WEBVTT - Rest is Our Resistance

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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, peeps, and welcome to wok F Daily with

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<v Speaker 1>Meet your Girl Danielle Moody. Recording from Podstream Studios in

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<v Speaker 1>Times Square.

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<v Speaker 2>Folks, it is.

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<v Speaker 1>Wednesday, and holy shit, right like you come off of

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<v Speaker 1>the holiday weekend, which I will get to in a

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<v Speaker 1>moment because if you follow me on Instagram or on Twitter,

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<v Speaker 1>you saw my tweet about the Juneteenth holiday. But I

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<v Speaker 1>will get into that in a moment. But my god,

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<v Speaker 1>did the news cycle decide to pick the fuck up

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<v Speaker 1>in a very quick way. So there is a lot

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<v Speaker 1>to get woke to this week, and we'll jump right in.

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<v Speaker 1>So first off, you know, Monday was a federal holiday

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<v Speaker 1>for Juneteenth, and folks, let me tell you, I got

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of mixed fucking feelings about June teenth being

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<v Speaker 1>made a federal holiday in a country that has banned

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<v Speaker 1>critical thought in a majority of states, that is rewriting textbooks,

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<v Speaker 1>that is taking out anything that is integral to understanding

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<v Speaker 1>the founding of this country. Our racist roots, our racial

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<v Speaker 1>wealth gap, all of these things are tied up and

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<v Speaker 1>being able to actually understand history. How the fuck do

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<v Speaker 1>you give a day off? But people don't really know

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<v Speaker 1>why they have that day off? And in a majority

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<v Speaker 1>of states in this country, it has been made illegal. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>much in the same way that white slave owners didn't

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<v Speaker 1>want slaves to be able to read, right, because education

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<v Speaker 1>is fundamental to your liberation. Right, So you saying the

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<v Speaker 1>same tactics that their white slave holding ancestors did have

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<v Speaker 1>made it illegal for young people to be able to

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<v Speaker 1>actualize critical thought in any real way and use that

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<v Speaker 1>to better understand why we have such persistent and unrelenting

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<v Speaker 1>racism in this country. But we're gonna give motherfuckers a

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<v Speaker 1>day off. And I guarantee you that if you asked

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<v Speaker 1>at least five people in your social circle.

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<v Speaker 2>What is June teenth?

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<v Speaker 1>Why do you have the day off? A majority of

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<v Speaker 1>those people would have no idea.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know. It's about something black. Well.

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<v Speaker 1>Juneteenth is actually America's real Independence Day because it is

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<v Speaker 1>the time when all people in this country were liberated

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<v Speaker 1>from chattel slavery. How the fuck you celebrate Independence Day

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<v Speaker 1>while there were people in shackles?

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>But what pisses me off about the Juneteenth holiday is

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<v Speaker 1>that instead of providing justice or actual police reform, after

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<v Speaker 1>we all watched and bore witness to George Floyd being

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<v Speaker 1>suffocated to death for close to nine minutes, right, instead

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<v Speaker 1>of actually doing something about every single fucking sea to

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<v Speaker 1>shining sea, bad fucking police department in this country, we

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<v Speaker 1>just were thrown a federal holiday. That's how Juneteenth became

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<v Speaker 1>a federal holiday. We can't get a report done on

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<v Speaker 1>what reparations would look like in this country for all.

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<v Speaker 2>Of the extracted free labor.

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<v Speaker 1>That then followed was followed by Jim Crow, was followed

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<v Speaker 1>by redlining, was followed by every single economic deterrent that

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<v Speaker 1>would be available to provide economic mobility to the black community.

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<v Speaker 1>But you want to give us June teenth ice cream?

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<v Speaker 1>Give me a fucking break. So those are my thoughts

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<v Speaker 1>about Juneteenth, And what I said in my tweet was this,

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<v Speaker 1>I take issue with Juneteenth being a federal holiday in

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<v Speaker 1>a country that has banned critical thought in a majority

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<v Speaker 1>of its states. I take issue with white Americans who

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<v Speaker 1>hold racism and privilege in their bones, being given a

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<v Speaker 1>day off to luxuriate in their ignorance. I take issue

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<v Speaker 1>with a nation that would provide a federal holiday after

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<v Speaker 1>the World War witness to the murder of a black

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<v Speaker 1>man on video for close to nine minutes but not

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<v Speaker 1>provide justice through real police reform. America could do better,

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<v Speaker 1>but I often wonder if it ever will. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>it's a tricky place sometimes to be in to try

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<v Speaker 1>and fight for a nation that does not fight for you,

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<v Speaker 1>To try and fight for liberation that your ancestors were beaten, raped, suffocated,

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<v Speaker 1>tortured and murdered for trying to access it is tricky.

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<v Speaker 1>And I will tell you that for me, I spent

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<v Speaker 1>Monday Juneteenth in deep reflection. I also spent it in

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<v Speaker 1>deep rest. I realized that I don't often when I

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<v Speaker 1>say that I'm taking time off, I actually don't really

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<v Speaker 1>take time off. That I'm always doing something. I'm always

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<v Speaker 1>researching something. I'm always, you know, trying to piece together

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<v Speaker 1>the next story, the next conversation, the next set of guests,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, to interview.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm never just being.

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<v Speaker 1>And so on Juneteenth, I decided to just be right,

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<v Speaker 1>no plans, no barbecues, no gatherings, just with myself, with

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<v Speaker 1>my thoughts, looking up at the clouds and my flowers,

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<v Speaker 1>and just sitting in the sunshine and just being. And

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<v Speaker 1>I felt that on that day it was probably the

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<v Speaker 1>most glorious act of resistance I've ever done. And I

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<v Speaker 1>say that as somebody who has dedicated their lives to

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<v Speaker 1>work in policy, to work on Capitol Hill, to be

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<v Speaker 1>a teacher in the classroom, to work to better our environment,

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<v Speaker 1>to you know, do whatever it is that I can

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<v Speaker 1>to bend the arc right, to bend the arc towards justice.

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<v Speaker 2>And I will tell you.

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<v Speaker 1>That, as a black woman, as a black queer woman,

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<v Speaker 1>as a black queer woman that is a child of immigrants,

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<v Speaker 1>to sit and do nothing but luxuriate in my skin. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>pour some rose, eat some oysters was probably the biggest

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<v Speaker 1>act of defiance that I could do. Because white mainstream

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<v Speaker 1>society doesn't want me to rest right. They either want

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<v Speaker 1>me to die of hustle culture right, hustling to close

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<v Speaker 1>a racial wealth gap that they created through racist and

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<v Speaker 1>discriminatory policies, but dangle carrots in front of me that

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<v Speaker 1>make me believe that at one time or another I'll

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<v Speaker 1>be able to catch up to wealth that has been

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<v Speaker 1>purposefully extracted. Right, capitalism was built literally on the backs

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<v Speaker 1>of black people and continuing to toil away in a

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<v Speaker 1>system that protects right, the technocrats and you know, and

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<v Speaker 1>the top one percent, while the rest of us are

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<v Speaker 1>told that we can make it, we just need to

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<v Speaker 1>work hard. Rest is our biggest resistance. Joy right is

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<v Speaker 1>our biggest weapon. And so that's what I decided to

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<v Speaker 1>reflect on, you know, for the Juneteenth holiday that I

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<v Speaker 1>do not believe should be a federal holiday because unless

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<v Speaker 1>you are willing to really understand what it must have

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<v Speaker 1>been like to continue to toil away. How many people

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<v Speaker 1>in Galveston, Texas, how many people enslaved people were killed

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<v Speaker 1>during those two years when they could have been free.

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<v Speaker 2>Think about that. So shifting gears into the news.

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<v Speaker 1>That came off of the holiday, and where we are,

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<v Speaker 1>My goodness, my fucking goodness. So Hunter Biden has reached

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<v Speaker 1>a plea deal after five years, five years of being

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<v Speaker 1>investigated by Republicans because these investigations started when Jeff Sessions

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<v Speaker 1>was in charge of the Justice Department, then was handed

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<v Speaker 1>over to Bill Barr, then was handed over to a

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<v Speaker 1>Special Council who was a Trump appointee in Delaware. After

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<v Speaker 1>five years, god knows how much fucking money spent on

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<v Speaker 1>trying to create a there there right for the fabrications,

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<v Speaker 1>and by fabrications, I mean boldface fucking lies that the

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<v Speaker 1>Republicans have been able to grift off of for the

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<v Speaker 1>last several years with regard to the Biden crime family

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<v Speaker 1>and Hunter Biden's laptop, and we need to get to

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<v Speaker 1>the bottom of this. He is pleaded out and there

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<v Speaker 1>were two misdemeanor tax charges and he's avoiding prosecution on

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<v Speaker 1>a separate gun charge. He didn't pay his taxes in

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<v Speaker 1>twenty seventeen and in twenty eighteen, but has paid his

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<v Speaker 1>taxes now in full. He did so I believe in

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<v Speaker 1>either twenty twenty or twenty twenty one. This plea deal

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<v Speaker 1>that he has is that he needs to remain sober

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<v Speaker 1>for the next twenty four months. And this was on

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<v Speaker 1>some very odd gun charge right where he falsified I

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<v Speaker 1>guess documents, and by falsified, I mean when he went

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<v Speaker 1>to go buy a gun and it asked the question

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<v Speaker 1>on there whether you have used drugs?

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<v Speaker 2>Do you use drugs? Are you an addict?

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<v Speaker 1>I have no idea what the form says, but he

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<v Speaker 1>did not disclose, and for that reason he is being charged.

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<v Speaker 1>And you know what's funny is that the lawyers that

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<v Speaker 1>are on television are basically saying that it's kind of

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<v Speaker 1>a bullshit, trumped up charge. Pun intended because there are

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<v Speaker 1>many people who lie on their gun forms, right, the

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<v Speaker 1>purchase forms for a firearm, and because we are a

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<v Speaker 1>country that is proliferated with guns. You know how many

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<v Speaker 1>people that you would have to arrest with regard to

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<v Speaker 1>the charges on the taxes. It would have been tax

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<v Speaker 1>evasion if he didn't cough up the money that he owed.

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<v Speaker 1>But he did so five years right of taxpayer dollars

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<v Speaker 1>of Republican talking points and what do they say now, Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>this was a sweetheart deal. Oh you know, we're going

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<v Speaker 1>to continue to get to the bottom of this. When

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<v Speaker 1>asked by reporters, Kevin McCarthy, when asked by reporters, well,

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<v Speaker 1>this was a Trump appointee. Are you not trusting the

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<v Speaker 1>judge that Donald Trump put in place? Well, I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>do is it thorough? Is it thorough? Like? Nothing will suffice?

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<v Speaker 1>And that's what Democrats have to get like in their

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<v Speaker 1>fucking heads. Unless you were gonna throw Hunter Biden in

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<v Speaker 1>jail or guantanamo and lock them away for the next

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<v Speaker 1>twenty to thirty years on bullshit suspicion. Republicans are not

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<v Speaker 1>gonna be happy, right because they've made up a boogeyman

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<v Speaker 1>in their heads. They've given it the name Hunter Biden

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<v Speaker 1>because it is a way to deflect from all of

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<v Speaker 1>the fucking grift that the Trump spawn have done, that

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<v Speaker 1>the Trump spawns spouses have done, and that Donald Trump

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<v Speaker 1>himself have done. So there were no indictments, there was

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<v Speaker 1>nothing major because there was no fucking there there. But

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<v Speaker 1>once again, to show that, oh, we're not politicizing the office,

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<v Speaker 1>you play out on bullshit charges that a regular person

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<v Speaker 1>not with the last name Biden probably wouldn't have faced.

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<v Speaker 1>And that is what many attorneys are saying that actually

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<v Speaker 1>this Justice Department went harder on Hunter Biden to give

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<v Speaker 1>the perception that the Justice Department isn't being weaponized. How

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<v Speaker 1>the fuck does that make sense? But what does make sense, folks,

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<v Speaker 1>are all of the things that I've said about Merrick

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<v Speaker 1>Garland and his salot like pace around investigating Donald Trump.

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<v Speaker 1>And so what we have learned right as we get

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<v Speaker 1>past the hoop law and bullshit around Hunter Biden, which

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<v Speaker 1>of course the Republican Party won't let go of, not now,

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<v Speaker 1>not ever. So I don't know why again we pretend

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<v Speaker 1>to have this farce of there being no partisanship, because

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<v Speaker 1>you are operating by not deciding to investigate Donald Trump

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<v Speaker 1>at a time when you had the ability to, by

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<v Speaker 1>slow walking shit by getting a special counsel, you were

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<v Speaker 1>playing politics.

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<v Speaker 2>And this is.

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<v Speaker 1>New reporting coming from the Washington Post in an article

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<v Speaker 1>entitled FBI resisted opening probe into Trump's role in January

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<v Speaker 1>sixth for more than a year subtitle in the DOJ's

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<v Speaker 1>investigation of January six key Justice officials also quashed an

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<v Speaker 1>early plan for a task force focused on people in

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<v Speaker 1>Trump's orbit. This reporting is being done was done by

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<v Speaker 1>Karrol Leoning and Aaron C. Davis, And so here is

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<v Speaker 1>what they said, which I you know, my friend Jen

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<v Speaker 1>Tobb and friend of the show pointed out in a

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<v Speaker 1>tweet basically vindicating all of us who had talked shit

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<v Speaker 1>about Merrick Garland because we weren't actually just talking shit

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<v Speaker 1>to talk shit. That this backs up everything that people

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<v Speaker 1>have thought right. So quote this is from the piece.

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<v Speaker 1>Hours after he was sworn in as Attorney General, Merrick

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<v Speaker 1>Garland and his deputies gathered in a wood paneled conference

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<v Speaker 1>room in the Justice Department for a private briefing on

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<v Speaker 1>the investigation he had promised to make his highest priority

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<v Speaker 1>bringing to justice those responsible for the attack on the

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<v Speaker 1>US Capitol on January sixth, twenty twenty one. In the

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<v Speaker 1>two months since the siege, federal agents had conducted seven

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<v Speaker 1>hundred and nine searches, charged two hundred and seventy eight rioters,

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<v Speaker 1>and identified eight hundred and eighty five likely suspects, said

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<v Speaker 1>Michael R. Sh Sherwin, then acting US Attorney for the

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<v Speaker 1>District of Columbia, taking through a slide presentation. Garland and

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<v Speaker 1>some of his deputies nodded approvingly at the stats, and

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<v Speaker 1>the new Attorney General called the progress quote remarkable, according

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<v Speaker 1>to people in the room, Sherwin's office, with the help

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<v Speaker 1>of the FBI, was responsible for prosecuting all crimes stemming

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<v Speaker 1>from January sixth attack. He had made headlines a day

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<v Speaker 1>after by refusing to rule out the possibility that President

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump himself could be culpable.

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<v Speaker 2>Quote.

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<v Speaker 1>We are looking at all actors, not only the people

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<v Speaker 1>who went into the building, Sherwin said, in response to

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<v Speaker 1>a reporter's question about Trump. If the evidence fits the

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<v Speaker 1>elements of a crime, they're going.

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<v Speaker 2>To be charged. Hmmm.

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<v Speaker 1>Interesting. But according to a copy of the briefing document

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<v Speaker 1>absent from Sherwin's eleven page presentation to Garland on More eleven,

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty one, Just again, two months after, right too

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<v Speaker 1>much after our Capitol building was up in smoke, was

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<v Speaker 1>any reference to Trump or his advisors, those who did

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<v Speaker 1>not go to the Capitol riot but orchestrated events that

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<v Speaker 1>led to it. A Washington Post investigation found that more

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<v Speaker 1>than a year. More than a year, folks, would pass

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<v Speaker 1>before prosecutors and FBI agents jointly embarked on a formal

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<v Speaker 1>probe of actions directed from the White House to try

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<v Speaker 1>to steal the election. Even then, according to this Washington

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<v Speaker 1>Post investigative article, even then, the FBI stopped short of

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<v Speaker 1>identifying the former president as a focus of that investigation.

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<v Speaker 1>Here we go, folks, and here is the best part.

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<v Speaker 1>A wariness of about appearing, partisan institutional caution, and clashes

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<v Speaker 1>over how much evidence was sufficient to investigate the actions

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<v Speaker 1>of Trump and those around him all contributed to the

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<v Speaker 1>slow pace. Garland and the Deputy Attorney General, Lisa Monico

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<v Speaker 1>charted a cautious course aimed at restoring public trust in

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<v Speaker 1>the department, while some prosecutors below them chafed, feeling top

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<v Speaker 1>officials were shying away from looking at evidence of potential

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<v Speaker 1>crimes by Trump and those close to him. So, folks,

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<v Speaker 1>here we have it in black and white, and this

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<v Speaker 1>is a very lengthy article and I encourage you all

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<v Speaker 1>to check it out in the Washington Post. For more

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<v Speaker 1>than a year, Merrick Garland the FBI did nothing to

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<v Speaker 1>investigate the people who orchestrated the mob to enter into

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<v Speaker 1>our Capitol building. The people write the suits, as Glenn

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<v Speaker 1>Kershner used to refer to them, the suits.

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<v Speaker 2>Of the operation were let off.

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<v Speaker 1>The hook while Merrick Garland and the FBI would go

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<v Speaker 1>after the boots on the ground. The people that actually

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<v Speaker 1>went into the building. Well, here's a logic train for you,

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<v Speaker 1>is that those people would have never gone into the

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<v Speaker 1>building had they not been directed to by the President

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<v Speaker 1>of the United States. Those people would have never been

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<v Speaker 1>in Washington, DC. Had Donald Trump and his allies not

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<v Speaker 1>set up this stopped the steal rally, those people would

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<v Speaker 1>not have been riled up to quote unquote take their

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<v Speaker 1>country back and to build a gallows to hang the

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<v Speaker 1>Vice president of the United State dates. Had Donald Trump

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<v Speaker 1>and his associates not orchestrated between election Day until January sixth,

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<v Speaker 1>a plan to put in fake electors steal the election,

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<v Speaker 1>utilize Fox News's platform and microphones in order to broadcast

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<v Speaker 1>to tens of millions of people that their country was

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<v Speaker 1>being stolen from them. So, with all of the evidence

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<v Speaker 1>right that was coming in bit by bit, all of

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<v Speaker 1>these fucking interviews that they did two months after they

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<v Speaker 1>would sit on their hands for a fucking year, how

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<v Speaker 1>does that preserve the institution of the Department of Justice?

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<v Speaker 2>How does that restore faith? How does knowing.

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<v Speaker 1>That there were people inside of that White House for

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<v Speaker 1>weeks putting together a plan to obstruct our electoral process

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<v Speaker 1>and steal the election from the American people to give

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<v Speaker 1>it to Donald Trump. How does not not register on

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<v Speaker 1>your meter of things that need to be dealt with

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<v Speaker 1>in order to preserve the integrity of the Department of

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<v Speaker 1>Justice that, prior to the Biden administration had been weaponized

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<v Speaker 1>against political enemies by both Jeff's Sessions and Bill Barr,

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<v Speaker 1>the logic train clearly missed the Department of Justice. Because

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<v Speaker 1>this article in the Washington Post is absolutely fucking damning.

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<v Speaker 1>So what Merrick Garland did was play politics by not

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<v Speaker 1>moving on this investigation so that it wouldn't look like

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<v Speaker 1>he was playing politics. What folks, I tell you that

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<v Speaker 1>it wouldn't be then right until June eighth, According to

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<v Speaker 1>this article. In a separate investigation that was also turned

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<v Speaker 1>over to the Special Council, Jack Smith, who secured a

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<v Speaker 1>grand jury indictment against the former president for a mishandling

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<v Speaker 1>classified documents after leaving office. Essentially, Merrick Garland didn't want

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<v Speaker 1>to do a goddamn thing about the insurrection. He wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to have the appearance of taking care of those people

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<v Speaker 1>that storm the Capitol, but wanting to have no fingerprints

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<v Speaker 1>on Donald Trump whatsoever, because he thinks that keeping Republicans

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<v Speaker 1>happy is how you uphold democracy, and that to me

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<v Speaker 1>makes no fucking sense whatsoever. So we appoint Jack Smith.

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<v Speaker 1>He gives them these two hefty cases, the Document's case

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<v Speaker 1>and the January sixth case. We know where we are

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<v Speaker 1>with the Document's case, And frankly, if I were Donald

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<v Speaker 1>Trump's lawyers, I would have his mouth sewn shut. But

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<v Speaker 1>this motherfucker is gonna talk himself into a guilty plea.

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<v Speaker 1>And what I know to be true, friends, is that

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<v Speaker 1>if Donald Trump had just shut the fuck up, because

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<v Speaker 1>it's free, if he had just shut the fuck up

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<v Speaker 1>given back the documents. If he had shut the fuck

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<v Speaker 1>up about continuing to lie about the election being stolen,

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<v Speaker 1>he would have given Merrick Garland the cover to just

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<v Speaker 1>allow this to fade into the consciousness of America, just

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<v Speaker 1>allow it to just go away. But because Donald Trump

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<v Speaker 1>can't once again shut the fuck up. And in an

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<v Speaker 1>interview that has gone viral now in clips with Brett

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<v Speaker 1>bher from Fox News, it is the first time I

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<v Speaker 1>believe that anyone from Fox has interviewed Donald Trump with

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<v Speaker 1>any type of temerity. Brett Bhaer might have been the

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<v Speaker 1>best interviewer thus far of Donald Trump. Why because one,

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<v Speaker 1>we know that Donald Trump doesn't prepare for anything, but

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<v Speaker 1>he's sure as hell wasn't prepared for Brett bhar to

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<v Speaker 1>talk about all of the quote unquote good people that

0:24:32.480 --> 0:24:35.520
<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump has all surrounded himself with who are either

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<v Speaker 1>running against him or have said that he's in danger

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<v Speaker 1>to society or have said that he's not backing them.

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<v Speaker 1>It was person after person, your secretary of Defense, your

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<v Speaker 1>former attorney general, your US ambassador, you're Vice President of

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<v Speaker 1>the United States, you're former chief of staff, your former

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<v Speaker 1>press secretary. He just brought every single receipt and Donald

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<v Speaker 1>Trump looked dumb. And then when Donald trum I've tried

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<v Speaker 1>to say once again on Fox, who, by the way,

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<v Speaker 1>had to pay out dominion voting systems close to a

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<v Speaker 1>billion dollars because of pushing the election lie. When Donald

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<v Speaker 1>Trump said once again that the election had been stolen

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<v Speaker 1>from him, Brett Baer said, no, it hasn't. It's been investigated.

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<v Speaker 1>You lost. I think this might be the first time ever,

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<v Speaker 1>right that Fox has actually done what the fuck they

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<v Speaker 1>should have done in the beginning. Now, look, I will

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<v Speaker 1>give credit where credit is due. Even a broken clock

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<v Speaker 1>is right twice a day. So Brett Bhar came with

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<v Speaker 1>the receipts that apparently CNN left at home right when

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<v Speaker 1>they interviewed Donald Trump for his bullshit town hall, basically

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<v Speaker 1>just a campaign press stop. He actually came prepared and ready,

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<v Speaker 1>and Donald Trump continued to talk himself into a prison cell.

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<v Speaker 1>When asked by Brett bare so, why didn't you just

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<v Speaker 1>return the documents like you were asked multiple times? It's

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<v Speaker 1>been over two years, Donald Trump says, Well, I had,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, golf shorts and golf shirts and newspaper clippings

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<v Speaker 1>and all of this other stuff mixed up with classified

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<v Speaker 1>top secret documents. Doesn't seem safe. Oh, I wanted to

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<v Speaker 1>look through all those boxes. So again, your lawyers being

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<v Speaker 1>able to say that you didn't know what was in

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<v Speaker 1>the contents of these boxes, by the way, which the

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<v Speaker 1>prosecution does.

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<v Speaker 2>Not have to prove.

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<v Speaker 1>But Donald Trump just keeps talking, and everything that he's

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<v Speaker 1>saying will be admissible in court because it is public

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<v Speaker 1>knowledge now because he can't shut the fuck up. It

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<v Speaker 1>is just, folks, a wild place that we are in.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, the Republican Party is working overtime to twist

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<v Speaker 1>themselves into not to try and compare how Hunter Biden

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<v Speaker 1>is being treated vers how Donald Trump is being treated.

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<v Speaker 1>And if you are a person that follows facts, which

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<v Speaker 1>means that you wouldn't have an R after your name,

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<v Speaker 1>you wouldn't be a Republican, you would recognize that the

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<v Speaker 1>Department of Justice did actually play politics in both cases,

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<v Speaker 1>with Hunter Biden, far lesser charges right misdemeanors. He paid

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<v Speaker 1>his taxes, his back taxes right in full. He took responsibility,

0:27:41.080 --> 0:27:45.360
<v Speaker 1>he pled guilty right, and he's facing a penalty for it.

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<v Speaker 1>But a majority of Americans wouldn't have been charged. But

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<v Speaker 1>because his last name is Biden, and they didn't want

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<v Speaker 1>to make it seem like they were giving him a

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<v Speaker 1>slap on the wrist. They charged him for what most

0:27:55.640 --> 0:27:59.439
<v Speaker 1>Americans would get off with. Now in the case of

0:27:59.480 --> 0:28:03.880
<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump, where most Americans would have already been under

0:28:03.880 --> 0:28:07.360
<v Speaker 1>a jail cell for the shit that Donald Trump has done.

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<v Speaker 1>The Justice Department worked over time to try and prevent

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<v Speaker 1>these cases from seeing the light of day because they

0:28:20.400 --> 0:28:24.360
<v Speaker 1>didn't want to be perceived as being partisan. So what

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<v Speaker 1>we would have been convicted of ten times over, Donald

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<v Speaker 1>Trump gets escaped by but because I'll say it for

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<v Speaker 1>the last time, he can't shut the fuck up, they

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<v Speaker 1>had no choice but to bring charges. So either way

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<v Speaker 1>you look at this, the Department of Justice doesn't look good.

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<v Speaker 1>They don't look like they're actually doing their jobs and

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<v Speaker 1>following the law. For as the law presents itself, it

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<v Speaker 1>looks like they are indeed playing politics. The politics just

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<v Speaker 1>happened to favor the squeakiest wheel, which is the Republican Party.

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<v Speaker 1>Make it make sense, Make it make sense, all right, folks.

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<v Speaker 1>That is it for me on this woke Wednesday. As always,

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<v Speaker 1>dear friends, power to the people and to all the people.

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<v Speaker 2>Power, get woke and stay woke as fuck,