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Join us at child advocates.net. Our friend, the lieutenant governor for the state of Indiana,

Micah Beckwith joins us now. Talk about the latest going on down the street from us at 200, West Washington.

And Michael, let's start with this.

There appear to be a lot of people in the Indiana General Assembly in the Senate, which

you oversee, that don't want you to exist as a human being.

Another bill has been filed.

This one by Senator Lonnie Randolph, Senate Bill 528, which would not only gut a lot of the power of lieutenant

governor, it would change the way the lieutenant governor is elected. Beckwith, why do so many

people hate that you're a person? I don't know. I'm a nice guy. I don't understand this.

I just want to get in there and serve the know, serve the people of Indiana.

But yet, here we are.

They just keep throwing the shots at me.

But you know what?

We knew what we were getting into and we're happy to do it.

Okay, so we had talked about a couple weeks ago, this bill from the two fossil senators,

Jim Buck and Susan Glick that would basically take agriculture away from you.

Now this guy Lonnie Randolph is back, Senate Bill 528, and just simplifying.

You know that Brad always had the digest of what the thing is?

Well, actually, he should be very proud.

He now has bipartisan opposition.

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