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It is a crucible moment for American
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society. If nothing happens and we deem
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this kind of theft acceptable, it is the
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beginning of the end of the American
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empire.
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It's just a level of
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disrespect and lack of care for this
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country. I think I will be waiting and
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observing how important it is to root
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this out. That's number one. The second,
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which is more tactical political
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calculus, this is an enormous
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opportunity for the Republican party. If
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they take this and run with this, is
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there waste, fraud, and abuse in every
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state? Absolutely. I don't think this is
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endemically a Democratic problem, but
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the scale of it is so gargantuan in
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these Democratic states that if the
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Republicans don't take advantage of it,
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I think it is a huge political
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miscalculation. So there is this
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tactical opportunity which I think if
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you want to have a chance in the
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midterms and if you generally want to
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have a chance to
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level set the country, you must take
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this and run with it. And then
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separately, if as Freebrook says, it
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does die on the vine, it is the
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beginning of the end of the American
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Empire.
