Hour 2 turns the spotlight on local, national, and global accountability. Casey leads with Congressman Andrew Ireland’s fiery call‑out of Fort Wayne Mayor Sharon Tucker, who spoke at an August gala still advertising a sister‑city partnership with Taizhou, China—a region notorious for demolishing churches and jailing Christians. Despite Indiana’s 2024 law banning partnerships with adversarial nations, loopholes have allowed older agreements to continue, prompting Ireland to demand that Tucker immediately rescind Fort Wayne’s ties with the Chinese Communist Party. Casey breaks down how the controversy exposes both moral and legislative weakness in holding local governments to anti‑CCP principles.
The hour continues with escalating backlash against Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who compared ICE operations to Anne Frank’s persecution. The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum issued a blistering statement condemning the remark as “deeply offensive,” marking yet another self‑inflicted wound for Democrats scrambling to defend anti‑ICE activists…