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<v Speaker 1>Billy cunning into Great America. I'm not dead. I'm still alive. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>Wednesday's coming up tomorrow, Today's Fat Tuesday. Westernhost Country Club

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<v Speaker 1>will be going nuts tonight, big party at Westernhost Country

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<v Speaker 1>Club and all sponsored by Alex Trnciphilou the chair of

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<v Speaker 1>the Republican Party and more on. Alex, welcome again to

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<v Speaker 1>the Bill Cunningham Show. And Alex, how are you Billy up?

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<v Speaker 2>Great? There's not a party at the Western Hills Club,

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<v Speaker 2>So in case you're out there listening, do not show up.

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<v Speaker 2>We're on Tuesdays.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, the parties continue all over town. They're Mardy Girl

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<v Speaker 1>Tonight in Northern Kentucky is going to be big. Scott

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<v Speaker 1>Sloane who had me dead. Scott Sloane is going to

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<v Speaker 1>headquarter that with so many others. But let's talk about

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<v Speaker 1>politics tonight the Joint Session speech. And I know you

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<v Speaker 1>don't monitor everything constantly as I do, but in this

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<v Speaker 1>morning MSNBC had two or three congress persons on, including

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<v Speaker 1>that Crocket woman who's lost her mind completely and what's

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<v Speaker 1>just going to be a protest. In fact, about one

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<v Speaker 1>third is not going to show up, and so Speaker

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<v Speaker 1>of the House Johnson is going to come up with

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<v Speaker 1>those simply to sit there. But the Democrats will out

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<v Speaker 1>let anyone sit in their seat, So I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>what that means. So they're going to be protest of

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<v Speaker 1>a direct and indirect nature. And so this is going

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<v Speaker 1>to be something you have to listen to and watch.

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<v Speaker 1>We have the Reds game on tonight with the Dodgers,

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<v Speaker 1>which might be a little more important. But can you

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<v Speaker 1>tell the American people in your mind is to share

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<v Speaker 1>of the Republican Party the two or three best things

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump has done in his first six weeks in office.

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<v Speaker 1>Give me your last one, two and three, Alex.

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<v Speaker 2>Go well, Billy, you know, this is the most dynamic

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<v Speaker 2>presidency of my lifetime. I've not seen somebody come out

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<v Speaker 2>of the gate. You know, we used to talk about

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<v Speaker 2>the first one hundred days in politics, Billy, but that's

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<v Speaker 2>not what we were even talking about anymore. We're talking

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<v Speaker 2>about the first ten days of this presidency. It's been transformative. Bill.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, let's just start with a border. And most

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<v Speaker 2>people know this, but the mainstream press won't tell you it.

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<v Speaker 2>But the problem, the crisis at the border that Donald

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<v Speaker 2>Trump inherited is over it's over. The crossings are at

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<v Speaker 2>record lows. We've essentially by just pure leadership of the

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<v Speaker 2>President and guys like Tom Homan and the cooperation of

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<v Speaker 2>law enforcement officials who just wanted to enforce existing laws.

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<v Speaker 2>So number one, the border, the border crisis is over.

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<v Speaker 2>We've got to continue to work to deport people that

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<v Speaker 2>don't belong in the United States who have violated our laws,

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<v Speaker 2>but the crisis of the border has been fixed inside

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<v Speaker 2>of thirty days. It's an extraordinary accomplishment. When the mainstream

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<v Speaker 2>press will not tell you anything about then you pivot

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<v Speaker 2>and talk about efficiency in government, doze in Elon musk Will.

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<v Speaker 2>They make a lot of headlines, and it seems, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>it's a little bit of madness if you're just kind

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<v Speaker 2>of watching it. The fact of the matter is it's working.

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<v Speaker 2>We have trillions and trillions and trillions of dollars of

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<v Speaker 2>debt Billy, that we're going to leave to our kids

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<v Speaker 2>and grandkids. It's immoral what's happening with spending in the

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<v Speaker 2>United States. And by the way, it's one of the

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<v Speaker 2>few times Bill I ever criticized Republicans because we as

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<v Speaker 2>Republicans have sometimes been a part of growing these massive

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<v Speaker 2>debt and deficits, and you know it's time to rein

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<v Speaker 2>it in Elon Musk showed up with this history of

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<v Speaker 2>building these extraordinary companies in this incredible record. This guy

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<v Speaker 2>is a historic figure. He's the Thomas Edison and Albert

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<v Speaker 2>Einstein of our generation combined into one human being. So

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<v Speaker 2>he's got dose. We're trimming the size and scope of

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<v Speaker 2>the federal government. Yes, that's going to mean some people

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<v Speaker 2>have to move out of the excuse in the public

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<v Speaker 2>sector and into the private sector. And that's the reality

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<v Speaker 2>of actually cutting the size and scope of the government.

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<v Speaker 2>That's two. If you look at peace across the world again,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't want to take up all your time today

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<v Speaker 2>if you asked me to take off the few big things.

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<v Speaker 2>We have one president, one leader in the world that says,

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<v Speaker 2>let's stop the killing. Over a million people killed or

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<v Speaker 2>maimed or injured in this horrible Russian Ukraine war. These people,

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<v Speaker 2>by the way, the differences between a Ukrainian and a

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<v Speaker 2>Russian aren't all that dramatic. There ought to be a

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<v Speaker 2>way to bridge this divide, and President Tarmp is bringing

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<v Speaker 2>real leadership to it. Of course, the critics say he's

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<v Speaker 2>in bed with Putin. That's false. America for three years

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<v Speaker 2>has sustained Ukraine. Americans have poured our treasure into those countries,

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<v Speaker 2>into the Ukraine, that is, to try to keep peace

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<v Speaker 2>there and to try to fight back against Putin. But look,

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<v Speaker 2>one man is talking about a real plan to stop

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<v Speaker 2>the killing the other side on Ukraine, Bill, they don't

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<v Speaker 2>have any kind of a plan. I have yet to

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<v Speaker 2>hear a coherent plan for ending this war. One person,

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<v Speaker 2>Donald Trump, is trying to do those things. I could

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<v Speaker 2>keep going on and on and on and just talk

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<v Speaker 2>about our national standing, our international standing. And by the way,

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<v Speaker 2>last thing I'll say about the president I promise is

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<v Speaker 2>we have a president fully engaged in the presidency. Bill.

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<v Speaker 2>This is a man with his hands on the levers

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<v Speaker 2>of power. The previous guy, Bill was just not well

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<v Speaker 2>enough to be in that situation. This is the guy.

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<v Speaker 2>He's not running off to the beach every weekend. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>he's finding some time to go to play golf, but

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<v Speaker 2>that's about it. And otherwise this guy is churning and

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<v Speaker 2>burning every single day and working his tailoff onto half

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<v Speaker 2>the American people. So he's got a lot to talk tonight, though.

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<v Speaker 1>Number one is the border crisis. About a year ago,

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<v Speaker 1>I can recall that your friend Senate to Chuck Schumer,

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<v Speaker 1>the head of the Democrats, along with the King, Jefferies

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<v Speaker 1>and Nancy Pelosi, had put together a brand new bill

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<v Speaker 1>that would stop the border crossing. And the charge was

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<v Speaker 1>against Donald Trump and the new Republicans that you don't

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<v Speaker 1>want to solve the problem. In other words, the present

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<v Speaker 1>laws we have will not get it done. We need

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<v Speaker 1>brand new sets of laws four and a half inches thick,

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<v Speaker 1>in which we were going to hire six to eight

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<v Speaker 1>thousand more administrative judges. We're going to hire ten to

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<v Speaker 1>twenty thousand more border patrol agents. We weren't going to

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<v Speaker 1>complete the wall, but we had drones ready to go.

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<v Speaker 1>So there was a problem on the southern border that

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<v Speaker 1>could not be solved except by spending something in the

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<v Speaker 1>range of three hundred billion dollars more to hire tens

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<v Speaker 1>of thousands of more because the present laws were not

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<v Speaker 1>going to work. Jump ahead one year, the border crossings

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<v Speaker 1>are down ninety five percent. The present laws were sufficient.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you hear that ana analysis from the media at

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<v Speaker 1>all that somehow the Democrats said present laws don't work,

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<v Speaker 1>we need all these sets of laws, when brand new bureaucrats,

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<v Speaker 1>brand new courts, brand new judges, we got to get

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<v Speaker 1>it done. However, Trump and you Republicans said no, the

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<v Speaker 1>president laws work. A year later, they work. Your comments

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<v Speaker 1>of any now you got me pissed.

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<v Speaker 2>Off, Bill, Well, you know it's the difference Bill between

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<v Speaker 2>government and people like Joe Biden, who are career government

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<v Speaker 2>bureaucratic insider people, and a guy from the outside like

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<v Speaker 2>Donald Trump, who's a businessman who knows how to just

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<v Speaker 2>get things done. They never tell you about Donald Trump's history,

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<v Speaker 2>things like swooping in and fixing the ice rink in

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<v Speaker 2>Manhattan when government dragged its feet for three years. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>Donald Trump has a long history of being a fixer

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<v Speaker 2>and stepping in and just getting it done. I've been

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<v Speaker 2>around government and my whole career. Bill, you know it too.

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<v Speaker 2>You practice law, You've been in and out of this.

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<v Speaker 2>You're connected to a lot of these people government. There's

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<v Speaker 2>a certain inertia to do nothing. People are afraid to

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<v Speaker 2>do things. You see it on the cutting of spending, right.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, if you start doing and cutting, well, there's

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<v Speaker 2>going to be people sometimes that you don't have to

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<v Speaker 2>move from the public sector to the private sector for

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<v Speaker 2>their employment. People are scared, Politicians are scared. Donald Trump

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<v Speaker 2>isn't scared. So the reason we were able to fix this,

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<v Speaker 2>he said, we're going to be tough, We're going to

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<v Speaker 2>crack down. I got a mandate from the American people,

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<v Speaker 2>And in thirty days, this guy solved the crisis that

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<v Speaker 2>all the Democrats and even a few squishy Republicans said

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<v Speaker 2>required a massive new government spend. You've outlined it way

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<v Speaker 2>better than I can. But the fact of the matter

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<v Speaker 2>is that problem is solved at this juncture for the

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<v Speaker 2>American people, and it's because the leadership of a true

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<v Speaker 2>outsider and somebody like Donald Trump, supported by the way

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<v Speaker 2>by other outsiders like Bernie Marino, supported by another outsider, jd. Vance,

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<v Speaker 2>who came out of the private sector. So you know,

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<v Speaker 2>we've got fresh new ideas in Washington, and it's only

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<v Speaker 2>helping advance the cause of America.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, the thing is, we had sufficient laws. We didn't

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<v Speaker 1>need to spend another three hundred bill. We simply needed

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<v Speaker 1>a president force the president laws. And now the camps

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<v Speaker 1>on Guantanamo may not be built further because the illegals

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<v Speaker 1>are not coming. The traffickers are in difficulty. We had

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<v Speaker 1>sufficient laws if we had a president with a power

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<v Speaker 1>and the will to get it done. Democrats lied, Republicans

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<v Speaker 1>told the truth. Number two, Let's talk about your friend

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<v Speaker 1>Elon Musk, who's, as you call him, the Thomas Alva

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<v Speaker 1>Edison of our time. He's been accused of being an

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<v Speaker 1>unelected bureaucrat. For the last four years under Joe Biden,

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<v Speaker 1>we did not have a president. We had unelected bureaucrats

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<v Speaker 1>running the executive branch of government. And that was who

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<v Speaker 1>picked the judges, who made the decisions, what bills to the

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<v Speaker 1>sign who made the eos executive orders, Who ran the

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<v Speaker 1>executive branch of government. We now know, according to even

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<v Speaker 1>Jake Tapper of CNN, the Clinton News Network, we now know,

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<v Speaker 1>according to Jake Tapper, who attacked Republicans for suggesting somehow

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<v Speaker 1>that Joe Biden was mentally incompetent. Jake Tapper, if CNN

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<v Speaker 1>has now written a book, he wants to come on

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<v Speaker 1>him and put him on about two of three weeks

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<v Speaker 1>and which says he now says it was obvious that

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<v Speaker 1>Joe Biden was not mentally alert. He couldn't run the presidency,

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<v Speaker 1>so on one hand for four years with unelected bureaucrats

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<v Speaker 1>running every part of government. But on the other hand,

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<v Speaker 1>you got Elon Musk who's recommending to department heads what

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<v Speaker 1>to do, what not to do. How come when Biden

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<v Speaker 1>wins an office, unelected bureaucrats ran everything. Now he's out

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<v Speaker 1>of office, Elon Musk is suggesting changes to the bureaucracy.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's evil, aren't They both unelected bureaucrats, But one's

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<v Speaker 1>competent and one incompetent. Please give me a full report.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I've got more to say on that, and I

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<v Speaker 2>you know, listen, if you're right now and you're driving

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<v Speaker 2>at work, you know, on Harrison Avenue or some beautiful

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<v Speaker 2>Tri state area, I'm gonna ask you one big question.

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<v Speaker 2>What unelected bureaucrat affected your life? More Elon Musk or

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<v Speaker 2>Anthony Fauci. Fauci said you have to wear a mask.

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<v Speaker 2>Fauci said, you can't send your kids to school. Fauci

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<v Speaker 2>said you got to stay six feet away. He said,

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<v Speaker 2>you can't. You have to have the mask. Over your nose.

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<v Speaker 2>When you're flying on an airplane, if you pulled it

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<v Speaker 2>down even for a second, you've got threats of being

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<v Speaker 2>thrown off the aircraft. Who affected your life more as

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<v Speaker 2>an unelected bureaucrat. It's outrageous. The way the media is

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<v Speaker 2>calling Elon Musk an unelected bureaucrat is garbage. It's garbage.

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<v Speaker 2>He's part of this administration, brought in to do exactly

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<v Speaker 2>Anthony Fauci makes these life altering decisions on the half

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<v Speaker 2>the American people, as an unelected bureaucrat appointed by the president,

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<v Speaker 2>it's different. I suppose when Elon Musk does it. It's just

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<v Speaker 2>it's a double standard that the Democrats and their friends

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<v Speaker 2>and the press are holding us to. It's just wrong.

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<v Speaker 2>Elon Musk is doing great things for the country. He's

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<v Speaker 2>and he should have the full support of the American people.

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<v Speaker 1>Thirdly, you bring up peace in Ukraine. Who's in favor

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<v Speaker 1>and the neoconser in favor of war. That's gone on

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<v Speaker 1>more than three years, there's no possibility. Militarily, the Ukrainians

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<v Speaker 1>and Zelensky can never defeat the Russian bear. The Russian

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<v Speaker 1>Russians produced two hundred and fifty thousand more artillery shells

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<v Speaker 1>to be fired at the Ukraine, and the Ukrainians have

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<v Speaker 1>stalemate happens. Maybe at some point Zelensky will lose completely,

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<v Speaker 1>in which case Ukraine will be taken over, which would

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<v Speaker 1>be disgusting. The way the Ukrainian people have fought has

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<v Speaker 1>of Scottish warriors that fought like hell for their freedom.

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<v Speaker 1>I'd love that stuff. William of Wallace is my hero. However,

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<v Speaker 1>you have to know your limitations. So when the Trumpster says,

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<v Speaker 1>wait a minute, more than three years, a million dead,

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<v Speaker 1>Iran and North Korea. So he says, all I'm saying

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<v Speaker 1>the liberals don't want peace. In fact, Zelenski said last

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<v Speaker 1>night or the night before that this war is far

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<v Speaker 1>from being over. He wants the war to keep on

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<v Speaker 1>going and infinitum, and we're going to supply just enough

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<v Speaker 1>arms to them, supposedly to keep them fighting but not winning.

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<v Speaker 1>Give me a full report what the Trump doing on Ukraine?

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<v Speaker 1>Right or wrong? Then we got tariffs to wrap things up,

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<v Speaker 1>Alex t give me a full report.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, of course I support the president entirely. It'll come

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<v Speaker 2>as no surprises on a lifelong Republican and support of

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<v Speaker 2>the president. That being the case, though, I remember during

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<v Speaker 2>the campaign before President Trump started his second term, he

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<v Speaker 2>was asked in one of these town halls, by the way,

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<v Speaker 2>making himself fully available to the American people and what

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<v Speaker 2>he got asked a question, who do you want to

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<v Speaker 2>media gotcha question, like, oh, we're going to call on

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<v Speaker 2>him out that he does. You know what he said?

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<v Speaker 2>It was? It was I thought it was the best

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<v Speaker 2>answer he's maybe ever given. He said, I want the

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<v Speaker 2>are dying needlessly? And I mean one of the points

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<v Speaker 2>I tried to make earlier quickly is that you know,

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<v Speaker 2>the these two people, there's not a big religious difference,

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<v Speaker 2>the financial differences aren't that dramatic. This isn't you know, frankly,

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<v Speaker 2>it's not the Palestinians and the Israelis. That's not that

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<v Speaker 2>kind of a long term conflict. This can be resolved,

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<v Speaker 2>is my point in saying that it can be resolved.

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<v Speaker 2>And only one person is now got the ability after

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<v Speaker 2>of course he's being criticized because the war monitors and

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<v Speaker 2>the people that you know aren't feeding all this cash

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<v Speaker 2>I've never heard of coher and answer and Billy really quickly, Yeah, quession.

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<v Speaker 2>Nobody on the left is ever coherently laid out a

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<v Speaker 2>plan for how this thing ends. What's the endgame? I

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<v Speaker 2>heard Vice President Vance saying the same thing. That's my question.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a question every American. I'd asked, what's the endgame

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<v Speaker 2>in Ukraine? That's a victory for us and for the

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<v Speaker 2>Ukrainian people. They can't give you one. So in the

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<v Speaker 1>Now, lastly, I said chair of the Republican Party. I

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<v Speaker 1>can recall about three years ago we had one of

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<v Speaker 1>And about three years ago you mentioned the name but

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<v Speaker 1>veg Ramaswami. I like mentioning his name because I can

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<v Speaker 1>pronounce it. And I said, what did you say, veg

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<v Speaker 1>Rama Swam is going to be a big deal. And

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<v Speaker 1>I said who you said? This guy is fabulous. I

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<v Speaker 1>met with him. He was the commencement speaker at Sandex

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<v Speaker 1>High School and now he lives in Columbus. But this

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<v Speaker 1>it's metastasized and appears are going to be a fight

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<v Speaker 1>to the finish with David Yost are well competent Attorney

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<v Speaker 1>General versus vivike Ramaswami. One's coming to this office vertically,

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<v Speaker 1>the other coming horizontally. Who do you support Yost? Are

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<v Speaker 1>vivike Ramaswami speak now and forever hold your peace?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, no chance I hold my piece, Billy, And you

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<v Speaker 2>know that, no chance I do that forever. Listen. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>the High Republican Party is not just one man. We've

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<v Speaker 2>I hear consistently from our party faith was the party

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<v Speaker 2>That may come later. These guys have just announced. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm close to both of these individuals. I think very

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<v Speaker 2>well of both of them, you know, as it relates

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<v Speaker 2>to vivike Ramaswami. You know, Billy, I've shared this with you.

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<v Speaker 2>I met this young man back when he was in

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<v Speaker 2>kind of serendipitous moment where he's running for governor and

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<v Speaker 2>I'm chair of the Ohio Republican Party, and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I think the world of a bake Rama Swami. He's

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<v Speaker 2>for a lot of us in the Republican Party. Dave

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<v Speaker 2>Ghost has also been an outstanding attorney general, great state

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<v Speaker 2>or auditor, you know, a world class prosecutor. Again, it's

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<v Speaker 2>all good things by me. So you know, who am

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<v Speaker 2>I supporting. I'm going to support the nominee of the

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<v Speaker 2>thing I want to say, though, I'm just going to

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<v Speaker 2>say this because not enough people say this. In our party.

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<v Speaker 2>We have an embarrassment of riches. We have really great

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<v Speaker 2>candidates like yost In Ramaswami. We have other great candidates emerging,

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<v Speaker 2>and you know, we'll sort through whatever internal problems differences,

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<v Speaker 2>like we did in twenty twenty four. We want everything

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<v Speaker 2>And we have right now at least two potentially more

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<v Speaker 2>so far. The two that are out there publicly fighting

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<v Speaker 1>Whose name is harder to pronounce for veg Ramaswami or

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<v Speaker 1>Alex trying to feel Lou?

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<v Speaker 2>Which are those two that close? Call? I like tree

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<v Speaker 1>Alex T. All right, Alex, thank you. We'll see what happens.

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<v Speaker 1>You'll be watching the joint session tonight with your popcorn

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<v Speaker 1>and a beer to see what's going on. But Alex T,

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<v Speaker 1>once again, you're a great American and thanks for coming

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<v Speaker 1>on the Bill Cunningham Show.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you, Alex A high privilege.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you, Billy God bless America. Let's continue with more.

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<v Speaker 1>And I should have asked him. My last question was

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<v Speaker 1>the governor was going to fly the flags at half

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<v Speaker 1>staff for three days if Scott Sloane was correct, and

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<v Speaker 1>I was dead, but the reports of my demise are

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<v Speaker 1>somewhat premature. Bill Cunningham News Radio seven hundred WLW