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Twelve Nations, One Executive Ban plus the Federal Response to Rising College Antisemitism · The Ben Ferguson Podcast

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  Speaker 1: President Donald Trump signed a proclamation reinstating a travel band
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  Speaker 1: that restricts entry into the United States for citizens of
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  Speaker 1: twelve countries. Why the present signing national security concerns now.
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  Speaker 1: The policy is set to take effect very quickly on
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  Speaker 1: June the ninth. There are twelve countries that are listed,
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  Speaker 1: and the President had this to say about it is
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  Speaker 1: he announced it from the Oval Office.
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  Speaker 2: The recent terror attack in Boulder, Colorado has underscored the
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  Speaker 2: extreme dangers posed to our country by the entry of
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  Speaker 2: foreign nationals who are not properly vetted, as well as
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  Speaker 2: those who come here as temporary visitors and overstay their visas.
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  Speaker 3: We don't want them.
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  Speaker 2: In the twenty first century, we've seen one terror attack
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  Speaker 2: after another carried out by foreign visa overstairs from dangerous
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  Speaker 2: places all over the world, and thanks to Biden's open
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  Speaker 2: door policies, today there are and millions of these illegals
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  Speaker 2: who should not be in our country. In my first term,
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  Speaker 2: my powerful travel restrictions were one of our most successful policies,
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  Speaker 2: and they were a key part of preventing major foreign
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  Speaker 2: terror attacks on American soil. We will not let what
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  Speaker 2: happened in Europe happen to America. That's why, on my
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  Speaker 2: first day back in office, I directed the Secretary of
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  Speaker 2: State to perform a security review of high risk regions
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  Speaker 2: and make recommendations for where restrictions should be imposed. Among
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  Speaker 2: the national security threats their analysis considered are the large
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  Speaker 2: scale presence of terrorists, failure to cooperate on visa security,
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  Speaker 2: inability to verify travelers' identities, inadequate record keeping of criminal histories,
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  Speaker 2: and persistently high rates of illegal visa overstays, and other things.
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  Speaker 2: Very simply can not have open migration from any country
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  Speaker 2: where we cannot safely and reliably vet and screen those
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  Speaker 2: who seek to enter the United States. That is why
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  Speaker 2: today I am signing a new executive order placing travel
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  Speaker 2: restrictions on countries including Yemen, Somalia, Haiti, Libya, and numerous others.
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  Speaker 2: The strength of the restrictions we're applying depends on the
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  Speaker 2: severity of the threat posts. The list is subject to
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  Speaker 2: revision based on whether material improvements are made, and likewise,
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  Speaker 2: new countries can be added as threats everge around the world.
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  Speaker 3: But we will not.
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  Speaker 2: Allow people to enter our country who wish to do
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  Speaker 2: us harm, and nothing will stop us from keeping America
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  Speaker 2: saying thank you very much.
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  Speaker 1: The President going through that list again, Afghanistan, Burma, Chad,
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  Speaker 1: the Republic of the Congo, Heecreatorial Guinea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan,
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  Speaker 1: and Yemen. There are also partial restrictions on seven different
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  Speaker 1: countries Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, turs Megastan, and Venezuela.
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  Speaker 1: The partial restrictions involve limitations on immigrant and certain non
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  Speaker 1: immigrant visas, but some temporary visas may still be granted
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  Speaker 1: with those quote partial restrictions on the seven countries I
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  Speaker 1: just listed now, as President Trump stated, the ban aims
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  Speaker 1: to protect the United States from individuals who may pose
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  Speaker 1: threats to national security, citing concerns over terrorism, inadequate vetting processes,
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  Speaker 1: and high visa overstay rates in the US. He referenced
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  Speaker 1: a recent attack in Boulder allegedly perpetrated by an Egyptian
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  Speaker 1: national and a catalyst for the new policy.
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  Speaker 4: Now.
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  Speaker 1: The administration also pointed two deficiencies and information and identity
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  Speaker 1: management protocols and affected countries which hinder effective screening and
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  Speaker 1: vetting of travelers. The travel band has already faced criticism
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  Speaker 1: don't worry from the left is they will do anything
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  Speaker 1: to stand up for illegal immigrants and even those that
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  Speaker 1: are committing atrostes against Americans. It is very clear there's
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  Speaker 1: two ways of thinking on this issue. The conservative way,
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  Speaker 1: the Trump way, is to protect American citizens, and the
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  Speaker 1: left is to advocate and protect the illegal immigrants, even
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  Speaker 1: those that are on terrorists watch lists. Now Donald Trump
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  Speaker 1: isn't the only one saying that this is exactly what
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  Speaker 1: needed to happen. Senator Tom Cotton, a man that served
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  Speaker 1: as country overseas in many parts of the world where
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  Speaker 1: these travel bans are happening, went on Fox and Friends
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  Speaker 1: and had this to say.
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  Speaker 5: So, President Trump banning travel from twelve countries and placing
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  Speaker 5: restrictions on seven others in the wake of national security
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  Speaker 5: concerns related to the Boulder terror attack.
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  Speaker 2: The strength of the restriction, as we're applying, depends on
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  Speaker 2: the severity of the threat post The list is subject
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  Speaker 2: to revision based on whether material improvements are made, and likewise,
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  Speaker 2: new countries can be added as threats emerge around the world.
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  Speaker 5: And in a separate proclamation, he moved to officially block
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  Speaker 5: new foreign students from getting visas to attend Harvard University
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  Speaker 5: urging his administrator to consider revoking current visas as well.
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  Speaker 3: And keep in mind is over one hundred thousand Chinese
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  Speaker 3: students here.
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  Speaker 5: Here to discuss is Arkansas Center Center and Harvard grad Center.
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  Speaker 3: Tom Cotton the Center.
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  Speaker 5: First off, on the ban of those nations, how do
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  Speaker 5: you feel about it?
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  Speaker 6: I command the President for implementing this badly needed and
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  Speaker 6: overdue ban on countries where we really can't vet anyone.
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  Speaker 6: Countries have a history of known violence and terrorism. Take
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  Speaker 6: for instance, Haiti and Somalia. You have gang violence that
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  Speaker 6: is basically controlling all of Haiti. You have Islamic terrorism
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  Speaker 6: across Somalia, and what does it even mean to someone
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  Speaker 6: from those countries. There's no governing institutions there that can
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  Speaker 6: do background checks. This has long been a lie from
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  Speaker 6: the left wing about how we're going to do background
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  Speaker 6: checks on illegal immigrants or people coming from dangerous countries.
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  Speaker 6: It's simply not possible. I mean, consider what we do
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  Speaker 6: for young Americans who want to go in the military
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  Speaker 6: or the law enforcement. You know, they have to say
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  Speaker 6: where they've lived. You call up the police departments, you
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  Speaker 6: call the state police, You do background checks, You make
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  Speaker 6: sure they're suited for the job. There are no institutions
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  Speaker 6: in many of these countries where you can do these things.
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  Speaker 6: So this is another common sense victory for President Trump
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  Speaker 6: and America Safety.
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  Speaker 5: Center Congressman Dan Goldman says, it's because they're not white,
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  Speaker 5: that's why Trump is looking to ban and limit them.
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  Speaker 6: No, it's because they're dangerous and they could get us killed.
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  Speaker 6: We saw over the weekend in Boulder, Colorado, the danger
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  Speaker 6: of having foreign nationals coming into this country without being
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  Speaker 6: properly vetted. In many countries they can't be properly vetted.
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  Speaker 6: We shouldn't allow people in from those countries if they're
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  Speaker 6: going to pose a risk Americans.
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  Speaker 1: So one thing is for sure on this travel band,
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  Speaker 1: the left is going to tell you that this is
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  Speaker 1: racist and bigoted, and this is banning people based on
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  Speaker 1: the color of their skin that are going to play
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  Speaker 1: the race card, So be ready for it. The second
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  Speaker 1: thing is this is absolutely the right thing to do
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  Speaker 1: by the President of the United States of America. We've
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  Speaker 1: actually had travel bands on these countries before, and I'm
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  Speaker 1: telling you this is what the left and the media
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  Speaker 1: are going to do.
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  Speaker 3: They're going to say that this is racist.
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  Speaker 1: What the President's clearly trying to do is protect American
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  Speaker 1: citizens and also make sure that there is proper vetting.
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  Speaker 1: There is not proper vetting for many of the countries
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  Speaker 1: that were listed at all. We don't know exactly what
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  Speaker 1: these people may have done in their countries before they're
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  Speaker 1: coming to America. We should know a lot more before
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  Speaker 1: we allow them in. And then there's the third aspect
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  Speaker 1: of this. Many of the people that come from these
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  Speaker 1: countries deliberately overstay. They're welcome in the US, they overstay
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  Speaker 1: their visas. So why would we keep giving visas out
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  Speaker 1: to people from certain countries that abuse the system the
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  Speaker 1: way that it's being abused. You look at all of
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  Speaker 1: this and what the President is simply trying to do
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  Speaker 1: is make sure that we don't have more of the
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  Speaker 1: situations that we just had in Colorado. We also have
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  Speaker 1: another reason why the travel band should be put in
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  Speaker 1: place and you should support it, and that is this,
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  Speaker 1: we have far too many people in this country illegally
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  Speaker 1: right now. We have far too many people from many
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  Speaker 1: of these nations that we're talking about that are in
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  Speaker 1: this country that are overstaying their visas right now. We
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  Speaker 1: must clean up the mess in this country. Instead of
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  Speaker 1: bringing in more people, we have to clean up our
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  Speaker 1: mess that we allowed to happen under the last administration.
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  Speaker 1: There are millions and millions of illegal immigrants in this country.
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  Speaker 1: Many of them are three to our national security. We
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  Speaker 1: have ICE that is working around the clock to try
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  Speaker 1: to take the worst of them out of this country
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  Speaker 1: and to port them. We have a broken system, even
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  Speaker 1: with a border now that's very secure. We must fix
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  Speaker 1: the problem before we allow so many more people to
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  Speaker 1: keep coming in at a high rate of visa overstay.
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  Speaker 1: So I got to say this is a smart move
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  Speaker 1: by the president. I actually think this is something that's overdue.
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  Speaker 1: It's sad that it took the terrorist attack in Colorado
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  Speaker 1: to get us to the point we could do this again.
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  Speaker 1: But I'm glad that we're doing it now. And for
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  Speaker 1: anyone that criticized the President for doing this, I got
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  Speaker 1: to ask you the question, whose side are you on
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  Speaker 1: the safety of the American people are the side of
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  Speaker 1: the terrorists that are coming into this country and exploiting
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  Speaker 1: our system. The Trump administration is very upset right now
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  Speaker 1: with many American universities who are allowing anti Semitism to
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  Speaker 1: explode on college campuses. Colombia is a perfect example of this,
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  Speaker 1: where a protester and self proclaimed Jew hater, we now
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  Speaker 1: have learned, had direct links to Hamas Terra cell. This
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  Speaker 1: coming from disturbing phone records as the DOJ is.
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  Speaker 3: Revealing all of this.
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  Speaker 1: A Jew hater quote unquote who protested against Israel on
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  Speaker 1: Columbia University's campus and contemplated, we now have learned setting
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  Speaker 1: a student on fire allegedly had a direct link to
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  Speaker 1: the Hamas Deadly al Casombrigade militant group. The post is
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  Speaker 1: now revealing the man is now a wedding trial after
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  Speaker 1: being indicted on three federal hate crimes against Jewish people.
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  Speaker 1: He was a member of a chat group that received
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  Speaker 1: regular updates from the terrorist organization as well, and the
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  Speaker 1: accusation is the first evidence of an adjutator receiving information
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  Speaker 1: directly from Hamas and taking action during protests on the
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  Speaker 1: University of Columbia campus.
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  Speaker 3: Now the individual was twenty.
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  Speaker 1: I want to be clear he was not a Columbia student,
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  Speaker 1: but he was on the campus protesting. He frequently wore
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  Speaker 1: the green headband used by Hamas Terras and boasted to
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  Speaker 1: friends about having relatives overseas who were actually a part
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  Speaker 1: of the terror group. This all coming from the DOJ
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  Speaker 1: court filing. While on Columbia's campus during protests in April
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  Speaker 1: of last year, the individual allegedly Texas palse saying he
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  Speaker 1: lit a flare and considered lighting someone on fire, but
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  Speaker 1: that there was quote too many people around him to
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  Speaker 1: take on otherwise he would have hurt them. A Columbia
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  Speaker 1: University said it has quote no record of the man
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  Speaker 1: being on campus and wanted to quote be clear that
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  Speaker 1: this individual is not affiliated with our universe in any way.
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  Speaker 1: All right, so why did you allow him to protest
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  Speaker 1: on your campus? The university added that the school quote
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  Speaker 1: strongly condemns anti Semitism and violence, and we are horrified
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  Speaker 1: by the violence and hate crimes described in the incident. Well,
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  Speaker 1: you can say that all you want, but the reality
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  Speaker 1: is Columbia University has allowed this hate to grow on
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  Speaker 1: its campus, which brings me to the second part of
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  Speaker 1: the story. The Trump administration is now escalating pressure on Colombia,
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  Speaker 1: as the Education Department is questioning the university's accreditation altogether.
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  Speaker 3: Here's more of the story from Fox News.
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  Speaker 7: The Trump administration is not backing down as it continues
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  Speaker 7: its crackdown on campus anti semitism. The State Department is
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  Speaker 7: vowing to investigate the visa status of anti Israel protesters
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  Speaker 7: who were arrested after storming the school library this week.
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  Speaker 8: The nature of our promise that people who are in
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  Speaker 8: this country with a visa ange laws or affect the
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  Speaker 8: nature of what's important to our country when it comes
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  Speaker 8: to our foreign policy and national security, will be acted
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  Speaker 8: on in that regard. And yes, he said it, and
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  Speaker 8: I believe them, and that's the word you can take
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  Speaker 8: for it.
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  Speaker 7: Let's bring in Ellie Kohanum, senior fellow at the Independent
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  Speaker 7: Women's Forum and former US Deputy Special Envoy to combat
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  Speaker 7: anti Semitism. Ellie, this turmoil at Columbia has been going
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  Speaker 7: on for quite a while now.
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  Speaker 3: How would you.
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  Speaker 7: Assess the administration, the Columbia administration's efforts to try to
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  Speaker 7: squelch anti Semitism on campus?
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  Speaker 4: John, We are now nineteen months into this despicable, violent
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  Speaker 4: and pro terror movement that's taking place all across our campus.
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  Speaker 4: Is that at Columbia University, which is my own shameful
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  Speaker 4: alma mater, And I would tell you that, yes, what
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  Speaker 4: we saw at Butler Library was a midly eighty arrests
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  Speaker 4: were made. And any movement that we're seeing that's progress
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  Speaker 4: towards shutting down this anti Semitic movement is because there's
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  Speaker 4: a new sheriff in town. Because we've got President Donald J.
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  Speaker 4: Trump back in the White House and his administration has
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  Speaker 4: taken forceful steps as he promised us on the campaign trail.
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  Speaker 4: So what we are seeing right now is, yes, the
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  Speaker 4: promise that there are foreign elements in our country that
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  Speaker 4: are here to undermine our society, and so foreign students
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  Speaker 4: who are here on visa, they will be deported for
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  Speaker 4: supporting a pro terror movement on our soil. They are
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  Speaker 4: not welcome here, as Secretary Ruby on the President have said.
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  Speaker 9: But the other element.
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  Speaker 4: Here is, of course, the power of the purse. And
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  Speaker 4: what we're seeing is a Trump administration letting the universities
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  Speaker 4: know that they will be cutting federal funds. In the
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  Speaker 4: case of Columbia University that's already four hundred million dollars.
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  Speaker 4: If they are unnoticed that they they are losing. And
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  Speaker 4: there are talks taking place with Columbia University between the
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  Speaker 4: Trump administration and the university. And so I think the
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  Speaker 4: only reason we're seeing some progress at Columbia is because
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  Speaker 4: they understand that they are about to lose not only
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  Speaker 4: four hundred million dollars in federal grant, but also they
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  Speaker 4: have the possibility of losing billions of dollars in federal funding.
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  Speaker 7: John Congresswoman Elise Stephanic says that schools like Columbia just
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  Speaker 7: aren't paying attention here listen to what she has to say.
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  Speaker 10: And the fact that these universities have allowed that to
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  Speaker 10: perpetuate shows that they have been incapable of showing strong
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  Speaker 10: leadership to allow safety for students, and they've allowed this
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  Speaker 10: anti semitism to continue to rise. The US taxpayers do
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  Speaker 10: not want their dollars to prop up institutions that are
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  Speaker 10: unsafe for Jewish students, and that has been the case
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  Speaker 10: at places like Columbia.
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  Speaker 7: Would you agree with what the congresswoman has to say?
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  Speaker 7: You said, you yourself are a Columbia.
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  Speaker 4: Graduate, exactly right. Well, I couldn't agree with Representative Stephonic. More,
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  Speaker 4: the American taxpayer is not interested in funding universities that
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  Speaker 4: have become hotbeds of anti Semitism and frankly anti Americanism.
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  Speaker 4: The student group that organized this Butler Library Takeover has
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  Speaker 4: issued manifestos where they are literally calling for violence and
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  Speaker 4: literally supporting terror movements that the United States has designated
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  Speaker 4: as foreign terrorist organizations. And so we cannot have any
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  Speaker 4: tolerance for this, for this violent movement, everything that we're
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  Speaker 4: seeing stands against American values. And I want to tell
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  Speaker 4: you something, John, Ironically, May is Jewish American Heritage Month.
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  Speaker 4: President Trump issued a proclamation back in May twenty noting
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  Speaker 4: the month and celebrating Jewish Americans, and so I really
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  Speaker 4: encourage everyone to take a look at Jewish American Heritage
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  Speaker 4: dot org learn about how Jewish Americans have contributed to
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  Speaker 4: our country and have helped to make our country a
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  Speaker 4: great place for all of our citizens. But again, you know,
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  Speaker 4: we're going to see the true administration, I think, continue
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  Speaker 4: to take.
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  Speaker 9: Very forceful action hold.
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  Speaker 4: The universities accountable. In the case of Columbia, not only
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  Speaker 4: is it the risk of students, the foreign students being deported,
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  Speaker 4: the risk of losing federal funding, but also the administration
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  Speaker 4: has told Columbia they want to put the Middle East
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  Speaker 4: Department under receivership, which is very bold action and necessary
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  Speaker 4: because what we're finding out from students themselves, is that
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  Speaker 4: in the classroom they are actually being indoctrinated to hate
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  Speaker 4: America and to hate the Jewish state of Israel. And
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  Speaker 4: so all of this action is very welcomed, I think
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  Speaker 4: by all Americans who want to finally see an end
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  Speaker 4: to this anti Semitism.
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  Speaker 1: One thing's for sure, the Trump administration isn't screwing around
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  Speaker 1: with anti Semitism on college campuses, and they're going to
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  Speaker 1: make it hurt for universities that refuse to rein it
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  Speaker 1: in Now, the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights
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  Speaker 1: has sent an official notice to the crediting body that
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  Speaker 1: audience Columbia University, notifying that the Ivy League school is
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  Speaker 1: currently failing to meet its standards for accreditation. The Middle
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  Speaker 1: States Commission on Higher Education, which is a recognized accredit
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  Speaker 1: body for degree granting higher education institutions across the Mid Atlantic,
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  Speaker 1: ensures that its members schools such as Columbia meet established
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  Speaker 1: standards of academic quality, integrity, institutional effectiveness, and more well.
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  Speaker 3: They are one of.
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  Speaker 1: Several accrediting institutions across the country that the Department of
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  Speaker 1: Education deems reliable. Now, only institutions accredited by the Department
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  Speaker 1: of Education recognize that creditors are eligible to participate in
• 18:47
  Speaker 1: Title nine federal financial aid programs such as PEL grants
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  Speaker 1: and federal work study or student loan programs as well.
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  Speaker 3: So this notice is.
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  Speaker 1: Marking the latest escalation that Trump Administration's efforts to hold
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  Speaker 1: Colombia accountable for number one, failing to tamp down anti
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  Speaker 1: semitism on its campuses. And they're making it clear you
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  Speaker 1: want to be investigated, fine, we will do it. They
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  Speaker 1: launched an investigation to Colombia in February, and the Trump
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  Speaker 1: administration opted to cancel four hundred million and federal grants
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  Speaker 1: over the university's failure to protect Jewish students from anti
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  Speaker 1: Semitic harassment.
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  Speaker 3: And that is a direct quote now.
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  Speaker 1: Subsequently, Colombia agreed to make changes, they claim in an
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  Speaker 1: effort to prevent funds from being canceled. The school quote
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  Speaker 1: took steps to overhaul its policies around protests, around safety
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  Speaker 1: and security, while also reorganizing its Middle Eastern Studies department.
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  Speaker 3: Now.
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  Speaker 1: The changes also include adopting a new campus wide definition
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  Speaker 1: of anti semitism. And the fact that that we're even
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  Speaker 1: having to to do this in twenty twenty five is
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  Speaker 1: just totally insane now. Also last month, Colombia said it
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  Speaker 1: would be cutting around one hundred and eighty staff members
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  Speaker 1: in an effort to preserve the university's financial flexibility. So
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  Speaker 1: you wonder how blow to these campuses are and how
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  Speaker 1: much money they're wasting of your tax dollars. That should
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  Speaker 1: tell you also everything you need to know. So well
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  Speaker 1: done to the Trump administration for doing this. They're not
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  Speaker 1: holding back and they're stopping anti Semitism, especially when your
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  Speaker 1: tax dollars are going to these universities that have been
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  Speaker 1: looking the other way for far too long. The violent
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  Speaker 1: attack that occurred during that peaceful demonstration Boulder, Colorado organized
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  Speaker 1: by the group Run for Their Lives, which advocates for
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  Speaker 1: the release of Israeli hostages that are being held to
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  Speaker 1: this day in Gaza, we now know a lot more
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  Speaker 1: about the man who is the terrorist that committed this attack.
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  Speaker 1: The assailant has been identified as a forty five year
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  Speaker 1: old Muhammad Solomon. He used a makeshift flamethrower in molotov
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  Speaker 1: cocktails to target the seniors that were participating in the
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  Speaker 1: weekly event. He injured eight individuals, ages between fifty two
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  Speaker 1: and eighty eight. One of the victims, is a Holocaust survivor,
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  Speaker 1: and at least one person at this moment remains in
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  Speaker 1: critical condition. Soliman is an Egyptian national residing in Colorado Springs.
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  Speaker 1: We now know that he entered the US on a
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  Speaker 1: B two tourist visa in August of twenty twenty two
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  Speaker 1: under the Biden Harrish regime that expired in February of
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty three. He then applied for asylum in September,
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  Speaker 1: and his application was still penning at the time of
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  Speaker 1: the attack. Authorities reported that so had been living in
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  Speaker 1: the country illegally, and that is part of the story
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  Speaker 1: that the media doesn't want to talk about now. According
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  Speaker 1: to these new court documents, Solomon admitted number one to
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  Speaker 1: planning the attack for over a year while he was
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  Speaker 1: claiming asylum and here illegally. He said he was motivated
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  Speaker 1: by extremists anti Zionist sentiments. He expressed a desire to
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  Speaker 1: quote kill all Zionist people, in other words, all the Jews,
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  Speaker 1: and showed no remorse, stating he would do it again.
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  Speaker 1: Solomon had researched how to make the cocktails on YouTube
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  Speaker 1: and initially intended to use a firearm, but was unable
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  Speaker 1: to purchase one due to his immigration status. Again, he's
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  Speaker 1: an illegal immigrant. During the attack at the Pearl Street Mall,
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  Speaker 1: the man dressed as a gardener shouted Free Palestine and
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  Speaker 1: other anti israel slogans as he threw the scendiary devices
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  Speaker 1: into the crowd of elderly people. Police recovered at least
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  Speaker 1: fourteen unlt mama Toov cocktails and a gasline filled weed
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  Speaker 1: sprayer at the scene as a flamethrower as well. White
• 23:17
  Speaker 1: House Press segretary going on Fox News channel to say.
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  Speaker 11: This, well, FBI Director Cash Patel is absolutely right, and
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  Speaker 11: the President just put out a very strong statement condemning
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  Speaker 11: this attack. This terrorist came into our country under the
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  Speaker 11: previous administration. Joe Biden's administration foolishly gave him a tourist
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  Speaker 11: visa and that allowed him to unlawfully remain in our country.
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  Speaker 11: This individual should have been deported, instead, he was welcomed
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  Speaker 11: here and now, three years later after coming to this
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  Speaker 11: country under Joe Biden's administration, he is lighting Jewish people
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  Speaker 11: on fire who were simply trying to peacefully pay respect
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  Speaker 11: to the hostages in Israel. This absolutely is an act
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  Speaker 11: of targeted terrorism. The FBI and the Department of Justice
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  Speaker 11: are investigating it as such, and the President is going
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  Speaker 11: to ensure that this individual is held to the fullest
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  Speaker 11: extent of the law. And not just this individual, but
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  Speaker 11: any individual, especially illegal criminals, who engage in acts of terrorism,
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  Speaker 11: will be held accountable under this president.
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  Speaker 1: Now, the White House Press here, Terry, I couldn't agree
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  Speaker 1: with her more in what she said there, and I'm
• 24:21
  Speaker 1: going to play more of what she also said at
• 24:23
  Speaker 1: a press conference earlier in a moment, but let me
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  Speaker 1: tell you more about the charges. So, Ammon has been
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  Speaker 1: charged with multiple offenses now, including federal hate crimes and
• 24:33
  Speaker 1: attempted murder. He's currently in custody with a bond set
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  Speaker 1: at ten million. The FBI is treating the incident as
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  Speaker 1: a targeted act of terrorism, and investigations are quote ongoing
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  Speaker 1: to determine any potential extremist affiliations. Now, the attack has
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  Speaker 1: also drawn widespread condemnation from public officials and community leaders,
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  Speaker 1: highlighting concerns over rising anti Semitic violence and broader implications
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  Speaker 1: of idea logical extremism in the United States of America.
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  Speaker 1: Which brings me back to the White House Press secretary
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  Speaker 1: and what she said about what the last administration has done.
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  Speaker 9: Is there concern in.
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  Speaker 10: The administration that there could possibly be some sleeper sales
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  Speaker 10: here in the United States?
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  Speaker 9: What type of pattern is the administration looking at as
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  Speaker 9: far as terror sales.
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  Speaker 11: Well, there's certainly a concern that the previous administration allowed
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  Speaker 11: way too many terrorists and illegal immigrants into the interior
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  Speaker 11: of our country. And that's why the Department of Homeland
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  Speaker 11: Security is working over time to arrest, detain, and support
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  Speaker 11: as many illegal criminals and terrorists that we can in
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  Speaker 11: the United States of America, and any act of violence
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  Speaker 11: will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
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  Speaker 1: There are certainly a concern that the previous administration allowed
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  Speaker 1: way too many Notice she didn't say legal immigrants, she
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  Speaker 1: said way too many terrorists into the interior of our country.
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  Speaker 1: She is distinguishing a difference between people that were illegal
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  Speaker 1: immigrants that were let in and actual terrorists that were
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  Speaker 1: let in.
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  Speaker 3: The White House.
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  Speaker 1: Presidenty also speaking directly to Jewish people in this country
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  Speaker 1: as well, what.
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  Speaker 4: Can you say to the Jewish community today to ensure
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  Speaker 4: that the White House is doing everything I can and
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  Speaker 4: keep up safe after the horrific attack in Boulder, and
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  Speaker 4: also the two Israeli Empathy staff.
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  Speaker 9: Who were targeted just last week here in our nation's capital.
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  Speaker 11: Yeah, we have seen two horrific cases of anti Semitic
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  Speaker 11: violence in our country in the last two weeks and
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  Speaker 11: it is unacceptable.
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  Speaker 9: To this President and this White House, and.
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  Speaker 11: Rest assured to all Jewish Americans across our great country.
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  Speaker 11: This President has your back and he's not going to
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  Speaker 11: allow anyone.
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  Speaker 9: To take part in violent terrorism.
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  Speaker 11: It's acts of terrorism in our country and that's what
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  Speaker 11: this case in Boulder, Colorado is being investigated. As kudos
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  Speaker 11: to our FBI Director Cash Pattel for immediately calling this
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  Speaker 11: a targeted terrorist attack.
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  Speaker 9: That's clearly what it was.
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  Speaker 11: But I'd also like to point out that this administration
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  Speaker 11: has done more than any administration and to curb this
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  Speaker 11: violence and to curb a legal immigration. We secured our
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  Speaker 11: border in record time, but we're also tightening up our
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  Speaker 11: visa process and our legal immigration process.
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  Speaker 9: And we know that this individual, this terrorist.
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  Speaker 11: Was allowed into this country by the previous administration, was
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  Speaker 11: foolishly given a tourism visa and then was illegally allowed
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  Speaker 11: to stay. These individuals are going to be deported and
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  Speaker 11: We're not going to tolerate such violence in our country.
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  Speaker 1: We're not going to tolerate such violence in our country.
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  Speaker 1: This is an act of terrorism now. The White House
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  Speaker 1: Press Secretary also making it clear that the present is
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  Speaker 1: not going to stand by and allow things like this
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  Speaker 1: to happen. This is terrorism in our country. Under the
• 27:46
  Speaker 1: previous administration, Joe Biden administration foolishly gave a tourist visa
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  Speaker 1: to a man and allowed him to remain unlawfully in
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  Speaker 1: our country. This individual should have been deported instead ed
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  Speaker 1: they welcomed him here and gave him a work visa.
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  Speaker 1: You put all of this together, and it is abundantly
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  Speaker 1: clear that the last administration knew what they were doing.
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  Speaker 1: They knew it, folks. They knew they were letting in
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  Speaker 1: people that were going to be terrorists. There's a real
• 28:18
  Speaker 1: concern now how many terrorists are in this country. This
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  Speaker 1: is exactly why the President of the United States of
• 28:24
  Speaker 1: America said it this way in his post on social media, saying, quote,
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  Speaker 1: yesterday's horrific attack in Boulder, Colorado will not be tolerated
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  Speaker 1: in the United States of America. He came in through
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  Speaker 1: Biden's ridiculous open border policy, which has hurt our country
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  Speaker 1: so badly, he must go out. Under Trump policy, acts
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  Speaker 1: of terrorism will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of
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  Speaker 1: the law. This is yet another example of why we
• 28:50
  Speaker 1: must keep our border secure and deport illegal anti American
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  Speaker 1: radicals from our homeland. My heart goes out to the
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  Speaker 1: victims of this terrible tragedy and the great people of Boulder, Colorado.
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  Speaker 1: There are two different thinkings in this country right now.
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  Speaker 1: One of them is the way that it was just described. Okay,
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  Speaker 1: I want to be clear of a president who's saying
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  Speaker 1: we're not tilerating this. The other is, we don't care
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  Speaker 1: who comes in this country as long as we fundamentally
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  Speaker 1: change this country and flood this country with the legal immigrants.
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  Speaker 3: And yes, we know that when we open the border
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  Speaker 3: they are terrorists.
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  Speaker 1: They're going to get through, and that means some of
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  Speaker 1: you are going to die, and we're okay with it.
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  Speaker 1: To fundamentally change this country regardless of the acts of
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  Speaker 1: heinous terrorism that come because of an open border policy.
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  Speaker 1: There is a difference between the two parties, and this
• 29:37
  Speaker 1: is the maybe the biggest difference of all. We're going
• 29:40
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