Nick Reed 09.04.26 - MO Supreme Court Rules New GOP-Drawn Map Can't Be used For November

0:00since when I wait until the very last minute in order to get things rolling. I got a reset. Well, I had to change my password and everything and for our email. And so here I've got the iPad pulled up and now it's trying to get me to log in confirm. And I'm doing all that as I'm trying to open the show and now talking about it in order to fill the dead space of me navigating through all of that. Well, one of the things I want to share with you, I just think this is fantastic. There was a very in-depth study that was done some time ago regarding firearms and the use of firearms and the massively high number compared to what people would think of individuals that use firearms for self protection actually saved their lives, potentially use them to save their lives. And also the number of women that use them for self protection. And the study had come out several years ago and anti-gun people dismissed the study.

1:08They're like, well, that study, you can't believe that study. And they went through and they went through the methodology. They went through the questions, the way they were asked. And they found a little listing of these areas and like, well, you know, this doesn't count because the way this question was asked. It was leading. And will this question made certain assumptions? So the author of the studies, a professor somewhere, decided to completely redo it, but alter his approach in order to accommodate for all of the anti-gun people's concerns. So every one of the areas in which they said, no, the question should have been asked this way. The scenario should have been presented this way. And so he did all of that in order to, because he thought, okay, these are some valid cons, let's, you know, I get it. I understand this could be potentially leading or this does leave out a certain scenario. And so let's see what happens. What happened was results that showed the reality is even further than the first study indicated from what the anti-gun people have always tried to create in terms of an error.

2:22So in other words, it blew up in their face. And there's some very interesting information in there. There's four main areas. I thought we'd go through some of that coming up this morning. Oh, that state house candidate has made national news. By the way, the joblin situation. And the one, but I'm telling you, this is what I find so frustrating. The thought I have is, okay, so what happens if he does withdraw? What is there somebody, do the Republicans get to put a new candidate on there? Does it just state blank? This is a state rep quick background here before we go to the news in the joblin area. And he won the primary by just a handful of votes. Well, it turns out that he had a plot to plant drugs on his primary account. It's okay, and her purse. And the FBI learned of this because his time at the time campaign manager contacted authorities and he wore a wire. So of course innocent, he'll prove in guilty, but the evidence that's out there seems somewhat clear.

3:25Immediately the Republican party from Jasper County all the way to the state levels of this guy needs to drop out. And so my question is, well, what does that mean? And every news story I find does not say it doesn't. And so I tried to find some answers. I looked in where I could find Missouri State statute. And there was what's appeared to be sort of the very vague beginning of an answer. And I don't know if the news stories, the people writing these news stories also couldn't find the answer. But put that in the news story. So I know that you look. So I know that that is something that is a bit foggy that it is something up for debate. Or and it kills me. You have news story after news story after news story about this particular scenario. And one of the most obvious questions is if he does drop out will re will that mean there's no Republican in that district? For the voters to vote on or is there a remedy? Is there the allowance of an appointment?

4:25And the fact that apparently no one who writes news stories on these things think that that is relevant or what I believe happens is they don't even think of it. This is the lack of critical thinking increasingly in our society and just curiosity and intellectual curiosity. So we got that as well. Tom arts will be joining us in the seven o'clock hour right now the latest news update. Mike Landis and the Ozarks first news room with our big story this morning coming out of Jefferson City on Thursday. The Missouri Supreme Court unanimously blocked new congressional districts back by President Donald Trump from being used in the November election. The Republican majority court also ordering a statewide vote on whether to uphold or reject the new map. A decision Thursday marking a setback for Republicans in a national redistricting battle. Republicans at home Missouri's new congressional boundaries would help him win one additional seat and hold onto their slim majority in the US House during the midterms. Missouri's new districts were used during the August primaries, but the state Supreme Court has said they cannot be used in the November general election or ever again. That is until voters first uphold the new district passed by the Republican led legislature.

5:30I'm Mike Landis and the Ozarks first com digital newsroom in Springfield. And the first alert forecast from Ozarks first meteorologist Tom Schmidt sponsored by JNS automotive a heated advisory remains in effect for the entire listening area until Sunday. Today we'll see sunny skies with a high near 98 heat index values as high as 104 tonight, mostly clear with a low around 74. For your Saturday sunny with a high near 98 heat index values as high as 105 and for Sunday sunny with a high near 99. Hey everyone. It is Ozarks elderlaw and house here at scramblers Lori Ruck. What's the good word? It's early. It is early. I know that when you walked in, I said your dress is if it's supposed to be a cozy day today. You got a sweater looking thing on and then you noted, well, it does get a little cold in here. You're you're thinking ahead because it does oftentimes get a little bit chilly and especially if you are one that tends to get a little chillier.

6:30I guess that's what Sarah you've always complain about Nina blanket. Yeah, I'll bring you one next time. I was always like, why don't you bring one and she she just never did. I guess she decided she just live with it instead. I just like to complain about it. That tracks that tracks it. So, all right. So any what's up? What's going on? What words of wisdom you got for folks today? Yeah, sorry. Well, I'm going to do a plug for the veterans day parade. Oh, perfect. I know that seems really far off. No pre planning. Yeah, no, you're good. What's going on? Is it too loud for you? It's too quiet. Echoing. So I just want to make sure you know you're good. Okay. Yeah. So we just kind of put the information out. I know it seems like a ways off. But November 7th Saturday downtown at 2 o'clock. We we have it later this year because we don't want to there's one in Willard and we don't want to conflict with that one. It's in the morning. So a lot of folks are able to participate in both.

7:32But again, this year we expanded the route beyond what it was last year. That was a lot of the feedback we heard from people. Oh, okay. Cool. Yeah, so we're really excited. We're going to have vendors again. We're renting out the expel lot. I'm going to have folks out there. So food trucks. It'll it'll be a nice fun family figure. And we want to get the young people out. Is this this second or third year now that you all brought this back? This is the third year because for people that don't know the history, there used to be veterans, they prayed and spring filled in the city was like, yeah, if I remember correctly, it was essentially they weren't going to volunteer the required security. And so it's ended up resulting in the inability for veterans to have a parade. And then Ozark's elderlaw brought it back. And and so third year, wow. That's awesome. Now, okay. So you mentioned, gosh, this seems really early, but these things do take planning. If people want to participate in the parade, be it a vendor for the, you know,

8:34you mentioned food trucks and everything or be in the parade. Is it is this a good time to reach out? How do they do that? Yeah, I would reach out. We have there is a Facebook page for it. The Springfield Missouri Veterans Day Parade, but you can also call the office right now for 178 682 hundred. Is there someone there this early? Well, not at this moment. You can leave a message. At 8 30. But yeah, in I don't believe I'm not sure if we have the button on the website. Right now, okay, it's up yet or not, but I just earlier the better so folks can plan. But we are already have more participants than last year. So it's fantastic. Yeah, because a lot of times these people don't realize how much goes into something like this. And so it's not uncommon for people that are very well meaning to try and jump start something. And then it just doesn't necessarily work and catch on. So the fact that going into year three already,

9:34there's more people that have reached out want to be involved in previous years. That is a very good sign. Yeah, so we're very excited. But yeah, we've been working on this already for a few months. We have a committee that within our organization that that's doing wonderful work. So we're super excited. We're just hoping for some great weather. All right. Well, I'm sure it'll be better than it has been the last couple weeks. Lori Rook, Ozarks Elder Law. Thank you. It's great to see you this early morning. Yes. Thank you. All right, you bet we are at Scrambleers Friday Road Show, a traffic update. Now I think this is just such a fantastic story. There's a Georgetown professor that did this survey very, you know, in-depth scientific survey regarding gun ownership and weather or not. What's just making to try to figure out? Okay, gun ownership. Did the goods outweigh the bads? Are the stereotypes true? If you listen to the media, the only people, particularly with AR-15s, are quote military style weapons, are, you know, crazy anti-government white people

10:36that are Christian nationalists that are part of a cult. Yeah, Chris over there raising his hand. And I think that they've done probably a relatively successful job of painting that picture in the minds of people who don't own firearms. So this Georgetown professor decided, hey, all right, well, let's look into this. And he released a study that gave results that ran completely contrary to the anti-gun people's narrative. The anti-gun people are like, hey, you can't believe this, this research. Yeah, look over here. He asked the question this way and that could have resulted in a disproportionately pro-gun response. And look at this over here. And so the Georgetown professor was like, yeah, there's some validity to those concerns. He completely started over from scratch and implemented their implemented changes to reflect their concerns and criticism. A long story short, it kind of blew up in the face of the anti-gun people

11:39because it turns out they're even more wrong than the first study suggested. I want to share with you a story that they've got in Fox News regarding this. The Georgetown professor just taught gun control activists an important lesson when you criticize studies that you don't support. And or that don't support anti-gun talking points. Be careful what you wish for. You just might get it. In this case, they got an unprecedented amount of new data that obliterates their narrative. Background 2021. Professor William English published the findings of his National Firearms survey by far the most comprehensive assessment of gun ownership ever conducted in the United States of America. The data demonstrated that defensive gun uses were commonplace. That ordinary Americans really like their firearms gun and the one specifically that gun control activists hate the most and that longstanding stereotypes about the sort of people who exercise their second amendment rights were misplaced.

12:45Gun control activists predictably hated the survey or the study. They attacked the report's conclusion and they off they're blasting the survey over. Knit picky concerns English explained how the alleged problems would not have significantly impacted the results critics categorically dismissed the report anyway. So English. Readministered the survey fixing the alleged mistakes. If gun control activists hated the 2021 conclusions, they will likely lose their minds over the new ones which English just released online the improved and redesigned 2026 survey fails to vindicate their criticism and deals even mightier blows to the anti-gun narratives. Here four of the most significant findings from the new report number one possession of assault weapons even more common. Anti-gun assault weapons in quotes. Anti-gun activists love to target the so-called assault weapon and high capacity magazines magazines holding more than 10 rounds.

13:50They frame them as weapons of war with no civilian purpose claiming that they're not in common use for lawful purposes and therefore unprotected by the second amendment. The 2021 survey tore this argument to shreds estimating that tens of millions of ordinary Americans owned these particular rifles and those specific magazines for lawful purposes like self-defense, hunting and sports shooting. Critics complain that the questions asked whether respondents have had ever owned a magazine holding more than 10 rounds or an AR-15 or similarly styled rifle. They argued that language inflated numbers by including former but not current owners and semi-automatic rifles that aren't technically what they call assault weapons. The 2026 survey accordingly asked whether respondents currently own an AR-15 or a similarly styled semi-automatic rifle with a pistol grip and feature universally cited or a feature rather universally cited as an assault weapon.

15:00So he changed the questioning to fit their concerns. The new data vindicated English despite five years of efforts to get weapons of war off the street. An estimated 26.4 million American adults now own an AR-15 or its equivalent up from the 24.6 million Americans estimated by the 2021 survey to have ever owned one. The same trajectory holds for magazines in the 21 survey 48% of gun owners roughly 39 million Americans were estimated to have ever owned one capable of holding more than 10 rounds five years later an estimated 44.5 million currently owned one and gun owners are now even slightly more likely to own one 50.5% then to not own one. Now let me explain the reason this is significant is because one of the narratives of the anti gun people out there is that these what they call weapons of war aren't actually even used by normal.

16:06There are only the crazies that are stockpiling weapons that no one ever uses these things for actual hunting. No one ever needs or uses them for home protection. They're just for the anti-government crazy people and this survey found that that was absolutely contrary to the truth. Another argument that they of course use is that rarely are firearms ever used for self defense like any time there is some story in the news about a good guy with a gun beating or you know taking down a bad guy the left and they say well that's far outweighed by the negatives that rarely ever happens it's just every so often. The 2021 survey likely under estimated defensive gun use English is original survey estimated that American adults use firearms to defend themselves their property or other humans 1.67 million times every year that excluded military police or people doing security work so actual civilians just who's you know it's not their job to do this it's just as a good.

17:19Gun owning civilian either protected themselves or another human critics of the 21 survey called the estimate implausible arguing the broad definition which included incidents where a gun was mentioned but not displayed and allegedly leading questions meant many reported uses may have been imagined. Ironically critics were right about the number being off but they were wrong about the direction the 2021 survey may have actually under counted defensive gun uses the new data set yielded an annual average of 2.2 million defensive gun uses part of the increase likely came from asking about protecting against animal attacks as well as human attacks which accounted for over 8% of reported uses. Number 3 more Americans are legally exercising their right to bear arms gun control advocates losing the public carry culture war 70% of gun owners now report at least some circumstances in which they carry a handgun for self defense which is up from 56% in the original survey.

18:30That doesn't necessarily reflect public carry since some may carry only on private property still the new report estimates that 33.6 million Americans are public carriers that is they have a concealed carry permit and carry for self defense at least some times there's a remarkable that rather is a remarkable 60% increase in five years. Why is that the case the original survey ran it notes from February 17th to March 23rd of 2021 much has changed in the public carry landscape over the last five years since July of 21 12 states with over 117 million people have enacted permitless carry laws making it easier for law-abiding gun owners to arm themselves in public. For example Montana's law took effect during the original survey the Supreme Court's 2022 decision in New York State rifle and pistol association also opened the door for tens of millions of Americans to finally engage in some manner of public carry even if the 10 states whose public carry laws were implicated still make it incredibly difficult expensive and time consuming to get a concealed carry permit.

19:44This increased access to public carry combined with historically unprecedented violent crime spikes seems to have facilitated something of a nationwide come to Jesus moment about the importance of arms self defense and public spaces and it's fundamentally changing societal perceptions regarding the right to bear arms and not in the direction that gun control activist favor. So what this is noting is that with the since the original survey black lives matter all the riots the increasing acceptance by the left of killing people with whom they disagree have caused a lot of Americans that once upon a time never felt particularly if they were conservative that they had to protect themselves from being murdered because their political views have realized with the ever evolving culture with the right to the right. And so you have that increase in addition to that the author did change the wording in order to reflect the concerns of the anti gun people and with you know and so again the re-warning showed that the left's narrative is completely wrong about self defense with firearms combined with the fact that over the past several years the country is not going to be able to do that.

21:05It's actually the same culture has changed and more law-abiding citizens are arming themselves. Finally the fourth pillar of this American gun owners are an actually an increasingly diverse group is opposed to the middle aged white guy from the south who is a mega person and part of a cult. The 26th survey indicates that more Americans from all demographics are recognizing the importance of their second amendment rights and even greater proportion of gun owners now hail from demographic groups at historically owned guns at lower rates. The consequential culture shift that undermines some of anti gun activists favorite tropes about gun owners. Importantly the new report puts to rest conjectures by anti gun activists that the original survey found surprisingly high rates of female gun ownership only because women reported their husbands household guns as their own. The main thing is that that original survey showed a surprising number of women protecting themselves with firearms. It's kind of a women's rights thing and the anti gun people like well it's because their husbands own them and you just ask about guns in the household so that doesn't count.

22:17Or women may have been confused and thought well my husband has one so I guess that means I do too. So the 26th survey explicitly told respondents to count only firearms that they personally own and not to include their spouses guns. Even with that change the estimated proportion of gun owners who are female increased by 3.5% compared to the 2021 survey it turns out that women weren't confused by the original question after all. The media and advocates against the constitutionally protected right for one to protect oneself have been very successful in creating this narrative that one guns are very scary and that there's really no legitimate use for them. They will concede hunting which is a little standard they create in order to exclude all the firearms that they don't like.

23:22Well you don't need this to hunt nobody needs that to hunt and that it's just crazy anti government conspiracy theory white guys that own firearms and what the survey of course found out is that all of that like virtually everything else we hear from the media in terms of stereotyping Americans. It runs counter to reality springfields talk 1041 it's the Friday road show I'm back this year October 10th that's a Saturday at Wilson's logistic arena. So over there at the Ozark's empire fairgrounds if you've not been it's just a really good time it's a huge party music mechanical bull riding food all sorts of beverages. It's a really good time it is it benefits the American Cancer Society I know that traditionally I haven't been in a few years but they've done auction silent auctions and otherwise and so they raised dollars that that way as well. You can register to win a four pack a four pack of the Wrangler level tickets that's a thousand dollar value so that you know this is a higher level sort of event if you go to ksgf.com you can get registered for your chance to win that four pack for that event October 10th again is the day.

24:31And if you are a teacher you know a teacher you work within a school district you can also while you're there sign up for a teacher's lounge pizza party from Godfather's pizza all of that at ksgf.com traffic update on a heated advisory remains an effect for the entire listening area until Sunday today I know I know it's the same old same old today we'll see sunny skies with a high near 98 heat index values as high as 104. I'm angry at me too it's gross to yucky out tonight mostly clear with a low around 74 for your Saturday sunny with a high near 98 heat index values as high as 105 and for Sunday sunny with a high near 99. The Missouri State Supreme Court ruled that the new congressional maps that were drawn up and used for the primary election cannot be used for the November election.

25:33Now just out of the gate this really to me seemingly creates a problem this is being called a constitutional crisis the attorney general is going to elevate this to the state Supreme Court let me read to you from just the news is this occurred just last night so I suspect that there's going to probably be some national pieces written on the implications of this and the problematic nature of having people vote in an election during a primary election. I'm angry with one set of congressional maps and then subsequent to that have a different map because what that means is you could you know and you some of you may fall into this particular situation you vote in the primary you're in one district like you're voting oh I'm in the fourth or whatever and then because of this ruling the race that you were voting in whatever district.

26:33Congressional speaking is not what you will be voting in in the general election now there are arguments and I do want to talk about this. That really it doesn't matter and I'll explain that coming up but here's the story from just the news the Missouri Supreme Court ruled yesterday that the states newly redrawn congressional map cannot be used in November's midterm elections ordering a referendum to determine whether the state can use the map going forward to appear on the ballot instead. The ruling means that the state will need to use its previous district lines in the fall election instead marking a significant blow to Republican efforts to redraw districts in a way that are more favorable to them according to NBC news. The new map would have broken up Missouri's democratic representative of manual cleaver's district this is Kansas City area in an effort to give the GOP an additional pick up opportunity for the House in November. The ruling comes after the state Supreme Court initially allowed the state to use the new maps earlier this year determining that the recently redrawn congressional maps are constitutional.

27:39It also ruled earlier this year that the state legislature is authorized to redraw congressional boundaries at any time because this was the big argument that was made against it is that well you're supposed to do it after the census count every 10 years. Well that is just the way it's always been done there's nothing that dictates that there's nothing that says that you are are limited to only doing it once every 10 years. It was just it was one of those situations in which well it's the way we've always done it but that wasn't anything dictated by the Constitution or law and so and that's what the courts found like this is perfectly legit in terms of doing it halfway through you know a 10 year cycle that there's a lot of things that are going to be done. So it's just a little bit more than a 10 year cycle that there's not a problem with that. Now this comes after the US Supreme Court struck down Louisiana maps in May which had added a second majority black district ruling the map was unconstitutional because it contained race based districts so that's just a footnote about another Supreme Court case doesn't have any relevancy to this one.

28:48So we have from the Secretary of State the obvious pushback on this and the attorney general the term constitutional crisis is being thrown around that's a term that gets thrown around oftentimes when there it is not a constitutional crisis when the Constitution is very clear on it. I think that there is an argument to be made that perhaps that characterization is warranted in a situation like this because the argument's been made is that listen the Constitution does not allow for the people to vote on the drawings of our maps for legislative purpose that is a legislative thing that's something that is not a vote of the people thing. That is where the Supreme Court has disagreed. The real conflict in the minds of a lot of people is the fact that you have Missourians that voted on the upcoming congressional races and in the primary voted with one map and suddenly many of those people are now going to be voting for elected officials or that were not on their primary election ballot.

30:06So they can argue I'm disenfranchised because here I didn't get to vote for this particular Republican to be the nominee that I now see before me because in the previous ballot I was voting in a different district not because I moved but because you all move the lines after we already voted on this in the primary. I think where it gets interesting here and it is messy because you have this infusion of government involvement in private parties and this is what a lot of people don't necessarily understand is that Republican party, Democrat party, independent party, libertarian party. Those are private entities and when you are participating in a primary election you're not voting for an office. This is a usage of government by the parties in order to pay for the process they've created in order to determine whom it is that they are going to allow to run under their banner.

31:20So you can't because the Republican party for example is a private entity, you can't just run as a Republican without their permission. Think of it this way. If you are not part of the Lions Club, you can't go out there and represent yourself as a member of the Lions Club. You can't go out there and say I'm a spokesperson, I am the official representative for the Lions Club and go give speeches and go I mean I guess you could do it but they would put a stop to it because no no we didn't you're not one of us, we didn't give you permission to do that. The parties are private entities just like any other organization and so ultimately the party has the authority to determine whom it is that gets to run using their name where it gets messy is the fact that over time the parties decided to use the government as an instrument in order to

32:27make that decision. So instead of the parties just doing it themselves by way of a caucus for example which we have done often on them is or in some states do this. The government's not involved at all. The government taxpayers aren't paying for it. The government's not printing up ballots. You don't go to the polling places but instead the parties say okay if you live in this area come over here on this particular Saturday and everyone who is a Republican we're going to vote on whom the government is going to run. On whom the nominee is going to be and the increasingly the parties have instead so okay no we're going to use the government in order to pay for this we're going to use the government in order to facilitate this and because of that it has assimilated people's thinking into this belief that this is an actual election for office when it's not. As opposed to November in which you are actually voting for candidates for the office as opposed to candidates for the party.

33:28And so I think that there's an interesting argument or debate to be had about is it really any sort of violation of a person's voting right to shift the map from the primary vote and then okay you vote in the primary now for these offices that those people were chosen to run for we're going to shift the map and some of you are going to now be in a different district because the primary vote really is not supposed to be a function of government and it's not a vote for office. Now it may be goofy and it may be contrary to what people would consider to be a fair way of doing things but I think that there's an interesting legal argument as a non legal person here to be made that really because of what the primary vote actually is and it is apples to oranges in the sense that the first one's not a vote for office it's a vote for the party

34:37while the second is a vote for office the different district voting situation really isn't the problem that some people think that it is. I'm not settled one way or another honest to be honest with you this is a I believe this is new new territory to have a decision like this with these sort of implications so it's going to be very interesting to see the arguments laid out regarding this and the citizens reactions to it as well. Springfield's talk 1041 it is the Friday Road Show from Scramblers I'm Federal Drug Charges after newly unsealed court documents revealed an alleged plot to frame his political opponent by planting cocaine and prescription drugs in her purse. Thomas Christopher Ross 37 made the initial court appearance yesterday in US District Court for the Western District of Missouri and Springfield where he faced one account of conspiracy distributed controlled substance. This particular race I think it's the one sixty first district this is the job plan area.

35:40According to the Justice Department Ross conspired with his former campaign manager to stash narcotics among the personal property of his Republican rival Luis Secker ahead of the state's August primary according to an unsealed FBI affidavit the campaign manager reportedly flipped on Ross and wore a wire to catch him in a sting operation. Peter Kendr chairman of the Missouri Republican Party said the circumstances of his arrest are serious deeply troubling being the Republican nominee for public office carries with it a responsibility to the voters the community and the principles are party represents given the seriousness of the situation I believe the right course of action is clear and they've all I mean immediately before this even got close to national news there were calls by Republicans for him to withdraw his name which I think he has an issue to do until the eighth to do somewhere around there some of what we talked about yesterday is the difference in standards that Republicans have self imposed as opposed to Democrats and it's it's a real dividing line for some of Republicans some Republicans believe that this is a further indication is to morally how the Republicans have standards versus Democrats who only throw candidates overboard if they think it's going to cause them to lose an election.

37:03Otherwise it does not matter what the allegations are they will stick with them and that this is one of the differences that Republicans should be proud of other Republicans get frustrated because they're like well this is why we lose because we create a double standard and and and we immediately and as quickly as possible even before there's a trial underway we throw them under the bus and innocent until proven guilty and and Democrats do not play by those rules and so we handcuff ourselves giving them the upper hand. Now which is the right perspective well I guess it depends on through what lens are you looking through a political lens are you looking through a a a a a a win versus losing lens you're looking through a morality lens. It's just it's your personal preference I suppose as to which way that you perceive this now kinders called on Ross to drop out of the race after he just narrowly won the nomination for the House District 161 earlier this month just a handful of votes again I think it was 30 some is a very very small amount of votes.

38:10Under Missouri election law Ross has until September 8 to voluntarily withdraw his name from the November general election ballot. Matthew Price US Attorney for the Western District of Missouri said in a Justice Department press release Thursday the American people deserve confidence in an electoral process that has served our nation for generations candidates are expected to conduct their campaigns with integrity honesty and respect for their opponents allowing voters to make informed decisions without fear of misinformation. Of misinformation or undo influence the DOJ says it was contacted July 30th by the Joplin Police Department regarding claims of public corruption after Ross's campaign manager told the Joplin Police Department about the conspiracy to plant cocaine and an at-a-roll pill both scheduled to narcotics among secours belongings that's the Republican opponent in that primary the staffer said it was asked by Ross to plant a baggy of cocaine and a prescription and a fetemying pill both given to him by Ross inside secours purse or car the Justice Department added the drug to be planted while Ross was out of town and I just my own personal curiosity not that it really matters in the context of the case itself and the legalities I'm very curious as to how like what that plan involved.

39:35While the opponent was out of town or while Ross rather the cannon was out of town but how they thought what the plan was to have access to the other candidates purse to I don't know I just going to be very interested if there is a trial that goes forward to learn those details of this case according to a probable cause affidavit the following day which was July 30th the campaign staffer wore a wire during an encounter at Ross's home the outlet said the court record showed how the campaign manager told Ross he still had the baggy of at ease and asked whether Ross still wanted the drugs planted on his opponent Ross reportedly responded in the affirmative according to the documents. The pair also sent numerous text messages discussing the conspiracy that Ross suggested would be extreme egg on the face of secours. The following shots of text messages suggest Ross and the former campaign manager discussed the plot as early as May 30th local outlet KCU are FM of Kansas City added Fox News digital reached out to Fox for comment but did not hear back in time for publication.

40:45Now again my big question and I tried to find the answer to this could not though I'm sure it exists well what if he does drop out what does that mean does that mean that there is no Republican on the ballot or is there a remedy to get a Republican on the ballot is there. It's a central committee get to pick that do is the governor get to put someone on or is this a scenario in which the Republicans simply will not have a representation on that ballot and that's I imagine something at some point will find out I'm going to continue to reach out see what I can learn on that. It is the Friday road show from scramblers I'm Nick will under a heated advisory I sound like a broken record but hey it is hot it's miserable and the last thing that you want to experience is no AC I don't want that you don't want that the form and team definitely doesn't want that for you but if something does pop up the form and team they can definitely help you out they do both residential and commercial services they do everything from repairs to new unit installs even many split installs if that's something that you're looking for.

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42:59Whether or not there's any evidence to back that up that is the latest word on that news in 60 seconds i'm Nick Reed.