38
  Speaker 5: wants to debate. Marshall Blattman does not. And Laura Pinkston
• 36:42
  Speaker 5: wants to debate. Would you be open to a debate
• 36:44
  Speaker 5: with three of them? I don't know if you saw,
• 36:46
  Speaker 5: but I challenged them yesterday. I offered to donate a
• 36:49
  Speaker 5: million dollars to charity if Marsha would show up at
• 36:51
  Speaker 5: a debate.
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  Speaker 2: A million dollars to charity, ladies and gentlemen. All right,
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  Speaker 2: we'll see how that goes. We'll reach out to the
• 36:58
  Speaker 2: Blackburn campaign. That music means we've got to scoot out
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  Speaker 2: of here. David Hatley, good luck to you.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you, Todd.
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  Speaker 2: Again, tomorrow, 6 o'clock, Old Dominick's, hatleyforgovernor.com. Folks, get out there,
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  Speaker 2: have a great day. We'll see you back here at
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  Speaker 2: 11 o'clock here on the Mighty 990.