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State of the Union - U.S. men's Olympic hockey team honored by Trump · INSIGHT TODAY

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  Speaker 1: People are asking me, please, please, please, mister President, We're
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  Speaker 1: winning too much. We can't take it anymore. We're not
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  Speaker 1: used to winning in our country. Until you came along,
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  Speaker 1: We're just always losing. But now we're winning too much.
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  Speaker 1: And I say, no, no, no, you're going to win again.
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  Speaker 1: You're going to win big. You're going to win bigger
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  Speaker 1: than ever. And to prove that point, to prove that point,
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  Speaker 1: here with us tonight is a group of winners who
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  Speaker 1: just made the entire nation proud. The men's gold medal
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  Speaker 1: Olympic hockey team, come on, go ahead.
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  Speaker 2: I that's the first time I've ever seen them get up,
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  Speaker 2: And actually not all of them did get up, but
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  Speaker 2: they beat a fantastic Canadian team in overtime, as everybody so,
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  Speaker 2: as did the American women who will soon be coming
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  Speaker 2: to the White House. They were in the Oval office before,
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  Speaker 2: and I just want to say a second, very big
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  Speaker 2: congratulations to Team USA.
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  Speaker 3: But I have to say that, and I.
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  Speaker 4: Told them this, and we took a vote of the team.
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  Speaker 4: I said, anybody votes no, I'm not doing it.
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  Speaker 3: So they stood there and they weren't about to say no.
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  Speaker 4: Because I've never seen a goaltender play as well as
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  Speaker 4: goalie Connor Halliba.
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  Speaker 3: Think of it.
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  Speaker 4: Forty six shots on gold And I asked him the
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  Speaker 4: one shot, the one where you put your stick in
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  Speaker 4: the back and it hit the neck of your stick.
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  Speaker 4: Can bounce off you practice that or was that a
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  Speaker 4: little lucky?
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  Speaker 3: He refuse to answer that question.
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  Speaker 4: But I just want to tell you that the members
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  Speaker 4: of this great hockey squad will be very happy to
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  Speaker 4: hear based on their vote and my vote, and in
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  Speaker 4: this case, my vote was more important. That I will
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  Speaker 4: soon be presenting Connor with our highest civilian honor which
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  Speaker 4: we will be given, and which has been given to
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  Speaker 4: many athletes over the years.
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  Speaker 3: But when I say many, not too many, like twelve.
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  Speaker 4: It's called the highest civilian honor in our country, the
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  Speaker 4: Presidential Medal of Freedom. Great athletes have gotten that, very great,
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  Speaker 4: the best, and I thought he deserved it.
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  Speaker 3: And I did take a vote every single one of them.
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  Speaker 4: I said, I'm not giving it if anybody goes no,
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  Speaker 4: and every single one of them rapidly put up the hand.
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  Speaker 3: So I want to thank you, or what a special.
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  Speaker 4: Job you did, what special champions you are, Thank you
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  Speaker 4: very much.
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  Speaker 3: I'm also pleased to say.
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  Speaker 4: That the next time the Olympic torch is lit, it
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  Speaker 4: will be here year in America for the twenty twenty
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  Speaker 4: eight Olympics, and it's the summer version right in Los Angeles.
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  Speaker 3: We're going to do a good job in Los Angeles.