WEBVTT - Trump and the gunman

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<v Speaker 1>on the Front. I'm Claire Harvey. It's Tuesday, September seventeen.

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<v Speaker 1>The United States is putting pressure on the Australian government

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<v Speaker 1>to stand by Israel, rejecting a Palestinian Authority motion at

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<v Speaker 1>the United Nations demanding Israeli withdrawal from its territory. Australia

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<v Speaker 1>is considering its position. Parents hoping for a ban on

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<v Speaker 1>kids using social media will have to wait until the

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<v Speaker 1>end of the year at the earliest. The delays are

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<v Speaker 1>down to tech companies quibbling about who's responsible and internal

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<v Speaker 1>divisions within about what's the right age. Those stories alive

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<v Speaker 1>now at the Australian dot Com dot you. A fifty

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<v Speaker 1>eight year old is accused of plotting to shoot Donald

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<v Speaker 1>Trump on a Florida golf course. Secret Service agents say

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<v Speaker 1>they caught Ryan Ruth aiming an automatic weapon in the

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<v Speaker 1>former President's direction, prompting more pressure about how a gunman

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<v Speaker 1>allegedly got so close. One thing certain this won't prompt

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<v Speaker 1>a serious gun control debate in the United States. Today

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<v Speaker 1>we dig into a wild week of dogs, cats, and

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<v Speaker 1>an AK forty seven. It's happening again in America.

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<v Speaker 2>President Trump is safe following gunshots in his vicinity.

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<v Speaker 3>A Secret Service agent on the advanced team on the

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<v Speaker 3>golf course a few holes ahead of the former president

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<v Speaker 3>while that agent spotted a muzzle of a weapon polking

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<v Speaker 3>the chain link fence.

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<v Speaker 1>We're told the name is Ryan Wepley root or eight.

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<v Speaker 2>The sheriff's office there released pictures of evidence collected at

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<v Speaker 2>the scene and AK forty seven rifle, two backpacks, and

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<v Speaker 2>a GoPro. Ruth, according to public records, has a long

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<v Speaker 2>criminal record, including a standoff with police in North Carolina

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<v Speaker 2>in two thousand and two.

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<v Speaker 1>Ryan Ruth is fifty eight and had been a prolific

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<v Speaker 1>user of Twitter now called x. He had posted on

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<v Speaker 1>social media about his passionate support for Ukraine.

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<v Speaker 4>You should have thousands upon thousands of people.

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<v Speaker 5>Standing here with the ukrains, and you know.

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<v Speaker 4>I've had several people come, but just a handful, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>So it blows my mind that I'm standing here alone.

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<v Speaker 1>And in a twenty twenty three interview, that's Ryan Ruth

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<v Speaker 1>a US citizen who set up the International Volunteer Center

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<v Speaker 1>in Ukraine to help connect foreigners to Ukrainian military units.

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<v Speaker 5>I'll talk with.

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<v Speaker 4>One hundred soldiers every day, and the biggest thing is

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<v Speaker 4>they're afraid that anybody and everybody is a Russian spybe.

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<v Speaker 1>Eric Trump said his father is running out of lives.

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<v Speaker 1>It's only two months since Trump's ear was grazed by

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<v Speaker 1>a bullet in Pennsylvania.

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<v Speaker 5>The investigation into the shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks from Bethel Park, Pennsylvania,

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<v Speaker 5>ramps up. FBI officials try to determine the motive in

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<v Speaker 5>the shooting, maintaining their belief Crooks acted alone.

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<v Speaker 1>Trump was initially emotional.

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<v Speaker 3>I stand before you in this arena only by the

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<v Speaker 3>grace of Almighty God.

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<v Speaker 1>And then opportunistic.

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<v Speaker 3>I probably took a bullet to their head because of

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<v Speaker 3>the things that they say about me. They talk about democracy.

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<v Speaker 1>In any of the world's other functional democracies. This would

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<v Speaker 1>spark a debate about gun control In Australia. In twenty nineteen,

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<v Speaker 1>we had a fortnight long bout of sol all searching

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<v Speaker 1>after Senator Fraser Anning was hit with an egg. Melbourne

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<v Speaker 1>teenager Will Connolly, better known as egg Boy, has been

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<v Speaker 1>both vilified and dubbed Hero of the Earth.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you can see this man repeatedly punches a seventeen

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<v Speaker 2>year old after the boys smashed that egg on his head.

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<v Speaker 1>But in the US, even after countless school massacres, this

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<v Speaker 1>issue is hotly partisan. For the Republicans, gun rights are

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<v Speaker 1>perceived as a strength.

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<v Speaker 3>This is a radical left liberal that would do this.

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<v Speaker 3>She wants to confiscate your guns.

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<v Speaker 1>And the Democrats try not to be the target. Tim

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<v Speaker 1>Walls and I are both gun owners. We're not taking

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<v Speaker 1>anybody's guns away.

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<v Speaker 6>So start with the continuous lying about this stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>That means even when literally under the gun, neither side

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<v Speaker 1>will call for tighter restrictions during this campaign. At least.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's what else Trump got up to over the weekend.

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<v Speaker 2>I hate Taylor Swift, the former president, posted in all

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<v Speaker 2>caps on a social media apptruth Social on Sunday, September fifteenth.

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<v Speaker 1>That's after Trump shared AI generated images of Swift suggesting

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<v Speaker 1>she was a fan. Then Swift endorsed Kamala Harris, urging

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<v Speaker 1>her followers to make up their own minds and vote,

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<v Speaker 1>and signing off childless cat Lady that's about this twenty

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<v Speaker 1>twenty one claim from JdE Vance He's Trump's vice president pick.

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<v Speaker 6>Look, what I was basically saying is that we're effectively

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<v Speaker 6>run in this country via the Democrats, via our corporate oligarchs,

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<v Speaker 6>by a bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable

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<v Speaker 6>at their own lives and the choices that they've made,

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<v Speaker 6>and so they want to make the rest of the

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<v Speaker 6>country miserable too.

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<v Speaker 1>This issue's gone wild in recent weeks as both parties

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<v Speaker 1>present themselves as pro family in the context of a

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<v Speaker 1>raging debate about abortion, and that's all wrapped up in

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<v Speaker 1>accusations of lies and hyperbally. Harris claims Trump will pass

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<v Speaker 1>a nationwide abortion ban, something Trump deny. Trump says Harris

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<v Speaker 1>wants to give women the right to kill babies even

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<v Speaker 1>after they're born, something Harris denies. Coming up, We're not

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<v Speaker 1>finished talking about cats just yet. Subscribers to The Australian

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<v Speaker 1>after this break.

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<v Speaker 3>In Springfield, they're eating the dogs, the people that came in.

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<v Speaker 3>They're eating the cats. They're eating the pets of the

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<v Speaker 3>people that live there.

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<v Speaker 1>That's Donald Trump in last week's presidential debate. Whatever the

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<v Speaker 1>virtues or otherwise of the debate, that was the moment

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<v Speaker 1>everyone will remember forever. The dogs, cats, blind landers, bogus.

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<v Speaker 1>The picture asked and actor Joseph Gordon Levitt with musicians

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<v Speaker 1>The Gregory Brothers made it an earworm the viewers. That's

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<v Speaker 1>not We're not going back. One of the debates moderators

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<v Speaker 1>David Muir sought clarification. ABCDWS did reach out to the

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<v Speaker 1>city manager there.

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<v Speaker 6>He told us there have been no credible reports of

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<v Speaker 6>specific claims of pets being harmed, injured, or abused by

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<v Speaker 6>individuals within the immigrant community. Let me.

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<v Speaker 1>On Monday, Trump's running mate, Ohio Senator JD Vance at

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<v Speaker 1>first seem to admit he'd made up the claim about

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<v Speaker 1>dogs and cats being eaten in Springfield, Ohio.

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<v Speaker 6>The American media totally ignored this stuff until Donald Trump

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<v Speaker 6>and I start talking about cat memes. If I have

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<v Speaker 6>to create stories so that the American media actually pays

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<v Speaker 6>attention to the suffering of the American people, then that's

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<v Speaker 6>what I'm going to do, Dana, because you guys are

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<v Speaker 6>completely letting Kamala Harris.

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<v Speaker 1>Coast host Dana Bash pulled him up. You just said

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<v Speaker 1>that this is a story that you created, so that

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<v Speaker 1>eating dog we areting.

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<v Speaker 6>We are creating, Dana. It comes from first hand accounts

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<v Speaker 6>from my constituents. I say that we're creating a story,

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<v Speaker 6>meaning we're creating the American media focusing on it. I

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<v Speaker 6>didn't create twenty thousand illegal migrants coming into Springfield thanks

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<v Speaker 6>to Kamala Harris's policies.

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<v Speaker 1>Springfield mayor, and the town's sheriff. So the only claims

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<v Speaker 1>theyhood were two calls about Haitian people carrying geese away

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<v Speaker 1>from the local river, which they said couldn't be substantiated.

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<v Speaker 1>He's Springfield Mayor, Rob Rue.

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<v Speaker 4>We are a community that comes together and works together.

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<v Speaker 4>And these are the things that we want to talk

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<v Speaker 4>about Springfield to the nation, not the things that we

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<v Speaker 4>have to keep telling the press, like, hey, your pets

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<v Speaker 4>are safe in Springfield, Ohio. They absolutely are. It's just

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<v Speaker 4>it's crazy I have to keep saying that.

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<v Speaker 1>So what's really happening in Springfield, Ohio? There are between

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<v Speaker 1>twelve and twenty thousand Haitian immigrants in the town, a

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<v Speaker 1>mix of legal immigrants and permanent residents. Officials say that

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<v Speaker 1>has put a strain on public infrastructure and services. Trump

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<v Speaker 1>and Vance have repeatedly invoked the death of eleven year

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<v Speaker 1>old Aiden Clark. He died when his school bus was

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<v Speaker 1>in an accidental collision with a Haitian migrant in twenty

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<v Speaker 1>twenty three. Aiden's father, Nathan Clark, has begged Vance and

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<v Speaker 1>Trump to stop using his son's name and stop claiming

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<v Speaker 1>it was a murder. This needs to stop now.

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<v Speaker 4>They are not allowed, nor have they ever been allowed,

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<v Speaker 4>to mention Aiden Clark from Springfield, Ohio. I will listen

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<v Speaker 4>to them one more time to hear their apologies.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's Vance.

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<v Speaker 6>I can't believe what kind of a tragedy they've experienced.

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<v Speaker 6>But I'm still going to keep on talking about what

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<v Speaker 6>the migrants have done to Ringfield, Ohio and what Kamala

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<v Speaker 6>Harris's open Border has done to Springfield, Ohio.

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<v Speaker 1>Jdie Mans will face the Democrats vice presidential nominee Tim

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<v Speaker 1>Walls in a debate on October.

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