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OneLegUpAlex News - Team USA Hockey in the News; Midterms Matter in 2026 (2-24-26) · OneLegUpAlex Media

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  Speaker 1: Hi, everyone, It's Alex S. Garrett, host of One Look
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  Speaker 1: Up with Alex Garrett aka One Look Up Alex. Excited
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  Speaker 1: to have you for a year thirteen of this podcast.
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  Speaker 1: We've gotten through twelve amazing years thanks to you. Here's
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  Speaker 1: to Lucky thirteen. Team USA is on the way to
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  Speaker 1: DC right now for the State of the Union, the
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  Speaker 1: men's hockey team, and they're facing backlash for going. And
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  Speaker 1: let me tell you, I don't care who's in office,
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  Speaker 1: who's the commander in chief. To be invited is an
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  Speaker 1: honor no matter who it is, and to accept it
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  Speaker 1: and to go and the excitement they had should it
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  Speaker 1: not be backlash worthy? So you're not gonna be proud
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  Speaker 1: of Team USA because they're going to State of Union
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  Speaker 1: or to come on, we're better than that in America,
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  Speaker 1: aren't we? And just like that, this team us to
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  Speaker 1: say victory has become a news story on the One
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  Speaker 1: Look Up Alex News. I wanted to go there real
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  Speaker 1: quick because sports and news intersect itself, and my thought
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  Speaker 1: is this is a sports story first and foremost. The
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  Speaker 1: politicization of this is absolute crap here on the One
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  Speaker 1: ing Up Network. And I'm happy the guys took Trump
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  Speaker 1: up on his offer to go there. But I want
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  Speaker 1: to talk about something else here on the one leg
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  Speaker 1: Up Alex News because Newsday laid it all out for
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  Speaker 1: US five elections that'll make a difference in Congress. I
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  Speaker 1: want to get to that today on the willing Up Network.
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  Speaker 1: Here's what Billy House Newsday has to write. By the way,
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  Speaker 1: get some news from Newsday moving forward here on the
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  Speaker 1: one with Goop Alex network. Anyway, what he writes, his
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  Speaker 1: Long Island and other parts of New York State are
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  Speaker 1: among the critical battlegrounds this fall for party control of
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  Speaker 1: the US House. Now, of course, we're in the midterms,
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  Speaker 1: and I think President Trump's speech tonight will be surrounding
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  Speaker 1: that as well, and how the Republicans need to maintain
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  Speaker 1: or his fake could be in the balance as far
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  Speaker 1: as not being impeached. If there's a Republican control, if
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  Speaker 1: there's democratic control, I do believe there's a threat of that.
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  Speaker 1: And if you want this the Cliff notes, there are
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  Speaker 1: four New York congressional districts, potentially a fifth depending on
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  Speaker 1: the final court ruling, which are viewed by independent forecasters
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  Speaker 1: as key swing state A districts in the midterms. Democrats,
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  Speaker 1: according to House need just three districts and undred and
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  Speaker 1: the four hundred and thirty five member chamber to flip
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  Speaker 1: the House majority that Republicans hold with a slim two
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  Speaker 1: twenty to two fifteen edge right now, crediting the three
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  Speaker 1: empty seats to the party that previously held them. And
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  Speaker 1: of course, as everybody knows that the Democrats take over
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  Speaker 1: the House, this could be enormous for Trump, impeding his
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  Speaker 1: agenda investigations, and even Trump has even said impeaching him now.
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  Speaker 1: Democrats take over the House would carry enormous consequences for Trump.
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  Speaker 1: As I read, and here's the four that really are
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  Speaker 1: being looked at. District four. The twenty twenty sixth race
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  Speaker 1: for this Democrat held Long Island seed has wide we
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  Speaker 1: been seen as a toss up and one of the
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  Speaker 1: nation's most competitive contests. It lies entirely within Nasau County.
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  Speaker 1: Republican former Rep. Anthony d. Esposito has been anticipated to
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  Speaker 1: take on Democratic freshman Laura Gillen in Rockville Center, but
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  Speaker 1: as of this publishing in last week's Newsday, DSBO City
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  Speaker 1: has not said whether he's actually running gillan on CIA
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  Speaker 1: in twenty twenty four by two point three percentage points.
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  Speaker 1: So that's District four, Rockville Center District three, which of
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  Speaker 1: course was the I believe George Santos seat that Tom
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  Speaker 1: Swazi won back. The gloves are already off in this
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  Speaker 1: Loland district, which includes parts of Nasa County and Suffolk
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  Speaker 1: and a selection of queens. Swazi, who I happen to
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  Speaker 1: think is a very centrist guy and may not embark
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  Speaker 1: on the impeachment like his far left colleagues, but we'll
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  Speaker 1: have to see, is facing a potential racist fall against
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  Speaker 1: mich La Petrie, the former state assembly who could actually
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  Speaker 1: face the GOP primary. First Lapatrie of Farmingdale came closely
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  Speaker 1: than expected in twenty four, only losing a Swazi by
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  Speaker 1: four percentage points, well three percentage points because Trump carried
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  Speaker 1: the district this time around with Blakeman at the ballot.
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  Speaker 1: At the top of the GOP ticket, of course, Bruce
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  Speaker 1: Blakeman is running for governor. Look for D three to
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  Speaker 1: maybe flip. We'll have to see now what they're saying
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  Speaker 1: here is another toss up contest is in District seventeen.
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  Speaker 1: The race in the northern suburbs of the New York
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  Speaker 1: City straddling the Lower Hudson Valley, was recently shifted by
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  Speaker 1: Cook from lean Republican to toss up contest. That's because
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  Speaker 1: Mike Lawler's there. Mike Lawler has a solid foothold in
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  Speaker 1: this district. That outlook became even before it was decided
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  Speaker 1: that several Democratic candidates would want to face off in
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  Speaker 1: the general election. But I think Lawler could maintain that citty.
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  Speaker 1: He's got a very good report, he's well liked up there,
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  Speaker 1: and he could win again. He could win reelection for
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  Speaker 1: Congress a third term. By the way, and Lawler, who
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  Speaker 1: was considering a bid for governor, well, he was sort
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  Speaker 1: of looking out for the party, not his own interests,
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  Speaker 1: because he wants to protect its hold in this tough
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  Speaker 1: district of seventeen where Democrats how hold a voter advantage,
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  Speaker 1: and he's shown he can protect the GOP line in
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  Speaker 1: District seventeen. So there's that, all right, District nineteen. This
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  Speaker 1: seems in the weeds, But trust me, if you're in
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  Speaker 1: any of these districts, maybe you need to know this
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  Speaker 1: that your district in nineteen is held by the Democrats.
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  Speaker 1: Leans Democratic as refreshman Josh Reilly of Ithaca flipped the
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  Speaker 1: scene in twenty twenty four by defeating Mark Mullen, a
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  Speaker 1: friend of this podcast and just a good guy overall.
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  Speaker 1: Trump endorsed Lapetrie. He's also going to endorse and has
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  Speaker 1: endorsed Pete Oberaker in District nineteen and attacked Riley as
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  Speaker 1: a true radical left extremist. We know the values of
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  Speaker 1: central New York, so Trump has weighed in on this
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  Speaker 1: race District nineteen, which represents the Finger Lakes, Southern Tier,
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  Speaker 1: Mohawk Valley, Capital Region, and the Catskills. When I first
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  Speaker 1: saw this in the news Day, I was very drawn
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  Speaker 1: to it because, Hey, I talk about how Texas could
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  Speaker 1: be a very very big flip. If this tall rico
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  Speaker 1: can actually outlast Jasmine Crockett in the primary and then
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  Speaker 1: knock out either Cornin or Paxton. Well, I think on
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  Speaker 1: the local level, these should be highlighted as well. On
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  Speaker 1: the very local level, these districts should be highlighted because
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  Speaker 1: when you vote this November, you're gonna make a difference,
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  Speaker 1: and so why not be informed when you head to
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  Speaker 1: the polls and then District eleven Republican. Hell, maybe we
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  Speaker 1: withdraw redrawn and this one the eleventh district Staten Island
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  Speaker 1: Nicole Maliatakas Rep. Malia Takas could be fighting for this
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  Speaker 1: seat if the lines are redrawn. Mal Takas has taken
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  Speaker 1: this fight to the Supreme Court on Thursday to block
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  Speaker 1: a Manhattan judges' order to redraw her Conductor district. We
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  Speaker 1: all know why they do it, right, to gain advantage,
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  Speaker 1: have one leg up in the political system by having
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  Speaker 1: the lines redrawn. I think it's pretty corrupt, but that's
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  Speaker 1: the way the Democrats have one leg up by redrawing
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  Speaker 1: everything consistently and constantly. There are other districts that have
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  Speaker 1: been potentially competitive, have the shifted being saved Democratic Hudson
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  Speaker 1: Valley based District eighteen by Democrat Pat Ryan and the
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  Speaker 1: Central New York CD twenty two held by Freshman Rep.
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  Speaker 1: John Mannion of Gettis. Still those races will be closely watched,
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  Speaker 1: So eighteen twenty two, eleven, nineteen, seventeen, three and four
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  Speaker 1: are all to watch. I presume Lawler and Swazi will
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  Speaker 1: keep their seats. Those are the two most out there
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  Speaker 1: vocal people for their parties, and they have pretty much
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  Speaker 1: a good foothold but the rest, I mean, Mali Takis
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  Speaker 1: should be a cinch if her district lines aren't redrawn.
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  Speaker 1: But there you go. Maybe talking about this will help
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  Speaker 1: you know more as we head into midterms twenty twenty six.
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  Speaker 1: It's gonna be a big one. It's gonna be a
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  Speaker 1: big one. And I think ultimately the government shutdown which
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  Speaker 1: was forty three days, and we saw what happened when
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  Speaker 1: the seven Democrats broke rigs and voted with the Republicans.
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  Speaker 1: How they were all of a sudden saying on the
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  Speaker 1: far left, oh, these guys should be primary for by partsnship.
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  Speaker 1: But the Democrats did drag that on. They were focused
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  Speaker 1: on the illegal immigrants. I'm just gonna say that those
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  Speaker 1: forty three days and not the American people. Should there
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  Speaker 1: be a democratic control everything to keep Trump in check,
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  Speaker 1: because I mean, that's the other flip of the coin here,
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  Speaker 1: that's the other flip the coin I've been wrapping my
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  Speaker 1: brain around, because if the Republicans keep getting elected, there
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  Speaker 1: will be no checks and balances because every time someone
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  Speaker 1: tries to check Trump, he puts them in their place.
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  Speaker 1: And I believe strongly no matter who's in office of
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  Speaker 1: checks and balances, I will always say that that is
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  Speaker 1: an American founding ideal. Checks and balances matter. I don't
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  Speaker 1: think they'll get away with impeaching him fully, but checks
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  Speaker 1: imbalances matter. And I don't want to go far left either.
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  Speaker 1: So it's like a bind here because I sit here
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  Speaker 1: and once the Republicans constantly agree with the guy the president,
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  Speaker 1: and I don't think that's right either. We need to
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  Speaker 1: have a balance in this country. I will be excited
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  Speaker 1: for Team USA that they are in fact going to
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  Speaker 1: the White House tonight to celebrate their goal. They're going
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  Speaker 1: to State even tonight. And I really believe Trump's messaging
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  Speaker 1: has to be on preserving the Republican's advantage in the
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  Speaker 1: House and Senate. He has to do that in addition
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  Speaker 1: honoring two hundred and fifty years with America, and as
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  Speaker 1: I said, there wouldn't be a better present to preside
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  Speaker 1: over this in the current state than Trump. I believe
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  Speaker 1: he's the guy to do this, to provide over a
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  Speaker 1: year two fifty that I will say, but if I
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  Speaker 1: look at the collective, and if I look at the
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  Speaker 1: collective and say, hmm, isn't this country founded and ideals
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  Speaker 1: founded on checks and balances? Isn't that what it's supposed
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  Speaker 1: to be. Well, I always find it interesting when the
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  Speaker 1: opposite party runs the Senate and Congress, because I think
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  Speaker 1: there is a checks and balance is there? And sometimes
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  Speaker 1: normally when you have a Republican controlled House, Republican control Senate,
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  Speaker 1: and a Republican in the White House, typically you'll still
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  Speaker 1: find those checks and balances. But under Trump it's just
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  Speaker 1: not been there. And I have to call a spade
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  Speaker 1: of spade. I have to call a spade in spade
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  Speaker 1: and say, look for the good of the country. And
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  Speaker 1: I don't want him impeached, but I think they could.
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  Speaker 1: They will try it. I don't think they'll win. But
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  Speaker 1: what if there is a checks and balances I think
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  Speaker 1: that would in year two fifty? Help? Does that have
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  Speaker 1: one leg up to go another to fifty? And that's
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  Speaker 1: where I stay on that. So if Republicans maintain control,
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  Speaker 1: may they have checks and balances on their present If
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  Speaker 1: the Democrats take control, may they have checks and may
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  Speaker 1: they perform their checks and balances, but not go too
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  Speaker 1: far left, because that's not how our country is either.
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  Speaker 1: See I'm a liber and I could see what's best
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  Speaker 1: for the country, and in this state, where the Republicans
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  Speaker 1: always seemingly agree with the guy. That's not healthy. That's
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  Speaker 1: not healthy for us. We need people in there who
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  Speaker 1: are going to challenge and you know, hold accountable the
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  Speaker 1: present when he makes a mistake or when he screws up.
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  Speaker 1: And right now the GOP are not strong about it
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  Speaker 1: and the Democrats don't look at all put together ahead
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  Speaker 1: of the midterms, and that government shutdown showed everything I
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  Speaker 1: needed to see about where we are in the House
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  Speaker 1: and Senate. Didn't it show you that? So why not
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  Speaker 1: shake it up? Why not have one leg up for America?
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  Speaker 1: Even if not giving complete control to one party, just
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  Speaker 1: having some semblance of checks and balances would make me
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  Speaker 1: feel more comfortable as we hit year two fifty in
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  Speaker 1: the United States of America.