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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to Bill Handle on demand from KFI AM sixty.

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<v Speaker 2>Yfi Handle Here it is a Taco Tuesday, March fourth.

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<v Speaker 2>As we continue with the show Big Day Today, the

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<v Speaker 2>President is going to be speaking tonight in a under

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<v Speaker 2>with a joint session of Congress and the Supreme Court

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<v Speaker 2>and just everybody under one building in one building, and

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<v Speaker 2>it's going to be fireworks, guaranteed. He's going to talk

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<v Speaker 2>about his first couple of months in office and then

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<v Speaker 2>what's going to happen coming up in the future. Also,

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<v Speaker 2>a part of what's controversy is Trump has cut off

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<v Speaker 2>a the Ukraine done as of right now, so a

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<v Speaker 2>lot going on now. Tariffs are a big story because

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<v Speaker 2>at midnight the tariffs started, and the tariffs to Mexico

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<v Speaker 2>and Canada twenty five percent. I'm going to that later

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<v Speaker 2>or maybe even tomorrow. What I want to do is

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<v Speaker 2>talk about what's happening with China, because that's a different story.

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<v Speaker 2>China immediately retaliated. Tariffs against China kick in at midnight.

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<v Speaker 2>Tariffs against the United States from China kicked in at midnight. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>actually it's going to come in March tenth. But it

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<v Speaker 2>was announced that the retaliation. Retaliatory tariffs are coming in immediately.

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<v Speaker 2>So we had what ten days, seven days, and the

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<v Speaker 2>move targets some of the top exports of US has

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<v Speaker 2>to China, soybeans, meat, green grains. Do you know that

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<v Speaker 2>China is the largest importer of American dairy, American farming goods, grains.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, it's just a huge market. Tariff tariff tariff.

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<v Speaker 2>American farmers are not going to be happy. Trump said

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<v Speaker 2>he didn't expect Beijing to retaliate too much, and that's

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<v Speaker 2>a quote because earlier tariffs the two countries sort of

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<v Speaker 2>did a tick for tat, but it was not crazy war.

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<v Speaker 1>It is now crazy war.

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<v Speaker 2>Fifteen US companies right off the bat were placed on

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<v Speaker 2>a list that doesn't let them import goods that can

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<v Speaker 2>be used for military purposes. Another ten American companies, big

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<v Speaker 2>ones are barred completely from trading with or investing in China.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, a trade war is happening, and we knew it.

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<v Speaker 1>We knew it, So okay, and there's there's a method

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<v Speaker 1>to the madness.

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<v Speaker 2>Because Trump pads said one of the reasons or the

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<v Speaker 2>reason he wants the trade war to happen and start

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<v Speaker 2>throwing tariffs actually two reasons. One is because of the

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<v Speaker 2>balance of payments we export, we import a lot more

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<v Speaker 2>from those countries than we export, and that never does

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<v Speaker 2>a country any good. And the other one is fentanyl

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<v Speaker 2>and legal immigration. That's why in Mexico and Canada. Boy,

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<v Speaker 2>there's a story there I want to share with you.

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<v Speaker 2>China said, you know what, any any war, tara war,

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<v Speaker 2>trade war, any kind of war.

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<v Speaker 1>We're going balls to the wall.

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<v Speaker 2>And China, as you know, is the largest or I'm

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<v Speaker 2>telling you largest market for American products for a by

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<v Speaker 2>a long shot.

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<v Speaker 1>Last year, China imported twenty.

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<v Speaker 2>Billion dollars in soybeans and corn and cotton and other

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<v Speaker 2>US farm products. One of the big ones is sorghum.

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<v Speaker 2>So anybody know what sorghum is? I have no idea.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, what do you use sorghum for? Okay, it's

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<v Speaker 2>kind of grain. But it's kind of fun talking about

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<v Speaker 2>it because no one knows. And a great quote from

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<v Speaker 2>Xiu Feng, the director of the Institute of International Studies

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<v Speaker 2>at Nanjing University, quote, Trump is swinging his tariff stick

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<v Speaker 2>harder and harder in Chinese.

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<v Speaker 1>He talked about Trump.

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<v Speaker 2>Swinging his ying Jing and you can look that up

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<v Speaker 2>on the internet.

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<v Speaker 1>What a ying Jing is.

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<v Speaker 2>So the quote swinging his tariff stick isn't quite what

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<v Speaker 2>the Chinese said, but it's kind of fun. So the

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<v Speaker 2>leaders of Canada in Mexico held talks with the US

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<v Speaker 2>trying to reach some kind of an agreement.

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<v Speaker 1>G and Trump.

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<v Speaker 2>No conversations whatsoever. I mean, it is simply, here are

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<v Speaker 2>the tariffs. Here are the retaliatory tariffs. Here are the

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<v Speaker 2>companies that we are not going to allow even to

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<v Speaker 2>deal with US.

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<v Speaker 1>Now.

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<v Speaker 2>During his first term, Trump did place tariffs on Chinese

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<v Speaker 2>products to try to reduce that trade surplus that China

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<v Speaker 2>has with the US, and that started a tit for

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<v Speaker 2>tat trade war.

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<v Speaker 1>But that is nothing nothing like what's going to be

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<v Speaker 1>happening now, not even close.

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<v Speaker 2>And one of the reasons that Jingping did not go

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<v Speaker 2>crazy is because he's looking at an economy that's not

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<v Speaker 2>doing well, and he is looking at the balance of trade,

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<v Speaker 2>which he needs desperately. Now none of that matters because

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<v Speaker 2>the declaration of war has been made, and instead of

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<v Speaker 2>Donald Trump stopping inflation day one, you're going to see

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<v Speaker 2>prices because of tariffs go through the roof. Now, Trump

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<v Speaker 2>argues and it's a legitimate argument that if you put

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<v Speaker 2>high tariffs and you make it very expensive for countries

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<v Speaker 2>or to import, actually it's very expensive for countries export.

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<v Speaker 2>Actually it's very expensive for countries to import. That's where

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<v Speaker 2>the tariffs goes. And he said those countries are paying

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<v Speaker 2>the tariff.

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<v Speaker 1>That's a croc.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll tell you who pays the tariff. It's American consumer

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<v Speaker 2>and American manufacturers.

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<v Speaker 1>That's it.

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<v Speaker 2>The rest of it. When he says, oh, that's just

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<v Speaker 2>not true, it's just, oh, what a shocker.

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<v Speaker 1>Not true. And so long term, Trump is right.

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<v Speaker 2>If products from countries like Canada are exorbitantly expensive, United

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<v Speaker 2>States manufacturer is going to go. It's cheaper, makes more

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<v Speaker 2>sense to build a factory here, and higher American workers

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<v Speaker 2>make sense. However, Trump is two months in. He announced

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<v Speaker 2>the tariffs this morning or yesterday. He decided they were

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<v Speaker 2>going to go full blasts.

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<v Speaker 1>And we didn't even know that because he had said

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<v Speaker 1>a couple of days ago.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know, maybe it won't be twenty five percent,

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<v Speaker 2>maybe it won't be twenty percent against China, and then

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<v Speaker 2>throughout the day he said, yes, there will be Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>so he announces it takes twenty four hours to announce

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<v Speaker 2>a tariff, and high tariffs means that in the long run,

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<v Speaker 2>American workers are going to benefit because the factories are

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<v Speaker 2>going to manufacture. Here's what I want you to do

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<v Speaker 2>is build an American factory in twenty four hours, or

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<v Speaker 2>build an American factory in I don't know, six months.

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<v Speaker 1>A year. Can't be done.

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<v Speaker 2>And so instead of I'm going to kill inflation, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>going to deal with inflation day one.

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<v Speaker 1>Now it's yep.

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<v Speaker 2>Americans are going to suffer, but it's going to be

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<v Speaker 2>for the long term. By the way, inflation and it's

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<v Speaker 2>going to hit. I guarantee you is not inflation. It's

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<v Speaker 2>the Biden inflation. Keep that in mind. You will hear

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<v Speaker 2>that over and over again. And if the economy, because

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<v Speaker 2>of tariff and tariffs and other economic moves, if the

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<v Speaker 2>economy goes south, I promise you it will be the

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<v Speaker 2>Biden administration that caused all this. One hundred percent. You're

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<v Speaker 2>going to hear some of that. I don't know, you might. Oh,

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<v Speaker 2>we're going to talk about this one for sure.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay.

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<v Speaker 2>Tonight is going to be the presidential speech, a kind

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<v Speaker 2>of state of the Union.

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<v Speaker 1>Presidents give this when they want to.

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<v Speaker 2>In front of Congress, and I'm going to talk about

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<v Speaker 2>right now. Another big story is the White House announced

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<v Speaker 2>stopping military aid to Ukraine, cutting it off at least

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<v Speaker 2>for the foreseeable future, penning an agreement with Ukraine and

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<v Speaker 2>a peace deal.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's a lot, a lot of complicated.

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<v Speaker 2>So tonight we're going to see the President and he's

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<v Speaker 2>going to report on the state of the nation and

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<v Speaker 2>that's in quotes, and boy, what a level of fury

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<v Speaker 2>among the Democrats because everybody knows what's going to happen.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just to the extent we don't know that. And

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<v Speaker 1>this is going to be pretty rare. I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>if it's ever happened quite like this. Among Republicans.

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<v Speaker 2>It's gone everywhere from fervent support whatever the President does,

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<v Speaker 2>we back him up to anxious deference. I don't want

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<v Speaker 2>to get in the way of the president, you know

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<v Speaker 2>that sort of thing. And you're going to see an

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<v Speaker 2>encounter between the Democrats and the President tonight.

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<v Speaker 1>Some Democrats say they're going to boycott the address.

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<v Speaker 2>Others say, oh, they're going to attend, and they're going

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<v Speaker 2>to show how happy they are with this speech.

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<v Speaker 1>Tonight tonight.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, one former Democratic congressman said this will be nothing

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<v Speaker 2>more than Trump television spectacle. For him, this is just

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<v Speaker 2>the highest level of television visibility. It'll be geared a

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<v Speaker 2>spectacle and not a substance of view. Trump is a

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<v Speaker 2>television guy. I mean, he is a master of what

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<v Speaker 2>he does. No one else comes close. I mean, okay's this.

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<v Speaker 2>In twenty sixteen at the Republican Convention, he said, I

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<v Speaker 2>alone can fix it. That is the complete demise of

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<v Speaker 2>America under Joe Biden. That it was America's never been

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<v Speaker 2>in a worse position.

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<v Speaker 1>In his first.

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<v Speaker 2>Inaugural, he vowed to stop quote American carnage. In a

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<v Speaker 2>twenty twenty three speech, he said to his audience, I

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<v Speaker 2>am your retribution. In January's inaugural, he said he has

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<v Speaker 2>been tested and challenged more than any president in our

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<v Speaker 2>two hundred and fifty year history. And I guess parentheses

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<v Speaker 2>you say, including Lincoln close parentheses. Oh, I didn't say that,

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<v Speaker 2>but you tell me the most of any president in

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<v Speaker 2>our two hundred and fifty year history.

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<v Speaker 1>And I didn't think it was going to go that far.

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<v Speaker 2>I knew the evangelical said this, but I didn't think

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<v Speaker 2>Trump was going to go that far, but he did.

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<v Speaker 2>When he talked about surviving the assassination attempt, thank goodness

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<v Speaker 2>he did survive it. That's just what we need, another

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<v Speaker 2>dead president. He said, I was saved by God to

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<v Speaker 2>make America great again.

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<v Speaker 1>It wasn't just a bad shot.

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<v Speaker 2>It wasn't that the shot just missed and killed the

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<v Speaker 2>guy behind him, that firefighter. God is the one that

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<v Speaker 2>moved the bullet a little bit to.

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<v Speaker 1>The left, so it only got his ear.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh okay, he's just done some weird things. In his

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<v Speaker 2>twenty twenty inaugural or his first address he to the nation,

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<v Speaker 2>he stopped in the middle of it and awarded the

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<v Speaker 2>Presidential Medal of Freedom to Rush Limbaugh right in the

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<v Speaker 2>middle of it.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, that's never been done. Now.

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<v Speaker 2>Rush was diagnosed with lung cancer. Didn't know how long

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<v Speaker 2>he was going to live. So yeah, but he could

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<v Speaker 2>have waited until after the inaugurals, after the speech.

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<v Speaker 1>How about waiting ten minutes until you finish it up. Nope.

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<v Speaker 2>And during the inaugural he surprised the military family that

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<v Speaker 2>year by announcing their husband and father was home from Afghanistan,

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<v Speaker 2>and huge applause from the congress people, the senator in

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<v Speaker 2>the audience, and chants of USA USA. This is from

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<v Speaker 2>the congress people and the senators as this guy entered

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, it is going to be fascinating if nothing else.

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<v Speaker 2>And we'll see how far he goes, and then I'll

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<v Speaker 2>tell you why it's going to be a complete fiasco.

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<v Speaker 2>It used to be that State of the Union dress

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<v Speaker 2>were pretty solemn occasions. You had a Democratic president, and

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<v Speaker 2>of course the Democrats would stand up and applaud.

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<v Speaker 1>The Republicans would not get up. We have a Republican president.

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<v Speaker 2>The Republicans stand up and cheer, and they do whatever

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<v Speaker 2>two thousand and nine, Barack Obama addresses Congress and lays

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<v Speaker 1>Out, you lie.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, that opened the floodgates. And of course, my favorite

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<v Speaker 2>And just started screaming and heckling President Biden.

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<v Speaker 2>Congress has, how many Republicans would be standing up and cheering?

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<v Speaker 1>How many? Not all of them, but enough. I mean, it's.

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<v Speaker 2>Gotten completely crazy. Well, I said, you know, we're in

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<v Speaker 2>never seen anything like this. Pundits have never seen anything

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<v Speaker 2>like this. Experts who have looked at government for fifty

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<v Speaker 2>history of the United States that has occurred like this tomorrow,

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<v Speaker 2>you bet we'll talk about it, Okay, local news. And

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<v Speaker 2>that has to do with Mayor Karen Bass, of.

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<v Speaker 1>Course firing the fire chief Crowley. And it is what's

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<v Speaker 2>Name, by the way, I kind of forget what her

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<v Speaker 1>In any case, this is Christian Crowley. Okay, thank you.

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<v Speaker 2>This is a situation where Karen Bass shows her great

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<v Speaker 2>skill as a politician shows number one, she either is

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<v Speaker 2>a liar or completely incompetent, or probably I think more truthfully,

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<v Speaker 2>has a staff that is completely incompetent. And she is

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<v Speaker 2>not blaming her staff. So this has to do with

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<v Speaker 2>a Palises fire. Karen Bass, who had promised not to

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<v Speaker 2>leave Los Angeles if she became mayors on an airplane

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<v Speaker 2>and the inauguration of Ghana's new president.

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<v Speaker 1>She's there.

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<v Speaker 2>She had a thing about Africa, just kept on. She's

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<v Speaker 2>been there like dozens of times. So now comes the

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<v Speaker 2>National Weather Service issuing dire warnings about what was coming,

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<v Speaker 2>the weather conditions, and it just got more dire and

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<v Speaker 2>National Weather Service ended up saying it's going to be catastrophic.

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<v Speaker 2>It is going to be life threatening. It's one of

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<v Speaker 2>those weather conditions that if there is a fire, which

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<v Speaker 2>of course inevitably there always is, it's going to be devastating.

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<v Speaker 1>They were absolutely right. Ten thousand homes, sixteen thousand structures.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you. Karen Bass is in Ghana now.

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<v Speaker 2>She says she never got the warning and the reason

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<v Speaker 2>she's firing Crowley, Kristen Crowley, is because Kristen Carowley didn't

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<v Speaker 1>Crowley did not make the phone call to her.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, how about the dozens of emails that went to

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<v Speaker 2>the mayor's staff. Dozens and not just one person. We're

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<v Speaker 2>talking maybe half a dozen, maybe ten. We don't know

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<v Speaker 2>the actual number that got that information. And Karen Bass

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<v Speaker 2>said they didn't give it to me. It's Crowley's fault

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<v Speaker 2>because Crowley didn't call me directly. And by the way,

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<v Speaker 2>is that what happens does a fire chief is protocol,

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<v Speaker 2>The fire chief calls the mayor, not a chance. It's

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<v Speaker 2>done through emails its warnings by the National Weather Service.

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<v Speaker 2>And on top of that, the city has its own organization,

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<v Speaker 2>And Bass said, never, never, my staff never gave me

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<v Speaker 2>the warning. Okay, let's give her the benefit of the doubt.

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<v Speaker 2>My staff never gave me the warning. Wouldn't you think

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<v Speaker 2>that received the warning and didn't do anything about it,

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<v Speaker 2>not giving it to the mayor for example.

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<v Speaker 1>And you're not going to see that. And she is saying, not.

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<v Speaker 2>My fault, dog ate the homework. She's the one at fault.

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<v Speaker 2>She's the one that ate the homework, Kristin Crowley, and

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<v Speaker 2>that's why I fired her. By the way Kristin Crowley

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<v Speaker 2>is appealing, the mayor has the absolute authority to fire

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<v Speaker 2>any department head.

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<v Speaker 1>Because the department has worked for the mayor.

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<v Speaker 2>They were not elected, they're selected by the mayor and

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<v Speaker 2>city council approves, but it's protocol that may hires his

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<v Speaker 2>or her own people. Now within the city charter, anybody

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<v Speaker 2>who is fired. Apartment head is fired has the right

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<v Speaker 2>to appeal to the city Council, who can override that firing,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's precisely what's happening in the vote is coming

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<v Speaker 2>down today. Is probably going to be reinstated. Absolutely not.

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<v Speaker 2>There's no chance. The mayor has too many supporters in

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<v Speaker 2>the city council. This is all politics. You don't go

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<v Speaker 2>against the mayor. And virtually all of the council people

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<v Speaker 2>are a Democrat.

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<v Speaker 1>She's a Democrat. You don't screw with a democratic mayor.

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<v Speaker 2>You know. Now, I may have voted to not reinstate,

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<v Speaker 2>and the sole reason is there has to be a

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<v Speaker 2>and if she gets reinstated, you can imagine the antagonism

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, wait a second.

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<v Speaker 3>Now, you say that Trump only wants people who are

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<v Speaker 3>lockstep with him, right, but not about relationships and people

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<v Speaker 3>he trusts. But with Mayor Bass, you say it's about

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it is, but she inherited Crowley and what normally

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<v Speaker 2>happens with a mayor coming in these positions are not political.

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<v Speaker 2>What Trump has done is he hires for department heads.

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<v Speaker 2>That is, when you're talking about cabinet positions, those are political.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a political. Hiring a fire chief is not political.

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<v Speaker 2>By the way, do you have any idea whether whether

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<v Speaker 1>I don't.

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<v Speaker 3>She's a political scapegoat now, well said that's her party.

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<v Speaker 2>She's a political scapegoat, not even political, because I don't

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<v Speaker 1>It's just Karen.

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<v Speaker 2>Bass covering her ass, which should have third degree burns

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<v Speaker 2>on it personally, okay or done. We'll see what happens today. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>here's what's going on. And I don't know why people

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<v Speaker 2>are so upset. Jeff Bezos bought the Washington Post twelve

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<v Speaker 2>years ago, and he said when he bought it he

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<v Speaker 1>The values of the Post did not need changing. He said,

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<v Speaker 1>we will.

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<v Speaker 2>Remain our duty, will remain to the readers and not

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<v Speaker 1>Well, okay, he posts on x now.

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<v Speaker 2>That there's an overhaul of the opinion section, and it's

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<v Speaker 2>liberties and free markets, and all kinds of fireworks came

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<v Speaker 2>as a result of that, the Post opinion editor resigns.

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<v Speaker 2>And here is the interpretation is that this is about

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<v Speaker 2>Don Trump. This is about Donald Trump, right, and Bezos

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<v Speaker 1>But I have a question.

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<v Speaker 2>Papers are biased anyway, aren't they. They endorse candidates, The

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<v Speaker 2>position of a paper that endorses candidates. Now, usually it's

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<v Speaker 2>you know what, we're going to change the quote independence

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<v Speaker 2>of the editorial board. But it's his paper, and he

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<v Speaker 2>is going out of his way to say this is

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<v Speaker 2>going to be the opinion section. Now that's very important

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<v Speaker 2>that he has told us it's the opinion section. And

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<v Speaker 2>why can't his paper give his opinion if we all

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<v Speaker 1>Where's the fault here?

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<v Speaker 2>There's something about this that I don't understand because usually

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<v Speaker 2>the opinion and official position of the paper is the

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe they throw around all.

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<v Speaker 2>or a majority of the board agrees, they're going to

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<v Speaker 2>the La Times did that with our new publisher. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>Want because I'm not the news.

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<v Speaker 2>The editorial portion of the paper can be as biased

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<v Speaker 1>The only thing I ask is.

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<v Speaker 2>That the paper differentiate between the two. That's the difference,

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<v Speaker 2>and not take. Oh here's a question, by the way,

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