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Speaker 1: Morning Run with Amy and TJ and iHeartRadio Podcast. Good

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Speaker 1: morning everyone, Thanks for joining us for today's Morning Run.

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Speaker 1: It's Wednesday, October eighth. I'm Amy Robot and.

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Speaker 2: I'm TJ Holmes. Dolly's okay, let's get that out there.

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Speaker 2: First family member, hers Robe, scared that hell out everybody.

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Speaker 2: We're always concerned about Dolly. She's a treasure, and I

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Speaker 2: guess they were trying to give a positive update, but

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Speaker 2: it kind of sent alarm bells.

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Speaker 1: When someone says they're up all night praying for someone,

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Speaker 1: that sounds pretty dire.

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Speaker 2: Yes, it does. It scared a lot of people, but

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Speaker 2: that family member had to come back out and say no, no,

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Speaker 2: no, no no. What I was trying to say was we'll

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Speaker 2: explain though, what's going on with Darley. There have been

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Speaker 2: some concerns about her health as of late. Also, I

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Speaker 2: guess we've all been guilty of it at some point.

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Speaker 2: You flip somebody off, right, We've not proud of it.

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Speaker 2: But even as a kid, maybe did it.

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Speaker 1: I've joked around with you and done it. Still wasn't

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Speaker 1: well received.

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Speaker 2: Okay, yeah, I wouldn't admit that publicly anymore. But has

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Speaker 2: it ever cost you money? For doing so, probably not

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Speaker 2: might have got you in trouble in school. But one

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Speaker 2: guy just got fined two hundred and fifty thousand dollars

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Speaker 2: folks for flipping the bird. Will explain to who he

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Speaker 2: was and why that finger was so expensive. Also, we

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Speaker 2: have an ambassador as the Bahamas.

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Speaker 1: Sign me up?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, who was the last one? Anybody can talk? Take

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Speaker 2: your time, You're not gonna come up with it. But

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Speaker 2: we haven't had one for fifteen years. And the one

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Speaker 2: we have now, Robes is one of your boys.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, proud of them, Yes, and he.

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Speaker 2: Has a Heisman trophy. You will explain what's going on there.

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Speaker 2: We do have Groundhog's Day today? Is when is actual

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Speaker 2: Groundhogs Day?

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Speaker 1: February said something.

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Speaker 2: Okay, well it's going on again. This feels more like

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Speaker 2: the Bill Murray movie. But the Groundhog's Day is happening

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Speaker 2: in DC. They keep doing the same thing over and

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Speaker 2: over and over every single day, and we do expect

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Speaker 2: them to do it again today and the result is

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Speaker 2: going to be the same. The government's still going to

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Speaker 2: be shot. We'll get into all of that, but for

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Speaker 2: right now, I want you to subscribe top right corner

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Speaker 1: For Also on the run this morning, Texas troops are

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Speaker 1: now in Chicago. Air traffic controllers are staying home fur

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Speaker 1: load workers are now stressed about back pay. That's very understandable,

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Speaker 1: and the former top cop in the US is going

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Speaker 1: to be arranged today.

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Speaker 2: Quite the scene there, But we do have to start

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Speaker 2: in our nation's capital, Yes ground all day on Capitol Hill,

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Speaker 2: where the Senate is once again scheduled to vote on

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Speaker 2: the same two competing funding proposals that have failed fine

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Speaker 2: times already. I guess six times of charms what they're thinking.

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Speaker 2: But yes, they're expected to fail again today and the

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Speaker 2: government will remain closed again today. Then they'll come back

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Speaker 2: and do the same thing again tomorrow with the same results.

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Speaker 1: And that's where we are, folks. Democrats and Republicans are

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Speaker 1: at an impass and right now there is no clear

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Speaker 1: path or solution that's presented itself that could get us

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Speaker 1: out of it and get the government reopen. Republicans want

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Speaker 1: to pass a short term spending measure that would keep

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Speaker 1: the government open while they negotiate a longer term deal.

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Speaker 1: Democrats have rejected that and has said what healthcare guarantees

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Speaker 1: before they negotiate?

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Speaker 2: All right? And adding fuel now to the furloughed fire,

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Speaker 2: the President suggested that maybe those estimated seven hundred and

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Speaker 2: fifty thousand furloughed federal workers won't be getting back pay.

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Speaker 2: The White House confirmed that there is a draft memo

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Speaker 2: they've sent to agencies that hinted that back pay from

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Speaker 2: a government shut down might not be assured by current law.

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Speaker 1: Wo Well, the President was asked about this in the

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Speaker 1: Offal Office, specifically about workers not getting back pay. Here's

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Speaker 1: what he said. I would say it depends on who

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Speaker 1: we're talking about. It really depends on who you're talking about.

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Speaker 1: But for the most part, we're going to take care

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Speaker 1: of our people. There are some people that really don't

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Speaker 1: deserve to be taken care of, and we will take

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Speaker 1: care of them in a different way. That's some gangster

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Speaker 1: stuff right there. What does that mean? Who is in

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Speaker 1: which group? That's the big question. I think a lot

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Speaker 1: The President followed up a short time later and said, okay,

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Speaker 1: he'd follow the law, but again, what's the law.

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Speaker 2: But when you hear these things, he has been determining

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Speaker 2: some argue what the law is and how it fits

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Speaker 2: into his agenda. So this certainly set off alarm bells.

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Speaker 2: But yes, law says governments shut down workers not being

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Speaker 2: paid should bit their back pay when the government reopens. Now,

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Speaker 2: the effects of the shutdown are becoming more and more

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Speaker 2: evident at the nation's airports, where air traffic control shortages

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Speaker 2: are causing delays, cancelations, and frustration for travelers. Focusing on

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Speaker 2: Nashville for a second, so short staffed last night that

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Speaker 2: they were leaning on air traffic controllers from Memphis. Flights

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Speaker 2: were delayed on average last night in Nashville about two hours.

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Speaker 1: The FAA is warning ground stops are possible at several

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Speaker 1: major airports today DC, Philly, Miami, San Francisco, Newark, New York.

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Speaker 1: They even go as far as listing a group as

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Speaker 1: a groundstop in Boston is not just possible but expected.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, this is happening because yes, air traffic controllers are

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Speaker 2: not being paid right now. They are calling out sick

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Speaker 2: in higher numbers. They are considered essential workers and required

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Speaker 2: by law to keep showing up for work. Even though

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Speaker 1: And when you have the President suggesting that some people

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Speaker 1: might not get paid, that would be an even greater

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Speaker 1: incentive for folks to call out sick.

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Speaker 2: Why show up?

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Speaker 1: Why show up? And my goodness, we've been traveling a

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Speaker 1: bunch this month and our travels just happened to take

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Speaker 1: a pause, and thank god. I can't imagine if you

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Speaker 1: This is scary stuff. You can't rely on the nation airports.

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Speaker 2: But a safety is one thing. That safety is a

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Speaker 2: first point. But you remember all the incidents we were

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Speaker 2: reporting about, and some of it had to do with

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Speaker 2: something happening in the tower, somebody looking at two screens

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Speaker 2: even before, and some of the air traffic control leaders

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Speaker 2: of the union are saying, you know what, I know

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Speaker 2: you all are seeing the effects of this, and you

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Speaker 2: all think we're so stressed. We deal with this crap

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Speaker 2: every single day. Wow, this is how we roll.

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Speaker 1: All right. Next up on the run, the Texas National

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Speaker 1: Guard is in Illinois and is expected to start patrolling

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Speaker 1: the streets of Chicago but this might be a short

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Speaker 2: Yeah, State of Illinois and the City of Chicago, we

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Speaker 2: told you about this yesterday. They sued the Trump administration

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Speaker 2: but the judge in the case refused to immediately block

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Speaker 2: tes she gave the White House until tonight to respond

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Speaker 2: and a hearing is scheduled tomorrow. So they might end

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Speaker 2: what this judge does say tomorrow.

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Speaker 1: All right, Next up on the run, the former head

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Speaker 1: of the FBI is going to be arraigned in a

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Speaker 1: Virginia court today. James Comy is facing charges of obstruction

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Speaker 2: Yeah, the charges them from testimony that Comy gave to

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Speaker 2: to the media. Comya Komy, who was fired by Trump

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Speaker 2: during his first term and has been a frequent critic

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Speaker 2: urged A. G. Pambondi to do so. Would he be

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Speaker 2: of all the people that the president really seems to

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Speaker 2: ire towards Komy certainly. I mean, he's gonna have to

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Speaker 1: For I was just going to say, it's not just Comy,

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Speaker 1: He's going after anyone who has associated his daughter, his

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Speaker 1: to be quite the vendetta. I guess that's happening right now.

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Speaker 1: But what a specta, what a spectacle today in Virginia,

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Speaker 1: and it's it's frightening in a lot of ways to

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Speaker 1: This sounds crazy, but a guy is getting fined two

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Speaker 1: hundred and fifty thousand dollars for giving the middle finger.

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Speaker 1: But the guy we're talking about is the owner of

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Speaker 1: the Dallas Cowboys, Jerry Jones, and the people he flashed

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Speaker 1: a middle finger to football fans in the stadium.

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Speaker 2: Okay, the story gets funny because you listen to how

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Speaker 2: he explains it. Now, the NFL hit Jones with this

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Speaker 2: say clearly, folks, I mean clearly flipping the middle finger

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Speaker 2: the funny part of all this. Jones acknowledge that this

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Speaker 1: That makes zero sense.

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Speaker 2: Not an accident like it went the wrong direction, like

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Speaker 2: that was the wrong group out. No, no, no, he said,

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Speaker 1: Out itself was a mixed I can understand if it

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Speaker 1: that's pretty much the only reason I've ever done it

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Speaker 1: is to be funny.

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Speaker 2: Like, haha, that's not what he's talking about.

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Speaker 1: Okay, how do you accidentally flip someone off?

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Speaker 2: Listen to him explain it?

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Speaker 1: All right, he says, I mean I asked that rhetorically,

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Speaker 1: because we actually have his answer where he says the

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Speaker 1: gesture was inadvertent on my part. Sorry, I'm trying not

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Speaker 1: to laugh, because that was right after we made our

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Speaker 1: last touchdown and we were all excited about it. There

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Speaker 1: wasn't any antagonistic issue or anything like that. I just

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Speaker 1: inadvertently done, I'm not kidding. If you want to call

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Speaker 1: it accidental, you can call it accidental. But the intention

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Speaker 1: was thumbs up and basically pointing at our fans because

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Speaker 1: saying that he is suffering from a form of dementia

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Speaker 1: or mental lapse, because how do you confuse the thumbs

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Speaker 1: up with a middle finger?

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Speaker 2: It was an involuntary reflex. No, it just popped up.

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Speaker 2: Sometimes I don't know. Your body twitches in different ways.

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Speaker 1: In his Sometimes sometimes when I want to say congratulations,

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Speaker 1: I say, f you what that would be akin to that?

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Speaker 2: Okay, that's an oddity as well. But when you see

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Speaker 2: the video, Okay, this is the thing. When you see

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Speaker 2: the video, he's smiling and having a good time. It

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Speaker 2: looks so odd. That didn't look like anything antagonistic about

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Speaker 2: his stance, and the fans in front of him were

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Speaker 2: allegedly cowboys fans that he was celebrating with, So that

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Speaker 2: does make no sense why he would flip people off

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Speaker 2: who were celebrating his team. Sorry, all my daughter was

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Speaker 2: walking to school and she's trying to FaceTime me right now. No,

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Speaker 2: but when you see it, it does. I don't know

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Speaker 2: how something accidentally happens like that. I don't know you're

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