WEBVTT - DONKEY: U.S. Education Secretary Flubs Basic Math & Facts During Senate Hearing

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<v Speaker 3>I your donkey of the day.

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<v Speaker 5>Well, donkey today for Thursday, June fifth goes to Education

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<v Speaker 5>Secretary Linda McMahon.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, Linda McMahon, former.

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<v Speaker 5>CEO of WWE, is the United States Secretary of Education.

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<v Speaker 2>What is this Secretary of Education?

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<v Speaker 5>Well, the Secretary is responsible for the overall direction, supervision,

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<v Speaker 5>and coordination of all activities of the deport Partment of Education,

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<v Speaker 5>and she is the principal advisor to the President on

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<v Speaker 5>federal policies, programs, and activities related to education in America. Now,

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<v Speaker 5>what qualifications does Linda McMahon have to be in this role?

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<v Speaker 5>Some would say that her qualifications are thinner than my hairline.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay.

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<v Speaker 5>She has had two years on Connecticut State Board of Education,

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<v Speaker 5>many years on the board of trustees of Sacred Heart

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<v Speaker 5>University in Fairfield, and two years as chief of the

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<v Speaker 5>US Small Business Administration. And she's run two unsuccessful campaigns

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<v Speaker 5>for US Senator. And during that campaign she.

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<v Speaker 2>Proved that she didn't know much about government.

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<v Speaker 5>So when she got the role of Secretary of Education,

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<v Speaker 5>plenty people knew she wouldn't be mistaken for a great educator.

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<v Speaker 2>So what ended up getting.

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<v Speaker 5>Her the job as education secretary, Well, her one main

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<v Speaker 5>qualification was she was kicked up.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, she had that brand.

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<v Speaker 5>She made a lot of money by being the CEO

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<v Speaker 5>of WWE. She was married to Bench McMahon for fifty

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<v Speaker 5>eight years, so you know, having that kind of money

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<v Speaker 5>got her close.

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<v Speaker 2>To people like Donald Trump. And now Trump is president.

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<v Speaker 5>So he said, hey, Linda, come run this department that

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<v Speaker 5>I'm talking about shutting down our dismantling ate. Now, I

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<v Speaker 5>had to give you a little backstory on Linda, so

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<v Speaker 5>you understand why she is getting donk here today today.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay.

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<v Speaker 5>In a recent Senate hearing, Linda McMahon was tasked with

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<v Speaker 5>defending the Trump administration's twenty twenty six education budget. Now,

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<v Speaker 5>keep in mind, like a lot of people in Trump's administration,

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<v Speaker 5>folks have said Linda is not qualified for the role

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<v Speaker 5>she is in.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay. People have said she's out.

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<v Speaker 5>Of her death and ill informed about the Department of Education,

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<v Speaker 5>the department she is currently leading. Well, this Senate hearing

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<v Speaker 5>didn't help, okay, with a lot of math mishaps and

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<v Speaker 5>historical hiccups.

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<v Speaker 2>Would you like to hear it? Let's start with some

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<v Speaker 2>of the math mishaps.

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<v Speaker 3>First Secretary McMahon, of course, testified before the Senate today,

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<v Speaker 3>and Republican senators kind of did their level best to

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<v Speaker 3>lob her softball questions and make it look like she

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<v Speaker 3>kind of knows what she's doing.

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<v Speaker 4>What was we ranked nationally in math and reading in

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<v Speaker 4>nineteen seventy nine?

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<v Speaker 2>We were very very low on the time polls.

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<v Speaker 1>We're number one in nineteen seventy nine.

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<v Speaker 3>Jesus, we were very very low on the totem pole.

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<v Speaker 3>Actually we were number one. Very awkward, that's a Secretary

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<v Speaker 3>of education.

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<v Speaker 5>Everyone, simple question you asked where we were ranked in

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<v Speaker 5>math in nineteen seventy nine, We were number one. That's

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<v Speaker 5>not hard to understand. Okay, all right, let's stay on

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<v Speaker 5>the math. There was a math problem in there, right.

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<v Speaker 5>Let's listen.

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<v Speaker 4>We spend one point eight five eight billion dollars a

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<v Speaker 4>year on trio. Yes, that's one thousand, five hundred and

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<v Speaker 4>eighty million dollars a year, so my math, right, sir?

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<v Speaker 4>And how long have we been spending one thousand, five

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<v Speaker 4>hundred and eighty million dollars a year on this problem?

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<v Speaker 4>More than ten years? Yes, so that's over a trillion dollars.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay.

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<v Speaker 3>I understand that we was not ranked number one in

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<v Speaker 3>math recently either, but something there seems off right. Don't

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<v Speaker 3>have to be a mathematician. Maybe there's a Democrat on

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<v Speaker 3>this committee who can help them out a little bit.

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<v Speaker 6>I'm secretary, and I'm not a great mathematician, but I

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<v Speaker 6>think you were talking about a trellion dollars. I believe

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<v Speaker 6>one point five billion times ten is fifteen billion dollars.

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<v Speaker 6>That's a little bit off from a tree and dollars.

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<v Speaker 3>But I think the budget catch one point two billion, well.

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<v Speaker 6>One point two that would be twelve billion dollars, not

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<v Speaker 6>a trillion dollars.

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<v Speaker 5>Okay, Jesus Christ can we do some historical hiccups while

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<v Speaker 5>we're here, Let's do some historical hiccups.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you know what the Tulsa race massacre is?

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<v Speaker 3>I like to look into it more and get back

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<v Speaker 3>to you on it.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, so I'll look forward at that.

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<v Speaker 5>How about the book through my Eyes about ruby bridges?

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<v Speaker 4>For instance?

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<v Speaker 2>I haven't read that. Have you learned about ruby bridges?

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<v Speaker 2>If you have specific examples you like that was a

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<v Speaker 2>specific example, I'll be very happy. It was an incredibly specific.

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<v Speaker 4>Question, and I will look into it and get back

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<v Speaker 4>to you.

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<v Speaker 2>Lord have merc What about uh?

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<v Speaker 5>When she was questioned about DEI programs, that's the Holocaust one.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you think that Holocaust education in our schools is

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<v Speaker 1>a DEI program? There's no card for that. That's just

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<v Speaker 1>yes or no.

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<v Speaker 3>I can look at it.

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<v Speaker 1>Whatever cardal Holocaust education? Is it a d You can

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<v Speaker 1>have a press conference to say whatever you want. I

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<v Speaker 1>just need a quick answer to this is Holocaust because

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<v Speaker 1>this is my time. Is Holocaust education a DEI program?

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<v Speaker 4>No?

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<v Speaker 1>Is African American studies a DEI program?

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<v Speaker 2>Think I answered?

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<v Speaker 1>I'm asking it again, yes or no?

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<v Speaker 3>We could be able to teach ques.

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<v Speaker 1>My point is They are DEI programs, both of them,

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<v Speaker 1>because students need diversity, equity, and inclusion to understand their environments.

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<v Speaker 1>You're talking out of both sides of your mouth. You

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<v Speaker 1>can't support one without supporting the other.

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<v Speaker 5>Now, I'm not the highest grade weed in the dispensary,

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<v Speaker 5>but it's safe to say she has no idea what

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<v Speaker 5>she's talking about, and she's the Secretary of Education.

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<v Speaker 2>These aren't isolated incidents, Ladies in Ghettleman.

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<v Speaker 5>Linda McMahon has previously referred to artificial intelligence as a one. Okay,

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<v Speaker 5>A one is a delicious state sauce. Okay, not AI.

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<v Speaker 5>All right, and listen. One thing that Trump administration has

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<v Speaker 5>not done yet and its second term is proved people wrong. Okay,

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<v Speaker 5>Linda McMahon is not qualified to be Department of Education.

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<v Speaker 2>But we know this as soon as it was announced.

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<v Speaker 5>Okay, I don't understand the attack on DEI. The basis

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<v Speaker 5>of it is people aren't qualified for their jobs. They

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<v Speaker 5>are just getting them because of their identity. Hello, what's

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<v Speaker 5>the difference here? Okay, Linda got this job because she's

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<v Speaker 5>friends with Donald Trump. If you identify as a loyalist

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<v Speaker 5>to Trump, you get these kinds of positions. So what

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<v Speaker 5>I really hate is when people say things like this

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<v Speaker 5>Senate hearing is casting doubt on her ability to lead

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<v Speaker 5>the Department of Education, effectively casting doubt. Listen, having Linda

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<v Speaker 5>McMahon as Secretary of Education. That's like giving DJ academics

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<v Speaker 5>to bottles of Hennessy and asking him to run a

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<v Speaker 5>quiet meditation retreat.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, Linda, you can't.

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<v Speaker 5>Go in front of the Senate and get put in

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<v Speaker 5>a crippler crossface by basic math. Okay, Linda can script

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<v Speaker 5>the Undertaker coming back from the dead, but can't script

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<v Speaker 5>the coherent answer to how numbers work. I'm not saying

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<v Speaker 5>everybody in government needs to be a genius, but if

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<v Speaker 5>you're gonna run education, you should probably know how to

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<v Speaker 5>count and maybe just maybe understand a little.

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<v Speaker 2>Bit of America's history.

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<v Speaker 5>I know that Linda McMahon being Secretary of Education is

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<v Speaker 5>fantastic content for you know, late night talk show hosts

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<v Speaker 5>and morning show radio hosts. With America, the implications for

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<v Speaker 5>the nation's education system.

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<v Speaker 2>Are no laughing matter.

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<v Speaker 5>Okay, perhaps it's time to consider whether the role of

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<v Speaker 5>Education secretary should require, at the very least a firm grasp.

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<v Speaker 2>On elementary math.

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<v Speaker 5>Please let Chelsea Handler give the Secretary of Education, Linda

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<v Speaker 5>McMahon the biggest he huh hee haw hee haw.

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<v Speaker 2>That is way too much.

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<v Speaker 5>Dan maynaies, all right, first it was the head of

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<v Speaker 5>FEMA not knowing that America had a hurricane season. Now

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<v Speaker 5>it's Clynda McMahon not knowing basic math and what should

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<v Speaker 5>be basic history.

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<v Speaker 2>That lady was on her as though, what what?

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<v Speaker 5>Oh?

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<v Speaker 2>No, they was eating her up. They was eating her up.

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<v Speaker 5>Representative of Johanna Hayes and Representative Summer Lee.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, they was on our head. She tried to hit

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<v Speaker 2>him with that. I don't recall. I have to do

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<v Speaker 2>some research to get back at you. I'm asking again again.

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<v Speaker 5>But they were just proving a point. They were just

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<v Speaker 5>spiking the football. They know that woman is not qualified

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<v Speaker 5>to be in that role. They were just proving it

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<v Speaker 5>in that moment.

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<v Speaker 2>Again. All right, well, thank you for that. Donkey Today.

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