We appreciate John Phillips filling in for us today on the Armstrong and getting

show.

We will be back sooner or later.

It's John Phillips in for Armstrong and getting on loan from Talk Radio 790K ABC in Los

Angeles where you can hear me each weekday from noon to 3 on AM 790K ABC or worldwide at

kabc.com.

You can also read my column in the LA Daily News, the OC Register, the Riverside Press Enterprise

and all the 7 California newspaper group newspapers.

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Well, I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend.

Hopefully you were able to escape the news cycle for a moment or two and enjoy the sun.

Maybe go to a barbecue, spend some time in the pool, play a game of golf, do something

that can clear your mind.

As Monday morning we're right back in the thick of it.

Joining us right now on the newsmaker line to talk about all of this is the RNC, the Republican

National Committee Commitiment from the state of Minnesota, Max Rimer.

Max, thanks so much for joining us.

John, thank you for having us on crazy, crazy times we live in.

Now you live in such a sleepy state, Minnesota.

Is anything going on that we should know about?

Yeah, I wasn't really sure what we were going to talk about, but we did have a killing

of an on-arm black man by police and Minneapolis which led to six nights of protesting, three

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