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<v Speaker 1>Escape to our rubber resort. One week ago today, we

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<v Speaker 1>went to the polls and reelected Donald Trump to be

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<v Speaker 1>the forty seventh President of the United States. He gets

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<v Speaker 1>the distinction of being forty five and forty seven since

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<v Speaker 1>there was a break in between his presidencies. Now we

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<v Speaker 1>watched this battle unfold in the Senate. Sometime on Wednesday,

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<v Speaker 1>we will find out who is going to be the

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<v Speaker 1>new Senate majority leader. Of course, we have seen already

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<v Speaker 1>that Mitch McConnell is making his power play, is trying

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<v Speaker 1>his best to make sure that one of his cronies

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<v Speaker 1>is elected that position instead of someone who might actually

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<v Speaker 1>work to further Trump's agenda, like Rick Scott of Florida.

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<v Speaker 1>As we continue to watch this battle unfold, I understand

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<v Speaker 1>that my two senators here in Mississippi are planning on

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<v Speaker 1>voting for one of the McConnell choices. It's not surprising,

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<v Speaker 1>but it's also frustrating. Nonetheless, but one of the more

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<v Speaker 1>frustrating things is the fact that this vote will be

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<v Speaker 1>done in secret. So if they do vote that way,

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<v Speaker 1>unless they are brave enough to be honest with us

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<v Speaker 1>and tell us how they voted, we won't know for sure,

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<v Speaker 1>it's gutless that they're going to go to this a

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<v Speaker 1>non voting so that way we won't have to secret ballot,

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<v Speaker 1>so that way the American people won't know how their

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<v Speaker 1>senators voted. They're supposed to be representing us, and yet

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<v Speaker 1>when it comes to a vote as important as who's

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<v Speaker 1>going to represent the leadership of the Senate for the

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<v Speaker 1>next four years and probably longer. When you think about

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<v Speaker 1>the fact that Mitch McConnell's reign, whether it was as

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<v Speaker 1>majority or minority, has reigned for so long, it's something

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<v Speaker 1>I think they owe us an explanation on. They shouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>be allowed to vote for this in secret ballot. No,

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<v Speaker 1>everything they do should be made public to the people

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<v Speaker 1>that elected them. It's cowardly, so that way they can

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<v Speaker 1>hide behind leadership and back the terrible candidate that they're

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<v Speaker 1>going to ultimately back. This is frustrating to say the least.

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<v Speaker 1>We don't need leadership that will represent more of the same.

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<v Speaker 1>We don't need leadership that is going to be more

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<v Speaker 1>of McConnell. The fact that Mitch McConnell is finally stepping

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<v Speaker 1>down means he should get the hell out of the way.

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<v Speaker 1>But he's not going to do that because he wants

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<v Speaker 1>to maintain power, whether he's an officer or not. He

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<v Speaker 1>wants to make sure that one of his little glithering

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<v Speaker 1>puppets has the control. And there's a good chance that

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<v Speaker 1>your senator, if they're not outspoken about their support for

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<v Speaker 1>Rick Scott, is probably going to vote for one of

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<v Speaker 1>the McConnell folks who will most likely be the next

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<v Speaker 1>Senate Majority leader. It is beyond frustrating because here we

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<v Speaker 1>have a Mitch McConnell, as you know, who refused to

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<v Speaker 1>send any money to help out Ted Cruz in Texas

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<v Speaker 1>despite the fact he was in the fight of his life.

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<v Speaker 1>This last go around is a Mitch McConnell who picks

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<v Speaker 1>and chooses which Republicans he thinks are worthy of his

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<v Speaker 1>help for the next leader of the Senate, the next

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<v Speaker 1>majority leader, the next minority leader, wherever the Republicans fall

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<v Speaker 1>in the hierarchy of the Senate. We need somebody who's

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<v Speaker 1>going to be bold. We need somebody who's going to

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<v Speaker 1>to represent a change from the old guard and the

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<v Speaker 1>old dynamic. Sadly, all because it's going to be a

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<v Speaker 1>secret ballot hidden from you, the voter. You will not

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<v Speaker 1>know how your people went unless, like I said, they

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<v Speaker 1>are bold enough to speak out and say what they're

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<v Speaker 1>going to do. Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde Smith are

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<v Speaker 1>not bold. They never have been, they never will be.

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<v Speaker 1>They'll be able to vote, however they won't. They'll be

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<v Speaker 1>able to hide because we won't see how they voted.

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<v Speaker 1>And then when it comes time for reelection, they'll do

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<v Speaker 1>what they always do. They'll wrap themselves in Donald Trump

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<v Speaker 1>or whatever the new flavor of the month is, and you,

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<v Speaker 1>the electorate, will blindly go vote for them. And when

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<v Speaker 1>I try to point out to you that they didn't

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<v Speaker 1>support change, should be well, we don't know that because

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<v Speaker 1>it was it was a secret ballot. I'm tired of

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<v Speaker 1>this people. I'm tired of the games that are played

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<v Speaker 1>there in Washington. I'm sick and tired of this type

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<v Speaker 1>of nonsense happening. We elected them, We should know where

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<v Speaker 1>they stand on leadership within the party. They shouldn't be

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<v Speaker 1>able to hide behind a secret ballot. They should have

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<v Speaker 1>to face us, they should have to tell us who

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<v Speaker 1>they are voting for. But McConnell's smart, he knows how

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<v Speaker 1>to play this game. He's been up there for so

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<v Speaker 1>long that when he put this together, he understood, if

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<v Speaker 1>I just maintain it this way, if I just make

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<v Speaker 1>sure that they don't have to tell a soul how

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<v Speaker 1>they're voting, then guess what I mean? That much easier

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<v Speaker 1>for them to vote the way I tell them to.

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<v Speaker 1>This is how the game is played, unfortunately, and the

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<v Speaker 1>American people will once again get sold out and will

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<v Speaker 1>have a Republican Party that, for the next four years,

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<v Speaker 1>while Donald Trump's up there actually trying to enact change,

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<v Speaker 1>will actively be standing against him because we've got folks

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<v Speaker 1>that we elected were too cowardly to stand up to

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<v Speaker 1>the Mitch McConnell's of the world and try to enact

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<v Speaker 1>any type of change. I'm tired of it, I'm sick

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<v Speaker 1>of it, and quite frankly, it's time that we start

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<v Speaker 1>calling it out more. This has been Morning Coffee with

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<v Speaker 1>the Right Side, and I'm your host, Jack Fairchild's and

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