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Speaker 2: You're watching Breaking Point on Real America's Voice News. I

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Speaker 2: hope everybody had an awesome Fourth of July with their

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Speaker 2: Forty stories, especially anything involving Donald Trump. With this incredible

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Speaker 2: during the Iran bombing. Uh and since then, Trump has

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Speaker 1: All the way to Iowa.

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Speaker 2: It's just been victory after victory and the worts for

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Speaker 1: A lot of action the bill in Congress.

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Speaker 2: I know everybody isn't thrilled with it, but I think

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Speaker 2: so many important things in there. The no tax on overtime,

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Speaker 2: the author of Stop, Drop, Grow and Glow Forming Deeper

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Speaker 2: and More Joyful Connections with yourself and your children. Holly, Hello,

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Speaker 2: how are you great?

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Speaker 3: How are you doing?

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Speaker 2: I'm great, I'm great. I hope you had a great holiday.

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Speaker 2: And you know, these issues. Summer's here, right, and I

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Speaker 5: And I think screens are, without a doubt, some of

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Speaker 5: And I'd love to hear that you set the bar

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Speaker 5: Well, hey, i'll give you a statistic so that you

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Speaker 5: And that is that should be a wake up call

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Speaker 3: This type of play is going to really help them.

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Speaker 2: All sure, So I kept my kids busy with thirty

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Speaker 2: So how do you, as a parent, you know, really

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Speaker 1: Do this all day, you know, And that was so heartwarming.

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Speaker 2: And I probably shagged one hundred and fifty thousand flies

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Speaker 2: So I hope parents can really, you know, engage with

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Speaker 2: to let our audience know, how can they follow you?

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Speaker 2: Where can they get your book? And what's your advice

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Speaker 7: Sure?

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Speaker 3: So, my website is Live Your Glowed Out Live.

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Speaker 5: I'm also on Instagram at Holly Swinson Underscore, Live Your Glow.

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Speaker 2: What about the concept? Thank you for sharing that. What

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Speaker 5: But you know that is you know a lot of

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Speaker 2: To all the parents out there, make sure your kids

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Speaker 2: All right, everybody. Holly Swinson, author of Stop, Drop, Grow

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Speaker 2: and Glow Forming deeper and more joyful connections with yourself

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Speaker 2: and your children, Thank you again, and I hope you

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Speaker 3: Thank you David.

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Speaker 2: Welcome back. You're watching Breaking Point, Real America's Voice News.

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Speaker 2: I hope you had a wonderful Fourth of July holiday.

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Speaker 2: The US has so many things it's facing right now.

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Speaker 2: Big successes from the Trump administration regarding Congo, regarding Pakistan

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Speaker 2: and India, the bombing of the Iran bombing, a possible

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Speaker 2: sixty day truce with a moss we'll see if amuscil

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Speaker 2: stop using people as human shields. And you know, really

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Speaker 2: critical time here. But one of the things that is

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Speaker 2: so critical when it comes to our defense is the

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Speaker 2: on to make that equipment? And here to discuss that,

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Speaker 2: we have David Argyle once again, the CEO of Real Alloys.

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Speaker 1: David. How are you, sir?

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Speaker 6: David? Good to be back in happy fourth of July?

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Speaker 2: Yes, happy fourth and you were celebrating in Canada, right,

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Speaker 2: you're up there and you're Australian.

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Speaker 1: Correct?

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Speaker 2: Wow, so a world of God. Well, so what you

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Speaker 2: do is really important here. In these US China trade

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Speaker 2: some rare earth export restrictions, allowing China to issue licenses

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Speaker 2: for non military stuff, but it didn't resolve export bands

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Speaker 2: on military use. Rare Earth's critical for the F thirty

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Speaker 1: Is that correct?

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Speaker 6: that single use where Earth magnets will now get export licenses,

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Speaker 6: where the nuances are important. And this is where China,

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Speaker 2: Right, So F thirty five jets fighters rely on Chinese

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Speaker 2: supplied rare earth minerals like samarium for critical components. Tell

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Speaker 6: So there are two types of magnets. Broadly speaking, there

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Speaker 6: So the Samerian cobalt magnets have military applications primarily because

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Speaker 6: does reallies is that we are now actually making small

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Speaker 2: So you think it's within reach that you can supply

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Speaker 6: Correct? Along with our other supply chain partners, we are

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Speaker 6: very experienced in the medalization in our facility in Euclid.

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Speaker 6: And when you look at what is reported on trade

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Speaker 6: reindustrialization of the heartland. So our facility in Ohio will

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Speaker 1: Wow, that's incredible.

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Speaker 2: So let's switch gears a little bit to Ukraine and

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Speaker 2: this minerals deal that was signed between Zelensky and Trump, right,

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Speaker 2: because of recent Russian advances on strategic lithium sites they've

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Speaker 6: that deal, I believe, is a very good deal for

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Speaker 6: What President Trump did by securing that mineral rights is

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Speaker 6: he played offense and defense. Offense. Was he secured the

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Speaker 6: mineral rights within Ukraine that the Ukrainians control, and the

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Speaker 6: but about sixty percent of Ukraine's mineral rights are within

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Speaker 6: by securing the option to develop those assets within Ukraine

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Speaker 6: they have substantial influence within those countries. So is something

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Speaker 2: Are you saying that forty percent of the lithium supply

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Speaker 6: No I was speaking broadly in general terms about across

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Speaker 6: So now, the reason it's not relevant is simply because

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Speaker 2: Yeah, well, but like you said, it might affect other

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Speaker 2: resources and putting that in Russian control could allow China

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Speaker 1: Is that what can happen?

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Speaker 6: So the supply chain constraint is not the upstream lithium

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Speaker 2: Well, there were reports in the media this week that

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Speaker 2: like things might be escalating and we are not. All

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Speaker 2: You know, I don't think we'd be in this mess

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Speaker 2: But you know, we're treading We're treading water over there, right,

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Speaker 2: So what's the what's the major point of all of

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Speaker 1: We have about a minute.

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Speaker 6: Yeah. Firstly, even with additional troop influxes wherever they might

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Speaker 6: substantially more than the thirty thousand troops that North Korea

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's a great point.

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Speaker 2: It's kind of like a war of attrition at this

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Speaker 2: point in a way. Right, and all right, thank you

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Speaker 2: David Argyle, you're the CEO of Real Alloys. I always

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Speaker 2: appreciate you coming on and where can people follow your company?

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Speaker 6: Thanks David for having me on. It's www Dot Real

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Speaker 2: All Right, important stuff. Thank you again. I hope you

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Speaker 2: had a great Fourth of July and we'll catch up soon.

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Speaker 6: Thanks David.

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Speaker 1: All Right, Dave, we'll be right back with more. Do

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Speaker 1: not go anywhere. Hey, welcome back.

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Speaker 2: You're watching Breaking Point on Real America's Voice News. I've

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Speaker 2: got great stuff for you ahead. I wanted to talk

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Speaker 2: the Trump effect is real, like every facet of what's

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Speaker 1: You know, Paramount was in this takeover bid to.

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Speaker 2: Merge with Skydance Media and Paramount on CBS, and I

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Speaker 1: Now.

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Speaker 2: Trump beat the pants off of ABC with the Stephanopoulos

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Speaker 1: And he won. They settled this week sixteen million dollars.

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Speaker 2: Again Paramount and skied as they couldn't afford the stock

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Speaker 2: they get the CBS president to step down, but Trump

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Speaker 2: gets this award, another victory for the Trump administration. It's

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Speaker 2: just it's just crazy. Things always seemed to come full

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Speaker 2: circle back, especially with these court decisions and ending these

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Speaker 2: injunctions by these local federal judges, regional federal judges. Here

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Speaker 2: a lot going on around in the world, though. These

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Speaker 2: missile shortages that we may face is a really important

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Speaker 2: US stock piles may be affected going forward. And in

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Speaker 2: just the twelve day conflict with Iran, you know, Israel

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Speaker 2: blew through a lot of long range arrow interceptors.

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Speaker 1: They're running low.

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Speaker 2: And in addition the arrow interceptors, which are as rarely

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Speaker 2: made according to the Wall Street Journal, Israel also has

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Speaker 2: US made DAD systems intercepting medium range ballistic missiles that

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Speaker 2: you know, they have their low on their inventory, but

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Speaker 2: we have our own problems, and we're worried about US stockpiles,

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Speaker 2: and we're selling all these missiles and giving them away

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Speaker 2: all over the place. And this comes as in the

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Speaker 2: Ukraine there are ramp ups of attacks by the Russians,

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Speaker 2: missile attacks, and you US halted promised air defenses shipments

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Speaker 2: to Ukraine, and you know, but we have to worry

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Speaker 2: about our own stockpiles first, and we can't do anything

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Speaker 2: to put that in jeopardy because that's a potential that

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Speaker 2: potentially can happen here. And there's been a lot going

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Speaker 2: on in Ukraine and Russia, and Ukraine hit a military plant.

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Speaker 2: They halted operations after Ukrainian drone strikes. Russians killed at

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Speaker 2: least two hundred and seventy three Ukrainian POWs, according to

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Speaker 2: Ukrainian media.

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Speaker 1: I think it's the Kiev Independent, but the.

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Speaker 2: US Department of Defense has halted shipments of some air

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Speaker 2: defenses and other weapons promised the Kiv out of concerns

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Speaker 2: suspension came as Ukraine faces a shortage of air defense munitions,

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Speaker 2: with more intense bombardments by Russia.

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Speaker 1: In June alone.

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Speaker 2: At twenty twenty five, Russia reportedly launched fifty three hundred

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Speaker 2: Shahid type drones at Ukraine, shattering it's previously previous month's record.

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Speaker 2: So there's a lot going on, something to pay attention to,

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Speaker 2: and other items being held back from Ukraine. Our patriot

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Speaker 2: air defense, precision artillery, health fire missiles, drones and other

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Speaker 2: missiles that Ukraine launches from F sixteen's right, US made

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Speaker 2: F sixteen, So you know, we've given them everything. But

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Speaker 2: you know, the US has to act in our interests

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Speaker 2: right now, and I think that's really important. And the

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Speaker 2: Pentagon's decision was to make sure Americans interest were first,

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Speaker 2: you know, following a DoD review of our nation's military

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Speaker 2: support and assistance other countries across the globe. According to

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Speaker 2: White House, Deputy Press Secretary of Anakelly issued a statement

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Speaker 1: Says that is on question and was still strong. Just

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Speaker 1: asked Iran. She said, but you.

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Speaker 2: Know, since Trump took office, he hasn't given any additional

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Speaker 2: military aid packages for Ukraine. So a lot going on,

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Speaker 2: you just got to pay attention to it. And then

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Speaker 2: I wanted to talk.

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Speaker 1: About this Bob Villain.

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Speaker 2: You know, he's a rapper punk brit artist who's at

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Speaker 2: this festival. I think it's Gloucesterbury. I forgot the name

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Speaker 2: of the town it was in, but you know, as

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Speaker 2: Sky News put it, and they're a riot. The Sky

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Speaker 2: News reporter said, the crowd at the Bob Villain performance

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Speaker 2: was full of pasty white, self loathing Brits, you know,

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Speaker 2: all cheering when he was calling for the death of

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Speaker 2: IDF forces. You know, he doesn't mention, you know, when

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Speaker 2: they talk about civilian deaths of Palestinians, they don't talk

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Speaker 2: about like being used as missile shields and putting you know,

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Speaker 2: missiles under hospitals, and it's a continued practice. They're still

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Speaker 2: doing it over there, and there's been a lot of

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Speaker 2: civilian deaths over there. But nobody takes more care than

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Speaker 2: the IDF in the history of the armed.

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Speaker 1: Forces to make sure civilians are.

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Speaker 2: Not injured outside of the US, israel Is like bar none.

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Speaker 1: They go out of their way.

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Speaker 2: They do extensive stuff to make sure that the targets

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Speaker 2: they're hitting have military apparatuses in there. That threaten innocent

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Speaker 2: lives within Israel or other So it's a real catch

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Speaker 2: twenty two because a lot of civilians have been killed.

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Speaker 2: And I understand some of the sentiment on the other side,

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Speaker 2: but this is Hamas and hopefully they'll honor this sixty

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Speaker 2: day truce going on here. But Bob Villain, he goes

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Speaker 2: by the name of Bobby Villain. He's the frontman, and

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Speaker 2: his drummer's also named Bobby Villian Villain. One is Bobby

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Speaker 2: and the other is Bobbie as they're both named the

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Speaker 2: same to supposedly to escape being like, you know, confusing

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Speaker 2: the government who's tracking them, according to them, something like that.

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Speaker 2: But these guys were denied v to the United States.

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Speaker 2: Good and Tammy Bruce has been great inside the State Department.

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Speaker 2: And Chris Landau, the Deputy Secretary of States, had foreigners

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Speaker 2: who would glorify violence and hatred are not welcome visitors

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Speaker 2: to our country. And you know, they were saying on stage, death,

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Speaker 2: death to the idf and all these idiots are in

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Speaker 2: the thing, you know, and the audience cheering and clapping

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Speaker 2: and you know, singing and giving Trump the finger when

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Speaker 2: they played Trump's you know video on the screen, and

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Speaker 2: Tammy Bruce said it bluntly. She's a great spokesman for

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Speaker 2: the State Department and also you know media personality for decades.

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Speaker 2: She said, it's really about our standards and who we

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Speaker 2: let in our country. We're not telling people what they

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Speaker 2: can sing about or what they can say, but it's

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Speaker 2: about the issue of national security, about issues of violence,

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Speaker 2: the increase certainly of anti Semitism, but of terrorism in general.

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Speaker 2: And at least even our Keres Stammer, the British Prime Minister,

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Speaker 2: said the trant was appalling at the concert and you

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Speaker 2: can't make threats for inciting violence.

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Speaker 1: At least he did that.

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Speaker 2: But the whole thing is crazy because the Guardian, the

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Speaker 2: British tabloid, you know, accused the Trump administration of draconian

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Speaker 2: crackdown on immigrants, no illegal immigrants and people overstaying. They're

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Speaker 2: welcome on visus And you can't go to another country

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Speaker 2: and pull the garbage that people on visas have done

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Speaker 2: coming to the United States. So thank god we have

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Speaker 2: some pride here. And I just wanted to talk about

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Speaker 2: this thirteen year old murdered and raped by an Olsavadorn illegal.

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Speaker 2: The La Times referred to the illegal alien murderer four

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Speaker 2: times in the article as a youth soccer coach the

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Speaker 2: La Times. You know, out of control. This guy apparently

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Speaker 2: raped and murdered a thirteen.

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Speaker 1: Year old boy.

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Speaker 2: But there's also another sixteen year old victim who came

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Speaker 2: out about this monster. And you know Trump is saving

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Speaker 2: lives with these deportations. There was an illegal alien charge

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Speaker 2: with beating and raping a woman last month in North Carolina.

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Speaker 2: An illegal alien was charged running down a twelve year

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Speaker 2: old girl in Florida. And by the way, recent Gallup

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Speaker 2: poll in two thousand and one, eighty seven percent of

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Speaker 2: Democrats said they were extremely proud to be American. In

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Speaker 2: twenty twenty five that poll, only thirty six percent of

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Speaker 1: To be American.

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Speaker 2: That poll in O one, though, had ninety percent of

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Speaker 2: Republican saying that and ninety two percent now in twenty

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Speaker 2: it's just where we stand here. I have so much

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Speaker 2: much for joining us today. I got a great guest coming.

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Speaker 1: Thank you, Welcome back, everybody.

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Speaker 2: Races are heating up around the country, not just for

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Speaker 2: the midterms, but important things coming up.

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Speaker 1: And I have a very distinguished guest with us right now.

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Speaker 2: He's done everything, Doctor Josh McConkie, a candidate for Lieutenant

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Speaker 2: governor North Carolina, Colonel and the US Air Force and

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Speaker 2: author of Be the Weight Behind the Spear, Colonel Doctor.

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Speaker 1: Thank you for joining us. How are you, sir?

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Speaker 7: Thank you very much, David, appreciate you having me on

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Speaker 7: the show.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I have Carolina on my mind all the time.

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Speaker 2: You know, I love North Carolina. I spend so much

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Speaker 2: time for the network covering North and South Carolina primaries

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Speaker 2: elections over the years. Probably you know twenty thirty Trump

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Speaker 2: rallies between the two states. So much going on, and

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Speaker 2: you know you've got you've made great advances in North Carolina.

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Speaker 2: You basically helped take the House with these three races.

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Speaker 2: I think it was at the fifth and the sixth

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Speaker 2: district and maybe the thirteenth. I forgot the numbers.

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Speaker 1: Yes, but can you guys hold on to those seats

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Speaker 1: in the midterms, Yes, we can.

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Speaker 7: And so before the twenty twenty four election cycle we

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Speaker 7: had it was an even split of seven to seven,

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Speaker 7: and now we've got ten to three leading pretty significant

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Speaker 7: Republican with one swing district, and we have every expectation

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Speaker 7: that we will hold that.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and you just lost the first district. You didn't

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Speaker 1: lose it by much, right, So that was it.

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Speaker 6: Was very close, very close, all right?

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Speaker 1: So why are you running for lieutenant governor?

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Speaker 7: For me? As an emergency physician? The failed policies when

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Speaker 7: you talk about the COVID generation, So this is our

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Speaker 7: youngest generation of Americans. We shut them out of schools,

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Speaker 7: we shut them out of churches, and we shut them

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Speaker 7: out of their communities as an emergency position. I see

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Speaker 7: the repercussions of that now in the huge mental health crisis, anxiety, depression, unfortunately,

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Speaker 7: a lot of suicides. So we have a lot of

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Speaker 7: work to do here in North Carolina to save this

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Speaker 7: generation of Americans. It's all about safety, security, and service.

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: So about thirty percent of Republican, thirty one percent Democrat.

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Speaker 2: You had about two or three hundred thousand more Republicans

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Speaker 2: this time around voting in the election. But thirty six

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Speaker 2: thirty seven percent of your population are on affiliated's and

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Speaker 2: forty seven percent are under the age thirty five.

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Speaker 1: So you've got young people affected in school.

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Speaker 2: In college, you have high tech jobs everywhere, Winston Salem

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Speaker 2: or Rally, all these places, but you still can't buy

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Speaker 2: a house. Right, So the American dream is fleeting, right,

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Speaker 2: So the young people are really going to be the

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Speaker 2: future vote from North Carolina.

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Speaker 6: Right, it's huge.

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Speaker 7: And when you look at the amount of registered voters

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Speaker 7: that have registered for Republican in the last six months,

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Speaker 7: we are outpacing the Democrats by a wide margin.

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Speaker 1: Wow.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I remember, you know, the night before the election,

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Speaker 2: Jason Miller texted me from the Trump camp. You know

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Speaker 2: about you know, minorities stayed home and early voting women

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Speaker 2: stay at home. There were indicators that you know, it

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Speaker 2: was going Trump's way, the early voting turnout, especially in

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Speaker 2: the western districts of Hurricane Helen, tell us.

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Speaker 1: Quickly about your time. I was on the ground in

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Speaker 1: Asheville right before the hurricane.

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Speaker 2: I was in Western Carolina, but I didn't tour the

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Speaker 2: damaged areas as much, but I interviewed a lot of people.

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Speaker 2: So sad, tell us about your efforts and the cleanup

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Speaker 2: over there and getting them back on their feet.

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Speaker 7: So for Americans out there, there's still a lot of

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Speaker 7: work to do in North Carolina and western North Carolina.

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Speaker 7: Were still open for business, so please come visit, but

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Speaker 7: there's still a lot of damage. I was out there

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Speaker 7: touring about two weeks ago. I was out with Samaritan's

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Speaker 7: Purse and Edward Graham and still seeing the amount of

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Speaker 7: damage that's there. I've actually started in nonprofit organization raising

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Speaker 7: money for Western North Carolina and we were able to

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Speaker 7: make some contributions.

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Speaker 2: Well, any prospects on who's going to phill Tillis's seat?

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Speaker 2: Do you think Larra Trump will run?

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Speaker 7: You know it's between Michael Watley, Yeah, Pat Harrigan. Have

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Speaker 7: you even heard Brad Nottt his name, the one that

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Speaker 7: beat me in District thirteen?

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Speaker 6: I got to know quite well.

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Speaker 7: But I think those are your three leading names right now.

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Speaker 7: You've seen Lara Trump. Laura Trump's name mentioned as well.

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Speaker 7: But right now we have a long way to go

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Speaker 7: and the President is still weighing in on that.

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Speaker 1: So tell us about your service.

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Speaker 2: You were the four hundred and fifty nine there Medical

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Speaker 2: Staging Squadron Commander at andrews Afflos Base right.

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Speaker 7: Yes, the finest war fighting medics in the United States

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Speaker 7: Air Force.

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Speaker 1: I'll never forget.

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Speaker 2: I used to run a veterans group and I went

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Speaker 2: to Walter reed Ward fifty seven, you know, with the Triad,

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Speaker 2: helping these guys fresh off the battlefield. But before they

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Speaker 2: came there, they were shipped off the battlefield and went

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Speaker 2: on a C seventeen air hospital at a Lane Stall

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Speaker 2: and came back to.

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Speaker 1: Washington, d C. Extraordinary operation, these air hospitals, right.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, And that's what we do. It's something we take

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Speaker 7: a lot of pride in. We're the aeromedical staging facility.

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Speaker 7: So when they go from that combat support hospital or

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Speaker 7: they come from Europe getting back to the United States,

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Speaker 7: they have to go through our facility to get on

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Speaker 7: the aircraft. And I was also a critical care air

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Speaker 7: transport physician, so taking care of some of the critically

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Speaker 7: injured men and women. But that is by far the

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Speaker 7: thing professionally I am most proud of.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and you're a combat flight surge and now you

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Speaker 2: saw activity, you know, in combat zones.

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Speaker 1: Right.

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Speaker 7: I served in Iraq in two thousand and seven. I

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Speaker 7: was part of the surge with President Bush. I logged

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Speaker 7: ninety hours of METAVAC and I did one air assault,

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Speaker 7: which was the craziest thing I have ever done.

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Speaker 2: So one of the big problems you know the Osprey

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Speaker 2: was just getting off the ground after its terrible history

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Speaker 2: and training accidents. But I think it's say a lot

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Speaker 2: of lives getting guys off the battlefield and the ally

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Speaker 2: and BA Province and other right in that golden hour

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Speaker 2: that was that had an impact up there right during

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Speaker 2: the surge.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, they certainly did. I have flown on the CV

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Speaker 7: twenty two the Osprey have long some hours on there.

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Speaker 7: Very unique aircraft. You know, has some interesting life support

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Speaker 7: or lack of life support on the aircraft itself, but

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Speaker 7: it's a great aircraft. It has had some issues. I

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Speaker 7: know that the marine and some special operations has has

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Speaker 7: had more uses for that. Most of my time was

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Speaker 7: in other rotor wing aircraft like Blackhawks.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I know they dropped like a rock, but I

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Speaker 2: think they have a better safety record than our helicopter

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Speaker 2: programs overall. I know there's been some recent stuff in

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Speaker 2: the accident off Japan and stuff, but truly an amazing accomplishment.

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Speaker 2: So it helps with our medium lift capability at you know,

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Speaker 2: five times the range of a helicopter and at faster

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Speaker 2: speeds double the speeds. But all right, tell us about

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Speaker 2: your book. Be the weight behind the spear. Why did

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Speaker 2: you write it? And tell review is where they can

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Speaker 2: get it.

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Speaker 7: So be the weight behind the sphere. That's my personal

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Speaker 7: leadership ethos. And when you understand what it is to

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Speaker 7: be the tip of the spear, these are special operations.

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Speaker 7: I've worked with some men combat search and rescue.

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Speaker 6: I was a medical director for PJS.

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Speaker 7: And all of these individuals have someone in their life

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Speaker 7: that has given them the amazing skills and the confidence.

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Speaker 7: And that's the best resource we have in this country.

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Speaker 6: It's our people.

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Speaker 7: It's teachers, coaches, volunteers and mentors. And this book is

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Speaker 7: a call to action, my prescription to fix that problem,

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Speaker 7: and I need people to get involved. It's available on Amazon,

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Speaker 7: it's Barnes and Noble. We've got an audiobook, an ebook

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Speaker 7: in the paperback, and you can learn more at weightbehind

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Speaker 7: thespere dot com.

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Speaker 2: So when you say PJS, do you mean like we

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Speaker 2: have the one oh six Power Power Rescue Group here,

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Speaker 2: the Space Shuttle Recovery Team. These guys are like seals,

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Speaker 2: They're like combat air controllers. These guys are the most

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Speaker 2: talented and physically fit in the air force.

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Speaker 6: Right they are.

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Speaker 7: So you've got combat control and Para rescue are your

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Speaker 7: two special operators. On the Air Force side of things.

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Speaker 7: They augment other Tier one teams. When you look at

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Speaker 7: the teams that took down Bin Laden that do other

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Speaker 7: high profile missions black Hawk Down, one of the medics

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Speaker 7: in that that you see in the movie is actually

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Speaker 7: an Air Force PJ.

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: I never forget reading Mark Bowden's you know, account of

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Speaker 2: that from the Philadelphia Inquirer and black Hawk Down.

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Speaker 1: Just an amazing and amazing story.

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Speaker 2: So, okay, tell our viewers, when is the election for

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Speaker 2: the lieutenant governor and what are you going to do

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Speaker 2: for the people.

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Speaker 1: You have a platform for the people of North Carolina.

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Speaker 7: So our platform is very simple. It's about security, safety

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Speaker 7: and service. Access to healthcare, which you know obviously is

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Speaker 7: being addressed right now in that big beautiful bill. They

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Speaker 7: put some additional moneys in there because there were concerns

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Speaker 7: about access to Medicaid and small rural hospitals, safety and service,

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Speaker 7: law enforcement, border security, those things are critically important this race.

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Speaker 7: We have a long way to go. This is in

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Speaker 7: twenty twenty eight, but I felt this was important enough.

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Speaker 7: What I see in my emergency department every day, and

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Speaker 7: as a military commander. We have to take action and

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Speaker 7: we need people to engage their community, and this gives

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Speaker 7: me a platform to do just that.

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Speaker 1: So what is the website?

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Speaker 2: I know you have a website for your candidacy.

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Speaker 3: What is that?

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Speaker 7: Yeah, we are Stronger together. The website is Stronger inc

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Speaker 7: dot com. Super easy. You don't even have to know

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Speaker 7: how to spell my name?

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Speaker 1: And where can people follow you? On socials?

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Speaker 7: So on X and Twitter It's Maconkee double seven. I'm

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Speaker 7: a James Bond fan. On Instagram it's josh mcconkee, MD,

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Speaker 7: and Facebook is Joshua dot McConkey.

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Speaker 2: Well, listen, you're a really well rounded individual dedicated to

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Speaker 2: saving lives and saving our troops. It's a pretty incredible story.

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Speaker 2: I want to thank you so much for coming on

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Speaker 2: and any last message to our viewers out there.

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Speaker 7: What you do every single day does matter. Get involved

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Speaker 7: in your community, coach, volunteer at your church or your school,

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Speaker 7: but get out there. America needs you.

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Speaker 1: Well.

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Speaker 2: All right, thank you so much, doctor, Colonel McConkie running

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Speaker 2: for Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina.

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Speaker 1: And we'll check back in with you, Okay, thank you, sir,

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Speaker 1: All right, thank you, sir.

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Speaker 2: I hope everybody had a wonderful Fourth of July with

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Speaker 2: their family here. You know, you can't blink because you're

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Speaker 2: going to miss what's going on. And I wanted to

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Speaker 2: really get into this mom Donnie race in New York City,

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Speaker 2: but I'll do that next time, you know. But you know,

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Speaker 2: in a nutshell, this guy is a socialist and he's

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Speaker 2: got a really terrible agenda for New York City and

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Speaker 2: it's very scary, you know, the rent control situation, the

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Speaker 2: affordable housing situation. He wants to build two hundred thousand

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Speaker 2: government funded affordable homes. But you know, he's not encouraging

846
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Speaker 2: home ownership, he's not encouraging free markets. Cristiiti's owned by

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Speaker 2: John Katzimatidis and wants WABC Radio, you know, is going

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Speaker 2: to pull out in New York City. They've been there

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Speaker 2: for one hundred and twenty years. They have over thirty

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Speaker 2: grocery stores. This guy, I saw the breadlines and I

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Speaker 2: saw the empty shells first hand in Moscow in nineteen

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Speaker 2: eighty six, and that's what's going to come to New York.

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Speaker 2: He's gonna turn New York into Portland, Oregon. And this

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Speaker 2: isn't about his religion. This is about a socialist agenda.

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Speaker 2: It's very popular with these dumb kids in the city.

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Speaker 2: He's got an electric social media campaign. He can win

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Speaker 2: this race. We got to really buckle down. We cannot

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Speaker 2: let Zoren Mandani.

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Speaker 1: Be the mayor of New York City.

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Speaker 2: He's a terrible choice and he will punish hardworking taxpayers,

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Speaker 2: and he has racist policies.

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Speaker 1: So thank you so much for watching Break and FORINT.

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Speaker 1: We'll see you next time.