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Newsom’s Gun Grab Backfires plus Day Two of SAA Fight-Dems Dig In & Republicans Take the Offensive · The Ben Ferguson Podcast

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  Speaker 4: Good Thursday morning nights to have you with us on
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  Speaker 4: the forty seven Morning Updated, and we've got two.
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  Speaker 2: Big stories for you.
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  Speaker 4: First up, California forced to pay one point three million
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  Speaker 4: in legal fees after an unconstituitial gun ad ban, yet
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  Speaker 4: another costly mistake by the Governor Newsom. And in Washington,
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  Speaker 4: it's day three of the Save Act fight. It's underway
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  Speaker 4: and Republicans well, they're fighting harder than ever for election integrity.
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  Speaker 4: It's the forty seven Morning Update and it starts right
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  Speaker 4: now story number one. With so much happening in Iran
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  Speaker 4: and also so much happening with fraud and abuse in America,
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  Speaker 4: there have been some stories that have been overlooked that
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  Speaker 4: need your attention. One of them was a big victory
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  Speaker 4: for the Second Amendment in California. Now, this was a
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  Speaker 4: case that no one was covering, and it should be
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  Speaker 4: covered because on Tuesday, California agreed to a settlement with
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  Speaker 4: a Second Amendment Foundation and the Firearms Policy Coalition as
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  Speaker 4: well as many other plaintiffs. And they are now going
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  Speaker 4: to pay the state of California over one point three
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  Speaker 4: million to cover the plaintiffs' attorney fees alone. Now, this
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  Speaker 4: all is from a settlement that came from a lawsuit
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  Speaker 4: that was filed against California's Marketing Firearms to Miners law,
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  Speaker 4: which crossed in the First Amendment territory by banning firearm advertisements.
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  Speaker 2: Now, this is something.
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  Speaker 4: That we were expected to see happen all over the
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  Speaker 4: country in liberal states if California would have gotten away
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  Speaker 4: with us. What they're trying to do is bankrupt and
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  Speaker 4: shut down as many gun stores as possible, and it's
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  Speaker 4: a way to ban firearms. And so they said that
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  Speaker 4: you can't market your firearms store or your brio in
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  Speaker 4: California because they said it was marketing to miners by default. Now,
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  Speaker 4: the Ninth Circuit judge there by the last name Lee,
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  Speaker 4: September twenty twenty three, majority opinion against the law. He wrote, quote,
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  Speaker 4: the marketing firearms to minor law does not directly and
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  Speaker 4: materially advanced California's substantial interest in reducing gun violence and
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  Speaker 4: the unlawful use of firearms by miners. There was, in fact,
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  Speaker 4: no evidence in the record that a miner in California
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  Speaker 4: has ever unlawfully bought a gun let alone because of
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  Speaker 4: an ad. Now translation, what they were saying as they
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  Speaker 4: were trying to shut down the Second Amendment and this
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  Speaker 4: and doing it through advertising, is they were saying, well,
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  Speaker 4: you're marketing to kids.
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  Speaker 2: And a great.
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  Speaker 4: Example of this would be like what we saw with
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  Speaker 4: alcohol and tobacco, when it was clear they were marketing
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  Speaker 4: to kids you remember Joe Cammell with Camel's cigarettes and
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  Speaker 4: then you could like get points out of the packs
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  Speaker 4: and then I you know, merchandise. It was like Joe Cammell,
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  Speaker 4: Like I remember having a Joe Cammel hat and I
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  Speaker 4: was not old enough to smoke. I remember it being
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  Speaker 4: like cool to have that kind of stuff. And they
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  Speaker 4: were clearly marketing with cartoon characters like Joe Cammell was
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  Speaker 4: a cartoon character. They were obviously marketing to kids. So
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  Speaker 4: they got rid of that, but they didn't say you
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  Speaker 4: couldn't advertise in general. Well, California was like, no, no,
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  Speaker 4: you just can't advertise. If we say that your advertisements
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  Speaker 4: could have could make kids want to buy it, right, like,
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  Speaker 4: that's insane. And it was a way for them to
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  Speaker 4: shut down the Second Amendment and basically get rid of
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  Speaker 4: it in gun sales in essence in California. When the
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  Speaker 4: judge looked at this, he said, look, there's this is absurd.
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  Speaker 4: There is no evidence that a minor in California has
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  Speaker 4: ever gone out and unlawfully bought a gun in a
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  Speaker 4: gun store, and especially because of an ad they saw
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  Speaker 4: for a gun manufacturer or a gun store.
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  Speaker 2: We also added this.
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  Speaker 4: California cannot straight jacket the First Amendment by on the
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  Speaker 4: one hand, allowing miners to possess and use firearms and
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  Speaker 4: then on the other hand, banning truthful advertisements about the
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  Speaker 4: lawful use of a firearm. The First Amendment Policy Coalition
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  Speaker 4: went in and they fought this hard. They fought it,
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  Speaker 4: and everybody was talking about this, like, wow, there it's California.
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  Speaker 2: They probably going to lose. Guess what. They announced the
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  Speaker 2: settlement on X.
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  Speaker 4: Writing this after losing twice at the Ninth Circuit, you
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  Speaker 4: know they're very liberal.
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  Speaker 2: The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals is very very liberal.
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  Speaker 4: California has agreed that it's minor firearm advertising ban violates
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  Speaker 4: the First Amendment and they will pay the plaintiffs the
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  Speaker 4: one million, three hundred and eighty one thousand, seven forty
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  Speaker 4: nine dollars and seventy two cents for the attorney's fees.
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  Speaker 4: The Second Amendment Foundation also posted this about the Governor
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  Speaker 4: Gavin Newsom, saying, quote, Gavin Newsom passed a law to
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  Speaker 4: attack the First Amendment because he would mad about a
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  Speaker 4: twenty two long rifle that was meant for junior shooters.
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  Speaker 4: That little stunt has cost California taxpayers over a million dollars,
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  Speaker 4: not including whatever California Department of Justice spent on their
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  Speaker 4: own lawyers, three hundred and fifty thousand to saf five
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  Speaker 4: hundred and fifty thousand to CRPA coalition of playmiffs in
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  Speaker 4: the same lawsuit, and another four hundred and eighty thousand
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  Speaker 4: to the Safari Club International case on the same issues.
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  Speaker 4: So this all stem from Gavenwsom being angry that their
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  Speaker 4: parents out there that could buy a twenty two rifle
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  Speaker 4: that is meant for junior shooters.
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  Speaker 2: By the way, I have one for all three of
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  Speaker 2: my kids.
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  Speaker 4: If I'm not mistaken, and I got a twenty two
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  Speaker 4: rifle when I was a kid. It's made smaller for
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  Speaker 4: you as a kid. Now does that mean I own
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  Speaker 4: the gun? Yes, I own it for my kids. My
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  Speaker 4: kids don't own that gun. Is it their present of courses?
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  Speaker 4: Is it in my possession?
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  Speaker 2: Yes? Is in my my Is it locked up in
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  Speaker 2: my say? Yes?
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  Speaker 4: Like if you're a saying human being, you understand kids guns.
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  Speaker 4: By the way, a four to ten shotgun that my
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  Speaker 4: kid has that that is mine. It's for him to
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  Speaker 4: use when we go hunting. It is They're not advertising
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  Speaker 4: or marketing to him to go by by himself. And
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  Speaker 4: everyone knows this like this is normal, it's not sane.
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  Speaker 4: And what Gavin Newsom did is he decided to lose
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  Speaker 4: his every loving mind and said, oh, you're marketing to
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  Speaker 4: these kids, and you're and you're advertising these kids, and
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  Speaker 4: so we're going to ban it so that you can't
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  Speaker 4: advertise at all in the state of California. Well that
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  Speaker 4: is now back fired massively. It took deep pockets, by
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  Speaker 4: the way by these groups to be able to fight this.
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  Speaker 2: Thank goodness they did.
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  Speaker 4: And it's also I think sending a very clear message
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  Speaker 4: to any other state in the country that's that's thinking
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  Speaker 4: about doing the same thing the California did. In California
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  Speaker 4: was a test case that you will lose and this
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  Speaker 4: will be a failure. So this is one of those stories.
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  Speaker 4: I say, God bless America and God bless those that
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  Speaker 4: have not been getting any media attention that actually did this.
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  Speaker 4: Like this is incredible, all right, and I love that
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  Speaker 4: there are people that are brave enough to fight these
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  Speaker 4: wars the way that they just did. Gavin Newsom getting
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  Speaker 4: slapped on the hand hard. This is a victory for
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  Speaker 4: the second Amendment. It's also a victory for First Amendment
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  Speaker 4: right of free speech as well, and I wanted you
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  Speaker 4: to know about it.
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  Speaker 3: Now. Story number two, Day.
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  Speaker 4: Two has already happened of the save AC fight in
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  Speaker 4: the United States Senate, And make no mistake about it,
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  Speaker 4: it's exactly the fight President Donald Trump wanted. After forcing
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  Speaker 4: the bill into the Senate floor, Republicans have now moved
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  Speaker 4: into full debate mode and that alone is a major victory.
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  Speaker 4: Why you may ask, well, because for the first time
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  Speaker 4: in a long time, election integrity is not being whispered about.
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  Speaker 4: It's being debated front and center on the Senate floor,
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  Speaker 4: and it is heated. And today the pressure turned up dramatically.
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  Speaker 4: President Trump is not sitting on this sidelines either. He
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  Speaker 4: is leading this charge. He made it crystal clear to
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  Speaker 4: Republicans in Washington, this is our defining moment. This is
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  Speaker 4: not just another bill, another issue, another thing that you
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  Speaker 4: should talk about and move on from. The President made
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  Speaker 4: it clear saying this is about the future of American elections. Now,
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  Speaker 4: behind the scenes, we also know the White House is
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  Speaker 4: going into overdrive. In fact, President Trump himself is working
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  Speaker 4: the phones, talking to lawmakers and making it known that
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  Speaker 4: this legislation is his first priority.
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  Speaker 2: It's not optional. As how I was.
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  Speaker 4: Described by one at the White House who told me,
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  Speaker 4: the President is willing to sit down with any Republican
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  Speaker 4: he needs to to explain to them exactly how important
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  Speaker 4: this moment is.
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  Speaker 2: Now.
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  Speaker 4: The message coming from the White House is simple and
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  Speaker 4: also powerful. Only American citizens should decide American elections.
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  Speaker 2: It's not a radical idea at all.
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  Speaker 4: And in fact, the polling numbers show that overwhelmingly the
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  Speaker 4: majority of Americans, whether you're Republican, Democrat, or independent, support
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  Speaker 4: that exact language that the President use saying only American
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  Speaker 4: citizens should decide American elections. And Republicans they're finally stepping
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  Speaker 4: up on day two. GOP leaders are not backing down,
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  Speaker 4: thank goodness. They're even going on offense, and they're using
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  Speaker 4: this debate to draw one of the clearest contrasts we've
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  Speaker 4: seen in years between the two parties. Republicans are saying,
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  Speaker 4: this is common sense, requiring proof of citizenship and requiring
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  Speaker 4: voter ID to protect the integrity of.
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  Speaker 2: The ballot box. That's it.
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  Speaker 4: The clearest talking points we've seen on an issue in
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  Speaker 4: a very long time. And what's happening today is just
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  Speaker 4: as important politically as it is legislatively. Republicans are now
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  Speaker 4: forcing every Democrat in Washington to take a position, all
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  Speaker 4: on the record in front of the American people now.
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  Speaker 4: Because the Republicans are unified and pushing forward. You guessed it,
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  Speaker 4: Democrats are doing the exact same thing. They're lining up
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  Speaker 4: in total opposition. Every single Democrat is digging in trying
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  Speaker 4: to block this bill, refusing to support these voter integrity
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  Speaker 4: measures altogether. And Republicans are making sure that voters see
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  Speaker 4: that contrast loud and clear going into the midterms, even
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  Speaker 4: before a final vote, Republicans have already achieved something significant.
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  Speaker 4: They've made election integrity one of the biggest issues in
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  Speaker 4: the country again. They've taken it out of the shadows
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  Speaker 4: and put it right at the center of the national
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  Speaker 4: conversation thanks to President Trump. And that's not by accident.
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  Speaker 4: This was President Trump's strategy all along. That's about defining
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  Speaker 4: the future of our elections. It's also about defining the
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  Speaker 4: next election. And tonight, as three comes at us, the
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  Speaker 4: reality is clear. President Trump has turned the Save Act
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  Speaker 4: into a national showdown. Republicans finally are unified. They're even
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  Speaker 4: energized on the four of the Senate and finally on offense,
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  Speaker 4: and Democrats are being forced to defend their impossible position
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  Speaker 4: in front of the American people that they want people
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  Speaker 4: from outside the country who are not American citizens to
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  Speaker 4: vote in our elections.
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  Speaker 2: Now.
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  Speaker 4: To be clear, this fight is far from over. In fact,
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  Speaker 4: it's just getting started. For one thing that is already clear,
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  Speaker 4: the battle over election integrity is now front and center
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  Speaker 4: in America and it's not going away anytime soon.
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