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Speaker 1: He's sworn in mid January about the twentieth, the eighty

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Speaker 1: all get knocked down, But the measure of our characters,

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Speaker 1: my dad would says, how quickly we get back up.

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Speaker 2: Remember, a defeat does not.

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Speaker 1: Mean we are defeated.

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Speaker 2: We lost this battle, America of your dreams is calming

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Speaker 2: for you to get back up.

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Speaker 1: All right, let's cross to America. Kendall Breddick are very

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Speaker 1: owned from the newsroom here at five double A on

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Speaker 1: the line in San Diego, Hi.

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Speaker 2: Kenny, good morning.

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Speaker 1: Now.

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Speaker 2: I watched his address this morning and was surprised that,

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Speaker 2: you know, only four months ago he was seeking re

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Speaker 2: election self and saying electing Donald Trump would be a

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Speaker 2: threat to democracy. And now he's telling the American people

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Speaker 2: that they must accept the decision and that's how democracy works.

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Speaker 2: So a little bit of a change in tune there,

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Speaker 2: but I suppose he had no alternative and we don't

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Speaker 2: And he did express his trust in the voting system

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Speaker 2: voting system as opposed to you know, Donald Trump what

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Speaker 2: was all fraudulent. So yeah, hopefully now a peaceful transition

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Speaker 2: of power, but it doesn't actually happen till January. So

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Speaker 2: you know, out on the streets people there's a level

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Speaker 2: so it's sort of just wait until January. Really, it's

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Speaker 1: Gave us a sense of that on Tuesday or Wednesday

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Speaker 1: and it was people, as you said, who had felt

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Well, the Latino vote for Trump was very high,

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Speaker 2: and that's what really surprised me because he comes across

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Speaker 2: And also a lot of them are very religious, and

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Speaker 2: or as perhaps with Donald Trump, they certainly trust him

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah, it's interesting that Michelle Obama comm and I

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Speaker 1: don't know that she would be any more popular. I

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and it didn't happen. And you're like, look at

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Speaker 2: And also this was a really basily a part of

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Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely, and sort of people making comparisons here. It's

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Speaker 2: No, I think everyone was shocked that on our election nightmare.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Absolutely, So we'll wait and see on that. Has

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Speaker 1: last time, you'd have to say, that's what it sounded

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Speaker 2: Definitely, And I think also he doesn't want to incite

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Well, if it's anything like our postal system, all

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Speaker 1: Trump has he accepted Joe Biden's invitation to the White House.

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Speaker 2: Yes, he has. They actually they had a phone conversation

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's it. That's it. Well, that's traditionally what happens.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and I think Joe Biden has having said that

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Speaker 2: contesting Donald Trump. But I think now he's being the

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Speaker 1: Has anyone there looked at the fact that Kamala Harris

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Speaker 2: No, I hadn't even realized that either. That one's just

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Speaker 1: Yeah, well, that's the vice president. I mean, Al Gore

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Speaker 2: No, And it'd be interesting to see what happens to

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Speaker 2: her going forward to so whether she sort of disappears

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Speaker 2: that he would now go off to retirement, you go

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Speaker 2: play golf for it wasn't really a golfer.

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Speaker 1: Well no, apparently he's got a six handicap. But anyway,

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Speaker 1: well that's what he said in the debate, but in

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Speaker 1: one of the lighter moments. But anyway, Kendall, appreciate your time,

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Speaker 1: your insights over there. Enjoy the rest of your trip.

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Speaker 1: We might speak again, depending on what happens.

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Speaker 2: No problem, Thank you, Kendall.

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Speaker 1: Breddick from the five double A newsroom in the US

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Speaker 1: in San Diego,