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AT THE KENNEDY SCHOOL. WE WANT TO WELCOME EVERYBODY THIS AFTERNOON, THE JOHN F. KENNEDY JR. FORUM TO KICK OFF THE POLITICS CONFERENCE. I AM PLEASED TO...
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| 00:01:22 |
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OF BEING AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF THE JOHN F. KENNEDY SCHOOL FORUM TO CELEBRATE HERITAGE AND HORIZONS, THE INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS ROOTED IN SHARED EXPERIENCES....
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| 00:01:57 |
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AT THE INSTITUTE OF POLITICS HERE AT THE KENNEDY SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT. I AM HAVING A FABULOUS TIME DOING IT. I WANT TO INTRODUCE MY PANEL. STARTING WITH...
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| 00:05:01 |
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DAILY THAT HAVE THE EAR OF THE PRESIDENT, WHO ARE CALLED BY NAME BY THE PRESIDENT. BECAUSE OF THAT, WHEN THERE ARE ISSUES, PARTICULARLY FOR THE BLACK...
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| 00:06:34 |
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TIMES THAT MANY AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND OTHER PEOPLE OF COLOR HAVE SAID TO ME, BE CAREFUL, DO NOT GET PUT IN THE BLACK BOX, MEANING YOU ARE ONLY CALLED...
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| 00:07:13 |
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YOU GO THERE AND YOU THINK, I AM GOING TO BE THE BEST POLICY ADVISER THERE IS BECAUSE I AM SMART, I AM A LAWYER, AND YOU LOOK AROUND AND RECOGNIZE THERE...
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| 00:09:04 |
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COMMONALITIES AND DIVISIONS THAT TYPIFIED AMERICAN POLITICS. AND YOUR WORK HERE AT THE IOP IS A BLOW BY BLOW OF WHAT IT TAKES TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT. HOW...
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| 00:09:38 |
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ABOUT, GETTING PUT IN THE BOX. I WAS IN CONGRESS FOR EIGHT YEARS. IT WAS A PRETTY GOOD EIGHT YEARS FOR AFRICAN-AMERICAN MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. AT ONE POINT,...
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| 00:14:29 |
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THINK OF AS A DYING INDUSTRY. OF COURSE, THE LEVEL OF COMPETITION, THE MERGERS, THE SHRINKAGE, MY FIRST JOB WAS AT NEWSWEEK WHICH IS NO ONE BUT THE DAILY...
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| 00:15:10 |
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NOT HAVE THE MANY VOICES IN THE ROOM TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IS THE CENTRAL ISSUE OF THE DAY -- YOU HAVE LOST SOMETHING IN TERMS OF UNDERSTANDING WHAT...
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| 00:16:41 |
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MARTIN'S DEATH. IT HAS BECOME A MEDIA FIRESTORM. WE ARE GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE WE NEED TO FOCUS IN ON WHAT SOME OF THE CENTRAL ISSUES ARE. TO ME,...
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| 00:18:47 |
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EVERYTHING GOES TO THE WHITE HOUSE, FROM WAR TO PEACE. TRAYVON MARTIN IS PART OF THE WHITE HOUSE. THE PRESIDENT TALKED ABOUT HIS SON. THE WHITE HOUSE...
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| 00:20:22 |
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THEY ARE STRONG PROPONENTS OF THE NRA. THEY ARE COURTING THE HISPANIC VOTE, NOT NECESSARILY THE BLACK VOTE. THEY HAD TO PREPARE SOMETHING THAT WOULD...
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| 00:21:24 |
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I THINK HE SHOULD HAVE GONE FURTHER. THE THING I TOOK EXCEPTION WITH WHAT HE SAID IS THAT HE SAID, IF I HAD A SON, HE WOULD LOOK LIKE TRAYVON. WHAT DOES...
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| 00:22:59 |
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MARTIN CONTROVERSY. ONE OF THE TWO EYEWITNESSES -- NO ONE KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED. HAVING SAID THAT, IF IT TURNS OUT THAT GEORGE ZIMMERMAN IS TELLING THE...
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| 00:27:22 |
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PANEL WAS RANDALL KENNEDY. IN THE PROCESS OF CONVERSATION, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME OUT WAS THAT, ALTHOUGH WE HAVE THIS BLACK PRESIDENT, PRESIDENT...
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| 00:28:35 |
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TO SAY, LET'S GO SEE WHAT IS GOING ON IN FLORIDA. THAT IS WHAT HE CAN DO. IT FLIES BACK IN HIS FACE. PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SAY, IN THIS POLARIZED -- I...
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| 00:31:02 |
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WE REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED THIS MORNING AND YESTERDAY. I REMEMBER AN EPISODE ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO, I WILL NOT PICK ON THE COLLEGE BY NAME, HE IS A PROMINENT...
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| 00:35:06 |
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WE DID NOT EVEN GET TO BIG ISSUES LIKE, BEFORE WE WRAP UP, WE WILL GO THROUGH IT SPEED READ ON. -- A SPEED ROUND. THERE WAS A POLL THAT SAID HIS APPROVAL...
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| 00:36:42 |
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MY QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH VOTER SUPPRESSION, WHAT YOU ALL BELIEVE WILL BE THE EFFECT ON THE ELECTION OF THESE LAWS AND HOW WE SHOULD, AS A GROUP OF PEOPLE...
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| 00:37:37 |
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THE ANTI-VOTER SUPPRESSION EFFORT. HE SAID, IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. THE FACT THAT YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE YOUR ID CARD. EVERYONE NEEDS TO MAKE...
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| 00:39:42 |
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IT DOES NOT BOTHER ME. LET ME SAY WHY. WHENEVER I HEAR SOMEBODY SAY THAT AND I D REQUIREMENT IS OPPRESSIVE, I HAVE TO ASK THE QUESTION, HOW MANY TIMES...
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| 00:42:44 |
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AND ALUMNI IN THE PUBLIC POLICY PROGRAM. IT IS INTERESTING THAT BLACK PEOPLE TALK SO MUCH
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| 00:42:56 |
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ABOUT HAVING OUR POINTS OF VIEW HEARD AND DISCUSSED AND WHAT WE DO NOT DO IS TO MAKE OUR THOUGHTS HEARD AFFECTIVELY. WE DO A LOT OF TALKING, WHEN IT...
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| 00:43:56 |
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IT CANNOT HAPPEN FOR BARACK OBAMA, PEOPLE FELT -- THE TURNOUT HAPPENED FOR BARACK OBAMA, PEOPLE FELT IT WAS CONNECTED TO THEIR LIVES. THE INAUGURATION...
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| 00:46:15 |
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THIS IS A FOLLOW UP.
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| 00:46:21 |
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RACE PLAYS A DIFFERENT ROLE IN THE DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN PARTY ISIES, HE MAY DISAGREE WITH ME. THIS MIGHT BE CONTROVERSIAL BUT, I WANTED TO ASK,...
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| 00:46:54 |
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AGAINST REPUBLICANS. SOMEHOW, REPUBLICANS WANT TO SUPPRESS THE VOTE OF THE PEOPLE OF COLOR. THEY ARE PUTTING TOGETHER THIS NEW JIMC ROWE ERA -- JIMC...
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| 00:47:22 |
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TO THOSE TONS WITH THERE IS NOTHING BUT A CORNER STORE AT THE INTERSECTION OF TREE AND ROCK. >> I AM ONLY LOOKING AT MY OWN EXAMPLE, MY RELATIVES.
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| 00:47:44 |
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MIRACULOUSLY, MY 98-YEAR-OLD GRANDMOTHER HAS A VOTER I.D.. IT IS NONSENSE THAT REPUBLICANS ARE SEEKING TO DIVIDE THE COUNTRY ON RACE -- IT IS NONSENSE....
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| 00:49:51 |
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BEFORE I DID, IN THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY IN 1992, HE GOT 130 VOTES, IN THE RUN-UP TO GOT 13,000 VOTES -- RUN-OFF HE GOT 13,000 VOTES, YOU DO THE MATH....
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| 00:51:55 |
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I AM AIMING THIS AT MR. CHRISTIE. COULD YOU DESCRIBE WHAT ROLE YOUR RACE PLAYED DURING A TIME IN THE WHITE HOUSE? DO YOU FEEL YOU WERE TREATED DIFFERENTLY,...
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| 00:52:26 |
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A PARTICIPANT IN MY STUDY GROUP. IT IS GREAT TO SEE A FRIENDLY FACE. I WILL TELL YOU A STORY. IT IS IN THE BOOK. IT UPSET ME. IT RELATED TO THE WAYS...
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| 00:54:48 |
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SPOT TO BE PERRY >> HE IS ON THE MOVE. >> I AM A FRESHMAN AT HARVARD. WE HAVE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE PROBLEMS RUB IN
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| 00:55:02 |
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POLITICS AND THE ISSUE OF RACE, WHAT CAN BE DONE ON CAPITOL HILL AND ON A PERSONAL LEVEL TO TRY TO RECTIFY THE PROBLEMS AS MUCH AS WE CAN? I YOU OPTIMISTIC...
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| 00:55:27 |
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BUSH, TO THIS PRESIDENT. -- THE EIGHT YEARS OF GEORGE W. BUSH, TO THIS PRESIDENT. NO MATTER WHAT YOUR AGENDA ITEM IS, YOUR IDEA IS GRADE -- >> CAN YOU...
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| 00:55:53 |
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I NEED THAT EXPLAINED. [LAUGHTER] >> I AM TIME TO GIVE A SYNOPSIS OF A SYNOPSIS. -- I AM TRYING TO GIVE A SYNOPSIS OF A
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| 00:56:08 |
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SYNOPSIS. HE WAS TOLD, I THINK YOUR IDEA IS GREAT. YOU HAVE TO MAKE ME DO IT. THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE TO DO NOW, TO MAKE CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS TAKE NOTICE....
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| 00:57:08 |
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TECHNOLOGY SINCE 1995 HAVE 1995DABBLED -- HAVE DABBLED IN TECHNOLOGY SINCE 1995. WHEN I WORKED AT A BIOTECH COMPANY, THERE WERE NO BLACK VOTERS -- AT...
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| 00:58:44 |
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WASHINGTON, D.C., NEW YORK CITY ARE THE TWO HUBS OF THE LEGAL WORLD. AN AVERAGE MAJOR LAW FIRM HAS 1000 PEOPLE. DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY BLACK PARTNERS ARE...
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| 01:00:32 |
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LATINO POPULATIONS WILL HAVE? >> THAT WOULD BE HUGE. [LAUGHTER] >> COULD YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION? >> HE SAID WHAT ABOUT THE DEMOGRAPHIC IMPACT ON ASIAN...
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| 01:00:51 |
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ON ELECTORAL COLORING.
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| 01:00:54 |
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MY ANSWER IS IT WOULD BE HUGE. WE ARE TALKING IN GENERALITIES. THE ASIAN COMMUNITY IS GROWING TOO LETTER IN LARGER POLITICAL POWER. LATINOS HAVE NUMBERS....
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| 01:01:30 |
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THERE IS THIS MYTH THAT BLACKS DO NOT VOTE. BLACKS ARE VOTING. >> AFRICAN AMERICANS HAVE SLIGHTLY LOWER FLOATING RATES THAN WHITE AMERICANS, BUT ABOVE...
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| 01:01:44 |
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LOWER VOTING RATES THAN WHITE AMERICANS, BUT ABOVE LATINO AMERICANS. FLORIDA IS DIFFERENT FROM MASSACHUSETTS. >> I TALKED TO MICHAEL STEELE BEFORE I WALKED...
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| 01:02:03 |
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ANYMORE. IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, THEY ARE GOING GUNG-HO FOR THE HISPANIC POPULATION. WHEN NIXON BECAME PRESIDENT, 40% OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS VOTED FOR...
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| 01:02:43 |
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ME, WHEN PRESIDENT BUSH GOT IN HE SAID, I CAN SEE BLACK AMERICA VOTING FOR A GOP CANDIDATE, I CAN SEE THAT COMING. NOW, THE NUMBERS ARE NOT MEASURED AT...
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| 01:03:34 |
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OPPORTUNITY FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. BECAUSE HE IS AN ATTRACTIVE CANDIDATE, A VICE PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDER, TO ADDRESS IMMIGRATION ISSUES HEAD ON. LET'S...
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| 01:05:02 |
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10% IN BUTCH'S FIRST ELECTION. YOU THINK, THAT IS IT? WHAT ARE WE NOT DOING THAT A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE ELECTORATE ARE SAYING, I HAVE WRITTEN OFF...
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| 01:06:24 |
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IN THE INTEREST OF FAIRNESS, THERE WOULD NOT BE A TIM SCOTT -- HE IS THE ONLY BLACK MEMBER OF CONGRESS WHO REPRESENTS A PREDOMINANTLY WHITE DISTRICT....
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| 01:08:02 |
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EACH OF YOU TO SPEAK BACK-TO-BACK. WE WILL ANSWER BOTH OF YOUR QUESTIONS. PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND ASK A QUESTION. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR ALL...
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| 01:08:17 |
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LEGISLATIVE FROM MINNESOTA. -- A LEGISLATOR FROM MINNESOTA. I WANTED SOME CLARITY ON A COMMENT I HEARD. IT WAS A REPUBLICAN SUPREME JUSTICE THAT DETERMINED...
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| 01:09:26 |
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OF THIS OF THE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, I FELT SOME OBLIGATION TO ASK A QUESTION. [LAUGHTER]
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| 01:09:33 |
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I DO APPRECIATE, YOU ALLUDED TO MY QUESTION, TALKING ABOUT DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS AND HAVING AFRICAN AMERICANS REPRESENTING THE DISTRICT'S WITH THE...
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| 01:10:21 |
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AM AMAZED HOW MANY DEMOCRATIC POLITICIANS TALK A WONDERFUL GAME. I AM AMAZED HOW MANY WHITE DEMOCRATIC POLITICIANS CAN GET A LITTLE BIT OF RHYTHM. I...
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| 01:11:44 |
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A RESPONSE TO OUR FIRST QUESTION THERE. AND THEN I WANT TO DO A SPEED RUN. A SPEED AROUNROUND. DOES ANYONE WANT TO GET TO THE FRAUD QUESTION? >> THE...
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| 01:12:11 |
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COURT SYSTEM. IT WAS STOLEN BY PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT LEGALLY ELIGIBLE TO VOTE. THE WAY IT WAS ADJUDICATED IS THE RIGHT WAY, GOING THROUGH THE COURT SYSTEM....
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| 01:12:42 |
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IF THE HEALTH-CARE LOG IT STRUCK
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| 01:12:45 |
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DOWN AND THE WHOLE CONVERSATION IS ABOUT WHAT THE NEXT LOT IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE, THAT IS NOT GOOD. >> THAT IS ARTUR DAVIS, A FELLOW AT THE IOP, AND...
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| 01:13:02 |
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FROM ALABAMA'S SEVENTH DISTRICT. >> THERE ARE EIGHT
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| 01:13:14 |
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| 01:14:10 |
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