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<v Speaker 1>firm dinners um. That model is fading away. People in

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<v Speaker 1>my generation are likely to change careers more often than

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<v Speaker 1>our parents change jobs. Who was that young firebrand, Pete

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<v Speaker 1>butter Jitch who when he talks, I think, Bob, that

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<v Speaker 1>is really interesting, even the stuff that I don't agree with,

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<v Speaker 1>I think that is an interesting way to present it,

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<v Speaker 1>at least as thoughtful. Yeah and and not And so

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<v Speaker 1>far I haven't heard him hit any of those phrases

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<v Speaker 1>that you know he knows is complete bs and he's

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<v Speaker 1>just throwing it out there to make everybody go yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>which you hear from all candidates all the time. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know if that means he's got a better shot

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<v Speaker 1>or no shot. I have a and that a powerful

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<v Speaker 1>and bitter criticism of Mr butter Jig coming up a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit later on as a candidate or his political stances. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>his political stances. Yeah, just something I vehemently disagree with on.

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<v Speaker 1>But you know, we'll get to that eventually. Right now, though,

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<v Speaker 1>speaking of Pete butter Jig and another young firebrand who's

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<v Speaker 1>getting a lot of attention on the Democrats side of

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<v Speaker 1>the al Tiana Load joins just Tiana's a commentary writer

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<v Speaker 1>for The Washington Examiner. Thiata welcome, how are you hi?

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you for having me. It's our pleasure. Thanks so

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<v Speaker 1>listen to any agreement disagreement. Pete Butter j just seems

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<v Speaker 1>like a thoughtful and sincere young man. Well, yes, certainly.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean he's a Rhodes scholar, graduated magna cum laude

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<v Speaker 1>from Harvard by data Kappa, served the country, he was

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<v Speaker 1>a lieutenant in the Navy, and clearly he knows his

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<v Speaker 1>policy shops. Yeah, unlike these like six senators who are

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<v Speaker 1>running for president, who keep on, you know, making fools

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<v Speaker 1>of themselves discussing was saying nineties three trillion dollar a

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<v Speaker 1>green new deals and being unable to answer basic questions

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<v Speaker 1>about the Medicare for All bill that they support. But

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<v Speaker 1>a judge has been quite nuanced. And that's not to

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<v Speaker 1>say that he hasn't proven himself extremely progressive and less

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<v Speaker 1>doing in a way that I think scares me personally.

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<v Speaker 1>But he's able to answer his questions understanding the minutia

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<v Speaker 1>of the policy that he's advocating for. Yeah. Well, I

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<v Speaker 1>look at all these things as two different things. By

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<v Speaker 1>grading this person as a candidate because I like the

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<v Speaker 1>sport of running for president or I discussing policy in

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<v Speaker 1>terms of running for president, I think he is the

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<v Speaker 1>class of the field. I don't know if that style

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<v Speaker 1>of running for president works anymore though, so I guess

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<v Speaker 1>that remains to be seen. Yeah, I mean, so right

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<v Speaker 1>now is top pole that everyone's been talking about is

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<v Speaker 1>pulling a four percent in Iowa, which is which is

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<v Speaker 1>fairly incredible. Um. I mean, the odds of him winning,

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<v Speaker 1>statistically speaking, are very, very very slim. Why didn't think

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<v Speaker 1>about it? Because he's mayor of the two hundred largest

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<v Speaker 1>city in the country. Has never elected a mayor as president,

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<v Speaker 1>not a mayor of New York, let alone of South Bend, India.

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<v Speaker 1>We also never we'd also never elected a game show host.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, there's a lot of new things that can

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<v Speaker 1>happen reality. But I think that people forget that Donald

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<v Speaker 1>Trump was so week because he's had about hundred percent

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<v Speaker 1>name recognition in the country since Judge that people are

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<v Speaker 1>just hearing about for the first time now. So listen

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<v Speaker 1>in your piece in the Examiner and we'll have a

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<v Speaker 1>link to it so folks can find it easily. It's

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<v Speaker 1>quite informative. You also talk about a guy who is

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<v Speaker 1>the number one name people tell us, guys, you've got

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<v Speaker 1>to get this guy on and talk to him. He's

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<v Speaker 1>running as a Democrat, but I think it'll be interested.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's entrepreneur Andrew Yang tell us about Mr Yang.

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<v Speaker 1>So Yang's essential premise of running is on a one

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<v Speaker 1>tho dollar universal basic income up and pay pay out

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<v Speaker 1>called the Freedom Dividends. And Yang's campaign is very interestingly,

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<v Speaker 1>it's it's extremely technocratic. So you can find like more

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<v Speaker 1>than seventy different policy proposals, ranging from a Mall Act

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<v Speaker 1>which dedicates some six million dollars to renovating American malls

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<v Speaker 1>or reappropriating Then theusizzle thing is is reckoning with the

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<v Speaker 1>creative destruction of automation. And I do think it's very

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<v Speaker 1>interesting because this is so both Bag and Yang aren't

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<v Speaker 1>running on a lot of why people cared about Trump, right,

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<v Speaker 1>which is just I really think a great idea, But

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<v Speaker 1>it just talking about that on Monday, why the Mueller report.

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<v Speaker 1>He's saying, you know, instead of talking about that, why

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<v Speaker 1>don't why aren't we discussing why people voted for Donald

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<v Speaker 1>Trump and and reaching out to those people. That's obviously

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<v Speaker 1>a good idea. I mean, democratic leadership couldn't fathom the

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<v Speaker 1>idea that maybe people voted for Donald Trump and maybe

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<v Speaker 1>people killed Donald Trump in the primary because they were

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<v Speaker 1>tired of the neoliberal policies that brought the country to

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<v Speaker 1>the place you were in sixteen. They could not reckon

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<v Speaker 1>with the idea said Hillary Clinton, which is seen nakuly

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<v Speaker 1>that's candidate and focused on running a good candidate. Instead,

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<v Speaker 1>they have to blame it on something. They have to

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<v Speaker 1>blame it on a fourth outside of voter's conscience. And

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<v Speaker 1>I say, this is someone who's just not for Trump,

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<v Speaker 1>But I am very supportive of neoliberal free trade in

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<v Speaker 1>a way that Donald Trump isn't. But the fact is

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<v Speaker 1>that she resonates a lot of American But the thing

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<v Speaker 1>that Andrew Yang gets right is that an eight percent

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<v Speaker 1>of manufacturing jobs that have been lost in recent history

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<v Speaker 1>hasn't been lost to trade. They've been lost to automation.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's if people need to start reckoning less. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>that's a really interesting point too. And I know he's

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<v Speaker 1>all concerned about climate change and his answers deregulate nuclear energy.

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<v Speaker 1>We need more nukes, So that's pretty unconventional as well.

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<v Speaker 1>It shouldn't be. I mean, the original champion of nuclear

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<v Speaker 1>power was Margaret Thatcher. And the reason why nuclear became

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<v Speaker 1>so politicized by the least was because it was a

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<v Speaker 1>great way of dismantling the Cool Union in the seventies.

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<v Speaker 1>And now who is the number one champion against nuclear

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<v Speaker 1>the renewables industry because they understand that renewable from defenses

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<v Speaker 1>inefficient and they of acquire more government rate. Interesting. Tiana Low,

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<v Speaker 1>commentary writer for The Washington Examiner. Tiana, you are a

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<v Speaker 1>thoughtful woman. We enjoyed the chat very much. I hope

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<v Speaker 1>we can do it again. Thank you, no, thank you.

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<v Speaker 1>So listen the butter Jug and Yang thing number one,

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<v Speaker 1>I like the feel of I really disagree with several issues,

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<v Speaker 1>and and I really don't want them to be president

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<v Speaker 1>for a couple of different reasons. But I find them

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<v Speaker 1>to be thoroughly likable and decent human beings. There's no

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<v Speaker 1>need to demonize Pete buttera Jage just because he has

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<v Speaker 1>a rather bizarre progressive view of what freedom is, which

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<v Speaker 1>I'll explain to you in a bit um. It's dangerous, um.

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<v Speaker 1>But I don't think he's an insipious human being. I

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<v Speaker 1>just think his ideas are bad, and I'm perfectly comfortable

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<v Speaker 1>meeting him on the field of ideas and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>going back and forth. But these two guys. Joe Biden,

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<v Speaker 1>on the other hand, he's the devil's spawn again. I

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<v Speaker 1>followed as a sport. Who's the best political animal? These

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<v Speaker 1>guys running and talking about issues like bringing back nuclear

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<v Speaker 1>power or or or whatever, you know, whatever issue you're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna talk about, how to deal with the incredibly rapid

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<v Speaker 1>change technology brings. Yeah, yeah, that Buddages was just talking

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<v Speaker 1>about in that clip we played as opposed to the

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<v Speaker 1>president's a racist? Is your speech right? Um? Right? Gotta

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<v Speaker 1>be good, doesn't it. If it's not, we're screwed. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>we're screwed. We're screwed. We're doomed if you if you

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<v Speaker 1>can get the nomination mostly running on the other sides,

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<v Speaker 1>a bunch of racists or evil as opposed to bringing

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<v Speaker 1>back nuclear power, whatever issue to do is you want

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<v Speaker 1>to argue about, sure, or just in general, our giant, bloated,

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<v Speaker 1>idiotic federal government is doing nothing to help the American

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<v Speaker 1>people deal with twenty one century challenges. I think that

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<v Speaker 1>might explain that the vote for Trumps, as well as

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<v Speaker 1>any descriptions not well, I didn't know so many Americans

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<v Speaker 1>were racist. If you're if you're running on that, maybe

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