WEBVTT - The Congressman Vs. The Senator’s Daughter

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, that folks, it is Friday, May fifteenth. Then woo.

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<v Speaker 1>We know divorce can be ugly, but divorce DC style

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<v Speaker 1>is something else. And with that, welcome to this episode

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<v Speaker 1>of Amy and TJ where we have a divorce that

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<v Speaker 1>pits a congressman against a senator's daughter. Yes, we've got

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<v Speaker 1>the House versus the Senate almost and these are sitting

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<v Speaker 1>active members of Congress we're talking about, and a divorce

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<v Speaker 1>and a daughter in the middle, and serious robes, we

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<v Speaker 1>should say. It's very serious allegations.

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<v Speaker 2>There are, yes, and this could be race altering allegations

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<v Speaker 2>that are taking place because the congressman in question is

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<v Speaker 2>up for reelection midterms this year and so he is

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<v Speaker 2>especially bent out of shape that allegations are being hurled

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<v Speaker 2>at him by a senator's daughter. Yes, their divorce may

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<v Speaker 2>have been finalized, but their custody arrangement.

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<v Speaker 3>Hasn't and that is part of the issue.

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<v Speaker 1>And they have been fighting. Now, this is a pretty

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<v Speaker 1>quick robes and her name is Emily Moreno, but there

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<v Speaker 1>was a pretty quick situation for them. Married in twenty

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<v Speaker 1>twenty two, had a baby in twenty twenty three. He

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<v Speaker 1>files for divorce in twenty twenty four, they're divorced by

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty five, and here in twenty twenty six, he

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<v Speaker 1>has now filed a defamation suit against his ex wife Rhodes.

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<v Speaker 1>How do we go from love to defamation suits in

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<v Speaker 1>four years?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's it's been quick, and it's been it's been

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<v Speaker 2>fast and furious. As they say, we're talking about Ohio

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<v Speaker 2>Congressman Max Miller. He's a second term congressman trying to

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<v Speaker 2>be reelected for his third term. And yeah, you could

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<v Speaker 2>say that things have escalated between him and his ex wife,

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<v Speaker 2>Emily Moreno. They she is, by the way, the daughter

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<v Speaker 2>of Senator Bernie Moreno. I actually that was not a

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<v Speaker 2>name that was super familiar to me. He is a

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<v Speaker 2>first term senator. He notably is backed by President Trump,

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<v Speaker 2>and some would say because of that beat the Democratic

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<v Speaker 2>incumbent Shared Brown a Shrod Brown. So that certainly is

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<v Speaker 2>a name most of us are familiar with. And Ohio

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<v Speaker 2>we talking about, even though I just mispronounced his name.

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<v Speaker 1>Sure, yes, he's making a comeback right now. Actually, but yes,

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<v Speaker 1>this is in all important Ohio. But he's not one

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<v Speaker 1>of the more high profile members of the Senate, but

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<v Speaker 1>still very important state, very important senator, they all are.

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<v Speaker 1>But yes, it's his daughter that we're talking about.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, And so what we have is Congressman Miller filing

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<v Speaker 2>this defamation lawsuit this week, and its cites that he

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<v Speaker 2>has suffered considerable reputational and financial harm that was caused

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<v Speaker 2>to him by his ex wife's accusations that he was

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<v Speaker 2>quote a violent and abusive husband and father.

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<v Speaker 1>Rogues, you can't get any worse than that in accusations

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<v Speaker 1>of a guy who puts himself out to his community

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<v Speaker 1>as a man and as a as a man, a

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<v Speaker 1>family man. So even if you lose the wife, they'll

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<v Speaker 1>still forgive you, but they don't want to hear your

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<v Speaker 1>bad father as well. So drove damning of an accusation

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<v Speaker 1>that a politician can get. So, yes, he's coming out swinging.

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<v Speaker 2>He certainly is, and he is alleging that his ex wife,

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<v Speaker 2>along with her attorney and her law firm, spread knowingly

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<v Speaker 2>false information about him to media outlets. And he names

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<v Speaker 2>the tabloids that we are all too familiar with, and

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<v Speaker 2>he says that yes, they just printed verbatim whatever Emily

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<v Speaker 2>Moreno and her attorneys told these tabloids which would not

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<v Speaker 2>be shocking and just wrote it as if it were true,

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<v Speaker 2>and that has undermined his chances of reelection, although he

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<v Speaker 2>just won his primary and he is the front runner

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<v Speaker 2>by the way right now. But he says he suffered

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<v Speaker 2>actual damages in the form of lost business opportunities reduced

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<v Speaker 2>campaign contributions that he says he can show from the

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<v Speaker 2>time the allegations were made to reduce campaign contributions, and

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<v Speaker 2>he needs those to help with his reelection campaign to Congress.

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<v Speaker 1>He's being accused of being an abuser. Yeah, he's being

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<v Speaker 1>accused of being a criminal. He's being accused of beating

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<v Speaker 1>on a woman. He's accused of beating on his wife.

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<v Speaker 2>Is very serious, Yeah, very specifically, he's accused of throwing

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<v Speaker 2>boiling water on her.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, that's ugly. Yes, he's denying all of this. We

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<v Speaker 1>should make sure we say now he's denying it all,

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<v Speaker 1>But that stuff gets out there wades, and it's hard

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<v Speaker 1>to unring ned bell as we know.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, so, she Emily Moreno has made several allegations. But yes,

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<v Speaker 2>one of the more notable ones, and the more recent one,

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<v Speaker 2>is that he threw boiling water at her.

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<v Speaker 3>He denies it.

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<v Speaker 2>And she claims she even and she sent this out

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<v Speaker 2>and it was published by some of these tabloids. This

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<v Speaker 2>alleged handwritten apology note that she claims he wrote to

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<v Speaker 2>her after he did this. But in his lawsuit, Congressman

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<v Speaker 2>Miller says he has never hurled boiling water on moreno

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<v Speaker 2>or otherwise battered her, nor has he ever apologized for

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<v Speaker 2>such acts that he never committed.

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<v Speaker 3>That is what his lawsuit states. But she has been

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<v Speaker 3>documenting what she claims.

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<v Speaker 2>Are bruises, red marks, burns, and selfies, and she's gave

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<v Speaker 2>those pictures to the outlets, and she says those show

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<v Speaker 2>and prove that she has been physically abused by her

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<v Speaker 2>ex husband.

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<v Speaker 1>Uh oh props. They said, this is a reckoning for

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<v Speaker 1>Congress here lately with swallwell and how many other resignations

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<v Speaker 1>did we see? They can't remember the guy from Texas

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<v Speaker 1>right now, already forgot his name, the congress one from Gonzales, Florida,

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<v Speaker 1>Gonzales and laid in Florida with all the fraud, And

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<v Speaker 1>they say this is a reckoning drain the swamp. How

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<v Speaker 1>tolerant are the colleague is going to be in a

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<v Speaker 1>midterm year when they have to go back and answer

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<v Speaker 1>questions possibly or attached to this guy who's accused of

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<v Speaker 1>beating on his wife, ropes that he needs to get

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<v Speaker 1>in front of it. He needs to file a defamation suit.

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<v Speaker 2>Absolutely, because the allegations were also that he abused his daughter.

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<v Speaker 2>Now he has said categorically that that is not true

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<v Speaker 2>and claims that the Child and Family Services, because he

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<v Speaker 2>was investigated because she made these claims, all deemed those

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<v Speaker 2>claims unsubstantiated. And that should be pointed out because anyone

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<v Speaker 2>can make any allegation to Child Protective Services and they

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<v Speaker 2>are forced under law to follow up as we would

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<v Speaker 2>expect those investigations. But he said, and these are verifiab well,

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<v Speaker 2>that those were deemed unsubstantiated. He also shared an audio

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<v Speaker 2>recording of his ex wife after this alleged boiling water incident,

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<v Speaker 2>where his ex tells him you are a very kind

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<v Speaker 2>person and I don't think you would ever hurt me physically.

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<v Speaker 2>So he's got recordings, he's got text she has texts,

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<v Speaker 2>But they have literally been recording each other surreptitiously to

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<v Speaker 2>try and then show see I didn't do this, or

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<v Speaker 2>see you're making this up.

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<v Speaker 3>But it's a lot to go through.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a lot of back and forth and unfortunately, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>it's being hurled and displayed publicly, and that is his issue. Like,

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<v Speaker 2>take me to court, take me take this to the police,

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<v Speaker 2>don't take it to this tabloid who shall not be named.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not far fetched what he's alleging about. We we

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<v Speaker 1>know this happened. This is yes, this is a thing.

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<v Speaker 1>So it doesn't mean the allegations are not true. But

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<v Speaker 1>these tactics too, are something that are unfortunately done and

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<v Speaker 1>they are disgusting.

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<v Speaker 3>It is disgusting.

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<v Speaker 1>What we're talking about is a guy Robes who is

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<v Speaker 1>just being destroyed. He might lose his he's going to

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<v Speaker 1>lose his reputation. Possibly, he's going to lose possibly the

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<v Speaker 1>job he has and loves. I don't know. You could

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<v Speaker 1>say he deserves it because she has to be listened to, right,

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<v Speaker 1>she has to be listened to.

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<v Speaker 2>But here's where I think we stand, just given everything

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<v Speaker 2>we've been through. When you get publicly eviscerated by people

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<v Speaker 2>who potentially have a reason to or have a desire

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<v Speaker 2>to motive, who have a motive to motive, yes, and

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<v Speaker 2>there's nothing more personally motivating than feeling rejected by or

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<v Speaker 2>upset by a divorce or something that happened that led

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<v Speaker 2>up to the divorce. But the point being is that

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<v Speaker 2>should stay for a family court. That should be I

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<v Speaker 2>think limited to a police department. If you've got legitimate

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<v Speaker 2>criminal complaints against someone, take them to the police. If

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<v Speaker 2>you have legitimate concerns about abuse, take them to child

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<v Speaker 2>protective services.

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<v Speaker 3>But when you take them directly to a tabloid.

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<v Speaker 2>That insinuates you are out to destroy and damage someone

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<v Speaker 2>just for revenge.

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<v Speaker 1>Else would you do it.

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<v Speaker 3>There's no other.

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<v Speaker 1>Reason, no other reason. These are just ugly tactics that

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<v Speaker 1>take place to where Robes you don't know what to believe.

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<v Speaker 1>But I'm told, is this not those stance we should take?

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<v Speaker 1>Now we have to listen to her and we have

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<v Speaker 1>to believe her. How can you balance then, Robes as

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<v Speaker 1>maybe a voter in his district, I have to believe

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<v Speaker 1>her as a victim of domestic violence. Then that means

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<v Speaker 1>I'm labeling him. How do I balance or give him

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<v Speaker 1>any kind of fairness in judging him even as a candidate.

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<v Speaker 1>If I have to believe her, I'm always fat What

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<v Speaker 1>do we do? Nothing's been proven, but he's been labeled that,

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<v Speaker 1>and we're always told we have to robes, consider the

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<v Speaker 1>story that's being told. They're never believed. Robes, they're never believed.

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<v Speaker 1>So what do we do now?

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<v Speaker 2>It's tough because obviously you have to as a human being,

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<v Speaker 2>allows space for both of them to be telling in

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<v Speaker 2>part some truth and in part maybe perhaps it's an

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<v Speaker 2>embellishment or it's a complete lie. You don't it's hard

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<v Speaker 2>to know, and that's unfortunately something that the constituents are

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<v Speaker 2>left to grapple with because it is not something that

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<v Speaker 2>is known as.

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<v Speaker 3>Fact or provable by fact.

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<v Speaker 2>And yes, you can show a picture, but you if

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<v Speaker 2>you don't have video of the incident, it's hard to

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<v Speaker 2>know what you're looking at and why you're.

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<v Speaker 3>Looking at what you're seeing.

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<v Speaker 1>Hear this, and we've heard it so many times, actually,

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<v Speaker 1>people in our personal lives. We've heard these things before.

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<v Speaker 1>After the first years of marriage, three years, all you're

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<v Speaker 1>doing is collecting evidence against each other. Sad I had

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<v Speaker 1>to hear they got a picture this, You've got a

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<v Speaker 1>recording of this. Gotta da da da, Like what is so?

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<v Speaker 1>Obviously something broke down pretty quickly and immediately in their relationship,

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<v Speaker 1>But just to hear this is ugly stuff. And yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>a US senator. Well, I haven't seen anything from him

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<v Speaker 1>about it.

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<v Speaker 3>I haven't seen anything from him.

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<v Speaker 2>I know that in the midst of all of this

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<v Speaker 2>he has Miller, in terms of his legal case, has

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<v Speaker 2>called for the senator to be subpoenaed, so he may

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<v Speaker 2>be involved if this actually does go to trial in

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<v Speaker 2>any way. But this is interesting because we're not done here.

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<v Speaker 2>You see, when mister Miller, Congressman Miller filed this defamation

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<v Speaker 2>lawsuit against his ex wife, his ex wife's team spoke

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<v Speaker 2>up pretty quickly and they say that Congressman Miller is

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<v Speaker 2>quote running the same play against a woman with photographs

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<v Speaker 2>of her bruises and burns. Mister Miller will not silence

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<v Speaker 2>miss Moreno the same way he silenced Stephanie Grisham. We

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<v Speaker 2>will tell you, we will tell you who Stephanie Grisham is.

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<v Speaker 2>And this is a big part of this story. When

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<v Speaker 2>we come back and welcome back everyone to this episode

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<v Speaker 2>of Amy and TJ, where we are talking about this

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<v Speaker 2>escalating back and forth between Congressman Max Miller and a

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<v Speaker 2>Senator Bernie Moreno's daughter, his ex wife, Emily Moreno. Congressman

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<v Speaker 2>Miller just filed a defamation lawsuit against his ex wife.

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<v Speaker 2>She has been making very public accusations against him of

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<v Speaker 2>physical abuse towards her and towards their daughter, and he

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<v Speaker 2>is fighting back and he.

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<v Speaker 1>Has to go to work every day with his ex

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<v Speaker 1>father in law in the building.

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<v Speaker 3>Awkward.

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<v Speaker 1>That is a little awkward. He did write him a

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<v Speaker 1>little note on X. He's only made a couple of

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<v Speaker 1>comments on X, but the first robes he made was quote,

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<v Speaker 1>it is unfortunate that Bernie Moreno continues to fund and

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<v Speaker 1>enable his daughter's malicious campaign to ruin my life, despite

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<v Speaker 1>his knowledge of her mental health issues. Bernie, this must

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<v Speaker 1>be distracting for your job. These antics harm your own grandchild.

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<v Speaker 1>Anytime you want to put a stop to this. You

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<v Speaker 1>can not the harshest of things that should be kept

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<v Speaker 1>in house to see a family airing this stuff out

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<v Speaker 1>like this. That's it's just unfortunate.

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<v Speaker 2>It really is, And especially through the halls of Congress.

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<v Speaker 2>We talk about things echoing through the halls of Congress.

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<v Speaker 2>This isn't what you want to hear reverberating. It's really ugly,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's pretty nasty. And look, it's kind of a

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<v Speaker 2>similar situation. I say that we end did before the

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<v Speaker 2>break talking about a woman named Stephanie Grisham. Who is

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<v Speaker 2>Stephanie Grisham. She is Congressman Miller's former girlfriend. But it

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<v Speaker 2>was when he was working at the White House, he

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<v Speaker 2>was an aide to President Trump in his first term.

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<v Speaker 2>He was dating the one time White House Press Secretary,

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<v Speaker 2>Stephanie Grisham.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't remember, not at all. I don't remember that at.

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<v Speaker 1>All at all. How did she serve? Long?

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<v Speaker 3>Was it a I don't think so.

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<v Speaker 1>He went through a few, didn't he.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, so she was among them.

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<v Speaker 2>So Stephanie Grisham was at one point the White House

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<v Speaker 2>Press secretary, and Congressman Miller was then a White House

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<v Speaker 2>aide to President Trump. He was making his first run

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<v Speaker 2>for Congress back in twenty twenty one, and she wrote

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<v Speaker 2>a book about her time at the White House, and

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<v Speaker 2>in that book she raised allegations about a former White

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<v Speaker 2>House staffer who had physically abused her while they were dating.

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<v Speaker 2>He was later identified as now Congressman Miller, but she

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<v Speaker 2>did not put his name in her book.

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<v Speaker 3>But everyone knew she was talking about him. So what

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<v Speaker 3>did he do? He filed a defamation lawsuit against her.

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<v Speaker 1>As he did. Where'd you get on that one, though.

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<v Speaker 3>Well.

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<v Speaker 2>He voluntarily dismissed the lawsuit with prejudice in August of

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<v Speaker 2>twenty twenty three, just as the case was about to

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<v Speaker 2>go to trial.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, none of this sounds okay. This is one of

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<v Speaker 1>those things where we go Okay, I know it looks bad,

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<v Speaker 1>but hear me out. That's kind of the position he puts.

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<v Speaker 1>He finds himself in back to back women that he dated,

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<v Speaker 1>back to back women that he had serious relationships with,

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<v Speaker 1>and back to back allegations of violence and abuse in

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<v Speaker 1>that relationship.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay you yes.

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<v Speaker 2>One could look at it as that is a pattern

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<v Speaker 2>of abuse, this is who he is, and another could

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<v Speaker 2>look at it as his now ex wife was currently

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<v Speaker 2>with him when this was all going on. She talked

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<v Speaker 2>badly about Grisham, saying that she was a vile and

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<v Speaker 2>evil person who was making up lies. But she certainly

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<v Speaker 2>knew that this hurt her then husband, bothered him was

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<v Speaker 2>actually taking he was. His reputation was being at least

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<v Speaker 2>chipped away at by these allegations, and so she knew

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<v Speaker 2>how to get him. You could argue, if she was

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<v Speaker 2>angry about the divorce, if anything didn't go well, she

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<v Speaker 2>knew that this was his achilles heel. Another woman had

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<v Speaker 2>already made these accusations. So if I make them, I

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<v Speaker 2>will certainly be believed and I can bring him down

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<v Speaker 2>because of it.

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<v Speaker 1>That we should know, nothing was ever proven in that case.

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<v Speaker 1>It was investigated as well, the allegations in that first relationship,

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<v Speaker 1>so that must be noted. But Roode, that's going to

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<v Speaker 1>now come up, and all of this is getting This

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<v Speaker 1>is going to get uglier and ugly. I haven't seen

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<v Speaker 1>his opponent if they're using this against them yet.

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<v Speaker 2>Not well, I don't know if he's doing it yet.

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<v Speaker 2>But his opponent is Democrat Brian Poindexter. He is a

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<v Speaker 2>five term local councilman. He's a union iron worker, and

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<v Speaker 2>yet he's trying to take Miller's seat. He wants to

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<v Speaker 2>flip Ohio seventh congressional district in November from Republican to Democrat.

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<v Speaker 3>And look that's not.

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<v Speaker 2>Anything, of course, that the Trump administration would like to

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<v Speaker 2>see happen. So he you know, we're talking about Representative

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<v Speaker 2>Miller is now the Republican primary opponent going into November.

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<v Speaker 2>Right now, he is ahead, what will this potentially do

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<v Speaker 2>to him? And certainly this had to be part of

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<v Speaker 2>his motivation for filing this defamation lawsuit.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, this is I don't know what it looks like

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<v Speaker 1>in his in his district, grobes, but I just we

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<v Speaker 1>hate that these things get aired out in an ugly way.

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<v Speaker 1>Tabloids involved, divorce involved, emotion involved, and a kid is

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<v Speaker 1>involved with get three two three.

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<v Speaker 3>Two years old, little girl two years old.

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<v Speaker 2>That's that's the biggest tragedy of it all, just to

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<v Speaker 2>see this all unfold, like they can't even hand off.

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<v Speaker 2>He's got a restraining order against her and she's got

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<v Speaker 2>allegations against him. So it's just one of these really

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<v Speaker 2>difficult things. How do you even share custody in that

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<v Speaker 2>type of environment. That poor little girl is absorbing all

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<v Speaker 2>of that energy. She is the biggest victim of it all.

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<v Speaker 2>And certainly you always would hope and wish that parents

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<v Speaker 2>who are divorcing and parents who even hate each other

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<v Speaker 2>can at least put that aside for the betterment of

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<v Speaker 2>their child, but we rarely see that actually happen.

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<v Speaker 1>Took the words right out of my mouth, that'll be

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<v Speaker 1>in there, and with that, I'm going to leave you

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<v Speaker 1>Robes with this as a reminder. I was curious didn't

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<v Speaker 1>remember Stephanie Grisham at all as the press secretary. He

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<v Speaker 1>had secretary, He had four during that first term. I

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<v Speaker 1>forgot about several of them. Kaylee Mcinanny, Oh yes, I

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<v Speaker 1>do remember that. Okay. Stephanie Grisham was before that, Sarah

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<v Speaker 1>Huckabee Sam.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh my goodness, the current governor of Arkansas.

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<v Speaker 1>And then Sean Spicer, he was.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh my goodness, it's funny fifteen.

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<v Speaker 2>Interestingly, I know I remember all of those names except

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<v Speaker 2>for Stephaniemers.

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<v Speaker 3>How long did she last?

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<v Speaker 1>Does it just O for a No, not quite a year.

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<v Speaker 3>That's longer than I would have even thought.

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<v Speaker 1>It was like ten months.

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<v Speaker 3>Maybe I guess she was no. Carolyn Levitt, Carolyn.

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<v Speaker 1>Levitt doing a thing. Congrats again on the baby. Get back.

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<v Speaker 1>They need you there in the briefing room. I with that, folks.

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<v Speaker 1>I always appreciate you spending some time here with us.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm TJ. Holmes On. I have of my dear Amy Robot.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll talk soon.