Hello everybody. I'm John Fawson with this Great America Show Midday Update for Monday, January 5th.

Happy Monday, folks. I hope you all had a great weekend. We're starting the week off with some

really great news. Tampon Tim Waltz, his political career seems to finally be over. The ongoing

Somali fraud scandal has brought an end to the governor's political career in Minnesota.

Tampon Tim Waltz announcing this afternoon, he will not be seeking a third term.

Here's Waltz's statement.

Quote, in September, I announced that I would run for a historic third term as Minnesota's governor.

And I have every confidence that if I gave

my all, I would succeed in that effort. But as I reflected on this moment with my family and my team

over the holidays came to the conclusion that I can't give my political campaign my all. Every minute

I spend defending my own political interests would be a minute I can't spend

defending the people of Minnesota against the criminal prey who honor our generosity and our cynics

who prey on our differences. So I've decided to step out of the race and let others worry about

the election while I focus on the work. I know this news may come as a surprise, but I'm passing on the race with zero sadness

and zero regret.

After all, I didn't run for this job so I could have this job.

I ran for this job so I could do this job.

Minnesota faces enormous challenges this year, and I refuse to spend every minute of

the 2026 doing anything other than

rising to meet the moment. Minnesota has to come first always. Now Axios is reporting that

Senator Amy Klobuchar and Attorney General Keith Ellison could now jump in the race. Klobuchar has

reportedly already bought the website domains just days ago. Klobuchar has reportedly already bought the website domains just days ago.

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