WEBVTT - This Is Not Normal

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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, peeps, and welcome to ok F Daily with

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<v Speaker 1>Meet Your Girl Daniel Moody. Recording from the Long Island

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<v Speaker 1>Bunker and not the Home Bunker. Folks. You know, it

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<v Speaker 1>feels like there is not a week that goes by

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<v Speaker 1>that we are not discussing gun violence or mass shooting

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<v Speaker 1>on this show. And that is because, as of the

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<v Speaker 1>end of April, right which I think it was over

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<v Speaker 1>one hundred days don't question me on the math, there

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<v Speaker 1>have been over one hundred and eighty six shootings, more

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<v Speaker 1>shootings than there are days so far in this year.

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<v Speaker 1>And I say that and I know that sometimes, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>for folks, it just falls on non listening ears where

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<v Speaker 1>it's just like, ah, you know, that's just what it

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<v Speaker 1>means to live in America these days. It's not normal.

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<v Speaker 1>And I say this because I have to say it

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<v Speaker 1>out loud to remind myself as well as all of you,

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<v Speaker 1>that how Republicans are forcing us to live is not

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<v Speaker 1>fucking normal. It's not normal when you have several countries

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<v Speaker 1>that issue travel warnings and guidance to people for coming

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<v Speaker 1>to the United States, which is what happened with Canada

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<v Speaker 1>and Germany. And I believe New Zealand and others that

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<v Speaker 1>have been issuing travel warnings for tourists coming to the

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<v Speaker 1>United States. I have long since said that I believe

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<v Speaker 1>that maybe if tourism were to take a huge hit,

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<v Speaker 1>that maybe then something would be done about the rampant

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<v Speaker 1>gun violence in this country. Because it doesn't matter, doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>matter where the polls fall, It doesn't matter that here

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<v Speaker 1>is where a majority of Americans agree. Those that are

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<v Speaker 1>gun owners are not that. You know, they would like

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<v Speaker 1>to be able to go about living their day to

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<v Speaker 1>day lives or dropping their kids off at school, or

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<v Speaker 1>going to the grocery store, or going to a house

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<v Speaker 1>of worship or any place without being fearful of being

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<v Speaker 1>shot and killed. Right. You know. I have come home

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<v Speaker 1>to Long Island to spend time with my family, and

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<v Speaker 1>my mother says to me, you know, it's just like,

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<v Speaker 1>the more I watch the news, the more I don't

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<v Speaker 1>want to go outside. And She's just like, but it

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't even matter, because I could be shot dead in

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<v Speaker 1>the house. Right. I draw your attention to, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>the latest shooting that made headlines, because, of course, folks,

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<v Speaker 1>I want you to understand that for every news story

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<v Speaker 1>that makes national headlines, there are so many local stories

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<v Speaker 1>that won't see the light of day nationally. Right So

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<v Speaker 1>the latest story to make national headlines, of course, happens

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<v Speaker 1>in the state of Texas, where five neighbors were gunned down,

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<v Speaker 1>including a eight year old boy, because they had the

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<v Speaker 1>audacity to walk down the street to ask a man

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<v Speaker 1>that was firing off AR fifteen rounds in his front yard,

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<v Speaker 1>because just pause for a minute, because that's fucking normal

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<v Speaker 1>that you just sit and you're just firing off an

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<v Speaker 1>AR fifteen. As if you live on a military base,

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<v Speaker 1>you don't, or this is someplace in the midst of war.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not. But that's what I guess people do when

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<v Speaker 1>you own AR fifteen teens in your front yard. And

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<v Speaker 1>so because the infant that they had could not go

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<v Speaker 1>to sleep because of rapid gunfire, they asked their neighbor,

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<v Speaker 1>could you stop maybe, And instead of doing what any

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<v Speaker 1>normal person would do, that gunman turned around, loaded up

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<v Speaker 1>his gun in his home, walked down the street, and

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<v Speaker 1>assassinated his five neighbors. The little boy, who, according to

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<v Speaker 1>his father, who was shot dead, saw his mother get shot,

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<v Speaker 1>ran to her aid, and then was shot killed. Three children.

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<v Speaker 1>As I've stated before, were also discovered covered in blood, alive,

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<v Speaker 1>but covered in blood of their parents. And Texas Governor

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<v Speaker 1>Greg Abbott, after days of not saying a fucking thing,

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<v Speaker 1>then comes out with a statement that is so reprehensible,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, folks, I am running out of words to

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<v Speaker 1>describe how heartless, how were moral, how disgusting, how just

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<v Speaker 1>gross Republicans are. Greg Abbott comes out with a statement

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<v Speaker 1>that says that these people were illegal immigrants, which they

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<v Speaker 1>were not. A few of the people, the human beings

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<v Speaker 1>that were murdered in cold blood, were residents of Texas

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<v Speaker 1>and residents of the United States. And to think that

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<v Speaker 1>a governor who had multiple tragic deaths happened in his

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<v Speaker 1>state would see to discuss the citizenship of the people

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<v Speaker 1>who were killed rather than the humanity of those people,

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<v Speaker 1>just goes to show you who the governor is, and

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<v Speaker 1>he is a piece of absolute fucking shit. The sheriff

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<v Speaker 1>in the county where this shooting took place, however, did

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<v Speaker 1>what the governor couldn't bring himself to do because he

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<v Speaker 1>has no heart, which was to, with tears in his eyes,

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<v Speaker 1>expressed very clearly that it didn't matter whether or not

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<v Speaker 1>these people were documented or undocumented. He said, I don't

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<v Speaker 1>give a damn. There are members of my county people

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<v Speaker 1>who lived here a child, and that's what matters, and

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<v Speaker 1>that is where my heart is. You know. I spoke

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<v Speaker 1>about this earlier in the week because I really can't

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<v Speaker 1>get over it. I really, folks, that I just I

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<v Speaker 1>can't wrap my mind around how this Republican Party has

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<v Speaker 1>been allowed to say that they are a party of

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<v Speaker 1>family values, has been allowed to say that they are

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<v Speaker 1>pro life when they or anything. But we are just

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<v Speaker 1>a few weeks removed from the mass shooting that took

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<v Speaker 1>place at the Kentucky Bank, from the mass shooting that

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<v Speaker 1>took place at the Tennessee Private Elementary School, from the

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<v Speaker 1>mass shooting that took place at the Sweet sixteen in Alabama,

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<v Speaker 1>and from every single mass shooting that I'm forgetting about

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<v Speaker 1>that took place before all of those. Lauren Bobert, the

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<v Speaker 1>fucking dummy who represents a district in Colorado, she thought

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<v Speaker 1>that it would be really cute this week, following all

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<v Speaker 1>of those mass that left several children dead, bodies ripped

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<v Speaker 1>to shreds, with a T shirt, a T shirt that

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<v Speaker 1>she thought made a whole bunch of sense and was funny.

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<v Speaker 1>Was funny. She thought the T shirt that she holds

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<v Speaker 1>up with a stupid shitt eating grin on her face reads,

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<v Speaker 1>since we're renaming everything and there's a picture of an

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<v Speaker 1>AR fifteen, this is a cordless hole puncher. She thought

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<v Speaker 1>it was really funny. She thought she was being witty

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<v Speaker 1>by mocking the transgender community, mocking the queer community, and

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<v Speaker 1>also mocking the victims of gun violence and mass shootings

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<v Speaker 1>at the same time. A TikToker decided to do a

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<v Speaker 1>video where he clearly laid out that there was nothing

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<v Speaker 1>funny about the T shirt and how fucking heartless she is.

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<v Speaker 1>And so he went on to say, let me show

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<v Speaker 1>you the faces of the lives that have been taken

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<v Speaker 1>by your cordless whole puncher, And he showed in his

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<v Speaker 1>video the pictures of children from Uvaldi, children from Newtown,

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<v Speaker 1>the grieving parents of those at funerals putting their children

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<v Speaker 1>in the ground because their bodies holes weren't just punched

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<v Speaker 1>through them, their bodies were ripped apart. Because that's what

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<v Speaker 1>weapons of mass destruction do. They ensure that the shooter,

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<v Speaker 1>when hitting their victims, doesn't just kill them, but destroys

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<v Speaker 1>their bodies in the process. You see, we don't know

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<v Speaker 1>what these parents and frankly law enforcement authorities see when

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<v Speaker 1>they go to the site where they have to identify

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<v Speaker 1>the bodies of their loved ones that are unrecognizable. I

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<v Speaker 1>remember that after Newtown, one of the parents saying that

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<v Speaker 1>they had to identify their child, their six year old,

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<v Speaker 1>with their dental records because their little six year old

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<v Speaker 1>body was ripped to shreds, riddled with bullets, not from

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<v Speaker 1>a whole puncher, but from a weapon of war. When

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<v Speaker 1>I see the likes of a. Greg Abbott and Lauren

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<v Speaker 1>Boubert and those members of the Republican Party who removed

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<v Speaker 1>their American flag pins to place ar fifteens on their lapels,

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<v Speaker 1>I think about how they are beyond heartless. I think

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<v Speaker 1>about how they are so devoid of humanity that they

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<v Speaker 1>have no business representing anyone. Lauren Bobert has no business

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<v Speaker 1>being in Congress, not to mention the fact that she's

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<v Speaker 1>a fucking idiot, and that if we actually gave exams

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<v Speaker 1>in the way that you have to enter into law

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<v Speaker 1>school or grad school program we're at college and have

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<v Speaker 1>to take the SATs and get a certain score. I

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<v Speaker 1>wonder how many Republicans would remain in office if they

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<v Speaker 1>had to face I don't know a basic test of

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<v Speaker 1>let's say, the contents of the Constitution, or you know,

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<v Speaker 1>just basic laws, basic you know, Supreme Court cases that

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<v Speaker 1>policies are based around. If they would be able to

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<v Speaker 1>even get a passing grade. I'm pretty sure that if

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<v Speaker 1>it wasn't put out by QAnon, Marjorie Taylor Green wouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>be able to wrap her small, little reptile brain around it.

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<v Speaker 1>The fact is is that these people, by their actions

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<v Speaker 1>show you who they are on a regular basis, And

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<v Speaker 1>Lauren Bobert sees fit and the people that put her

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<v Speaker 1>in office, and we know that she hung on by

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<v Speaker 1>a threat. I think, what was it? Just a handful

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<v Speaker 1>of votes? Right, so when people say, oh, my vote

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't matter, it was a handful of votes that kept

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<v Speaker 1>that piece of traction office in Colorado. But I can't imagine.

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<v Speaker 1>I would like to at least believe that most people

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<v Speaker 1>in the United States actually have a heart, that most

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<v Speaker 1>people in the United States, when they hear stories of

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<v Speaker 1>mass shootings, whether they happen at concerts or parades, or

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<v Speaker 1>schools or synagogues or churches, or mosques or movie theaters

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<v Speaker 1>or Sweet sixteen parties, that most people, when they see

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<v Speaker 1>the heartbreak, the tears, and how communities and families are

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<v Speaker 1>ripped apart, that there would be compassion. But you see,

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<v Speaker 1>the Republican Party has become so detached from humanity, so

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<v Speaker 1>detached from reality, that they think that this shit is funny.

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<v Speaker 1>I find nothing funny about death. I find nothing funny

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<v Speaker 1>about mass murder. I mean, we supposedly have ethics rules,

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<v Speaker 1>but apparently they don't apply to actions being taken like this. Again,

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<v Speaker 1>if this were any other country and an entire political

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<v Speaker 1>party was wrapped around the ideology of mass murder and violence,

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<v Speaker 1>we would be invading, we'd be withholding funds. But in America,

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<v Speaker 1>so long as that party is led by white evangelical Christians,

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<v Speaker 1>I guess it's okay. It's okay to applaud terrorism, it's

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<v Speaker 1>okay to wear T shirt. It's in smile at the

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<v Speaker 1>trauma that we are forcing generations of children to live through.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, I saw recently No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen,

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<v Speaker 1>who I interviewed on Democracy Ish. My colleague and I

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<v Speaker 1>wajahat Ali interviewed on Democracy Ish last year, and he

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<v Speaker 1>reposted this tweet by Bridget Gabriel, a Republican, and she

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<v Speaker 1>tweeted this, raise the voting age to twenty one, Bring

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<v Speaker 1>back the draft. Gen Z is a disaster that requires

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<v Speaker 1>emergency correction. So I want folks to think about what

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<v Speaker 1>she tweets here. Raise the age to twenty one? Really,

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<v Speaker 1>so you should be eighteen to go to war, but

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<v Speaker 1>twenty one to vote? Right? Raise the age because what

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<v Speaker 1>Generation Z is showing themselves to be one of the

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<v Speaker 1>most conscious and politically astute generation Maybe because the prior

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<v Speaker 1>generations are handing them a fucking pile of shit in

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<v Speaker 1>the form of a country and the planet for that matter.

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<v Speaker 1>Bring back the draft. So send this generation to war

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<v Speaker 1>to die so that they don't vote. How about you,

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<v Speaker 1>motherfuckers create policy that people actually want to get behind.

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<v Speaker 1>But no, you're not interested in that. You're just interested

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<v Speaker 1>in suppressing the vote. This is not the first Republican

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<v Speaker 1>to say this. There's a multiple Republican members that have said, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>we need to pass legislation to ban the use of

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<v Speaker 1>college id's in order for young people to vote, because

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<v Speaker 1>they don't want young people voting, because you see the

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<v Speaker 1>more young people that vote and are able to vote

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<v Speaker 1>on their college campuses, the more young people that are

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<v Speaker 1>engaged with what is going on, you think that they're

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<v Speaker 1>voting for Republicans. What the fuck policies are Republicans passing

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<v Speaker 1>that young people are going to get behind. You're banning abortion,

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<v Speaker 1>you're banning books, you're banning curriculum. You're voting against the

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<v Speaker 1>actual environment in the air, clean air, and clean water.

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<v Speaker 1>So what policies are you giving them to vote for?

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<v Speaker 1>So you just don't want them to vote at all,

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<v Speaker 1>and you are saying because there is no quiet part,

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<v Speaker 1>you are saying everything out loud. So when people say

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know what's in the hearts of Republicans, well

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<v Speaker 1>you don't have to wonder, because they are telling you.

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<v Speaker 1>You know I people have said before that you can

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<v Speaker 1>tell where a country's values are by what they place

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<v Speaker 1>their money in. And we know that every year we

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<v Speaker 1>have the same conversations that circulate on mainstream media with

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<v Speaker 1>regard to the debt ceiling. Republicans want to hold America's

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<v Speaker 1>debt hostage in order to just fully decimate the middle

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<v Speaker 1>class and the working class by basically saying, as terrorists do,

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<v Speaker 1>either you cut social safety nets or else. Right, the

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<v Speaker 1>Pentagon received hundreds of millions of dollars over their actual

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<v Speaker 1>budget request. I think it was last year or the

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<v Speaker 1>year before, hundreds of millions of dollars over they asked for.

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<v Speaker 1>I'd call me crazy, but the next ten countries, according

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<v Speaker 1>to one of my fellow nerd Avengers on the Mary

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<v Speaker 1>Trump Show, the next ten countries, which are our allies,

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<v Speaker 1>have budgets that are minuscule in comparison. If we were

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<v Speaker 1>to just level out or maybe just give back and

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<v Speaker 1>redistribute the money that was given to the Pentagon over

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<v Speaker 1>what they asked for, this country, in so many ways

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<v Speaker 1>would be in better shape. People say, oh, well, we

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<v Speaker 1>need to be able to defend ourselves from who because

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<v Speaker 1>no one else's military budget matches ours. And even if

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<v Speaker 1>we were too, I don't know. Again, redistribute the of

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<v Speaker 1>millions of dollars over that we gave, and let's say

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<v Speaker 1>I put it into something crazy like education or healthcare.

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<v Speaker 1>American citizens would be better off. It's our tax dollars, right.

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<v Speaker 1>You see, we've created this culture of fear and the

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<v Speaker 1>belief that we're always under attack. Somebody's always coming to

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<v Speaker 1>get us, so we must we must pump up our military,

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<v Speaker 1>except that is just thinking that extends from white supremacy

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<v Speaker 1>and manifest destiny. We have created most of the problems

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<v Speaker 1>that we have, and by we, I mean our military,

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<v Speaker 1>and our military by virtue of the politicians that you know,

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<v Speaker 1>get to create policy that use human beings as toy

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<v Speaker 1>soldiers and put them in places in order to rape

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<v Speaker 1>and pillage literally natural resources, disrupt economies for the betterment

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<v Speaker 1>of America. It has never been really about democracy, are

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<v Speaker 1>we fucking kidding? That's the biggest lie. It's always been

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<v Speaker 1>about plundering other nations and having a large enough military

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<v Speaker 1>that they can't fight back. We look at our issue

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<v Speaker 1>like immigration, and we want to blame it on those

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<v Speaker 1>people that are being forced to leave their homes, in

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<v Speaker 1>their whole lives in seeking out something better, a better

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<v Speaker 1>life for them and their kids. But nobody tells you

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<v Speaker 1>the side of the story that has had them fully

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<v Speaker 1>in the first fucking place, The way that America and

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<v Speaker 1>our politics are responsible for the instability that their country's face,

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<v Speaker 1>their lack of economic development, the fact that we have

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<v Speaker 1>moved around different prime ministers in presidents and put them

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<v Speaker 1>in place so that it benefits our bottom line, not

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<v Speaker 1>those of the country, the countries that we get to

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<v Speaker 1>label as underdeveloped because we've purposefully underdeveloped them and kept

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<v Speaker 1>them indebted to the United States. Colonialism may be done

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<v Speaker 1>on its face by name, but not in action. So

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<v Speaker 1>I want people to understand that when we are told

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<v Speaker 1>by politicians that live in this ideology of scarcity and

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<v Speaker 1>fear that my god, we couldn't possibly redistribute the over

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<v Speaker 1>budget that we are paying for the Pentagon into other areas,

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<v Speaker 1>understand that they make money because they have stocks and

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<v Speaker 1>don't owner interests in war in defense contracts. This isn't

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<v Speaker 1>about safety, It's about fucking greed, and both Republicans and

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<v Speaker 1>Democrats in this vein are responsible for perpetuating this lie.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, I want to end today with, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>just a little bit, just a little bit of good news,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's not even really good because you know, unfortunately

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<v Speaker 1>too many horrific things need to happen, right, and then

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<v Speaker 1>we just pray for a monicum of justice. But one

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<v Speaker 1>of the last of the four officers who were responsible

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<v Speaker 1>for the murder of George Floyd. The paper is referred

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<v Speaker 1>to it as the death of George Floyd but I'm

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<v Speaker 1>gonna call it what it is, which was a public

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<v Speaker 1>execution in lynching so Hannipen County in Minneapolis, Judge of

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<v Speaker 1>Peter Cahill said in a verdict that the former officer

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<v Speaker 1>the last officer, and I believe it's Tow Tao t

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<v Speaker 1>o U t h a O, who had waived his

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<v Speaker 1>right to a jury trial. The judge said this when

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<v Speaker 1>convicting him of aiding in a bedding in the murder

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<v Speaker 1>of George Floyd. Quote he actively encouraged his three colleagues

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<v Speaker 1>dangerous prone restraint of Floyd. That he was guilty on

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<v Speaker 1>Monday of aiding in a bedding in second degree manslaughter

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<v Speaker 1>of George Floyd. And you know, I want to remind folks,

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<v Speaker 1>as if you need reminding, that George Floyd was killed

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<v Speaker 1>during the height of the pandemic in twenty twenty. It's

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<v Speaker 1>set off global protests in the midst of a pandemic

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<v Speaker 1>against the killing of an unarmed black man in broad daylight.

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<v Speaker 1>Mister Taw, the former ex police officer, is currently serving

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<v Speaker 1>a three and a half year federal sentence for failing

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<v Speaker 1>to provide medical help to George Floyd and to stop

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<v Speaker 1>Derek Chauvin from killing him. So he's already in federal prison,

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<v Speaker 1>and he is going to now be sentenced again, and

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<v Speaker 1>that hearing will take place on August seventh. Now, while

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<v Speaker 1>again we can say, oh, well, you know, justice has

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<v Speaker 1>quote unquote prevailed. What justice looks like is George Floyd

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<v Speaker 1>being able to go home after police were called for

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<v Speaker 1>a routine, you know, counterfeit twenty dollars? Did you know

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<v Speaker 1>that it was counterfeit? Here's a ticket and go along

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<v Speaker 1>your way. That's what justice would have looked like. Justice

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<v Speaker 1>would look like being able to believe that most police

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<v Speaker 1>officers are good instead of a part of a poisonous orchard.

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<v Speaker 1>Justice would look like not having to hold your breath

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<v Speaker 1>and wonder whether or not officers who were filmed would

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<v Speaker 1>be found guilty. In America, this, while is news, is

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<v Speaker 1>not really good news. I'm confused about what good news

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<v Speaker 1>and our justice system would look like. Maybe it will

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<v Speaker 1>look like the conviction of Donald Trump for rape in

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<v Speaker 1>a civil suit. Maybe it'll look like the federal indictments

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<v Speaker 1>and then guilty verdicts for Donald Trump and his sycophans

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<v Speaker 1>for over trying to overturn an election and destroy our democracy.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe it will look like white, wealthy people and police

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<v Speaker 1>officers being held accountable for their wrongdoing, and that not

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<v Speaker 1>being a hope and a prayer that the people of

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<v Speaker 1>this country have that it would just be this is

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<v Speaker 1>what happens. You break the law, regardless of who you are,

0:27:48.359 --> 0:27:50.199
<v Speaker 1>how much money you have, and whether you have a

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<v Speaker 1>shield or not, you're held accountable. We live in a

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<v Speaker 1>really unjust, injust country where headlines like this give us

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<v Speaker 1>brief comfort when it shouldn't. That is it for me

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<v Speaker 1>to day. Dear friends on woke f as always power

0:28:20.760 --> 0:28:24.120
<v Speaker 1>to the people and to all the people. Power, Get

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<v Speaker 1>woke and stay woke as fuck.