public function purge_expired_records() {
		global $wpdb;

		$records = Tribe__Events__Aggregator__Records::instance();
		$statuses = Tribe__Events__Aggregator__Records::$status;

		$sql = "
			SELECT
				meta_value
			FROM
				{$wpdb->postmeta}
				JOIN {$wpdb->posts}
				ON ID = post_id
				AND post_status = %s
			WHERE
				meta_key = %s
		";

		// let's make sure we don't purge the most recent record for each import
		$records_to_retain = $wpdb->get_col(
			$wpdb->prepare(
				$sql,
				$statuses->schedule,
				Tribe__Events__Aggregator__Record__Abstract::$meta_key_prefix . 'recent_child'
			)
		);

		$args = array(
			'post_status' => array(
				$statuses->pending,
				$statuses->success,
				$statuses->failed,
				$statuses->draft,
			),
			'date_query' => array(
				array(
					'before' => date( 'Y-m-d H:i:s', time() - $records->get_retention() ),
					'column' => 'post_date_gmt',
				),
			),
			'order' => 'ASC',
			'posts_per_page' => 100,
		);

		if ( $records_to_retain ) {
			$args['post__not_in'] = $records_to_retain;
		}

		$query = $records->query( $args );

		if ( ! $query->have_posts() ) {
			tribe( 'logger' )->log_debug( 'No Records over retention limit, skipped pruning expired', 'EA Cron' );
			return;
		}

		foreach ( $query->posts as $post ) {
			$record = Tribe__Events__Aggregator__Records::instance()->get_by_post_id( $post );

			if ( tribe_is_error( $record ) ) {
				tribe( 'logger' )->log_debug( sprintf( 'Record (%d) skipped, original post non-existent', $post->ID ), 'EA Cron' );
				continue;
			}

			if ( ! $record->has_passed_retention_time() ) {
				tribe( 'logger' )->log_debug( sprintf( 'Record (%d) skipped, not past retention time', $record->id ), 'EA Cron' );
				continue;
			}

			$has_post = false;
			$deleted  = false;

			// Creating the child records based on this Parent
			if ( ! empty( $record->id ) ) {
				$has_post = true;
				$deleted  = wp_delete_post( $record->id, true );
			}

			if ( $has_post ) {
				if ( $deleted ) {
					tribe( 'logger' )->log_debug( sprintf( 'Record (%d) was pruned', $deleted->ID ), 'EA Cron' );
				} else {
					tribe( 'logger' )->log_debug( sprintf( 'Record (%d) was not pruned', $deleted ), 'EA Cron' );
				}
			} else {
				tribe( 'logger' )->log_debug( sprintf( 'Record (%d) did not have a `$record->id` so it did not require pruning', $deleted ),
					'EA Cron' );
			}
		}
	}