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Alan Dershowitz | Lawyer & Former Law Professor Offers Insight Into Ilhan Omar Investigation & More · Sid & Friends In The Morning

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  Speaker 1: I sat next to this man inside the United Nations,
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  Speaker 1: and we watched together. It was awesome. Bibi Netanyahu delivered
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  Speaker 1: one of the greatest speeches I've ever heard or seen.
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  Speaker 1: It was my first time at the UN, to be honest,
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  Speaker 1: but I've seen other speeches. And to be sitting outside
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  Speaker 1: on 46th Street with Dershowitz for about an hour, sitting
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  Speaker 1: next to him inside that building, just a huge honor.
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  Speaker 1: The greatest attorney ever. I know Joe Takapina's, he's going
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  Speaker 1: to get upset, but Alan Dershowitz, what an honor. Great
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  Speaker 1: to have you back, buddy. How are you?
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  Speaker 2: Hey, great. It was a great honor sitting next to you.
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  Speaker 2: I had another great honor last night, two nights ago.
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  Speaker 2: I was in England. I was invited to the Oxford union,
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  Speaker 2: the oldest debate society in the world to debate Israel.
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  Speaker 2: And never before had the Israeli side at the Oxford
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  Speaker 2: union come out ahead and But I kicked the guy's ass.
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  Speaker 2: And everybody said we came out ahead. And I got
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  Speaker 2: a standing ovation from students at Oxford University for just
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  Speaker 2: telling the truth about Israel. I gave them facts. They
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  Speaker 2: had no idea. They didn't know that Israel ended the
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  Speaker 2: occupation of the Gaza Strip in 2000. They just didn't
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  Speaker 2: know those things. I told them those things, and they
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  Speaker 2: were shocked. You could see on their faces that this
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  Speaker 2: was the first time they were being told the truth
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  Speaker 2: about Israel, about Gaza, about genocide, about the Middle East,
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  Speaker 2: and all of that. It was a remarkable experience. I'm
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  Speaker 2: so glad. I was told to stay away. Friends of
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  Speaker 2: mine in England, including the head of a college, said,
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  Speaker 2: they're going to shout you down. They're going to scream
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  Speaker 2: at you. They're going to disrespect you. Nobody will listen
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  Speaker 2: to you. You won't change a single line. I thought
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  Speaker 2: about it. My wife and I decided, no, we're going
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  Speaker 2: to do it. We went over there and boy, it
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  Speaker 2: was really worth it. It'll be on YouTube soon. The
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  Speaker 2: whole debate will be on YouTube so anybody can see
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  Speaker 2: it and make their own judgments.
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  Speaker 1: Congratulations. That's great work, Alan. It really is. And it
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  Speaker 1: does give you hope. I mean, look, A lot of
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  Speaker 1: these college kids don't know any better. The mayor, he
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  Speaker 1: knows better, okay?
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  Speaker 2: He knows.
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  Speaker 1: He just hates us. He can yell and scream all
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  Speaker 1: he wants that Bruce Blakeman is a racist and Sid
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  Speaker 1: Rosenberg is a bigot. He can yell and scream that
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  Speaker 1: all he wants. He's the one. He hates Jewish people.
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  Speaker 1: But a lot of these college kids who have been
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  Speaker 1: indoctrinated and, quite frankly, brainwashed, if they knew better, like
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  Speaker 1: you just did in England, congratulations, they may feel differently.
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  Speaker 1: Bottom line.
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  Speaker 2: I would hope so. This was the first debate of
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  Speaker 2: the semester with a new group of students, a new
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  Speaker 2: group in the audience. And they came in with a
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  Speaker 2: more open mind. So I'm going to do more of this.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not giving up. on trying to persuade open-minded people. Look,
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  Speaker 2: this next election is a referendum between American democracy and
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  Speaker 2: American greatness on the one hand and socialism, defeatism, Stalinism,
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  Speaker 2: on the other hand. And we may lose that referendum.
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  Speaker 2: We may lose in Michigan. We may lose in Maine.
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  Speaker 2: We may lose in other parts of the country. But
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  Speaker 2: let there be no mistake about it. This is a
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  Speaker 2: referendum about the future of America, which is why I
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  Speaker 2: quit the Democrats. I wrote a book about it called
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  Speaker 2: why I quit the Dems and you should too, and
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  Speaker 2: why everybody who cares about America, whether you're Jewish or
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  Speaker 2: not Jewish, whether you like Rosenberg, Dershowitz, whatever, if you
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  Speaker 2: love America as we do, you quit the Democratic Party.
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  Speaker 2: You don't let them win this referendum, which is about
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  Speaker 2: America's future.
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  Speaker 1: It just made my heart warm to hear you say we.
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  Speaker 1: You know, how many years, Alan, I tried to make
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  Speaker 1: you say we about the Republicans, and you just said we,
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  Speaker 1: talking about the Republicans. But let me ask you about
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  Speaker 1: these races, because it depends who you talk to. So
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  Speaker 1: when I talk to Mike Lawler, for example, he's a Republican.
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  Speaker 1: He's running. He thinks we're going to win. And then
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  Speaker 1: I talk to other folks. They're like, Republicans. They go, no, no,
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  Speaker 1: we're going to get clobbered. Bill Maher and Chris Cuomo
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  Speaker 1: last night. The Republicans are going to get clobbered. What
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  Speaker 1: do you think happens in less than three weeks?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I think the Democrats win the House of Representatives,
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  Speaker 2: which means that Ilhan Omar and her gang take over
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  Speaker 2: House chairmanships. They become chairman of committees. AOC becomes the
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  Speaker 2: chairman of a committee. We, the Republicans, lose the House.
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  Speaker 2: But I think we have a good chance of retaining
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  Speaker 2: the Senate. That will make an enormous amount of difference.
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  Speaker 1: But if we lose the House, you go from Mike
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  Speaker 1: Johnson to Hakeem Jeffries?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and worse, much worse. Jeffries is the best of
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  Speaker 2: a bad group. You go from what we have now
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  Speaker 2: to Ilhan Omar. We go to the squad. We go
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  Speaker 2: to Liz Warren. one of the most anti-Israel people ever
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  Speaker 2: to sit on the Senate and anti-American and anti-free economy.
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  Speaker 2: My colleague for 25 years at Harvard, who's doing more
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  Speaker 2: harm to America than any woman in modern times. And
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  Speaker 2: that's what we go from. It's not only from the leadership,
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  Speaker 2: it's what happens with committee chairman and how they'll use
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  Speaker 2: their powers to try to call every Republican or every
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  Speaker 2: supporter of Republican. You, me will be hauled in front
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  Speaker 2: of Congress. I don't mind it because I have nothing
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  Speaker 2: to hide and I'm happy to make my point in
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  Speaker 2: front of Congress, but that's what's going to happen to Congress.
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  Speaker 2: If we lose the House of Representatives, but the, the,
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  Speaker 2: the data, the polling is very, very pessimistic on that
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  Speaker 2: one on the Senate. It's very close, and I think
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  Speaker 2: Americans will retain their sense and not put people like
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  Speaker 2: al-Said into the Senate. Remember, the Senate was designed by
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  Speaker 2: James Madison and the framers of the Constitution as a
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  Speaker 2: kind of check on the extreme democracy of the House
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  Speaker 2: of Representatives. Two senators from each state, originally selected by
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  Speaker 2: the state legislature, now, of course, selected by the public.
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  Speaker 2: But the Senate has a real role in checking, as
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  Speaker 2: does the Supreme Court, which the radicals and the Democrats
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  Speaker 2: want to abolish. They want to abolish the Supreme Court
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  Speaker 2: as it currently exists, the Electoral College, the Senate, you
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  Speaker 2: name it. They want to turn America into France. I
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  Speaker 2: was recently in France, and there were riots in the street.
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  Speaker 2: And when we framed our Constitution, the last thing we
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  Speaker 2: wanted was a French democracy, Robespierre and people cutting people's
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  Speaker 2: heads off. We wanted a system of checks and balances,
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  Speaker 2: and we got it. And now the Democrats are trying
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  Speaker 2: to abolish what we've had for 200 years, and that's
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  Speaker 2: a danger to America.
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  Speaker 1: Disaster. I'm watching Michelle Tafoya, that great Monday Night Football
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  Speaker 1: sideline reporter. She's on TV right now in a diner
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  Speaker 1: in Minnesota talking to some of the folks there. She's
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  Speaker 1: trailing in her Senate race right now, but who knows.
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  Speaker 1: You know, you mentioned Elon Omar talking about Minnesota. There
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  Speaker 1: we go, same state. And look, the DOJ does not
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  Speaker 1: make a practice of raiding somebody's home unless they really
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  Speaker 1: think they got him. For example, John Bolton, he's probably
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  Speaker 1: going to do some jail time. OK, so when they
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  Speaker 1: raid Omar's home, people like me who despise her. who
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  Speaker 1: hate her, I'm happy because I feel like they got
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  Speaker 1: a lot there and they're still looking for more. But
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  Speaker 1: I guess, Alan, you're the attorney. Does it come down
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  Speaker 1: to age when in fact she became a citizen? Because
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  Speaker 1: if the age is wrong, she lied about that, then
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  Speaker 1: could she be deported? What is the Ilhan Omar story?
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  Speaker 2: She can be deported. First of all, I hope John
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  Speaker 2: Bolton doesn't go to jail. What he did, so many
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  Speaker 2: other people have done, and John is a great man
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  Speaker 2: and a great defender of America, a great defender of Israel,
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  Speaker 2: and I'm a big supporter of John. So although he
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  Speaker 2: pleaded guilty, I hope he does not have jail time.
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  Speaker 2: That would not be right, considering his amazing career that
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  Speaker 2: he's had over the years. I hope Ilana Romero goes
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  Speaker 2: to jail. If she lied about her status, her marital status,
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  Speaker 2: if she lied about Her age, if she deliberately put
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  Speaker 2: back her age or put it forward in order to
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  Speaker 2: get a benefit that she would otherwise not have gotten,
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  Speaker 2: there may be a statute of limitations on the criminal case,
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  Speaker 2: but there's no statute of limitations on the deportation case.
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  Speaker 2: And she could be deported back to wherever she's from. Somalia. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: and if she states some of the same positions in
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  Speaker 2: Somalia that she stated here, she'll be executed. they won't
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  Speaker 2: tolerate her talking about gay rights and women's rights and
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  Speaker 2: other rights in Somalia. So for her own sake, she
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  Speaker 2: better not be guilty. But I agree with you. I
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  Speaker 2: don't think judges, this is a D.C. judge, give out
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  Speaker 2: search warrants against a sitting member of Congress for their
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  Speaker 2: home in Washington, D.C., unless there's probable cause for that
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  Speaker 2: there's evidence of a crime in the House. And so
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  Speaker 2: I'm hoping that there is evidence of serious crimes in
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  Speaker 2: the House. because she's a despicable person who should not
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  Speaker 2: be in Congress and should not be in the United States.
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  Speaker 2: She represents the worst of immigration in a country that
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  Speaker 2: was built on great immigrants like your parents, my parents, great-grandparents,
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  Speaker 2: others who love America. I just came back from Sicily,
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  Speaker 2: where there are so many Sicilian Americans who have done
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  Speaker 2: so much. And yet, of course, Mamdami won't celebrate Columbus
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  Speaker 2: Day and uh... columbus was this racist terrible person about
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  Speaker 2: columbus none of us would be here today so uh...
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  Speaker 2: you know this is that we live in a very
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  Speaker 2: very dangerous time and everybody should get out and vote
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  Speaker 2: against the democrats that's so crucial to make sure they
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  Speaker 2: do not gain control either of the house of the senate.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah i mean here's oscar bell gallo k and you
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  Speaker 1: can argue all day about whether or not i should
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  Speaker 1: have fired in that car the truth is he put
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  Speaker 1: the kid in the car like hamas does with human
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  Speaker 1: shields in hospitals and kindergartens because he figures okay, they're
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  Speaker 1: not going to bother me. He knew they were after him, Ice.
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  Speaker 1: He knew the federal authorities were after him. Why would
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  Speaker 1: you put a five-year-old in the car? It's not like
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  Speaker 1: he drove his kid to school every day. He's a
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  Speaker 1: gang-banging drug dealer, this guy, okay? But why the mayor
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  Speaker 1: would want to put this guy back on the streets
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  Speaker 1: and go as far as calling President Trump and Mark
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  Speaker 1: Wayne Mullen? And he did that, mind you, the same
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  Speaker 1: day he defended Elon Omar on Twitter. This is a
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  Speaker 1: terrible guy.
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  Speaker 2: It is. And remember, also, we have members of Congress now,
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  Speaker 2: people running for Congress. who want to get rid of
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  Speaker 2: the only decent person in the city of New York
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  Speaker 2: in a high position of authority, Jessica Tisch, my former
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  Speaker 2: student and research assistant, who is a police commissioner doing
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  Speaker 2: a fantastic job. You have people running for Congress who
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  Speaker 2: want to see her fired. And there's pressure on Mamdani
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  Speaker 2: to fire her. You know, the fact that she's Jewish
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  Speaker 2: and a Zionist probably doesn't help her standing with Mamdani.
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  Speaker 2: But so far, he has not been willing to fire
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  Speaker 2: her because He knows that she is the strongest person
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  Speaker 2: in his administration, the only person who could probably defeat
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  Speaker 2: him in a one-on-one election in a couple of years
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  Speaker 2: from now. So keep an eye on her.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, that may happen. It wouldn't surprise me if she
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  Speaker 1: ran for mayor. A lot of names out there, a
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  Speaker 1: lot of people. It would not surprise me if she
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  Speaker 1: decided to run for mayor. But we'll see. You know,
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  Speaker 1: one more. Talking about deportations. This guy now comes out.
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  Speaker 1: And he's got a lot of balls. I hate to
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  Speaker 1: use that word, Alan, but he does. He feels like
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  Speaker 1: he's won. He's doing interviews where he's the victim. And
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  Speaker 1: I got to tell you this, Alan. The New York
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  Speaker 1: media are pathetic. Melissa Russo, NBC, she's Jewish. She's scared
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  Speaker 1: to death to say anything bad about the mayor.
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  Speaker 2: Even Marsha Kramer.
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  Speaker 1: She's a pro. CBS. She does the same nonsense. All
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  Speaker 1: of them. Now you get this Mahmoud Khalil. He's out
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  Speaker 1: there doing interviews that he's the victim. Nobody stops him.
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  Speaker 1: Nobody says, yeah, but... And it seems like he may
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  Speaker 1: have won. Is that true?
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  Speaker 2: No, I don't think so. I think he's going to
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  Speaker 2: end up being deported. But, you know, it'll take time.
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  Speaker 2: And people are rooting for him. People are cheering for him.
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  Speaker 2: You talk about the Jewish New York media. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: there's nothing worse than... the kind of self-hating Jews we
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  Speaker 2: see in so many parts of the media. You didn't
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  Speaker 2: like to use the word. I'll use a slightly different word,
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  Speaker 2: but they're testicially challenged. They don't have it down there.
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  Speaker 2: They don't have the ability to stand up for what's
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  Speaker 2: right because they know that they'll lose their jobs and
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  Speaker 2: they'll lose their following. Today, if you want to be
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  Speaker 2: a success in the media, you have to be overtly anti-Israel,
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  Speaker 2: overtly anti-American, overtly anti-Republican, overtly anti-Trump. And then maybe you
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  Speaker 2: can make it in the media, but if If you
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  Speaker 2: compromise on any of those antis, your career is cooked.
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  Speaker 2: You're not going to get on Saturday Night Live. You're
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  Speaker 2: not going to be able to write an op-ed. You know,
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  Speaker 2: I used to be the most frequent op-ed writer for
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  Speaker 2: The New York Times, the most frequent lawyer who ever
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  Speaker 2: wrote op-eds for The New York Times. They won't publish
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  Speaker 2: my op-ed today. You can't buy my book today, Why
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  Speaker 2: I Left the Dems and So Should You. You cannot
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  Speaker 2: go to an independent bookstore and buy that book. Independent
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  Speaker 2: bookstores won't sell a book that is perceived of as pro-Trump, anti-Democrat.
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  Speaker 2: So If you want to get my book, you've got
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  Speaker 2: to get it on Amazon.com. That's the tragedy. This is
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  Speaker 2: supposed to be free speech. These bookstores proclaim themselves as
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  Speaker 2: protectors of free speech, and they won't publish my book.
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  Speaker 2: They wouldn't publish your book. Even if it was the
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  Speaker 2: number one bestseller, they wouldn't publish your book. You'd have
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  Speaker 2: to get it online. Independent bookstores no longer sell books
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  Speaker 2: that they disagree with.
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  Speaker 1: Well, in New York City, I can go to Barnes
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  Speaker 1: & Noble and Boca, and my book is right there
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  Speaker 1: on the shelf.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, of course. Boca is so different. Everything is different
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  Speaker 2: in Boca. You can wear a keypad Boca. You can
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  Speaker 2: wear a sign saying I'm a proud Zionist and people
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  Speaker 2: will come up and congratulate you.
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  Speaker 1: So the question then is, so the question is, Alan,
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  Speaker 1: what the hell are we doing here?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, well, we have to fight the fight. What was
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  Speaker 2: I doing at Oxford? Fighting back, we got to fight. Look,
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  Speaker 2: I'm young. I'm only 88 years old.
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  Speaker 1: God bless you.
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  Speaker 2: Hopefully, I've still got a few good years of fighting
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  Speaker 2: left in me, and I'm going to use those years
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  Speaker 2: to go to not only Oxford and Cambridge, but if
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  Speaker 2: Harvard would invite me, I'd go back there. I've been
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  Speaker 2: a professor at Harvard for 62 years. They won't invite
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  Speaker 2: me back to talk about Israel because they don't want
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  Speaker 2: to hear what I have to say.
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  Speaker 1: God bless you, Alan Dershowitz. I love you so much.
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  Speaker 1: I really do. You're an amazing man. Brilliant and kind-hearted.
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  Speaker 1: And I love having you on this show. You're a
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  Speaker 1: huge asset to my show. Thank you so much.
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  Speaker 2: Well, you're a huge asset to the world and to
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  Speaker 2: all the things that we stand for. And keep fighting
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  Speaker 2: for justice for America and for Israel.
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  Speaker 1: You too. Keep it up. Great job in Oxford. I
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  Speaker 1: love you.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you.
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  Speaker 1: Alan Dershowitz right there on Sid and Friends in the Morning.
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  Speaker 1: Just truly one of the great men God ever created.
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  Speaker 2: What the heck is going on here?