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<v Speaker 1>Native Lampard is a production of iHeartRadio and partnership with

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<v Speaker 1>Reason Choice Media Welcome.

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<v Speaker 2>Home to the Natives. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>I think that what we're seeing is states across the

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<v Speaker 3>country are emboldened by what we are witnessing Republicans do,

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<v Speaker 3>which is to make it more difficult to vote and

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<v Speaker 3>to intimidate voters. So the Riverside County Sheriff, Chad Bianco,

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<v Speaker 3>who also happens to be a front runner on the

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<v Speaker 3>Republican side in the California governor's gouvenatorial race, is trying

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<v Speaker 3>to seize more than six hundred and fifty thousand ballots

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<v Speaker 3>under the auspices of conducting a recount effort.

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<v Speaker 1>I believe he already sees Yeah, he did.

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<v Speaker 3>He already sees them. I'm sorry, and I think that

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<v Speaker 3>what is fascinating here is the Attorney General, Rob Bonta

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<v Speaker 3>said that this sheriff has no probable cause for such

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<v Speaker 3>an investigation. The court actually did not agree with the

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<v Speaker 3>Attorney General. What I think this does is put people

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<v Speaker 3>in harm's way. They are afraid about what is happening. Again, Andrew,

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<v Speaker 3>you talked about a solution in search of a problem.

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<v Speaker 3>They're going on looking for voter fraud, when in fact

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<v Speaker 3>it says there have only been seventy one cases a

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<v Speaker 3>voter fraud in the past thirty two years in California

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<v Speaker 3>and those are voter fraud convictions despite California County more

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<v Speaker 3>than eleven point five million ballots in November in the

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<v Speaker 3>special election alone. So that, I think is what is

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<v Speaker 3>an issue here again them being emboldened by the Steve

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<v Speaker 3>Bannons of the world, by the Heritage Foundations of the world,

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<v Speaker 3>by Project twenty twenty five that also deals with voting.

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<v Speaker 3>So yes, what's happening in Mississippi and why this case

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<v Speaker 3>was before the Supreme Court have everything to do with this.

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<v Speaker 3>So from Mississippi to Cali we see this problem happening.

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<v Speaker 1>So in California, just so that listens, all of us

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<v Speaker 1>can let this sink in. A sheriff of a county

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<v Speaker 1>is able to not off of a referral from the

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<v Speaker 1>prosecutors office. Right, that's genuinely generally how a investigation out

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<v Speaker 1>of nowhere thin air comes into formation because you don't

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<v Speaker 1>just investigate for no reason. You investigate with the intention

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<v Speaker 1>to prosecute and hold accountable people who have done something

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<v Speaker 1>wrong or.

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<v Speaker 3>Unless your intention is intimidation, which.

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<v Speaker 1>Is who are guided by other intentions. That's extra, That's

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<v Speaker 1>exactly right. So all I'm saying is that if imagine

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<v Speaker 1>where you live, your county sheriff deciding that they have

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<v Speaker 1>the power to go and seize the ballots of another

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<v Speaker 1>constitutionally elected officer. Almost in every place, supervisors of elections

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<v Speaker 1>are elected. Secretary of States in some cases are appointed,

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<v Speaker 1>but many of them are elected going into that jurisdiction

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<v Speaker 1>off of a right wing conspiracy that the votes that

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<v Speaker 1>were tallied don't match what they believe the actual turnout

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<v Speaker 1>numbers represented in that country.

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<v Speaker 4>Right, Andrew the Attorney General not to cut you off,

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<v Speaker 4>even said no, he said, please, let's let me let

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<v Speaker 4>me investigate before you continue down this path. Let me

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<v Speaker 4>see where these allegations are coming from, if it's even founded.

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<v Speaker 4>He's like, no, I'm all sad, and no, I haven't

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<v Speaker 4>talked to Trump, and I'm like, this is wild the

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<v Speaker 4>world that we live in. Again, to your point about

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<v Speaker 4>literally creating a solution for a problem we don't have,

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<v Speaker 4>this administration is good for that. Maggan is good for that.

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<v Speaker 4>I think of the trans issue in sports, there really

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<v Speaker 4>isn't an issue. There isn't as if this is a

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<v Speaker 4>big issue and trans boys are taking over girls' sports

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<v Speaker 4>in high school and in college. But you ran on

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<v Speaker 4>that like it was such an issue. These are not

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<v Speaker 4>real things, and people are being sit in their mind,

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<v Speaker 4>they're like, this is happening. One is too many? Five

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<v Speaker 4>fourteen people who voted illegally? Is too many? Forty seventy

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<v Speaker 4>seven people throw off these random numbers. It's just too many.

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<v Speaker 4>And that's what's happening right now in real time.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm I'm curious from y'all's perspective whether or not you think.

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<v Speaker 1>And again we'll get to the Supreme Court cases. Is

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<v Speaker 1>really important that we all stay abreast of this. But

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<v Speaker 1>what do you think democrats forget Democrats lovers of democracy,

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<v Speaker 1>people who value the rights that we have and want

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<v Speaker 1>to see them expanded and not contrict constricted. How should

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<v Speaker 1>we be talking about this if we know that most

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<v Speaker 1>reasonable people but car you invoked this folks in the

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<v Speaker 1>Bibles shop saying, what's the problem with you're being able

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<v Speaker 1>to produce ID when we know it's more complicated than that.

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<v Speaker 1>How should we be talking about this in a way

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<v Speaker 1>that validates some of the reasonableness of the of the

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<v Speaker 1>argument around identification with what is draconian and what they

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<v Speaker 1>are doing as as repult. If we had advice and

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<v Speaker 1>somebody was on the listening end of our advice, what

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<v Speaker 1>would it be around how this thing ought to be argued?

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<v Speaker 1>Innovated car. If you're talking, you're muted.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sorry my house phone was ringing, so I'm mute

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<v Speaker 2>at myself. But I don't even know what we got

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<v Speaker 2>no house.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm impressed you got a house.

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<v Speaker 4>I got some new headphones, good cars.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you see what I go through? Do you see

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<v Speaker 2>what I got through? I've actually talked to hr at

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<v Speaker 2>I Heeart and they just said, they just said stick

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<v Speaker 2>with it. I mean.

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<v Speaker 4>R goes okay, Michael board Jordan's every man's name. His

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<v Speaker 4>name is Andrew.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, anyway, all right, all right, anyway, So back in

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<v Speaker 2>two thousand, in two thousand and six when I first

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<v Speaker 2>read for office, ran against Thomas Road, who was eighty

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<v Speaker 2>two years old, have been in office for twenty six years.

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<v Speaker 2>And on election day at one of my biggest precincts

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<v Speaker 2>in Denmark, we actually had two white guys pull up

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<v Speaker 2>to the precinct in a pickup truck and they got

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<v Speaker 2>out of the pickup truck with a shotgun and they

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<v Speaker 2>literally just sat in front of this all black precinct

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<v Speaker 2>for hours with a shotgun, like counting key. It's not

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<v Speaker 2>open carry, but it's Denmark. Were close enough to open carry, right,

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<v Speaker 2>we're open carry now, but at the time you had

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<v Speaker 2>to have a license. But one about gonna bother them.

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<v Speaker 2>It was that type of intimidation, that kind of overt intimidation,

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<v Speaker 2>We're gonna see what up with physic I'm sorry, Nick,

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<v Speaker 2>We're gonna mess you up with physical violence. Type of

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<v Speaker 2>intimidation that we could see, and we just built our

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<v Speaker 2>mindset to say that nobody was going to stop us

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<v Speaker 2>from getting to the polls. Black folks always say, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>we're going to overcome this. Whatever hurdle they put in

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<v Speaker 2>our way, we're going to overcome this. So my first

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<v Speaker 2>piece of advice is one that nobody's really gonna like. Right,

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<v Speaker 2>The first piece of advice I have is begin now

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<v Speaker 2>working for what the possible outcome may be. So with

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<v Speaker 2>our seniors, with our older people. NAACP. By the way,

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<v Speaker 2>shout out to Kristen Clark for being the new Announcements

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<v Speaker 2>of News General Counsel of the NAACP, begin organizing right now,

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<v Speaker 2>helping people get their papers for November of twenty twenty six,

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<v Speaker 2>begin working on what the possible outcome may be, so

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<v Speaker 2>we're not scrambling in November doing provisional ballots and having

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<v Speaker 2>all of these and a very consequential election tossed out.

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<v Speaker 2>That's first and foremost. The second thing is we're in

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<v Speaker 2>the middle of filing periods right now. In a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of states, people are filing to run for office. We

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<v Speaker 2>need to make sure that one of the biggest and

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<v Speaker 2>most sexy races that people run for a secretary of state.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, for a long period of time, we haven't

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<v Speaker 2>focused on secretary of state. We haven't focused on judges,

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<v Speaker 2>we haven't focused on Supreme Court justices. And that's coming

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<v Speaker 2>to bite us in the ass Supervisors of elections, supervisors

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<v Speaker 2>of elections, those things matter. And actually what we're seeing

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<v Speaker 2>right now because of the West Coast is sheriffs. Because

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<v Speaker 2>if the sheriff has the audacity to walk into a

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<v Speaker 2>precinct and seize ballots, what is he doing On the side,

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<v Speaker 2>He's probably sprinking a little coke on your son when

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<v Speaker 2>he pulls them over for a minor traffic violation, right, So,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean there is a direct correlation, trust me. So

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<v Speaker 2>I just think that we have to begin to prepare

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<v Speaker 2>ourselves for what the endgame is. Work backwards and preparing

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<v Speaker 2>for an election, running for office, electing to people. And

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<v Speaker 2>right now it's important for our local elected officials mayors

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<v Speaker 2>out to all the mayors we love, but they're going

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<v Speaker 2>to have to utilize their platform to raise their voices

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<v Speaker 2>about this issue because they are closest to the ground. Mayors,

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<v Speaker 2>city council people, school board people need to be teaching

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<v Speaker 2>people about what the Save Act is. Of course you

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<v Speaker 2>don't have a vote on it, but Randall Wolfin's voice

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<v Speaker 2>is probably more powerful in Alabama than even those people

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<v Speaker 2>who are federally elected. Frank Scott's voice in Little Rock

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<v Speaker 2>is more powerful than people who are federally elected. And

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<v Speaker 2>so I empower all of those local elected officials where

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<v Speaker 2>we still have some success. Chris Hollins in Houston, Texas.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, make sure that you're raising your voice using

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<v Speaker 2>your platform so people really understand what the Save Act

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<v Speaker 2>is when we talk about it and mention it. So

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<v Speaker 2>those are my three kind of tangible things that we

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<v Speaker 2>have to do to prepare for what is this tsunami.

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