WEBVTT - The A&G Replay  Monday Hour Two

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<v Speaker 1>The Armstrong and getting shot attention.

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<v Speaker 2>Walmart choppers.

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<v Speaker 3>Instead of rolling back prices, America's biggest retailer just announced

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<v Speaker 3>they're raising them and they're blaming Trump's tariffs. How many

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<v Speaker 3>more stories are going to have to follow Walmart's lead.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that story broke while we're on there yesterday. I

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<v Speaker 2>should have mentioned it. I just wasn't in the mood,

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<v Speaker 2>but probably should have been a big deal. Walmart saying

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<v Speaker 2>they're gonna raise prices because of tariffs. For one thing,

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<v Speaker 2>They're the biggest retailer in the world. Like Jake said, there, lion, lion,

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<v Speaker 2>Jake Tapper.

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<v Speaker 4>And I was just gonna say, the list of voices

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<v Speaker 4>I can hear on our show that don't immediately sour

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<v Speaker 4>me to what they're saying is shrinking. David Muher of

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<v Speaker 4>ABC News, Please, I know if I need to know

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<v Speaker 4>what time of day it wasn't he had a watch.

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<v Speaker 4>I wouldn't ask him because I don't want to hear

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<v Speaker 4>his stinking voice.

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<v Speaker 2>And Jake Tapper, I'm.

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<v Speaker 4>Sorry, sorry, Jake, the great Sherlock Holmes style solver of

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<v Speaker 4>mysteries who figured out that Biden was senile.

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<v Speaker 2>Please more on that a little bit later. I'll tell

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<v Speaker 2>you what it is personal between Mark Alprin, who's got

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<v Speaker 2>a new TV show that's on YouTube every night. It's

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<v Speaker 2>on YouTube and somewhere else. It's really good. I mean

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<v Speaker 2>it looks like a TV show. He's sitting there in

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<v Speaker 2>a suit and tie with a TV storreter background, has guests.

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<v Speaker 2>But man, he is killing Jake Tapper and then with

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<v Speaker 2>receipts every single night. Maybe I get into that while

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<v Speaker 2>we're on it. Why the hell not? Why not? So

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<v Speaker 2>Tapper has got this book coming out next week right

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<v Speaker 2>where he's going to try to be the hero of

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<v Speaker 2>the story and bring you all these behind the scenes

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<v Speaker 2>details of what was going on with the cover up,

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<v Speaker 2>and practically everybody's well not true. I was gonna say

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<v Speaker 2>everybody's reaction, but no, The New York Times and The

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<v Speaker 2>Washington Post and CNN's own media person have reviewed the

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<v Speaker 2>book like, oh, oh my god, Jake Tapper has uncovered

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<v Speaker 2>some secrets that are oh wait till you hear this.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, why don't we just say everyone who's not guilty

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<v Speaker 4>of precisely the same crimes as Jake Tapper have reacted

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<v Speaker 4>this way to jack Jake Tapper's.

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<v Speaker 2>Book right, And so Jake Tapper, as we mentioned yesterday,

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<v Speaker 2>I hired some PR firm when it became fairly obvious

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<v Speaker 2>that some people are like, oh, give me a break.

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<v Speaker 2>You can't set the fire, put out the fire, and

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<v Speaker 2>then take credit for taking you putting out the fire

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<v Speaker 2>and act like you didn't. I mean, nig We're not

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<v Speaker 2>just putting up with this. And so Mark Hauprin, whose

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<v Speaker 2>main thing is as a news guy, I think he's

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<v Speaker 2>got two things going for him. One, he got driven

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<v Speaker 2>out of the industry when he got me tooed around

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<v Speaker 2>what two thousand and twenty twenty one somewhere in there.

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<v Speaker 2>And I think a lot of people he's like, you

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<v Speaker 2>didn't come to my defense, screw you. So I don't

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<v Speaker 2>think he cares if he hurts any feelings here with

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<v Speaker 2>Carlin aut.

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<v Speaker 4>We're one of the first shows to have him back on,

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<v Speaker 4>by the way, and you know, I'm not sensing a

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<v Speaker 4>lot of gratitude, but anyway.

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<v Speaker 2>And the other end of it is he really is

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<v Speaker 2>concerned about the state of media and if people don't

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<v Speaker 2>believe the media, we can't hold any president's accountable. He said,

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<v Speaker 2>you can't hold Trump accountable because he lost all of

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<v Speaker 2>your credibility with Biden, and you know, vice versa. So

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<v Speaker 2>just the media can't do its job and we're doomed

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<v Speaker 2>if the media can't hold either party accountable, which is

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<v Speaker 2>obviously a problem. He regularly calls this, and he's absolutely correct,

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<v Speaker 2>the biggest media failure in US history. It absolutely is.

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<v Speaker 2>What would compare to pretending that the president is fine

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<v Speaker 2>for all those years? Anyway? So I think we did.

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<v Speaker 2>First of all, I can't just look at the list quickly,

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<v Speaker 2>handsome that clip I sent you to get Okay, here

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<v Speaker 2>it is here, it is. I want you to play

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<v Speaker 2>forty and let me set this up real quick. So

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<v Speaker 2>back toward this was before the election. Wall Street Journal

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<v Speaker 2>does a not even really strong piece about how Biden's

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<v Speaker 2>brain doesn't work anymore, and it made such waves in

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<v Speaker 2>the world of media. The Wall Street Journal says the

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<v Speaker 2>president isn't fit and mental, that he'd be to be

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<v Speaker 2>in office, and he's certainly to be president for another

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<v Speaker 2>four years. I remember presenting it to the good folks

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<v Speaker 2>on our show, where we decided, yeah, this is good, solid,

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<v Speaker 2>a good solid accounting of that which all of us

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<v Speaker 2>can see with our own eyes. But man, he got

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<v Speaker 2>somebody's serious pushback, and that's when Joe Scarborough on MSNBC

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<v Speaker 2>went nuts and said, hey, look at the camera, af

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<v Speaker 2>you if you don't believe this is the best version

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<v Speaker 2>of Joe Biden. I mean, people pushed back hard, including

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<v Speaker 2>Jake Tapper, who had on various guests to counter the

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<v Speaker 2>Wall Street Journal narrative and let them say their piece

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<v Speaker 2>completely unchallenged on his showback at the time yesterday he

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<v Speaker 2>has the gall in trying to rewrite history to have

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<v Speaker 2>these Wall Street Journal reporters on and called them heroes.

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<v Speaker 2>Here it is clip forty. They're with me now.

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<v Speaker 3>Two of the heroic reporters were covering this intensely during

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<v Speaker 3>the Biden years, any Lensky and Shevon Hughes. They are

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<v Speaker 3>with the Wall Street Journal. They reported in decline of

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<v Speaker 3>Biden's mental acuity back in June of last year. The

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<v Speaker 3>piece then quote behind closed Doors, Biden shows signs of

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<v Speaker 3>slipping participants in meetings that the eighty one year old

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<v Speaker 3>president performed poorly at times. The White House said Biden

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<v Speaker 3>is sharp and his critics are playing partisan politics.

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<v Speaker 2>Unquote.

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<v Speaker 3>This is not the first time you guys have been

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<v Speaker 3>on I said it last year. Before the election, and

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<v Speaker 3>I'll say it again, the journalism you did was vi

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<v Speaker 3>and the smear campaign by Democrats against you two is disgraceful.

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<v Speaker 2>Which you participated in the smear campaign by Democrats against

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<v Speaker 2>the Wall Street Journal reporters at the time he helped along

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<v Speaker 2>And again getting to the Wholemark Alprin thing his TV

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<v Speaker 2>show last night, I mean, he's been dedicating so much

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<v Speaker 2>time to this. He had a segment where the next

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<v Speaker 2>day or the day of the Wall Street Journal piece,

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<v Speaker 2>Tapper had on Kons, Senator Kuhons, Big Biden advocate and

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<v Speaker 2>surrogate and on there and just tore into the Wall

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<v Speaker 2>Street Journal and says, where's the Wall Street Journal criticizing

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<v Speaker 2>Trump for when he gets a name wrong? And Tapper

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<v Speaker 2>let him say his giant piece, no pushback whatsoever. So

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<v Speaker 2>he participated. And the Democrats tearing down the Wall Street

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<v Speaker 2>Journal then has the balls to have them on yesterday

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<v Speaker 2>and call them heroes. I mean, that is another level.

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<v Speaker 4>And to make the point repeatedly in his introduction that

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<v Speaker 4>I've been on this story the whole time. I'd said

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<v Speaker 4>this last to eight year, I'm saying it now along

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<v Speaker 4>with that other stuff I said all through the Biden

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<v Speaker 4>years that I'm sure everybody remembers. Jake Tapper cannot hear

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<v Speaker 4>the Cosmos screaming at him, saying, Jake, you can't defend you.

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<v Speaker 4>This is not working. You're just reminding people of what

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<v Speaker 4>a liar you are. You cannot be your main advocate

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<v Speaker 4>because you got no credibility.

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<v Speaker 2>Chum. I don't know if it's gonna matter, because it's

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<v Speaker 2>people in the usual circles. If you read the Washington

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<v Speaker 2>Post in the New York Times, you're you're they're taking

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<v Speaker 2>in this book like, oh my god, did you hear?

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<v Speaker 2>And and Fox and everybody leaning right who already knew

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<v Speaker 2>Joe Biden was in the situation he is, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>are laughing at this book. But he must, he must

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<v Speaker 2>be worried to do what he did yesterday. This was yesterday.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh he had the Wall Street Journals reporters on and

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<v Speaker 2>called them heroes. I mean, how do you sit there

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<v Speaker 2>and do that.

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<v Speaker 4>It's pathetic, it's de and it's so clearly desperation. That's

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<v Speaker 4>what That's what I'm saying. Yeah, yeah, I would be embarrassed.

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<v Speaker 2>I would be embarrassed to go that far.

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<v Speaker 4>Yes, Uh, you know, it's funny. I just had the

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<v Speaker 4>feeling wash over me.

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<v Speaker 2>That. Uh, the.

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<v Speaker 4>Utter dishonesty of the mainstream media has been recognized by

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<v Speaker 4>the vast, vast majority of the American people. They're less

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<v Speaker 4>popular or less trusted than any institution but Congress, which

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<v Speaker 4>should make you shudder as a fan of the Constitution.

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<v Speaker 4>And and they're they're their punishment's already been exacted upon them.

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<v Speaker 2>They're laughing stocks. Here's the problem. Though it hurts us.

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<v Speaker 2>If it only hurt them, i'd be fine with that.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't care. But it's not. This is Helpern's point.

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<v Speaker 2>It's bad for the country. So you're they've been punished,

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<v Speaker 2>they've gotten what they deserved, but with having an eight

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<v Speaker 2>percent of approval rating. But that's a terrible place for

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<v Speaker 2>us to be as a country. And they're not great,

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<v Speaker 2>and they're not trying to dig themselves out of it.

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<v Speaker 2>They're making it worse. Well, I'll read from Mark Alprin's

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<v Speaker 2>Today he quote, I'm not against it, I'm having lots

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<v Speaker 2>of fun. He quotes Politico Today in his newsletter, This

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<v Speaker 2>is Politico Today. It was what happened in that debate

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<v Speaker 2>was a shock to me. Jake Sullivan told Playbooks Jack

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<v Speaker 2>Blanchard at Politico's Security summerd on Thursday. I think it

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<v Speaker 2>was a shock to everybody, So Jake Sullivan saying this

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<v Speaker 2>week that it was a shock to everyone around Joe

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<v Speaker 2>Biden when he showed up, that they acted that way.

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<v Speaker 2>House Les Alpin writes, no one can legitimately say they

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<v Speaker 2>were shocked by what happened in the debate because Biden

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<v Speaker 2>exhibited all the same behaviors in public four years, and

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<v Speaker 2>goes on to say, oh my god, reporters need to

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<v Speaker 2>stop asking Democrats, were you surprised by the debate? Or

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<v Speaker 2>should Biden have run for reelection? Or did you see

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<v Speaker 2>signs of decline in private? The correct question at this

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<v Speaker 2>p point is, given Joe Biden's obvious mental decline in public,

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<v Speaker 2>why didn't you speak up? That should be the only

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<v Speaker 2>question every single time, right right, And if you're going

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<v Speaker 2>to talk to reporters, it should be But the reporter,

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<v Speaker 2>given his obvious decline, why weren't you reporting on that?

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<v Speaker 4>There are only two possible Well, yeah, for the politicos

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<v Speaker 4>the one question, reporters another, But the only possible answer

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<v Speaker 4>for politicos would be I place my party above my country. Well,

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<v Speaker 4>the second answer might be, look, I go along to

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<v Speaker 4>get along.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what politicians do.

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<v Speaker 4>Third answer, and if they were going to be honest,

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<v Speaker 4>they would say this, Kamala Harris is an effing idiot.

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<v Speaker 4>I figured we were better off with old man Biden

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<v Speaker 4>his inner circle than that half wit from California and

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<v Speaker 4>her band of renegade dopes.

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<v Speaker 2>The why to that is, and this is what Alpen

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<v Speaker 2>points out all the time, is that they hated Trump

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<v Speaker 2>so much they just didn't want him to win. Whatever

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<v Speaker 2>kept him from winning. Yeah, that's answer for right, yep. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>And but to go so far to bring in those

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<v Speaker 2>Wall Street Journal reporters, they should have called him out

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<v Speaker 2>there on the show you're calling a well, I wish

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<v Speaker 2>one of them would have said, you're calling me a hero.

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<v Speaker 2>You had guest after guest on to terras apart at

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<v Speaker 2>the time.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, that's weird, Jake. I was an idiot last year.

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<v Speaker 4>Now I'm a hero.

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<v Speaker 2>Huh. That's a great hero heroic coverage because they were

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<v Speaker 2>able to report what everybody already knew.

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<v Speaker 4>This is.

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<v Speaker 2>Well. I keep quoting Mark Comperany, he said last night,

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<v Speaker 2>we're through the looking glass. I don't even know what

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<v Speaker 2>to say anymore? Well?

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<v Speaker 4>Right, yeah, yeah, what's your next book? Jake Nixon was

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<v Speaker 4>a little paranoid. You got a book about Carter, He's

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<v Speaker 4>a well meaning fellow, but didn't do it very well.

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<v Speaker 4>You got any more crazy revelations nobody saw God?

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, can Jake Tapper go any farther than this

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<v Speaker 2>calling them heroes?

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<v Speaker 4>Well, the harder he tries, the more sad and pathetic

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<v Speaker 4>it is, which is what I was trying to say

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<v Speaker 4>about the cosmos.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, Jake, you just gotta let it lie.

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<v Speaker 4>Dude, you are the last person who ought to be

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<v Speaker 4>saying these things.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Do you think he's just completely self unaware? That's

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<v Speaker 2>what I wonder. I have been self delusional about things before,

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<v Speaker 2>and then when it becomes evident to me how wrong

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<v Speaker 2>I was, I'm amazed. It's like, wow, the human brain

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<v Speaker 2>can do that, or my human brain did this, or

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<v Speaker 2>but he doesn't seem to want to have that what

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<v Speaker 2>How interesting would that be if he did, If he'd

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<v Speaker 2>be willing to come on the air and say I

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<v Speaker 2>was so against Trump winning and so just very deep

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<v Speaker 2>in the idea of not helping him that I ignored

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<v Speaker 2>the obvious. That would be interesting. It would be more interesting,

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<v Speaker 2>it would be more believable.

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<v Speaker 4>Right, Yeah, you raised an interesting pointer, Michael did at

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<v Speaker 4>the end. There You've never had any brain but the

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<v Speaker 4>one you've had. You know, all of us obviously can

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<v Speaker 4>say that. I wonder if there are people who are

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<v Speaker 4>just way, way, way more pliable to that sort of

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<v Speaker 4>group think than I can imagine being it's got to

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<v Speaker 4>be true.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow, it's Jack Armstrong and Joey, the Armstrong and Getty Show,

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<v Speaker 1>The Armstrong and Getty Show.

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<v Speaker 5>Class as the years ago were pushed to the side

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<v Speaker 5>in favor. Of course, we're prioritizing test scores, and STEM

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<v Speaker 5>now seen as a huge opportunity. According to one survey,

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<v Speaker 5>sixty six percent of all high schools now offer career education,

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<v Speaker 5>and it's being driven by economic demand.

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<v Speaker 6>I have construction companies and I have other employers coming

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<v Speaker 6>to me wanting students right out of high school.

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<v Speaker 2>To be career ready. We need employees.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, we had a story last week about kids being

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<v Speaker 4>recruited straight out of high school for like, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>seventy five thousand dollars a year jobs in welding and

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<v Speaker 4>that sort of thing. Interesting how that's turned culturally. Speaking

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<v Speaker 4>of which you know. It's it's partly the change, the

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<v Speaker 4>amount of change. It's making everybody crazy these days.

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<v Speaker 2>It's also the pace of change.

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<v Speaker 4>Like I remember, it wasn't very long ago that we

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<v Speaker 4>were telling the youngsters who are like bringing their whole

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<v Speaker 4>selves to work and taking spirit days and the rest

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<v Speaker 4>of it. I mean, because it seemed like employees had

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<v Speaker 4>all the power.

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<v Speaker 2>And there was that employees to it Monday, and I'll

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<v Speaker 2>work half a day Tuesday and take Fridays off. I

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<v Speaker 2>demand to on Friday.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, and we're trying to tell you, trust us, this

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<v Speaker 4>will not last.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, it has.

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<v Speaker 4>Not not long ago. Everybody's replaceable, as the headline the

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<v Speaker 4>story the new the way bosses talk about workers. Not

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<v Speaker 4>long ago, bosses routinely praised workers as their most prized asset.

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<v Speaker 4>Today with a giant question mark hanging over the economy

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<v Speaker 4>less so today after the temporary maybe you trade deal

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<v Speaker 4>with China, But executives are pulling punches, pulling no punches

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<v Speaker 4>and saying employees need to work harder, complain lesson, be

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<v Speaker 4>glad they have a job. How work life balance is

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<v Speaker 4>your problem, said Emma. Is it's greed or gridet or something?

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<v Speaker 4>Emma greed is not a good name for this article,

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<v Speaker 4>but she's the co founder of the Skims shapewear company.

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<v Speaker 2>I should ask my dad how many times in employers

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<v Speaker 2>seemed concerned about his work life balance when he was

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<v Speaker 2>a young man out there starting.

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<v Speaker 4>Work life balance is your problem, she said. Starbucks, after

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<v Speaker 4>cutting in more than a thousand jobs, there's a new CEO,

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<v Speaker 4>Brian Nichols said, remaining corporate staff need to step it

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<v Speaker 4>up her own and own whether or not this place grows.

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<v Speaker 4>Jamie Diamond, in a profo he laced internal meeting, told

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<v Speaker 4>employees lamenting a return to work mandate that he didn't care.

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<v Speaker 4>I've had it with this kind of stuff. I've been

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<v Speaker 4>working seven days a week since COVID.

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<v Speaker 2>I come in. Where is everybody else? Man? If you

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<v Speaker 2>can concern yourself with work life balance, you should consider

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<v Speaker 2>yourself among the more privileged workers in the history of

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<v Speaker 2>work on planets Earth. If it is even an option,

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<v Speaker 2>that means you've got shelter and enough food and you

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<v Speaker 2>can start to decide, you know how much do I need? Right? Right?

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<v Speaker 4>And that's not to say it's a bad idea or

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<v Speaker 4>you shouldn't. You just have to keep it in perspective,

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<v Speaker 4>the shift in tone marks a shift in power. Now

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<v Speaker 4>the companies are shrinking their white collar staff, with jobs

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<v Speaker 4>harder to find, many workers are seeing pricks disappear and

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<v Speaker 4>their grievance is ignored, or.

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<v Speaker 2>That if you don't have the luxury of being concerned

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<v Speaker 2>about work life balance, that you're somehow unique in the

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<v Speaker 2>history of working right right, Yeah, let's see again. How

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<v Speaker 2>many of our parents ever had the ever had it

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<v Speaker 2>crossed their mind?

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<v Speaker 4>And interestingly, they mentioned a twenty twenty three episode where

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<v Speaker 4>this one company told staffers leave Pitty City. Well, that comment,

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<v Speaker 4>made in a video call, immediately went viral, sparking days

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<v Speaker 4>of headlines and worker backlash. The CEO quickly apologized, set

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<v Speaker 4>our comments were insensitive.

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<v Speaker 2>Now it's like they're all saying it. See how long

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<v Speaker 2>this lasts?

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<v Speaker 1>Jack Armstrong and Joe, The Armstrong and Getty Show, The

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<v Speaker 1>Armstrong and Getdy Show.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, it's crazy just because of him. Here, you're the

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<v Speaker 2>only reason I'm here to a free to talk at

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not. That's Eemen, Alexander. He was a hostage of

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<v Speaker 2>Hamas for three years. How long has it been? Four

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<v Speaker 2>hundred and fifty days or something? I don't remember exactly

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<v Speaker 2>since October of twenty three. He was on the phone

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<v Speaker 2>with Trump yesterday saying, the only reason I'm here, You're

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<v Speaker 2>the only reason I'm here. You saved my life, Trumpet

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<v Speaker 2>negotiating with somebody in Hamas and bypassing Israel on that

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<v Speaker 2>whole thing and getting the guy out. So that was

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<v Speaker 2>a good story. Over the weekend, we mentioned on Friday

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<v Speaker 2>how Bruce Springsteen had bad mouthed Trump in the United

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<v Speaker 2>States while he was kicking off his world tour in

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<v Speaker 2>Great Britain. We are annoyed by that. It was after

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<v Speaker 2>we got off the air on Friday that Trump truth

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<v Speaker 2>to this out about Bruce Springsteen. I see that highly

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<v Speaker 2>overrated Bruce Springsteen goes to a foreign country to speak

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<v Speaker 2>badly about the President of the United States. Never liked him,

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<v Speaker 2>never liked his music or his radical left politics, and importantly,

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<v Speaker 2>he's not a talented guy. I love the stuff like low.

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<v Speaker 2>He's just a pushy of noxious jerk all caps who

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<v Speaker 2>fervently supported crooked Joe Biden and mentally incompetent fool than

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<v Speaker 2>our worst ever president who came close to destroying our country.

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<v Speaker 2>If I wasn't elected, it would have been gone by now,

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<v Speaker 2>sleepy dough Joe didn't have a clue as to what

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<v Speaker 2>he was doing. But Springsteen is quote dumb as a

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<v Speaker 2>rock unquote. I like how he puts quotes. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>even know exactly what that means, and couldn't see what

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<v Speaker 2>was going on, or could he which is even worse.

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<v Speaker 2>This dried out prune of a rocker prune also in quotes,

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<v Speaker 2>his skin is all atrophied. Trump, right, let me close

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<v Speaker 2>with the sentence. I'll say it again because it's just

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<v Speaker 2>too good, This dried out prune of a rocker, his

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<v Speaker 2>skin is all atrophied. Ought to keep his mouth shut

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<v Speaker 2>until he gets back into the country. That's just standard fair,

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<v Speaker 2>also in quotes. Then we'll see how it goes for him.

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<v Speaker 4>All right, I'm glad you find it so amusing. I

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<v Speaker 4>just I find it very amusing.

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<v Speaker 2>On what level? Help me understand skin is attributed? I

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<v Speaker 2>think it's hilarious that the president of the United States

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<v Speaker 2>is making fun of an old rock and roller for

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<v Speaker 2>having saying his skin. I just can't believe it's even happening, right,

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<v Speaker 2>And we can't be held responsible for what we find amusing.

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<v Speaker 4>That's fine. I just find it troubling. It's just weird.

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<v Speaker 4>It's hell weird. Yeah, uh so, anyway, although none of

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<v Speaker 4>that's really of any consequence. And uh and and and

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<v Speaker 4>Bruce is obnoxious and a blow hard and a limousine

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<v Speaker 4>liberal and not to shut up and plays damn music.

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<v Speaker 2>Anyway, Having said that, one of the own end quotes,

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<v Speaker 2>why do you think he puts word of random words

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<v Speaker 2>in quotes?

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<v Speaker 4>What is that? That happens a lot online. It's just

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<v Speaker 4>a way to emphasize that word.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, it's like a cow capitalizing it or okay, gotcha, Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't get you onto that. There you go. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>And you know, Hunter Thompson used to do this way

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<v Speaker 4>back in the day, and people do it online too.

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<v Speaker 4>They capitalize a word like all caps, but just capitalize

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<v Speaker 4>it to phasizes.

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<v Speaker 2>I do that.

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<v Speaker 4>I've used that quote as an amateur linguist. I think

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<v Speaker 4>it's interesting how, you know, print language evolves to imitate

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<v Speaker 4>the speaking language. Anyway, uh so, yeah, and the other

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<v Speaker 4>thing Trump tweeted out. And for the record, I've got

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<v Speaker 4>a couple of things that I've been wanting to talk about.

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<v Speaker 4>How Trump, the Trump administration has essentially put out the

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<v Speaker 4>word disparate impact. The theory of disparate impact, meaning if

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<v Speaker 4>a lower percentage of black people get accepted to be cops,

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<v Speaker 4>that's proof that the test is racist. They said, that's

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<v Speaker 4>that's wrong, it's racist, and it no longer will guide

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<v Speaker 4>any federal policy. Huge victory for common sense, for meritocracy,

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<v Speaker 4>the rest of it. Nobody's talking about that move. It's

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<v Speaker 4>incredibly important. I say, well done. So the Trump's Energy department.

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<v Speaker 4>So the Trump government said that that that's what they're

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<v Speaker 4>going to look at it.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, the administrange because the Supreme Court unfortunately has said

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<v Speaker 2>disparate impact of the thing.

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<v Speaker 4>Bring it up again. That was an obscene couple of rulings.

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<v Speaker 4>Just idiotic, indefensible anyway, And another thing, I love this headline,

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<v Speaker 4>free the gas stove. Trump's Energy Department is ACKed dozens

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<v Speaker 4>of Biden appliances and regulations like one hundred thousand pages

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<v Speaker 4>of phony green new scam regulations are gone.

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<v Speaker 2>God I heard a good one the other day because

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<v Speaker 2>I have this last two dishwashers. I've had your modern

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<v Speaker 2>dishwasher because of all the dumb regulations they, as has

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<v Speaker 2>been pointed out by many people, you practically have to

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<v Speaker 2>wash the dishes before you put them in the dishwasher

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<v Speaker 2>because they don't do what they used to do because

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<v Speaker 2>of all these different environmental regulations.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, so before I kicked Trump, I just wanted to

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<v Speaker 4>mention that. I mean, for instance, let's dig into this

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<v Speaker 4>a little bit. Gone are rules bad a wide swath

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<v Speaker 4>of gas stoves. Gone are the strict water standards governing

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<v Speaker 4>dishwashers and shower, And gone is the government wide effort

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<v Speaker 4>to force electrification of the economy through appliance regulations, all

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<v Speaker 4>part of a historic action the Trump administration announced today

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<v Speaker 4>reversing dozens of energy regulations, saving consumers more than eleven

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<v Speaker 4>billion dollars and cutting more than one hundred and twenty

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<v Speaker 4>five thousand words from the United States Code of Regulations.

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<v Speaker 4>Great stuff, great, great, great, save you money.

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<v Speaker 2>Hallelujah. Amen. Okay. I like when Trump says things like

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<v Speaker 2>in Brucebrington he has no talent. What I just find

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<v Speaker 2>that so bizarre. It's like screaming that Kareem abdul Jabbar

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<v Speaker 2>wasn't even tall, right, That's just absurd.

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<v Speaker 4>Anyway, So he was tweeting truthing out a bunch of

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<v Speaker 4>stuff the other day, including and I'll just go ahead

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<v Speaker 4>and shout the stuff that's in all caps.

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<v Speaker 2>Walmart should stop.

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<v Speaker 4>Trying to blame tariffs is the reason for raising prices

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<v Speaker 4>throughout the chain. Walmart made billions of dollars last year,

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<v Speaker 4>far more than expected between Walmart and China. They should

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<v Speaker 4>eat the tariffs and not charge valued customers anything. I'll

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<v Speaker 4>be watching, and so will your customers. Well, many exclamation

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<v Speaker 4>points as usual. I agree with Bernie Sanders or disagree

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<v Speaker 4>with Bernie Sanders. I don't like Bernie when he does

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<v Speaker 4>this sort of thing. Oh that was Trump, you'd say, yes,

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<v Speaker 4>this was also Trump. After causing catastrophic inflation, Comrade Kamlaw

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<v Speaker 4>announced that she wants to institute socialist price controls. Her

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<v Speaker 4>plan is very dangerous because it may sound good politically.

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<v Speaker 4>This is communists, this is Marxist, this is fascist. Yes,

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<v Speaker 4>both statements by Donald Trump. Last year he blasted Kamala

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<v Speaker 4>Harris's proposal for price controls on groceries. Now he's attacking

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<v Speaker 4>Walmart for warning that it will have to raise prices

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<v Speaker 4>in the wake of the tariffs.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, and you know in claiming that Walmart would only

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<v Speaker 2>raise price is to make more profit. You made. You

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<v Speaker 2>made enough money last year. Basically is what he's saying.

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<v Speaker 2>He made billions last year. Okay, when has this become

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<v Speaker 2>a conservative thing? You tell companies you've made enough.

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<v Speaker 4>Money, Yeah, I'll be going to play your golf courses

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<v Speaker 4>for free, sir, because you made enough money last year.

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<v Speaker 2>So, and the other part of it is.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, it's it's a rebuttal of what he's claimed

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<v Speaker 4>himself for months. He said the foreign producers will pay

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<v Speaker 4>the full cost to tariffs, but now he's admitting that

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<v Speaker 4>Walmart and American retailer will have to eat some of

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<v Speaker 4>the costs or pass them on to their customers. And

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<v Speaker 4>Walmart's net profit margin is less than three percent.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, it's an enormous company.

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<v Speaker 4>So if you have two point eight percent profit on

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<v Speaker 4>you know, a company of that size, that's a hell

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<v Speaker 4>of a number. But it doesn't have a bunch of

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<v Speaker 4>room to absorb the higher costs caused by tariffs. Retail

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<v Speaker 4>competition is incredibly intense, and Walmart's longtime comparative advantages has

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<v Speaker 4>been lower prices. And what bothers me is Number one

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<v Speaker 4>Trump trying to tell Walmart how to run its business,

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<v Speaker 4>and number two like that vague threat of retribution.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, Yeah, that's not cool. I'm I'm against that no

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<v Speaker 2>matter who's the president.

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<v Speaker 4>Sorry, if you're just a hardcore you know, Trump fan,

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<v Speaker 4>or or you figure if admitting anything is wrong, that

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<v Speaker 4>will weaken the case and Democrats will win and the

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<v Speaker 4>rest of it.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, I see your point, but I just can't

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<v Speaker 2>very very bernie aoc. You could imagine either one of

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<v Speaker 2>them shouting that on the no Oligarchs tour, right, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>Walmart is plenty of money. They have too much profit.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll hold the Walmart accountable if they raise prices. That's

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<v Speaker 2>a very Bernie Sanders thing to say.

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<v Speaker 4>And as always, my real concern and the reason I

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<v Speaker 4>bring this up, is the dumb stuff Trump does might

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<v Speaker 4>derail the fabulous stuff he does, and that would kill me.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you mean dumb politically or for the way Conservatism

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<v Speaker 2>out of work politically? I think the Republicans, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>going for this big, beautiful bill that gives perfectly healthy,

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<v Speaker 2>working age men free healthcare might be a good idea.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what bothers me.

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<v Speaker 4>Right right, I think, Yeah, the saying what he said

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<v Speaker 4>about Walmart and the rest of it, I don't think

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<v Speaker 4>he's going to make much political difference.

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<v Speaker 2>At all.

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<v Speaker 4>I think the whole teriff thing will though. It'll mess

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<v Speaker 4>up the economy either.

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<v Speaker 2>A little or a lot. I don't even know where

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<v Speaker 2>we are in terms of politics and the parties and stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>It's very difficult for me to figure out. There are probably,

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<v Speaker 2>to the extent that they saw it, many many, many,

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<v Speaker 2>many would consider themselves Republican voters who said, yeah, screw

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<v Speaker 2>Walmart trying to raise.

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<v Speaker 4>Prices on us. Yeah, yeah, these are weird times. There

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<v Speaker 4>are no political parties. As we were discussing.

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<v Speaker 1>Earlier Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty the Armstrong and Getty Show.

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<v Speaker 4>But speaking of immigration, I'm trying to remember the situation

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<v Speaker 4>before Trump got in office.

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<v Speaker 2>How is the border doing? The border is secure?

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<v Speaker 4>Oh, that's right, that's right. March numbers are in. This

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<v Speaker 4>year border patrol encountered two hundred and thirty people per day,

0:28:31.359 --> 0:28:35.240
<v Speaker 4>two hundred and thirty. Last year it was seventy two hundred.

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<v Speaker 4>Biden's miserable betrayal of the country on the border. I

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<v Speaker 4>hope there are some historians who are honest enough to

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<v Speaker 4>make it clear how unconscionable it was.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, Bob Woodward, no, you know, right where in his

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<v Speaker 2>book called it the biggest migration in world history. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>peacetime migration in world And all it took was a

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<v Speaker 2>couple of executive orders and empowering the border patrol and

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<v Speaker 2>it ended. It ended in the blink of an eye.

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<v Speaker 2>It also ended as presidency. So I do understand. Getting

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<v Speaker 2>back to the I don't understand the politics and some

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<v Speaker 2>of these issues. It's not like it's popular. Yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>it's terrible.

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<v Speaker 4>So we've been talking about, you know, tribalism and politics

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<v Speaker 4>and the way progressive minds think and how it's different

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<v Speaker 4>from conservatives on and off. I think you'll find this

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<v Speaker 4>as interesting and amusing as I did.

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<v Speaker 2>Michael.

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<v Speaker 4>We're going to start with clip number eighty one. We

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<v Speaker 4>will discuss briefly, and then there's a bit of a reveal.

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<v Speaker 7>Donald Trump announced this past week that he would be

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<v Speaker 7>urging Ice and other administration authorities to seek out people

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<v Speaker 7>living here illegally that had broken law to deport them.

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<v Speaker 7>So have a quote for you here that's been making

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<v Speaker 7>the rounds social media about the deportation of criminal illegal aliens.

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<v Speaker 7>We are a nation of laws. Undocumented workers broke our laws,

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<v Speaker 7>and I believe they must be held accountable, especially those

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<v Speaker 7>who may be dangerous. That's why over the past six years,

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<v Speaker 7>deportations of criminals are up eighty percent, and we're going

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<v Speaker 7>to keep focusing on threatsto our security. What's your thought

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<v Speaker 7>on that quote in that policy in general? I think

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<v Speaker 7>that policy comes from a place of like white American nationalism.

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump has kind of like embraced this rhetoric of

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<v Speaker 1>like racism and xenophobia that is not beneficial to our

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<v Speaker 1>country at all.

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<v Speaker 7>I don't think that that quote really stands true. This

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<v Speaker 7>administration has totally not done anything moral.

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<v Speaker 6>This is really awful.

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<v Speaker 7>Amnesty does not necessarily mean that we're losing border security.

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<v Speaker 2>I think that Trump feels that way.

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<v Speaker 7>I think that's a bad decision because like the United

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<v Speaker 7>States should be open to immigrants, like it's like they

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<v Speaker 7>call it Lands with the Free for a reason, we.

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<v Speaker 6>Have to advocate for those kind of people when people

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<v Speaker 6>like in Congress, like Ocascio QUOTEZ, who is helping people

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<v Speaker 6>overcome these kinds of things.

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<v Speaker 7>Crimes do not nullify your humanity and people are coming

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<v Speaker 7>here in search of opportunity.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh my god, several of those were hard to take.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, trying to reason what those people in the short

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<v Speaker 4>term would be a fool.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know that you'd have to have a class

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<v Speaker 2>because they're they're greeting card rhetoric level knowledgeable or have

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<v Speaker 2>thought about this not at all? They called for a reason,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, what kind of argument. It's just so transparently stupid.

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<v Speaker 2>But wait, there's a twist.

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<v Speaker 7>I'm gonna show you the person that said that quote.

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<v Speaker 2>Undocumented. Is that surprising?

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, a little bit, because I thought it was the

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<v Speaker 6>Trump administration that said something like that.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's quite surprising. I thought from Trump. I didn't

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<v Speaker 2>expect it to be Obama either. Why did you not

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<v Speaker 2>expect it to be Obama? Because I'm stupid? I just

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<v Speaker 2>I guess I don't know, like it just never. It

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<v Speaker 2>never occurred to me that it could be Obama.

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<v Speaker 7>Is that surprising that it's a quote from President Obama?

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<v Speaker 2>That was surprising? For sure?

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<v Speaker 7>Do you think it's still a practice of white nationalism though,

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<v Speaker 7>to deport criminal league aliens?

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<v Speaker 2>I think the way Trump's doing.

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<v Speaker 7>It it is, but president to this point in Trump's presidency,

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<v Speaker 7>Obama actually deported more people though, so it's in practice

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<v Speaker 7>it was more from Obama, though, what's your question?

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<v Speaker 2>Can I boil this down. I'd like your question. I

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<v Speaker 2>think I can boil this down very simply.

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<v Speaker 4>Self governance doesn't work, and children should be seen and

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<v Speaker 4>not heard, and we must institute a nationwide compulsory child test.

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<v Speaker 4>Are you still a child? And only when you receive

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<v Speaker 4>the a of adulthood tattooed upon your body will you

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<v Speaker 4>be able to speak your damn stupid mind. And there

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<v Speaker 4>will be a variety of standards shack.

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<v Speaker 2>If you.

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<v Speaker 4>Enlist in and serve in the military honorably for at

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<v Speaker 4>least a year, if you are married, if you have

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<v Speaker 4>a child, if you have paid income taxes for five years,

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<v Speaker 4>there will be a number of standards. I have an

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<v Speaker 4>open mind about this, but unless you are those things.

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<v Speaker 4>For instance, if you are a college gender studies major,

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<v Speaker 4>never had a I don't want to hear an effing

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<v Speaker 4>word out of you. You don't know enough to advise

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<v Speaker 4>an eight year old on the world. Okay, just keep learning,

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<v Speaker 4>that's fine. That doesn't mean you're a bad person. It

0:33:14.200 --> 0:33:17.480
<v Speaker 4>doesn't mean I hate you. I don't want the new

0:33:17.720 --> 0:33:21.400
<v Speaker 4>person in the office to explain to me how things

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<v Speaker 4>really work around here.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, unfair. I was going to go with a blanket

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<v Speaker 2>rule if you can't vote till you're thirty, but yours

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<v Speaker 2>probably more fair for people who get up to speed

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<v Speaker 2>on reality a little earlier, right right, Oh God, that

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<v Speaker 2>hurts my heart.

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<v Speaker 4>I've said this before, and I wish, you know, we

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<v Speaker 4>had the power and influence to spread it.

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<v Speaker 2>It's my only lust for like more reach of the show,

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<v Speaker 2>which is great now, it's going really really well, and

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<v Speaker 2>thanks so much for the support and for listening.

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<v Speaker 4>But I don't want to make any more money. I'll

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<v Speaker 4>take it if it comes, but I just wantanity to prevail.

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<v Speaker 2>And I wish more people knew this. Adulthood life is

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<v Speaker 2>a big, complicated.

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<v Speaker 4>Complex. It's like the Ford Motor Company. Okay, it's really

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<v Speaker 4>complicated and huge and sprawling. And if you die at

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<v Speaker 4>the age of eighty eight, your last week on earth,

0:34:23.200 --> 0:34:28.440
<v Speaker 4>you will learn something you didn't know. You young folks,

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<v Speaker 4>your college kids especially, you've been convinced by your professors

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<v Speaker 4>that you can walk into the reception area of Ford

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<v Speaker 4>Motor Company and tell everyone exactly how it works and

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<v Speaker 4>how it should be run. As you stand there in

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<v Speaker 4>the reception area, having not explored any of that giant,

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<v Speaker 4>sprawling corporation, that's what you are doing. That's why you're

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<v Speaker 4>so blanking annoying, which I was.

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<v Speaker 2>At your age, But nobody paid a damn bit of

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<v Speaker 2>attention to what you said at your age, and they

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<v Speaker 2>were better for it, and I thought it was better

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<v Speaker 2>for it. Okay, boomer um. They call it the land

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<v Speaker 2>of the Free for a reason. Oh my god, we're

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<v Speaker 2>a nation of immigrants. Boom headshot got me.

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<v Speaker 4>The statue of liberty says, Oh, I can't argue against that.

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<v Speaker 2>You can't argue with a statue. I pull them on

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<v Speaker 2>a statue. Everybody knows that. Quick question for you, what

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