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<v Speaker 1>Escape to rubber resort. I can't be the only one

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<v Speaker 1>that is getting tired of this election season that is

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<v Speaker 1>starting to get election fatigue. November can't get here soon enough,

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<v Speaker 1>because again, every day there's another bit of insanity, there's

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<v Speaker 1>another bit of tribalism. Whether it's people on your side

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<v Speaker 1>of the equation putting out falsehoods that are easily disproven,

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<v Speaker 1>or people on the other side of the equation putting

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<v Speaker 1>out falsehoods that are easily disproven. It's tiring. Social media

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<v Speaker 1>has been a good tool for insurgent candidates to utilize

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<v Speaker 1>and try to grow their name id and potentially make

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<v Speaker 1>a name for themselves. It has also become something that

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<v Speaker 1>has been bastardized by the politicians. Every day I see

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<v Speaker 1>another politician that I know is a weak need soft

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<v Speaker 1>Republican that is trying to wrap himself up in Donald Trump,

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<v Speaker 1>when I know for a fact they tried everything they

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<v Speaker 1>could do to defeat Donald Trump, not just in twenty

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<v Speaker 1>sixteen primary, but again earlier this year during that primary.

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<v Speaker 1>These people will wrap themselves in Trump, and people will

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<v Speaker 1>except that they are dying the wool Trump folks when

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<v Speaker 1>they never were. I've seen it firsthand where I've seen

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<v Speaker 1>politicians that were very hostel and anti to Donald Trump

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<v Speaker 1>running against somebody who wasn't. But maybe he said an

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<v Speaker 1>off the cuff remark that wasn't truly insult of Trump,

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<v Speaker 1>but it was weaponized against him, and the guy that

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<v Speaker 1>was always always anti Trump wins the day because he

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<v Speaker 1>has more money and he has that picture of him

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<v Speaker 1>standing next to Donald Trump with his thumbs up. We've

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<v Speaker 1>got to be better people because this tribalism that we

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<v Speaker 1>have fallen into, this trap Republican good Democrat, bad Democrat,

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<v Speaker 1>good Republican bad. We no longer focus on the ideas.

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<v Speaker 1>We no longer focus on the things that we should

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<v Speaker 1>be focusing on. We don't look at a politician's score

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<v Speaker 1>care and say, well, he's not voting with my value,

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<v Speaker 1>so maybe I should vote him out. Now we look

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<v Speaker 1>at him and say, well, look, he stood with President Trump,

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<v Speaker 1>so I should stand with him. We put too much

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<v Speaker 1>stock in endorsements from other politicians who might be as

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<v Speaker 1>bad or simply just have something to gain by getting

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<v Speaker 1>behind the incumbent. There's a reason this country's in the

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<v Speaker 1>state that it's in. And this might make some of

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<v Speaker 1>you mad. It's not all Joe Biden's fault. It's not

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<v Speaker 1>all Barack Obama's fault. It's not all the Democrats fault.

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<v Speaker 1>A lot of that fault. We can look in the

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<v Speaker 1>mirror and blame ourselves because we're not electing the best

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<v Speaker 1>of the best on either party. We will reject new

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<v Speaker 1>blood simply because the old blood has more money and

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<v Speaker 1>can come out and slap the new blood in the face.

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<v Speaker 1>We will reject the person who has stood on principle

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<v Speaker 1>and has a record of fighting for you, merely because

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<v Speaker 1>you get a mailer that tells you what a terrible

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<v Speaker 1>individual they are. These are the things that keep me

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<v Speaker 1>up at night. These are the things that drive me

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<v Speaker 1>crazy and drive me up a wall. These are the

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<v Speaker 1>very things that we need to be pushing back against.

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<v Speaker 1>We don't need to fall into tribal camps. If a

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<v Speaker 1>republican's a bad Republican, we need to replace him. But

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<v Speaker 1>all too often we fall into the trap of incumbent preservation,

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<v Speaker 1>where we see folks so much stock in that power

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<v Speaker 1>of incumbency that we don't pay attention to why the

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<v Speaker 1>insurgent candidate ran against him in the first place. We

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<v Speaker 1>look at these things and we question why nothing ever changes.

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<v Speaker 1>But until we start to change the people we're putting

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<v Speaker 1>in office, nothing's gonna change. Donald Trump in twenty sixteen

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<v Speaker 1>represented being an agent of change. He ran on a

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<v Speaker 1>premise of draining the swamp. Yet the swamp never got drained,

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<v Speaker 1>nothing ever got changed, nothing from the swamp ever got deluded.

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<v Speaker 1>Matter of fact, I think we filled it a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit more ten times over. And I think that's a

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<v Speaker 1>major part of the problem here. We can do better,

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<v Speaker 1>but it takes us taking a little time to do

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit of our own research. And that's hard.

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<v Speaker 1>I get it, But is it really that hard? Right

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<v Speaker 1>here in my home state in Mississippi, we have a

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<v Speaker 1>terrible congressman in the second Congressional District by the name

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<v Speaker 1>of Benny Thompson. Manny Thompson has benefited greatly from a

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<v Speaker 1>Gerrymander district that pretty much ensures that he's going to

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<v Speaker 1>get reelected. Well, he's got a Republican challenger, and maybe

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<v Speaker 1>they think he's got a shot because I saw that

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<v Speaker 1>the Republican Party endorsed the Republican candidate. Go figure, it's

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<v Speaker 1>the Republican Party. That's what they're supposed to do. And

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<v Speaker 1>of course you're seeing Republican office holders all coming out

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<v Speaker 1>and does that really matter, because again, I think if

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<v Speaker 1>you're a Republican, you were never going to vote for

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<v Speaker 1>Benny Thompson in the first Those endorsements don't move the

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<v Speaker 1>needle one iota. And if the district is drawn in

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<v Speaker 1>a way that protects Benny Thompson still, then guess what.

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<v Speaker 1>Benny Thompson's probably gonna get reelected again. But we'll share

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<v Speaker 1>the post of the Republican Party endorsing him like that

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<v Speaker 1>means anything. They should have endorsed him the second he

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<v Speaker 1>won the primary. This shouldn't have been something that happened

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<v Speaker 1>months after the primary. He's their candidate. Of course they

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<v Speaker 1>were gonna endorse him. I don't know, folks. I wish

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<v Speaker 1>I had more faith in the system. I wish I

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<v Speaker 1>trusted the American electorate, but I don't anymore because I've

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<v Speaker 1>seen them fail us too many times where they failed

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<v Speaker 1>to do the research and properly get out and vote

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<v Speaker 1>out bad politicians. They're more worried about voting for the

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<v Speaker 1>name they know than actually committing themselves to changing anything.

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<v Speaker 1>This has been morning coffee with the Right Side, and

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<v Speaker 1>I'm your host Jack Fairchilds and we're a part of

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