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Speaker 1: So this morning Representatives Rocanna, Representative Thomas Massey and Representative

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Marjorie Taylor Green held the press conference with Epstein's survivors

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ahead of the vote. That's schedule for this afternoon. Welcome

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back to The Michael Cohen Show on our continued journey

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to half a million subscribers, where literally seventeen thousand away

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thanks to you. So let's try to do it at

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least before New Year's How about that hit subscribe, watch, comment,

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and share, because this stupidity, it's got to come to

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an end. So look, it's nothing new that the survivors

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of Epstein and Gallaine Maxwell's abuse they want the files released.

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In fact, all Americans want the files released. So they

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were outside the Capitol this morning making another plea to

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congress members on both sides of the aisle. I want

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to show you some of the comments, as I believe

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that they're extremely, extremely powerful. Now, a common theme throughout

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the survivors remarked was whether the Epstein files are or

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are not political. Any Farmers spoke about her system, Maria's

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efforts to tell the FBI, literally to inform the FBI

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about Epstein and their lack of urgency play the clip.

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Speaker 2: Survivors have repeatedly stated that our pursuit of transparency and

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justice is a nonpartisan issue, but given the political noise

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surrounding this case, I just want to remind people of

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some of the facts. In nineteen ninety six, when my

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sister Maria bravely blew the whistle on this group by

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reporting to the FBI what Epstein and Maxwell did to

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both of us, they hung up on the phone on

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her and there was no follow up of any kind.

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Bill Clinton was president in two thousand and six, the

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FBI came to us, finally interviewed us, and asked us

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both to be witnesses against Epstein. We were very anxious,

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but we agreed, and then we didn't hear back from

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them due to their infamous sweetheart deal. George W. Bush

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was president in twenty fifteen when the DOJ was sent

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Foyer request for Maria's FBI files, and they were denied,

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as they have been many times. Barack Obama was president

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in twenty nineteen when Epstein died in prison due to

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either negligence or foul play. Donald Trump was president in

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twenty twenty three. Maria's attorneys sent a letter on her

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behalf to the government requesting an investigation into the repeated

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law enforcement failures in this case, similar to what was

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done in the case of Larry Nasar, they declined to

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do so. Consequently, my sister file noticed that she would

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be suing the government for failing to uphold its legal, ethical,

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and moral duties in this case. Joe Biden was president

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this year, after campaigning on a pledge to finally release

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the files. Under Trump's second presidency, the DOJ announced they

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were closing the investigation into Epstein's co conspirators, and then

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transferred Geelan Maxwell into a prison camp where is well

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documented that she is receiving special treatment. This is not

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an issue of a few corrupt Democrats or a few

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corrupt Republicans. This is a case of institutional betrayal.

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Speaker 1: She's not wrong, not wrong at all. Wait till you

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hear my comment after I show you the third survivor,

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And now let me show you the second survivor who

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spoke literally making a plea begging Trump to stop making

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the files a political tool and to release them himself.

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Speaker 3: Now that that checks and balances of our dumb democracy

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have worked, and the bill is getting passed to release

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the files. We are hearing the administration say they intend

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to investigate various Democrat Democrats who were friends with Epstein.

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I beg you, President Trump, please stop making this political.

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It is not about you. President Trump, you are our president.

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Please start acting like it. Show some class, show some

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real leadership, show that you actually care about the people

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other than yourself. I voted for you, but your behavior

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on this issue has been an national embarrassment. It is

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time to take the honest moral ground and support the

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release of these files. Not to weaponize pieces of the

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files against random political enemies that did nothing wrong, but

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to understand who Epstein's friends were, who covered for him,

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what financial institutions allowed his trafficking to continue, Who knew

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what he was doing but was too much of a

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coward to do anything about it.

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Speaker 1: Well, one, for sure is part of my substect that

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I wrote today about Representative Stacy Plasket. Yeah, a sitting

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member of the House who had a relationship some relationship

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with Jeffrey Epstein, to the point that while I was

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testifying about financial issues of Trump, she's texting with Jeffrey Epstein.

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Stacy Plaskett, you owe America you owe these women some answers.

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I'll also show you a clip from Virginia Guphray's brother

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who pleaded, pleaded that his sister is not a political

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tool for Trump to use. The survivors, he claims, which

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they are, are real people with real stories. Play the clip.

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Speaker 4: True, your vote carries that weight. My sister is not

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a political tool for you to use. These survivors are

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not political tools for you to use. These are real stories,

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real trauma, and it's time for you to stop just

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talking about it and act vote yes.

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Speaker 1: You know. One thing that I wrote in my sub

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stack is that that morality doesn't come with party labels.

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I want, as I mentioned a moment ago, Stacy Plaskett

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a Democrat, Bill Clinton a Democrat, assuming he's in the files,

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as said, whether it's Republican or Democrat doesn't matter. Like

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I just said, morality doesn't come with party labels. Corruption

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doesn't choose sides, Predators do not limit their donations to

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Republicans alone, and silence, especially from those who claim to

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defend the survivors, that's its own violence of its own. Meanwhile,

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had a message to President Trump saying that she is traumatized,

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but she's not stupid. Play the clip.

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Speaker 5: President of the United States of America, who is not

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here today. I want to send a clear message to you.

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While I do understand that your position has changed on

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the Epstein files, and I'm grateful that you have pledged

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to sign this bill, I can't help to be skeptical

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of what the agenda is. So with that being said,

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I want to relay this message to you. I am traumatized.

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I am not stupid. I am traumatized. I am not stupid.

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You have put us through so much stress, the lockdowns,

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the halt of these of these procedures that were supposed

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to have happened fifty days ago. The Adelita Grihova who

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waited to get sworn in and then get upset when

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your own party goes against you because what is being

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done is wrong, it's not right for your own self

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serving purposes. This is America, this is land of the free,

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Land of the free. In eighteen sixty three, we have

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a woman on top of the Capitol Building represent freedom.

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I do not feel free today. I don't know if

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the women behind me feel free today. So I am

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begging every member of Congress, every representative, to step up

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and choose the chaos. Choose the survivors, Choose the children.

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Protect the children, all children, You protect all of us equally.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, survivor's children. Where are members of Congress? Where's

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the outrage? Representative Thomas Massey also spoke. He spoke, and

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he said that Maga Mike Johnson, well, he may try

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to say face today at the vote, but that we cannot.

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We must not forget what he has done so far

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for months and months and months to block this play

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the clip.

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Speaker 2: That's what you said, that's the motivation.

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Speaker 6: I think.

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Speaker 7: I think the speaker wants to say face, he's going

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to vote for a piece of legislation today, that he's

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disparaged for four months and it's however, he needs to

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come on board. We want him on board, So we appreciate.

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Speaker 6: What are you saying?

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Speaker 1: What do you see? Yeah, and let me say this.

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Representative Marjorie Taylor Green, she too spoke. She spoke about

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how the Epstein files have literally ripped Maga apart. Play

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that clip.

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Speaker 6: Seriously no longer works? And what do you think about?

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And I'll tell you because I'm i wasn't a Johnny

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come Lately to the MAGA train. I was day one,

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twenty fifteen, and there's a big difference in those Americans

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and those that decided to support President Trump later on.

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And I'll tell you right now, this has been one

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of the most destructive things to MAGA is watching the

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man that we supported early on three elections, for people

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that stood.

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Speaker 8: Hours, slept in their cars to go to rallies, have

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fought for truth and transparency and to hold what we

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consider a corrupt government accountable. Watching this actually turn into

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a fight has gripped MAGA Party.

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Speaker 6: And the only thing that will speak to.

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Speaker 9: The powerful, courageous women behind me is when action is

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actually taken to release these files and the American people

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won't tolerate any other bullshit.

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Speaker 2: That's where we are to ang on all of it.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, by the way, as you all know, I'm not

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a big fan of Marjorie Taylor Green, but the fact

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that she has stood strong. She refuses to bend the knee,

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She refuses to accept the pressure, the massive pressure that

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Mega Mike Johnson, the Speaker of the House, the leader

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of her party, is placing on her, along with guys

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like Thomas Massey. It's incredible, and she's doing it for

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a purpose that is just. That is right, and if

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it pulls magopart as far as I'm concerned, good. I

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don't like the concept of MAGA anyway, but imagine how

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much pressure is being placed on, for example, Marjorie Taylor Green,

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and not just by MAGA Mike Johnson, because I do

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want to end on a clip of Marjorie Taylor Green

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addressing President Trump's comments literally calling her a trader. Play

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the clip.

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Speaker 6: I was called a trader by a man that I

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fought for five no actually six years for and I

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gave him my loyalty for free. I won my first

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selection without his endorsement, beating eight men in a primary.

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And I've never owed him anything, but I fought for him,

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for the policies and for America first. And he called

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me a trader for standing with these women and refusing

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to take my name off the discharge petition. Let me

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tell you what a trader is. A trader is an

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American that serves foreign countries and themselves. A patriot is

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an American that serves the United States of America and

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Americans like the women standing behind me, and I want

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to tell you that this only became possible today because

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the American people, whom we serve as representatives here in Congress,

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demanded that this vote happened, and they put more pressure

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on every single elected politician in this city than has

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ever been put on them. And today you are going

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to see probably a unanimous vote in the House to

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release the Epstein files. But the fight, the real fight,

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will happen after that.

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Speaker 1: She's right, She's right. It is because of us dependent

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journalists and journalists alike continuing, continuing to put the pressure

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on the elected officials that we put into positions of power.

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And we must not We cannot stop, not just when

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these files are released, but with other issues as well,

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like snap, the economy, tariffs, etc. This is the time

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for us to get loud, the time for us to

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get strong, and the time for us to remain angry

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until ultimately this America first, nonsense, America last, is wiped out.

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And as always, thanks for listening. Hey everyone, First of all,

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