WEBVTT - Pete Hegseth Gets Put In His Place By Senator

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<v Speaker 1>It is Thursday, June the nineteenth. This is the morning.

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<v Speaker 1>The entire exchange you're about to see is remarkable. Michigan's

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<v Speaker 1>completely normal and superb freshman senator at least. Lock In

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<v Speaker 1>is going to ask the Secretary of Defense a fundamentally

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<v Speaker 1>important question, and it's about whether he would give an

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<v Speaker 1>order that would allow America's soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines

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<v Speaker 1>to open fire on the American people. The question is

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<v Speaker 1>asked so he can say no emphatically, directly and on

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<v Speaker 1>the record, under oath. This matters because it's been well

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<v Speaker 1>documented that during his first term in the Oval Office,

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump asked his Defense Secretary Mark Asper, in the

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<v Speaker 1>presence of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,

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<v Speaker 1>about the possibility of opening fire on peacefully protesting Americans.

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<v Speaker 1>Though be reassured Donald just wanted to shoot in the legs.

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<v Speaker 2>What specifically was he suggesting that the US military should

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<v Speaker 2>do to these protesters there?

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<v Speaker 3>He says, can't you just shoot them? Just shoot them

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<v Speaker 3>in the legs or something, And he's suggesting that that's

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<v Speaker 3>what we should do, that we should bring in the

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<v Speaker 3>troops and shoot the protesters.

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<v Speaker 1>Stephen Miller on the other hand, in the Oval Office

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<v Speaker 1>wanted the US Navy to destroy boats full of migrants

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<v Speaker 1>off of San Diego. And there's a word for what

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<v Speaker 1>that would have been, and that word is murder. But

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<v Speaker 1>let's watch this incredible exchange.

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<v Speaker 2>Do they have the ability the uniform military to arrest

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<v Speaker 2>and detain protesters? Currently? Today? It's a yes or no

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<v Speaker 2>thing authorit.

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<v Speaker 3>It's it's seat of amusing the extent to which the

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<v Speaker 3>speculation is out there. These troops are given very clear.

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<v Speaker 2>Orders, and what is the order? Then list it out

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<v Speaker 2>for us be a man listed out. You authorize them

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<v Speaker 2>to detain or arrest? That is a fundamental issue of democracy.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not trying to be a snot here. I'm just

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<v Speaker 2>trying to get the actual did you authorize them to

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<v Speaker 2>do that?

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<v Speaker 3>All of these orders there and what they're sent there

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<v Speaker 3>to do are public the.

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<v Speaker 2>So say it, so say it yes or no. I'd

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<v Speaker 2>like to please yes or no.

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<v Speaker 3>As I've said time and time again through interruption, they're

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<v Speaker 3>there to protect law enforcement.

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<v Speaker 2>They have the ability to Y're.

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<v Speaker 3>Trying to do their job deporting illegals who have were

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<v Speaker 3>allowed in by the previous series.

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<v Speaker 2>So they cannot arrest and detain citizens of the United

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<v Speaker 2>States the uniform military, as.

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<v Speaker 3>We've stated, if necessary in their own self defense, they

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<v Speaker 3>could temporarily detain and hand over to ice. Resting going on.

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<v Speaker 3>And you know this better than.

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<v Speaker 2>You authorize political military. There's no arrest of the US

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<v Speaker 2>military against members of the protest. Have you authorized US

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<v Speaker 2>military cyber tools to investigate people participating in these yes

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<v Speaker 2>or no?

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<v Speaker 3>Certainly, in no way that i'd be aware of.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, that's good. I love that answer. That's great. Have

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<v Speaker 2>you given the order for to be able to shoot

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<v Speaker 2>at unarmed protesters in any way? I'm just asking the question.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't laugh like the whole country, and by the way,

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<v Speaker 2>my colleagues across based.

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<v Speaker 3>On what evidence, would you have a favor.

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<v Speaker 2>Donald Trump giving giving that order to your predecessor, to

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<v Speaker 2>a Republican Secretary of Defense, who I give a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of credit to because he didn't accept the order. He

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<v Speaker 2>had more guts and balls than you, because he said,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not going to send in the uniform military to

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<v Speaker 2>do something that I know in my gut isn't right.

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<v Speaker 2>He was asked to shoot at their legs. He wrote

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<v Speaker 2>that in his book. That's not hearsay. So you're pooh

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<v Speaker 2>poohing of this. It just shows you don't understand who

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<v Speaker 2>we are as a country, who we are, and all

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<v Speaker 2>my colleagues across the aisle, especially the ones that served,

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<v Speaker 2>should want an a political military and not want citizens

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<v Speaker 2>to be scared of their own military. I love the

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<v Speaker 2>military I served alongside my whole life, So I'm worried

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<v Speaker 2>about you tainting it. Have you given the order? Have

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<v Speaker 2>you given the order that they can use lethal force

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<v Speaker 2>againstnor I want the answer to be no. Please tell

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<v Speaker 2>me it's no. Have you given the order?

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<v Speaker 3>Senator? I'd be careful what you read in books and

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<v Speaker 3>believing it except for the Bible.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh my God, so your former predecessor, I guess that's

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<v Speaker 2>not enough for you.

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<v Speaker 1>The incredible part about the Bible that elicited the oh

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<v Speaker 1>my God is precisely the correct reaction. And I have

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<v Speaker 1>a suggestion the next time that Pete Hagsath testifies, he

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<v Speaker 1>should be seated next to the uniform chiefs of the services,

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<v Speaker 1>and that question should be put to all of them,

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<v Speaker 1>and they should answer it directly to the American people

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<v Speaker 1>whom they serve, not Pete Hagseth. Meanwhile, Donald who ran

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<v Speaker 1>on a platform of peace is now puffing out his chest.

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<v Speaker 1>Just days ago, Donald recited the lesson of the last

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<v Speaker 1>twenty five years, and it was about the invincibility of

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<v Speaker 1>America's armed forces, an unconquerable force of Pete Hegseth's warriors,

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<v Speaker 1>who have never been defeated and who've never bled. Trump

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't like that seeing the visual reminders of the cost

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<v Speaker 1>of war, He said, no one wants to see it.

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<v Speaker 1>When he was confronted with a wounded warrior in a wheelchair.

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<v Speaker 1>But yet Donald Trump says, trust us, trust me, trust

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<v Speaker 1>Tulsea Gabber, trust Pete Hegseth. A man with no shame,

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<v Speaker 1>a man with less judgment, a man of profound incompetence,

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<v Speaker 1>an extremist, a yes man, a person with no self

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<v Speaker 1>awareness whatsoever, a clown wrapped inside the skin of a buffoon,

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<v Speaker 1>a performing monkey on a string. That's what Pete Hegseth

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<v Speaker 1>is the most unfit man ever in the history of

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<v Speaker 1>the United States to ever be in command of the

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<v Speaker 1>armed forces. And Donald Trump says of the parents of

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<v Speaker 1>the American soldier, sailor, airmen, and marines, many of them

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<v Speaker 1>are scumbags, and they're vermin and he sent massed agents

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<v Speaker 1>to arrest them and their neighbors in the cities that

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<v Speaker 1>he says must be occupied by the military to be

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<v Speaker 1>liberated from the democratically elected officials that the people in

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<v Speaker 1>those cities voted for. And this man wants to take

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<v Speaker 1>the United States to war. Here's the deal, MAGA doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>go to war. The United States of America goes to war.

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<v Speaker 1>Nations go to war. And what Donald Trump is saying,

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<v Speaker 1>trust me, There is no evidence to suggest that he

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<v Speaker 1>can be trusted. How can the word of a man

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<v Speaker 1>who denies the result of an election that he lost

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<v Speaker 1>be trusted. How can the word of a man who

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<v Speaker 1>said that January sixth was a beautiful day be trusted?

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<v Speaker 1>How can the man who has made billions of dollars

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<v Speaker 1>through corrupt acts be trusted? How can the man who

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<v Speaker 1>has lied thirty thousand times be trusted? How can the

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<v Speaker 1>man who ran as a peace president promising that there

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<v Speaker 1>would be no foreign entanglements be trusted? And of course,

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<v Speaker 1>the answer to the question is Donald Trump cannot be trusted.

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump has never been trustworthy, and so though he

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<v Speaker 1>may have the statutory authority to order the US Air

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<v Speaker 1>Force to Bollob a target. He certainly lacks the moral authority,

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<v Speaker 1>and so does Pete Hexath, and so does Tulca Gabbrick,

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<v Speaker 1>and so does the entirety of the Rowen Maga enterprise.

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<v Speaker 1>That has divided the nation, that has sundered the American people,

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<v Speaker 1>that has put them at their throats, that has abused

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<v Speaker 1>its power, that has broken the law, that has desecrated

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<v Speaker 1>military service, desecrated the military, erased the history of service

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<v Speaker 1>from Black Americans, from Hispanic Americans, from the record of memory,

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<v Speaker 1>and now Pete Hegsath and Donald Trump want to put

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<v Speaker 1>on their field Marshall uniforms. Ted Cruz has asked a

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<v Speaker 1>question that's elementary of Iran, what's its ethnic makeup? Might

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<v Speaker 1>after the experience of Iraq, there be some wisdom accrued

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<v Speaker 1>about invading societies where delusional people in Washington say, we're

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<v Speaker 1>going to be greeted as liberators. Ted Cruz, his arrogance,

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<v Speaker 1>his ignorance, It is appalling. He is, like Pete Hegsath,

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<v Speaker 1>a yes man, and so surrounded by yes men who

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<v Speaker 1>tell Donald Trump that he's a god, that he has

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<v Speaker 1>a divine purpose and he has the power to fulfill it.

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<v Speaker 1>The American people have been yoked to another misguided adventure,

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<v Speaker 1>at the edge of another season of disaster by a

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<v Speaker 1>president who cannot be trusted, surrounded by sycophants who cannot

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<v Speaker 1>be trusted. What an appalling moment. But thankfully there are

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<v Speaker 1>senators like Elise Slocking who are on the case, on

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<v Speaker 1>the job, who represent American normalcy, in American decency and

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<v Speaker 1>American grit and toughness and smarts, and who will not

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<v Speaker 1>stop answering the call of the American people to keep

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<v Speaker 1>asking the questions that must be asked in a moment

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<v Speaker 1>that nobody thought possible but has arrived because of the

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<v Speaker 1>fecklessness of an opposition, because of the malice of Donald Trump,

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<v Speaker 1>and because of the indifference of the American people. And

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<v Speaker 1>so we stand in this new era at its beginning days,

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<v Speaker 1>looking for leaders, and be grateful that Elise Slocking is

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<v Speaker 1>in the United States Senate because she's a leader, she's

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<v Speaker 1>a leader of the opposition, and she's fighting for you,

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<v Speaker 1>and she's on your side. This is the warning, and

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