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Speaker 1: First of all, thank you, mister President, because this has

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Speaker 1: happened at lighting speed by a ticket for one hundred bucks.

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Speaker 1: By the time you check out, it's one hundred and seventy.

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Speaker 1: You don't know what you can charge for. I would

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Speaker 1: would rather be a hero up to the working class

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Speaker 2: You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben Ferguson.

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Speaker 3: Good Wednesday morning, Ben Ferguson with you. It's nice to

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Speaker 3: have you on the forty seven Morning Update. And here

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Speaker 3: are the three big stories that you need to know about.

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Speaker 3: First up, it was election night in America and the

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Speaker 3: good news is we came away with three victories and

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Speaker 3: one loss, giving Donald Trump more breathing room in the house.

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Speaker 3: How important is that for the America? First agenda. I'll

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Speaker 3: break it down for you. Also, Donald Trump is declaring

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Speaker 3: today as Liberation Day. Now what does that mean for you?

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Speaker 3: I'll explain it. And finally, Doge has found more waste

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Speaker 3: and fraud and your tax dollar is going to extreme

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Speaker 3: liberal groups. It's the forty seven Morning Update and it

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Speaker 2: Story number one.

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Speaker 3: It was a very important election day in two different

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Speaker 3: states in America on April the first, and it had

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Speaker 3: a major impact on what agenda items could get through

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Speaker 3: So let's start with Florida's special elections. To be very clear,

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Speaker 3: Democrats went all in in Florida, outspending Republicans in some

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Speaker 3: scenarios ten to one, Thank goodness. In Florida's first congressional district,

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Speaker 3: the Donald Trump candidate had a huge victory, securing that

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Speaker 3: victory over a Democrat who outspent him in a major way.

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Speaker 3: He still received the Republican candidate fifty six point nine

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Speaker 3: percent of the vote. This was massive for President Trump

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Speaker 3: because it was an endorsement and an important ally for him.

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Speaker 3: So after that, we moved to Florida's sixth Congressional district,

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Speaker 3: and the Republican there won the seat vacated by Mike Waltz,

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Speaker 3: who became President Trump's National security advisor. The Democrat also

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Speaker 3: outspent him when it came to trying to buy that election,

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Speaker 3: and yes, he won by fifty six point seven percent

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Speaker 3: of the vote. This will give Donald Trump some major

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Speaker 3: breathing room. It also will allow for Speaker Johnson to

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Speaker 3: having to worry as much about one random member of

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Speaker 3: Congress coming in and ruining his entire day. He will

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Speaker 3: actually be able to lead the Republican Party in a

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Speaker 3: much more effective way. For Donald Trump as well. So

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Speaker 3: this was a massive victory. Now let's move on to Wisconsin.

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Speaker 3: There was another victory. It will have a major impact

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Speaker 3: around the country and it involves Wisconsin's voter ID amendment. Now,

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Speaker 3: Wisconsin voters approved a constitutional amendment to enshrine the state's

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Speaker 3: photo ID requirement for voting into the state constitution. The

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Speaker 3: reflecting a commitment to election security measures supported by many conservatives.

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Speaker 3: This law also have a huge impact around the country,

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Speaker 3: as Republicans will now look at this vote in Wisconsin

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Speaker 3: it wasn't a clean sweep on election night. There was

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Speaker 3: also the Wisconsin Supreme Court election. It was a setback

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Speaker 3: Susan Crawford was elected to the Wasi Conson Supreme Court,

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Speaker 3: Trump and Elon Musk. Crawford's victory preserves the court's four

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Speaker 3: issues such as abortion and labor rights. But overall, three

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Speaker 3: we had a loss, but overall, three to one victory

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Speaker 2: Next story number two.

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Speaker 3: Today will be a day you will remember for quite

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Speaker 3: marked this day as Liberation Day by introducing a series

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Speaker 3: Much of this we learned during COVID when so many

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Speaker 3: a fair global trade environment. To be clear, President Trump

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Speaker 2: And finally, story number three is.

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Speaker 3: The cover up worse than the crime? Well, in this

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Speaker 3: instance it may not be Elon Musk leading. The Department

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Speaker 3: the DOEGE team successfully recovered the data, highlighting their technological proficiency.

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Speaker 3: The recovery data allegedly reveals significant financial misconduct as well,

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Speaker 4: Well, everything that those is an open book, so we're

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Speaker 4: i think the most transparent action. That was most transparent

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Speaker 4: We will at times make mistake and make mistake, will

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Speaker 4: act very quickly to correct it. I am under such

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Speaker 4: obviously nor do I wish to. So this is a

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Speaker 4: But we want to emphasize we fix them quickly. And

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Speaker 4: we're trying to do the right thing for the American taxpayer,

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Speaker 4: for the American people. And I think history will be

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Speaker 3: There's no doubt that the American people are still overwhelming

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Speaker 3: in the polls behind Elon Musk, Doge and Donald Trump

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Speaker 3: because of what they're finding, and much of what they're

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Speaker 3: finding now is government employees trying to cover up and

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Speaker 3: delete what they've been doing with your tax dollars in

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Speaker 3: the past.

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