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Speaker 1: So, the state of Texas is in a standoff with

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Speaker 1: Did you ever think you would live in a time

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Speaker 1: We're going to have the Attorney General of Texas, Ken

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Speaker 1: you guys have been pretty busy.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, thanks for having me, yus, it's been remarkably busy. Unfortunately,

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Speaker 2: when you have a government that disdains the laws that

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Speaker 1: Did you ever think we would have a federal government

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Speaker 2: You know, it's I think it's kind of unfathomble to

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Speaker 3: Because everything they're doing related to the border.

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Speaker 2: Not only is its super expensive and a burden on

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Speaker 1: Mean, I mean, that's the thing is that we know

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Speaker 1: My understanding is it doesn't prohibit taxes from putting up

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Speaker 2: Sure, you know, of course the liberal media interprets it

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Speaker 2: The only thing that in junction it was. It was

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Speaker 2: Well, that case is still ongoing, so we haven't had

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Speaker 1: And each of those are the federal government trying to

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Speaker 1: You know, who has ultimate authority the federal government or

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Speaker 3: If you had told them that.

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Speaker 2: So we created a country where the federal government is responsible,

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Speaker 1: So Texas, along with other conservative states, have sent illegal

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Speaker 2: I absolutely, You know it so funny when it started happening,

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Speaker 2: Governor Abbott and then other governors followed, because it highlighted

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Speaker 2: And then you know, they created their sanctuary cities because

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Speaker 2: We didn't want these people. It was fine when they

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Speaker 3: It costs a lot of money and there's a lot

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Speaker 2: Obviously, huge hypocrisy, and that has been highlighted to the

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Speaker 1: But then it's like they're still not arriving at the

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Speaker 3: I mean, I don't know one that doesn't. But their

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Speaker 2: Their goals are massive importation to people to affect elections

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Speaker 3: Number a lot in is what federal immigration law is about. Already.

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Speaker 2: If you want to tweak that thumb, well then do it,

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Speaker 3: Why would you do that.

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Speaker 2: He's done it for almost four years. Why would you

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Speaker 2: It's kind of like it's always snatching victory from from

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Speaker 3: Whatever that saying is, that's what they're doing.

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Speaker 3: Deport people rather than help them. Haven't we gotten.

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Speaker 2: With, well, and to act like five thousand some you

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Speaker 3: But it's also like, what is wrong are we in America?

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Speaker 2: What happened to our country that this type of stuff

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Speaker 2: If you can do that to President Trump, and you

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Speaker 1: Well, it certainly a scary time, and you know, hopefully

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Speaker 2: I'm going to say this, I'm not afraid. I don't

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Speaker 3: That's how they win.

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Speaker 2: If we're afraid they win, that means we're all like, well,

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Speaker 2: And so if we start playing that game on our

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Speaker 1: We appreciate what you're doing in Texas, and we appreciate

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Speaker 1: you taking the time to come on the show.

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Speaker 3: Hey, thank you. I really appreciate it. I love what

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Speaker 3: you're doing.

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Speaker 1: That was Ken Paxson, the Attorney General of Texas. He's

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Speaker 1: a busy guy right now, obviously a lot of activity

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Speaker 1: out of the states. We appreciate him making the time

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Speaker 1: for the show. Appreciate you guys at home for listening

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Speaker 1: every Monday and Thursday, but you can listen throughout the

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Speaker 1: week only think John Cassio and my producer for putting

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Speaker 1: the show together. Until next time.