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Dark Money Under Scrutiny, Media Lies on China & Democratic Disarray · The Ben Ferguson Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Clarify with whom the US is speaking with China. They're
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  Speaker 1: saying Day News that trade talks are happy.
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  Speaker 2: Well, they had a meeting this morning, so I can't
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  Speaker 2: tell you. It doesn't matter who they is. They had
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  Speaker 2: meetings this morning, and we've been meeting with China. So
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  Speaker 2: I think you have Jeff as usual. I think you
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  Speaker 2: have your reporting romas.
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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 Friday morning, Ben Ferguson with you. It's signe to
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  Speaker 4: have you on the forty seven Morning Update. And a
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  Speaker 1: All right, three big stories for you today.
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  Speaker 4: First up, Donald Trump has ordered moments ago the Justice
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  Speaker 4: Department to investigate democrats top fundraising platform. You know that
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  Speaker 4: platform as an organization called You're ready for this Act Blue.
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  Speaker 4: I'll have those details for you coming up in just
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  Speaker 4: a moment. So another big lie the media wanting you
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  Speaker 4: to side with China, the communist Chinese Party instead of
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  Speaker 4: believing the President Donald Trump with the negotiations over the tariffs,
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  Speaker 4: will break down this big lie and expose exactly what
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  Speaker 4: the media was doing to try to get you to
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  Speaker 4: stand with China over America.
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  Speaker 1: And finally, there's a massive revolt within the.
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  Speaker 4: Democratic Party, not because I say so, but because CNN
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  Speaker 4: is sounding the alarm and saying that siren should be
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  Speaker 4: going off in Schumer and other Democrats' offices as new
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  Speaker 4: poll numbers are showing a disaster for the party.
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  Speaker 1: We'll have those numbers for you as well.
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  Speaker 4: It's the forty seven Morning Update and it starts right now.
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  Speaker 3: Story number one.
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  Speaker 4: One of the reasons why we do this show is
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  Speaker 4: to bring you news before it breaks. The story you're
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  Speaker 4: about to hear is a story that has just happened
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  Speaker 4: within the last few moments. President Donald Trump has ordered
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  Speaker 4: the Justice Department moments ago to investigate the Democratic Party's
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  Speaker 4: top fundraising platform. Now, Trump, in this newly signed executive order,
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  Speaker 4: is directing the Attorney General Pambondi to investigate allegations that
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  Speaker 4: acblue has allowed illegal campaign donations.
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  Speaker 1: Now. Democrats, of course, are.
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  Speaker 4: Condemning the move, and agblue called it an impressive use
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  Speaker 4: of power by the White House. Now, the Trump administration
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  Speaker 4: and gops targeting of acblue is part of their brazen
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  Speaker 4: attack on democracy in America, the organization said, claiming that
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  Speaker 4: today's escalation by the White House is blatantly unlawful and
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  Speaker 4: needs to be seen for what it is, Donald Trump's
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  Speaker 4: latest front his campaign to stamp out all political, electoral
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  Speaker 4: and ideological opposition. Agblue does have something to worry about.
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  Speaker 4: AC blue says they're going to defend themselves. But Trump's
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  Speaker 4: order is directing Pambody, in consultation with the Treasury Department,
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  Speaker 4: to investigate allegations at the online fundraising platforms and specifically acblue,
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  Speaker 4: have been used by some to make straw or dummy
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  Speaker 4: contributions or foreign contributions to political candidates and or political committees,
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  Speaker 4: which would be against the law. The findings of the
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  Speaker 4: investigation will be reported back within one hundred and eighty days,
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  Speaker 4: according to the executive order signed by Trump. Now, since
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  Speaker 4: taking office, Trump has sought to use the powers of
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  Speaker 4: the government to make sure that everyone is playing by
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  Speaker 4: the rules. Now, just say you know a little bit
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  Speaker 4: more about acblue. The Democrats have used this for two decades.
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  Speaker 1: What do they do?
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  Speaker 4: They help power and outpouring of quote small donor donations
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  Speaker 4: to candidates and causes they're incredibly successful.
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  Speaker 2: Now.
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  Speaker 4: The Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Wattley A potted the investigation,
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  Speaker 4: saying in a statement, the Democrats dark money scam has
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  Speaker 4: gone on long enough. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chairwoman
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  Speaker 4: and the Democrat National Committee chair and the Democratic Centorial
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  Speaker 4: Campaign Committee chair as well as the Governor's Association with
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  Speaker 4: the Democratic Party have all come together and denounced the
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  Speaker 4: executive order in a joint statement.
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  Speaker 1: At the end of the day, we're going to find.
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  Speaker 4: Out exactly what's going on with this dark money, and
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  Speaker 4: we're gonna find out if Fact Blue has been undermining
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  Speaker 4: the laws in this country, and we're gonna have Attorney
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  Speaker 4: General look at it with this executive order.
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  Speaker 1: Now, it's going to be interesting to see what comes
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  Speaker 1: out of this.
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  Speaker 4: And my gut is we're probably going to have a
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  Speaker 4: much bigger story than what I just told you right now.
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  Speaker 3: Next story number two.
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  Speaker 4: So the media is wanting you to believe a big
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  Speaker 4: Chinese communist red lie, and they want you to believe
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  Speaker 4: that China is telling you the truth on what's happening
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  Speaker 4: with trade negotiations. Over the President of the United States
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  Speaker 4: of America let me explain to you exactly what's happening.
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  Speaker 4: China is trying to save face, especially in their own country,
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  Speaker 4: and they are saying that there is not trade negotiations
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  Speaker 4: that are actually going on. China has denied ongoing talks,
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  Speaker 4: but Donald Trump says, Look, they can say whatever they
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  Speaker 4: want with their propaganda in their state sponsored media. I
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  Speaker 4: can tell you that we are talking and that we
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  Speaker 4: are working towards a deal.
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  Speaker 1: Well, now the media.
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  Speaker 4: Wants you to believe that Donald Trump is lying to you,
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  Speaker 4: that it's all doom and gloom because they want Donald
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  Speaker 4: Trump to lose when it comes to fixing the problems
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  Speaker 4: with trade, not because they actually care that much about
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  Speaker 4: the issue of trade. They just want Donald Trump to
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  Speaker 4: lose because it's Donald Trump. Well, Donald Trump was asked
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  Speaker 4: a question about the trade deals going on in negotiations
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  Speaker 4: with China, and I want you to listen to what
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  Speaker 4: he had to say. In his own words, he clarified,
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  Speaker 4: with whom the US is speaking with China and they're saying,
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  Speaker 4: is state news that trade talks are happening.
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  Speaker 2: Well, they had a meeting this morning, Antonio. It doesn't
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  Speaker 2: matter who they is. We may reveal it later, but
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  Speaker 2: they had meetings this morning, and we've been meeting with China,
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  Speaker 2: and so I think you have Jeff, as usual, I
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  Speaker 2: think you have your reporting wrong. Heik.
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  Speaker 4: I love how the president there says as usual, you
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  Speaker 4: have your reporting wrong. Now the media again wants you
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  Speaker 4: to side with China and they want you to not
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  Speaker 4: believe Donald Trump. But when it comes to dollars, well,
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  Speaker 4: the stock market is believing Donald Trump. Despite China's official
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  Speaker 4: denial of the ongoing talks. We saw the dal Jones
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  Speaker 4: Industrial Average surge nearly five hundred points, closing above forty
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  Speaker 4: thousand for the first time since April the fifteenth, while
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  Speaker 4: the S and P five hundred and Nasdaq also saw
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  Speaker 4: significant gains. Why because they believe that Donald Trump is
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  Speaker 4: telling the truth, and they also understand that China lies
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  Speaker 4: whenever they need to to their citizens to save face. Now,
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  Speaker 4: the market rally reflects basically one thing, optimism that a
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  Speaker 4: deal is going to get done soon and the easing
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  Speaker 4: trade tensions may benefit also the global economy. Now, while
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  Speaker 4: formal negotiations have not been confirmed by both parties, the
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  Speaker 4: positive market response indicates that investors and people that tell
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  Speaker 4: them what's going on within the political world are saying, yes,
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  Speaker 4: there is in fact progress in the US China trade relations.
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  Speaker 4: So just remember when these reports come out from the media,
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  Speaker 4: don't forget. These are the same people that told you
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  Speaker 4: that the Russian collusion story was real. That the same
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  Speaker 4: people that told you that the Hunter Biden laptop story
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  Speaker 4: was a lie. And they're also the same media that
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  Speaker 4: sold you a story of fifty plus people that sign
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  Speaker 4: their name claiming Russian disinformation with the Hunter Biden laptop story.
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  Speaker 4: So if you think the media is going to tell
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  Speaker 4: you the truth about this issue, they're not. Why because
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  Speaker 4: they hate Donald Trump and they want to do anything
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  Speaker 4: they can to undermine him and to hurt him. As
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  Speaker 4: for China, I expect them to continue to lie. I
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  Speaker 4: think the President was making it clear there he doesn't
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  Speaker 4: care what they say as long as a better deal
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  Speaker 4: gets done for American workers and the American consumer, and
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  Speaker 4: that is exactly what the President's plan is. Now, you
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  Speaker 4: can get excited because we also know that there's dozens
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  Speaker 4: of other countries that are in Washington, DC right now
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  Speaker 4: actively negotiating their trade deals with the President. And what
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  Speaker 4: does that mean In the very near future, You're going
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  Speaker 4: to see a rollout of trade deals that are getting
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  Speaker 4: done at the White House. I'm telling you right now,
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  Speaker 4: it's coming and it's going to happen very soon.
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  Speaker 1: And here is story number three.
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  Speaker 4: There's no doubt the polls are showing that the American
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  Speaker 4: people are trusting Donald Trump. They're trusting him on trade,
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  Speaker 4: they're trusting in them on the economy, they're trusting them
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  Speaker 4: on energy, and they're trusting him on border issues as well.
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  Speaker 4: There's also something else that's happening that's very interesting. For
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  Speaker 4: the first time, Donald Trump is now grabbing independent and
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  Speaker 4: Democrats saying we want to stand with you, mister President,
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  Speaker 4: instead of our own party, the Democratic Party. Now there
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  Speaker 4: is a revolt within the Democratic Party, not because I
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  Speaker 4: say so, but because radical CNN says so. In fact,
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  Speaker 4: CNN had a total freakout session about just how bad
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  Speaker 4: things are right now for the Democratic Party. And here
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  Speaker 4: is what they had to say, and they're warning to
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  Speaker 4: their viewers about just how bad it's really gotten.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, this I think is a revolt, a revolt that
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  Speaker 5: is going on within the Democratic Party right now. Democrats
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  Speaker 5: and their leaders, I mean, take a look nationally, Hello,
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  Speaker 5: Democrats on dem leaders in Congress, the belief that they
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  Speaker 5: will do the right thing when it comes to the economy.
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  Speaker 5: Last year, at this time, eighty percent believe that the
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  Speaker 5: Democratic leaders in Congress would do the right thing.
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  Speaker 1: When it comes to the economy.
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  Speaker 5: And keep in mind this as Democrats, look at where
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  Speaker 5: we are now, that number has been slashed in half
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  Speaker 5: to just thirty nine percent. Holy Toledo.
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  Speaker 1: That is the lowest.
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  Speaker 5: Number by far in Gallup polling. The lowest previous was
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  Speaker 5: just sixty percent, which is twenty one points higher than this.
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  Speaker 5: Democrats hate, hate, hate, hate what they're.
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  Speaker 1: Congressional leaders in Washington are doing.
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  Speaker 5: Right now on the key issue of the day, the economy,
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  Speaker 5: and their confidence has fallen through the floor. Mister Berman,
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  Speaker 5: all right, Chuck Schumer is the Senate Democratic leader right now.
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  Speaker 6: How we're feelings about him, particularly in New York.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, let's go to the state of New York. It's
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  Speaker 5: what's always on my mind. Right, We're in the state
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  Speaker 5: of New York right now. New York Democrats on Chuck
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  Speaker 5: Schumer view him favorably.
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  Speaker 1: In December of twenty.
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  Speaker 5: Twenty four, that was just a few months ago, it
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  Speaker 5: was seventy three percent. Look at where that number has fallen.
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  Speaker 5: To in just a few months. It is now down
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  Speaker 5: to just fifty two percent. That is the lowest I
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  Speaker 5: could ever find and see on a college on how
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  Speaker 5: democrats in Chuck Schumer's home state knew him. And keep
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  Speaker 5: in mind, if you're thinking about a primary challenge, it
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  Speaker 5: would be a few years agay. But Alexandio Costio Cortes's
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  Speaker 5: favorable rating among Democrats is considerably higher in the sixties,
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  Speaker 5: so he is doing quite poorly in his own homestead
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  Speaker 5: of New York. I never thought I'd see the day
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  Speaker 5: in which just fifty two percent of New York Democrats
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  Speaker 5: with you Chuck Schumer favorably. It's almost unfathomable.
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  Speaker 4: Not only is it a disaster for the Democrats right now,
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  Speaker 4: but according to a Harvard Harris poll conducted in February,
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  Speaker 4: the majority of Americans express support for President Donald Trump's
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  Speaker 4: initiatives across the board, reforming government operations with DOGE and
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  Speaker 4: enhancing national security. The polls are indicating that many independents,
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  Speaker 4: including Democrats, are actually proud of what the President is
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  Speaker 4: doing right now, and on issues like immigration, President Trump's
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  Speaker 4: approval rating is well above fifty percent. Majority of Americans
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  Speaker 4: are saying they stand with the President on strengthening his
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  Speaker 4: administration's policy of getting rid of I legal immigrants and
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  Speaker 4: securing the southern border.
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  Speaker 1: So what is the takeaway from all of this?
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  Speaker 4: Well, number one, the Democrats are in disarray, and number two,
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  Speaker 4: the American people are loving what Donald Trump is doing.
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  Speaker 4: Now how bad is it? Chuck Schumer is now having
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  Speaker 4: to ask questions as the top Democrat about whether or
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  Speaker 4: not he's considering stepping aside.
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  Speaker 1: Take a listen, but have you.
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  Speaker 7: Given any thought to a more specific timeline when it
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  Speaker 7: comes to passing the torch yourself? Are you even giving
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  Speaker 7: that some thought right now?
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  Speaker 6: Right now, I am focused on showing the American people
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  Speaker 6: how bad Trump's economics are for them, how he is
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  Speaker 6: putting our democracy at risk. And I am totally focused
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  Speaker 6: on that. As you said, I was out on Long
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  Speaker 6: Island today. I have visited all six Republican six of
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  Speaker 6: the seven Republican congressional districts, talking about tariffs, talking about
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  Speaker 6: the economy, talking about how bad cutting Medicaid would be,
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  Speaker 6: particularly in our rural areas. That's my focus and that's
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  Speaker 6: what I'm doing.
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  Speaker 7: And you know, well, just so I'm clear, no thought,
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  Speaker 7: no conversation about when you might step aside.
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  Speaker 6: I'm focusing on the decision that the Republicans in Congress
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  Speaker 6: have to make to whether support Trump with these horrible
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  Speaker 6: economic policies or not. And we're doing everything we can
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  Speaker 6: to show the American people who's on whose side.
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  Speaker 1: So let's be clear.
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  Speaker 4: Even MSNBC is asking Chuck Schumer, when are you gonna
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  Speaker 4: step aside? This comes right after Dick Durbin takes a
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  Speaker 4: shot at Joe Biden saying, quote, you want to leave
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  Speaker 4: when you can still walk out the front door and
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  Speaker 4: not be carried out the back door. That's why he's
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  Speaker 4: not going to seek reelection. As for who's in charge
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  Speaker 4: of the Democratic Party, no one knows at the moment.
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  Speaker 4: What we do know is the majority of the American
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  Speaker 4: people are saying they know who's in charge of the
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  Speaker 4: country and they stand behind him, and his name is
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  Speaker 4: Donald J.
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  Speaker 1: Trump.
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