WEBVTT - It's a Numbers Game: White House Correspondents Dinner Chaos: Security Failures, Trump Fallout & Political Violence

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome back to a Numbers Game with Ryan Gerdoski. This

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<v Speaker 1>is an emergency episode one that's audio only for those

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<v Speaker 1>who usually watched me on the podcast on YouTube. A

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<v Speaker 1>gunman broke out into the White House Correspondence Center. His

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<v Speaker 1>name is being reported as Cole Tomas Allen. He is

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<v Speaker 1>a thirty one year old teacher from California. Based on

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<v Speaker 1>a quick search, he's a registered independent. He did donate

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<v Speaker 1>twenty five dollars to Kamala Harris's campaign in twenty twenty four.

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<v Speaker 1>I know that's not a lot of money. Given that

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<v Speaker 1>he's a teacher, he probably doesn't make a lot of money,

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<v Speaker 1>and you know, it's a very expensive state to live in. Also,

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<v Speaker 1>in December of twenty twenty four, he was picked as

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<v Speaker 1>the teacher of the Month in Los Angeles County. He

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<v Speaker 1>got into the venue. It was the same venue, mind you,

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<v Speaker 1>that the White House Correspondent Center was being held at.

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<v Speaker 1>It was the same venue that the president where President

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<v Speaker 1>Reagan was shot over forty years ago. Now there's going

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<v Speaker 1>to be a lot of logistical questions. How did he

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<v Speaker 1>get so close to the president. He was in the

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<v Speaker 1>lobby of the hotel well at the time of the shooting.

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<v Speaker 1>The president's official Twitter account shared a video where the

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<v Speaker 1>shooter was basically able to rush past the guards and

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<v Speaker 1>get as close as he did. I mean he wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>he wasn't an eyesight of the president, but he was

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<v Speaker 1>in the building with a weapon. Now, my friend Madison Campbell,

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<v Speaker 1>who I just spoke to a few days ago, she

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<v Speaker 1>asked me if I was going. I said no, and

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<v Speaker 1>she said she was excited to go. She posted on

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<v Speaker 1>Twitter that she left the event early because she said

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<v Speaker 1>things felt off. She says that my best friend I

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<v Speaker 1>went to the White House Correspondence dinner and ended up

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<v Speaker 1>leaving early because something felt off. It sort of the

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<v Speaker 1>second we got there. Every event we've ever been to,

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<v Speaker 1>especially at this level, there are layers of security, bag checks,

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<v Speaker 1>IDs checked, actual process. This time nothing. We were just

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<v Speaker 1>asked if we had tickets and they said yes, and

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<v Speaker 1>we got waved through. No bag check, no real screening,

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<v Speaker 1>no line, just thousands of people packed together being pushed

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<v Speaker 1>through the doors as fast as possible. It felt wrong immediately,

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<v Speaker 1>like this really wrong. My best friend literally turned to

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<v Speaker 1>me and said, I think something's going to happen. And

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<v Speaker 1>then it did. And she goes on to say that

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<v Speaker 1>it shouldn't happen again. Another person in attendance said they

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<v Speaker 1>were shocked that the security allowed them to keep their vape.

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<v Speaker 1>That's basically vapes or confiscated almost everywhere at this point,

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<v Speaker 1>I am truly shocked if that was allowed to happen,

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<v Speaker 1>that it was almost looser than what you can bring

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<v Speaker 1>into an airport. It was just I mean, this is

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<v Speaker 1>awful and a lot of bad things obviously could have

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<v Speaker 1>happened that didn't happen. Secret Service swept in and cleared

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<v Speaker 1>a number of people from the stage immediately, including the

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<v Speaker 1>President and the Vice president heart Me Dylan, so she

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<v Speaker 1>actually received a small injury while everything was being cleared.

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<v Speaker 1>I have two very important hot takes. One, this is

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<v Speaker 1>why the president needs to build a White House ballroom.

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<v Speaker 1>This would have never happened if this was in the

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<v Speaker 1>White House, legitimately impossible, never would have happened. All the

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<v Speaker 1>left wing nonsense arguments that were always nonsense arguments about

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<v Speaker 1>the ballroom, you know that it should be built, and

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<v Speaker 1>where's all this money coming from? They're all stupid. No

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<v Speaker 1>one cares about this. It's not about the legacy of

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<v Speaker 1>the building, which has been changed. The number of times

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<v Speaker 1>start history. It's not about anything. It's Trump arrangement syndrome.

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<v Speaker 1>It's it's just Trump derangement syndrome. That's all the arguments

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<v Speaker 1>against the ballroom are. At this point. They need to

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<v Speaker 1>build a ballroom, and just these judges have to get

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<v Speaker 1>through and let it go through and let the construction happen.

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<v Speaker 1>For the future of every president, Democrat president, Republican president

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<v Speaker 1>that build a ballroom. It's ridiculous that the White House

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't actually even have a ballroom. It's a large piece

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<v Speaker 1>of property. Secondly, there was an interesting post on Twitter

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<v Speaker 1>just yesterday that I found fascinating. I actually responded to

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<v Speaker 1>it. It was from this unhinged liberal like that, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>the kind that probably believes that long COVID exists. He wrote,

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<v Speaker 1>taking a break from the White House Correspondents Center tonight

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<v Speaker 1>twas genuinely harrowing on the soul to watch DEMOLECTI. It's

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<v Speaker 1>hobnob with Fox anchors and Trump toties, all smiling and

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<v Speaker 1>laughing and drinking and drinking in drinking. It's not hard

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<v Speaker 1>to grapple with the knowledge a few people believe in

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<v Speaker 1>anything at all. That is only hard to grapple with

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<v Speaker 1>if you have not believed that for the last decade,

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<v Speaker 1>this has all been fake. Most of the criticism and

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<v Speaker 1>the outrage and the screaming from elected Democrats has all

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<v Speaker 1>been fake. Anyone with a level of discernment into how

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<v Speaker 1>people react when they are truly facing a major threat

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<v Speaker 1>shows you that. Remember when President Obama sat next to

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<v Speaker 1>President Trump at President Carter's funeral, they were laughing, they

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<v Speaker 1>were smiling. Or Joe Biden warmly greeting the president at

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<v Speaker 1>the White House when he was sworn in. Or Hillary

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<v Speaker 1>Clinton showing up at the twenty sixteen swearing in after

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<v Speaker 1>she had just lost the presidential election. You don't do that.

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<v Speaker 1>If you're actually believing that someone is a fascist and

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<v Speaker 1>democracy is under threat, you don't believe it. They never

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<v Speaker 1>believed it. No elected Democrat from Chuck Schumer to Nancy

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<v Speaker 1>Pelosi ever truly believed the nonsense that they were saying. Now.

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<v Speaker 1>They thought that Trump was dangerous to their neoliberal project,

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<v Speaker 1>the Obama legacy, to some liberal policies. That's all true.

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<v Speaker 1>They were very threatened by the policies, but they didn't

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<v Speaker 1>actually believe the man was going to end democracy the

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<v Speaker 1>way they said it. It is a monster that they

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<v Speaker 1>helped create, that they fed, that they glamorized, that they

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<v Speaker 1>marinated in, that the left marinated in. And the aftermath

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<v Speaker 1>of a decade of screaming about fascism and the end

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<v Speaker 1>of democracy and your rights being taken away, and those

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<v Speaker 1>women with those dumb red hoods marching everywhere with a bonnets.

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<v Speaker 1>The violence that has been sewed comes from that. It

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<v Speaker 1>is an offspring from that, and that is what is

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<v Speaker 1>responsible of the last decade. It's all just to win

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<v Speaker 1>political power. None of it was real. It was None

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<v Speaker 1>of it was ever real to the average elected Democrat,

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<v Speaker 1>who could guarantee that they would get you wine moms

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<v Speaker 1>nervous and excited to cash out their social Security check,

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<v Speaker 1>to cash out their for a one K plan, or

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<v Speaker 1>look for extra money in the bank account and give

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<v Speaker 1>it to their democratic nominee, democratic kind of for president.

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<v Speaker 1>There was always the while that was happening, there was

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<v Speaker 1>always some unhinged lunatic leftists waiting to create violence from it,

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<v Speaker 1>who believed it, who believed the nonsense that these people

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<v Speaker 1>were spouting. And when you think about Luigi Mangioni, what

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<v Speaker 1>he did, what the left did in reaction to the

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<v Speaker 1>murder that he had in fact that he murdered somebody,

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<v Speaker 1>and they clamorized it, They celebrated him, they said how

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<v Speaker 1>handsome he was. They created the permission structure for violent

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<v Speaker 1>street action. Think about the first attempt assassination at Donald Trump,

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<v Speaker 1>when so many people were receiving thousands upon tens of

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<v Speaker 1>thousands of retweet and attention and dopamine hits, when they

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<v Speaker 1>were saying, you shouldn't have missed. It's it's sick, it's

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<v Speaker 1>so so sick. And that's what's happened from the last

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<v Speaker 1>decade of the Democrats feeding a beast they couldn't control,

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<v Speaker 1>feeding a fire all for political power. They political power,

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<v Speaker 1>by the way, for warning sense that they'd never believed in,

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<v Speaker 1>for things they never truly believed in. And the thing is,

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<v Speaker 1>there's no culpability, there's no come to Jesus moment, there's

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<v Speaker 1>no we need to turn it down. They'll say that

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<v Speaker 1>for like, you know, a second and a half, but

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<v Speaker 1>that that will literally be a second and a half

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<v Speaker 1>and they'll just go back to normal, because at the

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<v Speaker 1>end of the day, all they care about is power.

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<v Speaker 1>That's all it is. We live in a very nicheche moment.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just power for the sake of power. They're not

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<v Speaker 1>going to turn on the bigot. They can't. It's too high,

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<v Speaker 1>it's too lucrative. The midterms are around the corner. They

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<v Speaker 1>have to keep their base angry and mentally ill. They're

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<v Speaker 1>just going to pretend like it never happened and continue

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<v Speaker 1>to amp up everything and pretend like they are the

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<v Speaker 1>moral crusaders, just trying to do the right thing to

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<v Speaker 1>stop fascism. I am so thankful everyone is safe, especially

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<v Speaker 1>Erica Kirk. I saw the video of her crying and leaving.

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<v Speaker 1>I can't imagine when she's going through. I'm so glad

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<v Speaker 1>everything happened and people were safe. At the end of

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<v Speaker 1>the day, we are ironically at a very safe age

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<v Speaker 1>when it comes to street violence. We're a very safe

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<v Speaker 1>age when it comes to crime in the street. But

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<v Speaker 1>we are an incredibly dangerous age when it comes to

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<v Speaker 1>violence in our politics. And that is a dichonomy I

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<v Speaker 1>think I should explore more. That's all for me. Be kind,

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<v Speaker 1>be safe everyone. I will speak to you guys on Monday.