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we have to talk about Trump which we
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should the national Republican
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convention gets underway uh next week
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the party approved its 2024 platform on
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Monday giving us a glimpse at what Trump
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second term might look at it sounds
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awful in every single way the platform
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reads like a trump rally speech and
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features a list of 20 promises including
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stop the migrant Invasion which we're
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still waiting for that Caravan cancel
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the electrical electric vehicle mandate
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and prevent World War II okay the
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language on abortion and same-sex
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marriage has also been paired down and
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softened gays can stay married
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apparently according to Donald Trump
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thanks Donald you um you
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know it's he has had a rally recently
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where he was as loony as a you know it's
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all baked in but he was loonier than
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ever still talking about sharks and
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Hannibal lecor and all kinds of this and
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that I speaking of cognitive
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disabilities um uh and I know people say
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we should say more about it he is crazy
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everybody we've said it over and over
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again and he's Vicious he's crazy and
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vicious and corrupt and a criminal um so
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there hope that's enough
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um what do you think about this Vision
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that they've laid out they're certainly
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trying to soften we've been hearing a
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lot thankfully about project 2025 in
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recent weeks a proposal for massive
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overhaul the federal government should
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meaning cutting out getting rid of Noah
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is one of their is one is on their list
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um the project backed by Trump allies
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very close Trump allies includes an
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expansion of executive powers disbanding
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the Department of Education shredding
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climate protections Trump has recently
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distanced himself from the plan uh
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claiming he know nothing about it which
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is nonsense he also was like I wish them
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good luck it was very similar to a
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statement he gave about julain Maxwell
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of the famous Epstein saying I don't
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really know her and uh but I wish her
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good luck and of course there's 90
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pictures of him with her um so what do
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you think about
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this I think that they're so as
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frightening as Biden's performance has
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been we don't want to talk about this
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but Trump has actually been very on
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message he's been much more disciplined
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this time and he realizes that he's he's
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basically said we if we just pivot a
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little bit to the metal and we're not as
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terribly frightening what what's going
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on here is we've seen before and that's
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gorsage and Amy coning Barrett uh in
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their Senate testimony confirmation
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hearings pretending to be reasonable and
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then once they're on the court they
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decide to overturn roie Wade which they
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said under oath in front of the Senate
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was established
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president uh my sense is Trump is very
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on message I forget the name of the
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woman scaramucci said there's a Susie WS
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he said she's the most powerful woman in
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uh Washington right now she is there's a
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good piece by Tim Alberta who did the
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Chris lick piece about the Trump
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campaign it's a mustre by the way but go
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ahead she's in it but think about it
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he's gone totally quiet around the
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debate he's softening the stuff around
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bodily autonomy but be clear folks it's
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now one in five women have to leave
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their state to terminate a pregnancy
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it's going to go to two and five three
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and five and maybe more
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in this whole 20 whatever they're
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calling it 20 what are they calling it
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20 2025 project 2025 I mean it's you you
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read through it and it's oh it's a
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handmaiden tail booklet be clear folks
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the thing about these things is we make
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the mistake of believing they're so
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crazy they could never happen no
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they can happen it can happen so from a
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messaging standpoint Trump's trying to
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distance himself but it is a Looking
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Glass into what some of the most
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powerful people who will have the
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greatest audience voice and sway on the
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White House are thinking yeah absolutely
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and and as I mentioned Trump has
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softened the GOP stance on abortion and
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marriage equality um new platforms does
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not reference a National Abortion ban
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the first time it's been omitted in 40
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Years of these platforms leave it to the
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states which is almost even worse
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there's no longer a reference to
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traditional marriage as between one man
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and one woman that's been in there for a
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long time um bad marketing for them um
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you know I think it's you're right he's
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softening he's softening the St oh I'm
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reasonable but he is not reasonable
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people let us be absolutely
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clear he will also has have people in
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there like Steven Miller who absolutely
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they want to build giant camps and
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Deport people they want to put millions
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of people under under arrest for for
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existing essentially um there's also
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major implications for Tech in all of
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this the plan calls for fewer
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restrictions on
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cryptocurrency all their Pals and that
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repealing Biden's executive order on AI
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which is quite a good one actually and
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bolstering Commercial uh space
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exploration um this is all this must be
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the Elon Musk must have called them and
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put them in it signals a Laz fair if not
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outright cozy approach to emerging
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sectors as the Washington Post put it
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it's it's that's all Elon Musk so you
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know just FYI Tech regulation is already
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a struggle there won't be any Tech
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regulation and government investment in
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commercial space exloration of course be
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a boot for musk um and also Jeff Bezos
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by the way um now it's interesting that
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some tech leaders are playing nice some
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aren't like Reed Hoffman is and what's
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was really Fring and I know you don't
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like Mark Zuckerberg but Trump
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threatened him in a way that sounded
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like a tinhorn dictator um he said uh he
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said posted on TR social the election
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fraudsters will be imprisoned if he gets
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elected in November and he name checks
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Zuckerberg um Mark Z is a lot of things
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but he's not an election fraudster and
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the fact that he's threatened
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imprisonment over over his stupid
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election denial lies is is really I had
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to defend Mark that's just look if we
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want to take put Mark in prison let's
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bring to trial prove the case do the
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things like what what a what a legal
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democracy does that's different than
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what Trump did here which is which is
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heinous absolutely heinous there's a
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clear thick and deling line between a
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democracy and Fascism and one of those
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lines I mean that there sharp relief
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between an autocracy and a democracy is
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that we have deced decided that when
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people are elected to power they can't
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use federal agencies to go after their
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political
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enemies and when you start threatening
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to put your political enemies in prison
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and what he referenced was that
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Zuckerberg donated 400 million to
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nonprofits helping election offices with
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mail and voting getting falsely accused
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of violating campaign Finance
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laws um by the way he was cleared by the
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Federal Election Commission this is
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stepping over that line into fascism and
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it's not about Mark Zuckerberg it's
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about President Biden has never said I
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hate Elon Musk I think he's a threat to
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democracy I hate what he's doing in
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Ukraine I'm sicking my doj on him
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anyways when you directly say I'm going
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to try and put someone in prison if I'm
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elected this is what and what you're
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dealing with here is what happens in
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these societies and unfortunately we're
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so entitled and we' enjoyed so many free
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freedoms of which we're not in touch
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with the sacrifice and the commitment
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and the expense to maintain these
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freedoms that we don't realize that when
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you're living in an autocracy everyone
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goes quiet because it's like okay if you
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come out against
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Trump if you come out against Biden
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there's very little downside he wins he
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forgives you he loses he forgives you
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whatever when you come out against Trump
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and say this is a this is a fascist this
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is a misogynist this is a convicted
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felon you you risk something and so
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people stop engaging in a democracy
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which includes open honest debate
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because they're like What's the the
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downside to being open and honest around
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what you think of trump is much greater
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than the downside to being open and
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honest about what you think about the
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true Democrat because he's not going to
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he's not going to pursue you as a
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political enemy using the full power of
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the federal government so just just
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threatening to weaponize our agencies in
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the government that should be
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disqualifying and everyone uses the word
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disqualifying but this is what it's like
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to live in Iran or Russia where people
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do the math and go I don't even want to
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have an open conversation I'm going to
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tell my children and my friends never
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speak out against this person because
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the downside is greater whereas there's
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someone who's a Democrat oh yeah speak
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out against them because there's no
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downside if you just speaking your mind
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this is this is what it's like to live
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in an autocracy I mean I haven't I'm not
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I'm I want to be clear I'm not scared
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but the thought has crossed my mind that
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if Donald Trump is elected it's not the
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threat of some sort of government
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regulation or something I'm not I'm not
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saying we'd be put in jail but do they
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pass legislation that is damaging to you
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and your family
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I this isn't this is how we move away
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from a democracy