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Republican Paula Copenhaver Launches Primary Campaign against Spencer Deery who is opposed to redistricting · Tony Katz | Popcorn Moment

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  Speaker 1: the popcorn moment. Let's go, let's start show. It's a
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  Speaker 1: story you need to hear to believe. Then grab your
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  Speaker 1: popcorn because there is more. And of course redistricting has
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  Speaker 1: been the front and center subject, and there was Governor
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  Speaker 1: Brawn on Newsmax with Rob Schmidt just the other days.
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  Speaker 1: What's your response to that and what are you guys
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  Speaker 1: doing to try and make this happen.
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  Speaker 2: I talked to him for over ten minutes here earlier today,
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  Speaker 2: and I think calling the state out. He knows where
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  Speaker 2: I'm at in this whole navigation. I can call them
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  Speaker 2: into session. And I did that with plenty of time.
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  Speaker 2: This has been several months Rob, where they've been dragging
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  Speaker 2: their feed and as more Senators started coming forward, they
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  Speaker 2: actually put the wet blanket on it because they knew
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  Speaker 2: it was going to get there. And that's where the
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  Speaker 2: Senate program said they're not even going to gabble into session.
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  Speaker 1: That's the governor going directly at Rod Bray and discussing
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  Speaker 1: his conversation with President Trump. The question is and all
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  Speaker 1: the conversation about rift, has it led people to wanting
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  Speaker 1: to engage these primary challenges President Trump has said, there's
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  Speaker 1: going to be a primary challenge and all these people,
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  Speaker 1: and he's going to support the primary challenge, and he's
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  Speaker 1: going to go after Bray and this one and that one. Well,
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  Speaker 1: some people are answering the call. Paula Copenhaveer joins us now.
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  Speaker 1: She has served there in Fountain County. She was the
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  Speaker 1: GOP chairman over there. She has also been a county clerk,
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  Speaker 1: and she has made her announcement to run for State
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  Speaker 1: Senate in District twenty three. So I appreciate you taking
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  Speaker 1: the time to be with us. Paul. I want to
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  Speaker 1: be clear, this is not an endorsement in any way,
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  Speaker 1: shape or form. This is about understanding. You've run for
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  Speaker 1: office before, So is this just your tem to run
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  Speaker 1: again or is this very specific about the redistricting conversation.
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  Speaker 3: Well, first of all, Tony's thank you so much for
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  Speaker 3: reaching out and having me on. The reason I'm running
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  Speaker 3: is who's yours and Americans You're tired of electing people
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  Speaker 3: into office to stand up and fight for the Republican
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  Speaker 3: Party platform, and when they get there, they don't fight
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  Speaker 3: for us to truly help to truly help us keep
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  Speaker 3: our republic. And that's what my main concern is I
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  Speaker 3: am in it to win it. I'm tired of not
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  Speaker 3: having representation. When Republicans get in power, they sit back.
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  Speaker 3: They have the power to do good and they don't.
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  Speaker 3: And so I'm not willing to sit back and be
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  Speaker 3: quiet any longer.
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  Speaker 1: You have served en roles in the Republican Party, you
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  Speaker 1: have served as a county clerk. You've run for office before,
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  Speaker 1: including a run that you made in the Republican primary
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  Speaker 1: against the current state center there in District twenty three.
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  Speaker 1: Spencer Deary took a third place, finished there with twenty
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  Speaker 1: two point nine percent of the vote. Full disclosure it
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  Speaker 1: was Deary with thirty point eight percent of the vote,
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  Speaker 1: outpacing you by a little over nine hundred votes, Just
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  Speaker 1: around nine hundred votes. I should say. So, when you
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  Speaker 1: discussed the idea of not taking any longer. You've run
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  Speaker 1: for office before, is it the belief that there's that
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  Speaker 1: this has always been the case, or has the redistricting
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  Speaker 1: now brought other people out from the woodwork.
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  Speaker 3: Well, I think the redistricting the issue has brought other
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  Speaker 3: people out from the woodwork. And the thing is if
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  Speaker 3: once you have that conversation with people and you explained
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  Speaker 3: them what is at stake. Then they are on board
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  Speaker 3: for redistricting because they understand that when we put Indiana first,
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  Speaker 3: we are putting America first. And when we have a
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  Speaker 3: leader like Donald J. Trump, that is paving the way
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  Speaker 3: for us to keep our repub blake instead of turning
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  Speaker 3: it over to a democratic socialist party. You know, our
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  Speaker 3: local Democrats may not believe like that, but they are
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  Speaker 3: part of the larger picture of the party, which are
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  Speaker 3: Democrats socialists, and that is the way we're leaning. And
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  Speaker 3: if we don't redistrict, we are at risk of losing
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  Speaker 3: our republic.
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  Speaker 1: Talking to Paula Copenhager running for announcing she's running for
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  Speaker 1: state Senate in District twenty three, Paula Copenhaveer co op
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  Speaker 1: E n h A V E R Paula Copenhaveer dot com.
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  Speaker 1: That message, that message of redistrict or die, which is
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  Speaker 1: a little a bit of a takeoff of New Hampshire.
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  Speaker 1: Does that message resonate when when Hoosiers look at what's
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  Speaker 1: happening in this conversation about redistricting, do they, in your view,
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  Speaker 1: see it this way or are you trying to spread
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  Speaker 1: that message? And just whether I agree with you or not,
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  Speaker 1: I want to hear from you, how do you back
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  Speaker 1: up that message?
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  Speaker 3: Well, and that's that's the same thing. That's where I
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  Speaker 3: was at when this whole sedgery came up. Because I
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  Speaker 3: am a former county clerk. I know what it takes
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  Speaker 3: to redistrict. I see what it looks like. I've seen
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  Speaker 3: what it looks like in Illinois. I've seen what it
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  Speaker 3: looks like in Massachusetts. But when you look at the
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  Speaker 3: broader picture, you see what is really at stake. It's
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  Speaker 3: not really about all about Indiana. It's it's about America,
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  Speaker 3: and we have to fight when we fight for Hoosiers
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  Speaker 3: to keep Indiana first, that we are coming alongside our
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  Speaker 3: president who is fighting to keep America first and to
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  Speaker 3: keep America great. We are the greatest nation in the country.
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  Speaker 3: But if we sit back and we don't play by
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  Speaker 3: the same rules that the other party plays by, we
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  Speaker 3: don't even have a dog in the fight.
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  Speaker 1: I want to make sure the greatest nation in the world.
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  Speaker 1: I want to make sure we said that right. That's
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  Speaker 1: what it is, that the country. How do you respond
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  Speaker 1: to people and how do you address this with other
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  Speaker 1: potential candidates When you hear the idea of this is
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  Speaker 1: rigging the system, this isn't fair, this is a power grab,
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  Speaker 1: this is cheating.
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  Speaker 3: How do you respond to that, Well, it's just like,
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  Speaker 3: you know, Republicans want to stand into their principles, and
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  Speaker 3: that's exactly what the Democratic Party is counting on, is
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  Speaker 3: that's not to play by the same rules that they
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  Speaker 3: have played for by years. And so when you sit
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  Speaker 3: down and you have a conversation with them and you
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  Speaker 3: look at what all is at stake and you walk
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  Speaker 3: through the process, it's very clear to see that we're
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  Speaker 3: not playing by the same rules. We never have. And
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  Speaker 3: then once again when Republicans getting into office on the
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  Speaker 3: promises that they're going to fight, they're going to push
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  Speaker 3: back against the Democratic socialists, they have the power to
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  Speaker 3: do it, and they sit there and they don't do it.
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  Speaker 3: We have to come together, we have to follow our leader,
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  Speaker 3: which is Donald J. Trump, to make America great. Who's
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  Speaker 3: res first. Seventy percent of America, seventy six percent of
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  Speaker 3: America is made up of small cities and towns with
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  Speaker 3: small town values, who are patriotic, faith filled, and family values.
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  Speaker 3: And that is what does at stake here is turning
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  Speaker 3: our nation over to a Democratic Socialist party.
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  Speaker 1: Paul Copenhaemer, I appreciate you taking the time to be
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  Speaker 1: with us, just really quick before I let you go.
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  Speaker 1: And I know I'm going to run late. As Saul
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  Speaker 1: Lensky's rules for radicals would explain, a good countermeasure means
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  Speaker 1: you might have to see it through to the end,
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  Speaker 1: which is to say, if you win, you might vote
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  Speaker 1: very districting. But what else is on your platform?
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  Speaker 3: Is it all.
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  Speaker 1: Single issue or is there something else you want to
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  Speaker 1: see Indiana doing because you're still needing to represent your district. Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Absolutely, And I'm going to continue to stand up to
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  Speaker 3: fight for our rural communities. And like I said, the
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  Speaker 3: majority of my district is rule and I'm not part
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  Speaker 3: of the political elite. I want to be part of
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  Speaker 3: continuing to shape Indiana's future and moving us forward in
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  Speaker 3: the rural community. The other thing is with my platform
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  Speaker 3: is to make sure that we fight against the green
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  Speaker 3: energy stuff that's coming in and what they've done in
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  Speaker 3: Vermilion County carbon capture, all with the climate nonsense propaganda
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  Speaker 3: that has been perpetrated on us. I will be a
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  Speaker 3: voice for that community to push back against it.
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  Speaker 1: PAULA copenhager dot com co O p e n h
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  Speaker 1: A v e R Paula Copenhager, I appreciate you taking
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  Speaker 1: the time to be with us