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IT IS 2024 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CERTIFICATION DAY 1-6-25 · OneLegUpAlex Media

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  Speaker 1: Here's your host, Alex Garrett. Well, it's incredible to say
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  Speaker 1: this because four years ago today, on January sixth, twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty one, I never thought that four years later, President
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  Speaker 1: Elect Trump would be certified on the same day he
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  Speaker 1: basically left Mike Pence out to dry four years ago
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  Speaker 1: when he you know, don't certify by it. The political
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  Speaker 1: comeback today is so worth talking about the one leg
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  Speaker 1: up on news because I think the Congress did right
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  Speaker 1: to reselect Speaker Johnson. He's bipartisan, He's someone that can
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  Speaker 1: navigate the field. I don't care if Trump backed him
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  Speaker 1: or not. I mean that's a big factor in all
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  Speaker 1: this too. But he has led Congress I think better
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  Speaker 1: than other speakers. Now do I follow Congress every day,
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  Speaker 1: not particularly, but I know enough about Mike Johnson's grit
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  Speaker 1: and fight to do what's right. I mean, look, they
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  Speaker 1: were about to put in that bill that was billions
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  Speaker 1: more and didn't Speaker Johnson put a stop to that
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  Speaker 1: and say no, let's go back to the table on this,
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  Speaker 1: let's work on this. Then they approved the bill that
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  Speaker 1: prevented the government shut down. But he was the stop
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  Speaker 1: gap for that. He has a way of reaching both
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  Speaker 1: parties that it's even more a little more finesse than
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  Speaker 1: than McCarthy. But it works. And so was Speaker Johnson
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  Speaker 1: selected and there was no chaos, There was no fifteen rounds.
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  Speaker 1: It was just Johnson selected. Today, the biggest political comeback
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  Speaker 1: in our history will have been well, I guess the
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  Speaker 1: inauguration would be completed, but will have been taking another
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  Speaker 1: step toward completion because of the certification. My only gripe
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  Speaker 1: about President Trump's involvement in January sixth, twenty twenty one
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  Speaker 1: was always that he had this fiery, rousing speech ahead
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  Speaker 1: of the certification and he said I will march the
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  Speaker 1: Capitol with That was just the most ridiculous comment I
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  Speaker 1: thought he would say. I thought he did say. But
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  Speaker 1: in four years, you're gonna maybe dis like this and
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  Speaker 1: take another star off my following in four years, he
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  Speaker 1: seems like the option to get us back on track.
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  Speaker 1: So my prayer for Washington today January sixth, twenty twenty one,
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  Speaker 1: exactly two weeks away from inauguration day, is that we
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  Speaker 1: don't have a repeat of four years ago. Is that
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  Speaker 1: the certification process can be peaceful, And is that this tradition,
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  Speaker 1: this not even just tradition. It's a constitutional act of
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  Speaker 1: certification just moves our country along into twenty twenty five.
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  Speaker 1: So while I'm kind of wrapped up on the fact
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  Speaker 1: that Brian Dable's back, and I'm so happy about that,
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  Speaker 1: the Dable dynamic for the Giants is much needed, by
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  Speaker 1: the way, he just needs the right fit quarterback, I'm
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  Speaker 1: also keeping an eye on what happens today in Washington
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  Speaker 1: because it's just it's almost an exciting day because it's
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  Speaker 1: another step toward our democracy working. Certification of an election
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  Speaker 1: is something the founding fathers, you know, will be proud
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  Speaker 1: of me. I don't know if they cooked it up per se,
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  Speaker 1: but they laid the foundation for this, and it's another
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  Speaker 1: act of our democracy and a republic. And so I
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  Speaker 1: cannot be excited when the next present whoever was elected,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, come on, whatever, but whoever was elected, how
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  Speaker 1: can you not be excited for the certification to happen today.
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  Speaker 1: It's a historical day because it's a day in which
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  Speaker 1: we say, and specifically Vice President Kamala Harris says when
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  Speaker 1: she certifies the election, now we can move forward as
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  Speaker 1: a country. And that's the biggest thing every four years
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  Speaker 1: about the certification. Now, I'm a little young, but I'm
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  Speaker 1: pretty sure that this is also the the anniversary, of course,
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  Speaker 1: on January sixth, nineteen seventy seven, when Carter was certified
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  Speaker 1: as the president, and his spirit will be largely present,
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  Speaker 1: I think the next week, especially with the state funeral
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  Speaker 1: this upcoming Thursday. The attention is not really on the
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  Speaker 1: certification today because of the loss of Jimmy Carter and
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  Speaker 1: because of other things, the NOLA attack. But let's not
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  Speaker 1: lose sight of what's happening today in Washington, a certification
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  Speaker 1: of an election in which not only did President Trump
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  Speaker 1: win the electoral vote, he won the popular vote. This
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  Speaker 1: man won the popular vote. That's how far away the
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  Speaker 1: America want to run away from the Biden administration. I
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  Speaker 1: don't even think it's come out of they want to
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  Speaker 1: run away from Baby, but I think they want to
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  Speaker 1: run away from the entire Biden era and it send
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  Speaker 1: all of them home. And with this certification today that
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  Speaker 1: will be possible. And while I believe this will be
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  Speaker 1: a peaceful day, and while I've softened up on the
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  Speaker 1: idea that it was all President Trump's fault four years ago,
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  Speaker 1: because the Capitol police looked like they were letting people
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  Speaker 1: into the Capitol. Uh. There have been others that have
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  Speaker 1: faced less stringency, stringent penalty and consequences in the last
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  Speaker 1: four years. Uh since that day. Don't get me wrong,
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  Speaker 1: it was a disgraceful day for America. But if there
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  Speaker 1: were not backups there, if there were Capitol police people
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  Speaker 1: letting in these trespassers, then how is that all Trump's fault?
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  Speaker 1: That's where I've sort of lessened that blow. And while
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  Speaker 1: I did right in Tulsi Gabbard, I think she's gonna
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  Speaker 1: be apartment administration. That just gets us back on track.
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  Speaker 1: I really honestly do. So let's make the certification a
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  Speaker 1: peaceful process today. And and I was gonna explad on
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  Speaker 1: that and say, while that might be peaceful, we have
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  Speaker 1: to keep a look on how the international stage is
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  Speaker 1: faring once Trump gets it. We just gave before the
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  Speaker 1: new year Ukraine six billion dollars in addition to letting
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  Speaker 1: them blow up Russia as they want to. So what's
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  Speaker 1: the play there? What is Biden trying to cook up
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  Speaker 1: before he leaves office? I hope it is still a
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  Speaker 1: piece will transfer power, and that transfer starts today with
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  Speaker 1: the certification. A president elect Donald Trump as the forty
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  Speaker 1: seventh President of the United States. We should all be
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  Speaker 1: keeping an eye on that as history continues to unfold
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  Speaker 1: in this great country we know as the United States
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  Speaker 1: of America.