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<v Speaker 1>Well, happy Friday, my friends, and yes, we've made it

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<v Speaker 1>through another week now. This week, of course, we had

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<v Speaker 1>no new wars. Thank god for that, right, little little

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<v Speaker 1>new accountability regarding the Epstein files, and even worse, less

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<v Speaker 1>progress I'm making things more affordable for the American people.

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<v Speaker 1>But instead, well, this administration, they focused on the favorite group.

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<v Speaker 1>The President focused on his new favorite group, that is

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<v Speaker 1>the US men's hockey team. Though I gotta be honest,

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<v Speaker 1>it seems that even they are having some problems with him.

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<v Speaker 1>Many of the players have shown support for Trump. But

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<v Speaker 1>early that was, of course earlier this week, where the

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<v Speaker 1>White House had posted an AI video of one of

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<v Speaker 1>the players, and they really weren't happy. Let me show

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<v Speaker 1>you what they said in it, he writes. The White

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<v Speaker 1>House's official TikTok posted an AI video of US hockey

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<v Speaker 1>star Brady Tatcik calling Canadians maple syrup eating fuckers. Tatchuk

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<v Speaker 1>addressed the video, It's not my voice. It's not what

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<v Speaker 1>I was saying. I would never say that. That's not

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<v Speaker 1>who I am. You know, that's really the biggest problem

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<v Speaker 1>as it relates to AI. You really have no idea.

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<v Speaker 1>When I saw it, I actually thought that was his voice.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know what his voice really sounds like. And today,

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<v Speaker 1>let's be clear, let's talk about Trump's schedule. He's actually

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<v Speaker 1>headed to Texas as part of his midterm rally tour.

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<v Speaker 1>And Politico, well, let's just say they broke down the

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<v Speaker 1>situation in Texas quite nicely. In it, Politico rights Trump's

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty four presidential campaign team involvement with Cornyn's reelect

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<v Speaker 1>is opening a fresh wound for some pro paxt In

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<v Speaker 1>MAGA types. Tony Fabrizio, Trump's top polster, is working for

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<v Speaker 1>Cornyn's campaign, and Chris los Cevida, one of Trump's top

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<v Speaker 1>campaign hand works as a senior advisor for the pro

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<v Speaker 1>Cornins super Pac Texas for a Conservative Majority. Steve Bannon,

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<v Speaker 1>the longtime MAGA torch bearer, He's taken issue with Fabrizio

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<v Speaker 1>and las Sevita's involvement. The article further goes on to say,

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<v Speaker 1>my belief is the Trump team should have stayed out

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<v Speaker 1>of this race absolutely, Bannon told Playbook from a rented

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<v Speaker 1>ranch in North Texas, where he's been broadcasting his war

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<v Speaker 1>Room show. The article further goes on to say, asked

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<v Speaker 1>about Bannon's criticism of their involvement with Cornyn's reelection effort.

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<v Speaker 1>Fabrizio did not respond, but las Sevita, well, he texted

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<v Speaker 1>Playbook a fiery reply. Here's what he said. Associating with

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<v Speaker 1>Senator Cornyn is better than being a lackey for Epstein,

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<v Speaker 1>he said, an apparent reference to Bannon's newly surfaced ties

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<v Speaker 1>to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Finally, the

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<v Speaker 1>article turns around and says, but the White House doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>seem bothered. Here's the quote. We don't regulate the business

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<v Speaker 1>political choices of private individuals if they are a part

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<v Speaker 1>of our world. In a race where the president is neutral,

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<v Speaker 1>the White House official told Playbook, let me be crystal clear.

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<v Speaker 1>Is it a conflict? Absolutely not. Should they all be

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<v Speaker 1>on the same page? Well sure, but that's what races

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<v Speaker 1>are made of. And welcome back to The Michael Cohen

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<v Speaker 1>Show on our continued journey to a million subscribers. So

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<v Speaker 1>That's how we're gonna end up with a million. Now. Also,

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<v Speaker 1>on a programming note, I do want to let you

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<v Speaker 1>Cohen Show or wherever you get your podcasts Now. Let

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<v Speaker 1>me be crystal clear about something too. Trump says that

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<v Speaker 1>he doesn't like New York City Mayor z Aren Mandani,

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<v Speaker 1>but it seems that Mandani can actually get through to

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<v Speaker 1>the President whenever he wants. And yesterday, maybe if many

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<v Speaker 1>of you maybe have heard about this, a Columbia student

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<v Speaker 1>was detained by Ice, but somehow Mandani was able to

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<v Speaker 1>get her released. Let me show you what happened here

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<v Speaker 1>In it, Columbia student is released from Ice after Mandani

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<v Speaker 1>Trump meeting. Federal officials had misrepresented themselves to gain access,

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<v Speaker 1>According to the university mayor, Zoron Mandani said President Trump

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<v Speaker 1>had told him the student would be let go. The

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<v Speaker 1>articles goes on to say, in a dizzying sequence of events,

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<v Speaker 1>a Columbia University undergraduate arrested by federal immigration agents in

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<v Speaker 1>her college apartment Thursday morning, was released later in the

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<v Speaker 1>day after New York city's mayor intervened directly with President Trump.

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<v Speaker 1>It was the clearest sign yet that Mayor Zoran Mandani,

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<v Speaker 1>who has vocally pos mister Trump on immigration enforcement matters,

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<v Speaker 1>holds enough sway with the President to bend a highly

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<v Speaker 1>charged situation through personal relationship and persuasion. Further, it goes

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<v Speaker 1>on to say, the drama at Columbia began unfolding shortly

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<v Speaker 1>after six am on Thursday, when five plain closed immigration

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<v Speaker 1>agents arrived at the university owned apartment building of the

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<v Speaker 1>student and demanded to be let inside, said Claire Shipman,

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<v Speaker 1>the acting president of Columbia, in a statement released Thursday night.

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<v Speaker 1>The officers falsely told the building superintendent that they were

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<v Speaker 1>from the police department and said they were searching for

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<v Speaker 1>a missing child. The superintendent let the officers in. Miss

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<v Speaker 1>Shipman said, Now, let me also be crystal clear again

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<v Speaker 1>about something. You know, this is not a joke. First

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<v Speaker 1>and foremost, it's the lack of training and the arrogance

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<v Speaker 1>of these many of these ICE agents, not all of them,

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<v Speaker 1>but many of them that's actually creating bigger problems than

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<v Speaker 1>what they're even solving. You know, we talk about the

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<v Speaker 1>number of undocumented individuals that are in this country. We

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<v Speaker 1>hear from the administration that this one's a murderer, rapist,

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<v Speaker 1>a drug dealer or whatever. They're all obviously terrible people

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<v Speaker 1>and they should not be in this country. But then

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<v Speaker 1>what do we find out that it comes out to

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<v Speaker 1>somewhere around thirty percent or less of them who are

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<v Speaker 1>detained actually have any criminal record at all, and here

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<v Speaker 1>to gain access by line by posing as a police

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<v Speaker 1>officer looking for a child. There's something seriously wrong going

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<v Speaker 1>on there now. Mandani, potential Trump whisper, let me show

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<v Speaker 1>you what he posted in it. He wrote, just got

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<v Speaker 1>off the phone with President Trump in our meeting earlier,

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<v Speaker 1>shared my concerns about Columbia student Elmina Agayeva, who was

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<v Speaker 1>detained by Ice this morning. He has just informed me

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<v Speaker 1>that she will be released imminently, and that, of course,

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<v Speaker 1>was after The New York Times had posted the breaking

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<v Speaker 1>news on the immigration arrest of the Columbia University student.

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<v Speaker 1>This is not a joke and the ability of Mandani,

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<v Speaker 1>despite all of the negative things that have been said

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<v Speaker 1>between one to the other, and by the way it's

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<v Speaker 1>been on both sides of the aisle, to be able

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<v Speaker 1>to accomplish this to be able to actually reach the president.

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<v Speaker 1>As the Mayor of New York City tells you a lot. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>I do want to shift gears to another story, another

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<v Speaker 1>horrible story regarding the lack of humanity within ICE. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>many people will turn around and say, I'm not opposed

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<v Speaker 1>to the Department of Homeland Security. Every country has rules

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<v Speaker 1>entry and exit every country. But it's the lack of humanity.

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<v Speaker 1>It's the behavior of some of these ICE agents that

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<v Speaker 1>is so profoundly grotesque. A nearly blind refuge was found

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<v Speaker 1>dead this week after immigration agents dropped him off alone

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<v Speaker 1>at a closed coffee shop. Let me show you the

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<v Speaker 1>article that talks about this nearly blind refugee found dead

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<v Speaker 1>in New York days after immigration agents dropped him at

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<v Speaker 1>a coffee shop alone, the official say. The article goes

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<v Speaker 1>on to say, the death of a nearly blind refugee

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<v Speaker 1>in Buffalo, New York, days after border patrol agents dropped

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<v Speaker 1>him off at a coffee shop alone, has prompted an

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<v Speaker 1>investigation into the circumstances of his final days and drawin

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<v Speaker 1>shop criticism from state and local officials. Nural A Mean

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<v Speaker 1>shah Alam, fifty six years of age, who spoke Little

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<v Speaker 1>English had been missing since February nineteenth, when the agents

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<v Speaker 1>left him at the shop shortly after he was released

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<v Speaker 1>from the Erie County Jail. Officials said his body was

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<v Speaker 1>found five days later around eight thirty pm Tuesday, about

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<v Speaker 1>four miles from the coffee shop. The Buffalo Police Department said.

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<v Speaker 1>The article further goes on to say spokesperson for US

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<v Speaker 1>Customs and Border Protection said border patrol agents offered shah

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<v Speaker 1>Alam a courtesy ride, which he chose to accept to

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<v Speaker 1>a coffee shop determined to be a warm, safe location

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<v Speaker 1>near his last known address, rather than be released directly

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<v Speaker 1>from the Border patrol station. He showed no signs of distress,

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<v Speaker 1>mobility issues, or disabilities requiring special assistance, CBP said. Buffalo

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<v Speaker 1>Police said its homicide detectives are investigating the circumstances and

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<v Speaker 1>time frame of events leading up to his death, following

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<v Speaker 1>his release from custody, and finally, the Border patrol officer

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<v Speaker 1>that had no protocol of what to do with a

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<v Speaker 1>disabled man who doesn't speak English, who was confused and lost,

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<v Speaker 1>and you know what they did. They dropped him at

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<v Speaker 1>a closed coffee shop. That's why we do not cooperate

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<v Speaker 1>with Ice Homeland Security and Border Patrol, Ryan said on Wednesday,

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<v Speaker 1>the mayor called shah Alum's death preventable and insisted CBP

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<v Speaker 1>answer for how and why this happened. New York Congressman

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<v Speaker 1>Tim Kennedy also called for a full and transparent investigation

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<v Speaker 1>at the local, state, and federal levels. Now, look, all

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<v Speaker 1>you need to do is listen to the comments. When

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<v Speaker 1>you turn around, he said, really, so they were so good.

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<v Speaker 1>They were so good. They took him to a place

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<v Speaker 1>that was warm and safe. He had no disabilities, he

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't just the man is blind, he had no shoes,

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<v Speaker 1>he doesn't speak a lick of English. But you're right,

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<v Speaker 1>let's just drop him off somewhere. You think maybe they

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<v Speaker 1>could have found somebody that speaks his language. Maybe they

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<v Speaker 1>could have found a safe place. Maybe they even send

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<v Speaker 1>him to a facility, right, like a housing facility or

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<v Speaker 1>a church, or someplace in that neighborhood where actually he

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<v Speaker 1>on the street, maybe mugged, hit by a car, or killed.

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<v Speaker 1>This is so grotesque by these agents, such a lack

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<v Speaker 1>of humanity by these agents. You're right, local, state, and

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<v Speaker 1>federal investigation need to be done. It is these individuals

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<v Speaker 1>that are causing more problems, more problems for all of

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<v Speaker 1>us than people are even talking about. And that's because

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<v Speaker 1>there's so much chaos in our every day lives. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>let me be clear that it's a heartbreaking story, but

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<v Speaker 1>don't worry. Don't worry. The White House is posting motivational

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<v Speaker 1>posts on social media, so more importantly, head over there

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<v Speaker 1>if you need to pick me up, let me show

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<v Speaker 1>you what they posted. Can't stop winning. It's almost Friday.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, I really don't even know how to describe Christinome.

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<v Speaker 1>I really don't I personally believe that she's next to

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<v Speaker 1>go if this administration wants to have any success. It's

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<v Speaker 1>really hard to believe that this investigation is not already

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<v Speaker 1>full blown ongoing, that there's not already a task force

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<v Speaker 1>established within which to find out exactly what happened here

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<v Speaker 1>and more importantly, to hold those countable who need to

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<v Speaker 1>be You just can't take somebody who's blind, doesn't speak

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<v Speaker 1>a lick of English and then just leave them somewhere.

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<v Speaker 1>And please don't tell me that these agents didn't see

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<v Speaker 1>that the coffee shop was closed. And by the way,

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<v Speaker 1>even if the coffee shop was open, Why is it

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<v Speaker 1>the coffee shop's responsibility within which to house him, to

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<v Speaker 1>care for him, find find some local facility that can

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<v Speaker 1>help instead of just abandoning another human being, especially one

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<v Speaker 1>with disabilities. Stories gross, The situation's gross ice has become gross,

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<v Speaker 1>and as always, thanks for listening. Hey everyone, First of all,

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