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<v Speaker 2>This is the seventy seven WABC Mini cast.

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<v Speaker 1>Who better than Ari Fleischer, former White House Press Secretary

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<v Speaker 1>to talk about all of this, Ari, this is really

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<v Speaker 1>really scary when you see this lsied guy and already

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<v Speaker 1>the great philosopher Hassan Piker, who seems to be hanging

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<v Speaker 1>around with all these people. He came out and said

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<v Speaker 1>this is going to be part of a national trend

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<v Speaker 1>that if you're not you're not with us, you're against us.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean it's like he's laying down the gauntlet in

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<v Speaker 1>the Democratic Party.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh I hope, So, I hope this is a national

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<v Speaker 2>trend because I've got a feeling that Michigan is about

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<v Speaker 2>to elect a Republican senator. I mean, you cannot have

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<v Speaker 2>left somebody who was as radical as Sayid, And I

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<v Speaker 2>want you to understand just how bad he is. Not

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<v Speaker 2>only does he support people who say we that America

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<v Speaker 2>deserves nine to eleven, this guy is a rest his

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<v Speaker 2>allegiance to the Muslim brotherhood. In an op ed that

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<v Speaker 2>he wrote, he called Israel bloodthirsty. He doesn't want illegals

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<v Speaker 2>to be denied drivers' licenses. He argued for illegal people

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<v Speaker 2>to come to America to get driver's licenses, and he

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<v Speaker 2>criticized Oklahoma because they banned sharia law. At it all up,

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<v Speaker 2>we have never had an Islamist candidate like this run

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<v Speaker 2>for office and be this blunt about it in the

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<v Speaker 2>United States of America. He doesn't fit and he's going

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<v Speaker 2>to lose.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, I agree, John, don't you? It's crazy.

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<v Speaker 3>Who has the courage, Who has the courage in the

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<v Speaker 3>Democratic Party to really take hold? And young scream.

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<v Speaker 2>There's nobody other than the Senator Fedterman. You know, Senator

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<v Speaker 2>Schumer just showed just how he has no courage, no backrade,

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<v Speaker 2>and what he doesn't realize. And Hakim Jeffrey is the

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<v Speaker 2>Democratic leader in the House. Also that the outside heaths

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<v Speaker 2>of the world, the Mondamis of the world, the Aosc's

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<v Speaker 2>of the world, are coming to burn their big tent.

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<v Speaker 2>They have a socialist tent that they want to put

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<v Speaker 2>up in place of this previous Democratic big tent. But

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<v Speaker 2>Schumer and Jeffries are too blind to see what is

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<v Speaker 2>coming to replace them. And that is exactly what the

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<v Speaker 2>socialist movement is. And that's why that's why Elsayid was

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<v Speaker 2>saying that this is the beginning of a national movement.

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<v Speaker 2>That's why Piker is saying the same thing. There is

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<v Speaker 2>a national movement underway, and it's up to good people,

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<v Speaker 2>good independence, good Republicans. Some Democrats are willing to do so,

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<v Speaker 2>to stand up, fight and defeat it.

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<v Speaker 1>You know what I think of Ari when Chevalier, I

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<v Speaker 1>believe one. That's the woman in New York when she

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<v Speaker 1>won the primary and she's in a pretty safe, obviously

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<v Speaker 1>blue district, and you look at at that party. I'll

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<v Speaker 1>never forget. Hakeem Jeffries came up on the on the video.

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<v Speaker 1>Remember he was speaking, and the whole crowd famously started

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<v Speaker 1>chanting at him. You are next, your next, your next,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, and if you listen to l Sied, what

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<v Speaker 1>I found really frightening with his sort of his rhetoric.

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<v Speaker 1>He really was like even today, so nasty about Fetterman.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, he's like, my first target is Fetterman, My

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<v Speaker 1>next is Schumer, my next. He's got like this list

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<v Speaker 1>of people that he wants to take out politically, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>push them out of office for people that he thinks

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<v Speaker 1>espouse his views. That's dangerous.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you listen to his excess rhetoric and he says

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<v Speaker 2>Israel is bloodthirsty. You know, somebody's blood thirsty, you need

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<v Speaker 2>to stop them, right, and he to engagement. Violence should

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<v Speaker 2>stop somebody who's blood thirsty. He's calling on Fetterman. He's

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<v Speaker 2>basically saying he wants to take Fetterman's head off. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>I would imagine he's talking rhetorically, but you know when

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<v Speaker 2>I hear in islamis talk like that, it gives me pause.

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<v Speaker 2>And the Muslim Brotherhood talks like that, it gives me pause.

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<v Speaker 2>And so his language is really excessive in American politics.

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<v Speaker 2>And this is why I said, just don't think he fits.

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<v Speaker 2>He's going to have a very hard time. He barely

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<v Speaker 2>won in Michigan after all those polls came out showing

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<v Speaker 2>you at the commanding lead. The fact that the Democrat

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<v Speaker 2>Party has split so deeply over him and his base

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<v Speaker 2>support is basically Columbia University. That's about it. He won

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<v Speaker 2>the campuses in Michigan, he won the upper educated areas,

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<v Speaker 2>the younger people areas, but working class people, blacks, they

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<v Speaker 2>all voted for the opposition of the Democrat primary prime

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<v Speaker 2>pick up place for Republicans.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, which is why it's interesting because right away Haley

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<v Speaker 1>Stevens and Judge, you and I were talking about this

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<v Speaker 1>even before the primary happened. She said, I'm going to

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<v Speaker 1>support if he wins, I'm going to support him.

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<v Speaker 3>So Partie Overcountry Right, Colonia Right.

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<v Speaker 1>And she's been very pro Israel, decently pro Israel. She

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<v Speaker 1>took money from APEX said I have no problem. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>a supporter of Israel. But yet she's folding like a

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<v Speaker 1>cheap suit.

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<v Speaker 2>Ari Yep, No, I'm sorry. I didn't realize you were

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<v Speaker 2>addressing that today. Yeah, this is the issue about politics,

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<v Speaker 2>of course, is people want their team to win, they

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<v Speaker 2>want their team to get the majority, and I can

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<v Speaker 2>respect that up to a point. But the difference here

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<v Speaker 2>is when David Duke was going to become the Republican

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<v Speaker 2>nominee in Louisiana to become governor years ago, a former

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<v Speaker 2>head of the KKK Republicans abandoned him. They said we

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<v Speaker 2>will never support you. They supported the democrat in's debt

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<v Speaker 2>principal thing to do. There have got to be more

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<v Speaker 2>Democrats of principle here who are willing to say absolutely no,

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<v Speaker 2>I will never support abdu Lsie. He is too radical,

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<v Speaker 2>he is too extreme, he is too anti Jewish, anti Israel,

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<v Speaker 2>we will never support him.

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<v Speaker 3>He's anti Western civilization.

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<v Speaker 2>Democrat Party is not like that anymore.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it's really By the way, did you guys see

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<v Speaker 1>what Hassan Piker, who is now sort of like seems

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<v Speaker 1>to be running the Democratic Party according to a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of people. You know, he came out and he said that,

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<v Speaker 1>Oh no, I don't dislike this kind. I'm here. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>staying here because I love it. That's why I'm criticizing it,

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<v Speaker 1>because everyone's playing the same thing. You just said, Judge

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<v Speaker 1>over and over again. America deserved nine to eleven. Also

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<v Speaker 1>defending the rapes on October So, I mean, he said

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<v Speaker 1>the worst of the worst. He's trying to spin it

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<v Speaker 1>like I just want to make the country better. It's

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<v Speaker 1>not that he's trying.

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<v Speaker 2>To back.

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<v Speaker 3>It made a lot of people very angry.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, isn't that interesting you guys the language now after this,

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<v Speaker 1>because he knows now he's in general election mode. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>he's trying to get l sil historic.

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<v Speaker 3>He's trying to rewrite the historical record.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. The problem is, as you guys know, it's all

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<v Speaker 1>on tape. I mean it's over and over again where

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<v Speaker 1>he's saying these things are right.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, he's also enjoying his first of his fifteen minutes

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<v Speaker 2>of fame, and all of a sudden because he's got

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<v Speaker 2>a couple of wins now the people that he's endorsed

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<v Speaker 2>have have won. He's seen himself as bigger than life.

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<v Speaker 2>He seems kind of the way doctor Fauci saw himself

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<v Speaker 2>is so famous. He sees himself as famous now inside

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<v Speaker 2>the Democratic Party, I've got news for people like that.

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<v Speaker 2>It's the lesson of Icarus. Your wings are going to

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<v Speaker 2>get burnt the closer you get to the sun, especially

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<v Speaker 2>when you have the radical views that he had, especially

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<v Speaker 2>when you have two left wings. Let's fly closer to

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<v Speaker 2>the sun. This is the risk when people like him

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<v Speaker 2>get political roles, and then he encourages his candidates, in

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<v Speaker 2>the case of Abdul said not to tone it down,

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<v Speaker 2>to tone it up. And that does not fit the

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<v Speaker 2>state of Michigan. So back to where we started this,

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<v Speaker 2>can he win? What's the future of Michigan. I think

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<v Speaker 2>the Democrats has just blown it. They blew it in

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<v Speaker 2>Maine with Graham Platner, and they have probably blown it

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<v Speaker 2>for the general and it looks like to make they've

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<v Speaker 2>also blown it here in Michigan. This is probably the week.

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<v Speaker 2>If we go back in November and look backwards, we're

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<v Speaker 2>going to be able to say this is the week

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<v Speaker 2>Republicans were able to keep the majority in the Senate.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I agree, that's why it is such a pivotal,

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<v Speaker 1>pivotal seat. I mean, if they can flip because Gary

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<v Speaker 1>Peters is rich, so it's an open seat, I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>don't think there's ever a question that the Republicans would

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<v Speaker 1>hold on to the majority in the Senate.

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<v Speaker 3>We're working through that now. The question is do we

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<v Speaker 3>hold a majority in the House.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, what do you think are.

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<v Speaker 2>Fifty to fifty? It's such a small narrow margin that

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<v Speaker 2>Republicans have, and tough year for Republicans going into it

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<v Speaker 2>because of history and the party in power always loses.

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<v Speaker 2>On the other hand, because of redistrict and Republicans gave

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<v Speaker 2>themselves a big boost because of Supreme Court ruling that,

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<v Speaker 2>thank goodness, says you can't make districts based on race,

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<v Speaker 2>Republicans got a boost. The other factor is because Republicans

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<v Speaker 2>did not have a big wave in twenty twenty two.

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<v Speaker 2>They had a small wave exactly. There just aren't as

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<v Speaker 2>many marginal Republicans in office who typically do lose in

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<v Speaker 2>the first term midterm like that, second term mid term

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<v Speaker 2>like this, So it's a much smaller battlefield. And that's

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<v Speaker 2>why I come out. It's a fifty to fifty race

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<v Speaker 2>in the House. I think the edge went to Republicans

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<v Speaker 2>this week in the Senate, but it's going to it's

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<v Speaker 2>nobody knows. It's all going to be closed. It's up

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<v Speaker 2>to the voters, not the pundits.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, absolutely well, Ari, thank you so much. We always

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<v Speaker 1>love having you on. Ari.

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<v Speaker 3>It's really hapyd Democrats have to lose forty nine states

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<v Speaker 3>to really get the message. This might be the time.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe if a San Biker is the committee chair, it

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<v Speaker 1>might happen. Allri, thank you, Thank you, guys, thank you,