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Speaker 1: my man wants to make America great again. Dear Steve

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Speaker 1: and Shirley. I am a twenty eight year old white

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Speaker 1: When I confronted him about Trump building the wall to

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Speaker 1: Oh yeah. He also doesn't believe in gun control and

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Speaker 1: Please advise? Wow, this is a different kind of a

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Speaker 1: don't think you're overreacting. I think you're just reacting. You're

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Speaker 1: You're in a relationship where you're a man, it seems,

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Speaker 1: has an identity crisis going on, some sort of identity problem,

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Speaker 1: not because he's a Trump supporter, but because he's black

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Speaker 1: he supports. It is amazing that with all of Trump's

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Speaker 1: letter that your man still follows him, but many people do,

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Speaker 1: You know, I mean the election is in twenty twenty.

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Speaker 1: gotta go. Steve Wow, You're right. This is quite a

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