WEBVTT - The Real Story Behind Trump's Recent Poll Numbers

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<v Speaker 1>This is the morning happy Saint Patrick's day, as the

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<v Speaker 1>legend holds Saint Patrick cast the snakes out of Ireland

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<v Speaker 1>and into the sea. Whether true or not, there are

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<v Speaker 1>no snakes in Ireland today, but many slither about in

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<v Speaker 1>these United States. And if you were to turn on

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<v Speaker 1>the television this morning on NBC News or to look

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<v Speaker 1>at the Drudge Report, then you would have had a

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<v Speaker 1>chill run down your spine when you heard the news

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<v Speaker 1>today that Donald Trump is more popular than he has

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<v Speaker 1>ever been, maintaining his apigy of forty seven percent approval

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<v Speaker 1>as he degrades America's alliances, insults our allies, wages economic

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<v Speaker 1>war on Canada, sells out Ukraine, assaults the government, treats

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<v Speaker 1>government employees like insects, and rambles nonsensical idiocies from morning

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<v Speaker 1>till night. But these numbers that celebrate Trump's strength should

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<v Speaker 1>not make you look away. They should make you look

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<v Speaker 1>more closely. So we're gonna do something this morning. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>going to take you through the poll as if you

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<v Speaker 1>were my client sitting across the table and we had

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<v Speaker 1>to talk this morning at the meeting about the NBC poll.

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<v Speaker 1>Now let's get into it. The number that's being sold

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<v Speaker 1>to the American people as the news. In the poll

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<v Speaker 1>is this one that shows Trump's approval strength, this number

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<v Speaker 1>forty seven, and in fact, that is a high number

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<v Speaker 1>for Trump. Now here's the way you have to read these.

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<v Speaker 1>You have to connect two numbers in the poll. You

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<v Speaker 1>have to connect on the negative side, those that feel

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<v Speaker 1>very negative I would be one of those people about Trump,

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<v Speaker 1>and those that feel somewhat negative about him. And then

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<v Speaker 1>on the other side of that, there are people who

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<v Speaker 1>are okay with Trump, kind of like them, and there

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<v Speaker 1>are people that are really into them. When you add

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<v Speaker 1>those numbers up, and you can do the same for

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<v Speaker 1>Elon Musk and for JD. Vance for the Republican Party,

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<v Speaker 1>you see what they are. You see what those negative

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<v Speaker 1>numbers are added up, and you see what those positive

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<v Speaker 1>numbers are added up. Now, the truth of the matter

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<v Speaker 1>is that most of America's political media has no idea

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<v Speaker 1>how to read a poll, has never read a poll,

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't understand the statistical science behind public opinion research is

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<v Speaker 1>easily manipulated by people who do. And those people who

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<v Speaker 1>cannot read a poll do not comprehend what a poll is.

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<v Speaker 1>Are also very very very limited in their travel around

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<v Speaker 1>the country and exposure to the American people as a

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<v Speaker 1>general proposition. Now, let's look at the Democratic Party's numbers

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<v Speaker 1>in this Let's add up everybody that has a highly

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<v Speaker 1>negative feeling and a negative feeling. Look at how big

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<v Speaker 1>that number is, and look at the number of people

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<v Speaker 1>that have a very positive feeling. And now compare that

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<v Speaker 1>number to Trump, who people don't like, to Musk who

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<v Speaker 1>people don't like, to the Republicans who people don't like.

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<v Speaker 1>But it's the Democrats as an institution that are wrecked

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<v Speaker 1>upon the rock. They are despised as an institution. And

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<v Speaker 1>this does not mean, by the way, the millions of

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<v Speaker 1>Democratic voters. It means the hundreds that run the institution

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<v Speaker 1>from Washington, DC, And it means an awful lot of

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<v Speaker 1>the Democratic governors who are in whisper mode lately, except

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<v Speaker 1>for Gavin Newsom, who you can find on his new

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<v Speaker 1>podcast with every right wing whack job, it seems on

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<v Speaker 1>a new weekly basis. Congratulations, Governor Gav, You're doing terrific

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<v Speaker 1>for me. It wouldn't be the path I would suggest

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<v Speaker 1>if I was getting ready for a presidential campaign, But

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<v Speaker 1>who am I to know? At any level? The Democratic

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<v Speaker 1>Party is simply not in a position to criticize anything

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<v Speaker 1>that Trump does effectively, because the only people that are

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<v Speaker 1>more popular than are putin in Russia. The news this

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<v Speaker 1>weekend was that Democrats all over the country understood very simply,

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<v Speaker 1>it did not need it explained to them that Chuck

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<v Speaker 1>Schumer had given away all leverage against Donald Trump in

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<v Speaker 1>an act of surrender and appeasement. And this was the reaction.

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<v Speaker 1>These numbers, the lowest in the history of the Democratic Party,

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<v Speaker 1>are before Chuck Schumer's Friday appeasement that will live in

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<v Speaker 1>infamy as the weakest day on bended knee in the

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<v Speaker 1>entire history of the United States Senate that an opposition

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<v Speaker 1>minority leader has ever spent abandoning all principle, all leverage

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<v Speaker 1>for the proposition I did it for you to save

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<v Speaker 1>you from Trump later. What Schumer is is a philosopher

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<v Speaker 1>that holds, let me feed the crocodile first, so that

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<v Speaker 1>I may be eaten last. Over to the Democratic House members. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>what this poll really shows is the urgent and absolute

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<v Speaker 1>necessity we're there to be an opposition that strikes back,

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<v Speaker 1>that fights back, and it's simply cannot and will not

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<v Speaker 1>form from Washington, d C. From the geriatric Democrats, from

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<v Speaker 1>their failed leaders, from the corruptocracy that produced in a

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<v Speaker 1>choice a result that elevated Donald Trump. The question is

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<v Speaker 1>is did Donald Trump off the Democratic Party? Can it

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<v Speaker 1>come back? Good news is, since it survives segregation and slavery,

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<v Speaker 1>it probably will, and hopefully that will be soon. But

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<v Speaker 1>until then, it's these numbers that point to the opportunity

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<v Speaker 1>that Democrats have governors and a nascent forming grassroots opposition movement.

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<v Speaker 1>The American people are experiencing Trump's tariffs, They're experiencing his economy.

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<v Speaker 1>Look at these numbers. The American people don't like Trump's

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<v Speaker 1>treatment of Ukraine. They don't like his treatment of Zelensky.

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<v Speaker 1>Look at Zelenski's numbers. The American people understand that this

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<v Speaker 1>man is a hero. They understand that Trump is a scumbag.

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<v Speaker 1>So three things can be true at once. Zolensky's a hero,

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<v Speaker 1>Trump's a scumbag, and the Democratic Party is completely ineffectual,

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<v Speaker 1>which means the scumbag can attack the hero. But in America,

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<v Speaker 1>the ineffectual party can't hit the scumbag. That's politics, and

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<v Speaker 1>when a scumbag like Trump and all of his minions

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<v Speaker 1>are given free reign and they face appeasement as opposed

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<v Speaker 1>to iron opposition. The situation deteriorates. The good news for

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<v Speaker 1>the Democrats is as that Trump number drops, they become

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<v Speaker 1>the latent beneficiary of it, but not in the way

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<v Speaker 1>necessarily that they think. What these numbers show everybody is

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<v Speaker 1>that this is the year to run for office is

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<v Speaker 1>that this Trump era is just beginning, and the issues

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<v Speaker 1>that elected him, with the exception of immigration, where his

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<v Speaker 1>numbers are strong, are in a state of collapse. Donald

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<v Speaker 1>Trump ran saying he would end the Ukraine War on

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<v Speaker 1>day one. Well that didn't happen. What he did was

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<v Speaker 1>this in the oval, officeless, you don't know, God, bless

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<v Speaker 1>You're not blessed, you don't know. Don't tell us what

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<v Speaker 1>we're gonna feel. And now the American people evaluate the

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<v Speaker 1>situation like this unhappily. So what this poll really shows,

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<v Speaker 1>through all the bluster, through all the bs, through all

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<v Speaker 1>the smoking mirrors of the coverage, is that Donald Trump

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<v Speaker 1>is failing and the American people are anxious, and he

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<v Speaker 1>is poised to be attacked, to be hit, to be

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<v Speaker 1>struck politically, his head can very easily be driven underwater.

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<v Speaker 1>But it requires a Democratic leadership to be completely changed out.

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<v Speaker 1>It means that Chuck Schumer has to loosen his iron

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<v Speaker 1>grip on power. But Chuck Schumer's part of the me Me, Me, Me, Me,

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<v Speaker 1>Me Me caucus that will hold on for as long

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<v Speaker 1>as they can, like Diane Feinstein and like Kay Granger

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<v Speaker 1>of Texas who just went missing until she was found

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<v Speaker 1>in the Alzheimer's clinic. Honest to God, true story. Here's

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<v Speaker 1>the headline in this moment. When Donald Trump is meandering

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<v Speaker 1>about the globe looking for trouble where none existed, trying

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<v Speaker 1>his hand at international statesmanship and peacemaking, sending his real

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<v Speaker 1>estate developer buddy all around the world to negotiate with

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<v Speaker 1>Vladimir Putin on Ukraine. This will all end badly. The

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<v Speaker 1>numbers show the American people into it the direction everything

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<v Speaker 1>is going. The only thing missing is somebody to stand

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<v Speaker 1>up and fight back and to say follow me inside

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<v Speaker 1>the Democratic Party. Who will that person be? This poll

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<v Speaker 1>says Trump is strong. It's not how I read it.

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<v Speaker 1>The pole says Trump is vulnerable. He's leading with his chin,

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<v Speaker 1>He's failing on the issues that elected him. People are patient,

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<v Speaker 1>don't give him a chance. But What keeps him up

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<v Speaker 1>isn't anything that Trump's doing. That's what's pulling him down.

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<v Speaker 1>What keeps him up is how pathetic the Democratic Party

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<v Speaker 1>is in Washington, d C. And because they're so bad,

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<v Speaker 1>so smug, so ineffectual, they can't hit Trump even though

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<v Speaker 1>he is a soft, giant target and people know he's failing.

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<v Speaker 1>The loss to Trump remains mind blowing. And don't let

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<v Speaker 1>anybody ever tell you that Trump was unbeatable. He was

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<v Speaker 1>made unbeatable by Joe Biden's lying, by the gas lighting,

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<v Speaker 1>but he was not unbeatable, and right now he's not

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<v Speaker 1>on ole problem is not the American people who see

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<v Speaker 1>what's going on is the impotence of the minority party

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<v Speaker 1>in Washington, the laydown party, the we're winning party, the

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<v Speaker 1>I'll bring my small paddle to a proverbial gunfight party.

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<v Speaker 1>America has a fascist party, it seems, and a pathetic party,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's not working out great for the country. But

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<v Speaker 1>at any rate, that's what the poll says. This is

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<v Speaker 1>the warning. I'm Steve Schmidt. This is the warning. I

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