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Trump Hits the Trail as Key Midterm Races Tighten · The 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson

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  Speaker 4: seems to be having a big impact. And that means
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  Speaker 4: that Republican candidates on the polls are getting a lot closer.
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  Speaker 4: It's the 47 Morning Update and it starts right now.
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  Speaker 2: Story number one.
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  Speaker 4: President Trump is hitting the campaign trail. Republicans are seeing
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  Speaker 4: an opportunity as the midterm battleground is tightening, moving in
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  Speaker 4: favor of conservative candidates. Now, this matters because for months,
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  Speaker 4: Republicans and Democrats have been fighting over control of Congress,
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  Speaker 4: and Democrats had the advantage. They believe they had a
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  Speaker 4: real opportunity to capitalize on dissatisfaction with the party in power,
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  Speaker 4: specifically over the price of the pump. That's what it
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  Speaker 4: boiled down to. But then they also showed how crazy
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  Speaker 4: they are with their El Saeed and their Tallarico candidates.
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  Speaker 4: And that is now maybe become one of the biggest
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  Speaker 4: nightmares for Democrats heading into Election Day.
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  Speaker 3: Now, early voting in several states has already started.
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  Speaker 4: And many Republicans, including the president, believe that, well, they
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  Speaker 4: can overcome the traditional midterm disadvantage by turning out the
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  Speaker 4: votes of those or the voters, I should say, who
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  Speaker 4: helped send Donald Trump back to the White House. Now,
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  Speaker 4: the polls in several competitive races have showed just how
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  Speaker 4: close the fight for Congress is. There's a critical distinction,
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  Speaker 4: by the way, between a race tightening and a candidate
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  Speaker 4: becoming the favorite. Republicans are therefore using this strategy. They're
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  Speaker 4: hoping that Trump's involvement can turn competitive races into victories. Now,
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  Speaker 4: the president's making the case that this election is about
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  Speaker 4: far more than the names appearing on the ballots. He's
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  Speaker 4: making it about whether voters want Congress to continue advancing
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  Speaker 4: his agenda or put Democrats in a position to challenge
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  Speaker 4: it and also to weaponize the government to go after
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  Speaker 4: him and his entire cabinet. So why is Trump really
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  Speaker 4: back on the campaign trail? Well, let's start with the
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  Speaker 4: political reality. Midterm elections are historically extremely difficult for the
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  Speaker 4: party that controls the White House to win. In fact,
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  Speaker 4: it's only happened two times, only once in my lifetime.
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  Speaker 4: Voters often use these elections to, well, do checks and
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  Speaker 4: balances on power. And also, usually the party that lost
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  Speaker 4: last time is more inspired to be frustrated with the
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  Speaker 4: party that is in power, a.k.a. this time it would
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  Speaker 4: be Donald Trump. And so, therefore, they're more likely to
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  Speaker 4: show up and vote. Now, Republicans obviously have a serious challenge.
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  Speaker 4: Just what I talked about has nothing to do with
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  Speaker 4: Donald Trump. That's just history we're talking about. But you
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  Speaker 4: also have people that are frustrated with the economy or
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  Speaker 4: really gas prices and the cost of food and basic services,
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  Speaker 4: which have gone up because gas prices have gone up. Now,
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  Speaker 4: Republicans have to convince Americans, and really this is Donald Trump,
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  Speaker 4: that keeping Republicans in control of Congress will produce better
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  Speaker 4: results than handing power over to the radical Marxist socialists
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  Speaker 4: and communists. And that's really where Donald Trump comes in.
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  Speaker 4: Trump has, well, demonstrated an extraordinary ability to command media
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  Speaker 4: attention and mobilize his supporters. When he holds a rally,
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  Speaker 4: no one can fill the room in politics like President
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  Speaker 4: Donald Trump. The national political conversation instantly shifts towards whatever
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  Speaker 4: he's saying on stage, and he knows that. By the way,
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  Speaker 4: when Donald Trump visits the state, he can generate attention
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  Speaker 4: for candidates who otherwise might struggle to break through the
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  Speaker 4: national news cycle. And when he tells supporters that an
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  Speaker 4: election matters, Republican campaigns hope those voters will show up.
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  Speaker 4: Now here's the challenge. The electorate in a midterm election
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  Speaker 4: isn't necessarily the same as those in a presidential election.
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  Speaker 4: Some Americans who enthusiastically voted for Donald Trump don't always
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  Speaker 4: participate in congressional races. When his name isn't actually on
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  Speaker 4: the ballot, that's why Donald Trump's out there.
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  Speaker 3: Republicans need those votes.
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  Speaker 4: And that's what Donald Trump's central objective in the campaign
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  Speaker 4: trail seems to be. He's trying to convince his supporters
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  Speaker 4: that even though he isn't running on the ballot this November,
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  Speaker 4: his agenda is. In other words, if you voted for
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  Speaker 4: Donald Trump for four years of America first, you've got
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  Speaker 4: one more vote to make to make sure you get
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  Speaker 4: those four years of America first agenda items. Because if
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  Speaker 4: Republicans lose control of Congress, the political landscape in Washington
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  Speaker 4: changes drastically. Democrats have made it clear what they will
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  Speaker 4: do if they gain control of the congressional committees. They've said,
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  Speaker 4: we will launch investigations, not just into weaponizing the government
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  Speaker 4: against Donald Trump, but against anybody that's around Donald Trump,
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  Speaker 4: the vice president, members of the cabinet, members of Congress,
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  Speaker 4: the list goes on and on. They have made it
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  Speaker 4: clear that they will weaponize, I'm going to say it again,
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  Speaker 4: they will weaponize Congress with to try to destroy anyone
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  Speaker 4: that is an advocate for the President of the United
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  Speaker 4: States of America. Now, we also know that they have
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  Speaker 4: said that if you elect them, they will block legislation.
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  Speaker 4: They will reshape, they said, much of the legislation that's
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  Speaker 4: already been passed, and they will take away the President's
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  Speaker 4: powers as much as they possibly can when it comes
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  Speaker 4: to actually being able to do what he needs to
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  Speaker 4: do as President of the United States of America. Now,
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  Speaker 4: you got to understand, we're not even to the halfway
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  Speaker 4: mark of President Trump's presidency. But if you voted for
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  Speaker 4: four years of America first, as I mentioned a moment ago,
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  Speaker 4: the president's argument is you better show up, otherwise you're
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  Speaker 4: not going to get it. In fact, what you're going
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  Speaker 4: to get is a overzealous Democratic Party that's goal is
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  Speaker 4: to destroy anyone at the White House. That is the
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  Speaker 4: argument that Trump is now taking directly to the voters.
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  Speaker 4: And There's a second part of this. It seems that
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  Speaker 4: Donald Trump going out on the campaign trail is helping.
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  Speaker 4: This is something that Democrats don't want you to know.
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  Speaker 4: And the media certainly isn't going to tell you. The
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  Speaker 4: polls are tightening, and they're tightening in favor of Republican candidates.
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  Speaker 4: National polls tell us something about the political environment. But
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  Speaker 4: they can't tell us everything about who controls Congress. And
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  Speaker 4: we know the House decided district by district. The Senate
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  Speaker 4: decided state by state. And a candidate who looks competitive
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  Speaker 4: nationally may face a difficult race because of local political conditions.
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  Speaker 4: So Republicans are watching for signs that voters who previously
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  Speaker 4: expressed dissatisfaction with the party are reconsidering their choices. They're
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  Speaker 4: also watching whether Trump's campaign appearances increase enthusiasm among American voters,
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  Speaker 4: specifically Republican voters. By the way, Democrats are watching the
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  Speaker 4: same numbers. They're saying, well, if Donald Trump shows up,
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  Speaker 4: does it make our base get angry and make our
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  Speaker 4: base hate Donald Trump and make our base want to
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  Speaker 4: vote against Donald Trump?
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  Speaker 3: And that's the important point.
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  Speaker 4: You look at a two or three point shift in
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  Speaker 4: a competitive race that can matter enormously. Now, one poll
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  Speaker 4: showing Republican improving doesn't necessarily establish a lasting trend. But
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  Speaker 4: what we are seeing is multiple polls that are now tightening.
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  Speaker 4: In fact, almost every Senate poll has made, as showed
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  Speaker 4: Republicans over the last week or two, getting closer to
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  Speaker 4: Democrats if they were behind. And some of the Republicans
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  Speaker 4: that were ahead have actually gotten a larger lead. So
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  Speaker 4: what does that really have to do with and how
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  Speaker 4: has this happened?
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  Speaker 3: Well, that brings us to the economy.
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  Speaker 4: It is the economy, stupid. The economy is front and center.
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  Speaker 4: President Trump is going out there and he's saying, hey,
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  Speaker 4: we know it's the economy, but we also know we
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  Speaker 4: have a genuine objective that we must keep Americans safe.
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  Speaker 4: That is why we went into this war with Iran,
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  Speaker 4: to make sure they did not get a nuclear weapon.
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  Speaker 3: And that is important.
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  Speaker 4: How much does it cost to build the car is
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  Speaker 4: also a really important question. The president has admitted that now.
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  Speaker 4: How much does it cost to buy groceries? That's something
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  Speaker 4: the president's talked about. And he wants to make sure
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  Speaker 4: the numbers get better. The president said he wants to
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  Speaker 4: make sure that you can afford a house. He wants
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  Speaker 4: to make sure that your wages, which, by the way,
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  Speaker 4: the medium income in this country is the highest level
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  Speaker 4: in history right now. And the president wants to make
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  Speaker 4: sure you understand that he's the reason why those wages
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  Speaker 4: have gone up instead of down. Now, ultimately, Americans go
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  Speaker 4: and vote on their family's financial future. Is it improving
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  Speaker 4: or is it getting worse? Are your wages keeping up
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  Speaker 4: with your expenses? Now, Trump's economic argument is centering around
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  Speaker 4: all of that. And he said, look, I'm the guy
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  Speaker 4: that lowered your taxes. I'm the guy that gave you
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  Speaker 4: fewer regulations that allowed for American jobs to grow. I'm
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  Speaker 4: the guy that gave you American manufacturing back while the
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  Speaker 4: other party was doing anything to shut it down. I'm
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  Speaker 4: the guy that's in favor of massive domestic energy production,
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  Speaker 4: while the other guy said we want to make sure
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  Speaker 4: that we shut it down. This president, Donald Trump, has
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  Speaker 4: said my trade policies have been designed to protect American
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  Speaker 4: workers and protect American industries.
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  Speaker 3: And bring more jobs home.
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  Speaker 4: President Trump argued that his approach created jobs.
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  Speaker 3: It did, by the way.
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  Speaker 4: It encouraged massive American investment. And he said it made
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  Speaker 4: America much more competitive on the world stage. Now, Democrats
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  Speaker 4: have gone back to one simple argument. They argue that
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  Speaker 4: voters should judge President Trump by what they're paying at
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  Speaker 4: the pump, that you should look at nothing else. By
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  Speaker 4: the way, never forget that under Biden and Obama, $ 5
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  Speaker 4: a gallon gas was a normal part of their policy.
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  Speaker 4: They wanted to force you into green alternative energy. And
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  Speaker 4: make no mistake, they have no problem with the gas
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  Speaker 4: prices we're seeing right now. They have no problem with it.
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  Speaker 4: So as the polls are opening for early voting in
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  Speaker 4: multiple states this week, some even opened last week, the
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  Speaker 4: number one thing is you better get out and vote.
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  Speaker 4: And if you voted for Donald Trump and you want
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  Speaker 4: his policies to succeed, then you better vote one more time.
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  Speaker 4: Because if you stay home, the radical Marxist, socialist, communist left,
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  Speaker 4: they're not.
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  Speaker 3: They are showing up to vote.
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