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Speaker 1: Welcome to the Tutor Dixon Podcast. Let's Talk Immigration. We

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Speaker 1: watch every day as our border is overwhelmed and both

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Speaker 1: don't seem to have a solution. I know, obviously the

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Speaker 1: majority of the problem here is the person who's in

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Speaker 1: has actually done some legal work to protect our border.

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Speaker 1: Maheck Cook has worked for candidates for political office, and

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Speaker 1: she's also run herself. We're going to chat about all

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Speaker 1: let's bring in Maheck Cook to the podcast. She is

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Speaker 1: a Republican strategist in attorney Mack. Thank you so much

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Speaker 1: for being here.

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Speaker 2: Thank you so much for having me. It's such a

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Speaker 2: great opportunity.

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Speaker 1: I love having people that can tell me, teach me things,

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Speaker 1: tell our audience stuff, and bring a new perspective. You

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Speaker 1: are an immigrant, and I wanted to talk a little

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Speaker 1: bit about that because obviously we're seeing a lot going

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Speaker 1: on today. People are questioning if some of these protests

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Speaker 1: that are getting more and more violent just over the weekend.

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Speaker 1: I want to say that over the weekend in Michigan,

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Speaker 1: there were protesters outside of Governor Whitmer's house and they

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Speaker 1: were chanting one, two, three four. Governor Whitmer opened the

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Speaker 1: door five, six, seven eight. America is a terrorist state.

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Speaker 1: I think a lot of people are concerned who is

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Speaker 1: coming across our border? And do these people really believe

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Speaker 1: that what's the next step? If you're willing to stand

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Speaker 1: what is the next step? So what are you seeing

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Speaker 1: from that perspective?

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Speaker 2: We have an immigration crisis, There's no doubt. I think

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Speaker 2: every politician talks about this. But I had the opportunity

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Speaker 2: firsthand to go to McCallan, Texas and visit the southern border.

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Speaker 2: These are shots that you don't get to see on television.

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Speaker 2: There's so much hidden today from the media. We have

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Speaker 2: illegal immigrants that are crossing at a record high and

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Speaker 2: when you talk about terrorism today, if we don't secure

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Speaker 2: our border, this is a national security threat. We had

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Speaker 2: a chief that has recently retired discuss how god awful

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Speaker 2: the state of our border is. There is no wall,

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Speaker 2: so there's no deterrent. There's no surveillance, so we don't

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Speaker 2: detect individuals with these border patrol officers truly are or babysitters.

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Speaker 2: They'll tell you that there's not enough of them. So

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Speaker 2: any part in the United States. So we are truly

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Speaker 2: does not matter if you're in Texas or any other state.

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Speaker 2: So it's been shocking to see and our DH secretary

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Speaker 1: Yeah, we're talking millions since Joe Biden has taken office.

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Speaker 1: I think something key that you said is that there's

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Speaker 1: Biden took office. There were a lot more materials, and

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Speaker 1: let me be clear about something. The materials were there

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Speaker 1: to build them. As soon as Joe Biden took over,

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Speaker 1: a few weeks a few weeks ago, very quietly, we

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Speaker 1: to start building that wall again. We do think that

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Speaker 1: They're flustered. They don't know exactly what to do. Like

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Speaker 1: I said, we're talking millions of people coming across now,

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Speaker 1: and there is no way to sugarcoat this. I mean

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Speaker 1: even Karine Jean Pierre is looking for her words, and

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Speaker 1: let's face it, she has them written right in front

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Speaker 2: Well, it's because they're hiding the truth, right Like you

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Speaker 2: can look at the data today since Biden took office,

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Speaker 2: six point two million illegal immigrants. We talk about Terris alone,

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Speaker 2: one hundred and sixty nine individuals that were apprehended in

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Speaker 2: twenty twenty three. So the Biden administration now is trying

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Speaker 2: should have been solving from day one. Under President Trump.

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Speaker 2: We were more secure, we were more stable, our economy

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Speaker 2: was doing better. Now we have a fence and all crisis,

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Speaker 2: a human trafficking crisis, and a legal immigrant crisis, and

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Speaker 2: Biden continues to give money to blue cities to house

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Speaker 2: these individuals. I can tell you firsthand in Columbus, Ohio, unfortunately,

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Speaker 2: after the Afghanistan withdrawal that happened, there were so many

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Speaker 2: Ifgani refugees that came here to several properties of a

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Speaker 2: all government handouts now they're good people, but we don't

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Speaker 2: know their background, we don't know their criminal history. We

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Speaker 1: We talk about human trafficking. I want to get into

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Speaker 1: that a little bit because you are in Ohio. Ohio

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Speaker 1: just had a no limits abortion. Is that a constitutional

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Speaker 2: Yes, there was a constitutional amendment that passed no limits abortion.

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Speaker 1: So no limits abortion. And just to be clear, this

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Speaker 1: we talked about this a few days ago on the podcast.

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Speaker 1: The majority of the Western world and when I say

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Speaker 1: a ten to fourteen week span you've got I think

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Speaker 1: it's the Netherlands that is twenty four weeks. But outside

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Speaker 1: of that, everybody else is falling within this ten to

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Speaker 1: at a time when we see rising human trafficking. I

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Speaker 1: think we're number two in the entire world for human trafficking.

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Speaker 1: This is a pedophile, a trafficker, a predator's dream bill

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Speaker 1: because they don't have to have a parental They don't

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Speaker 1: have to have parental consent. They can take a girl

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Speaker 1: over and over and over again. No one's going to

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Speaker 1: ask any questions. It doesn't matter what level of a

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Speaker 1: a way that people cannot imagine. What do you say

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Speaker 1: about the fact that you've got all these life groups

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Speaker 2: I think we have to come to a common sense right.

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Speaker 2: I am pro life unapologetically, but at the same time,

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Speaker 2: Governor Dwine and our states said at best he represents

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Speaker 2: millions of Ohioans and that's not where Ohio was. But

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Speaker 2: he and so many other individuals kept stating, do not

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Speaker 2: pass this amendment because it will allow for full term abortions.

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Speaker 2: We have to find common sense, We have to find consensus.

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Speaker 2: I think that your ban that you talk about between

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Speaker 2: twelve to fourteen or twelve to fifteen weeks, when a

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Speaker 2: onboard child can feel pain, that's about the place that

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Speaker 2: many states need to start considering, and governors need to

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Speaker 2: start considering. Because Mark my words. The ACLU did it

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Speaker 2: in Michigan, they have done it in Ohio. They circumvented

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Speaker 2: our state legislature, they circumvented the governor. They went straight

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Speaker 2: to individuals and said, you need reproductive rights. You're not

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Speaker 2: to even have miscarriage care. So they peddled lies, millions

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Speaker 2: ability to save lives because we couldn't get behind a

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Speaker 2: common sense ban, a common sense, thoughtful place where rape

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Speaker 2: and it insst in my opinion, should be included, and

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Speaker 2: this has become very extreme. And again this is going

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Speaker 2: to be in the ballot, state by state, through not

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Speaker 2: the legislature, not the governor. It's going to go state

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Speaker 2: to continue to lie.

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Speaker 1: a Tutor Dixon podcast. I think it's important that we

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Speaker 1: talk about this in terms that are realistic, because when

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Speaker 1: we think about Roe v. Wade, I mean, nobody talked

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Speaker 1: a restriction. You could after viability you weren't allowed to

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Speaker 1: have an abortion. And we're talking about abortion restrictions. I

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Speaker 1: think the terminology is really important here because we're talking

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Speaker 1: about common sense restrictions. And if you say fifteen weeks

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Speaker 1: is a common sense restriction it, I mean, how can

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Speaker 1: you argue with that when I just told you that

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Speaker 1: there are almost no western countries that allow it after

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Speaker 1: fourteen weeks, So we're talking about fifteen weeks. But also

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Speaker 1: I think that something that people don't understand is when

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Speaker 1: these abortion amendments pass in states, nothing else there can

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Speaker 1: be no protections put into place, and so like in Michigan,

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Speaker 1: and I believe Ohio is the same. But you can

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Speaker 1: correct me if I'm wrong. We have no parental consent

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Speaker 1: and that cannot be reversed. We've been told by experts

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Speaker 1: that what will likely happen is that likely a young

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Speaker 1: woman will die and the parents will sue, and that

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Speaker 1: will then alter the state government. They'll say, gosh, you know,

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Speaker 1: we really have to figure out a way to have

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Speaker 1: a protection on this once it's in the constitution. It's

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Speaker 1: challenging because trying to put a protection around it would

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Speaker 1: then be unconstitutional, and I think that's what people are

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Speaker 1: not understanding. It goes beyond just you know it's abortion

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Speaker 1: or no abortion, it's unsafe abortion.

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Speaker 2: You're right, and restriction is the correct terminology. What we

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Speaker 2: fought really hard in Ohio for and I was a

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Speaker 2: spokeswoman for Protect Women Ohio, was protect these children, protect

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Speaker 2: I think the most important thing is for law enforcement

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Speaker 1: And that so tell me when you see that, when

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Speaker 1: are like, yeah, that can't happen, what's your reaction to that.

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Speaker 2: I've always been somebody who has pushed and talks about perseverance.

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Speaker 2: Nothing in our lives was perfect. I mean, we lived

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Speaker 2: with I was born in India, came to this country,

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Speaker 2: when I was five years old, lived with ten family members.

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Speaker 2: I remember the first time that I decided that I

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Speaker 2: wanted to go to law school, I was told by

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Speaker 2: so many people, well, you've got to be really good,

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Speaker 2: and lawyers are a dime a dozen. And then I

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Speaker 2: remember saying I wanted to work at the US Attorney's Office,

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Speaker 2: and somebody at the US Attorney's Office told me, well,

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Speaker 2: we look for individuals who have longevity here, and you've

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Speaker 2: not been a career prosecutor. And every little part of

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Speaker 2: my life I have been told no. I was told

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Speaker 2: I can't do media commentary because I haven't worked for

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Speaker 2: a president yet. I mean, every single roadblock is what

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Speaker 2: Americans feel on a daily basis because of Biden. What

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Speaker 2: my message is, though, is you get what you have

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Speaker 2: the courage to seek, and if you continue to persevere,

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Speaker 2: when one door closes, another one opens, and you take

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Speaker 2: those opportunities and you take those risks, and you're comfortable

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Speaker 2: being uncomfortable. And by the way, we are all uncomfortable

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Speaker 2: right now. The state of the economy is in shambles.

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Speaker 2: Our four ROH one case are decreasing, mortgage rates are increasing,

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Speaker 2: schools are abysmal. After COVID. We're starting to see what

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Speaker 2: our children are being educated. But the bottom line is

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Speaker 2: we have to believe that prosperity is possible. But it

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Speaker 2: starts from within. It starts for knowing that you can

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Speaker 2: achieve anything through hard work and perseverance. And I truly

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Speaker 2: believe that I watched my father work three jobs for

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Speaker 2: seven years straight before we were able to afford our

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Speaker 2: own home. And as I see these polls today, I

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Speaker 2: know where it's coming from. We're looking at the TVs,

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Speaker 2: we're looking at our bank accounts, and things are tough,

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Speaker 2: but this is the opportunity for us to get back up.

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Speaker 2: This is the opportunity for us to persevere well.

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Speaker 1: It kind of reminds me of that saying hard times

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Speaker 1: make strong men, good times make weak men. And I

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Speaker 1: think that when we see folks right now who are

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Speaker 1: saying the American dream is unattainable, I don't know that

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Speaker 1: it really is, or if the effort is not there

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Speaker 1: from this generation of young people who are coming in

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Speaker 1: and just wanting to have a great Instagram channel or

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Speaker 1: something that is just quick and easy. They want those

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Speaker 1: those quick dollars to come in, and that it takes

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Speaker 1: hard work I mean, people don't achieve the American Dream

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Speaker 1: doesn't happen overnight. It's something that you have to go into.

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Speaker 1: You have to push hard. Oftentimes you have several failures.

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Speaker 1: I mean that's something that I think that this generation

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Speaker 1: is not familiar with. Failure is okay, you learn from failure,

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Speaker 1: and then you start over and you push harder, and

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Speaker 1: you have to navigate all of the things that come

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Speaker 1: at you. But hard work is what gets you to

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Speaker 1: the American dream. And I don't know that hard work

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Speaker 1: is something that a lot of young people these days

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Speaker 1: are willing to put in.

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Speaker 2: Well, I think you nailed it. It's instant gratification. It's

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Speaker 2: the fact that you can completely sit on a couch

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Speaker 2: Amazon whatever you need. You can get on Instagram, you

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Speaker 2: can make money on social media. But I truly think

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Speaker 2: there's going to be a change in this generation. And

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Speaker 2: I am constantly hopeful for every kid that I meet

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Speaker 2: the things that they should be paid one hundred and

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Speaker 2: twenty thousand dollars upon graduating with no experience. I always

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Speaker 2: meet that one kid whose parents sat down with them

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Speaker 2: at the dinner table, who talked about work ethic, who

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Speaker 2: talked about achieving the American Dream who talked about not

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Speaker 2: taking government handouts, So it's definitely possible. But I do

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Speaker 2: think it starts with the family unit, right. I didn't

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Speaker 2: learn what I learned on my own. It was truly

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Speaker 2: my grandparents, parents, uncles, cousins, everybody running around in the house.

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Speaker 2: In the midst of chaos. There was a calm because

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Speaker 2: we knew we were a family when we came together.

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Speaker 2: And I think as we continue to get attacked from

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Speaker 2: the left, more and more families are going to start

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Speaker 2: sitting down together for dinner. That's the number one thing

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Speaker 2: families can do to check on their children, to ask

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Speaker 2: about their days, to try and find that moment of

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Speaker 2: calm in the chaos that we're experiencing today. And that's

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Speaker 2: how you're going to start getting to work ethic, grinding

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Speaker 2: and pushing our children to achieve the American Dream in

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Speaker 2: the future.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that seems to be a theme of our guests

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Speaker 1: lately is spend time with family. Just make sure that

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Speaker 1: you are pouring into your kids and that time that

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Speaker 1: you think is just I'm just here getting you lunch,

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Speaker 1: I'm helping you get off to school. I'm hoping you

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Speaker 1: get to your next event. That still is time that

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Speaker 1: you are spending with your family, so make sure you

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Speaker 1: are pouring into them in those moments in between. The

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Speaker 1: in between moments are just as important as the moments

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Speaker 1: where you're sitting down to dinner. I really enjoyed talking

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Speaker 1: to you today. Thank you so much for being here.

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Speaker 1: Heck Cook, make sure you check out tell us where

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Speaker 1: where can people find you?

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Speaker 2: I'm on Twitter at maheck Cook, Facebook at cook for Ohio,

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Speaker 2: and I really appreciate this opportunity to just share my

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Speaker 2: my American dream and hopes for our future.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely, thank you so much, and thank you all for

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Speaker 1: joining me on the Tutor Dixon Podcast. For this episode

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