The one and only is an author. He's a broadcaster. He's a provocateur. The one and only

Abdul Hikib Shahbaz. How are you, my friend? I'm having a better day than probably a candidate

for Secretary of State right now. Well, okay. So let's get let's start with that. I thought this

would be the big story when it comes to the Secretary of State's race this day, but it turned

out the NBA star when it comes to Diego Morales said, but wait, there's more. So we'll get to

the breaking news this morning in just a moment. But first, let's talk about yesterday in which

Diego went on Tony's show and had to know he was going to be asked, why did you not debate

your opponents? I was a huge story. It was, you know, all people all over the state wanted to know

that. And his answer was essentially the debate didn't happen. Is that the worst answer you could

have possibly given? Yeah. I had to think about it. Yeah. I think so because it's one thing to

know of all the things that Diego could have responded with. No, I don't trust legal invoters.

No, they say they're nonpartisan, but here's some data show that they are. I wasn't going to

participate in the debate. I'll just I enjoy talking to Hoosiers and answering their questions

directly without a filter blah, blah, blah, blah. That's all you had to say. And you'd been fine.

But instead he used what I call the shaggy defense. It wasn't me. But I saw you on the counter.

It wasn't me. But I saw you on the sofa. It wasn't me. It wasn't me. I couldn't believe me

or your lying eye. So there was no debate. Yes, there was a debate that two candidates were there.

You were there. I was there. I watched it. So all those people we just magically turned on

nothing for two hours for an hour on Sunday night on October 10th. Yeah. And when you lie about

the obvious. And especially when you do it in a forum like Tony's, which has a huge audience

and this radio station are some of the most politically engaged people in the entire state.

You're in you're insulting those people like you the lie like that that is so blatant and so

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