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<v Speaker 1>Hey, everybody. Welcome to the strategy session.

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<v Speaker 2>I won't say we were having technical difficulties, but the

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<v Speaker 2>three old guys were trying to adjust their cameras.

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<v Speaker 1>To make our giant heads look sort of the same size.

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<v Speaker 3>It didn't work out too well.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm actually sitting 12 feet back from the camera right now.

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<v Speaker 2>But welcome to the strategy session, everybody. We have a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of stuff to cover tonight because the world is,

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<v Speaker 2>as you know, on fire, as always. We're going to

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<v Speaker 2>start out tonight. with a clip for a little comic

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<v Speaker 2>relief in the beginning here. I just want you guys

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<v Speaker 2>to be aware, Stu and Joe, of the new threat

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<v Speaker 2>to America that Mark Wayne Mullen identified today.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, yeah, so the Democrats want to, they throw out

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<v Speaker 4>all these fear mongrels to try to make ICE and

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<v Speaker 4>President Trump's administration.

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<v Speaker 1>Look as worse as possible.

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<v Speaker 5>Unfortunately, we have the left media.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, that would be Mark Wayne Mullen prop sing. fear

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<v Speaker 2>mongrels it is the it is the greatest maga portmanteau

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<v Speaker 2>i've ever heard in my life but the fear mongrels

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<v Speaker 2>are after all of us guys just i want you

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<v Speaker 2>to be aware of that they're much like they're a

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<v Speaker 2>division of antifa i believe you cannot make it up

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<v Speaker 2>although he you cannot you cannot as i joked somebody

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<v Speaker 2>right after i saw that the you know trump the

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<v Speaker 2>trump administration is not sending their best when it comes

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<v Speaker 2>to running dhs in this era God.

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<v Speaker 1>Crazy.

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<v Speaker 6>All right.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's see. What do we got next? Sam, pop up

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<v Speaker 1>that next bit for us. Okay.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, the children today cannot, they feel like they can't

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<v Speaker 2>go into the election without a short-term funding bill, which

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<v Speaker 2>that's probably a good idea.

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<v Speaker 1>But, I mean, guys, this is sort of like, it

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<v Speaker 1>feels like a band-aid to me, right?

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<v Speaker 2>This doesn't seem like it's going to make America go, well,

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<v Speaker 2>everything's under control with the economy now that we've passed

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<v Speaker 2>another CR.

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<v Speaker 7>No, and the other thing is, again, kicking the can

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<v Speaker 7>down the road, but you kick it to after the election.

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<v Speaker 3>And, you know, it's going to be interesting to, I mean.

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<v Speaker 7>What they try to do, what's possible after the election,

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<v Speaker 7>depending on, you know, particularly when they lose the House.

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<v Speaker 7>So it does, it's, you know, it's the, the easy

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<v Speaker 7>way out, but it could cause a bigger problem later on.

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<v Speaker 7>Because I think, by the way, the economy is just

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<v Speaker 7>going to be even worse and nothing that they do budget-wise.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, by then, what do you think?

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<v Speaker 7>$ 50 trillion debt by the time they think?

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<v Speaker 2>We're going to hit $ 50 trillion by the end of

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<v Speaker 2>the year, according to most estimates right now.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it's crazy. Crazy. They're not doing a damn thing.

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<v Speaker 5>No. No. Yeah, yeah. You know, I mean, at a

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<v Speaker 5>certain point, you know, Haley Barber used to say at

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<v Speaker 5>a certain point, it's good to be for something people like.

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<v Speaker 5>And I don't see what they're doing that people like.

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<v Speaker 5>Somebody's going to make an ad. We passed the CR. Right. Like,

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<v Speaker 5>you know, what the fuck?

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<v Speaker 3>Pat yourself on the back, boys. It's all good now. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I mean, and I think one of the things

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<v Speaker 2>I saw today was a clip of Mike Johnson saying,

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<v Speaker 2>we're going to defy the odds. And we're going to

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<v Speaker 2>actually win back more seats in the House. We're going

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<v Speaker 2>to expand our majority. And I'm sorry, you know, I

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<v Speaker 2>get having a game face on, right? I get having a,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, doing some motivation for the troops. But right now,

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<v Speaker 2>they're depending on one big thing in Texas and now

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<v Speaker 2>in Maine. And I'm also told that now in Michigan,

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<v Speaker 2>they're all depending on Elon Musk coming in and giving

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<v Speaker 2>them $ 100 million apiece.

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<v Speaker 1>Guys, I don't know.

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<v Speaker 5>I mean.

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<v Speaker 2>do you guys, I mean, Elon's presence in Wisconsin backfired

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<v Speaker 2>during the special during the, uh, or the, the Supreme

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<v Speaker 2>court races. Talk to me about where you see Elon

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<v Speaker 2>coming in. I'll start with Texas Stewart because you know,

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<v Speaker 2>our old buddy John Cornyn is out there sort of

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<v Speaker 2>sniping from the weeds now on, uh, on that race.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm curious what you, what you think about Willie, Willie lawn,

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<v Speaker 2>do it.

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<v Speaker 1>And will it blow back?

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, look, um, I think at a certain point in

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<v Speaker 5>a race that much money is being spent, and we've

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<v Speaker 5>talked about it as far as the Lincoln Project getting involved.

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<v Speaker 5>More money doesn't matter. You know, if you have, like,

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<v Speaker 5>static and you turn it up louder, it's just more annoying.

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<v Speaker 5>It doesn't deliver any kind of message. You know, there's

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<v Speaker 5>a behind-the-scenes war in Texas that really is a lot

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<v Speaker 5>more than between you know, Tallarico and Paxton, within the

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<v Speaker 5>Republican Party, there still is a Bush faction.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, yes.

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<v Speaker 5>And, you know, this goes back to the 90s when

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<v Speaker 5>there was a conservative faction and they opposed Bush. They

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<v Speaker 5>opposed Karl Rove. Don't know how to tell them this,

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<v Speaker 5>but Bush won.

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<v Speaker 1>Several times.

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<v Speaker 5>And that still is being played out. And, you know,

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<v Speaker 5>Bush hates Paxton. Cornyn is a Bush guy. I think

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<v Speaker 5>nothing would make Cornyn and Bush happier at this point

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<v Speaker 5>than for Paxton to lose. So it has a lot

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<v Speaker 5>to do, I think, sort of with the future of

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<v Speaker 5>the party. And, you know, these suburban voters, the role

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<v Speaker 5>for Kim Paxton, I don't know, man. Well, I don't

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<v Speaker 5>see it. I don't see where Paxton is getting more

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<v Speaker 5>votes than he has today.

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<v Speaker 1>No, no.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, here's the thing that I don't understand. Maybe whether

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<v Speaker 3>you could explain it to me, right?

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<v Speaker 7>So there's two people on the planet, two things that

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<v Speaker 7>are pretty low in the popularity scales these days.

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<v Speaker 3>One would be Donald Trump on his approval rating. The

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<v Speaker 3>other would be data centers.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes.

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<v Speaker 2>Right?

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<v Speaker 3>So- Trump is going to spend a half.

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<v Speaker 7>A billion dollars evidently touting his own accomplishments and the

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<v Speaker 7>great job he's done in all these places, Texas, Michigan.

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<v Speaker 3>Et cetera.

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<v Speaker 8>And then these guys are hoping for $ 100 million each

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<v Speaker 8>from the king of data centers and tech crap, Grok,

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<v Speaker 8>Elon Musk.

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<v Speaker 3>And I think.

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<v Speaker 7>I think that's all going to like hurt them more

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<v Speaker 7>than help them. And because if you're, I don't care

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<v Speaker 7>if you're El Sayed or, or Tallarico, it's like, here

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<v Speaker 7>comes the data center guys to the rescue for Rogers

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<v Speaker 7>or for, for Paxson. And Oh, it wasn't just the

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<v Speaker 7>data center guys. Here comes Donald Trump. I mean, I

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<v Speaker 7>don't see how any of that, I mean, I look in,

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<v Speaker 7>in 1998, if, Bill Clinton, we lost 54 House seats

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<v Speaker 7>and a bunch of Senate seats, and if Bill Clinton

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<v Speaker 7>had told the party, hey, I'm going to go spend,

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<v Speaker 7>I don't know, back then in those dollars, $ 200 million,

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<v Speaker 7>saying what a great job I've done.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, fair enough.

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<v Speaker 1>They would have run him out of town on a rail.

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<v Speaker 3>We were running away from it. Everybody was just trying

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<v Speaker 3>to keep the race as local as.

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<v Speaker 7>Possible, you know, and push it, get into a fight

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<v Speaker 7>with the candidate they were against, not... stay away from Washington,

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<v Speaker 7>stay away from Clinton. That's where these guys have to be.

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<v Speaker 7>But of course that's not what we're, we're Trump and,

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<v Speaker 7>and they need the money. So they'll take it from

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<v Speaker 7>Elon Musk or any of the other, uh, hyperscale folks.

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<v Speaker 3>And that's not going to help them. There'll be on

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<v Speaker 3>the 25 side of a 75, 25. And that doesn't

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<v Speaker 3>usually turn out too well.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, there are only a couple of candidates in

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<v Speaker 2>the country right now or, or, or political figures in

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<v Speaker 2>the country now embracing data centers. And, uh, Now that

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<v Speaker 2>Trump has insisted that they do it, you're going to

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<v Speaker 2>see more of them doing that. I mean, in Florida,

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<v Speaker 2>Byron Donalds is now the data center champion in a

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<v Speaker 2>state where 72% of voters in the state of Florida

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<v Speaker 2>are strongly opposed to data centers, where red counties are

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<v Speaker 2>closing down data center planning operations and moratoriums are popping

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<v Speaker 2>the most liberal parts of the state. And Donalds not

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<v Speaker 2>only is running on data centers, he's selected as a

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<v Speaker 2>running mate The guy who did the bill in the

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<v Speaker 2>Florida Senate that let data centers do all their planning

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<v Speaker 2>in secret and take over eminent domain without the normal

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<v Speaker 2>process and all this other crap. I'm like, this is

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<v Speaker 2>an all in bet on a dumb, dumb idea.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, it is crazy.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, even Greg Abbott, who can feel Gina Hinojosa

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<v Speaker 2>sort of catching up with him all of a sudden

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<v Speaker 2>is like, oh, data centers are bad.

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<v Speaker 1>Greg Abbott, y'all.

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<v Speaker 7>Yeah, no, and Tuberville's doing the same thing as Donald's

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<v Speaker 7>in Alabama. I mean, doubling down, you know, they're signing NDAs,

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<v Speaker 7>the same stuff, you know, keep it secret what they've approved. So, look,

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<v Speaker 7>and I keep saying this. I know we've talked about it.

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<v Speaker 7>People should, you know, should not go to sleep on

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<v Speaker 7>the South, from David Jolly all the way over to

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<v Speaker 3>Stuff is happening there, Mississippi even.

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<v Speaker 7>I mean, you just cannot– I mean– I'm not saying

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<v Speaker 7>all of them are going to win, but there is

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<v Speaker 7>a real energy down there. And so many of these

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<v Speaker 7>candidates they put forward are flawed or on the wrong

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<v Speaker 3>Don't go to sleep on the South. I think we're

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<v Speaker 7>I think some of them are going to break through

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<v Speaker 7>and win anyway.

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<v Speaker 3>We need a foothold in the South.

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<v Speaker 7>I mean, I think that's, I mean, for my speaking

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<v Speaker 7>as a Democrat, the party turned its back on the

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<v Speaker 7>South a long time ago and it's cost us.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 5>I could see Jolly winning.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. Easily. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, right now, 18% of Republicans are saying in

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<v Speaker 2>the last survey, in the DGA survey, that they're going

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<v Speaker 2>to vote for, for David Jolly, 18% of Republicans.

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<v Speaker 1>That is a earthquake.

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<v Speaker 5>You know, you go back to that spread between Trump's

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<v Speaker 5>very favorable and very unfavorable. And, you know, it is

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<v Speaker 5>so huge now. And I think a lot of these

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<v Speaker 5>people who just kind of have a favorable view of Trump,

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<v Speaker 5>why are they going to vote?

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<v Speaker 2>I don't, 13% have a very favorable view of Trump

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<v Speaker 2>and 52% have a very unfavorable view of Trump.

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<v Speaker 7>Iowa, Texas, Florida, again, going across a lot of these places.

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<v Speaker 7>The Cattlemen's Associations are all going crazy because he dumped 300,000

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<v Speaker 7>metric tons of cheap Argentine or wherever it's coming from,

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<v Speaker 7>bad stuff that even China said no to.

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<v Speaker 3>Um, so that doesn't help them. And then on top

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<v Speaker 7>Well, there's no beef in Michigan, Wisconsin, Alabama, I mean,

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<v Speaker 3>And those folks? Oh, I know I'll get into it.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to attack Canada. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>Get into a trade war with Canada. And I think

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<v Speaker 7>Call Apple, um, to, to tell them to, to make

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<v Speaker 1>Let's play that clip of, uh, Oh, yeah. Well, first off,

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<v Speaker 1>let's actually go bring that back up.

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<v Speaker 2>People hate the Canada tariff war and they hate renaming

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<v Speaker 2>the lake. People are absolutely not playing.

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<v Speaker 1>Trump's game anymore.

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<v Speaker 2>63% oppose renaming Lake Ontario. 57% oppose the new Canada

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<v Speaker 2>trade war. You know, guys, I think five years ago, well,

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<v Speaker 2>have been a 50-50 issue because MAGA and conservative-leaning independents would.

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<v Speaker 1>Have all been like, yeah, it's just Trump, man. He's–

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<v Speaker 1>that was fun.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, with the economy burning down around them, people are pissed.

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<v Speaker 2>And I think, Joe, I mean I think that taxes

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<v Speaker 2>on Canadian imports number in all those northeast or northern

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to guess that number on approve is somewhere

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<v Speaker 2>in these single digits.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. It's way. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>It, that's, what's crazy.

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<v Speaker 7>So you like got him messing with, uh, you know,

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<v Speaker 7>beef producers in some of the key States like Iowa

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<v Speaker 7>and Texas. And then at the same time, uh, messing with, well,

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<v Speaker 7>all that stuff. It's just, uh, It's really thrown a rant.

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<v Speaker 7>And by the way, both of these happened this week.

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<v Speaker 7>And so a lot of these polls that show like

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<v Speaker 7>you know, I just think it's going to get worse.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, it's just doesn't make any sense. Although, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>there's not a lot of Trump does that does anymore.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to talk about something that is very popular

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<v Speaker 2>with Donald Trump in his own head. And that is

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<v Speaker 2>his forever war with Iran, which is definitely, definitely going well.

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<v Speaker 2>And we totally want it. And it's been completely obliterated.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's bring up that Trump tweet guys.

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<v Speaker 1>Then we'll talk about that for the flip side.

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<v Speaker 2>Iran is a failed nation. It is dead and on

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<v Speaker 2>and on and on and on and on guys. I've

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<v Speaker 2>never seen anything like this. And I've been through a

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<v Speaker 2>couple of these middle Eastern excursions before. I mean, Stuart,

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<v Speaker 2>you and I saw the impact in 2006 of a

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<v Speaker 2>very unpopular war with some mild inflation and some slightly

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<v Speaker 2>bumped up gas prices, how badly it turned out for

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<v Speaker 2>both for president Bush and for the Republicans in the

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<v Speaker 2>2006 election cycle. I mean, does Trump's hallucination in this

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<v Speaker 2>whole thing. I mean, I don't think it helps anybody

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<v Speaker 2>in terms of the Republican party get out from under

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<v Speaker 2>this war.

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<v Speaker 1>It is so unpopular.

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<v Speaker 5>Well, you know, I mean, If you go back to

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<v Speaker 5>Afghanistan and Iraq, like you're talking about, the impact on

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<v Speaker 5>individual Americans was pretty small, which is sort of one

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<v Speaker 5>of the tragedies of it, because you had this small

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<v Speaker 5>these tremendous sacrifices. And no one seemed to know it.

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<v Speaker 5>But now, every time you fill up your car, you're

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<v Speaker 5>aware of the fact that, you know, we lost a

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<v Speaker 5>war to Iran. And it affects everybody. It affects the

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<v Speaker 5>total economy. And, you know, I just got to say,

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<v Speaker 5>It's tragic the way they had no drone defense in

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<v Speaker 5>these mini spaces. They've now had to move people out.

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<v Speaker 5>And You know, let me tell you, you know, having

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<v Speaker 5>we are. And HEGSET is canceling these drone units. And

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<v Speaker 5>just take one thing. And, you know, Rick, you work

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<v Speaker 5>for the idea. The sort of basic principle of American

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<v Speaker 5>casualty survival is being able to use helicopters.

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<v Speaker 1>100%.

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<v Speaker 5>To go in and get them in the golden hour.

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<v Speaker 1>Golden hour.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah. So you try that today in a war with drones.

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<v Speaker 5>You send a helicopter into a drone zone? I mean,

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<v Speaker 5>they're literally going to have 400 drones.

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<v Speaker 2>Right.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's going to have a survival time of seconds. Seconds.

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<v Speaker 5>And, you know, you don't do it. So the Ukrainians

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<v Speaker 5>are coming up with these new land-based drones that are armored,

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<v Speaker 5>that they can get people out of. That stuff's just

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<v Speaker 5>being invented in Ukraine. The Russians just don't give a fuck.

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<v Speaker 5>You know, the average life expectancy of a Russian now

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<v Speaker 5>is under 30 minutes on the front line. And so,

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<v Speaker 5>I mean, what are we going to do? It just

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<v Speaker 5>seems to be so in that report that you really

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<v Speaker 5>have a good feel for this, Rick, of these commanders

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<v Speaker 5>giving their... Saying, I'm familiar with this document.

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<v Speaker 2>I have dealt with this exact stuff. Way back in

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<v Speaker 2>the day, but I know what this thing is. And

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<v Speaker 2>when all the combatant commanders, South Com, Cent Com, Special

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<v Speaker 2>the secretary, are you prepared to carry out X or

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<v Speaker 1>And they say, concur or non-concur? And they're all saying non-concur.

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<v Speaker 2>We have burned through our people, our stockpiles of missiles,

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<v Speaker 2>both offensive and defensive. We have lost most all of

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<v Speaker 2>our bases in the Middle East now, in the Gulf,

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<v Speaker 2>are inaccessible to us in some greater or lesser degree.

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<v Speaker 3>But, you know, that's why I'm so glad to know

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<v Speaker 3>that China's now on our side.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, that was great news. Let's play that clip.

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<v Speaker 6>After 47 years, it is over. And we are telling

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<v Speaker 6>everyone says to me, well, what about China? I said,

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<v Speaker 6>we have more in common with the Chinese on Iran

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<v Speaker 6>than we disagree with on the Chinese.

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<v Speaker 5>Okay.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. Man, I want to play cards with that guy.

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<v Speaker 7>You know, the other thing, though, about the drone thing is,

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<v Speaker 7>you know, assuming China has gotten the idea that, hey,

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<v Speaker 7>cheap drones are a really good thing. I actually think

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<v Speaker 7>China could make a quadrillion cheap drones. So while we're

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<v Speaker 7>shutting down drone units, et cetera, et cetera, again, we

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<v Speaker 7>don't have a naval presence anymore. We don't have the

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<v Speaker 7>capacity with missiles, et cetera, that we had because we've

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<v Speaker 7>drained everything down. And then on top of it, we're

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<v Speaker 7>not pursuing what may be the future of modern warfare

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<v Speaker 7>with something that China actually could probably do fairly well.

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<v Speaker 1>They are.

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<v Speaker 3>No, but that's my point. But they're on our side

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<v Speaker 3>in Iran, I thought.

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<v Speaker 5>They're helping the Russians.

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<v Speaker 2>They're helping the Russians and the Iranians. I mean, they're

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<v Speaker 5>Well, you know, the Ukrainians last.

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<v Speaker 2>Year, in 2025, the Ukrainians built about a million drones,

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<v Speaker 2>about one million drones. They're going to scale that to

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<v Speaker 2>two million this year. They don't have one one-hundredth of

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<v Speaker 2>China's infrastructure technologically. And I'm sure if China wanted to

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<v Speaker 2>put a hundred million drones into the air, they could

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<v Speaker 2>probably do it.

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<v Speaker 1>I would just like everybody to know that.

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<v Speaker 5>These drones are really changing. Just in the last couple

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<v Speaker 5>of weeks, the Russians have used predominantly these jet-powered drones.

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<v Speaker 5>They're two times as fast as the other drones. And

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<v Speaker 5>you know, Ukrainians will adapt, but they're a lot harder

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<v Speaker 5>to shoot down. And your warning time is a lot

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<v Speaker 5>shorter because it's three times as fast. And where are

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<v Speaker 5>we now? I mean, with the United States?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, just so you guys feel good about this, Pete

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<v Speaker 2>Hex has Pentagon we're going to build 60,000 drones this year, 60,000,

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<v Speaker 2>which y'all, I mean that 60,000 drones get used in,

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<v Speaker 2>in Ukraine probably in a couple of days. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>And they're probably good friends with somebody. So I'm sure.

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<v Speaker 5>Oh, of course.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm sure they'll be really good.

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<v Speaker 2>Like one of the Trump boys is a, as a

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<v Speaker 2>board member or a shareholder or some, some BS, right?

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<v Speaker 1>Crazy. Um, all right, let's, let's keep moving here, folks.

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<v Speaker 2>Um, want to get down the list here speaking of

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<v Speaker 2>the military uh the army secretary dan driscoll is leaving

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<v Speaker 2>um i was told this afternoon by somebody in that

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<v Speaker 2>process in the defense world the number one thing pete

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<v Speaker 2>hegseth couldn't stand about dan driscoll was that dan driscoll

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<v Speaker 2>was an army ranger and pete hegseth never made the

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<v Speaker 5>For rangers well funny that is the secret.

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<v Speaker 1>Sauce underneath the whole goddamn fight.

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<v Speaker 5>You know i was when i was in ukraine um

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<v Speaker 5>I was with a guy, one of these extraordinary guys

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<v Speaker 5>who went through ranger school and was talking about this,

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<v Speaker 5>that no, you don't have to have a ranger tab

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<v Speaker 5>to be an infantry officer. But the separation between those

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<v Speaker 5>that do and the way they're viewed and those that don't.

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<v Speaker 1>Is meaningful.

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<v Speaker 5>And he said that. It's the first time I've ever

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<v Speaker 5>heard anybody talk about this with a headset. It's kind

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<v Speaker 5>of running on my radar screen that he never went

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<v Speaker 5>through ranger school.

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<v Speaker 1>Correct.

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<v Speaker 5>And, you know, you can do all the bad pull-ups you.

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<v Speaker 1>Want, but... He's not the guy.

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<v Speaker 2>And, you know, all the PT in the world doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>get you through ranger school. You have to have a

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<v Speaker 2>mental discipline and you have to have physical and mental discipline, uh,

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<v Speaker 2>combined to get through that, that process. And it is not,

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<v Speaker 2>it is not, it is, it is never, it has

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<v Speaker 2>never left Pete Hex's mind that, that, that those guys

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Right.

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<v Speaker 1>And so he hates the army.

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<v Speaker 2>He went after all these guys who, who, uh, all

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<v Speaker 2>these senior, uh, officials in the army, um, who were,

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<v Speaker 2>were highly accomplished, highly educated, highly regarded, got rid.

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<v Speaker 1>Of them because they're all Rangers.

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<v Speaker 2>Um, and, and he's replaced them with a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>these sycophantic, you know, younger, younger colonels who are playing

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<v Speaker 2>the Trump game. And of course now he's got his

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<v Speaker 2>own little troll army of, of special government employees, um,

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<v Speaker 2>who go there specifically to tweet nice things about Pete Hexen.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like, it's one of the, it's like, I was like, look,

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<v Speaker 1>it's always one of those.

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<v Speaker 2>He's like, if Barack Obama or Joe Biden had done this,

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<v Speaker 1>The world would be on fire if that had happened.

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<v Speaker 5>Armed Services Committee, doing? Absolutely nothing.

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<v Speaker 1>Absolutely nothing.

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<v Speaker 5>The worst chairman of the Armed Services Committee in modern history.

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<v Speaker 1>He's not fit to, like, stand inside one of Sam

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<v Speaker 1>Nunn's shoes.

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<v Speaker 2>This guy is a nobody.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, just a chicken shit.

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<v Speaker 5>It goes to, you know, Roger is somebody who used

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<v Speaker 5>to be a staffer, and I think he really sees

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<v Speaker 5>himself in a staff role. He has an opinion. He

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<v Speaker 5>offers it to his boss. That's Trump. Boss doesn't agree. Okay,

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<v Speaker 5>then it's your obligation to support the boss.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to salute smartly and move out.

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<v Speaker 5>As a United States senator, that's just a terrible role model.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, he's awful.

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<v Speaker 5>I mean, I ask you this, Rick. Rick, let me

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<v Speaker 5>just ask you. You know a lot about the military.

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<v Speaker 5>How long is it going to take the military to

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<v Speaker 5>recover from this?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, this is a generational problem now, Stuart, because all

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<v Speaker 2>those young captains, majors, and lieutenant colonels who 10 years

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<v Speaker 2>from now will be brigadier generals, they're growing up in

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<v Speaker 2>a system right now that rewards political affinity to the

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<v Speaker 2>Secretary of.

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<v Speaker 1>Defense of the President of the United States.

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<v Speaker 2>There's going to have to be a washout in professional

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<v Speaker 2>military education for 10 years to say to all these

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<v Speaker 2>up and comers and all these, and, and to all

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<v Speaker 2>the young lieutenants that are, that are just entering their

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<v Speaker 2>service arc. Now we serve the constitution, not the president.

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<v Speaker 5>Right.

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<v Speaker 1>That, that is, it is.

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<v Speaker 2>And I know there are military leaders who are still

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<v Speaker 2>inside and we're thinking about this problem already. I know

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<v Speaker 2>there are recently retired senior military officers thinking about this

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<v Speaker 2>problem already. But the next president and the next secretary

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<v Speaker 2>of defense, to reprofessionalize the military and to purge this

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<v Speaker 2>political taint out of it, it's going to take a minute.

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<v Speaker 2>It's going to take a minute. But luckily, speaking of allies,

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<v Speaker 2>Russia's back in the G20. Who knew? I mean, it's

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<v Speaker 2>not that they're genocidal maniacs waging war throughout Europe, but

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<v Speaker 2>it's okay. Let's bring them to Asheville, North Carolina at

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<v Speaker 2>the Grove Park Inn for a summit. Our European allies

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<v Speaker 2>are pissed. I mean, Stuart, you always say this, and

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<v Speaker 2>it's so right. At the end of the day, the

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<v Speaker 2>thing that people underestimate is the Russian influence on the

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<v Speaker 2>Republican Party is you cannot overscore that. You cannot underestimate

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<v Speaker 2>how powerful that is in the GOP.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, I mean, you know, it started at key places like,

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<v Speaker 5>you know, the NRA, Heritage Foundation, and the Russians got

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<v Speaker 5>a president.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, absolutely.

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<v Speaker 5>It's the most extraordinary thing. And the impact on America's...

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<v Speaker 5>Think about it. You're growing up as a kid in

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<v Speaker 5>America now. You're not going to see America as leader

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<v Speaker 5>of the free world.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, hell no.

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<v Speaker 5>I mean, how could you? And we've lost the war

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<v Speaker 5>in Iran. It's probably not going to be the only war.

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<v Speaker 5>I mean, Russia moves into... Estonia?

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<v Speaker 2>Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia are one eye open these days.

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<v Speaker 5>Are we going to activate Article 5? I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>Europe will ask, but if they go into Latvia, Lithuania,

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<v Speaker 2>and Estonia, Poland hits Russia on the flanks. Even the

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<v Speaker 2>Germans came out today after over a week and said, yes,

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<v Speaker 2>Russia is attacking our military facilities in germany and are

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<v Speaker 2>attacking our aircraft with drones and sabotage and and having

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<v Speaker 2>done some german politics i will tell you folks they

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<v Speaker 2>love russia so fucking much they don't want to believe

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<v Speaker 2>it the leadership class does they love them so much

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<v Speaker 2>they want that gas back flowing cheap and plentiful again

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<v Speaker 2>and they hate admitting it but if germany has to

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<v Speaker 2>admit that russia's at war with them they're at war

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<v Speaker 2>with them.

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<v Speaker 5>They're sending drones to the leipzig airport.

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<v Speaker 1>What the hell?

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<v Speaker 5>It's like Mexico sending a drone to Atlanta airport.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe it's just a mistake.

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<v Speaker 5>Maybe he just took a wrong turn.

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<v Speaker 2>As I like to steal the William Gibson quote about

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<v Speaker 2>the future and repurpose it, World War III is here,

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<v Speaker 2>it's just not evenly distributed quite yet.

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<v Speaker 5>That's a great quote.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, at least we're going to have a ballroom, folks.

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<v Speaker 1>At least Trump's going to get a ballroom.

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<v Speaker 3>Incredible.

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<v Speaker 1>My God.

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<v Speaker 2>What other priorities should we have right now in a

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<v Speaker 2>time of international peril and economic crisis at home, but

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<v Speaker 2>a goddamn ballroom. Well, folks, we've got a tight schedule tonight.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm going to wrap it up here. You can

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<v Speaker 2>catch us here on Tuesday nights. You can catch me

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<v Speaker 2>on Thursday nights on the breakdown on Tuesdays, Lincoln project

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<v Speaker 2>podcast on Thursdays, breakdown on friday's uh elephant in the

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<v Speaker 2>room uh and our polling show andrew will be coming

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<v Speaker 2>back from paternity leave very shoot very shortly now i got.

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<v Speaker 1>To see the baby this weekend he's.

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<v Speaker 3>Large red hair um cool.

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<v Speaker 2>And uh and he's got the family ears um and

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<v Speaker 2>you can also catch me on sundays with molly jung

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<v Speaker 2>fast on fast politics and uh catch stewart joe and

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<v Speaker 2>me all at lincoln project lincoln square and a whole

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<v Speaker 2>bunch of other places All right, everybody.

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<v Speaker 1>Have a great night. Stay safe. We'll see you all

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<v Speaker 1>next week.