WEBVTT - Democrat Created TSA Shortage Triggers Nationwide Airport Crisis

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<v Speaker 1>So the discussions took place yesterday. They went it to

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<v Speaker 1>yesterday evening. They want very much to make a deal.

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<v Speaker 1>We'd like to make a deal too. We're going to

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<v Speaker 1>get together today by probably phone, because it's very hard

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<v Speaker 1>to find a country. It's very hard for them to

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<v Speaker 1>get out, I guess. But we'll at some point very

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<v Speaker 1>soon meet. We're doing a five day period. We'll see

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<v Speaker 1>how that goes, and if it goes well, we're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>end up with settling this.

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<v Speaker 2>Otherwise we just keep bombing our little hearts out.

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<v Speaker 3>You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben Ferguson.

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<v Speaker 4>Good Tuesday morning. Nice to have you with us on

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<v Speaker 4>the forty seven Morning Update, and we've got one very

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<v Speaker 4>big story for you. TSA lines we're out of control,

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<v Speaker 4>but Donald Trump is stepping in, sending ice agents to

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<v Speaker 4>hit major airports and suddenly the wait times are falling.

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<v Speaker 4>So why is the media so angry about this? And

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<v Speaker 4>how long could it continue?

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<v Speaker 3>On?

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<v Speaker 4>Democrats said they're going to hold the America hostage no

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<v Speaker 4>matter what. I've got the details on it. It's the

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<v Speaker 4>forty seven Morning Update and it starts right now. Story

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<v Speaker 4>number one for weeks Americans have been dealing with a

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<v Speaker 4>travel nightmare. We're talking about two, three, four and even

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<v Speaker 4>five hour wait times at airports, four hour lines, and

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<v Speaker 4>international hubs like Houston and entire terminals completely backed up

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<v Speaker 4>with people outside waiting for hours, families missing flights, loved

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<v Speaker 4>ones missing funerals, and now unable to reach family dealing

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<v Speaker 4>with medical emergencies. At one point this weekend at Bush's Airport,

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<v Speaker 4>line stretched more than four hours. Only a fraction of

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<v Speaker 4>the checkpoints were even open. And the question, obviously is why.

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<v Speaker 4>Because Democrats in Washington are holding the Department of Home

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<v Speaker 4>in Security funding hostage even though you paid your taxes.

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<v Speaker 4>That is leaving the TEA the ESA agents working without pay,

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<v Speaker 4>calling out in massive numbers and just flat out quitting

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<v Speaker 4>because they've got to find another job where they can

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<v Speaker 4>depend on the paycheck actually showing up. In fact, we

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<v Speaker 4>now know that more than three thousand, four hundred TSA

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<v Speaker 4>agents have called out nationwide, and well over four hundred

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<v Speaker 4>agents have already turned in their resignation saying they've moved on.

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<v Speaker 4>Now that's not a small problem. That's a system breakdown

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<v Speaker 4>in real time, all done by design by the Democrats

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<v Speaker 4>to continue to hold America hostage, which brings us to

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<v Speaker 4>President Donald Trump. He just told Republicans in Congress to

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<v Speaker 4>refuse any DHS deal with the Democrats without voter ID

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<v Speaker 4>and citizenship being attached. That's playing hardball. The President speaking

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<v Speaker 4>in Memphis, tennesseee it at a Make America Safe Again event,

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<v Speaker 4>he had this to say to the American people about

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<v Speaker 4>what they're experiencing at the airports.

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<v Speaker 1>So if disruptions at major airports nationwide last weekend, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>again demanding the Democrats in Congress immediately end their disgraceful

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<v Speaker 1>shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security and the restore

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<v Speaker 1>the full funding for airport security.

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<v Speaker 2>And the TSA.

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<v Speaker 1>They are holding it up because they want to take

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<v Speaker 1>care of legal immigrants coming into our country.

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<v Speaker 2>They want to take care of.

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<v Speaker 1>Criminals that are in sanctuary cities.

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<v Speaker 2>They want to take care.

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<v Speaker 1>Of transgender for everybody, literally the utilization of our children,

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<v Speaker 1>men in women's sports. But what they don't want to

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<v Speaker 1>do is give us anything to do with citizenship for

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<v Speaker 1>voting or voter ID. Can you imagine we're the only

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<v Speaker 1>country that doesn't do voter ida.

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<v Speaker 2>Every country does voter ID.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, brought to my attention today that we're the

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<v Speaker 1>only country that does mail in voting. Mail in voting

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<v Speaker 1>means mail and cheating. I call it mail and cheating,

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<v Speaker 1>and we got to do something about it all. And

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<v Speaker 1>it's part of homeland security. And I'm suggesting strongly to

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<v Speaker 1>the Republican Party, don't make any deal on anything. The

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<v Speaker 1>most important thing we can have is what's called the

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<v Speaker 1>Save America Act. Don't make any deal on anything unless

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<v Speaker 1>you include voter ID and you have to be a

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<v Speaker 1>citizen to vote. You have to show citizenship to vote,

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<v Speaker 1>very easy to do. It's very insulting when they say

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<v Speaker 1>people can't do it because they don't know how to

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<v Speaker 1>do it. Anybody that can't do it, I think it's

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<v Speaker 1>a very insulting thing to say. The Democrats are fully

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<v Speaker 1>to blame with the struggle.

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<v Speaker 4>Of as he said there, Democrats are fully to blame

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<v Speaker 4>for what we're witnessing right now now. President Trump also

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<v Speaker 4>ordered ICE agents deploy the major airports across the country,

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<v Speaker 4>and the message from his administration was crystal clear. President

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<v Speaker 4>Trump is using every tool available to help American travelers,

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<v Speaker 4>while politicians are arguing Trump is putting people on the

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<v Speaker 4>ground and what is ICE doing and why does it matter. Well, no,

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<v Speaker 4>let's be very clear about that, because the media will

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<v Speaker 4>not explain it honestly to you at all. ICE agents

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<v Speaker 4>are not replacing TSA. They are managing crowds, checking IDs,

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<v Speaker 4>controlling lines, and securing exits. And that matters because it

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<v Speaker 4>frees up the TSA agents who are still showing up

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<v Speaker 4>without pay to focus on screening, which is the real bottleneck.

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<v Speaker 4>This is about efficiency, This is about stabilizing a crisis fast.

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<v Speaker 4>The President understands how important air travel is to our economy.

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<v Speaker 4>The Democrats are holding billions of dollars each and every

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<v Speaker 4>hour hostage when it comes to work that is not

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<v Speaker 4>being done, meetings that are not taking place, and people

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<v Speaker 4>that cannot travel all because of the Democratic Party putting

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<v Speaker 4>illegal immigrants first and the fact that they want to

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<v Speaker 4>hold Americans hostage. Now, this is where it's getting interesting,

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<v Speaker 4>and this is what the headlines won't emphasize enough. After

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<v Speaker 4>days of total chaos, airports like Houston, Minneapolis, Chicago and

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<v Speaker 4>others are already seeing wait times drop significantly in some terminals,

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<v Speaker 4>from hours down to minutes in certain checkpoints. That's not

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<v Speaker 4>an accident. That's what happens when leadership shows up. But

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<v Speaker 4>let's be honest, this is still a real crisis. This

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<v Speaker 4>is a band aid, and now it's going to get

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<v Speaker 4>even worse as Democrats are doing everything they can to

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<v Speaker 4>try to make the problem go back to hours and

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<v Speaker 4>hours of wait times. I'm not going to sugarcoat this

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<v Speaker 4>because you deserve the truth. This is not fixed yet

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<v Speaker 4>at all. Across the country. Some airports are still seeing

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<v Speaker 4>multi hour delays. Absentee rates are hitting forty plus percent

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<v Speaker 4>in some locations. Staffing is still stretched very thin. And

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<v Speaker 4>here's the key difference. Before President Trump got involved with ICE,

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<v Speaker 4>it was chaos and no response. Now, at least there's

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<v Speaker 4>a plan, action and early results. Trump is calling out

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<v Speaker 4>the real problem. And President Trump is not mincing words

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<v Speaker 4>about who caused this. He said it directly, saying, quote,

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<v Speaker 4>Democrats are endangering the USA by holding back the money

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<v Speaker 4>for the TSA. That is the fight. This isn't just

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<v Speaker 4>about airport lines. This is about DHS funding. It's now

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<v Speaker 4>about the Save Act, It's about border security, it's about

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<v Speaker 4>election integrity. And Trump is saying we are not going

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<v Speaker 4>back to business as usual, we are not funding the

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<v Speaker 4>system without fixing it. This is true leadership under pressure,

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<v Speaker 4>and let me translate it for the liberals this way.

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<v Speaker 4>When the system started breaking, when the Americans were stuck

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<v Speaker 4>in lines, when TSA agents were overwhelmed, Trump didn't wait

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<v Speaker 4>for permission. He moved resources immediately when they were already

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<v Speaker 4>funding ICE agents, and they put them where the crisis

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<v Speaker 4>was happening. That is the decisive leadership that so many

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<v Speaker 4>Americans voted for. So here's the bottom line right now. Yes,

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<v Speaker 4>this crisis is very real. Yes it was caused by

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<v Speaker 4>a funding fight in Washington, but also the Trump administration

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<v Speaker 4>is actively responding. ICE deployment is already helping relieve the pressure.

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<v Speaker 4>And this is the first real step towards stabilizing a

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<v Speaker 4>system that clearly was out of control. And the message

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<v Speaker 4>from the White House couldn't be clear. They say this,

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<v Speaker 4>we will use every tool we have to protect Americans

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<v Speaker 4>and keep this country moving. And what are the Democrats saying.

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<v Speaker 4>They're not talking, they're not trying to work on a deal.

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<v Speaker 4>They wanted this to happen, and more importantly, they wanted

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<v Speaker 4>to hold you hostage in a ligne for hours on

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<v Speaker 4>in as the President said earlier today as he was

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<v Speaker 4>getting on Air Force One He made it clear the

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<v Speaker 4>TSA agents are heroes and something has to be done differently.

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<v Speaker 1>Er longer you had a ten thousand dollar bonus.

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<v Speaker 3>Sorry, last year you gave a ten thousand dollar bonus

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<v Speaker 3>because UK workers who kept showing up the work during

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<v Speaker 3>the touchdowns. Will you do that again?

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<v Speaker 1>Well, it could happen. It's amazing. There's such people that

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<v Speaker 1>are really really loyal and great and it's not easy

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<v Speaker 1>for them.

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<v Speaker 2>And this is all closed by the Democrats.

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<v Speaker 1>I said, just so you know, all this money was approved,

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<v Speaker 1>everything was approved.

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<v Speaker 2>This is done. The Democrat went.

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<v Speaker 1>In and they want to have radical left lunatics come

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<v Speaker 1>into our country. They want to have drug dealers, they

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<v Speaker 1>want to have murderers come into our country. They want

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<v Speaker 1>to have open borders, and we're not letting it happen.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what this is all about.

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<v Speaker 1>They don't want voter ID, they don't want proof of citizenship,

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<v Speaker 1>they don't want mail in ballots.

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<v Speaker 2>They're so corrupted. What they want. The only thing they

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<v Speaker 2>want is mail in ballots.

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<v Speaker 1>So we also added, as you know, into.

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<v Speaker 2>The Save America Act.

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<v Speaker 1>It it's called Save America's not the Save agg But

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<v Speaker 1>we added no transgender mutilization.

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<v Speaker 2>Of our children and no men in women's sports.

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<v Speaker 4>President Trump not losing focus on the issues, over and

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<v Speaker 4>over again saying the same thing, and also saying the

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<v Speaker 4>TSA agents that are showing up that have been harmed

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<v Speaker 4>by the Democrats, they're heroes and it could happen again.

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<v Speaker 4>Another ten thousand dollars bonus for those men and women

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<v Speaker 4>who show up to do a job even though the

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<v Speaker 4>Democrats refuse to pay them.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you for listening to the forty seven Morning Update

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