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Trump's Canadian Tariff Attack plus Senate Showdown Turns Personal · The 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson

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  Speaker 3: You're listening to the 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson.
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  Speaker 1: Good Monday morning. Nice to have you with us on
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  Speaker 1: the 47 Morning Update. And we've got two very big
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  Speaker 1: stories for you. First up, a trade war with Canada.
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  Speaker 1: Donald Trump saying Canada is taking advantage of the U.S.
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  Speaker 1: for far too long. And we're not going to make
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  Speaker 1: a bad deal. So what does this mean for goods?
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  Speaker 1: We'll explain it to you. Up next, a shockingly vile
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  Speaker 1: It's the 47 morning update, and it starts right now.
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  Speaker 3: Story number one.
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  Speaker 1: We are now being told that the trade talks between
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  Speaker 1: the United States and Canada have collapsed. It was a
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  Speaker 1: very simple story, very clear that this was a collapse
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  Speaker 1: of the conversation. Here's how it was on Fox News.
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  Speaker 5: Trade talks between the U.S. and Canada collapsing overnight. A 50%
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  Speaker 5: tariff on $ 20 billion worth of Canadian goods taking effect
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  Speaker 5: at midnight. The Trump administration says Canada walked away from
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  Speaker 5: a deal that would affect tariffs on steel, aluminum, autos,
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  Speaker 5: and lumber. Now Canada is promising to hit back dollar
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  Speaker 5: for dollar, raising the stakes in a major fight with
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  Speaker 5: one of America's closest trading partners.
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  Speaker 1: Now, President Donald Trump is making it very clear. Canada
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  Speaker 1: is not going to get any special treatment, as he
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  Speaker 1: described it, simply because it is America's neighbor. The president
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  Speaker 1: is saying, no, we're not going to allow that to happen.
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  Speaker 1: So let me explain what just happened over the last
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  Speaker 1: several days. President Trump temporarily paused a new round of
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  Speaker 1: massive tariffs against Canada because he believed a deal was
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  Speaker 1: essentially finished. Trump announced that the pause was based on
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  Speaker 1: the fact that Canada and the United States, in his words,
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  Speaker 1: have a deal. But the deal never got across the
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  Speaker 1: finish line, and negotiations collapsed on Friday. Both sides are,
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  Speaker 1: of course, now pointing the finger at one another. And
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  Speaker 1: the Trump administration is now saying Canada came back at
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  Speaker 1: the last minute with demands that the United States simply
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  Speaker 1: wasn't willing to accept. Canada, of course, says that Donald
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  Speaker 1: Trump in Washington was demanding concessions that threatened Canadian sovereignty
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  Speaker 1: and its ability to make its own trade decisions. And
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  Speaker 1: President Trump essentially said, enough. The United States has now
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  Speaker 1: imposed 50% tariffs on roughly $ 20 billion worth of Canadian products. Now,
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  Speaker 1: these aren't hypothetical tariffs. They are now in effect. And
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  Speaker 1: we're talking about Canadian goods ranging from wine and other
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  Speaker 1: alcoholic beverages to dairy products, to textiles, to electronics, to
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  Speaker 1: paper products, to honey, even hockey equipment. Now, these new
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  Speaker 1: duties also go beyond some of the protections that previously
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  Speaker 1: existed under the USMCA trade agreement. Now, why is Donald
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  Speaker 1: Trump doing this is a question that a lot of
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  Speaker 1: people are asking. Well, the White House's argument is extremely straightforward.
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  Speaker 1: The Trump administration has said Canada has spent protecting parts
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  Speaker 1: of its economy while expecting largely unrestricted access to the
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  Speaker 1: enormous American consumer market. Take alcohol, for example. The White
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  Speaker 1: House using this over the weekend. And they pointed out
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  Speaker 1: that beginning in March of 2025, Canadian provinces and territories
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  Speaker 1: stopped purchasing or selling American alcoholic beverages. Ontario pulled U.S.
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  Speaker 1: products from its government-controlled liquor system. And then Quebec took
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  Speaker 1: similar action. Now, some provinces subsequently reversed course, but most
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  Speaker 1: did not. Then you have dairy. Canada's supply management system
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  Speaker 1: has been long a source of friction with American farmers.
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  Speaker 1: Then you look at automobiles. Then you look at steel
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  Speaker 1: and aluminum. And the Trump administration's basic position is this.
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  Speaker 1: You cannot restrict American products and protect Canadian industries and
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  Speaker 1: then demand unlimited access to America's markets and to American consumers. Now,
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  Speaker 1: the White House says that 50% tariffs are specifically intended
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  Speaker 1: to offset tariffs what it calls Canada's discriminatory treatment of
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  Speaker 1: American commerce and trade. And Trump is approaching this from
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  Speaker 1: a position he has maintained for years. America has the
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  Speaker 1: biggest consumer market in the world. Access to our American
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  Speaker 1: market has tremendous value to anyone else in the world.
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  Speaker 1: And if another country wants access to the U.S., then
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  Speaker 1: President Trump believes that America should use that leverage to
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  Speaker 1: demand reciprocal treatment. A fair deal. Let's be clear. Reciprocal treatment.
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  Speaker 1: for American workers and American businesses. Now, Canada, they now
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  Speaker 1: say they are not backing down on this at all.
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  Speaker 1: The Canadian Prime Minister, Carney, has announced that Canada will
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  Speaker 1: retaliate dollar for dollar. Beginning September the 8th, Canada plans
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  Speaker 1: tariffs against American goods, including products involving steel, dairy, electronics,
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  Speaker 1: and agricultural equipment. Carney is calling Trump's tariffs an economic
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  Speaker 1: attack and then said Canada will not surrender its sovereignty
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  Speaker 1: simply to reach a deal with Washington. And that means
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  Speaker 1: we now have something very different from a negotiating threat.
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  Speaker 1: We potentially have an actual North American trade war. And
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  Speaker 1: you've got to remember how economically connected we are, and
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  Speaker 1: I'm saying this as, you know, whether you're Canadian listening
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  Speaker 1: to this or American listening to this, we are absolutely interconnected.
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  Speaker 1: The United States and Canada don't simply sell finished products
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  Speaker 1: to each other. Our manufacturing systems are very much intertwined,
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  Speaker 1: and this is going to be a problem for both countries.
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  Speaker 1: Components can cross the border, go into another product, cross
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  Speaker 1: back again, and eventually end up in a finished vehicle
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  Speaker 1: or piece of machinery. That happens all the time. By
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  Speaker 1: the way, the same thing happens with Mexico. So when
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  Speaker 1: you start putting 50% tariffs on products moving across the border,
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  Speaker 1: businesses now have to make a serious decision. Do you
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  Speaker 1: absorb the cost, number one? Do you raise the price
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  Speaker 1: for consumers, number two? Or do you find another supplier,
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  Speaker 1: number three? And this is the outcome that President Trump wants.
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  Speaker 1: Do they move production into the United States of America
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  Speaker 1: instead of having it in Canada? Now, if you need
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  Speaker 1: the American business more than you need the Canadian business...
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  Speaker 1: Are you going to move those manufacturing companies into the U.S.
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  Speaker 1: so you don't have to deal with this trade tariff
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  Speaker 1: and paying these tariffs with Canada and the U.S.? Right.
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  Speaker 1: That's a simple question. And the president's betting on the
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  Speaker 1: answer is going to be fine. We'll move to America. Now,
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  Speaker 1: this is a strategic gamble, no doubt, but it's one
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  Speaker 1: that is based in Trump's tariff policy. The president said
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  Speaker 1: he wants CEOs looking at a 50% tariff and saying this.
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  Speaker 1: Why am I manufacturing this in Canada when I could
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  Speaker 1: be building it in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Tennessee, and
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  Speaker 1: avoid the tariffs altogether? And the White House is already pointing,
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  Speaker 1: by the way, to reshoring this announcement in the automobile
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  Speaker 1: industry as evidence that Donald Trump's broader trade strategy is
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  Speaker 1: influencing corporate investment decisions. And that has certainly been a
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  Speaker 1: real thing in America. There's also the other side of this, right?
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  Speaker 1: Canada is very angry right now. Canada is very mad.
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  Speaker 1: And how much leverage do they have over the United
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  Speaker 1: States of America? Not near as much. They have a
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  Speaker 1: smaller economy. They don't have as much manufacturing. They have
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  Speaker 1: a lot of goods that they need to export into America.
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  Speaker 1: And so when you look at what they are doing
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  Speaker 1: right now, the question is, who flinches first? Donald Trump
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  Speaker 1: believes Canada will flinch first. I actually believe there's an
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  Speaker 1: extremely good chance that that is exactly what is going
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  Speaker 1: to happen, that Canada is going to flinch first. Now,
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  Speaker 1: the president has also made it clear that Canada has
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  Speaker 1: just been taking advantage of us for far too long,
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  Speaker 1: and this goes back to his trade negotiations all over
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  Speaker 1: the world. There were too many countries that were taking
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  Speaker 1: advantage of the U.S. and getting full access to us,
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  Speaker 1: to the United States of America, while giving us limited
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  Speaker 1: or no access to their consumers. The president's saying, I
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  Speaker 1: just want a fair playing field. That's all I want.
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  Speaker 1: And what did they say in Canada?
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  Speaker 2: No.
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  Speaker 1: Now, they may be used to America being pretty darn weak.
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  Speaker 1: They may be used to America being kind of wussy
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  Speaker 1: on trade negotiations. And they may be hoping that that's
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  Speaker 1: exactly what's going to happen. The president will flinch. I
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  Speaker 1: don't believe that he's going to flinch. I think he's
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  Speaker 1: dug in and it's based on principle and a policy
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  Speaker 1: that makes sense for Americans. This is why a lot
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  Speaker 1: of people voted for Donald Trump in the first place.
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  Speaker 3: Now, story number two.
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  Speaker 1: There is another example that I want to tell you
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  Speaker 1: about right now about just how extreme and how radical
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  Speaker 1: the DSA actually is. Now, you have to look no
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  Speaker 1: further this time into and to just deal with a
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  Speaker 1: basic headline. And it is one that if you are
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  Speaker 1: a conservative, this should terrify you that we are now
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  Speaker 1: at this point where this is where the Democratic Party
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  Speaker 1: has gone. You look in a guy by the name
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  Speaker 1: of Abdul El-Said. He is now out there attacking J.D.
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  Speaker 1: Vance's marriage. Why on earth would a Senate Democratic candidate
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  Speaker 1: attack J.D. Vance's marriage, his wife? Well, it is all
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  Speaker 1: because of something that J.D. Vance said. Now, I'm going
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  Speaker 1: to play for you what J.D. Vance said so that
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  Speaker 1: you understand exactly what he said before I tell you
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  Speaker 1: what El-Said's response was. And it was vile and grotesque.
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  Speaker 1: and also extremely racist. Here is J.D. Vance in his
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  Speaker 1: own words, and then you'll understand how egregious this is.
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  Speaker 6: It's sometimes actually hard to understand, like, what do these
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  Speaker 6: modern Democrats actually stand for? But look what they say.
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  Speaker 6: Pay close attention, and they'll leave these little hints of
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  Speaker 6: what they actually care about. Now, El-Sayed, this guy running
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  Speaker 6: for Senate in Michigan, he once argued, not too long ago,
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  Speaker 6: that criticisms of Sharia law were rooted in white supremacy.
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  Speaker 6: I'd love to go back in time and tell my
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  Speaker 6: papaw that there's a man who claims to stand for
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  Speaker 6: working people who says not only should we have Sharia law,
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  Speaker 6: but if you criticize it, you're a white supremacist. That's
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  Speaker 6: not my papaw's Democrat party, my friends.
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  Speaker 1: All right, so let's talk about why that story's important.
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  Speaker 1: What Jetty Vance is doing is he's reminding people that
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  Speaker 1: the Democratic Party has become so extreme that Democrats of
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  Speaker 1: yesterday would not even recognize their party today. I believe
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  Speaker 1: JFK would be a Republican today. I think there's a
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  Speaker 1: chance Bill Clinton of the 1990s would be a Republican today.
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  Speaker 1: That is how extreme the left has gone. And El-Sayed
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  Speaker 1: has lost his mind over those comments. In a social
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  Speaker 1: media post over the weekend, El-Sayed wrote, so do we
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  Speaker 1: think J.D. is taking Usha, that's his wife, all right,
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  Speaker 1: the second lady, with him back in time to meet
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  Speaker 1: Papa or no? With a link. to that video. Now,
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  Speaker 1: Vance's wife, Usha, and her family are Hindu. So this
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  Speaker 1: is not only a racist statement, but it's an incredibly
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  Speaker 1: nasty statement coming from Al-Said. And by the way, they're
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  Speaker 1: Hindu and they would not impose Sharia law on Americans.
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  Speaker 1: That is another part of this conversation because Al-Said has
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  Speaker 1: refused not only to apologize for his racist remarks about
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  Speaker 1: Vance's wife and family, but it's also important to note
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  Speaker 1: that Al-Said's campaign has confirmed that he actually complies with
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  Speaker 1: Sharia law in his personal life. Now, this all comes
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  Speaker 1: from a comment from 09 when he described it as
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  Speaker 1: being himself as being, quote, in his religion as a
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  Speaker 1: lifelong obligation. Said later respond to Vance's comments during an interview, stating, quote,
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  Speaker 1: he's painting this picture of going back in time to
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  Speaker 1: talk to his papa about me. Now, why is he
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  Speaker 1: pointing to me? Why is Donald Trump pointing to me?
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  Speaker 1: They're pointing to me to try and say somehow I'm
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  Speaker 1: less of an American than they are. What does that
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  Speaker 1: have to do with this? I don't know. The color
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  Speaker 1: of my skin? How I pray? Question mark. But the
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  Speaker 1: confusing thing about it is that he thinks there are
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  Speaker 1: some people who are more American than others because they
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  Speaker 1: can point to their papa who was here earlier. Now, obviously,
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  Speaker 1: that's not even close to what Vance was talking about.
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  Speaker 1: What he was saying was the Democratic Party has become
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  Speaker 1: so radical that his papa, who was a Democrat, would
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  Speaker 1: not recognize it. He then goes on, I'll say, to
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  Speaker 1: ask this question, quote, and my question to him referring
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  Speaker 1: to Vance is simply, why is it? How do you
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  Speaker 1: look your parents-in-laws in the eye and say that somehow
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  Speaker 1: they're less American than you are? Because that's what he's
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  Speaker 1: implying here. That's, by the way, not what J.D. Vance
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  Speaker 1: implied at all. That goes back to the racist statement
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  Speaker 1: that has been put out there by El-Said. Now, this
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  Speaker 1: is a very, very, very, very, very tight race. You
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  Speaker 1: look at the most recent polling, Michigan's Republican Senate candidate,
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  Speaker 1: Mike Rogers, and El-Said are virtually tied in the general
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  Speaker 1: election race. El-Said now is doing everything he can to
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  Speaker 1: try to undermine J.D. Vance, undermine the president, and undermine
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  Speaker 1: Mike Rogers. And so what he's saying is, hey... I'm
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  Speaker 1: going to go after the wife of JD Vance and
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  Speaker 1: her religion and the color of her skin and then say, oh, well,
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  Speaker 1: I guess somehow Republicans are racist. Like, that's pretty funny. Well,
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  Speaker 1: let me also remind you of El Saeed when he
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  Speaker 1: said when he said this in an interview as well.
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  Speaker 7: Oh, you know, Jesus, peace and blessings be upon him,
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  Speaker 7: was considered radical in his time, too. And there is
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  Speaker 7: a radical nature to being willing to stand forthright in
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  Speaker 7: a time of corruption.
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  Speaker 1: Sal Saeed says that Jesus was radical, so therefore you
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  Speaker 1: should support me because I'm a radical. He's admitting that
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  Speaker 1: he is a radical Islamist. By the way, that's very
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  Speaker 1: different than what Jesus believed in. Let's just point that
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  Speaker 1: out as well.
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