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Speaker 1: So there's that little detail that maybe we ought to

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Speaker 1: That's why Trump hates him. That's why he hates Trump.

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Speaker 1: These people hate outsiders. They don't believe that the commoners,

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Speaker 1: There are a lot of prominent Republicans in this country,

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Speaker 1: donors who do not want to close The Republicans but

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Speaker 1: do not want to close the border. They don't say

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Speaker 1: it out loud. Raoh, So we got a big vote

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Speaker 1: this Saturday, and it is very important that David Cook

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Speaker 1: beat Dad Feeling. I think he will