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‘We are begging’ Pretti family accuses feds of ‘shielding Alex’s killers’ · THE DAILY BRIEF

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  Speaker 1: All right, let's talk more about that Senate race in Minnesota,
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  Speaker 1: because it is one that Donald Trump seems especially focused
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  Speaker 1: on as we as we approach Election Day. On Monday,
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  Speaker 1: he posted this quote. Let's all get behind Michelle Tafoya
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  Speaker 1: in Minnesota. She's running a great race. Don't allow them
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  Speaker 1: to play with the votes after the race is over.
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  Speaker 1: The federal government will be watching closely. The only way
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  Speaker 1: she can lose is if they cheat by playing games
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  Speaker 1: with the ballots as they come in. Sounds familiar. Donald
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  Speaker 1: Trump has also spent a huge amount of time lately fixating,
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  Speaker 1: exactly like Ali said, on Minnesota's Somali immigrant community, leveling
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  Speaker 1: racist accusations at them, calling them all corrupt. He's especially
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  Speaker 1: targeted Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, whose Washington residence was raided
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  Speaker 1: by the Department of Homeland Security and their investigators earlier
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  Speaker 1: this month. And of course, Minnesota has literally been ground
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  Speaker 1: zero for the brutal and the lawless anti-immigration raids and
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  Speaker 1: all of those armed and masked federal agents that carried
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  Speaker 1: out the indescribable on Donald Trump's orders. During that offensive,
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  Speaker 1: agents shot and killed two Americans on the streets of Minneapolis,
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  Speaker 1: Alex Preddy and Renee Nicole Good. In a press conference today,
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  Speaker 1: the parents of Alex Preddy said that in the nine
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  Speaker 1: months since their son was shot, no one, no one
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  Speaker 1: in the federal government has reached out to them. Instead,
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  Speaker 1: the Justice Department seems to be stonewalling the investigation.
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  Speaker 2: Minnesotans said no to this injustice.
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  Speaker 3: Americans said no to this injustice.
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  Speaker 2: And today we are here begging for the Department of
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  Speaker 2: Justice to do what is right, to hold the men
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  Speaker 2: who murdered our son accountable.
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  Speaker 1: For what they did. Alex Freddie's younger sister, Michaela, is
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  Speaker 1: also speaking out. She posted on Instagram last week writing this.
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  Speaker 1: To everyone around the country that sent our family letters
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  Speaker 1: after Alex was murdered, a majority of them said, please
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  Speaker 1: let us know how we can honor Alex or we
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  Speaker 1: will do everything to fight for Alex. And to that,
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  Speaker 1: I say, please, please go out and vote. Vote for Alex.
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  Speaker 1: Vote for a step closer to justice for my family.
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  Speaker 1: Vote for all of the victims of ICE. Vote for
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  Speaker 1: your community and your neighbors. Alex stood up for his community.
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  Speaker 1: So now it is time we stand up and we
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  Speaker 1: fight back. Peggy Flanagan has served as the lieutenant governor
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  Speaker 1: of Minnesota since 2019. She's the Democratic candidate for senator
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  Speaker 1: this year, and she joins me now. It's good to
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  Speaker 1: see you. Thanks for being here.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks so much for having me.
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  Speaker 1: You just heard Alex Priddy's parents on the investigation into
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  Speaker 1: his death, as well as what his sister had to say.
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  Speaker 1: What's your reaction to all that?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, these parents are incredibly brave, and my heart
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  Speaker 2: just breaks for them. And I just join Michael and
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  Speaker 2: Susan and Michaela in demanding that this evidence be released
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  Speaker 2: and shared with state investigators. The fact that they just
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  Speaker 2: continue to stonewall this investigation, you see, I mean, you
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  Speaker 2: can tell in their voices and their demeanor just how heartbreaking.
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  Speaker 1: All of this is.
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  Speaker 2: No parent should have to stand up there and ask
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  Speaker 2: for the federal government to simply.
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  Speaker 1: Do their job.
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  Speaker 2: They're just asking for accountability, for justice, for their son
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  Speaker 2: who was killed. And we all saw it happen, right,
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  Speaker 2: with our own eyes. What we have been through is
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  Speaker 2: incredibly traumatic here. And to see how his family is
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  Speaker 2: carrying this and being incredibly brave in this moment and
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  Speaker 2: calling out for justice for their son. I'm just, I'm
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  Speaker 2: with them. And I know that there are so many
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  Speaker 2: people in this state who stand with Alex Prudy and
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  Speaker 2: his family.
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  Speaker 1: I have to ask you more about it because we
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  Speaker 1: all watched the ICE raids in Minnesota together. We all
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  Speaker 1: saw regular people who came out to protest and protect
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  Speaker 1: their neighbors and offer mutual aid, sometimes in super sub-zero conditions. temperatures.
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  Speaker 1: After all of that, I think there are some people
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  Speaker 1: who wonder, how is this race, how is your race
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  Speaker 1: so close?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I just say this. I think that Minnesotans
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  Speaker 2: understand there is just a very clear choice in this race.
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  Speaker 2: You know, Donald Trump, who you mentioned earlier, endorsed my opponent.
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  Speaker 2: He has, in fact, endorsed Michelle Tafoya multiple times in
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  Speaker 2: the last two weeks, and that's because She's completely aligned
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  Speaker 2: with him on so many issues. But when it comes
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  Speaker 2: to Operation Metro Surge, she literally used footage of Operation
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  Speaker 2: Metro Surge and ICE in her campaign rollout video days
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  Speaker 2: after Renee Good was killed. And in fact, she went
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  Speaker 2: on a podcast the day Renee was killed and said
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  Speaker 2: that Renee Good was responsible for her own death. She
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  Speaker 2: has now tried to change her tune a bit. But
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  Speaker 2: I think we know that Donald Trump doesn't give out
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  Speaker 2: his endorsement willy-nilly. You have to earn it. And Michelle
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  Speaker 2: DeFoya has earned it with flying colors from her support
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  Speaker 2: for the tariffs, the trade war. She platformed January 6th
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  Speaker 2: insurrectionists on her podcast and called them really good people
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  Speaker 2: and her brothers. She said ICE should be called nice
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  Speaker 2: and that they've treated children really, really well. We all
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  Speaker 2: know what happened to Liam Conejo Ramos, right? The 6,200
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  Speaker 2: children who've been detained by ICE. That is the choice
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  Speaker 2: in this race. And I think Minnesotans deserve someone who
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  Speaker 2: will be beholden to them and not do the bidding
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  Speaker 2: of Donald Trump.
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  Speaker 1: It is deranged. I mean, it was deranged on the ground.
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  Speaker 1: It's deranged to hear someone who could have possibly seen
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  Speaker 1: that like I did with my own eyes and think
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  Speaker 1: it was anything other than deliberate cruelty on the streets
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  Speaker 1: of Minneapolis and in you know, throughout the Twin Cities.
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  Speaker 1: There's the other huge issue here, which is Trump is
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  Speaker 1: obviously laying the groundwork to challenge your election, elections across
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  Speaker 1: the country if you win. There's also been so much
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  Speaker 1: speculation about the other ways that he could interfere with
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  Speaker 1: the vote on the ground there. The Justice Department just
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  Speaker 1: notified two Minnesota counties to be prepared for federal election observers.
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  Speaker 3: What are you doing?
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  Speaker 1: How are you prepared for this possible incursion or election interference?
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  Speaker 1: At the same time, you've got to motivate all of
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  Speaker 1: your supporters to go get out to the polls. So
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  Speaker 1: I'd say a couple of things.
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  Speaker 2: Number one, Minnesota has one of the best election systems
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  Speaker 2: in the entire country. Our Secretary of State, Steve Simon,
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  Speaker 2: is incredible. The governor's office, the attorney general's office, as
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  Speaker 2: well as the Secretary of State's office are working together
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  Speaker 2: to make sure that people can vote. I would also
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  Speaker 2: just say this, that we've got a lot of folks
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  Speaker 2: who are on the ground who will also be observers,
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  Speaker 2: making sure that so many of the folks who are
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  Speaker 2: mobilized around Operation Metro Surge and standing up for their
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  Speaker 2: neighbors also are motivating people to get out to vote,
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  Speaker 2: to also make sure that people can vote safely and
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  Speaker 2: free from interference. But what I would also say is
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  Speaker 2: that we have seen tremendous early vote numbers here in Minnesota.
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  Speaker 2: That I think is really encouraging. And if folks are
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  Speaker 2: feeling a little nervous about the election, I would just
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  Speaker 2: encourage them to to vote early. And that's something that's
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  Speaker 2: available to people up until Election Day. And, you know,
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  Speaker 2: that is the really the movement that we're seeing so
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  Speaker 2: many folks who are turning out to vote early. And
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  Speaker 2: I feel confident that we will have low drama in
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  Speaker 2: these elections under the leadership of our Secretary of State,
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  Speaker 2: Steve Simon. And we've got some of the best election
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  Speaker 2: judges in the entire country who are going to make
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  Speaker 2: sure that people are following the rules, doing what they
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  Speaker 2: need to do. But, you know, as you said, Donald
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  Speaker 2: Trump is starting to already sow doubt around the election
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  Speaker 2: results here in Minnesota, calling into question, you know, potentially
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  Speaker 2: what will happen in Alaska as well.
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  Speaker 1: That's outrageous. And, you.
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  Speaker 2: They know that their policies are not popular. A $ 5, 000
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  Speaker 2: hamburger is similar to, you know, what Michelle Tafoya said
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  Speaker 2: about skipping a trip to Starbucks and keeping a stiff
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  Speaker 2: upper lip if you're concerned about, you know, gas prices. But,
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  Speaker 2: you know, the bottom line here, I think, is, you know,
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  Speaker 2: we've seen this already. We saw this during January 6th, right,
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  Speaker 2: when he riled up his supporters. And frankly, that should
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  Speaker 2: have been enough. to stop Donald Trump from being elected
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  Speaker 2: for a second time. He has said that Minnesota voted
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  Speaker 2: for him three times and that he's ready to win
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  Speaker 2: a fourth time. I would just say this. We know
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  Speaker 2: who won the election in our state, and we will
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  Speaker 2: ensure that Donald Trump is defeated a fourth time on
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  Speaker 2: November 3rd. And if folks want to make sure that
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  Speaker 2: you know, the state that demonstrated we are not powerless
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  Speaker 2: in the face of Donald Trump. In fact, we are
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  Speaker 2: quite powerful.
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  Speaker 1: If you felt inspired, be part.
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  Speaker 2: Of, you know, this campaign. Help us to make sure
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  Speaker 2: that we are sending someone who will be a check
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  Speaker 2: on Donald Trump, not a loyal soldier, and visit us
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  Speaker 2: at PeggyFlanagan.com if people want to help support to ensure
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  Speaker 2: that this election goes the right way.
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  Speaker 1: All right. Minnesota Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan, thanks so much
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  Speaker 1: for being here.
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