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Speaker 1: Look, people are fed up. We talk about this all

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the time, but every time the Trump administration does something insane, crazy, stupid,

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more and more people question what can they actually do

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to stand up to Trump. Welcome back to The Michael

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Cone Show on our continued journey to half a million subscribers.

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Let's get there at least by New Year's fourteen thousand

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new subscribers just yesterday alone. So hit subscribe, watch, comment,

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and share. Because this stupidity it's gonna stop. So this week,

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this week alone, six Democratic lawmakers who actually served in

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either the military or the intelligence community. They posted a

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video telling their still serving colleagues to refuse illegal orders.

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Now the video has caused quite a stir, especially within MAGA.

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Let me show you the video. Play the clip.

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Speaker 2: Alissa Hockins, Senator Mark Kelly, Representative Chris Stluzios, Congressman Madgie Goodlanders,

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Representative Chrissy Hulahan, Congressman Jason Crowe.

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Speaker 1: I was a captain in the United States.

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Speaker 3: Navy, former CIA officer, former Navy, former paratrooper and Army ranger,

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former intelligence officer.

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Speaker 4: Former Air Force.

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Speaker 2: We want to speak directly to members of the military.

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Speaker 4: And the intelligence community to take risks each day to

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keep Americans safe.

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Speaker 2: We know you are under enormous stress and pressure right now.

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Speaker 1: Americans trust their military, with that trust is at risk.

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Speaker 2: This administration is pitting our uniform military.

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Speaker 1: And intelligence community professionals.

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Speaker 2: Against American citizens like us. You all swore an oath.

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Speaker 4: To protect and defend this constitution.

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Speaker 1: Right now, the threats to our constitution aren't just coming

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from abroad, but from right here at home.

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Speaker 5: Our laws are clear.

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Speaker 3: You can refuse illegal orders.

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Speaker 2: You can refuse illegal orders.

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Speaker 1: You must refuse illegal orders.

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Speaker 2: No one has to carry out orders that violate the

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law or our constitution.

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Speaker 3: We know this is hard and that it's a difficult

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time to be a public servant.

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Speaker 1: But whether you're serving in the CIA.

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Speaker 3: The Army, or Navy, the Air Force, your vigilance is critical.

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Speaker 1: And know that we have your back because now more

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than ever.

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Speaker 4: The American people need you.

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Speaker 1: We need you to stand up for our laws, our constitution,

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and who we are as Americans.

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Speaker 2: Go give up, don't give up, don't give up, don't

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give up the ship.

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Speaker 1: And I'm Michael Cohen, and I approve that message. Now,

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look As expected, many news outlets are reporting on this video.

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You can only imagine. Let me show you, for example,

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what the New York Times said in it. They turn

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around and they write, Democratic lawmakers tell military to refuse

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illegal orders. Six lawmakers, who all served in the military

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or the intelligence community, release the message in a video.

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Trump administration sharply criticized the effort. Further, it turns on

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and says the Democratic lawmaker's message did not focus on

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a specific order or scenario in quotes, we know you

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are under enormous stress and pressure right now, they said.

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This administration is pitting our uniform military and intelligence community

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against American citizens. Miss Slotkin has repeatedly raised concerns, most

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notably during a hearing this summer with Defense Secretary Pete

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Hegseth that President Trump might deploy active duty US military

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troops to American cities to quell protests. And finally, it says,

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she reminded mister Hegseth that one of his predecessors, Defense

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Secretary Mark T. Esper wrote in his memoir that he

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had been asked by mister Trump during his first term

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why the military could not just shoot protesters in Washington

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in the legs. Mister Hegseth laughed and suggested that the

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scenario mister Esper outlined was implausible. Now, let me show

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you the Washington Examine, a much more conservative news organization.

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They report it on it as well, with this headline

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in it says, Democratic veterans in Congress urge service members

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to refuse unspecified, unlawful orders. Now, I don't have to

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tell you Trump reacted to that headline on truth social

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Let me show you what he had to say. It's

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called seditious behavior at the highest level. Each one of

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these traders to our country should be arrested and put

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on trial. Their words cannot be allowed to stand. We

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won't have a country anymore. An example must be set

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President DJT. Now, let me be very clear. There's something

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called the First Amendment. You certainly have a right to

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express yourself. You have a right to express yourself, especially

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when accuracy is on your side. You want to bring

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a lawsuit against him, You want to call them trade.

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You want to see if you can't have them arrested

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and tried, go for it. Just imagine imagine the outcome

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of that case. Imagine what would happen. Let's take it

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they get arrested and they get convicted, that means not

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one of you. What I'm doing right now would subject

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me to yet another prison stint. Anything that you say

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that's derogatory towards this administration would send you to the

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pokey as well. And if it didn't yet again, it

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would show the authoritarianistic administration's desires, and that is not

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going to again bode well for them in the twenty

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twenty six midterm elections. Now, Trump continued his rant about

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the reporting, even reposting. Imagine the President of the United

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States reposting over a dozen truth social post hosts from

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random supporters saying vile shit about Democrats. Let me just

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show you a few. In the very first one, it says,

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this is really bad and dangerous to our country. Their

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words cannot be allowed to stand. Seditious behavior from traders,

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Lock them up. President djt in it turns out and

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said it's called a seditious conspiracy and every one of

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them should be frog marched out of their homes at

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three am, with Fox News cameras filming the whole thing.

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Another person turns around says domestic terrorist Democrats, always causing

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chaos and destruction, destroying people's lives. Yet another earl thirty

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four saying anything these traders disagree with is what they

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consider an illegal order. They are all a disgrace to

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their uniforms. Another turns around and says the Dems are

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getting closer and closer to being on their way out. Finally,

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hang them, George Washington Wood, I mean we are up.

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I'm sorry. There's one more indict all of them from

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Sandra Penn. Let me be very clear about something each

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and every one of these. First of all, you don't

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know if they're bots. You don't know if they are

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I don't know, part of a bot farm that is

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there to help promote the nonsense that comes out on

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true social specifically on the President's account. We're now sitting

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in a place where your rights, including these seven idiots,

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your rights are being questioned. The fact that you have

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half a dozen people who are in the military or

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intelligence community turning around and saying that many of the

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actions that are being asked of the military in their

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opinion First Amendment right free speech, in their opinion, are illegal,

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and they are telling them not to do it. Would

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it be any different if a police officer turned around,

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made a tape and said to other police officers, you know,

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if you see somebody stealing a bicycle, don't shoot them, right,

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Or if somebody goes to a candy store and takes

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a piece of candy to try it out, right, don't

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hit them in the head with a billy club. I mean,

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would that not be the same thing. Of course, I'm

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trying to be sarcastic, and I'm trying to create an

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analogy that's just batshit crazy. But is it any more

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batshit crazy than wanting to lock them up, wanting to

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hang them, wanting to frog march them out at three

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o'clock in the morning with Fox News cameras there, or

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for what for telling somebody, well, you know what, maybe

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the orders that you're being given are illegal, institutional an American. Now,

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of course, Trump's Lackey's they've also taken to Fox News.

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Where else do you go to promote stupidity? They went

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to Fox News to attack the Democratic lawmakers. Stephen Miller,

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of course, claimed it was an insurrection.

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Speaker 2: Played the clip even and one that you see is insurrection.

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Speaker 3: It is insurrection, plainly, directly without question. And when you

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have one of the lawmakers on that video being unable

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to state in as you say, lengthy cross examination, a

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single so called illegal order, it just proves the point.

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It's a general call for rebellion from the CIA and

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the armed services of the United States by Democrat lawmakers

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saying that you have not only the right, but the

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duty and the obligation to defy orders of the commander

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in chief, That those who carry weapons in America's name

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should defy their chain of command and engage in open

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acts of insurrection. That the CIA, the clandestine service, which

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isn't even legally authorized to operate in the United States,

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should engage and again acts of rebellion and insurrection. These

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lawmakers should honestly resign in disgrace and never return to

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public office again for even daring to think, let alone,

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to say these words and to say them proudly.

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Speaker 5: But yeah, let not. They should immediately resign. And let

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me be very clear. One of the items that they're

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talking about. We all know, how about these attacks on

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these alleged Venezuelan drug boats. I think we're up to

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twenty two boats blown literally out of the water from drones.

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More than eighty eight people confirmed dead. We don't even

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know exactly the number, but it's at least eighty eight

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without a single shred of proof that these are actually

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drug boats. In fact, if they were drug boats, let's

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even assume that the administration is right they're drug boats, Well,

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wouldn't you want to capture these boats? And actually, I

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don't know, interrogate the individuals on the boats to find

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out the source, who's their supplier. Maybe go after the

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big guy, not the stupid Putts that's sitting in one

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of these rowboats with a couple of outboard motor engines.

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You know, thousand miles two thousand miles away from United States,

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you know, coastline. Seriously, and you think that it's okay

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just to I know, you're not playing a video game here.

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These are actual, real people on boats. In fact, two

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of them have been confirmed. Well that's by outside sources,

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but it's been stated that they are or were fishermen.

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Now on Handity goes on and he speaks with Todd

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Blanche about this entire matter and asks him if there

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needs to be an investigation opened played the.

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Speaker 2: Clip and that is wrong.

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Speaker 4: Your resume as an attorney and your background and experience

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lends me to believe that you know the answer to

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the question you're asking me. You're number two at the DOJ.

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Does this need to be investigated? And what would the

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investigation be under?

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Speaker 2: Well, the investigation would absolutely be under what these what

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their intent was in saying this? And the question we've

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all watched this a lot today, and the question you

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have to ask yourself is what is their intent? What

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is the reason that they all went on a video

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and encourage young men and women to defy court orders

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without even giving a hint of what's illegal, without even

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giving any suggestion of what law or what order they're

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being asked to violate. You cannot do that in this country,

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especially if you're a leader. And so, what does the

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investigation look like? I think they should be held to account.

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I think that those congressmen s should be required to

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answer questions and to ask answer questions about why they

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did what they did. And the American people deserve that.

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And so does President Trump?

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Speaker 1: What an answer? What an answer? With his great background

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to experience, his legal knowledge, there's no answer there. If

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you want to get to why they asked very simple contact.

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One of the members of Congress, could be any any

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committee there in the House or in the Senate. Do

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the Senate Intelligence Committee, do the Armed Services Committee, whatever

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you want, right, how about go ahead and then bring

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them in for a hearing. Yeah, I would watch that

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on television and watch the answer that comes out of

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their mouth. What they believe are illegal orders. Nobody talked

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about them violating a court order. There is no court

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order that says that the president is permitted or should

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or is required to shoot at unarmed vessels in the

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water in a foreign country, right because he believes or

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the intelligence that he's being given is that they are

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drug boats. Seriously, Todd, right, use your brains. I understand

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you're afraid to say something which is controversial or something

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that the President is going to deem bad, right, because

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you'll get your ass kick from him. I know I

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live that. But there are more than eighty eight dead

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people with zero zero proof that those were actually drug boats.

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And again, even if they were, or some of them were,

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how about capturing them. That's the illegal order? And as

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