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LAID TO REST IS ALSO ON HIGH
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ALERT THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND.
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LELAND: A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT
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HOW PEOPLE HERE AT HOME ARE
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RESPONDING TO THE STRIKE.
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TALK SHOW HOST FROM LOUISVILLE,
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KENTUCKY, LELAND CONWAY.
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GOOD TO SEE YOU, AS ALWAYS, MY
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FRIEND.
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WE'LL PUT THIS TWEET UP, WE GOT
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THIS FROM ROSE McGOWAN
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YESTERDAY.
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DEAR IRAN, THE USA HAS
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DISRESPECTED YOUR COUNTRY, YOUR
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FLAG, YOUR PEOPLE.
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52% OF US HUMBLY APOLOGIZE.
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WE WANT PEACE WITH YOUR NATION.
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WE'RE BEING HELD HOSTAGE BY A
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TERRORIST REGIME.
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PLEASE DO NOT KILL US, HASHTAG
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SULEMANI.
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SHE HAS SINCE WALKED THAT BACK,
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AS ONE MIGHT IMAGINE, WITH THIS
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REPORTED BY THE DAILY MAIL.
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QUOTE: I HAD A FLASHBACK TO
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BEING AT THE UNITED NATIONS
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CAFETERIA WITH MY FRIEND IF WHO
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WAS A LAWYER THERE FOR THE U.N.,
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AND IT WAS THE SAME DAY THAT
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COLIN POWELL WAS DELIVERING HIS
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FAKE WMD TESTIMONY AT THE U.N.
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THIS IS WHAT SHE TOLD THE AP.
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HOW THOSE TWO ARE RELATED OR
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EXPLAINS THE TWEET, I DON'T
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KNOW.
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CAN YOU FIGURE IT OUT?
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[LAUGHTER]
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>> NO.
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I MEAN, SERIOUSLY, I TURN TO
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HOLLYWOOD FOR ALL OF MY
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POLITICAL COMMENTARY THESE DAYS.
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WHAT DO THEY ACTUALLY KNOW ABOUT
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WHAT AVERAGE AMERICANS ARE
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FACING?
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BETTER YET, I COME FROM A STATE
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WHO HAS 302,000 VETERANS OUT OF
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4 MILLION PEOPLE, ALMOST 10%
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HAVE BEEN IN THE MILITARY AND
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ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE ACTUALLY
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SERVED IN THE IRAQ AND
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AFGHANISTAN WAR AND HAVE FACED
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THIS SITUATION.
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I ALWAYS LOVE IT WHEN
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CELEBRITIES LIKE TO WEIGH IN ON
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THINGS LIKE POLITICS BECAUSE,
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CLEARLY, SHE HAS A GOOD GRASP OF
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HOW AMERICANS REACT.
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I WAS RUSHING TO TRY TO WRITE
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APOLOGIES TO IRAN FOR EVERYTHING
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WE HAVE DONE TO THEM OVER THE
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YEARS, IT'S RIDICULOUS.
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LELAND: FORT CAMPBELL, KENTUCKY,
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AMONG A LOT OF OTHER --
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>> FORT KNOX.
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LELAND: -- U.S. MILITARY
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INSULATIONS.
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YOUR LISTENERS, REASONABLE
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PEOPLE CAN DISAGREE ON FOREIGN
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POLICY DECISIONS.
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WAS THERE A LOT OF DISAGREEMENT
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YOU WERE GETTING ON THE AIR
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YESTERDAY?
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>> NO.
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I THINK, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHEN
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YOU LISTEN TO SENATOR RAND PAUL
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AND CONGRESSMAN THOMAS MASSIE
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FROM KENTUCKY SPEAK, THEY
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REPRESENT A PRETTY WIDE PORTION
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OF THE PEOPLE IN THE STATE AND
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ALSO IN MY LISTENER BASE.
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THERE'S ACTUALLY A RECOGNITION
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THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP JUST
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RESPONDED TO IRAN CROSSING A RED
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LINE.
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THERE'S A RECOGNITION OF THAT,
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AND THERE'S A SENSE OF RELIEF
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THAT WE HAVE A PRESIDENT NOW
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WHO'S ACTUALLY GOING TO DO WHAT
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HE SAYS HE'S GOING TO DO.
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BUT THERE'S ALSO TREPIDATION,
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AND THAT IS THAT BECAUSE WE DO
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HAVE SO MANY VETERANS IN OUR
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STATE, SO MANY PEOPLE IN OUR
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STATE WHO HAVE SACRIFICED, SO
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MANY WHO HAVE ACTUALLY GIVEN THE
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ULTIMATE SACRIFICE, THERE'S A
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QUESTION ABOUT WHAT'S THE PLAN
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GOING FORWARD.
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AND YOU HEAR SENATE RAND PAUL
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TALKING ABOUT THAT AND
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CONGRESSMAN MASSIE, AND HE
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BROUGHT UP TO ME YESTERDAY ON MY
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SHOW, CONGRESSMAN MASSEY DID,
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THAT OUR EMBASSY IN IRAQ IS A
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BILLION DOLLARS.
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DOES THAT LOOK LIKE THE KIND OF
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EMBASSY THAT ISN'T GOING TO BE
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THERE VERY LONG IN TERMS OF JUST
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THE SIZE, THE SCOPE AND SCALE --
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LELAND: AND RAND PAUL SAYING,
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ESSENTIALLY, THAT DIPLOMACY'S
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DEAD BECAUSE OF THIS STRIKE.
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IT'S IMPORTANT.
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NOW WE LOOK FORWARD TO 20 AND
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WHOEVER IS GOING TO BE -- 2020
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AND WHOEVER IS GOING TO BE THE
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DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE WILL PROBABLY
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BE TALKING ABOUT JUST THIS ISSUE
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IN TERMS OF FOREIGN POLICY AND
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WHETHER OR NOT PRESIDENT TRUMP
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KEPT HIS PROMISES OR NOT.
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HERE WAS OUR PETER DOOCY
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QUESTIONING JOE BIDEN YESTERDAY
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ON THE TRAIL ABOUT WHETHER HE
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WOULD HAVE GIVEN THE SAME ORDER.
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TAKE A LISTEN.
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>> AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF IF YOU
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WERE EVER HANDED A PIECE OF
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INTELLIGENCE THAT SAID YOU CAN
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STOP AN IMMINENT ATTACK ON
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AMERICANS BUT YOU HAVE TO USE AN
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AIRSTRIKE TO TAKE OUT A TERROR
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LEADER, WOULD YOU PULL THE
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TRIGGER?
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>> WELL, WE DID.
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THE GUY'S NAME'S OSAMA bin
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LADEN.
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>> DIDN'T YOU TELL PRESIDENT
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OBAMA NOT TO GO OUT --
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>> [INAUDIBLE]
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LELAND: AND NOW WE WILL RUN THE
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TAPE FROM 2012 THAT PETER WAS
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BASING THAT QUESTION WITH OFF
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OF.
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TAKE A LISTEN.
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>> MR. PRESIDENT, MY SUGGESTION
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IS DON'T GO.
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WE HAVE TO DO TWO MORE THINGS TO
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SEE IF HE'S THERE.
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LELAND: THAT WAS BIDEN TALKING
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ABOUT THE DECISION PROCESS INTO
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THE bin LADEN RAID.
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DOES THESE MOVES BY PRESIDENT
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TRUMP IN SENDING 3,000 PLUS
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TROOPS NOW TO THE REGION OPEN
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HIM UP TO ATTACKS FROM BIND OR
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FROM -- BIDEN OR ANYBODY ELSE
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SAYING YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING
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TO GET US OUT OF ENDLESS WARS,
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AND YOU JUST PUT, MADE A MAJOR
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MOVE IN THE MIDDLE EAST OF
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POTENTIALLY STARTING ONE WITH
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IRAN.
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>> I THINK WHAT'S INTERESTING IS
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LOOKING AT WHAT THE DEMOCRATS
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HAVE DONE IN RESPONSE TO THIS.
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AND BIDEN MAY BE IN A LITTLE BIT
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DIFFERENT SITUATION HAVING BEEN
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VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
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STATES WHEN PRESIDENT OBAMA MADE
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PARTICULAR TYPES OF STRIKES.
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BUT WHEN I HEAR THE DEMOCRATS
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JUMPING UP AND DOWN AND SAYING,
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YOU KNOW, WE WANT, WE WANT PROOF
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OR WE WANT THE AUTHORITY AND ALL
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OF THIS, THE DEMOCRATS IN A
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SENSE HAVE BEEN A BIG PART --
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CONGRESS ITSELF, BOTH
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REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS --
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HAVE GIVEN THE PRESIDENT THE
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AUTHORITY TO DO STUFF THAT THEY
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NOW CAN STAND BACK AND SORT OF
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CHEER FROM THE GALLERY OR JEER
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FROM THE GALLERY.
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THEY'RE KIND OF LIKE THOSE OLD
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MEN FROM THE MUPPETS, THERE'S NO
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DANGER TO THEM, YOU KNOW WHAT I
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MEAN IN.
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[LAUGHTER]
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IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE THAT
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BACK AND FORTH WITH THE
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DEMOCRATS NOW THROWING POT SHOTS
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AT THE PRESIDENT WHEN HE'S
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ESSENTIALLY JUST BACKING UP WHAT
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HE SAID.
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THEY CROSSED A RED LINE, AND
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HE'S FOLLOWING UP ON IT.