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Hello, everybody. I'm Lou Dobbs, and

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welcome to the Great America Show.

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I have to be straightforward with

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you from the very beginning.

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I had hoped leading up to this week

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that the midterm elections would in some

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profound ways resolve

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important issues that divide our nation

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and our people. I know you,

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perhaps most of us, were, in

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fact, hoping for the same resolution. Of

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course, a an election that

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ended on our own terms with our values

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and philosophy and beliefs held up

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by most, if not all of our countrymen,

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our fellow patriots. We didn't

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succeed, did we, in that hope,

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but we did make advances in that

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direction. Our existential

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midterm election has answered some

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important questions in and

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about America and

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did succeed in holding at least momentarily

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our blind descent into open

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conflict in our fractured society.

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But yesterday's vote

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didn't answer all our questions or

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truly and finally resolve

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our conflicts between warring

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parties and between our visions

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for this great Republican, all Americans,

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united. It

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was supposed to be a great

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red wave, a red tsunami,

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predicted

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by a number of pollsters and

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politicals, and most of us had hoped

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against hope that we would see

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that unfold. So,

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no, we didn't win a wave.

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We didn't win a transformational victory

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nor

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a mandate. but

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we did win victories like the

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reelection of congresswoman Claudia

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Tenny of New York. We talked

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with her last night as she celebrated her

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reelection to the House of Representatives. Congratulations,

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representative, Kenny, on winning

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reelection. You're a terrific

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force in Congress, and I know you have

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to be pleased with your margin of victory,

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richly deserved. Well,

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thank you so much. It's been a tremendously

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difficult year in New York. We've had

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registering lawsuits two primaries,

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lots of confusion, and I have a very

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new district that thankfully

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is looks favorably

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on me as I had a big primary win.

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And now we're seeing an even bigger

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general election win, which I'm really

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grateful to the voters. And hoping

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to see a little more excitement on the statewide

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level. I know we've got a lot of tight races

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here, but there's still a lot of

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votes to be counted it, and

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we're hoping that these are gonna

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come down to the wire. We're gonna see some big wins

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and we're gonna take back the house. Well,

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as as as

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you would say, it looks

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like there is going to be some headwinds. Is

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it your judgment that that tsunami

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is now perhaps more

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of a wave or perhaps is

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it even not a red wave?

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I was always cautious about this.

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I thought we would probably gain around fifteen

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seats, and I still think that we're

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probably on track to do that. I

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see some big wins out there still. It's early

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it's early. You know, you don't know what you can watch

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on TV. You don't know where these votes are coming

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in unless you've got the inside data. because

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they know, like, first of all, you see them all come

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out, and they're all early boats popping out

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first. And then you're gonna see, you

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know, the early boat are typically Democrats,

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the absentee ballots are typically Democrats,

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usually two:one margin. So

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you're going to see as the numbers come in, you

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know, the republican candidate chip away at

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those. And that's what we're seeing. So a

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lot of the votes are just starting to come in. A

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lot of confusion. Obviously, we see issues

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in Arizona. But

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this is a it's it's gonna be interesting

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to see what ultimately happens when

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we get to the end here. I see some nice

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wins out of Virginia. I see Glenn Youngkin

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was on. some good wins out of New York.

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I think Michael Lawler is looking really strong.

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It should be interesting to see who ends up winning.

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You know, they're not showing. They're only showing the swing

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seats. They're not showing a lot of the big wins

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that we could be seeing down in

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New York -- in Long Island. where

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although it looks like Lee Zeldin is not

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gonna prevail here at yet, he

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was

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very strong in different parts of

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the state, including Long Island where he's

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from in New York. So

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I see that there's still a lot of

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a lot of boats to be counted. So it's gonna come

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down to the wire. Thankfully, I'm not gonna be the

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one with my boats down to the wire

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as I was in two thousand twenty where

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was up by twenty eight thousand four

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hundred and twenty two boats and ended up only winning

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by hundred and nine. and that's after a

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hundred days in in court. But we

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fought it out. We started the election integrity

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caucus. As I've cautioned everyone

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who talks about this red wave Red tsunami.

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We have huge issues. We've got to

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deal with with election integrity, and

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we are gonna continue work on those issues.

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So hoping that we're

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going to continue to correct that as time

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goes forward and we take back the

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house this year.

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as bad as the state of this

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economy has been and

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is the pain that's been inflicted by

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this this puppet president. this

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election is far, far

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closer than anyone, I think,

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frankly. conservative

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Republican independent could have ever

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imagined your thoughts?

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Yeah. It is very close and

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that's because we have a lot problems

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with communication. We've got a media that

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is in the tank with a left wing and the

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Democrats.

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We have Democrats who don't

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acknowledge,

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you know, that that we

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are a constitutional republic. We

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keep hearing about democracy. Democracy. We

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are a constitutional republic that's

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self governing. We are not a straight

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democracy and that's by design because our

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founders were

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concerned about the tyranny of the majority. It's

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one of the reasons, you know, I'm a former newspaper

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owner. I'm an attorney.

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I explained every vote that I

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take in the house because I wanna decode

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what's going on in Washington. I want

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the voters to know that

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they what's what why bills are

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named a certain way and they don't do what they say they're

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gonna do. I wanna make sure that the public

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is able to be self governing.

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Remember, that was the quintessential question

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that Lincoln asked during

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one

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of the worst moments in our nation's history,

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the civil war, was the question of, yeah,

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can we save the republic? But more importantly,

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can we be self governing? And where is that precipice?

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And it looks to me right now,

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like New York State, is not in a position

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to be self governing. I'm very concerned about

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the future of New York State. If we continue

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with one party rule and the kind of

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tyranny and the kind of authoritarianism

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we're seeing from Kathy Hockel unprecedented. And

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she makes Andrew Cuomo look

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like someone who's a moderate. And

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this is a this is I'm very, very worried

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about the future of New York State. I'm very

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worried that

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the the Empire State is

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gonna look like the exited state if

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we don't take back some of these key seats in

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Congress and we don't chip away some

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of these senate seats

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and also a number of the

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assembly seats that to take back the

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super majority that they hold in

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the New York state legislature. I

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think what you're seeing you know, you see

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the Democrats talking about Ron DeSantis

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saying, you know, oh, he won because

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he jerrymandered. And my question is,

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yes, he moved all kinds of Republicans

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from the Northeast where they

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didn't feel their government was working for them

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and they moved to Florida where they could find freedom

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and a governor that actually represented

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their values, and that's why you see a resounding

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win. I'd have not just

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governor Sam Missanis,

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but all the the the

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waves he brought through big

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wins in Miami Dade, those areas,

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which are traditionally Democratic areas.

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He

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brought in a huge number of votes Maria

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Salz are winning with big numbers. Carlos

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Jimenez is winning in big numbers. It was amazing.

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So I I'm looking forward to seeing

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the rest of the votes coming in, but I I'm seeing

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now

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as we flipped through the screen here on my

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TV that more and more Republicans are

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coming in. So I don't think the

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wave is gonna be as big as some project

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but it's going to be about where I protected. And

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that's because I'm concerned about election integrity

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and whether we were really getting our message out

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there on that issue.

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into that issue, congresswoman. I

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Maricopa

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County in in Arizona,

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machine problems, also

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in New Jersey. We'll

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as we look around the country, Pennsylvania, some

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of the original problem

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states certainly having

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problems once again with two

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years to prepare It's

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inexcusable,

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electoral integrity is as

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you as you are demonstrating

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through your leadership is

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absolutely critical. yet

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we still have three

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major electronic voting companies,

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private companies who are all

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unregulated and that is just

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a straightforward fact. I don't want them,

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frankly, regulated by the federal

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government. I want them regulated

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by state governments, but they're not even that. most

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secretaries of state and county clerks

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who administer who run

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elections in in

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the states don't even know what

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a machine is or what happens in

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that little black box. Can you

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speak to that

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Yeah. It's a huge it's an issue. Look,

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it should be one citizen, one vote. You're

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seeing the vote diluted by attempts

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to put non citizens into vote in our

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elections. You see a a move by Democrats,

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particularly in New York, against having

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a photo ID to vote, which has

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been it's an it's an eighty five percent

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winner. when you deal with all

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across all of polling, all demographics,

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and all ethnicities,

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everybody agrees that that's something

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they want. But, I mean, it's really about

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being bold enough to get the message out

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there and not be accused of being an

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election denier. This is what the Democrats are

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so effective at saying you challenge an

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election

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or the the situation in an

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election. And suddenly, you're an election

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in Ira. I've had Democrats in New

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York City

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where it's all about primaries there

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because they're all Democrats. Complain

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to me and say, we need election integrity.

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I'm like, join my caucus. And, you know, they end

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up losing in primaries. They have

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issues down there, but because they

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the majority ruling class of the

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Democrats in New York, they don't wanna fix it.

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And that's what you're seeing around the country. we

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need to be bold and we need to take this seriously.

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We cannot let the Democrats continue

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what

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they've been doing

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to undermine our actions while they accuse

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us. That's exactly what they're doing. While

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they suppress the vote, we want

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every citizen to vote because guess what happens and

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we have huge turnouts. Republicans

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win, and that's because

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people feel trust in the system.

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So it's a never ending fight. We've got to continue

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on that on

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that on that vein. We thank

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you very much, Congresswoman, for being with

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you. Welcome, Ted. Thank you so much for

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congratulations.

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Thank you for the kind words. Yeah.

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Thank you.

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It is, as congresswoman, Kenny,

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said, a never ending fight. While

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some of our elected officials, like

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high nurse woman ten a are pursuing important

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and critical public policy goals.

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Our media of all kinds

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but last night, mostly the cable

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and TV network kind, press

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propaganda and refer to Republican

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politicians and elected officials who

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question the integrity of the twenty twenty

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election as election deniers.

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They insist that you not be properly

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skeptical of all media in this

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age of disinformation and lies,

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particularly of the political kind.

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Here's CNN's John King asking

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his audience to suspend their

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critical judgment and rely on the

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good work of government. especially

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the government, most proximate, closest

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to you.

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And we're keeping an eye on that one. It's good.

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But you see that's our first votes, and that's wonder

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of democracy whether you're a Democrat or Republican.

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And I wanted to point that out to be a little bit of

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a crank in the room following Breonna there.

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Stay off social media people. If you're trying

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to figure out If you're trying to figure out, are there

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really issues with voting? Trust your

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local officials. Trust us here. Trust a new

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source that you know and trust to be

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honest about this. They're doing their jobs and they're doing

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it right. I

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offer another request of you. Don't suspend

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your critical judgment, please. Especially

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when it comes to politics,

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government,

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and

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media, all

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of it, but

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particularly corporate media. And

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when it comes to elections, we need

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to first speak honestly about them.

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And when there's a question about irregularity

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or anomaly or outright

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appearance of impropriety or

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fraud, we should investigate. and

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we, the public, should have the answers

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forthwith. And certainly, at

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least in the time it takes to hold an

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election and to count the votes.

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Until then, the clock is ticking

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on the survival of our great Republic.

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Let's

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fight, and

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let's fight to win.

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Thanks

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for being with us. Thanks for voting.

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And here tomorrow, our guest will be congressman

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Andy Biggs, former head of the Congressional

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Freedom caucus and a great American.

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Till then, God bless you,

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and

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may God bless America.