WEBVTT - Republicans Are Weird

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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, Peeves, and welcome to ook f Daily with

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<v Speaker 1>me your girl, Daniel Moody recording from the home bunker, Folks,

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<v Speaker 1>My god, what a difference so we make. I am

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<v Speaker 1>recording this back from a few days off, and I

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<v Speaker 1>have to tell you that feeling recharged, re energized, hopeful,

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<v Speaker 1>these things cannot go unsaid as to being important when

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<v Speaker 1>we're trying to, you know, save our democracy in our country.

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<v Speaker 1>I thought for a while that just talking about the

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<v Speaker 1>consequential nature of the presidential election, talking about all of

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<v Speaker 1>the bad things that Donald Trump and the Republicans are

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<v Speaker 1>set to do if in fact they regain power, was

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<v Speaker 1>going to be enough that fear was going to be

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<v Speaker 1>a great motivator. And what I've realized since the seismic

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<v Speaker 1>shift of Joe Biden stepping aside and making way for

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<v Speaker 1>Vice President Kamala Harris is extraordinary. People need hope. People

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<v Speaker 1>need not just to feel like, oh I want to

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<v Speaker 1>go and have a beer with said candidate, but they

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<v Speaker 1>need to feel inspired. And it is harder to invoke

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<v Speaker 1>inspiration than it is to invoke fear. For better or worse,

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump has been a master at inspiring his cult

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<v Speaker 1>into doing some of the most ridiculous shit, like wearing diapers,

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<v Speaker 1>like putting on huge maxipads on their ears during convention,

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<v Speaker 1>like buying his gold sneakers, or his version of the Bible.

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<v Speaker 1>He has been a master at the grift and making

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<v Speaker 1>himself the avatar for their grievances, for all the ways

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<v Speaker 1>in which America has done them wrong, because we're no

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<v Speaker 1>longer centering and I should say this that it's still

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<v Speaker 1>really not true, but in their minds, it is that

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<v Speaker 1>we're no longer centering whiteness and maleness as the default

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<v Speaker 1>in our society. That we have made considerable advances towards

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<v Speaker 1>creating more space and room at the table for other people,

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<v Speaker 1>that through laws passed around bodily autonomy, around financial independence

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<v Speaker 1>for women in particular, That there has been shifts in

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<v Speaker 1>this country over the last fifty years. Now, while all

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<v Speaker 1>of us look at that and we say, wow, look

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<v Speaker 1>how far America has come, Republicans look at that and

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<v Speaker 1>they say, oh my god, look how far America has

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<v Speaker 1>strayed from its white, Christian centered values. What I am

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<v Speaker 1>loving right now is something that is so fucking small,

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<v Speaker 1>and in hindsight, you're just like, this is what it

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<v Speaker 1>took is that Republicans are finally being labeled as weird,

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<v Speaker 1>not crazy. I am happy to use that term, but

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<v Speaker 1>it's also you know, offensive to some, but weird. Your

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<v Speaker 1>preoccupation with women's uteruses, with cat ladies with no fault divorce.

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<v Speaker 1>It's weird. The behavior is odd, right, Donald Trump hugging

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<v Speaker 1>a flag, as Shapiro points out, He's like, I love

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<v Speaker 1>the flag, but I'm not gonna like march over to

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<v Speaker 1>it and like and hug it. That's weird behavior. And so,

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<v Speaker 1>according to ABC News, the quote weird message appears to

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<v Speaker 1>have given Democrats a narrative advantage they rarely had when

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<v Speaker 1>President Joe Biden was still running for reelection. Trump's campaign,

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<v Speaker 1>which so often shapes political discussions with the former president's pronouncements,

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<v Speaker 1>has spent days trying to flip the script by highlighting

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<v Speaker 1>things about the Democrats it says are weird. And you know,

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<v Speaker 1>many people are saying, it is incredible that the Trump

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<v Speaker 1>vance team and ticket have been finding it almost impossible

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<v Speaker 1>to come up with a credible response because they tried

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<v Speaker 1>to say, oh, the fact that Vice President Kamala Harris

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<v Speaker 1>laughs and has joy is somehow weird. Really, I think

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<v Speaker 1>the fact that Donald Trump has been on the political

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<v Speaker 1>scene for over a decade and we've actually never seen

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<v Speaker 1>him laugh, unless, of course, he is poking fun at, belittling,

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<v Speaker 1>dehumanizing other people, then maybe he'll give off some type

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<v Speaker 1>of sinister, you know, cartoon villain type of laugh. But

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<v Speaker 1>this is not a party that has anything to do

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<v Speaker 1>with joy. We watch that at the RNC. So when

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<v Speaker 1>you are gonna juxtapose that between visions and memes of

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<v Speaker 1>Vice President Kamala Harris, you know, enjoying conversations with children,

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<v Speaker 1>marching in college bands, being at the LGBTQ parade, just

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<v Speaker 1>like enjoying people and laughing. They think that that's weird.

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<v Speaker 1>But JD. Van's talking about the fact that people who

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<v Speaker 1>don't have children shouldn't have the same amount of rights

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<v Speaker 1>and pay more taxes and that's supposed to be some

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<v Speaker 1>normal shit and doubling and tripling down on it. Or

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<v Speaker 1>how about most recently, Donald Trump being interviewed by that

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<v Speaker 1>Ingram person right over at Fox and she's trying to

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<v Speaker 1>clear up for him the fact that he told Christians

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<v Speaker 1>that if they vote in this election, that they'll never

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<v Speaker 1>have to vote again. And she says to him in

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<v Speaker 1>the interview, trying to force feed him the right lines

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<v Speaker 1>so that he doesn't seem like the dictator that he is.

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<v Speaker 1>She says, well, you know, the left is trying to

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<v Speaker 1>make it seem as if you know, there's never going

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<v Speaker 1>to be another election again. So can you clarify what

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<v Speaker 1>it is you said to the group of Christians that

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<v Speaker 1>you were speaking in front of. Donald Trump goes off

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<v Speaker 1>on one of his Trumpian fucking tangents and says exactly

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<v Speaker 1>what he said in front of those Christians, Well, Christians

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<v Speaker 1>don't really vote life. That they need to understand that

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<v Speaker 1>they don't really vote, and that if they vote this time, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>they're not going to have to vote again because everything's

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<v Speaker 1>going to need to be fixed and they won't have

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<v Speaker 1>to worry about voting. What have you ever heard a

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<v Speaker 1>former president or a candidate for president ever talk about

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<v Speaker 1>the fact that people won't need to vote ever again.

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<v Speaker 1>That isn't something that democracies or somebody that believes in

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<v Speaker 1>democracy utters. So Ingram tries to redirect him again and

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<v Speaker 1>again he's like, nah, I got this and continues on

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<v Speaker 1>with the same bullshit rhetoric of being a dictator. That

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<v Speaker 1>shit is weird. When you're rambling about Hannibal Lecter as

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<v Speaker 1>if that's a real person as opposed to a character

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<v Speaker 1>from Silence of the Lambs, that shit is weird. So

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<v Speaker 1>the fact is that it's taken this revival of energy

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<v Speaker 1>with a new candidate for Democrats to somehow find their messaging.

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<v Speaker 1>Now we are less than one hundred days away from

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<v Speaker 1>this election, and it looks as if we've gotten some spirit,

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<v Speaker 1>some hoot spot, if you will, in our ability to

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<v Speaker 1>take on Republicans and meet them where we are. Because

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<v Speaker 1>the thing is, we're not trying to name call in

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<v Speaker 1>the way that let's say, Tennessee representatives are trying to

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<v Speaker 1>call Kamala Harris everything outside of her fucking name, whether

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<v Speaker 1>it's colored, whether it's ding dong, whether it's not that smart,

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<v Speaker 1>not that bright, blah blah blah blah blah. All they

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<v Speaker 1>are doing with this continued line of name calling and

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<v Speaker 1>race baiting is doing Democrats a job for them. Even

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<v Speaker 1>on Fox you have anchor saying, well, do you think

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<v Speaker 1>that this kind of name calling is going to actually

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<v Speaker 1>bring people in? And they don't care because they all

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<v Speaker 1>think that they can somehow model Donald Trump, and that's

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<v Speaker 1>going to mean winning for them, folks. It doesn't. It

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<v Speaker 1>won't because the only person who apparently can have that

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<v Speaker 1>kind of deep character flaw and still continue to rise

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<v Speaker 1>is Donald Trump. Everybody else that's tried to impersonate him loses.

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<v Speaker 1>So I love the direction that this campaign is taking.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's only been a little over a week that

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<v Speaker 1>we've had this seismic shift. But the fact is that

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<v Speaker 1>the campag can feels younger, fresher, and revitalized in ways

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<v Speaker 1>that seem very much in touch with social media and

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<v Speaker 1>like culture and are being able to activate and energize

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<v Speaker 1>people across age spectrums because we are seeing things that

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<v Speaker 1>we've never seen before. There's a town in Florida. It's

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<v Speaker 1>called the Villages, and it's like some retirement village I

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<v Speaker 1>believe for like very old, wealthy white folks, and they

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<v Speaker 1>like drive around in golf carts, and I feel like

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<v Speaker 1>it became really popularized like these folks, because they became

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<v Speaker 1>like uber Trumpers. Well, most recently, these golf cart having

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<v Speaker 1>folks organized a rally for Vice President Kamala Harris. Over

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<v Speaker 1>the course of a week and a half, we have

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<v Speaker 1>seen calls that began with we win with black women

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<v Speaker 1>to we win with black men, to white women answer

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<v Speaker 1>the call, to Southeast Asians, to Indians to now you

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<v Speaker 1>have the Latino call coming up. The white Dudes call happened,

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<v Speaker 1>and Elon Musk was so upset with the White Dudes

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<v Speaker 1>call and the fact that they were bringing in over

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<v Speaker 1>three million dollars that he suspended their Twitter account during

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<v Speaker 1>their call and the hashtag because that's how fucking scared

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<v Speaker 1>these people are, because you know, they are getting into formation.

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<v Speaker 1>Every single group is getting into formation behind Vice President

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<v Speaker 1>Kamala Harris. Why because they don't want fascism. So whether

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<v Speaker 1>it's disabled voters for Kamala, right, cat ladies for Kamala,

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<v Speaker 1>white dudes, white women united for Kamala, women united for like,

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<v Speaker 1>all of this is coming together because guess what we

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<v Speaker 1>all agree on now. Democracy is on the ballot, which

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<v Speaker 1>it's been, but we actually feel like we can do

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<v Speaker 1>something about it because we feel like we have a

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<v Speaker 1>candidate that we can get behind. And folks, I will

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<v Speaker 1>say this, Look, you know, back in twenty twenty I

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<v Speaker 1>didn't want Joe Biden, but I also in twenty twenty

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<v Speaker 1>four didn't want Joe Biden to step aside because I

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<v Speaker 1>was like, unless they are going to unify behind Vice

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<v Speaker 1>President Kamala Harris, I want no parts of it. I

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<v Speaker 1>want no parts of a fucking open primary at convention

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<v Speaker 1>that will be a fucking disaster and ensure that trumps

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<v Speaker 1>and wins. But for once, holy shit, they listened and

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<v Speaker 1>Joe Biden set the fucking tone from the moment jump

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<v Speaker 1>and said, oh no, Vice President Harris, that's our girl,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's who we're getting behind, and everyone fell in line.

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<v Speaker 1>We've never seen Democrats do that. So now here we

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<v Speaker 1>are where the messaging is like, Okay, Republicans are weird.

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<v Speaker 1>Run with that shit, do what you may, and guess what,

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<v Speaker 1>it's not that hard. It really is not that hard,

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<v Speaker 1>because Wow, some of the shit that comes out of

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<v Speaker 1>these people's mouths is just wild. Right, it's wild, and

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<v Speaker 1>it's ridiculous and it's dangerous. But to say that it

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<v Speaker 1>is weird and have that stick, it's absolutely fucking brilliant.

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<v Speaker 1>Here is some other thoughts on this. It said many

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<v Speaker 1>Democrats comments appear to be allusions to a twenty twenty

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<v Speaker 1>one interview with Vans in which he slamms some prominent

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<v Speaker 1>This is again coming from ABC News. Some prominent Democrats

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<v Speaker 1>without biological children, including Harris as childless cat ladies with

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<v Speaker 1>no direct still in America. Because again, this is what

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<v Speaker 1>they think. This is not just a JD vance off

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<v Speaker 1>on the Fringes commentary. Their policies align with the rhetoric

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<v Speaker 1>that is coming out of his mouth. But they go

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<v Speaker 1>on to say, but Harris's own characterization of Trump as

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<v Speaker 1>weird may date back even further. In his twenty twenty

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<v Speaker 1>one book, political reporter Edward Isaac Dover wrote that Harris

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<v Speaker 1>reportedly gathered with AIDS in twenty eighteen to prepare for

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<v Speaker 1>her own presidential bid. As staff aimed to prepare her

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<v Speaker 1>for how she'd react if during a debate Trump stood

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<v Speaker 1>over her, as he did Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in

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<v Speaker 1>twenty sixteen. Harris reportedly equipped, I turn around and say,

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<v Speaker 1>why are you being so weird? What's wrong with you?

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<v Speaker 1>So while the right decides to melt down over this

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<v Speaker 1>like this is just it, you don't have to really

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<v Speaker 1>dig that deep for people that are as deep as

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<v Speaker 1>a puddle. Do you know what I'm saying. I feel

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<v Speaker 1>like Democrats have been overworking themselves over the past ten

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<v Speaker 1>years to try and distinguish themselves from an ideological makeup

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<v Speaker 1>that is in fact, just fucking weird. It is handmaid's

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<v Speaker 1>tail weird. It is nineteenth century weird. When you're pulling

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<v Speaker 1>up and digging for policies that were passed in the

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<v Speaker 1>nineteenth century in the twenty first century, yeah, that shit

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<v Speaker 1>is weird. So here we are where in I believe

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<v Speaker 1>in the next couple of days, I think what some

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<v Speaker 1>are looking at is around August seventh for the campaign

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<v Speaker 1>to name a running mate as we head into convention

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<v Speaker 1>at the end of August, and you know, many people

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<v Speaker 1>have weighed in. I've weighed in in terms of like

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<v Speaker 1>who makes the most sense. I think that it is

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<v Speaker 1>obviously going to be a white man. I think that

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<v Speaker 1>it is obviously probably going to be someone from a

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<v Speaker 1>battleground state, which makes sense. I stand on the fact

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<v Speaker 1>that I do not think that it should be Shapiro,

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<v Speaker 1>only for the reason that we need him to hold

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<v Speaker 1>down Pennsylvania and be a very staunch surrogate and advocate.

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<v Speaker 1>But he needs to hold down the state during this

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<v Speaker 1>critical election. We cannot just hand that over, so I

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<v Speaker 1>take him out of it. I think that Kelly Mark

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<v Speaker 1>Kelly in Arizona is an interesting pick. I think that

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<v Speaker 1>for his astronaut background, as military background, his gun reform background,

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<v Speaker 1>I think that he is a good candidate. Other folks

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<v Speaker 1>are looking at Waltz and Basher, and I don't think

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<v Speaker 1>that we gain anything with Basher. Waltz is an interesting one.

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<v Speaker 1>Governor of Minnesota, another important state. He has won multiple

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<v Speaker 1>times when he was a member of Congress in a

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<v Speaker 1>rural red district. So I think that that adds a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of flair into this campaign. Rural red in comparison

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<v Speaker 1>to the liberal from California. So you have to look

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<v Speaker 1>at this ticket. And I disagree with some folks that say, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>vice presidents don't matter. Is that right? Tell that to

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<v Speaker 1>John McCain and Sarah Palin. It absolutely does matter. Tell

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<v Speaker 1>that to Donald Trump and Mike Pence. Because Donald Trump

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<v Speaker 1>needed white evangelicals who weren't trying to fuck with him, right,

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<v Speaker 1>And then so you get this weirdo Mike Pence, whose

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<v Speaker 1>staunch religious zealot to be on your ticket. I think

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<v Speaker 1>that tickets matter. Joe Biden and Barack Obama. Barack Obama

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<v Speaker 1>was in the Senate for a hot minute before he

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<v Speaker 1>ran for president. He needed someone with the wisdom and

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<v Speaker 1>with the sensibility and with the favor that Joe Biden

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<v Speaker 1>could bring in for him. So that vice presidential pick mattered,

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<v Speaker 1>and I think that this one does too. So I

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<v Speaker 1>think there are a lot of things to weigh in

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<v Speaker 1>about what would propel this ticket, which has gained so

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<v Speaker 1>much energy in such a short time. You don't want

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<v Speaker 1>to do anything that is going to be a drag

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<v Speaker 1>on the ticket when we need as much momentum to

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<v Speaker 1>continue to propel us into early voting, which starts in

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<v Speaker 1>some places folks in September. We're heading into August, right

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<v Speaker 1>when convention is over, which is starting I think like

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<v Speaker 1>August nineteenth or twentieth, right and goes during that week

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<v Speaker 1>we're coming out. You blink, it's Labor Day. You blink again,

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<v Speaker 1>and early voting starts in some states. So election is underway,

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<v Speaker 1>Like we're waiting on November fifth for probably I was

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<v Speaker 1>going to say the results, but we know we're not

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<v Speaker 1>getting results on Member fifth. I think it's important for

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<v Speaker 1>us to acknowledge that the choice is going to matter,

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<v Speaker 1>as well as all of the surrogates that are getting

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<v Speaker 1>out there, all of the organizing that is happening from

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<v Speaker 1>the grassroots, all of the money that is being raised,

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<v Speaker 1>and as Vice President Kamala Harris is saying, this is

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<v Speaker 1>a people run campaign, it is people engineered, and she

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<v Speaker 1>says that her administration is going to be people centered

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<v Speaker 1>and people focused. So this is why you are seeing

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<v Speaker 1>Republicans just grasping at straws trying to figure out their

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<v Speaker 1>path forward because their entire campaign was built around Joe

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<v Speaker 1>Biden being too old. You subtract Joe Biden from the scenario,

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<v Speaker 1>and now they don't know what to do because, like

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<v Speaker 1>Joy Reid said recently on Twitter, I wish that her

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<v Speaker 1>colleagues in the media would have the same fucking energy

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<v Speaker 1>around Trump's age now being the oldest person to run

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<v Speaker 1>for the presidency that they did around Joe Biden, because

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<v Speaker 1>those issues still remain, but now it's just not on

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<v Speaker 1>the Democrats side. So we'll see. But as of right now,

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<v Speaker 1>I haven't seen all of the barrage of stories now,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, pivoting to how old Donald Trump is and

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<v Speaker 1>how he seems to be in cognitive decline, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>because Hannibal Lecter and all, and that's just like the

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<v Speaker 1>tip of the iceberg. I'm gonna leave it there today,

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