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Speaker 2: If you hate cops just because of the cops, the

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Speaker 1: See you heard the man. The next time you get

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Speaker 2: Tell me what Article five of the Constitution does.

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Speaker 1: Because the man is so hilarious, people forget how brilliant

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Speaker 1: So you're you're a funny guy in a town that

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