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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to the This Is How We See It

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<v Speaker 1>podcast with your host Eric Lee. Thanks for tuning in,

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<v Speaker 1>and don't forget to subscribe.

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<v Speaker 2>Now Here's Eric.

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<v Speaker 3>I think it's patently absurd that we're spending taxpayer money

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<v Speaker 3>to rename an airport after a criminal that's sitting in

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<v Speaker 3>the White House.

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<v Speaker 4>I think it's disgusting, ridiculous, pompous, and a lot of

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<v Speaker 4>other bad things. I do not like it at all.

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<v Speaker 4>I resent that the name is on every institution that

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<v Speaker 4>we have, this included. I resent that we have to

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<v Speaker 4>have every institution in this country being named after Donald Trump.

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<v Speaker 2>That was.

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<v Speaker 1>A couple of people's reaction to hearing that Palm Beach

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<v Speaker 1>Airport is it's gonna be named after Trump. Now, whenever

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<v Speaker 1>I go to my headquarters office, I fly into Palm

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<v Speaker 1>Beach Airport, and you know, some some some people aren't

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<v Speaker 1>having it. And I'm I'm sure some people love it.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm pretty sure some people just think it is the

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<v Speaker 1>best thing ever, but some do not. You know, I

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<v Speaker 1>was thinking about that, and at first I thought, you.

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<v Speaker 2>Know, who, like.

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<v Speaker 1>Who wants their name on everything? Now now let me

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<v Speaker 1>let me let me say this, if the airport decided

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<v Speaker 1>themselves that they're gonna name you know, they're gonna change

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<v Speaker 1>their name to the Donald Trump, uh whatever airport, whatever

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<v Speaker 1>it's gonna be called. Now, then that's one thing, right,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, you know, if he didn't have anything to

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<v Speaker 1>do with it, But somehow I doubt that because this

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<v Speaker 1>man he tried to put his name on the Kennedy Center.

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<v Speaker 1>I think somebody said that he's putting his name or

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<v Speaker 1>he put his name on passports.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, like the.

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<v Speaker 1>The narcissism that you think your name should go on

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<v Speaker 1>whatever you choose to have it on. I told you

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<v Speaker 1>I read somewhere that he wants to erect a statue

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<v Speaker 1>to himself.

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<v Speaker 2>Like that's stuff that people do in honor of you.

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<v Speaker 1>You don't do it yourself, right, Like it's it's weird,

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<v Speaker 1>and and I just where does that come from? I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>I I you know, I know where it comes from.

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<v Speaker 1>It comes from narcissism. But it's just I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just weird that he is out here, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>changing your airport names to you know, to after himself.

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<v Speaker 1>I remember I told you, I think I told you

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<v Speaker 1>that the first time that I went to my company's

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<v Speaker 1>headquarters and I touched down at Palm Beach Airport PBI.

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<v Speaker 1>First thing I saw was the Trump plane. First thing

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<v Speaker 1>is we were landing and and you know, we had

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<v Speaker 1>landed and we were going to the whatever that thing

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<v Speaker 1>where we get off. First thing I saw was Trump's

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<v Speaker 1>airplane and I was like, wow, like, why is that

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<v Speaker 1>the first thing I see? You know, when I when

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<v Speaker 1>I land found out this morning that Lindsey Graham passed

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<v Speaker 1>away yesterday and his family said that it was from

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<v Speaker 1>a brief and sudden illness. And I believe he was

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<v Speaker 1>seventy one years old. You know, Lindsey Graham was a

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<v Speaker 1>true Trump fan. He was a true Trump fan. And

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<v Speaker 1>even though you know I didn't agree with Lindsey Graham's politics,

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<v Speaker 1>my heart goes out to his uh, his family. So

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<v Speaker 1>let's keep Lindsey Graham's family in our prayers. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>they didn't give specifics, They just said that from a sudden,

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<v Speaker 1>sudden ill So that is.

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<v Speaker 2>Something.

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<v Speaker 1>I have another video that I want to play you

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<v Speaker 1>so here it is.

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<v Speaker 3>It is certainly a tradition within the Republican Party to

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<v Speaker 3>claim faith as the foundation for all that that governance

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<v Speaker 3>should occur. That they would like to see more of

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<v Speaker 3>that in there. And it feels like the argument you

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<v Speaker 3>are making is with maybe some of your fellow politicians.

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<v Speaker 3>I know you've sat down with Mike Johnson, who is

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<v Speaker 3>obviously and forgive me for not having the language of this,

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<v Speaker 3>because I don't come from a faith tradition other.

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<v Speaker 5>Than he's a fellow Christian.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, yes, so you're basically working off of the same book.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, yeah, that's right.

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<v Speaker 5>We're people of the book. And let me be really clear,

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<v Speaker 5>because I don't want people to miss on understand this

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<v Speaker 5>as a pastor who serves and said, let me be

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<v Speaker 5>really clear.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm a Christian.

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<v Speaker 5>I don't want to live in anybody's theocracy, Christian, Muslim, Jewish.

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<v Speaker 5>That we are a country. The covenant that we have

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<v Speaker 5>with one another is a covenant for freedom, freedom of religion,

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<v Speaker 5>freedom to choose your religion, freedom from religion.

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<v Speaker 2>And the covenant the covenant.

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<v Speaker 5>I mean, and we agree that we're going to have

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<v Speaker 5>each other's back and we're going to support that. But

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<v Speaker 5>I was struck by the fact that when they passed

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<v Speaker 5>the one Big Ugly Bill, they got together, the Speaker

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<v Speaker 5>of the House, held hands with other legislators, prayed a prayer.

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<v Speaker 5>And then they went and cut a trillion dollars out

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<v Speaker 5>of Medicaid, a trillion dollars. They kicked fifteen million people

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<v Speaker 5>off of their healthcare. They kicked veterans and seniors and

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<v Speaker 5>children off of SNAP. And I don't understand how you

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<v Speaker 5>read the book that I read. I'm a Matthew twenty

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<v Speaker 5>five Christian. Inasmuch as you've done it, why wouldn't you

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<v Speaker 5>do it?

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<v Speaker 2>Matthew?

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<v Speaker 1>I know.

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<v Speaker 2>I remember that coming here. You know that was.

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<v Speaker 5>But I was hungry and you fed me. I was

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<v Speaker 5>thirsty and you gave me something to drink. I was

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<v Speaker 5>sick and you came to visit me. And they asked

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<v Speaker 5>the Lord, when were you hungry? You're the Lord. When

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<v Speaker 5>were you sick? When were you in prison? When were

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<v Speaker 5>you an immigrant? And he said, inasmuch as you've done

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<v Speaker 5>it until the least of these, you've done it also

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<v Speaker 5>unto me, and so for me, the asset test of

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<v Speaker 5>the authenticity of your faith is the depth of your

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<v Speaker 5>commitment to the most marginalized members of the human family.

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<v Speaker 5>It doesn't mean you pray and then crush the poor.

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<v Speaker 1>You can't pray and then crush the poor. That was

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<v Speaker 1>Senator Raphael Warnock of Georgia, and he was on the

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<v Speaker 1>Daily Show, and we've been saying.

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<v Speaker 2>This all all along.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, Christian is more than just a name. Christian

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<v Speaker 1>is more than just a word. You know, Christian is

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<v Speaker 1>more than just a title. Christian is a verb. It's

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<v Speaker 1>it's it's it's a it's a walk, it's a way

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<v Speaker 1>that you live. And you heard him say, how can

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<v Speaker 1>you join hands and do all this praying and then

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<v Speaker 1>cut a trillion dollars from medicare but fight.

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<v Speaker 2>To give.

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<v Speaker 1>Billionaires more money?

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<v Speaker 2>This is the thing.

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<v Speaker 1>And you walk around and then lie all the time,

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<v Speaker 1>refuse to call out wrong when you clearly know that

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<v Speaker 1>it's wrong. And not only do you refuse to call

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<v Speaker 1>it out, but you go along with it. You lie

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<v Speaker 1>and say it's right when you know it's wrong. And

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<v Speaker 1>all of this, all of these people that claim to

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<v Speaker 1>be That's why I tell y'all, I don't care about

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<v Speaker 1>anybody saying that they're Christian. It does not it does

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<v Speaker 1>not move me to say, to hear you say you

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<v Speaker 1>are a Christian, but your life is so far from it.

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<v Speaker 1>And I'm not talking we're not talking about being perfect,

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<v Speaker 1>because no one is perfect, But can you be decent?

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<v Speaker 1>But can you stand up for the truth?

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<v Speaker 2>Can you not.

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<v Speaker 1>Tell a lie and then say it's right? Or hear's

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<v Speaker 1>someone else lie and try to say it's right.

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<v Speaker 2>But you wouldn't do that.

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<v Speaker 1>On the other side, you're you're, you're, you're, you're quick

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<v Speaker 1>to call lies, you know, to other people, but one

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<v Speaker 1>particular person, they just go along with his lies and

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<v Speaker 1>they won't call it out. And so, you know, I

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<v Speaker 1>thought that was a great video. You can't crush the poor.

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus talked about the poor, helping the poor, the widow,

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<v Speaker 1>the sick, the elderly.

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<v Speaker 2>He just told you, Matthew twenty five.

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<v Speaker 1>Read it.

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<v Speaker 2>Read it.

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<v Speaker 1>You cut a trillion dollars from Medicaid to give that

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<v Speaker 1>trillion dollars.

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<v Speaker 2>To people who are already worth.

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<v Speaker 1>A billion dollars. I just don't see how that's biblical.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not biblical, because y'all know three years here of

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<v Speaker 1>studying the Bible intensely right here, and I don't claim

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<v Speaker 1>to know everything, but I know that ain't the way.

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<v Speaker 2>That's that's what I know. Fifty eight year old North.

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<v Speaker 1>Carolina woman Paula Marlow allegedly crept up on her sleeping

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<v Speaker 1>husband and slashed his throat in the middle of the night,

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<v Speaker 1>then confessed she planned to finish him off, burn the

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<v Speaker 1>house down, and take her own life because of money troubles.

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<v Speaker 1>The attack happened around two fifty to two point fifty

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<v Speaker 1>two am Tuesday, June thirtieth, at the couple's rural home

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<v Speaker 1>on Needmore Road in the Woodleaf community of Rowan County.

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<v Speaker 1>Deputies responded to a medical emergency call near the intersection

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<v Speaker 1>of Godby Road and Woodleaf Road. When they arrived, they

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<v Speaker 1>found Jerry marlow being true for a large laceration that

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<v Speaker 1>stretched from his neck all the way down to his shoulder.

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<v Speaker 1>Paula Marlowe was right there, driving her bleeding husband to

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<v Speaker 1>the hospital. At first, she told deputies that Jerry had

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<v Speaker 1>woken her up, said he was bleeding badly and needed

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<v Speaker 1>to go to the er. She claimed she was just

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<v Speaker 1>trying to help. Investigators from the Rowan County Sheriff's Office

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<v Speaker 1>Criminal Investigations Division sat Paula down at the couple's home

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<v Speaker 2>Won't sounding right.

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<v Speaker 1>According to officials, Paula Marlau confessed she had attacked her

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<v Speaker 1>husband while he was asleep. She admitted she intended to

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<v Speaker 1>kill him, set the entire residence on fire, and then

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<v Speaker 1>in her own life, all because of alleged financial difficulties.

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<v Speaker 1>She reportedly got scared part way through the violent assault

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<v Speaker 1>and didn't go through with the full murder suicide plan.

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<v Speaker 1>Now Jerry Marlowe survived the attack. He's expected to recover,

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<v Speaker 1>but is still receiving medical treatment for his serious injuries.

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<v Speaker 1>Paul up Marlowe has been charged with attempted first degree murder.

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<v Speaker 1>More charges could be coming as the investigation continues. The

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<v Speaker 1>couple owns and operates the popular Marlowe's Barbecue and Seafood

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<v Speaker 1>also known as Marlowe's Barbecue, at Statesfield Boulevard in Saulsbury,

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<v Speaker 1>North Carolina. Wow, jeez, slit his throat while he was sleep? Now,

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<v Speaker 1>that doesn't sound like because they were having money issues

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<v Speaker 1>unless she blames him for the money issues like that,

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<v Speaker 1>like really slitting someone's throat And ain't that kind of

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<v Speaker 1>personal to you? That sounds kind of personal to me.

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<v Speaker 1>But she is in jail charged with attempted murder. She

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<v Speaker 1>confessed to it, So there you have it.

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<v Speaker 2>Now. I know.

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<v Speaker 1>That you guys have been hearing this thing about Graham Platner.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, and.

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<v Speaker 1>Y'all know I got to talk about it. Democratic Party

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<v Speaker 1>leader called on Graham Platner to withdraw as their nominee

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<v Speaker 1>to run against Republican US Senator Susan Collins of Maine

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<v Speaker 1>after meteor reports that a woman accused him of forcibly

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<v Speaker 1>having sex with her nearly five years ago. Senate Democratic

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<v Speaker 1>Leader Chuck Schumer and Senator Kirsten GILLIBRANDT of New York,

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<v Speaker 1>who heads the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, set in a

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<v Speaker 1>statement the DSCC will not invest in the main Senate

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<v Speaker 1>race if Platner remains on the ballot.

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<v Speaker 2>Now.

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<v Speaker 1>Earlier, Platner denied the accusations and said in a statement,

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<v Speaker 1>path forward. He did not indicate whether he was considering

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<v Speaker 1>suspending or ending his campaign at the time. Now we

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<v Speaker 1>know now that he has suspended his campaign, he has

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<v Speaker 1>completely dropped out of the race. Now, Collins's seat is

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<v Speaker 1>to win majority control of the Senate in the November

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<v Speaker 1>third midterm elections. Republicans currently hold fifty three Senate seats,

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<v Speaker 1>while Democrats have forty seven. They would need a net

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<v Speaker 1>raping her while he was intoxicated with an hour. Hours

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<v Speaker 1>of the reports publication, Democratic Party leaders and Maine called

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<v Speaker 1>on Platner to drop out, while members of Congress withdrew

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<v Speaker 1>their support for his candidacy. Main Democratic Party leadership is

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<v Speaker 1>calling on Graham Platner to withdraw as the Democratic nominee

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<v Speaker 1>for the US Senate, said the state party chair Charlie Dingham,

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<v Speaker 1>vice chair IMP Schleschner, and executive director Devon Murphy Anderson

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<v Speaker 1>all said in a statement on x they cited multiple

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<v Speaker 1>women making serious, credible allegations against Platner. Today's statements take

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<v Speaker 1>those allegations even further.

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<v Speaker 2>Now.

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<v Speaker 1>The Democratic Party can replace Platner on the November if

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<v Speaker 1>he drops out before July thirteenth, which he has according

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<v Speaker 1>to state law. When I prepared this this story, he

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<v Speaker 1>had not completely dropped out yet, so that's why some

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<v Speaker 1>until July twenty seventh to settle on a replacement nominee,

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<v Speaker 1>Political said. The woman detailed the allegation in three interviews.

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<v Speaker 1>It said it also reviewed documents, including emails between the

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<v Speaker 1>woman and her therapist and others. It was unclear whether

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<v Speaker 1>main Governor Janet Mills, who had been running for the

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<v Speaker 1>Senate seat but suspended her campaign earlier this year at

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<v Speaker 1>Platner's surge and fundraising and polling, would rejoin if he

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<v Speaker 1>left the race. So we don't know if she's going

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<v Speaker 1>to rejoin because she, you know, he was getting all

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<v Speaker 1>drop out of this thing. So here is what the

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<v Speaker 1>woman said. One of the reasons I didn't come forward

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<v Speaker 1>sooner was the huge moral conflict that I had between

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<v Speaker 1>supporting his politics but not supporting him as a person.

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<v Speaker 1>I just want the truth out there. I just want

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<v Speaker 1>people to have a whole scope of who he is

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<v Speaker 1>as a person. Now, y'all know, I often say nobody

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<v Speaker 1>should be touching anybody who doesn't want to be touched.

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<v Speaker 1>No means no, and I don't care know how hot

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<v Speaker 1>and bothered you get. As soon as the other party says,

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<v Speaker 1>you know what, I don't want to go through with this,

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<v Speaker 1>then you stop, don't. You don't force people. But I

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<v Speaker 1>have to say the timing is suspicious. The timing is suspicious. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>she didn't make the allegation when he was running for

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<v Speaker 1>the Senate seat, so it wasn't as important then that

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<v Speaker 1>she let people know who he was. But when he

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<v Speaker 1>won the nomination, then she comes out and says this

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<v Speaker 1>happened to her. And let's stop right there and let

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<v Speaker 1>me say this. I'm not trying to say that she's

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<v Speaker 1>lying because I don't know. I do not know what

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<v Speaker 1>happened between her and grand Platner. She said he did,

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<v Speaker 1>he said he didn't. He said anything that happened was consensual. Now, sometimes,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, we know men come out and say stuff

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<v Speaker 1>like that when they know they're lying. But this happened

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<v Speaker 1>five years ago, allegedly, and to me and to a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of others, the timing is just interesting, not in

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<v Speaker 1>any of the five years, not when he was running

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<v Speaker 1>for the seat, but when he became the nominee. Now

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<v Speaker 1>she comes out.

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<v Speaker 2>I just.

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<v Speaker 1>Women, tell your story when it happens to you, tell.

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<v Speaker 2>Your story to me.

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<v Speaker 1>I think you would be more credible. You know everybody, Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>I was scared. I was scared, but you you kept

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<v Speaker 1>it for all of these years. And tell your story. Women,

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<v Speaker 1>If a man sexually assaults you, say it loud. This

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<v Speaker 1>happened to me yesterday. This happened to me two days ago.

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<v Speaker 1>This man did this to me. When he started running

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<v Speaker 1>for this Senate seat. She should have came out. She

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<v Speaker 1>should have came out before then and made sure his

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<v Speaker 1>butt was in prison or jail or something if it happened.

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<v Speaker 1>And when she found out that his name was on

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<v Speaker 1>that ballad, she should have said, this man is an

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<v Speaker 2>Now. I just think.

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<v Speaker 1>And you heard what the story said that as soon

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<v Speaker 1>as she came out, people started telling him to drop out.

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<v Speaker 5>No proof.

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<v Speaker 1>All you have is he said, she said. And then

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<v Speaker 1>they said something about oh well, she told others. Do

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<v Speaker 1>you know how many times I've been lied to? Do

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<v Speaker 1>you know how many times? And again I'm not saying

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<v Speaker 1>she's lying. But what I'm saying is listen as we know.

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<v Speaker 1>And I did a show. I think I did a show.

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<v Speaker 1>It was the Egen Carroll Show about rape and how

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<v Speaker 1>But see the difference with Egen Carroll is that she

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<v Speaker 1>had been saying it all along. She had been saying

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<v Speaker 1>it all along, going to the hospital right after an attack.

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<v Speaker 1>Can they can find DNA on your body? Now, sometimes

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<v Speaker 1>it doesn't necessarily mean rape, because you can find DNA,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, through consensual sex. But I think that it

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<v Speaker 1>gives you more credibility than coming out when somebody is

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<v Speaker 1>You kept it all of these years until this man

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<v Speaker 1>became the nominee And I don't know, guys, I just

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<v Speaker 1>think that a lot of these men's lives are ruined

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<v Speaker 1>over our delegations. No investigation, told them to drop out

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<v Speaker 1>as soon as they heard it.

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<v Speaker 2>No no proof, drop out.

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<v Speaker 1>And the article also talked about how somebody said something

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<v Speaker 1>before that it was out in Maine, that someone accused

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<v Speaker 1>him of something before, but the people still voted for him. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know if that's because they didn't believe it,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, I don't know, but I just think that

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<v Speaker 1>your story would be more credible if you didn't wait five, ten,

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<v Speaker 1>twenty years, tell your story, I was attacked. Go to

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<v Speaker 1>the hospital. At least the hospital you'll say, okay, well

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<v Speaker 1>there was DNA, and sometimes they can they can kind

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<v Speaker 1>of see if you were you know, you know, there

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<v Speaker 1>could be evidence of sexual assault, like sometimes when the

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<v Speaker 1>woman fights back and there's bruising and things like that.

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<v Speaker 1>That stuff adds more credibility. And again, I'm not trying

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<v Speaker 1>to say that this did not happen to this lady

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<v Speaker 1>because I wasn't there, but I just think, you know

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<v Speaker 1>this soon as they heard it, telling him to drop out,

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<v Speaker 1>anybody can just say somebody rape them or somebody. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't like you, I don't want you to get whatever

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<v Speaker 1>it is, and I'm just gonna come out and I'm

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<v Speaker 2>You rape me, no proof. Let's let's let's move on.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's let's move on.

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<v Speaker 1>Solomon Pina was sentenced to nine hundred and sixty months

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<v Speaker 1>in prison. This this one, y'all, is this one's wild?

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<v Speaker 1>Listen to this. He was sentenced to nine hundred and

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<v Speaker 1>sixty sixty months in prison for orchestrating a politically motivated

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<v Speaker 1>According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Solomon Pina,

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<v Speaker 1>forty two, ran for District fourteen of the New Mexico

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<v Speaker 1>House of Representatives during the November twenty twenty two midterm elections.

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<v Speaker 1>After his electorial defeat, Penia falsely claimed the election was

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<v Speaker 1>of Commissioners not to certify the results deja vous. When

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<v Speaker 1>they refused, Penia recruited Jose Chuhio and Dmitrio Chuhio to

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<v Speaker 1>several public officials. Penia provided cash, instructions and addresses, and

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<v Speaker 1>personally participated in one of the attacks. One of the

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<v Speaker 1>shootings involved a fully automatic machine gun. Multiple rounds struck

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<v Speaker 1>were sleeping. Following his arrests, Pinya attempted to have Josey

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<v Speaker 1>offering fellow inmates money and a vehicle in exchange for

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<v Speaker 1>their deaths. On Mark twenty twenty five, a federal jury

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<v Speaker 1>found Pina guilty of all counts of the indictment, including conspiracy,

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<v Speaker 1>being a felon in possession of a firearm, four counts

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<v Speaker 1>of intimidation and interference with federally protected activities, four counts

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<v Speaker 1>of using or carrying a firearm during and in relation

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<v Speaker 1>to commit a crime of violence. Jose Trihillo poleaded guilty

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<v Speaker 1>discharging set firearm, and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl.

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<v Speaker 1>Was sentenced to thirty seven months in prison. Good Gracious

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<v Speaker 1>Dimitrio pleaded guilty to conspiracy, two counts of interference with

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<v Speaker 1>months in prison. Good gracious of life, I mean all

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<v Speaker 2>Who does that sound like? Hmm wow?

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<v Speaker 1>Tried to kill the people that wouldn't, that wouldn't overturn

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<v Speaker 1>the election, and then tried to kill the two people

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<v Speaker 1>that he hired to kill the people all over a

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<v Speaker 1>lost election, my Lord. Last month, a federal judge in

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<v Speaker 1>Boston blocked the Trump administration from enforcing an executive order

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<v Speaker 1>that would impose stricter mailing voting rules and create a

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<v Speaker 1>federal list of eligible voters in every state. The order,

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<v Speaker 1>signed by Trump and March required Homeland Security Secretary Mark

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<v Speaker 1>Wayne Mullen to compile a list of US citizens eligible

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<v Speaker 1>to vote in each state using data from the Social

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<v Speaker 1>Security Administration. It also directed the US Postal Service to

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<v Speaker 1>send absentee ballots only to people on each state's federally

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<v Speaker 1>Indira Taiwane said the Trump administration cannot take any steps

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<v Speaker 1>to implement those two provisions of the executive order. She

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<v Speaker 1>Taiwani sided with twenty three states and the District of Columbia,

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<v Speaker 1>which sooned to block the order's implementation. She said it

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<v Speaker 1>is clear that the federal agencies charged with compiling confirmed

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<v Speaker 1>citizen lists, lacked the ability to create complete and accurate

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<v Speaker 1>Both Congress and the President lack any role regarding voter eligibility,

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<v Speaker 1>and no federal statue does Congress authorize the federal government

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<v Speaker 1>to create their own voting database. Instead, Congress, consistent with

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<v Speaker 1>the Constitution, has left out authority to states alone. The President,

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<v Speaker 1>she continued, lacks any authority to compile voter lists for

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<v Speaker 1>each state. They're gonna try. He's going to keep trying

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<v Speaker 1>to interfere with elections. He's going to keep trying to

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<v Speaker 1>do anything he possibly can to interfere with elections. It's sickening.

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<v Speaker 1>It is sickening, crazy crazy, I mean, what's next, What

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<v Speaker 2>Again?

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<v Speaker 1>We better think and pray for these for these uh,

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<v Speaker 1>these federal judges that are standing up for the Constitution,

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<v Speaker 1>We gotta we got we gotta pray for them who

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<v Speaker 1>are not afraid to say I'm not letting you do

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<v Speaker 1>this because some of them are some of them are.

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<v Speaker 1>So I heard I think I read something yesterday or

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<v Speaker 1>the day before that saying that he's trying to appeal.

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<v Speaker 1>He's going to try to keep He's gonna try to

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<v Speaker 1>find a federal judge that's going to allow him to

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<v Speaker 1>interfere with the election. And there are plenty out there

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<v Speaker 1>that will.

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<v Speaker 2>We got it. We we we we have.

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<v Speaker 1>To protect you know, uh uh, you know voters and

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<v Speaker 1>and and being able the right to vote. We got

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<v Speaker 1>to protect the right to vote. Melon ballots have been allowed,

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<v Speaker 1>you know.

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<v Speaker 5>I don't know how long.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know how long it goes back, but it's

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<v Speaker 1>certainly been a long time. And now all of a

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<v Speaker 1>sudden because Donald Trump.

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<v Speaker 2>Says so.

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<v Speaker 1>Now it's cricket. His own administration said there was no

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<v Speaker 1>voter fraud in twenty twenty. He's still he won after that,

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<v Speaker 1>but he's still going back to twenty twenty.

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<v Speaker 2>So if there's if.

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<v Speaker 1>There's voter fraud, then you're not the real president. Then

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<v Speaker 1>isn't it interesting how there's no voter fraud when he

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<v Speaker 1>wins an election, but there's voter fraud when he doesn't win.

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<v Speaker 2>Y'all see the pattern? Right?

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<v Speaker 1>I hope you see the pattern. Here's my last email email, sorry,

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<v Speaker 1>my last video.

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<v Speaker 6>They will close your churches in this country. They go communists,

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<v Speaker 6>and they're trying to They will kill your people, and

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<v Speaker 6>that's what they're about. They want to end religion. They

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<v Speaker 6>have to end religion because their ideology doesn't work if

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<v Speaker 6>you have strong religion. People like you that are so

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<v Speaker 6>incredible and love our country so much, I love God.

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<v Speaker 6>This is the greatest threat to our country since its

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<v Speaker 6>founding in my opinion, two hundred and fifty years ago.

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<v Speaker 6>What's happening right now the greatest threat.

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<v Speaker 7>Some might say that the greatest threat to this country

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<v Speaker 7>is a president telling millions of Americans that their political

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<v Speaker 7>opponents want take them. I've said this before. Communism is

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<v Speaker 7>going to be the Republican message from now until the midterms,

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<v Speaker 7>because apparently just saying that Democrats are communists wasn't radical enough.

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<v Speaker 7>Now they're going to close your churches and end religion

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<v Speaker 7>and eliminate your based on what did a Democrat introduce

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<v Speaker 7>the unalive Christians and cancel Sunday Act. Progressive candidates are

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<v Speaker 7>winning elections talking about rent, wages, healthcare, unions, and the

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<v Speaker 7>cost of living. You can disagree with their policies, you

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<v Speaker 7>can argue that some of them go too far, but

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<v Speaker 7>rent control is not communism. And asking wealthy people to

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<v Speaker 7>pay their fair share of taxes doesn't make us a

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<v Speaker 7>Soviet union. And them calling everything communism isn't even an argument.

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<v Speaker 7>It's fear conditioning because Republicans have done nothing to help

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<v Speaker 7>the average American, so they need a villain, and Democrat

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<v Speaker 7>isn't scary enough, so now Democrats have to be godless

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<v Speaker 7>communists who want to unalive Christians. Think about what he's doing.

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<v Speaker 7>He isn't telling his supporters that the other side is mistaken.

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<v Speaker 7>He's telling his supporters that the other side is an

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<v Speaker 7>existential threat. And once people believe their opponents want to

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<v Speaker 7>close their churches and them, then in their mind, extremism

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<v Speaker 7>becomes self defense. This type of rhetoric is what creates

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<v Speaker 7>political violence. And nothing says defending Christianity quite like a

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<v Speaker 7>president bearing false witness while standing at a podium demanding

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<v Speaker 7>a clause. They're propaganda isn't actually about communism. It's about

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<v Speaker 7>Republicans being afraid that voters might start asking why they're

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<v Speaker 7>so called communists are the only ones talking about making

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<v Speaker 7>their lives survivable? And remember, I'm not the dark Left. Together,

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<v Speaker 7>we're the dark Left, the defiant Left. Please join us

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<v Speaker 7>in helping to call out the bullshit and bring some

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<v Speaker 7>sanity back to the conference.

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<v Speaker 1>I told y'all that was your president talking. Now, Democrats

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<v Speaker 1>are going to close churches. Now they're gonna kill them.

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<v Speaker 1>They're gonna kill Democrats are gonna kill you all, and

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<v Speaker 1>they're gonna close your churches. Incredible. I told you all

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<v Speaker 1>about demagogues. They create a narrative and then they say,

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<v Speaker 1>but I'm the only one. Republicans are the only one

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<v Speaker 1>who can save you. And that's what's happening. This man

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<v Speaker 1>is lying through his teeth and he knows he's lying.

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<v Speaker 1>But the sad part is that most of the people

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<v Speaker 1>that are in that was in that room also know

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<v Speaker 1>he's lying, but they're not gonna say anything about it,

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<v Speaker 1>because see, they're Republican. If this was a Democrat person

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<v Speaker 1>going around saying this, they'd be booing, they'd be standing

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<v Speaker 1>up and speaking out. If that was a Democrat president

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<v Speaker 1>doing the stuff that Donald Trump is doing, every Republican

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<v Speaker 1>and Congress would be calling file they're going to close

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<v Speaker 1>your churches. Do you know how many millions of Democrats

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<v Speaker 1>attend church and are true Christians? I hope y'all are

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<v Speaker 1>waking up I really do. I hope y'all are waking

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<v Speaker 1>up and are seeing what's happening, And are you know understanding,

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<v Speaker 1>you know what this is truly about. See, I told you,

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<v Speaker 1>they gotta create, they gotta create false witness against you.

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<v Speaker 2>They gotta, they gotta, they gotta, they gotta.

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<v Speaker 1>Demonize you, don't vote for them, They're gonna close your churches.

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<v Speaker 1>Not one single Democrat has ever introduced a bill to

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<v Speaker 1>close churches.

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<v Speaker 2>Wake up, people, Wake up.

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<v Speaker 1>Well that's my show. I thank you guys for tuning in.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll see you next time. Bye for now.

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<v Speaker 2>Steps from Step
