WEBVTT - 070624  Trump, Biden, and the Supreme Court (Part 2)

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<v Speaker 1>Keep on riding with us as we continue to broadcast

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<v Speaker 1>weekly studios. Welcome back to Civic Cipher. I am still

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<v Speaker 1>your host ramses Jack.

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<v Speaker 2>I am hopefully still and forever. I like that your

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<v Speaker 2>co host Qward, and thank you a million times for

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<v Speaker 2>tuning in to Civic Cypher. We appreciate you, guys more

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<v Speaker 1>Everybody that supports sins letters. We've got a ton of letters,

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<v Speaker 1>letters to people that are fans of UQ. Nobody's a

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<v Speaker 1>fan of me, but that's okay because you start the show, Daisy.

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<v Speaker 2>to interact with one another.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, indeed, a lot to stick around for as well.

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<v Speaker 1>We will be discussing some housekeeping, catching up on the news, Trump, Biden,

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<v Speaker 1>and the Supreme Court. Just a lot has been going

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<v Speaker 1>on there, and uh, let's stick around for before we

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<v Speaker 1>This was a sad one.

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<v Speaker 2>Brace yourself.

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<v Speaker 1>Linda Torodo is at life's end due to an eye

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<v Speaker 1>injury sustained while covering a protest in twenty twenty. A

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<v Speaker 1>journalist who was shot in the eye by Minneapolis police

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<v Speaker 1>while covering the twenty twenty protest following the murder of

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<v Speaker 1>George Floyd, has entered hospice care due to her injury,

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<v Speaker 1>signaling that she is dying from her wounds. Linda Toroto,

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<v Speaker 1>age forty two, is at life's end and receiving palliative care,

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<v Speaker 1>the National Press Club said in a statement last week.

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<v Speaker 1>Toronto was photographing demonstrators during the twenty twenty unrest in

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<v Speaker 1>Minneapolis when a police officer shot at projectile at her face. Toroto,

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<v Speaker 1>who was wearing protective goggles and press credentials, suffered a

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<v Speaker 1>traumatic brain injury as blinded in one eye.

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<v Speaker 2>Quote.

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<v Speaker 1>I was lining up a photo when I felt my

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<v Speaker 1>face explode she wrote in an NBC op ed. She

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<v Speaker 1>goes on to say, my goggles came off and my

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<v Speaker 1>face was suddenly burning and leaking liquid, the gas mixing

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<v Speaker 1>with the blood. I threw up my arms and started screaming, Press,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm press, although I'm not sure if anyone could hear

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<v Speaker 1>me with my breathing apparatus and the general chaos around me,

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<v Speaker 1>she wrote. Toronto sued the Minneapolis Police Department and was

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<v Speaker 1>awarded six hundred thousand dollars in twenty twenty two as

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<v Speaker 1>part of a broader settlement between the city and the

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<v Speaker 1>people assaulted by police doing the twenty twenty protests. A

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<v Speaker 1>friend of hers said her condition has been deteriorating slowly,

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<v Speaker 1>in that she was dying still. She has some lucid moments,

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<v Speaker 1>but they are becoming more infrequent, he wrote. In his substack,

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<v Speaker 1>she wrote that she was getting ready to die at

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<v Speaker 1>thirteenth June post in her substack, I really don't feel

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<v Speaker 1>lucky or unlucky. I feel like the sweeping notes in

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<v Speaker 1>the Flower song the Nelson Dorma saying anything Vivaldi ever wrote,

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<v Speaker 1>and in short, she gave her life to cover the

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<v Speaker 1>protest of twenty twenty and we salute you. You are

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<v Speaker 1>an ally to us. Linda Torodo, I said it was

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<v Speaker 1>going to be a sad one, all right, Donald Trump,

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<v Speaker 1>Joe Biden, Supreme Court. We didn't get a chance to

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<v Speaker 1>talk about Donald Trump. Let me back up a bit

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<v Speaker 1>because one of the things that we didn't get to

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<v Speaker 1>cover for Donald Trump was an event that he did

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<v Speaker 1>in Detroit. It was one of those blacks for Trump events.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't like how that sounds. Blacks for Trump sounds racist.

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<v Speaker 1>We're not black people for Trump or African American supporters

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<v Speaker 1>or black support. You know something, Blacks for Trump just

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<v Speaker 1>feels it makes my stomach turn. But he had this

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<v Speaker 1>event in Detroit and it was at a church, as

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<v Speaker 1>you do, right, And you know, the video was released

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<v Speaker 1>and we saw the video and Trump was on stage

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<v Speaker 1>with two three black folks, and then the camera pans

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<v Speaker 1>to the audience, away from the stage to the audience,

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<v Speaker 1>and the audience is full of white people in a

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<v Speaker 1>black church. But the audience is full of white folks.

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<v Speaker 1>And there might have been one or two black people

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<v Speaker 1>in the audience. I don't remember.

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<v Speaker 2>And we'll say a handful, yeah, just and the only

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<v Speaker 2>reason I'm cutting rams is off to make that not correction,

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<v Speaker 2>but amendment is that some of our listeners are real

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<v Speaker 2>light skin intentionally choose semantics, yeah, to cancel everything else

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<v Speaker 2>that we're saying. So they were a handful of black

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<v Speaker 2>people on the pulpit with him and a handful of

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<v Speaker 2>black people in the audience. Yeah, but you will count

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<v Speaker 2>four instead of three and then say everything we said

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<v Speaker 2>was wrong, right, and said that I have to guard

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<v Speaker 2>against that, but I've seen that happen.

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<v Speaker 1>We're generally speaking, we don't have time to split hairs here.

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<v Speaker 1>But I'm glad you did that because you're right. People

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<v Speaker 1>will use a small uh semantic error, semantic error to

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<v Speaker 1>invalidate the entirety of what we're saying here. But the

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<v Speaker 1>video is available for public consumption. You can watch it yourself,

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<v Speaker 1>and you can see that the smoke and mirrors that

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<v Speaker 1>have been part and parcel to Donald Trump's campaign since

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<v Speaker 1>the beginning, and really his whole brand since the beginning,

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<v Speaker 1>it is on full display. Blacks for Trump goes to

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<v Speaker 1>a black church, you know, you make a donation, it's

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<v Speaker 1>possible to gain access to a black venue, black owned venue, right,

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<v Speaker 1>and then you invite all the white people and then

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<v Speaker 1>say I had a Black for Trump's Blacks for Trump

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<v Speaker 1>event at a black church with a handful of black

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<v Speaker 1>people on the stage.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't say that part.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, that part we know from the video. But yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>and then if you roll that into the next series

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<v Speaker 1>of headlines, more black people will look at that and say, well,

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<v Speaker 1>obviously Donald Trump is getting support from black people, And

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<v Speaker 1>then you can convince them that, well, if other people

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<v Speaker 1>are doing it, maybe me being on the fence about

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<v Speaker 1>it isn't so bad. Let me go ahead and answer

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<v Speaker 1>this poll saying that I would support this man, right,

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<v Speaker 1>And so again it's smoking mirrors trying to artificially generate

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<v Speaker 1>the look of black support for Donald Trump. But and

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<v Speaker 1>this is not the only thing. This is just kind

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<v Speaker 1>of one of the things that we didn't get to cover.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not going to spend too much time talking about

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<v Speaker 1>it because we've got a lot to cover here. But

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<v Speaker 1>it was one of the things that really bothered me

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<v Speaker 1>because again, the angle was Donald Trump's in Detroit and

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<v Speaker 1>he's got so much black support, and when you look

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<v Speaker 1>at the video evidence, you're like, okay, so where's this

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<v Speaker 1>black support whereas it because I don't see it in

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<v Speaker 1>the audience. And I know he's not knocking on doors.

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<v Speaker 1>And if black people were really supporting him in Detroit,

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<v Speaker 1>they would have went to that church. And if it

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<v Speaker 1>was an event where black people were prioritized so that

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump could speak to that community, that will be

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<v Speaker 1>black people in the audience. So it means one of

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<v Speaker 1>two things. Either black people were not as supportive as

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<v Speaker 1>they made both the things that you're about to say, Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>so that or that black people weren't invited or allowed

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<v Speaker 1>in to the degree that white folks were. And that's

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<v Speaker 1>on Donald Trump in his campaign. So and as Q mentioned,

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<v Speaker 1>it's probably both, and you need to know that, and

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<v Speaker 1>so can. I can't spend too much more time dissecting that.

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<v Speaker 1>But the video is available you care to watch it.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's fast forward a bit more the debate. Since we're

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<v Speaker 1>talking about Donald Trump, I will mention kind of the

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<v Speaker 1>big thing that Donald Trump mentioned on the debate stage

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<v Speaker 1>that social media has taken and run with, which is black.

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<v Speaker 2>Jobs, more specifically immigrants, Yeah, coming to steal black jobs,

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<v Speaker 2>black jobs, and by black jobs, he means low skill,

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<v Speaker 2>low pay. It should be so offensive because it's so obvious.

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<v Speaker 2>It should be so offensive because it's so obvious. Black

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<v Speaker 2>people like me because I'm a criminal. Black people like

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<v Speaker 2>me because I'm a felon. Black people you should be

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<v Speaker 2>afraid because immigrants are coming to steal black jobs. Here

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<v Speaker 2>go some tennis shoes. Here are my Trump sneakers. Look

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<v Speaker 2>at these two rappers I got to come on stage

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<v Speaker 2>with me. Don't black people love rappers? So doesn't that

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<v Speaker 2>mean that they support me? By black jobs, I mean

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<v Speaker 2>that you don't need a degree or any skill, you

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<v Speaker 2>don't have to be smart, and they don't pay much.

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<v Speaker 2>Those are the black jobs. You should be offended when

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<v Speaker 2>you hear these things because they're so blatantly disrespectful, They're

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<v Speaker 2>so blatantly dismissive, they're so blatantly dehumanizing and marginalizing. And

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<v Speaker 2>I cannot and I forget, forgive me for this is

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<v Speaker 2>just not this is not a message just for black people.

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<v Speaker 2>I understand. We have been lied to, We have been

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<v Speaker 2>promised things during campaigns that never happened. We have been

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<v Speaker 2>failed by both parties, cause it would just be flat

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<v Speaker 2>dishonest to say we've been let down by the democratic

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<v Speaker 2>process or by Democrats at large as a party. Republicans

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<v Speaker 2>have let us down too, so like the idea that

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<v Speaker 2>the Democrats have let us down, so we need to

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<v Speaker 2>vote Republican now, as if they've shown up for us.

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<v Speaker 2>We've been let down by both parties. The growing frustration,

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<v Speaker 2>the growing apathy, the growing desire to just throw up

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<v Speaker 2>your hands and not participate at all, I get it.

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<v Speaker 2>We have to stop pretending that our feelings aren't real

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<v Speaker 2>and aren't valuable. But we have to also stop pretending

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<v Speaker 2>that we're being gas lit. When people come out and say, hey,

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<v Speaker 2>that other guy will destroy our country, that's not gaslighting.

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<v Speaker 2>When you hear that he's an existential threat, that is literal,

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<v Speaker 2>and this is not conspiracy theory. These are not even

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<v Speaker 2>the words of those that are oppose him. These are

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<v Speaker 2>his words, Dictatorship day one. That's him. There are documents

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<v Speaker 2>that read like a full magazine that lay out exactly

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<v Speaker 2>what the straightforward in tent of Project twenty twenty five is.

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<v Speaker 1>A nine hundred fifty page document, and if.

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<v Speaker 2>You're not into legalese and you don't understand how to

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<v Speaker 2>read policy, there's parts in there that make it very

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<v Speaker 2>very simple what their intentions are. A white supremacist, Christian

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<v Speaker 2>nationalist nation led by a king who's immune from criminal

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<v Speaker 2>project prosecution, who can do whatever he wants in the

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<v Speaker 2>name of the presidency and it be forgiven criminally, who

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<v Speaker 2>will make very, very literal changes to the way that

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<v Speaker 2>you live your everyday life. So I get that you

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<v Speaker 2>are uninspired by Joe Biden as a client as a candidate.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sorry, I get it. I often wish that we

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<v Speaker 2>were less informed, because there's a reason why there are

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<v Speaker 2>no MAGA candidates encouraging voter registration. Ooh, because they could,

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<v Speaker 2>They could encourage more people to register to vote to

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<v Speaker 2>vote for them. What you'll also notice is that when

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<v Speaker 2>many people do push voter registration, they do not also

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<v Speaker 2>include the client I keep saying client. They do not

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<v Speaker 2>also include the candidate they want you to vote for.

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<v Speaker 2>They just want you to vote because they feel like

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<v Speaker 2>the more people that show up to vote, the better

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<v Speaker 2>the outcomes will be for the country. Ironically, those better

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<v Speaker 2>outcomes are not for MAGA Republicans, so there is a

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<v Speaker 2>reason that they are not in your communities encouraging you

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<v Speaker 2>to register to vote. They know that the outcomes would

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<v Speaker 2>not be in their favor if more of us participate it.

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<v Speaker 2>But that's why they don't want you to participate. That's

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<v Speaker 2>why they're making it harder to vote. That's why they're

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<v Speaker 2>encouraging you to throw your hands up. That's why they're

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<v Speaker 2>encouraging you did not participate, And we do this thing

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<v Speaker 2>where we wait until we get to the finish line

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<v Speaker 2>to then try to voice all the things that were

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<v Speaker 2>frustrated about instead of participating all along the way. So

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<v Speaker 2>when it gets to this point, all of your work

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<v Speaker 2>can be rewarded. Those local, state, and federal people that

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<v Speaker 2>you voted for can now do the job you elected

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<v Speaker 2>them to do. Now do they always do it, of

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<v Speaker 2>course not. But there is one party present that will

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<v Speaker 2>at least allow you to continue to participate, and there

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<v Speaker 2>is one that will make it their business to ensure

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<v Speaker 2>that you cannot. And I don't need to tell you

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<v Speaker 2>which is which you can actually take the words I

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<v Speaker 2>just said in Google them. Which party will make it

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<v Speaker 2>illegal for me to be a part of the process,

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<v Speaker 2>will make it illegal for me to have autonomy over

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<v Speaker 2>the decisions I make for myself, for my children, for

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<v Speaker 2>my family, And which won't. Google's AI will do the

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<v Speaker 2>rest of the work for you. Yeah, it'll fill in

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<v Speaker 2>the rest of the search. So I did not mean

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<v Speaker 2>to kind of clumsily take over this segment and sidetrack me.

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<v Speaker 2>You want to speak about. However, we are not gaslighting you,

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<v Speaker 2>because I keep seeing friends of mine say that the

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<v Speaker 2>Democrats need to stop gaslighting us. Listen, folks, this is

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<v Speaker 2>not that.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it's not the same. This is very different.

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<v Speaker 2>That I don't have a candidate that I work for.

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<v Speaker 2>We don't have a campaign that sponsors us or that

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<v Speaker 2>we endorse. So I'm not here to tell you how

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<v Speaker 2>to think and what to do. I am, however, here

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<v Speaker 2>to tell you that the idea. I'll stop that thought

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<v Speaker 2>and say this, this is a binary decision. This is

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<v Speaker 2>a zero sum decision. We do not get to sit

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<v Speaker 2>this one out because there will be a president. There

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<v Speaker 2>will be one, and there's going to be one of

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<v Speaker 2>those two. It's going to be one of those two.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't need to say the names, because you know.

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<v Speaker 2>So to prove a point this time, I'm going to

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<v Speaker 2>vote third party for Ramsey's jah is a mistake, or

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<v Speaker 2>to hold one party accountable, I'm going to vote for

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<v Speaker 2>the other one that is a mistake. Pay attention. I

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<v Speaker 2>know you're mad me to I know you discouraged me too.

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<v Speaker 2>I know you're exhausted and tired of the same old

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<v Speaker 2>me too, But never in our history, even when America

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<v Speaker 2>was great, Because they want America to be great again. Right,

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<v Speaker 2>once upon a time a man told a nation to

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<v Speaker 2>make Germany great again. I'm talking about the exact words

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<v Speaker 2>I just said, make Germany great again. It should sound familiar.

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<v Speaker 2>Google is free even when America was great. According to them,

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<v Speaker 2>the president was not immune even then. So if you

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<v Speaker 2>think this tyrannical regime stops at abortion, stops at denying

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<v Speaker 2>gay people the right to marry, stops at allowing minorities

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<v Speaker 2>to go to college. If you think it stops there,

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<v Speaker 2>you are mistaken. I told friends of mine years ago

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<v Speaker 2>that they would do the types of things that they

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<v Speaker 2>are doing now, and they laughed at me because I

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<v Speaker 2>was being hyperbolic or ridiculous. So when I'd say they're

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<v Speaker 2>trying to take us back pre Jim Crow, i am

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<v Speaker 2>not just talking out of my rear end. A conservative

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<v Speaker 2>supermajority on the Supreme Court has now in just the

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<v Speaker 2>last few years, overturned Roe v. Wade, overturned affirmative action,

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<v Speaker 2>federal attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion. Former presidents cannot

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<v Speaker 2>be held accountable for criminal acts as long as they

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<v Speaker 2>say it was in the name of the presidency and

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<v Speaker 2>what they thought was in the best interests of the country.

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<v Speaker 2>They are not even doing these things undercover anymore. They're

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<v Speaker 2>doing them in front of you, in our face. Watergate everyone.

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<v Speaker 2>I wish we were not so informed. I wish I

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<v Speaker 2>knew less so I could just be frustrated and not participate.

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<v Speaker 2>I understand those frustrations. I am not saying they are

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<v Speaker 2>not valid, I promise, but now is not the time.

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<v Speaker 2>We did this last time, and that's why we're here.

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<v Speaker 2>You're unhappy with the candidate that we have. We we

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<v Speaker 2>had some better ones, but you didn't like their email

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<v Speaker 2>folder in box. The other gentleman is a thirty four

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<v Speaker 2>time convicted felon and gided on over ninety charges that

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<v Speaker 2>have not seen convicttions yet adjudicated rapist. He said out

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<v Speaker 2>loud on a bus. He's recorded that he does exactly

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<v Speaker 2>what he's been convicted of, walk up to him and

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<v Speaker 2>grab him by the blank. He said that while running

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<v Speaker 2>for president, and Americans still elected him. We must wake up, folks.

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<v Speaker 2>Unless you have some alternative country where you have citizenship

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<v Speaker 2>that you can go to. You got to live in

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<v Speaker 2>this one and your normal human rights and liberties are

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<v Speaker 2>at risk. Democracy as we know it is at risk.

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<v Speaker 2>We are not gas lighting you. I do not work

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<v Speaker 2>for the Democratic Party. I want to say this too

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<v Speaker 2>while we're here, if I may. That was poignant. That

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<v Speaker 2>was everything that we needed to say. We covered all

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<v Speaker 2>our bases well, said, Q. You are on eleven today.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't even know what I'm doing here. I see

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<v Speaker 2>why you got all the fan mail. But you know,

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<v Speaker 2>we saw the debate Donald Trump and Joe Biden. We

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<v Speaker 2>had to watch it.

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<v Speaker 1>We had to do this show, We had to do

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<v Speaker 1>Black Information Network, we had to do everything British Broadcasting Company.

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<v Speaker 1>With all these things that we end up having to do.

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<v Speaker 1>We know that that was a very uninspired performance and

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<v Speaker 1>we know that there are concerns about Joe Biden's fitness

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<v Speaker 1>for office movies.

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<v Speaker 2>Shame on our colleagues for not calling out the lies

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<v Speaker 2>of the other guy.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, that was another other part of it. However, Joe

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<v Speaker 1>Biden is the name on the administration. It's the administration

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<v Speaker 1>that carries out the functions of government. Donald Trump is

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<v Speaker 1>the name on the administration. The administration is the carries

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<v Speaker 1>is what carries out the function of government, and as

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<v Speaker 1>you mentioned, Project twenty twenty five is an effort to

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<v Speaker 1>rewrite what an administration is, what the roles are, how

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<v Speaker 1>much more expansive those roles can be, and how much

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<v Speaker 1>more control those individual roles will have underneath the commander

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<v Speaker 1>in chief. And so rather than looking at okay, do

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<v Speaker 1>I vote for this guy or that guy, it might

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<v Speaker 1>be easier to take a step back and ask yourself,

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<v Speaker 1>do I want to vote for this administration or that administration?

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<v Speaker 2>This policy versus that policy? You see what I mean?

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<v Speaker 1>And so these are really important things to consider moving

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<v Speaker 1>forward the Supreme Court, where you know, I feel like

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<v Speaker 1>Democrats need to get a spine. I'm not a fan

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<v Speaker 1>of Joe Biden because of all the stuff that happened

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<v Speaker 1>in Gaza, but I recognize one of those two men

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<v Speaker 1>have to be the president. One of them changes the

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<v Speaker 1>country forever for the worst, and the other one at

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<v Speaker 1>worst leaves it the same. So we'll leave it right there.

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<v Speaker 1>And ended up getting tough at parts, but we got

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<v Speaker 1>through it. So I didn't mean to hijack. No, that's

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<v Speaker 1>what we needed, man. I needed to hear that I'm

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<v Speaker 1>upset Man, No, No, You're right where you need to be.

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<v Speaker 2>Man.

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<v Speaker 1>I love you always.

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<v Speaker 2>Man.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you all for listening to Civic Cipher. I've been

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<v Speaker 2>Peace, peace,