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Speaker 1: hear about it. Well, I think it's important to appreciate,

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Speaker 1: just telling you. For example, when UM, after after Las

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Speaker 1: They're like, that is not going to solve any problems.

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Speaker 1: Why are we doing this? Why are we talking about this?

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Speaker 1: You just have to understand that is the mindset a

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Speaker 1: all believe that stronger background checks are going to stop uh,

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Speaker 1: these mass shootings. They just don't believe that, and so

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Speaker 1: don't actually think that is the answer. I would say,

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Speaker 1: Now the the there, they're they're fellow students, were the

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Speaker 1: ones that we're getting all the attention. But these parents

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Speaker 1: the enclos and people across the ol. You know, and

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Speaker 1: the Republicans are receptive to their ideas. I think that

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Speaker 1: And when you when you raise these these issues to

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Speaker 1: you know, if we can just say we're gonna stick

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Speaker 1: let's not worry about where we don't agree, let's just

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Speaker 1: do this. But so much of the argument is this

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Speaker 1: is a slippery slope. They say this, Now, the next

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Speaker 1: And when says yes, I am coming for your guns,

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Speaker 1: it makes everybody just want to stop and lets take

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Speaker 1: a loads in a sedimentary leader Chuck Shumer on this,

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Speaker 1: he was he was talking about the stay on the hill,

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Speaker 1: take a listen to him. Hearious politicians offering their thoughts

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Speaker 1: and prayers just doesn't cut it anymore. It's put up,

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Speaker 1: were shut up? Leader McConnell, Senate Republicans. What will you do?

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Speaker 1: For the record? That was not my phone, that was

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Speaker 1: sentimentary Leader Chuck Shumer talking about this to to put

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Speaker 1: how this plays out. I just feel that every time

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Speaker 1: I get out of Washington, UM, you talk to people

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Speaker 1: and they it just seems like we're in such a

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Speaker 1: reactionary phase with with the problem that everyone identifies as

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Speaker 1: a problem. And I really do believe we talk and

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Speaker 1: we cover so much with regards to technology, with regards

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Speaker 1: to artificial intelligence, with regards to how big tech companies

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Speaker 1: are responding and working with the federal government regardless of

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Speaker 1: seems to be a lot of consensus on those issues,

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Speaker 1: and I don't know why there isn't more chatter about

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Speaker 1: that domestically. Coming up twenty twenty talk Who's Up, Who's Down?

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Speaker 1: Panel stays will Joe Biden emerge as the Democratic nominee.

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Speaker 1: Kristin Han reacts Brendon Bucks. Here, I'm Kevin Sirelli. You're

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Speaker 1: listening to Bloomberg One. This is Bloomberg's sound on with

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Speaker 1: Kevin Surreley on Bloomberg and one on five point seven

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Speaker 1: of MHD two. I still await guidance from the Lighthouse

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Speaker 1: as to what he thinks he's comfortable with signing and

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Speaker 1: if and when that happened, that was sent, That was

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Speaker 1: sent a majority leader Mitch McConnell speaking earlier today on

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Speaker 1: the floor with regards to gun control policy and whether

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Speaker 1: or not he's received any guy, it's from the White House.

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Speaker 1: He's he's given the lead to this issue to President Trump.

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Speaker 1: I'm Kevin Curreli, Chief Washington correspondent from Bloomberg Television and

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Speaker 1: Bloomberg Radio. I do want to read a disclaimer. Michael Bloomberg,

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Speaker 1: owner of Bloomberg LP, the parent company of Bloomberg News,

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Speaker 1: founded and helps fund every Town for Gun Safety, a

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Speaker 1: nonprofit that advocates for universal background checks and other gun

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Speaker 1: violence prevention measures. Here with me in the studio Brendan Buck,

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Speaker 1: former senior advisor to HOWSE speaker Paul Ryan. He is

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Speaker 1: also a partner at seven Letter and UH Kristen Haunt,

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Speaker 1: former constructor for the Blue Dog Democrat Coalition. She is

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Speaker 1: now a senior senior advisor. All these titles in Washington

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Speaker 1: A rock I know, the Rock Solution part where the

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Speaker 1: good friend Rob Budgy. Um. Sorry, I always I don't

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Speaker 1: like butchering people's titles. Board News. All right, So this

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Speaker 1: is my favorite part of the show. We're talking about

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Speaker 1: what's on your radar? What's one thing that we didn't

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Speaker 1: talk about that we should be talking about that we

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Speaker 1: should be paying attention to, Kristin Hard what's on your radar?

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Speaker 1: I you know, you know me, Kevin, I'm always looking

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Speaker 1: at the House and the impact of what's happening with

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Speaker 1: the Democratic presidential candidates and the impact on whether we

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Speaker 1: keep the House or not. So there are a lot

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Speaker 1: of different political implications. I think that you know, Senator Warner,

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Speaker 1: she's she's surging in the polls right now. But uh

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Speaker 1: sorry I thought also so I was like, I was like,

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Speaker 1: I'm sorry, warrant trust, But you know, and I really

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Speaker 1: think this this issue of medicare for all and and

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Speaker 1: last night. He was he went out and asked this question.

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Speaker 1: She was not able to answer it. So it's concerning

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Speaker 1: members who are trying to come back in these really

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Speaker 1: tough districts. I let's stay with this for a second

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Speaker 1: with Medicare for All, because look, there are people who

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Speaker 1: who really believe that this should happen. There were passionate

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Speaker 1: say that collectively Americans would pay less when you factor

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Speaker 1: it in that taxes would go up, but collectively costs

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Speaker 1: would go down. Is that an argument that you feel, Christina,

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Speaker 1: and as a Democrat can be sold to independent voters,

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Speaker 1: not in a primary election, but in a general folks

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Speaker 1: I do not think it is. And I think there's

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Speaker 1: a major reason for that because, um, you know, not

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Speaker 1: say yes. If you ask the second question, do you

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Speaker 1: want to give up your private health care insurance? They

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Speaker 1: say no. In the support for Medicare for All plummets

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Speaker 1: like immeasurably. So what I think also is something that

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Speaker 1: a lot of people aren't talking about, but a lot

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Speaker 1: of grumblings inside the Democratic A lot of people aren't

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Speaker 1: saying it out loud, so I want to get it

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Speaker 1: the argument to them about Medicare care for All and

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Speaker 1: the concern there is that you've got a government run

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Speaker 1: here at the health care program? Do you want to

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Speaker 1: so it's an angle and like a thing that people

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Speaker 1: want to do that? You know? Has no? Hell no,

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Speaker 1: definitely not Well, I think I think the Medicare for All,

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Speaker 1: I mean it should she become the nominee, would you

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Speaker 1: to put you on the spot. I know I just did.

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Speaker 1: Would But would we're Democrats personally? Would you were Democrats

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Speaker 1: I just I would continue that. I mean, as a

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Speaker 1: But I don't really quite understand why any party at

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Speaker 1: As an offensive issue. I understand, you know you can

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Speaker 1: it's not theory. It's you know, three out of the

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Speaker 1: Brendan ah In what way? I mean that would that

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Speaker 1: All Right, that's on the panel's radar, quickly. What's on

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Speaker 1: in Congress to pressure China to back off any crackdown

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Speaker 1: Marco Rubio, a Republican from Florida, has built a bipartisan

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Speaker 1: regards to Hong Kong, and that matters. That matters because

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Speaker 1: of those pro democracy protests happening overseas. That does it

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Speaker 1: for me. I'm Kevin Cirilli, Chief Washington corresponded for Bloomberg

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