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China’s 'New' Viral Outbreak Echoes COVID-Era Measures plus Democrats Face Removal Over Quorum Walkout · The 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson

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Speaker 1: The term that I use now to describe the Democrats
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Speaker 1: they'll go through the voting process as long as they win,
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Speaker 1: but if they don't win, they'll try and sabotage a
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Speaker 1: Trump or Republicans. They don't really care about the electorate
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Speaker 1: except if it gives them power. They don't really care
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Speaker 1: about the well being of the average person unless they
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Speaker 1: can persuade them to support them.
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Speaker 2: You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben ferguson.
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Speaker 3: Good Thursday morning. It's nice to have you with us
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Speaker 3: on the forty seven Morning Update, and we've got a
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Speaker 3: couple of major stories for you this morning. This one
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Speaker 3: is a story I hope I never have to talk
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Speaker 3: about again, but it needs to be on your radar screen.
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Speaker 3: The CDC has now issued a travel warning over a
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Speaker 3: viral outbreak in China that is spread by mosquito bites.
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Speaker 3: It is very eerie how close it is to the
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Speaker 3: initial warnings we got with COVID nineteen. I'll have that
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Speaker 3: story for you in just a moment. Also, it is
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Speaker 3: ratcheting up in Texas as Democrats refuse to come back
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Speaker 2: Story number one.
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Speaker 3: There is a major story that needs to be on
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Speaker 3: your radar, and it's one that concerns now China yet again,
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Speaker 3: and the CDC issuing a travel warning over a viral
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Speaker 3: outbreak in China that is spread by mosquito bites. The
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Speaker 3: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issuing a Level
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Speaker 3: two travel notice. This is much like what we witness
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Speaker 3: with the coronavirus for a province in China due to
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Speaker 3: a quote major outbreak, the agency is recommending travelers practice
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Speaker 3: enhance precautions. As of August to six, if you believe
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Speaker 3: the numbers coming out of China, over seven thousand confirmed
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Speaker 3: cases of chikungunya have been reported, with the outbreak spreading
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Speaker 3: to Hong Kong and other provinces. Now, what is this disease? Well,
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Speaker 3: symptoms typically appear, they say three to seven days after
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Speaker 3: a mosquito bite, and while most recover within a week.
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Speaker 3: There are major problems that can happen because of this
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Speaker 3: mosquito born viral disease characterize as being major issues with fever,
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Speaker 3: severe joint pain, severe headaches, muscle aches, joint swelling, and
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Speaker 3: a rash. There is also a concern over death. Even
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Speaker 3: though it's being categorized as rare infants, they're very concerned
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Speaker 3: about older adults and people with certain health conditions will
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Speaker 3: also face high risk of severe symptoms and possibly death.
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Speaker 3: Yet again, another concern of the similarities we're talking about
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Speaker 3: here because of what happened last time when it came
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Speaker 3: out of China. Now in twenty twenty five, this strand
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Speaker 3: has affected approximately two hundred and forty thousand people across
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Speaker 3: sixteen countries, resulting, they say, in around ninety deaths. Chinese
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Speaker 3: authorities have mobilized intense containment strategies, including drones to locate
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Speaker 3: standing water, insecticide spraying, even targeting individuals before entering buildings,
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Speaker 3: deployment of mosquito eating fish, fines or penalties for stagnant
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Speaker 3: water accumulation, and hospital isolation under mosquito netting. Here is
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Speaker 3: more from Fox News Channel about the seat putting out
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Speaker 3: the warning for Americans.
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Speaker 4: Tonight, a viral outbreak in China prompts the Centers for
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Speaker 4: Disease Control and Prevention the CDC to issue a travel warning.
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Speaker 4: More than seven thousand cases of this disease have been
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Speaker 4: reported so far. State Department correspondent Jillian Turner has details
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Speaker 4: tonight from the State Department.
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Speaker 5: Even Jillian Good Evening Brett. The CDC, as you mentioned,
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Speaker 5: is warning Americans traveling to China about chikungunya. It is
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Speaker 5: a virus that spreads to humans through infected mosquito bites.
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Speaker 5: It can cause severe illness, with symptoms that mimic pretty
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Speaker 5: closely dangay fever and zecavirus, mostly found in Africa. Here's
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Speaker 5: what the CDC says about it. They say most people
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Speaker 5: in fact to get better within a week. However, some
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Speaker 5: can have severe joint pain for months two years. Other
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Speaker 5: symptoms include severe fever and fatigue. The outbreak now is
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Speaker 5: in the Chinese province goang Dong. It's near Hong Kong,
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Speaker 5: with more than seven thousand cases reported so far, prompting
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Speaker 5: some pretty dramatic measures to contain the spread, like mandatory
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Speaker 5: insect repellent blasts for people entering the area. Mandatory property
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Speaker 5: checks for stagnant water, which attracts mosquitos and when found
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Speaker 5: is now punishable by fines or even arrests.
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Speaker 6: If you happen to get this, they're quarantining you in
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Speaker 6: hospitals with mosquito netting and not letting you out for
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Speaker 6: a week. These are the kind of draconian responses we
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Speaker 6: saw with COVID. We're seeing it again.
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Speaker 5: The CDC says Americans traveling to eight other countries are
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Speaker 5: also at elevated risk of exposure to the virus, even
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Speaker 5: if there is no current outbreak there. People at risk
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Speaker 5: for more severe cases of chicungunya include newborns, seniors sixty
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Speaker 5: five years and up, as well as people with diabetes
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Speaker 5: or heart disease. Now, the good news is that, unlike COVID,
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Speaker 5: deaths from this disease are exceedingly rare. You can also
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Speaker 5: protect yourself by getting vaccinated against it, or by preventing
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Speaker 5: mosquito bites in the first place through all the usual
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Speaker 5: mechanisms insect repellent netting, wearing long sleeves, and staying in
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Speaker 5: air condition.
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Speaker 3: You listen to this warning and there's a couple of
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Speaker 3: points here that need to be made clear Number one,
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Speaker 3: there's no specific treatment for this, so management focuses on
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Speaker 3: symptom relief, rest, hydration, over the counterpane relief, and vaccines,
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Speaker 3: as they mentioned, are available in the US and recommended
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Speaker 3: for travelers that are going to the outbreak regions. But
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Speaker 3: then the question also comes up, and this is why
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Speaker 3: I want it on your radar screen. Why are they
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Speaker 3: treating this in China very much the same way they
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Speaker 3: treated COVID And are they telling us the truth now?
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Speaker 3: They're saying to minimize the risk of exposure, the CDC
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Speaker 3: advises the use of insect repellent, wearing long sleeved shirts
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Speaker 3: and long pants, staying in screened or air conditioned accommodation.
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Speaker 3: They also have a warning for pregnant travelers, especially near delivery.
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Speaker 3: They're encouraged now to quote reconsidered travel as infection neer
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Speaker 3: childbirth can pass to newborns. Vaccination should be discussed with
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Speaker 3: the healthcare provider. The CDC is also saying, so this
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Speaker 3: is a story that I hope I don't have to
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Speaker 3: talk about again with you, But when you're dealing with
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Speaker 3: China and what they're doing right now, you have to wonder,
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Speaker 3: what are.
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Speaker 2: They hiding Now story number two.
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Speaker 3: I want to move on to another major story, and
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Speaker 3: it deals with what's happening in Texas. The Governor of Texas,
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Speaker 3: Greg Abbott, has now filed a lawsuit to start the
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Speaker 3: removal for dereliction of duty, derelict Democrats and saying you're
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Speaker 3: not showing up for work. You fled the state to
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Speaker 3: block redistricting bill, and now we're going to hold you
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Speaker 3: accountable for exactly that. Governor Abbott filing the lawsuit Tuesday
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Speaker 3: night with the Texas Supreme Court seeking to begin the
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Speaker 3: process for the removal of House Democratic Caucus Chairman Wu
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Speaker 3: and others. The chairman, along with most of his Democrat
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Speaker 3: House colleagues, fled the state to block acorum in protest
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Speaker 3: to the GOP's efforts to carry out their duty of
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Speaker 3: congressional seat redistricting. Today I took emergency action, the governor said,
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Speaker 3: to begin the removal from office of derelic Democrat Texas
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Speaker 3: House members he refuses show up for special session. Governor
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Speaker 3: Abbot writing this, saying quote, I filed the suit directly
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Speaker 3: with the Texas Supreme Court too quickly make clear the
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Speaker 3: authority I have to bring the lawsuit for removal of
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Speaker 3: legislators from their office now. On Sunday, Abbot ordered the
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Speaker 3: House Democrats who fled the state to break quorum to
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Speaker 3: return to work, or he would take action to vacate
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Speaker 3: their legislative seats and appoint replacements. This truancy ends now,
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Speaker 3: Governor Abbot said in a Sunday night statement. The derelic
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Speaker 3: Democratic House members must return to Texas and be in
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Speaker 3: attendance when the House reconvens at three pm on Monday,
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Speaker 3: August fourth. The Governor said he will invoke the Texas
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Speaker 3: Attorney general opinion to remove the absent Democrats from their
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Speaker 3: elected office. The governor stated, quote In that opinion, the
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Speaker 3: Attorney General considered whether Texas law allows for a determination
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Speaker 3: that a legislator has vacated office if they intentionally break quorum.
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Speaker 3: The Attorney General concluded that whether a specific legislator abandoned
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Speaker 3: his or her office such that a vacancy occurred will
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Speaker 3: be a fact question for a court quote unquote. Sunday afternoon,
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Speaker 3: Texas House Democrats fled the state to Illinois to stop
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Speaker 3: the state legislature from moving forward on plans to redistrict
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Speaker 3: Texas congressional districts. Democratic Caucus Chairman wo a Democrat from Houston,
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Speaker 3: said the governor is using an intentionally racist map to
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Speaker 3: steal the voices of millions of black and Latino Texans,
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Speaker 3: all to execute a corrupt political deal. The derelict Texas
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Speaker 3: House members ignored the governor's order and did not return
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Speaker 3: to the capital insert Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed
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Speaker 3: a notice with the Texas Supreme Court in support of
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Speaker 3: the governor's lawsuit, saying this Texas is taking every available
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Speaker 3: avenue to force runaway Democrats to return to Texas and
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Speaker 3: hold them accountable for breaking quorum. That's what the Attorney
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Speaker 3: General Ken Paxon said in the statement, saying, quote, under
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Speaker 3: the Texas Constitution in Texas law, the Office of the
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Speaker 3: Attorney General has the legal authority to bring these cases
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Speaker 3: against the renegade House members. I have alerted the Texas
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Speaker 3: Supreme Court that I will be making additional filings on
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Speaker 3: Friday if the Democrats continued to abandon their legislative duties.
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Speaker 3: Abbott also wrote a letter to the Texas Supreme Court
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Speaker 3: about his action of filing directly with the state's top
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Speaker 3: course bypassing the district and Appellate Court. System, the governor
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Speaker 3: side section twenty two of the Texas Constitution and court
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Speaker 3: precedent for those actions. And that's where we go to.
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Speaker 3: Late Tuesday night, the Supreme Court requests the response from
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Speaker 3: the respondent, Chairman Wu, the Democrat no later than Friday,
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Speaker 3: August eighth, at five pm. The case number for the
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Speaker 3: emergency petition is twenty five dash zero six seven four. Translation.
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Speaker 3: It's getting very real now for Democrats that there is
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Speaker 3: a chance if they do not come back to Texas,
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Speaker 3: they can lose their jobs. Texas Tribune reporter, by the way,
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Speaker 3: posting comments from Chairman Wu in response to the governor's
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Speaker 3: latest action to remove him and fellow Democratic legislators, saying, quote,
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Speaker 3: I took an oath to the Constitution, not a politician's agenda.
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Speaker 3: Denying the governor at quorum was not an abandonment in
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Speaker 3: my office. It was a fulfillment of my oath. That
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Speaker 3: is the latest from the Democrats. He said, I took
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Speaker 3: that oath to the constitution, not the political agenda, and
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Speaker 3: he's hoping the American people will go along with him.
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Speaker 3: One person, by the way, that definitely is going along
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Speaker 3: with him is the governor of Illinois. Trying to turn
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Speaker 3: this into his own political moment. JB. Pritzker firing back
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Speaker 3: at Trump's threat to arrest runaway Texas Democrats, saying, bring
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Speaker 3: it on. He's more than happy to fight Donald Trump.
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Speaker 3: And here's the governor, in his own words.
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Speaker 7: Is that, you know, our local law enforcement protect everybody
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Speaker 7: in Illinois. Our state troopers protect everybody in Illinois and
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Speaker 7: anybody who's here in Illinois. And so whether it's federal
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Speaker 7: agents coming to Illinois or state rangers from Texas, if
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Speaker 7: you haven't broken federal law, you know, you're basically unwelcome.
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Speaker 7: And there's no way that they can be that our
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Speaker 7: state legislators here, the Texas state legislators can be arrested.
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Speaker 3: So there's the governor of Illinois saying, Hey, I stand
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Speaker 3: up for illegal immigrants that are in my state and
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Speaker 3: protect them all the time. Why do not go ahead
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Speaker 3: and protect some hardcore liberal Democrats from Texas as well? Now,
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Speaker 3: Governor of Texas, Craig Abbott, he has a very simple
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Speaker 3: response to JD. Pritzker and anybody else that's criticizing him.
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Speaker 3: He says, it's all about doing your job, and that's
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Speaker 3: what the Democrats have abandoned.
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Speaker 8: So the Democrats when they return, they're going to be
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Speaker 8: accountable for certain legal biolaces, but so for violations of
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Speaker 8: Texas House rules, and so it's going to be a
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Speaker 8: bad day for them. And the sooner they get back,
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Speaker 8: maybe the lesser the consequences. But the longer they stay,
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Speaker 8: the greater the consequences.
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Speaker 3: The greater the consequences. So now here we are at
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Speaker 3: the Texas Supreme Court, and there's a very good chance
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Speaker 3: that the governors got this one right and Democrats may
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Speaker 3: lose their jobs over all of this, refusing to come
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Speaker 3: back to the state that they said they were representing
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Speaker 3: and instead hanging out in Chicago. I also sat down
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Speaker 3: and had a very interesting conversation with a dear friend
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Speaker 3: of mine, a mentor, Mark Levin. He has a new
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Speaker 3: book out called On Power, a book that I hope
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Speaker 3: all of you will buy, and I asked him about
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Speaker 3: what was happening in Texas and how his book relates
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Speaker 3: to what we're witnessing. I want you to take a
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Speaker 3: listen to what Mark Levin, the Great One, had to
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Speaker 3: say speaking of power. I want to get your take
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Speaker 3: on what Democrats have just decided to do in Texas
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Speaker 3: flee this. They have run to other states that are
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Speaker 3: basically advocating for socialism and communism and Marxism. You've got
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Speaker 3: the governor of Illinois saying, come on over, will, how's
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Speaker 3: you will love on you? YadA YadA, YadA, and they say,
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Speaker 3: this is what power now looks like to the left,
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Speaker 3: how dangerous is that?
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Speaker 1: Well, this jerry mandering is all you're talking about pretty much. Yeah, yeah,
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Speaker 1: it's very dangerous. But let's point out I have a
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Speaker 1: whole chapter on language, and they're proving the point in
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Speaker 1: the chapter and all lot of people read it themselves.
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Speaker 1: But take a look at this. The twenty twenty census
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Speaker 1: they quote unquote mathematical errors which resulted in Democrats having
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Speaker 1: five more seats than they should have had, and the
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Speaker 1: census admits it made a mistake. So let's start at
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Speaker 1: that baseline. Then you look at Massachusetts. They don't have
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Speaker 1: a single Republican member of the House of Representatives. Then
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Speaker 1: you look at Maryland. They have one Republican out of
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Speaker 1: eight in the state of Maryland. Then you look at
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Speaker 1: California fifty two seats, forty three Democrats and nine Republicans.
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Speaker 1: Then you look at Illinois, fourteen Democrats and three Republicans,
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Speaker 1: and I could go on and on and on. So
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Speaker 1: this party, the Democrat Party, it embraces Marxism, it embraces
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Speaker 1: the Islamis against the Israelis, it embraces propaganda of the
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Speaker 1: worst sort. Again, I discussed this in the chapter in
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Speaker 1: the book. And their purpose is what they corrupt the
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Speaker 1: public debate, so people don't even know what to debate.
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Speaker 1: They come up with slogans and repetition, which is a
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Speaker 1: big deal for them, like any other authoritarians do. So
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Speaker 1: people get in their minds that it's the Republicans. They
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Speaker 1: are trying to steal the midterm elections. They have a
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Speaker 1: media behind them, and so so many people who don't
17:35
Speaker 1: focus on this day in and day out have no
17:37
Speaker 1: idea what's actually going on except the drum beat that
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Speaker 1: they hear over and over and over again. So it
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Speaker 1: is very dangerous what these people are doing. But it
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Speaker 1: has to be countered. We can't just wring our hands
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Speaker 1: about it.
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Speaker 3: What was me?
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Speaker 6: What was me?
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Speaker 1: And the way we counter it is again we go
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Speaker 1: to the core of this book and rather than making
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Speaker 1: superficial arguments, we say they want to grab power. This
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Speaker 1: is why they want to go rabbit, and the book
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Speaker 1: explains why and how they do it and how to
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Speaker 1: respond to it.
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Speaker 3: I hope all of you, by the way, will grab
18:05
Speaker 3: Marklevin's new book On Power, as explois the nature of power,
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Speaker 3: its historical uses, and its impact on liberty. The book
18:13
Speaker 3: argues that while power can be used for oppression, it
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Speaker 3: is also essential for a thriving society when it's structured
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Speaker 3: with checks and balances. The laugh, by the way, has
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Speaker 3: bastardized power, and well, now we're witnessing it in real
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Speaker 3: time with the Democrats in Texas, and this is exactly
18:31
Speaker 3: why I hope all of you will grab Marklevin's new
18:34
Speaker 3: book on Power.
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