WEBVTT - "This Guy Should Be Fired".  Lawmaker James Gallagher talks to Armstrong & Getty

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<v Speaker 1>our part. I don't want to send self aggrandizing We

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<v Speaker 1>broke the story written by a fabulous student journalist at

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<v Speaker 1>the University of California and Davis about a professor who

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<v Speaker 1>is on campus teaching openly advocating the murder of police officers.

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<v Speaker 1>And I'm not being you know, I'm not parsoning, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not being lawyerly about it. The guy openly says cops

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<v Speaker 1>should be killed, and the University of California Davis and

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<v Speaker 1>they're easier to their easier to kill when their backs

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<v Speaker 1>are turned. One of his many comments incredible. He said,

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<v Speaker 1>many people say the police should be reformed, they should

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<v Speaker 1>be killed. That's what he says. And the response from

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<v Speaker 1>the University of California system has been as you might expect,

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<v Speaker 1>mealy mouthed, legalistic and pathetic, citing Title nine among other things. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>But the but the righteous indignation of the good and

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<v Speaker 1>normal people of America is starting to be aroused as

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<v Speaker 1>they hear more about this story, and we've invited James

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<v Speaker 1>Gallagher on. James is an assemblyman in California representing the

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<v Speaker 1>third District who is actually he's the product of the

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<v Speaker 1>University of California system and joins us now to talk

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<v Speaker 1>about it. Hey, James, how are you. Good morning, gentlemen.

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<v Speaker 1>Good to be with you. It's our pleasure. So listen.

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<v Speaker 1>We here at the Armstrong and Getty Show. We we

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<v Speaker 1>have kind of a libertarian point of view of things,

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<v Speaker 1>and we don't like people faking outrage and demanding people

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<v Speaker 1>lose their jobs because they said some unfortunate or controversial

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<v Speaker 1>and that where you just agree with them, right. We

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<v Speaker 1>don't like that. Um, And so you know, people who

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<v Speaker 1>know us, no, it's pretty extraordinary for us to say

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<v Speaker 1>this is so horrific that the guy should not be

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<v Speaker 1>in front of young people teaching them. What's your point

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<v Speaker 1>of view about Professor Joshua Clover at the you see Davis. No,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, and I listened to this show, by the way,

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<v Speaker 1>it's a great show. Thank you. And you know, see

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<v Speaker 1>when I started to read this article and got forwarded

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<v Speaker 1>to me actually by my wife. Um. You know, as

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<v Speaker 1>I went through this thing, I the matter I got,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, and you know, I just just to see

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<v Speaker 1>that this guy the things that he had said, and

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<v Speaker 1>then when he was confronted about it, actually would not recant,

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<v Speaker 1>actually said, well, the real answer is to disband the police. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>And so you're you're really in this outlandis stuff. And

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<v Speaker 1>then I you know, I I texted a couple of

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<v Speaker 1>my buddies, you know, sending this study. They also are

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<v Speaker 1>Davis grads, and I said, can you believe you know

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<v Speaker 1>that this is the kind of stuff that's coming out

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<v Speaker 1>of the university that we received our degrees from, you know. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>And you know, as I talked to more and more people,

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<v Speaker 1>it's the same response, the same response that you gentlemen

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<v Speaker 1>had yesterday morning when you were talking about this story. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>I will say just one of the same day, as

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<v Speaker 1>I'm reading this article, I'm like, man, this guy is

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<v Speaker 1>a really good writer. A little bit jealous to myself,

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<v Speaker 1>so that that was also the point of Um for

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<v Speaker 1>a college scene is really a hell of a writer

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<v Speaker 1>in journalist anyway, go ahead, yeah, great piece. And then

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<v Speaker 1>you know, just so as we started talking to people

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<v Speaker 1>and and uh, and I actually did put in a

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<v Speaker 1>call to the university, UM saying, hey, if you haven't

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<v Speaker 1>hear anybody else, you know, you can log it for me. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, this guy should be fired period. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>there's no room for this. This is not this is no,

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<v Speaker 1>this is not a legitimate act in academic freedom has

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<v Speaker 1>no legitimate purpose towards you know, anything academic and nature. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>then it's it's clearly an incitement to violence, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>against a selected group of people. What do you think

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<v Speaker 1>is a guy who's pretty up on these issues that

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<v Speaker 1>they fell back on Title nine saying well, police aren't

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<v Speaker 1>a protected class under Title nine, so our teachers can

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<v Speaker 1>navocate murdering them. Well, to be honest, I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>exactly what Title nine says or doesn't say. Um, I

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<v Speaker 1>think everybody it's this is kind of intrinsic. I think

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<v Speaker 1>to all of us, UM, that free speech does not

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<v Speaker 1>mean that, for example, you can go punch someone in

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<v Speaker 1>the face for advocating a certain view on campuses. Happened

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<v Speaker 1>on Berkeley campus a couple of weeks ago. And it

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't mean that you can advocate for the death. Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, ask people to go out and kill people

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<v Speaker 1>for whom that you have some sort of disagreement with.

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<v Speaker 1>It's clearly not free speech. You know. In common a

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<v Speaker 1>place we are in our politics is U Republicans. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>how about how awful university campus are in Democrats stand

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<v Speaker 1>up for university campuses. Do you have colleagues that are

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<v Speaker 1>Democrats that think this is a bridge too far that

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<v Speaker 1>they're willing to to side with you? Um? Well, I

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<v Speaker 1>haven't had a whole lot of conversations with my Democratic

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<v Speaker 1>colleagues yet on this, but yeah, I think that there's

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of Democratic members of the legislature who would

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<v Speaker 1>also say this is completely unacceptable. And I think it's

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<v Speaker 1>only people on the very radical, you know, very very

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<v Speaker 1>radical left who might stand up for this guy. I

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<v Speaker 1>can't imagine how many people are that far out there.

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<v Speaker 1>James Gallagher's a California assemblyman and uh, and we are

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<v Speaker 1>aiding him in an online petition to get this Joshua

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<v Speaker 1>Clover fired from the University of California at the very least, um,

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<v Speaker 1>and and we'd love for you to go to Armstrong

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<v Speaker 1>and Getty radio dot com and and sign it. Uh.

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<v Speaker 1>The response from the University of California is unintentionally hilarious.

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<v Speaker 1>The basis for academic freedom is to make sure that

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<v Speaker 1>the university is a place where unpopular and different views

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<v Speaker 1>are heard in the way of banning any speaker to

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<v Speaker 1>the right of Mitt Romney for years, allowing the Heckler's veto,

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<v Speaker 1>and the fact that self identified liberals out the out

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<v Speaker 1>number self identified conservatives roughly seventy to one on California

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<v Speaker 1>college campuses. That is some of the finest most dry

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<v Speaker 1>humor I have heard, uh in a lifetime. And I

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<v Speaker 1>credit the who is at the chancellor, whoever it is,

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<v Speaker 1>um with some really hilarious stuff there. Um, what do

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<v Speaker 1>you say to the argument that they make, Well, it's

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<v Speaker 1>academic freedom, assemblyman. You know, we have to have unpopular

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<v Speaker 1>views on campus. Who as a as an someone who

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<v Speaker 1>went to undergrad at Berkeley, I'm kind of used to

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<v Speaker 1>this type of stuff actually, And um, uh, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I was a conservative student who was part of the

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<v Speaker 1>college Republicans on campus often said, never trust a college republican.

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<v Speaker 1>I think a lot of liberals. But anyway, that's I

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<v Speaker 1>haven't heard you say that, but you know, on that campus,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, it was it was pretty clear that the

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<v Speaker 1>university you know, oftentimes uh, you know, talks about diversity,

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<v Speaker 1>he talks about diversity of thought, UM, but in many

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<v Speaker 1>cases it was, you know, as long as it's a

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<v Speaker 1>liberal perspective, um. And then you know, in these cases,

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<v Speaker 1>I just like, why can't they figure this out? You know,

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<v Speaker 1>of course we want to diverse uh, diverse viewpoints and

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<v Speaker 1>and ideas expressed and talked about, UM. But that doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>mean that you allow for this kind of hateful dialogue

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<v Speaker 1>that's calling for death and hart and bodily harm to people.

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<v Speaker 1>It doesn't mean you allow for people with viewpoints to

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<v Speaker 1>be shouted down, you know and beaten, uh, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>and when Ben Shapiro comes to campus, you know, allowing

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<v Speaker 1>people to you know, basically beat people and throw molotov

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<v Speaker 1>cocktails at the uh, you know, campus buildings, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>white you see, and some of these other you know,

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<v Speaker 1>the University of California and others figure this out that

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<v Speaker 1>what free speech actually means. James Gallagher California Assemblyman James.

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<v Speaker 1>We appreciate at the time and you're helping out on

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<v Speaker 1>this because we think it's important. You know, one note

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<v Speaker 1>just for folks who don't remember, are not familiar with it, Davis, California,

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<v Speaker 1>is where very close to the campus on one of

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<v Speaker 1>the main arteries where students come and go. A a

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<v Speaker 1>beautiful in spirit. Twenty two year old young woman was

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<v Speaker 1>a young police officer, was executed by an anti cop guy.

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<v Speaker 1>He was a troubled guy, obviously, but she was murdered

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<v Speaker 1>in cold blood. You know, a ten minute walk from

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<v Speaker 1>where this guy teaches, advocating the murder of police officers.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's just it's absolutely unconscionable. And again we don't

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<v Speaker 1>twist words around here. I mean, it's easier to shoot

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<v Speaker 1>cops when their backs are turned. No, he tweeted. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>thankful that every living cop will one day be dead.

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<v Speaker 1>He tweeted. In an extended and review with San Francisco Weekly,

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<v Speaker 1>just a couple of years ago, people think that cops

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<v Speaker 1>need to be reformed, they need to be killed, he said.

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<v Speaker 1>Beautiful teaching your kids at an extremely high cost. If

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<v Speaker 1>you're a professor who said abortion is murder regularly in

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<v Speaker 1>your class. You'd be done right right, hope please, you'd

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<v Speaker 1>never get hired. No immigrants should be deported immediately. You'd

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<v Speaker 1>never get you wouldn't get an interview. I like to murder.

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<v Speaker 1>I think you should murder cops. Oh sure, remember in

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<v Speaker 1>good standing of the academia. When you're ready to ride Metro,

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