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Speaker 1: But I don't think that you know, the Democratic primary

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Speaker 1: building firewalls. And if you're Joe Biden, I just think

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Speaker 1: else reacted to. Joe Biden had to mention Senator Sanders

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Speaker 1: All is the debate of the party. Medicare for all

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Speaker 1: And you know what, to Matt's point when she's on

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Speaker 1: And that's going to be the test as a communication

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Speaker 1: these other folks have done with each other's plans, Like

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Speaker 1: like where we're gonna take the country, Um do do?

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Speaker 1: People I don't know? Trump said no, I mean, I'll

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Speaker 1: He's like, they keep asking me about policy plans. No

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Speaker 1: you can have it a little bit both ways in

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Speaker 1: terms of caring about policy, personality, and politics, all three

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Speaker 1: seven FM, h D two. Bruce Springsteen. Gota love it Friday.

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Speaker 1: It's August. I should be headed down the Jersey shore,

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Speaker 1: but I'm not. I'm here. I'm Kevin Sirelli, Chief Washington

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Speaker 1: correspondent from Bloomberg Television of Bloomberg Radio. We're talking all

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Speaker 1: things politics, policy, and h personality. To be honest, you

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Speaker 1: gotta have a little bit of all three these days.

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Speaker 1: My guest with me for the hour, Mark Ross, founder

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Speaker 1: of Charicle Global. Matt Brooks, Republican strategist and executive director

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Speaker 1: of the Republican Jewish Coalition. Gentlemen, thanks for being here

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Speaker 1: on Friday. Uh, we're gonna this. We we do things

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Speaker 1: I mean not much because, to be honest, the President

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Speaker 1: is handled. Uh, it's August. No one's in town. It's

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Speaker 1: kind of slow. So what's on your radar? Mark cross Well, Brexit.

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Speaker 1: Why ninety days from October one? Um Boris Johnson ninety

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Speaker 1: The new prime the new Prime Minister of the UK,

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Speaker 1: that's the big cut off day, October one, Halloween. Also

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Speaker 1: I want to come back to Brexit, but let's because

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Speaker 1: we got we got a Republican fundraiser here in the studio.

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Speaker 1: So Matt Brooks is a Republican strategist, executive director of

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Speaker 1: going down in the Texas. Everyone's talking about this. By

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Speaker 1: But one of the things that's encouraging to me is

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Speaker 1: And the fact of the matter is that, going back

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Speaker 1: for the Democrats to hold on. Matt Brooks. You mentioned

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Speaker 1: John Ratcliffe, Congressman Ratcliffe, Texas Republican. He says he will

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Speaker 1: not be President Trump's next National intelligence director. That headline

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Speaker 1: came out today as well. Here's something that I shouldn't say,

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Speaker 1: but I'm gonna say it anyway because it is Friday.

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Speaker 1: get along. Matt Brooks, what's on your radar. I've been

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Speaker 1: That is infuriating the Democrats. Every single one of the

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Speaker 1: been just a fiery month in American politics on the

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Speaker 1: rhetorical front. I'm gonna, I'm gonna, you wanna know what's

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Speaker 1: on my radar. I interviewed Mary Ann Williamson in the

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Speaker 1: That's what's on my radar. Mark Cross, founder of Charical Global,

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Speaker 1: Thanks for being here. Matt Brooks, Republican strategist, Executive director

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Speaker 1: of the Republican Jewish Coalition, Thank you also for being here.

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Speaker 1: That does it for me. What a busy week. Thanks

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Speaker 1: for riding along and listening to us. I'm Kevin Cirelli,

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