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Speaker 1: Thank you for everything you're doing. I appreciate you guys,

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Speaker 1: very very much. This is America's Voice Live with Steve Grouper.

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Speaker 2: I'm Bo Davidson filling in for the great Steve Gruber.

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Speaker 2: Today is Friday, April fourth. Happy Friday, everyone. Let's get

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Speaker 2: into today's top stories. President Trump's bold move two percent

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Speaker 2: tariff on foreign goods is here.

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Speaker 6: Now.

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Speaker 2: What does this mean for America's economy and global trade?

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Speaker 2: The impact coming up next. Also, the left claimed Elon

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Speaker 2: Musk is stepping down from Doge, but White House sources

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Speaker 2: and JD Vance call it fake news. Musk isn't done

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Speaker 2: and neither is Doge. And then later a Hollywood legend

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Speaker 2: has passed. Val Kilmer died at sixty five after a

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Speaker 2: long fight with throat cancer. From top gun to tombstone,

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Speaker 2: his impact on cinema won't be forgotten.

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Speaker 1: We'll talk about it.

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Speaker 2: As President Trump's eleventh week in office comes to an end.

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Speaker 2: We have seen phenomenal changes in such a short period

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Speaker 2: of time, from the border becoming the most secure it's

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Speaker 2: been in five decades to Liberation Day. We saw on

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Speaker 2: Wednesday where President Trump rolled out his reciprocal tariffs, and

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Speaker 2: while several US allies expressed frustration with the tariffs, they

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Speaker 2: war with President Trump and the US. Many called for

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Speaker 2: negotiations with the US for new trade agreements. China announced

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Speaker 2: earlier today that it will impose a thirty four percent

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Speaker 2: the same amount against Beijing under his reciprocal tariff plan.

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Speaker 1: According to new.

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Speaker 2: Reports, the new China tariff against the US will go

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Speaker 2: into effect on April tenth. President Trump took the truth

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Speaker 2: social and responded saying, China played it wrong. They panicked

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Speaker 2: the one thing they cannot afford to do. The President

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Speaker 2: also responded in person and explained that this is what

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Speaker 2: he expected.

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Speaker 1: Take a look.

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Speaker 7: I think it's going very well.

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Speaker 6: It was an operation like what a patient gets operated on,

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Speaker 6: and it's a big thing.

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Speaker 1: I said, this will exactly being the way it is.

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Speaker 1: We have six or.

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Speaker 3: Seven trillion dollars coming into our country and we've.

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Speaker 1: Never seen anything like it.

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Speaker 6: The barkets are going to boom, the stop is going

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Speaker 6: to boom, the country is going to boom, and the

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Speaker 6: rest of the world wants to see.

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Speaker 1: Is there any way they've been make a deal. They've

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Speaker 1: taken advantage of us many many years, and many years

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Speaker 1: tell you watch.

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Speaker 2: I think it's going to be unbelievable. And here with

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Speaker 2: me to discuss this is Congresswoman Julia Letlow of Louisiana's

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Speaker 1: Representative let Loow, thank you so much for coming on today.

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Speaker 7: Thank you so much for having me.

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Speaker 2: Bo Absolutely well, certainly the new tariffs are on everybody's mind.

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Speaker 2: Wall Street reacted very unfavorably to them, so to China,

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Speaker 2: as we just talked about, and many Americans are kind

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Speaker 1: But President Trump described.

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Speaker 2: It as operating on a patient that's now in recovery.

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Speaker 2: What do you think is a sensible timeline for Americans

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Speaker 7: Well, I think the President is absolutely right.

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Speaker 8: When I'm talking to constituents back home, I tell them

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Speaker 8: to first take a big breath and know that the

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Speaker 8: President is playing the long game here. It's about leveling

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Speaker 8: the playing field for our businesses in America. It's about

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Speaker 8: trust the president. You know, eight years ago we had

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, Well, it's a tough time, but I think you're right,

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Speaker 2: he's leveling the playing field that we just got to

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Speaker 1: In what could be this tough time.

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Speaker 2: Potentially Forward announced a from America for America plan where

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Speaker 2: they will offer cars to consumers at employee pricing. Now

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Speaker 2: that's one immediate positive effect from the American side. What

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Speaker 2: are your thoughts, Congresswoman on this initiative by Ford and

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Speaker 2: do you think maybe other American companies will follow suit?

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Speaker 8: Absolutely, and it's exciting to see, you know, right here

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Speaker 8: in Louisiana we have a positive outcome as well. Our shrimpers,

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Speaker 8: seafood farmers, crawlfish producers have been seeing a slash in

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Speaker 8: our country because they've been seeing all of this foreign

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Speaker 8: shrimp and crawfish coming in from Asia and other countries

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Speaker 8: so many producers right here in Louisiana that could not

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Speaker 8: be more ecstatic that the President is for them and

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Speaker 8: is championing them so that they'll be able to produce

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Speaker 8: a wonderful cost.

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Speaker 7: So I'm excited about.

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Speaker 8: What this means for Louisiana, for other country, for other

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Speaker 2: Well, you're mentioning crawfish now in congressman, I gotta be honest,

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Speaker 2: that makes me want to go to Louisiana right now.

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Speaker 2: That's such a great part of Louisiana culture.

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Speaker 1: Now, you'll be voting soon on the Save.

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Speaker 2: Act, and you've talked about it. It's illegal to vote

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Speaker 2: as a non citizen, but it's always been just under

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Speaker 2: the penalty of perjury kind of the honor system. The

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Speaker 2: Save Act codifies integrity by requiring proof of citizenship. Now

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Speaker 2: in some rural districts, like some of the areas in

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Speaker 2: your district, do you foresee any problems with citizens maybe

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Speaker 7: I don't at all.

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Speaker 8: And the constituents that I speak with, they are excited

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Speaker 7: It's really just common sense legislation.

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Speaker 8: I can't believe that we're even having to codify this,

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Speaker 8: but yes, they are excited that we.

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Speaker 7: Will be taking these people off.

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Speaker 8: The voter rolls and making sure that we have fair

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, and the President's made that very clear and it's

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Speaker 2: been a priority for him. It sounds like it's a

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Speaker 2: priority for constituents in your district as well well. You

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Speaker 2: also have talked about wanting Congress to pass a farm

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Speaker 1: I know that's important to you.

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Speaker 2: What sorts of things do you want to see in

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Speaker 2: a comprehensive farm bill that will help your farmers absolutely well?

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Speaker 8: As you know, in Louisiana, we struggle with natural disasters

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Speaker 8: Farming is not just about putting food on the table.

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Speaker 8: It's a matter of national security and we have to

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Speaker 8: So I'm excited about getting this farm bill across the

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Speaker 7: There's really no.

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Speaker 8: Excuse now for us not to push this across the

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Speaker 8: finish line. Our farmers are depending on it. Again, they're

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Speaker 2: How soon do you think, Representative that a bill like

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Speaker 2: that could make it through Congress, what are your expectations.

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Speaker 7: Well, I'm hopeful.

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Speaker 8: We have an amazing Agriculture Committee under the leadership of

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Speaker 8: I think sometime during the summer, I know that they're.

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Speaker 7: Really pushing hard.

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Speaker 8: They're working hard, putting their head down, doing the good

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Speaker 2: Well, Congress, when you tweeted out on X I was

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Speaker 2: looking at your account on next that border crossings have

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Speaker 2: dropped to record lows under this new President Trump.

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Speaker 1: Wellcond term President Trump.

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Speaker 2: People elected Donald Trump to do this, and that's a

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Speaker 2: stark contrast with the Biden administration. We've already seen rapid

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Speaker 8: Well, it is a welcome action. Promises made, promises cut.

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Speaker 8: And as a concerned mom, myself worried about my own children,

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Speaker 8: illegal border crossings and a put in perspective for March,

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Speaker 8: we reported seven thousand illegal border crossings in March. Just

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Speaker 8: last year there were one hundred and thirty seven thousand

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Speaker 7: That is a historical number. To bring those down.

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Speaker 8: All the thanks to President Trump and his team for

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Speaker 8: delivering on his promise to keep our country.

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Speaker 7: Safe and to keep my kiddo safe.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's right.

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Speaker 2: Our kids have any need protecting and that's why this

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Speaker 1: Well, I got to ask you about this.

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Speaker 2: Meta had a big announcement for Richland Parish and had

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Speaker 2: Ascension Parish because Trump promised to protect American steel and

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Speaker 2: place tariffs on imports. What do you expect, Congresswoman for

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Speaker 2: that to do for Louisiana's economy.

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Speaker 9: This is an.

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Speaker 7: Absolute game changer.

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Speaker 8: It's hard for us to wrap our minds around in

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Speaker 8: Northeast Louisiana what a ten billion dollar investment will do

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Speaker 8: for our rural communities. But it will be the shot

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Speaker 8: in the arm that we've been praying for for so long,

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Speaker 8: creating jobs, bolstering our economy. This is the answer that

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Speaker 8: we've been looking for and it's all thanks to President

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Speaker 8: Trump and his policies. We're moving in the right direction finally,

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Speaker 8: and we had these amazing leaders in Louisiana leading the charge.

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Speaker 8: So all of that is consequence of these amazing policies

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Speaker 8: that President Trump is putting forward. So I could not

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Speaker 8: be more ecstatic. But you're absolutely right. It is the

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Speaker 8: shot in the arm that we needed.

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Speaker 2: That's a big investment for Meta and from Hundai. I'm

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Speaker 2: impressed with it, and I think we'll see more of that.

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Speaker 2: But again, that's part of a present and Trump's promises

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Speaker 2: and like you just said, promises made, promises kept.

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Speaker 1: Want to ask you to your opinion.

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Speaker 2: You know, with the Department of Education to become dismantled,

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Speaker 2: students are competitive worldwide? My mom was a public school

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Speaker 2: teacher in Shelby County, Tennessee for about forty years, and

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Speaker 2: Well, Congresswoman. We really appreciate your time today. Thank you

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Speaker 1: The Beautiful View of Aspen, Colorado.

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Speaker 2: Welcome back to America's Voice Live. Well, the world is

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Speaker 2: reacting to President Trump rolling out his reciprocal tariffs. Some

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Speaker 1: As I said earlier, China.

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Speaker 2: Brian Glenn. Brian, Happy Friday to you. I can't hear

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Speaker 2: we want to make sure we hear your voice. Well, Brian,

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Speaker 2: we saw the immediate retaliation by China with the thirty

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Speaker 2: a tit for tat. Maybe how how will President Trump

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Speaker 1: That's a great question.

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Speaker 6: But I think what we haven't been mentioning, and most

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Speaker 1: The tariffs that they've been charging us.

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Speaker 6: If you look at that charge, sixty seven percent, So

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Speaker 1: That is not anywhere being reciprocal.

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Speaker 6: And I think that as you move forward, and President

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Speaker 6: Trump had a great truth social earlier talking about, you know,

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Speaker 1: When you go down that list, and.

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Speaker 6: I was there in the Rose Garden when President Trump

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Speaker 1: It is far more than.

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Speaker 6: What President Trump offered up in the Rose Garden. But

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's going to take some time for that, I'm sure,

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Speaker 6: There's some people call and I haven't got final confirmation,

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Speaker 1: Look, all this.

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Speaker 6: Has been happy talk with previous administrations of getting our

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Speaker 6: President Trump does want to cut these countries out where they.

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Speaker 6: This is so many smaller countries they rely on these tariffs,

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Speaker 1: A lot of people are seeing that.

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Speaker 6: Well that's a great question, but I don't think all

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Speaker 6: They've just got to go on with their lives and

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Speaker 6: Look, the mainstream media will play this thought market, and

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Speaker 6: So I just say this, I want the American people

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Speaker 1: If you need it, buy it.

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Speaker 6: Live your life and ignore the negative news. Ignore looking

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Speaker 1: May in America, buy in America.

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Speaker 1: You mentioned they're trying to pile.

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Speaker 2: Was there anybody speaking on and saying, hey, there's a

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Speaker 6: Yeah, when insurance doubled, food doubled, rents doubled, mortgage rate

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Speaker 1: Where were they Were.

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Speaker 6: They in the briefing room asking the questions why this

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Speaker 1: Were they questioning bidnomics? No, they let it go.

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Speaker 6: So they're going to run on this. They're going to

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Speaker 6: That's what the White House was saying, and that's what

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Speaker 1: Media right now, just go like this, don't even watch

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Speaker 1: you well.

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Speaker 2: I hope since you're in Dallas right now, you'll be

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Speaker 2: much for being with me today. As always, thanks always

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Speaker 2: for your excellent reporting.

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Speaker 1: Have a great week.

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Speaker 6: And if there was a tariff on that barbecue, I'd

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Speaker 6: still buy it.

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Speaker 1: I don't care. It's American maintenance too. I'm still heated

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Speaker 1: from America for America. Talk to you soon, Bradley, Thank

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Speaker 1: you well.

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Speaker 2: Coming off after the break, the legacy media recently tried

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Speaker 2: to say that Elon Musk will be stepping down from DOGE,

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Speaker 2: but that isn't the entire truth.

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Speaker 1: I'll explain when we come back.

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Speaker 2: Welcome back to avl On bo Davidson, sitting in for

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Speaker 2: the great Steve Gruber. Recently we saw the left and

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Speaker 2: the legacy media try to fear monger the public.

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Speaker 1: They reported that Elon.

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Speaker 2: Musk is stepping down as the head of DOGE, but

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Speaker 2: those claims have been quickly shot down by multiple White

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Speaker 2: House sources. Jd Vance debunked the legacy media's rumor that

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Speaker 2: Elon Musk was leaving DOGE, calling their reports fake news man.

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Speaker 2: He made it clear that DOGE is far from finished.

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Speaker 2: The left are so desperate to stop Elon Musk and

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Speaker 2: Doze from finding their corruption that they resort to fear mongering.

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Speaker 2: Here with me now to discuss this is the Conservative

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Speaker 2: Caucus President Jim Faff. Jim, thank you so much for

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Speaker 2: joining me on this fabulous Friday.

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Speaker 1: Glad to be with you, my friend. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Well, Jim, why do you think that the left is

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Speaker 2: so desperate for Elon must to step down as the

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Speaker 2: head of DOGE? Is it corruption? Is it the money

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Speaker 2: faucet drying up? What do you think that it is?

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Speaker 4: Well, it's day seventy something of Democrats. For the bureaucrats.

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Speaker 4: They do not want any reductions in what happens in

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Speaker 4: government because it feeds their electoral system, It feeds their

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Speaker 4: ability to advance anything in the political sphere. And as

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Speaker 4: we learned this last November, everything they stand for is

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Speaker 4: pretty much against what the American public wants. They push

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Speaker 4: the envelope during the Biden administration. They began pushing in

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Speaker 4: the Obama not quite as bad as with the Biden administration,

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Speaker 4: and finally the American people said, we've had it they

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Speaker 4: cannot win electoral victories without the support of a government system.

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Speaker 4: By the way, is looking at numbers recently doing some

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Speaker 4: employment numbers.

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Speaker 1: Are you aware that.

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Speaker 4: Fourteen percent of all employment in the United States is

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Speaker 4: government employment when you take state, federal, local employees.

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Speaker 1: It's crazy. That's a lot.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, that's that's considerable. And Jim, how far do

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Speaker 2: you think that the corruption actually goes and do you

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Speaker 2: think that it's prevalent in federal and statewide governments? Does

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Speaker 2: it just run across the board?

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Speaker 4: Well, if we go from a base of Federalist fifty one,

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Speaker 4: James Madison made it very clear that if men were angels,

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Speaker 4: they wouldn't need to be governed by anyone. So there's

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Speaker 4: a natural corruption. Six thousand years of recorded human history

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Speaker 4: proves the radical corruption of man. So there's corruption always.

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Speaker 4: What we're trying to do is fight extreme corruption that

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Speaker 4: has no self restraint. And on that last basis, Washington,

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Speaker 4: d C. Is very corrupt. I spent eight years on

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Speaker 4: Capitol Hill. You see it in the politicians, you see

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Speaker 4: it in the bureaucrats, you see it in the agency heads.

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Speaker 4: You know, generally, on a regular basis, you've got a

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Speaker 4: corrupt government system.

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Speaker 1: By the way, that's cor up for two major reasons.

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Speaker 4: There's very real, maybe in some cases criminal corruption that

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Speaker 4: takes place, but there's just a lot of waste.

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Speaker 1: Fraud, and abuse.

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Speaker 4: And that's the biggest part of all the corruption in Washington, DC.

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Speaker 4: That's precisely the stuff that Elon Musk is rooting out

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Speaker 4: with the DOGE effort.

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Speaker 1: And he's got a fantastic team to help him do that.

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Speaker 4: I just saw Donald Trump yesterday make a statement saying

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Speaker 4: they found something else big, and he didn't reveal what

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Speaker 4: it was, but he said it was coming. I mean,

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Speaker 4: there's a lot there that's very, very bad.

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Speaker 2: Well, on that note, for you and what you've seen

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Speaker 2: thus far, and you're tracking this, what is the most

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Speaker 2: surprising thing that DOGE has found so far? There's a

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Speaker 2: lot of crazy ones, but what is it to you?

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Speaker 4: Well, surprising is the depth of fraud, a literal fraud

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Speaker 4: in USAID. So if you want to talk about surprising,

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Speaker 4: I mean, we knew USAID wasn't all that good, but

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Speaker 4: the depth of it was absolutely breathtaking. It literally goes

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Speaker 4: to almost every tentacle of that agency. What it was

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Speaker 4: at least but the worst fraud is something that some

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Speaker 4: of us may have suspected but didn't know the depth

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Speaker 4: of it, and that's what they found with Social Security

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Speaker 4: and Medicare.

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Speaker 1: It's crazy, I will tell you.

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Speaker 4: The worst one, though, absolutely, is the fact that they

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Speaker 4: looked at these Social Security numbers that were given out

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Speaker 4: to illegals and that was bad enough, but then they

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Speaker 4: compared it, did a sampling of it against voting records

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Speaker 4: and found out there really are illegals who voted.

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Speaker 1: They just announced this, yeah, this.

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Speaker 4: Week, and there's a whole lot more to that story

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Speaker 4: that we don't yet know. Everyone was digging on people

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Speaker 4: for talking about replacement theory. Well, there was a replacement

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Speaker 4: theory taking place. They were literally trying to replace some

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Speaker 4: American voters to help their electoral prospects in the future.

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Speaker 1: And they said it never happened. They said, it never happened,

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Speaker 1: It doesn't happen. It's rare.

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Speaker 2: It's just a tiny little percentage and clearly, as they found,

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Speaker 2: fits far more prevalent than that. Well, Jim Faff, thank

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Speaker 2: you so much for joining me today on this Friday.

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Speaker 1: And your insight. Thanks so much. Glad to be with you.

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Speaker 2: Thanks Jim, Well, it is a new day in America

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Speaker 2: continues to commit violence against conservatives, now attacking TPUSA. Details

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Speaker 2: up next, Welcome back to America's Voice Live Well. Chaos

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Speaker 2: erupted at the University of California Davis on Thursday when

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Speaker 2: left wing agitators attacked a Turning Point USA event, once

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Speaker 2: again proving that the radical left will resort to violence

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Speaker 2: to silence conservative voices during a prove me wrong session,

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Speaker 2: shuring former police officer and conservative commentator Brandon Tatum. Masked

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Speaker 2: extremists stormed the event, flipping tables, tearing down signage, and

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Speaker 2: destroying camera equipment. Video footage shows the mob physically confronting

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Speaker 2: conservative students.

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Speaker 1: Watch he wow, Hey get the cop.

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Speaker 10: Chare hey the cop?

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Speaker 2: Joining me now to discuss as political science major at

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Speaker 2: UC Davison, Co chair of UC Davis's tp USA chapter,

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Speaker 2: Jackson Bonnard Jackson, thanks so much for being with me today, Bo.

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Speaker 1: Thanks for having me. Jackson, give me a lay of

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Speaker 1: the land as to how this.

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Speaker 9: Event unfolded, of course, so yesterday we Turning Point USA

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Speaker 9: at UC Davis attempted to host political commentator Brandon data

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Speaker 9: Tatum over in our quad to open the Foster open

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Speaker 9: dialogue in a variety of political topics ranging from black

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Speaker 9: Lives Matter to critical race theory and the support of

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Speaker 9: our local police officers. However, just fifteen minutes before our

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Speaker 9: event began, approximately thirty massed Antifa protesters arrived and immediately

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Speaker 9: resorted to violence. They forcefully assaulted us and ran us

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Speaker 9: over in a process, flipping over our activism table and

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Speaker 9: injuring one of our students in the process, dragging our

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Speaker 9: canopy several yards away, and attacking several supporters, leaving our

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Speaker 9: event in ruins and in multiple with multiple injuries. Shockingly, well,

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Speaker 9: during this altercation, six or so's campus police officers were

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Speaker 9: standing nearby, and they did not intervene.

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Speaker 1: Hm, it's interesting that they didn't decide to intervene.

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Speaker 2: Well, Jackson, it seems to me that the left's response

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Speaker 2: to open form discussion like this that.

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Speaker 1: You were doing with TPUSA is.

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Speaker 2: Violence, and they believe to silence you must use violence.

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Speaker 2: Would you say that's an act assessment of how things unfolded.

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Speaker 1: I believe, I believe so bo. I mean.

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Speaker 9: Here at turning Point and our organization, we stand for

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Speaker 9: freedom of speech and open dialogue because that's the only

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Speaker 9: way to get your ideas out and heard in such

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Speaker 9: a heated environment. The lefts attacks hit yesterday just shows

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Speaker 9: that they do not have the facts or the knowledge

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Speaker 9: to fight off our ideas and their ideas or look,

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Speaker 9: their ideas suck right right, Frankly.

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Speaker 1: Jackson, let me ask you this. Have you mentioned this earlier?

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Speaker 2: I think you used you said antifa, But have any

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Speaker 2: of these extremists been identified now? And have you or

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Speaker 2: TPUSA been able to determine where they came from or

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Speaker 2: if they were agitated they were funded agitators?

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Speaker 1: No, sir, we have no idea.

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Speaker 9: As far as I'm aware, no resks were made, and

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Speaker 9: no accountability was enforced. U. C. Davis and our counselor

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Speaker 9: or chancellor have put out your typical PR statement condoning

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Speaker 9: the violence. But that's only saying so much until you

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Speaker 9: can actually go out and put out the work to

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Speaker 9: find these individuals who have attacked us.

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Speaker 1: So where where's you see Davis on this?

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Speaker 2: I mean, if our institutions Our colleges are supposed to

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Speaker 2: be forms of open discussion and free speech. That's what

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Speaker 2: they're supposed to be about. Why in the world would

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Speaker 2: they not make an arrest or hold anyone accountable for

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Speaker 2: tearing down your demonstration? I mean, if this had been

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Speaker 2: a pro Palestinian pro gaza demonstration, would they have arrested

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Speaker 2: people that were interrupting that?

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Speaker 1: Where's you see Davis on this? Have you guys pressed

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Speaker 1: for any answers?

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Speaker 9: Of course, sir, And you're exactly right in terms of

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Speaker 9: the pro Palestinian protests. As we were gearing up for

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Speaker 9: this event, we spent multiple weeks with student affairs in

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Speaker 9: campus police, and every now and again they would tit

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Speaker 9: for tat us or tit tat us, saying, oh, you

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Speaker 9: need a water permit or an irrigation permit for being

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Speaker 9: on the lawn, or you need a sound permit, and

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Speaker 9: you know, make sure not to block the walkways for

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Speaker 9: students as they had to class. But when Antifa came

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Speaker 9: on to campus, and even looking last year at these

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Speaker 9: Palestinian protesters, I don't think they had any regard for

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Speaker 9: any of these permits and rules that the campus enforces.

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Speaker 9: So wife should we have to follow these rules and

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Speaker 9: go through administration steps for multiple weeks on end, whereas

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Speaker 9: these groups can just come on to campus freely, not

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Speaker 9: ask students at all, and use violence and intimidation tactics

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Speaker 9: to her freedom of speech.

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Speaker 2: Well, Jackson, keep fighting the good fight. I'm sorry what

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Speaker 2: happened to you at that event at you see Davis.

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Speaker 2: I hope that colleges like UC Davis will step up

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Speaker 2: to the plate and hold these people accountable who are agitators,

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Speaker 2: especially if they're funded.

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Speaker 1: But Jackson, keep fighting the good fight. And thanks for

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Speaker 1: being with me today. Of course, thank you so much. Bo.

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Speaker 1: You have a great risk of your day and you doo.

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Speaker 2: Coming up after the break, I'll be discussing Val Kilmer's

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Speaker 2: legacy in his iconic roles such as Doc Holliday, Batman

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Speaker 2: and of course Iceman from the top Gun don't go

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Speaker 2: anywhere you won't want to miss Mouba bron Lost, a

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Speaker 2: cinema legend, recently named Val Kilmer. He died on April first,

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Speaker 2: at the age of sixty five. He was diagnosed with

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Speaker 2: throat cancer in twenty fifteen and underwent a tracheal operation

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Speaker 2: that damaged his vocal cords. Which made speaking rather difficult.

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Speaker 2: He released a memoir in twenty twenty called I'm Your Huckleberry.

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Speaker 1: Which detailed his health struggles.

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Speaker 2: Film critic Roger Ebert called Kilmer the most unsung leading

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Speaker 2: man of his generation and for my generation growing up

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Speaker 2: on Top Gun, he will always be Iceman.

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Speaker 1: I was such a big.

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Speaker 2: Fan of that movie that I bought the Top Gun

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Speaker 2: video game for Nintendo, and part of my childhood dreams

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Speaker 2: of grandeur involved piloting the F fourteen Tomcat. Kilmer was

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Speaker 2: the youngest person to be accepted to the prestigious Juilliard

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Speaker 2: School at that time. He was really a stage actor

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Speaker 2: who made his foray into film with a breakout role

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Speaker 2: in the comedic spy movie Top Secret, in which he

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Speaker 2: sang all the songs in the film. He then went

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Speaker 2: on to star in the nineteen eighty five film Real Genius,

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Speaker 2: and then of course came Top Gun, playing Tom Iceman Kazanski.

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Speaker 2: Here's an iconic clip from his role.

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Speaker 1: You are still dangerous.

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Speaker 10: You could be my wingman.

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Speaker 1: Anytime, you can be mine.

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Speaker 2: Kilmer went on to play Mad Martigan and Willow and

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Speaker 2: starring Billy the Kid. When Oliver Stone directed him as

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Speaker 2: Jim Morrison in the film The Doors. Kilmer expressed concern

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Speaker 2: because he didn't want to promote substance abuse, seeing Morrison

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Speaker 2: as a guy who picked the wrong heroes. In the

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Speaker 2: cinematic medium, it's hard to play a rock and roller

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Speaker 2: like Morrison without depicting the substance abuse. But Kilmer found

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Speaker 2: a way to do it without celebrating it. And I

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Speaker 2: think that's really noteworthy because the celebrity lifestyle is one

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Speaker 2: that condoned substance abuse and has, as many have intimated,

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Speaker 2: created a pseudo cult where initiation of that club often

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Speaker 2: involves worshiping the god of self. Kilmer was so dedicated

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Speaker 2: to the authenticity that he memorized several Door songs when

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Speaker 2: he prepared his audition take for Oliver Stone. The next

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Speaker 2: iconic role that I remember Kilmer was for was in

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Speaker 2: nineteen ninety three with his turn as Doc Holliday in

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Speaker 2: the western Tombstone Take a Look.

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Speaker 1: I didn't think you had it in you.

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Speaker 7: I'm you, Huckleberry, Why, Johnny Ringo?

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Speaker 10: You looked like somebody just walked over your grave.

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Speaker 1: If I sat with you, Holiday, I'll beg to differ, sir.

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Speaker 3: We started a game we never got to finish play

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Speaker 3: for Blood.

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Speaker 1: Remember I was just fooling about I wasn't And this time.

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Speaker 2: In nineteen ninety five, Kilmer starred in the well known

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Speaker 2: crime drama film Heat with Al Pacino and Robert de Niro.

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Speaker 2: Kilmer's portrayal of Doc Holliday and Tombstone caught the attention

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Speaker 2: of Joel Schumacher, who cast him as the new Batman

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Speaker 2: after Michael Keaton relinquished the role. In nineteen ninety six,

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Speaker 2: Kilmer stepped down from the role, stating that the film

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Speaker 2: had started to favor the villains. And again, I bring

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Speaker 2: this up because, just like he had concerns about substance

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Speaker 2: abuse with Jim Morrison, he could see how the hero

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Speaker 2: was now.

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Speaker 1: Being cast aside in favor of the villain.

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Speaker 2: And when you look at the modern day versions of

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Speaker 2: Joker and the Penguin, that's still Old's true. His career

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Speaker 2: continued with the Island of Doctor Moreau, The Saint, The

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Speaker 2: Voice of God and Moses and the animated film The

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Speaker 2: Prince of Egypt, as well as the role of a

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Speaker 2: blind man in At First Sight and roles in Wonderland, Spartan,

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Speaker 2: Alexander and DejaVu, and then of course, in twenty twenty two,

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Speaker 2: he reprised his roleless iceman in the long awaited sequel,

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Speaker 2: Top Gun Maverick.

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Speaker 3: Take a look, I know, I know.

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Speaker 10: The Navy neats Maverick. The kid neats Maverick. That's why

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Speaker 10: I fought for you. That's why you're still here.

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Speaker 2: What I think is also noteworthy is the Top Gun

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Speaker 2: in its sequel were movies that were about rooting for America.

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Speaker 2: When Top Gun was released, it was when Ronald Reagan

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Speaker 2: was president, the originator of the make America Great Again phrase.

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Speaker 2: When Top Gun Maverick was in its initial promotion, fans

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Speaker 2: noticed that Tom Cruise's bomber jacket had been altered in

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Speaker 2: a way that removed the flags of Taiwan and Japan

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Speaker 2: so as to appease the Chinese Communist Party, who view

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Speaker 2: Taiwan as their property. As the saying goes, sunlight is

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Speaker 2: the best disinfected, and the public backlash was so strong

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Speaker 2: that Maverick's jacket was restored back to its original look,

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Speaker 2: thus not caving to how China may perceive it or

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Speaker 2: whether China would permit the movie to be screened there. Now,

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Speaker 2: keep all that in mind is backdrop for Maverick's release,

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Speaker 2: and even where we are today. The original spirit of

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Speaker 2: a great America was exemplified in Top Gun in the eighties,

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Speaker 2: so much so that fans revolted when they saw that

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Speaker 2: a Jacket might not be so pro America anymore. And

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Speaker 2: the Maverick brought back all of that original pro American nostalgia,

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Speaker 2: showing off our new fighter jets and even a nod

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Speaker 2: to the old F fourteen Tomcat. And here we are

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Speaker 2: basically in some sort of economic conflict with China right now,

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Speaker 2: since they've been ripping us off for decades. Seeing Maverick

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Speaker 2: again sort of brought back that loving feeling, as the

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Speaker 2: song goes in the original, the love for America, the

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Speaker 2: America that wins wars and exports freedom. So I find

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Speaker 2: it apropos that with an icon like Valcarmra passing away,

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Speaker 2: that Val himself was someone who strove to bring value

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Speaker 2: to his characters, even when he knew he had to

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Speaker 2: portray their dark sides and vices.

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Speaker 1: He didn't want to glorify the bad virtues.

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Speaker 2: He lamented that villains became more important than the hero batman.

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Speaker 2: And when you look at film and TV today, well

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Speaker 2: there are many anti heroes unless you watch series like

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Speaker 2: The Chosen in House of David. So as we honor

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Speaker 2: the work and life of such an esteemed actor, I

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Speaker 2: think it's important to value a man who wanted virtue

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Speaker 2: to be celebrated in whose work, especially in Top Gun

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Speaker 2: in its sequel, was noble and reminded us of American

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Speaker 2: exceptionalism and glory.

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Speaker 1: When we have a trade.

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Speaker 2: War with China, well we may no longer fight with

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Speaker 2: rockets and missiles and tanks. We have to show economic might,

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Speaker 2: and we are now in the throes of it. So

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Speaker 2: I would suggest you go watch the original and the

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Speaker 2: sequel just to remind yourself of how great America is,

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Speaker 2: and also how great cinema can be when the better

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Speaker 2: angels of our nature are heralded and val you can.

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Speaker 1: Be our wing man anytime.

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Speaker 2: Well, the IRS is the largest collection agency in the world,

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Speaker 2: and with April fifteenth fast approaching.

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Speaker 1: It's more aggressive than ever. And twenty twenty five enforcement

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Speaker 2: And if you owe back taxes or have unfiled returns,

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Speaker 2: waiting is not an option, my friends.

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Speaker 2: of this now is the smart move, but never never

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Speaker 2: contact the IRS alone. Instead, let the experts at tax

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Speaker 3: Now.

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Speaker 2: Why because not all tax resolution companies are the same.

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Speaker 2: Tax Network USA as a preferred direct line to the IRS,

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Speaker 2: of course to avoid. We've proven strategies to settle tax

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Speaker 2: ten million dollars, call one eight hundred and nine oh

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Speaker 2: five eight thousand or visit TNUSA dot com slash wrap.

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Speaker 2: April fifteenth is just around the corner. Act now before

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Speaker 2: the IRS acts first, go stick around.

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Speaker 1: We've got more AVL coming up after the break. Welcome

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Speaker 1: back to AVL.

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Speaker 2: President Trump's Friday said that he plans to give TikTok

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Speaker 2: another seventy five day extension as his administration nears a

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Speaker 2: deal to a ban on the popular social media platform.

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Speaker 2: Here with me now to discuss this as Wyoming businessman

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Speaker 2: and the man who is in talks about buying TikTok.

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Speaker 1: Read Rasner. Mister Rasner, thank you so much for coming

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Speaker 1: on today. Thank you for having me. I'm excited to be.

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Speaker 2: Here, absolutely well so read a seventy five day extension

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Speaker 2: for TikTok. How might that play into these terrafores? How

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Speaker 2: do you see that?

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Speaker 1: Well?

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Speaker 5: I think it gives President Trump some leverage with China

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Speaker 5: to get a deal across the table. A lot of

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Speaker 5: people are working a lot of hours to make something

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Speaker 5: happen for the American people. I trust President Trump. I

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Speaker 5: trust his leadership. It's a tough negotiation, a lot of

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Speaker 5: moving parts. We're dealing with foreign countries, a lot of regulators,

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Speaker 5: and unprecedented business transaction that takes the Executive Office's approval

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Speaker 5: to get this over the finish line.

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Speaker 1: So a lot of sleepless.

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Speaker 5: Nights, but we're all working as hard as we can

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Speaker 5: to secure this for the American people, and we're excited

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Speaker 5: to be.

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Speaker 1: Part of it.

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Speaker 2: Well read what's the ultimate solution for TikTok's future? Can

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Speaker 2: it exist with any ties to China? Is this truly

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Speaker 2: a national security issue as many people claim?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it certainly is.

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Speaker 5: The data and how they're using the data is certainly

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Speaker 5: in a nefarious fashion, And is what the Supreme Court

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Speaker 5: and a nine zero ruling and the United States Congress

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Speaker 5: has come out with is that the algorithm has to

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Speaker 5: have a clean break from China. Bite Dance can still

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Speaker 5: have a minority stake in the American TikTok, meaning twenty

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Speaker 5: percent or less. And our bid truly covers all of

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Speaker 5: these aspects. And we're willing to work with the administration

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Speaker 5: and all of the regulators national security to make sure

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Speaker 5: that our bid is the strongest and best bid for Americans.

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Speaker 5: But we need to protect the data and that is paramount,

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Speaker 5: and we're going to certainly do that for President Trump

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Speaker 5: as well as create his Sovereign Wealth Fund, because we're

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Speaker 5: going to donate five percent of our fifty billion dollar

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Speaker 5: bid to the United States government to get that over

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Speaker 5: the finish line for President Trump, and we're excited to

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Speaker 5: be part of that also.

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Speaker 2: Okay, so read a lot to unpack there, because I

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Speaker 2: don't know if our viewers know, but you have made

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Speaker 2: a bid to buy TikTok.

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Speaker 1: You said was around fifty million dollars. Is that correct?

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Speaker 1: Fifty billion? Fifty billion?

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Speaker 2: I'm sorry, yeah, fifty billion, exactly fifty billion. It's a

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Speaker 2: big difference, be and m. So fifty billion dollars five

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Speaker 2: percent goes to Sovereign Wealth Fund, And you're saying if

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Speaker 2: you worked out all the kinks, And where does this

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Speaker 2: deal stand right now? I know you said you've been

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Speaker 2: in touch with the White House. What sort of promising

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Speaker 2: future does this behold? Does it look like this actually

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Speaker 2: may happen.

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Speaker 5: Absolutely, we're confident it can happen, and we think the

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Speaker 5: additional seventy five days is necessary to get our contracts

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Speaker 5: and our paperwork in order.

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Speaker 1: So what we're.

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Speaker 5: Seeing is President Trump aligning us so that he can

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Speaker 5: deliver a massive win for the American people. And we're

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Speaker 5: trying to structure this so it's a massive win for

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Speaker 5: President Trump, because this is truly legacy building stuff for

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Speaker 5: President Trump. This is one of his big topics on

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Speaker 5: the campaign trail. He promised us a sovereign wealth fund

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Speaker 5: in some way for the American people to be prosperous

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Speaker 5: moving forward. And we're so happy to deliver that to

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Speaker 5: President Trump as part of this offer, and I think

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Speaker 5: he really likes that aspect of this.

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Speaker 2: Just about twenty seconds left with you. How influential is

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Speaker 2: TikTok going to be in the next five years.

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Speaker 1: Oh, it's going to be massive.

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Speaker 5: So we're buying it for fifty billion, but with the

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Speaker 5: integrations that we see we're seeing upwards of a trillion

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Speaker 5: dollar economic footprint in the United States of Thanks.

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Speaker 2: Fore, we got to leave it there, but I wish

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Speaker 2: you well in this bit. I think it's going to

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Speaker 2: be great for America.

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Speaker 1: Thanks so much.

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