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<v Speaker 1>builder dot com. Welcome to Why I'm Voting, a production

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<v Speaker 1>of I Heart Radio. Listen. You already know this, but

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<v Speaker 1>it's an election year. You might already be tired of

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<v Speaker 1>fearing about it. But here's the thing. Democracy doesn't work

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<v Speaker 1>without you. I'm Holly Frying, and I'm sitting down with

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<v Speaker 1>many of my fellow podcasters from Will Ferrell to Stephanie Rule,

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<v Speaker 1>as well as other luminaries to find out about their

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<v Speaker 1>relationships with the ballot box and ultimately just to find

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<v Speaker 1>out why they vote. I hope you're exercising your right

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<v Speaker 1>to vote, and if you're not, I hope that their

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<v Speaker 1>stories inspire you today. I am a very lucky person

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<v Speaker 1>because I am joined by Tom Collichio, who you know.

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<v Speaker 1>He is a chef and a TV personality. You have

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<v Speaker 1>seen him on shows like Top Chef, and he is

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<v Speaker 1>also currently hosting a podcast called Citizen Chef, which deals

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<v Speaker 1>with food and where it comes from the politics that

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<v Speaker 1>shape that entire system. So he is an absolutely perfect

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<v Speaker 1>guest to join us on Why I'm voting. Tom, thank

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<v Speaker 1>you so much for being here. Sure, thank you. My

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<v Speaker 1>first ques gen out of the gate is do you

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<v Speaker 1>recall when, probably as a kid, you realized that the

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<v Speaker 1>job of government was something that also included a responsibility

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<v Speaker 1>for you as a citizen. Absolutely. My father, UM was

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<v Speaker 1>a union organizer. UM. He was the president of his

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<v Speaker 1>p B A. He was a corrections officer in a

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<v Speaker 1>county jail and he was a president of his p

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<v Speaker 1>b A. UM. I remember him campaigning for people who

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<v Speaker 1>were running for Sheriff's department mayoral races in Elizabeth, New Jersey,

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<v Speaker 1>where I grew up, and so he was very active

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<v Speaker 1>in organizing around politics, and so at a very young

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<v Speaker 1>age I sort of was taught that that voting was important,

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<v Speaker 1>and so, uh, my first election was I remember my

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<v Speaker 1>father watched a lot of news, and I remember sitting

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<v Speaker 1>there watching the news and Reagan was on and I said,

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<v Speaker 1>ask guy, sounds okay, and my father just kind of snapped.

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<v Speaker 1>My father never snapped. He was like, don't you go

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<v Speaker 1>for this. This is your first election. We're Democrats. We

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<v Speaker 1>don't you know, We're not gonna vote for this guy.

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<v Speaker 1>And so that was that was, Uh, that that memory

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<v Speaker 1>is seared into my brain. Um, I think right now

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<v Speaker 1>in our house and I have two non voting children

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<v Speaker 1>that are nine and ten, soon to be eleven, and

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<v Speaker 1>a twenty seven year old, and they're pretty clear where

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<v Speaker 1>we stand. I love it. Indoctrination from the beginning. You

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<v Speaker 1>have to vote. So does that mean that you were

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<v Speaker 1>registered right away as soon as you could be at eighteen? Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>I think I voted in that election, and I've been

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<v Speaker 1>voting ever since. I don't think I've missed an election now.

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<v Speaker 1>I may miss some primaries along the way, although I

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<v Speaker 1>don't miss them anymore. I may miss some you know,

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<v Speaker 1>other local votes and stuff, but I don't anymore. In fact,

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<v Speaker 1>I actually changed my my registration address. I have a

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<v Speaker 1>I live in Brooklyn, but I also have a house

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<v Speaker 1>in Mattatuck, New York, and a small little town out

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<v Speaker 1>in Long Island, and so I actually changed my registrations

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<v Speaker 1>out here where my vote counts a little more than

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<v Speaker 1>in Brooklyn. I love it. You meant Shion that you

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<v Speaker 1>definitely keep up with local elections, and particularly because of

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<v Speaker 1>the nature of the show that you're working on, I

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<v Speaker 1>imagine some of those offices are extremely impactful from your

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<v Speaker 1>point of view in terms of like the food supply.

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<v Speaker 1>What do you do to research those people and make

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<v Speaker 1>sure that the candidates that you want to vote for

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<v Speaker 1>our upholding the ideals that you want to share and

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<v Speaker 1>keep going in the government? Well, I I asked the questions,

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<v Speaker 1>but even for even for those that I don't vote on,

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<v Speaker 1>for those that I support. I mean Antonio Delgado Um

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<v Speaker 1>was running uh in New York. I think it was

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<v Speaker 1>twenty one nothing, it wasn't twenty one nineteen maybe upstate

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<v Speaker 1>in New York, and I was at a fundraiser for

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<v Speaker 1>for him, and I asked those questions. And I didn't

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<v Speaker 1>know him at the time, And you know, the one

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<v Speaker 1>question I asked him was was what committees what he

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<v Speaker 1>likes to be on and he actually mentioned AGG And

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<v Speaker 1>I said, so why agg He you know, gave me

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<v Speaker 1>a great answer. So it's it's not just researching the

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<v Speaker 1>people that I can vote for UM, but it's also

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<v Speaker 1>researching people are support either with just social media support,

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<v Speaker 1>are with UM financial support as well. So I think, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, for me, Uh, it's it's it's important to

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<v Speaker 1>know where they stand. When there's an election coming up

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<v Speaker 1>where maybe people think that the outcome is a foregone conclusion.

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<v Speaker 1>Why would you say it's still important to vote in

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<v Speaker 1>those Oh, it's not a foregone conclusion. Nothing is. Listen,

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<v Speaker 1>this race is going to tighten up like most races

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<v Speaker 1>do I think at this stage of the game, do

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<v Speaker 1>Cacus was up by like fourteen fifteen points? Uh so, Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>it's it's never over till it's over. Although the national

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<v Speaker 1>polls were dead on in the last presidential election, most

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<v Speaker 1>people don't seem to realize that the national polls were

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<v Speaker 1>dead on. UM. Some of those state by state polls

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<v Speaker 1>can change pretty quickly. UM. And we saw that, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>in some cases, uh, forty votes made a difference. I

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<v Speaker 1>think a total of seventy votes made a difference. And

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<v Speaker 1>so yeah, vote votes are are important. And you know,

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<v Speaker 1>staying home and not voting is essentially the same thing

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<v Speaker 1>as voting for the other candidates. So you know, if

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<v Speaker 1>you're a mcrat and you just were Bernie Sanders supporter

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<v Speaker 1>and you decide that, well, you know he didn't he

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<v Speaker 1>didn't get in. So I'm just gonna protest that you're

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<v Speaker 1>voting for Trump. There's there's no doubt about that. And

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<v Speaker 1>so this election, no one can stay home and we

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<v Speaker 1>need to get people out. You know, right now, I

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<v Speaker 1>would say, not only do you need to register, you

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<v Speaker 1>need to register to vote UM via mail right now

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<v Speaker 1>if you can now prior to this unique moment in

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<v Speaker 1>time where we are all theoretically staying home as much

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<v Speaker 1>as possible, did you tend to vote on election day?

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<v Speaker 1>Were you an early voter? Did you already do mail in?

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<v Speaker 1>What was your usual set up? I used to vote

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<v Speaker 1>day of nowadays I'm voting early. You know, up until

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<v Speaker 1>this past mid term, New York didn't have early voting,

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<v Speaker 1>so I couldn't vote early. When I first started voting,

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<v Speaker 1>I voted in New Jersey, UM, where I grew up,

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<v Speaker 1>but I would vote the day of But now last election,

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<v Speaker 1>I voted early, and I think some of the local

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<v Speaker 1>elections I actually voted by mail, when since you vote

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<v Speaker 1>usually ahead of time, I'm wondering if on election day

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<v Speaker 1>you have any rituals as you watch the poll numbers

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<v Speaker 1>come in, as you do you do that with friends?

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<v Speaker 1>Do you like to be alone? Do you wear lucky socks?

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<v Speaker 1>What is election day like for you? I don't wear

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<v Speaker 1>lucky socks, but um, you know, I don't have a ritual,

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<v Speaker 1>although I do watch it religiously. A last presidential election,

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<v Speaker 1>I actually spend at the Javit Center. I was kind

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<v Speaker 1>of in an inner circle. I was a surrogate for

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<v Speaker 1>the campaign. I know, for both of um the elections

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<v Speaker 1>presidential elections. Prior to that, I actually watched them in

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<v Speaker 1>my restaurant and had a group of people and that

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<v Speaker 1>was really exciting. But no, I I don't, but I

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<v Speaker 1>typically glue to MSNBC watching the election returns. So you

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<v Speaker 1>mentioned that you have two kids that are not yet

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<v Speaker 1>voting age. If they start to get up towards eighteen,

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<v Speaker 1>or even if they have passed that age and they're

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit cavalier or maybe lack of days ago

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<v Speaker 1>and not all that interested in using their voice to vote.

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<v Speaker 1>What would you tell them to make sure they get

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<v Speaker 1>their butts to the polls. It's a hypothetical that I

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<v Speaker 1>hope I don't have to deal with because I believe

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<v Speaker 1>that again, we are we have these conversations about the

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<v Speaker 1>importance of voting. My wife especially, she believes in being

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<v Speaker 1>very direct and having these conversations at a very young age,

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<v Speaker 1>and so our children know where we stand. They know

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<v Speaker 1>the importance of voting something that we talk about. So

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<v Speaker 1>I'm hoping when they're a teen that they're gonna be,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, chomping at the bit to sign up um,

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<v Speaker 1>and if they don't, I will drag him down there

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<v Speaker 1>and they can sign up. My eldest sons same thing.

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<v Speaker 1>When he was eighteen, he signed up and he's very

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<v Speaker 1>active and uh follows the issues pretty closely. So so

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<v Speaker 1>I think if you grow up in a household that

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<v Speaker 1>that cares about the process and we don't take a

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<v Speaker 1>cynical approach that it's all bs um. I actually, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>happen to know a lot of politicians and and most

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<v Speaker 1>that I know are there for the right reasons, and

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<v Speaker 1>on both sides of the Aisle there. They are there

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<v Speaker 1>for the right reasons. They are there because they do

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<v Speaker 1>care about the process, They care about helping people. Most

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<v Speaker 1>are there because they're there because they want to They

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<v Speaker 1>want to do some good in the world. If only

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<v Speaker 1>we could get you to drag everybody who doesn't want

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<v Speaker 1>to use their right to vote to the polls or

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<v Speaker 1>to get their their registration done. I hope that that

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<v Speaker 1>makes very clear to anyone listening who is maybe on

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<v Speaker 1>the fence about doing their civic duty, that it is

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<v Speaker 1>that important. Sound Collegio would drag them to the polls.

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<v Speaker 1>It's it's great to be patriotic on on you know,

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<v Speaker 1>Labor Day and fourth of July and and all that

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<v Speaker 1>stuff and to you know, put the flag out and

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<v Speaker 1>to you know, do whatever you do to celebrate that

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<v Speaker 1>and feel good. But but really the most patriotic thing

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<v Speaker 1>that you can do is vote. You know, it's really special.

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<v Speaker 1>And when you see elections, whether they're happening in places

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<v Speaker 1>like Iran and even in Iraq where people go and

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<v Speaker 1>and are really you know, putting their their lives at risk,

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<v Speaker 1>are actually voting at times it's important when you look

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<v Speaker 1>at with the Sefarate jets, how to go through to

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<v Speaker 1>actually get the right for for women to vote, and

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<v Speaker 1>then you're just gonna kind of ignore that and go, eh,

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<v Speaker 1>well it's not that important or it really doesn't matter,

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<v Speaker 1>you know. I I think that that you're you're you're

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<v Speaker 1>not quite understanding what it takes to you know, what

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<v Speaker 1>it means to be an American, and that's what it means.

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<v Speaker 1>And I would go a step further. I would say,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, before voting, get out there and go to

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<v Speaker 1>a rally, go to a you know, if you get

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<v Speaker 1>invited to a fundraiser, you don't have to spend money,

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<v Speaker 1>but you can go and listen to someone. I want

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<v Speaker 1>to hear what Canada has to say. You know, the

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<v Speaker 1>process of watching someone run, watching someone raise money, watching

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<v Speaker 1>someone get out there and put themselves out there is

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<v Speaker 1>kind of, you know, really humbling. Not only getting out

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<v Speaker 1>and voting I think is really important, but really getting

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<v Speaker 1>informed and right now with social media is very easy.

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<v Speaker 1>If there's someone that that you want to follow, uh,

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<v Speaker 1>you can amplify their voice by retweeting. You can engage

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<v Speaker 1>um with them as well. If you want being active

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<v Speaker 1>in the process, not being active in politics, but being

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<v Speaker 1>active in the process is our duty and and uh,

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<v Speaker 1>that's that's why I vote. I love it. Thank you

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<v Speaker 1>so much, fun for taking this time with us today.

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<v Speaker 1>If anybody wants to follow you, where should they do that?

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<v Speaker 1>Make it? Follow me a Twitter, I think at Tom

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<v Speaker 1>I hope everyone does because it's a really good show. Tom.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you again so much. Hey are you not registered

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