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Speaker 1: Hammer and Nigel do you believe these characters are weirdos?

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Speaker 1: So let.

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Speaker 2: My name is Nigel. Jason Hammer is right over there

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Speaker 2: with a very special guest on the hotline.

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Speaker 3: The director of Election Integrity for the RNC is missus

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Speaker 3: Ali Triolo. Ali, thank you so much for taking the

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Speaker 3: time to join us here in Indy. And we've been

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Speaker 3: this is one of the few things that are bipartisan.

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Speaker 3: Folks on each side of the political aisle all seem

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Speaker 1: What do you think, Hey, thank you so much for

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Speaker 1: having me. It seems like you should be taking my job.

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Speaker 1: You are saying exactly what I have been saying for

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Speaker 1: weeks now, to save America Act as common sense Americans

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Speaker 1: want this. This is not controversial. More than eighty percent

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Speaker 1: and not doing what is right and what voters want

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Speaker 1: is the Democrats in this Senate, and of course in

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Speaker 1: against that. So we need to get this passed, and

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Speaker 1: we are very hopeful that Republicans can maybe get this

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Speaker 3: And what if the Republicans do their part and maybe

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Speaker 3: you get a crossover or two from the Democrats. I

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Speaker 3: and the filipbuster is out there. There's always options on

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Speaker 2: But blocking fill is an option.

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Speaker 3: Right, Like so many people want this alley, But what

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Speaker 3: can we do to get across the finish line? Realistically?

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Speaker 1: Hey, I hear you, and we have to leave this

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Speaker 1: a way to get this done. My role here at

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Speaker 1: the RNC, of course, is to blast the messaging, to

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Speaker 1: is one element, of course, passing the Save America Acts,

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Speaker 1: working to strengthen our elections across our country. We have

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Speaker 1: This is Watson versus RNC. And what we're fighting for

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Speaker 1: That creates mistrust in our elections and of course creates

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Speaker 2: Get more into the idea of mail in ballots. I

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Speaker 2: know that's one of the key points in the Save

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Speaker 2: I say take advantage, I mean just like so they

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Speaker 1: Well, I do want to clarify. In the Shave America

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Speaker 3: Speaking with Ali Triolo, she is the director of Election

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Speaker 1: Well, as Chuck Schumer calling over eighty percent of our

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Speaker 1: Americans think that I mean, that is just ridiculous. Again,

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Speaker 1: the Democrat Party is dead. It is rules for thee

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Speaker 1: Even though I'm talking to you about elections today, look

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Speaker 3: So really, we need.

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Speaker 1: To get common sense into these democratic legislators to do

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Speaker 3: This, and Ali, you are so right. And last thing

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Speaker 3: they're arguing on social media and they hear, well, the Republicans.

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Speaker 1: The response is, the way that our legislators have to

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Speaker 3: Ali Driolo, RNC, Director of Election Integrity. Ali, thank you

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Speaker 3: so much for taking the time to join us here

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Speaker 1: Thank you for having me,