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STEVE: ALL RIGHT.
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WELCOME BACK.
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LET'S BRING IN NEWT
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GINGRICH, FORMINGER SPEAKER
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OF THE HOUSE, FOX NEWS
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CONTRIBUTOR.
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HE WRITES A FREE NEWSLETTER
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AVAILABLE AT GINGRICH
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360.COM.
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IT'S AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW.
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NEWT, GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
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>> GOOD MORNING.
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STEVE: I'M SURE YOU WERE
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WATCHING A LOT OF TELEVISION
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OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF
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DAYS.
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THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF
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REPORTING HOW IT LOOKS LIKE
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WE ARE AIMING FOR A
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RECESSION BECAUSE THERE WAS
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INVERTED YIELD CURVE THING
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AND TRADE WAR WITH CHINA.
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WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF IT?
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>> WELL, LOOK, I THINK EVERY
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LEFT WING REPORTER IN THE
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COUNTRY AND EVERY DEMOCRATIC
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PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IS
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DESPERATE FOR A RECESSION.
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IT'S KIND OF WEIRD.
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YOU KNOW, THEY ARE RUNNING
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TO BE PRESIDENT IN THE HOPES
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THAT MORE AMERICANS WILL BE
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UNEMPLOYED.
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AND SO, ANY INDICATOR OF ANY
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KIND THAT GIVES THEM AN
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EXCUSE TO SAY OH THE
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RECESSION IS ON THE WAY,
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JUST MAKES THEM FEEL GOOD.
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NOW, THE FACT IS THAT THE
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PRESIDENT'S POLICIES ARE
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WORKING OVERALL.
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THAT THE DECLINE, FOR
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EXAMPLE, IN THE COST OF OIL
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AND GAS AND NATURAL GAS IS
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THE EQUIVALENT OF BIG TAX
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CUT.
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AND THAT WE ARE GOING
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THROUGH A LOT OF CHANGES.
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AND THE CHANGES IN A
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FREQUENT, YOU GET TURMOIL.
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YOU GET SOMEBODY INEVENTS
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APPLE.
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SOMEBODY INEVENTS A
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COMPUTER.
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SOMEBODY INEVENTS A NEW
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DRUG.
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SO A LOT OF CHURNING, SO
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FAR, AT LEAST, WE ARE
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PROBABLY THE HEALTHIEST
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ECONOMY ON THE PLANET.
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AND WE ARE MORE LIKELY TO
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AVOID A RECESSION THAN ANY
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OTHER COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.
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GRIFF: ASK YOU ABOUT THE
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"NEW YORK TIMES" MAGAZINE.
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CRUSADE REFRAME AMERICA AS
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DEFINED BY SLAVERY AND
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RACISM.
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HERE'S THE HEADLINE I WANT
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TO SHOW IT TO YOU.
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THE 1619 PROJECT AND THE
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QUOTE INSIDE SAYS Q IT AIMS
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TO REFRAME THE COUNTRY'S
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HISTORY, UNDERSTANDING 1619
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AS OUR TRUE FOUNDING AND
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PLACING THE CONSEQUENCES OF
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SLAVERY AND THE
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CONTRIBUTIONS OF BLACK
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AMERICANS AT THE VERY CENTER
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OF THE STORY TELL US WHO
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WE'RE.
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YOU ARE A HISTORIAN.
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YOUR REACTION?
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>> YEAH, THE WHOLE PROJECT
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IS A LIE.
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LOOK, I THINK SLAVERY A
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TERRIBLE THING.
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I THINK PUTTING SLAVERY IN
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CONTEXT IS IMPORTANT.
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WE STILL HAVE SLAVERY IN
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PLACES AROUND THE WORLD
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TODAY SO, WE RECOGNIZE THIS
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IS AN ONGOING STORY.
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I THINK CERTAINLY IF YOU ARE
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AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN, SLAVERY
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IS AT THE CENTER OF WHAT YOU
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SEES A THE AMERICAN
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EXPERIENCE.
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BUT, FOR MOST AMERICANS,
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MOST OF THE TIME, THERE WERE
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A LOT OF OTHER THINGS GOING
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ON.
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THERE WERE SEVERAL HUNDRED
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THOUSAND WHITE AMERICANS WHO
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DIED IN THE CIVIL WAR IN
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ORDER TO FREE THE SLAVES.
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THE FACT IS THAT I SAW ONE
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REFERENCE THAT THE "NEW YORK
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TIMES" CLAIMS THAT THE
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AMERICAN REVOLUTION WAS
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CAUSED IN PART TO DEFEND
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SLAVERY.
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THAT IS SUCH HISTORICALLY
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FACTUALLY FALSE NONSENSE
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THAT IT'S EMBARRASSING THAT
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THE "NEW YORK TIMES" IS
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DOING.
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THIS BUT, IF YOU SAW THE
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RECENT LEAKED INTERVIEW,
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TOWN HALL MEETING WITH THE
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"NEW YORK TIMES" EDITOR, HE
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BASICALLY SAID, LOOK, WE
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BLEW IT ON RUSSIAN
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COLLUSION, DIDN'T WORK.
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NOW WE ARE GOING TO GO TO
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RACISM, THAT'S OUR NEW
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MODEL.
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THE NEXT TWO YEARS WILL BE
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TRUMP AND RACISM.
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THIS IS A TRAGIC DECLINE OF