WEBVTT - Stephen A's Take: Donald Trump is criticized for labeling protesters as “insurrectionists” while pardoning actual January 6th rioters.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's talk about the latest on the federal ice raids

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<v Speaker 1>and the subsequent protests happening around the country. The flashpoint

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<v Speaker 1>happened in Los Angeles, California, when overnight curfew was lifted

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<v Speaker 1>at nine a m.

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<v Speaker 2>Eastern.

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<v Speaker 1>The curfew covered about one square mile in downtown LA

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<v Speaker 1>with a protest against ice raids and troop deployments in

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<v Speaker 1>the city had been concentrated. Similar protests took place in

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<v Speaker 1>other cities, including in New York, Seattle, Chicago, Austin, Texas,

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<v Speaker 1>Las Vegas, and of course, the nation's capital, Washington, DC. Meanwhile,

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<v Speaker 1>three Democratic governors defended the state's immigration enforcement policies before

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<v Speaker 1>the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee today.

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<v Speaker 2>Illinois Governor JB.

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<v Speaker 1>Pritzkert, Minnesota governor and former Democratic Vice presidential nominee Tim Wallas,

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<v Speaker 1>and New York Governor Cathy Hockel testified at what the

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<v Speaker 1>committee describes as quote a hearing with sanctuary state governors.

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<v Speaker 2>End quote and check this out.

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<v Speaker 1>This was the sea in Los Angeles just this afternoon,

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<v Speaker 1>as Homeland Security Secretary Christy nom was speaking.

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<v Speaker 2>About the raids and protests.

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<v Speaker 1>That's Democratic Senator Alex Badia of California, who was confronted

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<v Speaker 1>by security and forcibly removed from that press conference. Badia

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<v Speaker 1>spoke out during nomes initial remarks to reporters and attempted

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<v Speaker 1>to shout questions at the secretary. The senator was shoved

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<v Speaker 1>out of the room, taken to the ground, and handcuffed.

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<v Speaker 2>End quote. You see, ladies and gentlemen, you see that

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<v Speaker 2>right there.

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<v Speaker 1>That's why they've been talking about Steven Aate Smith being

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<v Speaker 1>a candidate for president of the United States.

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<v Speaker 2>That's why you should be looking at Governor Wes Moore

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<v Speaker 2>of Maryland.

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<v Speaker 1>You should be looking at Josh Shapiro, Governor of Pennsylvania.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, the people that don't engage in this kind

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<v Speaker 1>of nonsense.

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<v Speaker 2>You talking about propping yourself up.

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<v Speaker 1>It's all nonsense. It's all used as a tool to

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<v Speaker 1>divide us. On one hand, we have the President of

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<v Speaker 1>the United States focusing our attention on illegal immigration and

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<v Speaker 1>really highlighting it to the umph degree to make himself

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<v Speaker 1>look good. Because you can't point to the terrorists right now.

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<v Speaker 1>You can't necessarily point to the economy right now. You

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<v Speaker 1>can't you can't look at the war in Ukraine with Russia.

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<v Speaker 1>You can't point to that right now. You can't point

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<v Speaker 1>to doge in what they're doing because Elon Musk and

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<v Speaker 1>you have had your little tiff over the last week,

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<v Speaker 1>week and a half, So you can't point to that

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<v Speaker 1>right now. So what's a winning hand to play? It's this,

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<v Speaker 1>it's immigration, it's migrants, it's those who are undocumented or

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<v Speaker 1>here illegally. That's a winning hand and that's what he's doing.

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<v Speaker 1>So you got that side. And on another side here

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<v Speaker 1>you have this, Senator Alex Badia, can Christy Nole speak?

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<v Speaker 1>Could you have waited till she finished to ask your questions?

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<v Speaker 1>To shout your questions? You are a senator, right, you

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<v Speaker 1>couldn't wait? So that was just you out of control

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<v Speaker 1>because you were just losing it.

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<v Speaker 2>Hup. You are United States senator.

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<v Speaker 1>Couldn't compose yourself and let the head of Homeland Security

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<v Speaker 1>finish her thoughts before you ask the question?

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<v Speaker 2>Couldn't do that? Harm? Couldn't do it? Hah.

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<v Speaker 1>I know you got an explanation for it. I know

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<v Speaker 1>you got an explanation for it. And in fairness to you,

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<v Speaker 1>because that's what we do here.

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<v Speaker 2>Or to Stephen A.

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<v Speaker 1>Smithsrow, I'm gonna be fit to you by making sure

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<v Speaker 1>the people hear what you have to say. Go ahead,

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<v Speaker 1>Senator alexbdir, go ahead, let's hear you.

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<v Speaker 3>If this is how this administration responds to a senator

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<v Speaker 3>with a question, If this is how the Department of

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<v Speaker 3>Home mad Security responds to a Senator with a question,

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<v Speaker 3>you can only imagine what they're doing to farm workers,

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<v Speaker 3>to cus to daily abords out in the Los Angeles

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<v Speaker 3>community and throughout California and throughout the country. We will

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<v Speaker 3>hold this administration accountable.

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<v Speaker 2>Really, how are you gonna do that unless you win

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<v Speaker 2>at the post? How are you gonna do that? I'm

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<v Speaker 2>all lives, take your time away. How are you gonna

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<v Speaker 2>do that?

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<v Speaker 1>Because I don't see how it's gonna happen. Senator Alex

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<v Speaker 1>for did did you recognize that you sound a bit

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<v Speaker 1>similar to a couple of other people. Let's take it

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<v Speaker 1>to consideration. California Governor Gavin Newsom, according to a Wall

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<v Speaker 1>Street Journal, reading from an article right here, hitting all

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<v Speaker 1>of the greatest resistance hits democracy is under assault before

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<v Speaker 1>our eyes. Authoritarian regimes begin by targeting people who are

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<v Speaker 1>at least able to defend themselves, who are at least

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<v Speaker 1>able to defend themselves. He's assaulting the First Amendment. He's

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<v Speaker 1>taking a wrecking ball to our founding father's historic project.

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<v Speaker 1>This is what Gavin Newsom was saying about the Trump administration.

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<v Speaker 2>Doesn't that sounds similar to you? Sounds similar to me.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm just looking at certain things like this and I'm

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<v Speaker 1>saying to myself, where's that gonna get you? Because at

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<v Speaker 1>the end of the day, when you bring up the

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<v Speaker 1>fact that you don't like what Trump is doing, and

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<v Speaker 1>you're coming to the defense of migrants of immigrants, while

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<v Speaker 1>it's admirable from a humanitarian perspective, all of us as

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<v Speaker 1>human beings, as God fearing individuals, we don't want to

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<v Speaker 1>see anybody suffering the way some of these migrants have

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<v Speaker 1>been suffering. Make no mistake about that. This is not

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<v Speaker 1>what that's about. This is about playing a winning hand

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<v Speaker 1>or creating a winning hand, or incorporating a winning formula.

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<v Speaker 1>Are you doing that? Set it up a deal? Are

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<v Speaker 1>you doing that? Governor Newsom? Because this ain't a winning argument.

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<v Speaker 1>The polls showed that. I don't want to hear anything

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<v Speaker 1>about how there's no mandate with Trump.

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<v Speaker 2>He didn't win fifty percent of the vote. Ain't either.

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<v Speaker 1>He won a popular vote, he won an electoral college vote,

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<v Speaker 1>he won every swing state. He increased his votes with

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<v Speaker 1>young voters, black voters, Hispanic voters.

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<v Speaker 4>Facts.

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<v Speaker 1>It was an indictment against you as a party. And

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<v Speaker 1>what has happened since that time? Now he's gotten into

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<v Speaker 1>office and you're raising Holy hell because he's engaging in

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<v Speaker 1>a level of extremism. To my degree, I feel this way.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't like what I see Trump doing in Los

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<v Speaker 1>Angeles at all. You heard Kevin Fraser come on the

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<v Speaker 1>show just the other day and point out how overblown

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<v Speaker 1>some things are. Right now, had this conspicuous presence that's

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<v Speaker 1>been placed on the city of Los Angeles, where you

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<v Speaker 1>got four members of the National Guard, four thousand members

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<v Speaker 1>of the National Guard, and at least seven hundred members

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<v Speaker 1>of the United States Marines protecting federal property, etc. Is

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<v Speaker 1>all of that necessary? It does seem a bit extreme,

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<v Speaker 1>But if you're a politician and you're trying to play

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<v Speaker 1>a winning hand, if there's nobody in the streets throwing

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<v Speaker 1>stuff at you, if there's nobody in the streets viewing

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<v Speaker 1>hatred at you and being a bit belligerent, what would

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<v Speaker 1>they have to show for the cameras. What would they

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<v Speaker 1>have to show? And you, as a Democratic party, you

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<v Speaker 1>have to remember what the backdrop of all of this

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<v Speaker 1>is law and order from Trump, because they didn't appear

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<v Speaker 1>to be law and order when Biden was in office.

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<v Speaker 1>Open borders, you set nothing. Migrants coming through the streets

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<v Speaker 1>of America, you set nothing. We got medical in Los

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<v Speaker 1>Angeles paying over a billion dollars for migrants, but don't

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<v Speaker 1>have some don't have enough for Los Angeleans who are

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<v Speaker 1>born right here in the United States of America.

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<v Speaker 2>What argument do you think is going to win.

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<v Speaker 1>No one what sins believes that President Trump is totally right.

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<v Speaker 1>This is not about right and wrong with him. This

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<v Speaker 1>is about him knowing he has the benefit of the

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<v Speaker 1>doubt on his side because of what you did over

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<v Speaker 1>for over four years when he was out of office.

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<v Speaker 1>If you were Gavin Newsom, as the Wall Street Journal

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<v Speaker 1>alluded to, you know what you could have done to

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<v Speaker 1>alleviate this. Since you want to take the Trump administration

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<v Speaker 1>to court and say that he had no business federalizing

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<v Speaker 1>the National Guard, you could have caught.

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<v Speaker 2>The National Guard.

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<v Speaker 1>You could have made sure that law enforcement throughout the

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<v Speaker 1>city of Los Angeles had a very strong, vibrant, conspicuous

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<v Speaker 1>presence where there it might have alleviated the possibility of

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<v Speaker 1>him calling in, meaning Trump calling in the National Guards

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<v Speaker 1>in the Marines.

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<v Speaker 2>You could have done that, but you didn't. And because

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<v Speaker 2>you did it.

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<v Speaker 1>You gave him the opening to do it, because it

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<v Speaker 1>makes you look like you're week on on crime, you're

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<v Speaker 1>weak on lawlessness, you're weak on borders, all the things

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<v Speaker 1>that got him elected.

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<v Speaker 2>You're playing into his hand. And not only did you

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<v Speaker 2>do it, Governor News now.

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<v Speaker 1>Set it up a deer did it because we all

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<v Speaker 1>know you could have waited for her to finish speaking. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>I will say this, they had no business putting cuffs

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<v Speaker 1>on Senate upidea escorting him out of the room, even

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<v Speaker 1>forcibly was within bounds. The Secretary for Homeland Security was speaking.

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<v Speaker 1>You let her finish. You don't want to let her finish, then, hey,

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<v Speaker 1>they definitely should have removed you from the room.

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<v Speaker 2>That is it.

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<v Speaker 1>They didn't need to put you on the they didn't

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<v Speaker 1>need to handcuffed you.

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<v Speaker 2>All they needed to do was keep you out of

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<v Speaker 2>the room.

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<v Speaker 1>You are a United States senator, very disrespectful, comes across

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<v Speaker 1>as authoritarian President Trump.

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<v Speaker 2>Cross of the line, without question, without question.

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<v Speaker 1>But they didn't arrest him. They did let him go,

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<v Speaker 1>and within minutes he was outside holding his own press conference.

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<v Speaker 2>That is Senate up a deal. So let's take that

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<v Speaker 2>into consideration.

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<v Speaker 1>Now that I've said what I had to say about

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<v Speaker 1>the Democrats, who I think I'm playing right into Trump's

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<v Speaker 1>hands and looking like absolute fools doing so, that doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>absolve the Republicans, especially the number one member of the

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<v Speaker 1>GOP these days, that is the forty seventh President of

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<v Speaker 1>the United States. I want to race everybody out there listening.

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<v Speaker 1>I almost caught a heart attack when I heard President

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<v Speaker 1>Trump say what I'm about to show you.

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<v Speaker 2>He said, play that tape please. We have a great

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<v Speaker 2>country and we're going to keep it that way.

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<v Speaker 4>And when it comes to Los Angeles or other cities,

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<v Speaker 4>if we see other cities are gearing up and these

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<v Speaker 4>people are agitators, they're paid, they're professionals, they're insurrectionists, their troublemakers,

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<v Speaker 4>they're all of those things. But I believe they're paid,

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<v Speaker 4>and we're going to find out through Pam Bondi and

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<v Speaker 4>her great staff are great people.

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<v Speaker 2>Justice who they are. Oh no you didn't, No, you didn't.

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<v Speaker 1>Is that President Trump that just called somebody insurrectionists. People

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<v Speaker 1>who are protested in the streets. Dare I say looterers,

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<v Speaker 1>people that are defacing property with graffiti and stuff like that.

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<v Speaker 2>You called them insurrectionists.

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<v Speaker 1>But those folks that stormed the US Capitol in twenty

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<v Speaker 1>twenty one, bulldozing through barricades and capital security, they warn't surrectionists.

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<v Speaker 2>But you're calling these folks directionists. Really, really?

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<v Speaker 1>January sixth, defendants pardoned by Trump. Over one thousand and

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<v Speaker 1>five hundred of them were pardoned by Trump. Where video

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<v Speaker 1>is everywhere of them starming the United States Capital, going

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<v Speaker 1>into chambers, sitting behind the desk of Nancy Pelosi, chanting,

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<v Speaker 1>killed former Vice President Mike Pence. One woman was shot

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<v Speaker 1>by Secret Service. There were a couple of people who died.

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<v Speaker 1>And you call these folks in Los Angeles insurrectionists.

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<v Speaker 2>See, ladies and gentlemen. This is what I meant by

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<v Speaker 2>when I.

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<v Speaker 1>Said, this is what the politicians have done to us,

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<v Speaker 1>not all of them. There is good on both sides,

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<v Speaker 1>there's bad on both sides. But this is what the

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<v Speaker 1>nation's capital, the elected officials legislating and holding purview over

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<v Speaker 1>our country, has done to us. They serve to divide us.

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<v Speaker 1>They're not about bringing us together. They're about keeping us

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<v Speaker 1>divided so we can butt heads with one another, create

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<v Speaker 1>and then living the chaos we do create while they

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<v Speaker 1>chill up on Capitol Hill having dominion over our lives.

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<v Speaker 2>This is why these parties need to be purged. This

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<v Speaker 2>is why there needs to be a cleansing in the

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<v Speaker 2>nation's capital.

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<v Speaker 1>I myself, I'm a fan of Governor Wes Moore Maryland.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm a fan of Jos Shapiro of Pennsylvania. I'm a

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<v Speaker 1>fan of Marco Rubio, as crazy as that may sound

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<v Speaker 1>to some of you because of what you see him

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<v Speaker 1>doing as Secretary of State and heading our national security

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<v Speaker 1>intelligence as well national security Rather, I get it. But

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<v Speaker 1>seasoned politicians that know how to articulate themselves and are

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<v Speaker 1>about legislation, are about policies and about laws in our

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<v Speaker 1>land as opposed to creating chaos is what I'm down for.

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<v Speaker 1>Guys like John Kasick, former governor of Ohio, Chris Christi,

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<v Speaker 1>former governor of New Jersey. Not popular with a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of people, popular with me. Nikki Haley, I would have

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<v Speaker 1>voted for her. You don't need this chaos, This is

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<v Speaker 1>exactly what I was afraid of, exactly what I was

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<v Speaker 1>afraid of. Gavin Newsom clearly believes his strategy is to

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<v Speaker 1>be antithetical to anything that is Trump. By showing his

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<v Speaker 1>behavior can remen can emulate Trumps, and other Democrats are

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<v Speaker 1>gonna follow suit. Maxine Waters, God bless her. In her eighties,

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<v Speaker 1>she goes to some event daring federal officials to shoot her.

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<v Speaker 2>Really, really, that's how we're going to behave.

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<v Speaker 1>Like I said when I started, no wonder folks have

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<v Speaker 1>me as a candidate for the presidency of the United

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<v Speaker 1>States of America. Now, to be clear, I might cust

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<v Speaker 1>some people out from time to time, ain't no doubt

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<v Speaker 1>about that. But I would be about bringing people together

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<v Speaker 1>and working on compromise. That's the kind of candidate we need,

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<v Speaker 1>not me, but somebody committed to galvanizing instead of polarizing.

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<v Speaker 1>The way this is going right now, times are only

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<v Speaker 1>gonna get uglier before they get better. Because who's really

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<v Speaker 1>sincere when they're talking about how we need to get better.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't see any evidence of it. I just don't