WEBVTT - See It For Yourself.  A DC Rally Attendee Talks to A&G

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<v Speaker 1>The Armstrong and Getty show what a terrible day it

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<v Speaker 1>is for America. I never never thought I would see

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<v Speaker 1>Americans scaling the wall to attack the people's House to capital.

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<v Speaker 1>So if you if you're thinking about moving to a

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<v Speaker 1>narco state or a banana republic and you're wonder what

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<v Speaker 1>it's like today was a good idea of what it

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<v Speaker 1>would be like. That is not America. That is not

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<v Speaker 1>this idea of America. We're a nation of laws. We're

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<v Speaker 1>not a lation a nation of people who attack law

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<v Speaker 1>enforcement officers. Uh, trying to accomplish the goal that was

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<v Speaker 1>never going to be accomplished in the first place. Martha,

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<v Speaker 1>this was always a fool's rain. So so so why

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<v Speaker 1>people are surprised that Mike Pence did exactly what the

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<v Speaker 1>Constitution called him to do. Um, I'm surprised that they're surprised, Well,

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<v Speaker 1>they're following a leader, and the leader said, look, this

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<v Speaker 1>election was stolen from you, and he continued to say

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<v Speaker 1>it while people were storming the Capitol. You'd even back

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<v Speaker 1>off it. Then got this tweet that was kind of funny.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm no longer impressed that Nicholas Cage managed to steal

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<v Speaker 1>the declaration of Independence, you know, kidding. That was fanciful

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<v Speaker 1>in the movie, but now I realized, Hey, you can

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<v Speaker 1>walk in and sit at the speaker of the houses.

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<v Speaker 1>That's a rifle through drawers if you want to. You

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<v Speaker 1>can stand at the podium where Mitch McConnell stands in

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<v Speaker 1>your bare outfit or whatever that guy had on. You

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<v Speaker 1>stand on a podium, you stand behind elect Sean. Give

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<v Speaker 1>it up, Give it up? Um so, uh right, right, Jack.

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<v Speaker 1>I wish you had done it and done your Mitch

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<v Speaker 1>McConnell because that would have been really because you're I'm

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<v Speaker 1>standing here. Yeah. So, anyway, the theme of this morning,

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<v Speaker 1>if you're just tuning in, is there were a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of factors that went into yesterday and they're not all Trump.

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<v Speaker 1>They're not all right wing lunatics, although those two factors

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<v Speaker 1>absolutely did factor in, and we will get to that.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll get to all of that, we'll paint the whole

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<v Speaker 1>picture for you. But first we want to talk to

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<v Speaker 1>Casey from the Sacramento area and California who were told,

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<v Speaker 1>uh decided to go to drive all the way to

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<v Speaker 1>d C to be part of the rally. Casey, Hey,

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<v Speaker 1>how are you? Good morning? I'm I'm tired. Yeah, I'll

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<v Speaker 1>bet you are. So why did you decide to drive

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<v Speaker 1>three thousand miles roughly to go to this event? Uh?

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<v Speaker 1>You know the Lord? The Lord told me to be there.

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<v Speaker 1>I saw his tweet and that and of itself wasn't enough,

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<v Speaker 1>but I just felt, uh compelled to be here. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>mystified by what you just said. The Lord told you

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<v Speaker 1>to be there? You mean Trump? Or do you mean

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<v Speaker 1>God is talking to you and told you to go

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<v Speaker 1>to the Trump rally? And I'm not trying to be

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<v Speaker 1>a smartass. I just I actually didn't understand what you said. No,

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<v Speaker 1>it's not it's not like heard words or anything. It

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<v Speaker 1>was just it's a feeling. It's like when you're canduring,

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<v Speaker 1>You're like, I'm going to have a burger because that's

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<v Speaker 1>what I'm gonna have. I I feel like God tells

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<v Speaker 1>me things to do too. I so, no, I'm fine

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<v Speaker 1>with that. I just didn't know if you meant Trump,

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<v Speaker 1>because some people mean Trump when he say that. Um so,

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<v Speaker 1>so that's what motivated you to go, hoping to accomplish

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<v Speaker 1>what to bear witness? I wanted to I wanted to

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<v Speaker 1>be here to bear with this, and I felt like it.

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<v Speaker 1>I needed to be here to see it in myself.

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<v Speaker 1>And after having spent the entire day here with all

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<v Speaker 1>of communications shut off, nobody could text to each other,

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<v Speaker 1>nobody could uh we can barely get a phone call

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<v Speaker 1>out of here. They basically shut down communications with us.

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<v Speaker 1>And when I finally got that before on the news,

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<v Speaker 1>before people stormed the Capitol, you couldn't even text or

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<v Speaker 1>after correct before before when we were when we were

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<v Speaker 1>still down listening to Trump speak, people were like, is

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<v Speaker 1>your phone working? Is your phone working? Is your phone working?

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<v Speaker 1>All through the march? It wouldn't work all up in

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<v Speaker 1>front of the Capitol. It wouldn't work. Um. So when

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<v Speaker 1>I got back to my vehicle last night and turned

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<v Speaker 1>on the radio, I was a little bit surprised to

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<v Speaker 1>hear the way they were reporting him really so well,

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<v Speaker 1>you know what, Well why not? So you were not

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<v Speaker 1>a witness to any of the violence or the busting

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<v Speaker 1>into the capital or anything like that. I was right

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<v Speaker 1>up at the front, I was on I was I

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<v Speaker 1>was five people back when when the police were being

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<v Speaker 1>pushed back up onto the promenade and I watched people

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<v Speaker 1>smash the windows out. So I was right there. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>So I didn't jump into the building. Why were you

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<v Speaker 1>surprised that it was reported? Then it's not that it

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<v Speaker 1>was reported, it's how it's being reported. That the way

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<v Speaker 1>it's being reported in the media is is if you

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<v Speaker 1>weren't here, you think that the capital building still on fire,

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<v Speaker 1>but you know two windows got smashed out and then

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<v Speaker 1>they shot a girl. Okay, so you said you wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to go there and bear witness. If you were to summarize,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, the message you were trying to send, what

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<v Speaker 1>was it? Um, I'll tell you that I surely don't

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<v Speaker 1>trust the media. Um. If you do, you're a fool.

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<v Speaker 1>I think that it's important for people to turn off

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<v Speaker 1>their TVs and go see these things for themselves so

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<v Speaker 1>that they can see what is actually happening interesting because

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<v Speaker 1>the TV is just lying. Sure, I think it's important

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<v Speaker 1>to get this on because I think this is going

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<v Speaker 1>to be an ongoing conversation of who was do and

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<v Speaker 1>the most violent stuff because we've seen you know a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of uh, you know, the police started the violence.

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<v Speaker 1>So I I understand that they that they that they

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<v Speaker 1>were concerned there there were literally thousands of people encroaching

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<v Speaker 1>on them and meeting pushing them, pushing them backward, and

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<v Speaker 1>disobeying their orders. Not initially, none of that started until

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<v Speaker 1>the police started using their pepper spray and gas bombs. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>these things are always very difficult. As I've watched a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of videos of a lot of BLM things and

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<v Speaker 1>everything like that. It's just you know, but but that

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<v Speaker 1>decide I want to get to this. So you were

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<v Speaker 1>in the crowd that was trying to get the people

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<v Speaker 1>to stop breaking the windows. Everybody in the crowd is

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<v Speaker 1>trying to get to people to stop breaking the windows.

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<v Speaker 1>They started smashing on the windows, and the entire crowd

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<v Speaker 1>started yelling at them to stop. We're not these other groups.

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<v Speaker 1>We don't do that. This is our house. We're not

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<v Speaker 1>here to break our house. We're here to make sure

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<v Speaker 1>they hear our voices. I think that's fascinating because we've

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<v Speaker 1>seen that over and over with the BLM protests with

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of them where you got the actual peaceful

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<v Speaker 1>protesters in the streets screaming at people, why are you

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<v Speaker 1>breaking those windows? Stopping So this is something to the

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<v Speaker 1>point where a girl ran over and grabbed one of

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<v Speaker 1>these guys and pulled him down to the ground to

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<v Speaker 1>make him stop, and he got back up and started

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<v Speaker 1>smashing the window again, and she had the support of

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<v Speaker 1>the crowd, not the not the vandal. Correct. That's really interesting.

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<v Speaker 1>That is something you will definitely not here reported anywhere

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<v Speaker 1>at any point. Wow, that's crazy, Casey. Anything else that

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<v Speaker 1>we ought to know from your experience before we let

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<v Speaker 1>you go. You know, there's a lot of pushing and

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<v Speaker 1>pulling there. The the the the people who were up

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<v Speaker 1>at the front of that line were in constant communication

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<v Speaker 1>with the Capitol Police, and they had come out prior

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<v Speaker 1>to the windows being broken. Then just saying, hey, we

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<v Speaker 1>have talked to these guys. If we just hold our line,

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<v Speaker 1>and we just hold our line, and we just stay here,

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<v Speaker 1>and we just stay here and make sure that they

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<v Speaker 1>hear us, they won't keep spray us, they won't attack us,

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<v Speaker 1>they won't hit us, they won't arrest us or drag

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<v Speaker 1>us out. Uh. That's when the agitators with the hammers

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<v Speaker 1>that they pulled out of their pockets started smashing the windows. Interesting. So, finally, Casey,

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<v Speaker 1>did did you go there thinking Mike Pence could somehow

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<v Speaker 1>do something to change the result of the election. I

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<v Speaker 1>didn't come here with any kind of preconceived notions of

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<v Speaker 1>any of that story. I came here to bear witness, right, Casey,

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<v Speaker 1>we sure appreciate the time, a friend, thanks thanks for

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<v Speaker 1>talking to us, certainly, thank you. All right? Yeah, interesting, well, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it is interesting because well, you know, I've been seeing

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<v Speaker 1>this a lot, and and everybody's been wondering, is it

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<v Speaker 1>the fringe of uh, you know, Black Lives Matter, or

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<v Speaker 1>the trunk crowd or whatever that starts smashing stuff, or

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<v Speaker 1>you know, is it the the anarchists who just want

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<v Speaker 1>to bring down society that show up to any of

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<v Speaker 1>these events, protests, every protest and starts smashing stuff. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>and actually who was smashing what and for what cause

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<v Speaker 1>will be will become more clear. I am, as always

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<v Speaker 1>disgusted and angered by the blatantly biased and and just

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<v Speaker 1>dishonest news media coverage of these things start and