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Speaker 1: A Federal Appeals Court Rejects Donald Trump's story that he

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Speaker 1: Is the Justice Department is clear to use a hundred

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Speaker 1: today joined by Republican Strategist Doug High and Kevin McCarthy,

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Speaker 1: to have you back, Mike. The special master has set

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Speaker 1: That's pretty significant because she's telling liberal and progressive members

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Speaker 1: to fund the government. There aren't Democrats who want to

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Speaker 1: lot of different things these past months. Emily, great to

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Speaker 1: talk to you. Thanks for coming in. As always, she'll

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Speaker 1: be with you tomorrow here on sound on Bloomberg Government

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Speaker 1: Congress reporter, Emily Wilkins, I want to hear what the

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Speaker 1: Doug high with us, our political panel on sound on

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Speaker 1: today as Kevin McCarthy prepares to take the wraps off

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Speaker 1: the commitment to America, which, Jeez, you just heard new

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Speaker 1: Ingrid says that's even better than the contract with America

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Speaker 1: and it's just three letters, so you know it's got

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Speaker 1: to win. Our panel up next will check traffic and

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Speaker 1: markets for you too. I'm Joe Matthew. This is Bloomberg.

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Speaker 1: You're listening to Bloomberg. You sound on with Joe Matthew

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Speaker 1: on Bloomberg Radio. The contract with America was unveiled in

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Speaker 1: twenty eight years ago. I only mentioned that to make

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Speaker 1: you feel old, because I just looked it up and

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Speaker 1: now I feel old. To Enter Kevin McCarthy, almost thirty

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Speaker 1: the commitment to America. Let's reassemble the panel. Jeanie Schanzano

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Speaker 1: was this, who definitely cannot remember back that far Bloomberg

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Speaker 1: Republican Strategist and former R N C communications director. Uh, Doug,

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Speaker 1: you surely don't remember that either. But, but, but if

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Speaker 1: far with the messaging. No, I don't think he's pushing

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Speaker 1: put that together? Sure, I think that's one of the challenges,

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Speaker 1: that's certainly common in politics. But if you have a

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Speaker 1: mean that Donald Trump is always going to back you up,

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Speaker 1: and so there are variables here. But Kevin's doing everything

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Speaker 1: that's certainly not a yes, genie. Is this exercise, UH,

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Speaker 1: or is this more about Kevin McCarthy beginning his sort

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Speaker 1: this caucus together? I am far too young to remember

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Speaker 1: the contract with America. I wish I could say that, Joe,

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Speaker 1: before social media. Now you have members like Scott Perry,

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Speaker 1: this clock is together, particularly those trump supporters for whom

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Speaker 1: about that? So, what are you hearing about that race

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Speaker 1: at that at least, dephonic pulling out of that race,

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Speaker 1: This is when he was, I guess, in College. He

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Speaker 1: say that this election is not even gonna be a

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Speaker 1: if she had any reaction to this idea that women

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Speaker 1: What do I think of that? I think I hear

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Speaker 1: You know, he was simply trying to draw attention to

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Speaker 1: the hypocrisy of the feminist movement. But you look at

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Speaker 1: their right to vote. This is, you know, I think

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Speaker 1: Nancy Pelosi describe it very well. It is over the

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Speaker 1: top and it is disgusting talk, and so for them

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Speaker 1: to suggest it was just hypocrisy is stunning. I have

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Speaker 1: not supported Democrats supporting these candidates and he was endorsed

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Speaker 1: by Donald Trump. And this is what Republicans are left

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Speaker 1: with in Michigan and it's a sad state of affairs. Well,

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Speaker 1: I mean it also was written in this century, which

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Speaker 1: is noteworthy here. Doug, what does the party do with

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Speaker 1: something like this? You know, when when this news comes

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Speaker 1: back to Washington, Uh to the campaign committees, what do

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Speaker 1: So what you've seen as Republicans have withdrawn funding for

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Speaker 1: in Afghanistan, which he hadn't done. In a situation like this,

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Speaker 1: it's winnable or not. There they'll accept his explanation week though,

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Speaker 1: that it is. But I think this highlights, you know,

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Speaker 1: You know, we we often say that the trump endorsement,

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Speaker 1: over the line, and that's true in a lot of

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Speaker 1: these races. But when Donald Trump and Democrats agree on

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Speaker 1: a Republican candidate, that candidate then is unstoppable in the

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Speaker 1: primary and if any of these candidates get through, then

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Speaker 1: Democrats are gonna have a lot to answer for. You know,

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Speaker 1: so often we hear Democrats say we need more Adam kinsingers,

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Speaker 1: but the reality is Democrats in Illinois made sure that

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Speaker 1: Adam kinsinger couldn't run for reelection. Well, you know, this

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Speaker 1: is true and it it happens on both sides. Genie,

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Speaker 1: this is a phenomenon. I feel like that that could

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Speaker 1: in a campaign? I've never seen. Nope. We've talked about

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Speaker 1: it one time in a Senate race and didn't do

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Speaker 1: it because it's not worth it, maybe, but now the

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Speaker 1: rules have changed. Sorry, I interrupted. Yeah, no, that's fascinating. Yeah, no, no,

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Speaker 1: it has happened on both sides. I mean, you know,

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Speaker 1: we have seen it happen on both sides. I don't.

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Speaker 1: I don't agree with Democrats doing this, particularly since the

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Speaker 1: president has been out talking about how dangerous this rhetoric is.

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Speaker 1: That said, Republicans are left with this candidate and it

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Speaker 1: is likely going to cost them this seat. Kamala Harris

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Speaker 1: wouldn't even comment on it when given the opportunity the

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Speaker 1: other day. Fascinating conversation that just keeps on going. Great

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Speaker 1: to have you back, Doug. Thanks for being here. Doug High,

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Speaker 1: Republican strategist, and Jeannie Chanzano, Bloomberg politics contributor. I'm Joe

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Speaker 1: Matthew in Washington. Thanks for being with us on the

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