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ID for DNC, But Not to Vote? Cheating over Fair Elections — Senate Libs prepare to KILL the SAA · The Ben Ferguson Podcast

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  Speaker 1: You need to present a photo ID, to buy a beard,
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  Speaker 1: a board a plane, and to do so many other
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  Speaker 1: things that are part of American life.
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  Speaker 2: Why not to vote?
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  Speaker 1: I think great American the great number of American people
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  Speaker 1: agree completely with this that you should have to have
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  Speaker 1: a photo ID and be a citizen in order to vote.
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  Speaker 1: The Save America Act is the best way to secure
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  Speaker 1: and safely provide elections that represent the viewpoints of the
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  Speaker 1: American people.
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  Speaker 3: You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben ferguson.
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  Speaker 4: Good Wednesday morning. It's nice to have you with us
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  Speaker 4: on the forty seven Morning Update, and it excites me
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  Speaker 4: to say this. The Save America Act is finally on
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  Speaker 4: the floor of the Senate. So what is going to
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  Speaker 4: happen next. I've got all the details for you, including
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  Speaker 4: what Donald Trump said and what Senator Cruz said about
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  Speaker 4: how this is working its way through the Senate Republican leadership.
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  Speaker 4: It's the forty seven Morning Update and it starts right now.
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  Speaker 4: Story number one is a big win for election integrity.
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  Speaker 4: The Save Act is heading to the Senate for with
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  Speaker 4: a lot of Republicans that are excited about it. The
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  Speaker 4: problem is there's a couple of Republicans that are not
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  Speaker 4: wanting to play ball on the issue, which is truly
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  Speaker 4: frustrating and also shocking. The President United States of America
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  Speaker 4: at the White House saying this about the Save Act
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  Speaker 4: moving to the Senate finally for real action.
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  Speaker 5: The biggest thing coming up is to Save America Act
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  Speaker 5: in the Senate. That's a voter ID and proof of
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  Speaker 5: citizenship and no mail in ballots. You know, corrupt mail
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  Speaker 5: in ballots. We're the only country in the world that
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  Speaker 5: does it that way, corrupt as hell. And then we
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  Speaker 5: added two more. We're going to be I think they're
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  Speaker 5: going to be hitting a couple of more. One is
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  Speaker 5: no men in women in sports. That seems like an
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  Speaker 5: easy one. I believe that's ninety nine percent. And no
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  Speaker 5: transgender mutilization of all our children none. That's only polling
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  Speaker 5: at ninety eight percent, Speaker, So hopefully the Senate's going
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  Speaker 5: to be able to get that. You can't ask for
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  Speaker 5: five better things, I think in terms of it's and
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  Speaker 5: it's not politics, it's really good for it's so good
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  Speaker 5: for our nation. I mean, who would not have voter ID,
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  Speaker 5: who would not have a proof of citizenship? And the
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  Speaker 5: only people who would want not to have that, or
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  Speaker 5: people that want to cheat. It's very very simple.
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  Speaker 2: We can't let that happen.
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  Speaker 5: Now.
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  Speaker 4: You notice there that the President is challenging the Senate
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  Speaker 4: on multiple issues, saying it's not just a Save Act,
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  Speaker 4: but also transgender sports issue as well and protecting children
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  Speaker 4: from mutilation. Now, after months of pushing and negotiations and
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  Speaker 4: rallying public support, finally the GOP leadership has delivered on
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  Speaker 4: a core promise, and that was what the President was
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  Speaker 4: excited about, protecting American elections by ensuring that only US
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  Speaker 4: citizens are voting in federal elections. The Save Act, which
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  Speaker 4: requires proof of citizenship to register to vote, has become
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  Speaker 4: the cornerstone issue for Republicans and the top priorities. You
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  Speaker 4: heard the President mentioning there, and he is saying, get
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  Speaker 4: it done now. The momentum behind the bill is undeniable
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  Speaker 4: when it comes to American support. The problem is there
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  Speaker 4: are still some Republicans that are saying no. Now, recent
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  Speaker 4: pulling overwhelmingly supports this, strong majorities backing voter ID requirements
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  Speaker 4: as well as proof of citizenship measures. This isn't a
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  Speaker 4: fringe issue. It's literally a mainstream demand from people on
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  Speaker 4: all sides of the country. Republicans are framing this is
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  Speaker 4: common sense reform, and the American people are saying that's
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  Speaker 4: exactly what they see as well. Secure the vote, protect citizens,
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  Speaker 4: restore trust in our elections. Now, GOP leaders say the
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  Speaker 4: is about one simple thing, and this is what the
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  Speaker 4: President has said over and over again. This is about
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  Speaker 4: American elections should be decided by American citizens. President Donald
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  Speaker 4: Trump is applauding the move, calling it a massive step
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  Speaker 4: forward for election integrity, also praising Senate Republicans for fighting
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  Speaker 4: to protect the voice of every legal voter in the country.
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  Speaker 4: Trump has also made it clear this is just the
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  Speaker 4: beginning here, a swift passage in the Senate and signaling
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  Speaker 4: that election security will remain front and center heading into
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  Speaker 4: the next midterm election cycle. Republicans in Congress are also
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  Speaker 4: leaning into the momentum, arguing that this vote puts every
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  Speaker 4: lawmaker on record, forcing a clear choice on election day,
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  Speaker 4: stand for secure elections or opposed safeguards that the majority
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  Speaker 4: of Americans support. Now that also brings us to reality.
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  Speaker 4: Senator thun he is the majority leader in the Senate,
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  Speaker 4: set down with Fox News Channels Brett Baer and he
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  Speaker 4: asked him about the reality of the Save Act and
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  Speaker 4: what's going to happen. Here is what he had to
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  Speaker 4: say about getting to that sixty vote threshold for the
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  Speaker 4: Save Act to actually pass some votes.
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  Speaker 6: But you know the frustration here you have head counters
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  Speaker 6: that look at the votes, and if you bring this
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  Speaker 6: to the floor and knowing it can't clear sixty votes,
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  Speaker 6: you're not willing to kind of vote procedurally to change.
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  Speaker 2: The rules to pass it.
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  Speaker 6: Then is this, you know, legislating Are you kind of
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  Speaker 6: just messaging for the election?
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  Speaker 7: Well, it's legislating. I mean, actually, if you look at
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  Speaker 7: the substance of the policy, this is about safe and
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  Speaker 7: secure and elections in this country and making sure that
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  Speaker 7: you know, we have an election process that is actually
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  Speaker 7: the right people, not just the you know, the illegals
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  Speaker 7: who are in this.
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  Speaker 2: Country have an opportunity to vote.
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  Speaker 7: We want to make sure that if you're in this country,
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  Speaker 7: you have to be a citizen of this country actually
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  Speaker 7: to exercise and.
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  Speaker 2: Cast your vote.
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  Speaker 7: So I think that's a fairly simple position and one
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  Speaker 7: that Democrats audit we eventually get on board with, but
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  Speaker 7: if they don't, we will. I mean, it's obviously an
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  Speaker 7: issue that we will be able to use, I think
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  Speaker 7: in the fall elections. So it has politics around it,
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  Speaker 7: but this is a goal is to achieve a policy outcome,
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  Speaker 7: and that is to try and get a requirement in
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  Speaker 7: law that in federal elections that you would have to
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  Speaker 7: be a citizen in order to register a vote, and
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  Speaker 7: you'd have to show an ID in order to vote
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  Speaker 7: in our election.
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  Speaker 6: And there's no way to split it up to do
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  Speaker 6: pieces of that.
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  Speaker 2: Is there any way any piece of.
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  Speaker 6: This could get past to sixty votes?
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  Speaker 2: Well, we'll see. I mean we're looking at how to
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  Speaker 2: do that.
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  Speaker 7: There are other pieces of the Save America Act in addition.
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  Speaker 2: To those two. Those are the two that passed the House.
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  Speaker 7: The President is also introduced the idea of mail in voting,
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  Speaker 7: and so we've got some reforms and modifications to that.
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  Speaker 7: There's also the issue of whether or not biological mails
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  Speaker 7: ought to be able to compete in girl sports. There
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  Speaker 7: is the transgender surgery issue. Those are all issues on
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  Speaker 7: which I think most Americans, at least if they're Americans
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  Speaker 7: who are applying common sense, vote for and support in
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  Speaker 7: very big numbers. The only folks who don't support it
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  Speaker 7: appears at least at the moment are Democrats in the Senate,
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  Speaker 7: but we'll see if that changes over the course of time.
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  Speaker 2: What I've said all along, bread is.
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  Speaker 7: That what we will do is we will guarantee a
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  Speaker 7: debate on this issue.
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  Speaker 2: Obviously, it's a big priority for the president.
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  Speaker 7: There are a lot of people across the country who
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  Speaker 7: want to see this voted on, and we will guarantee
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  Speaker 7: a vote at the end of that.
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  Speaker 4: Now, to be clear, Center Thune isn't telling you every
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  Speaker 4: option available to actually get a real vote on this
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  Speaker 4: or to get it passed. I should say without getting
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  Speaker 4: to sixty there are other options. Senator Cruz was explaining
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  Speaker 4: exactly what one of those options would be. The problem
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  Speaker 4: is finding fifty Republicans that are willing to go along
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  Speaker 4: with it, and what it would mean is working over
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  Speaker 4: time and having a night and day back and forth
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  Speaker 4: with the Democrats forcing it to become a reality. Now,
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  Speaker 4: this is something that's been done in the past, and
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  Speaker 4: this is Senatored Cruz explaining exactly how it could be done.
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  Speaker 8: Now, you've got to have fifty Republicans who will stand together,
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  Speaker 8: because the fifty Republicans have to number one anytime the
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  Speaker 8: Democrats want to. They can suggest the absence of a quorum,
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  Speaker 8: and we have to be able to produce fifty bodies.
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  Speaker 4: Oh, everybody's got to be there, Okay, So everybody's got.
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  Speaker 1: To be there.
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  Speaker 8: Yeah, you've got to physically be able to do it.
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  Speaker 4: Could go for to be clear, that could go, as
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  Speaker 4: you were saying, for days, right, for days or weeks. Yes,
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  Speaker 4: And in other words, there's some senators in the Republican
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  Speaker 4: Party that just would rather go home. Yeah, would rather
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  Speaker 4: go home on Thursdays like they always do. They don't
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  Speaker 4: want to stay over the weekend. They don't want to
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  Speaker 4: fight for this for a week or two.
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  Speaker 8: And secondly, the Democrats can tee up amendments and try
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  Speaker 8: to force votes on amendments, and we've got to have
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  Speaker 8: fifty Republicans that reject their amendments, that stand together. And
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  Speaker 8: right now we have I don't know, forty seven, forty eight,
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  Speaker 8: but we don't have fifty. And so we're having in
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  Speaker 8: arguments with a handful who are saying no. And I
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  Speaker 8: hope it changes, but right now, right now, we don't
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  Speaker 8: have fifty.
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  Speaker 4: Final question on this one, when will the American people know?
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  Speaker 4: What day will you guys make this decision on either
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  Speaker 4: trying to vote for that or just having a straight
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  Speaker 4: up vote that you know you're going to come up
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  Speaker 4: short on.
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  Speaker 8: Yeah, if nothing changes, we will likely vote have the
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  Speaker 8: final vote on Thursday of this week, and we will
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  Speaker 8: end up probably with fifty to fifty one fifty two
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  Speaker 8: votes for the Save America Act, but we'll need sixty
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  Speaker 8: and so the vote will fail if nothing changes. That's
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  Speaker 8: where we're headed.
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  Speaker 4: And then do you expect the present to weigh in
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  Speaker 4: heavy on the strategy here? Does he know these two options?
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  Speaker 4: And how much influence would I have if the President
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  Speaker 4: came out and said, you know, damn it, men and
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  Speaker 4: women stay in Washington, d c. And fight this thing
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  Speaker 4: out and let's see what happens.
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  Speaker 8: Yeah, the President has said that multiple times, and that
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  Speaker 8: has been a significant part of the argument. But we
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  Speaker 8: still at the end of the day, you can't wave
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  Speaker 8: a magic wand and produce the votes, and we're still
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  Speaker 8: frustratingly short of fifty.
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  Speaker 4: So the one big X factor here is also President Trump.
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  Speaker 4: What will he say over the next twenty four hours,
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  Speaker 4: how many phone calls will he be making to put
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  Speaker 4: real pressure on many of these Republicans And is there
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  Speaker 4: a chance that you could get the fifty Republicans needed
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  Speaker 4: for a filibuster. This is all playing out in real time.
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  Speaker 4: One thing is for sure, the President is focused on it,
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  Speaker 4: and also other thing, it's very clear to say he's
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  Speaker 4: not backing down, so we'll keep covering it. And the
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  Speaker 4: President said he's going to keep fighting for it no
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  Speaker 4: matter what, and that should make every Trump supporter excited
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  Speaker 4: right now.
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