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Leo Terrell | Senior Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights in the United States Department of Justice | 04-29-26 · Sid & Friends In The Morning

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  Speaker 2: Leo Tourell, Leo Torrell, he wants to go down to
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  Speaker 2: that site. I'm all born, he's in New York today.
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  Speaker 2: Go ahead, But ma'am donny, he has no right being there.
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  Speaker 2: Something tells me Leo, who works with the dog's civil
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  Speaker 2: rights side, probably agrees with me. What do you think, Leo?
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  Speaker 3: One trillion percent, My dear dear friend, he should never
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  Speaker 3: get near that memorial site. This man is not the
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  Speaker 3: if you believe in fairness for all people. He's not
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  Speaker 3: a friend of the Jewish community. He's a horrible horrible mayor.
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  Speaker 3: You got what you deserve. You shouldn't. People should never
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  Speaker 3: have voted for him. But sit and I say one thing.
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  Speaker 3: Can you please say hello to Sarah. She's listening to
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  Speaker 3: my chief of staff. If we don't say hello to her,
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  Speaker 3: I won't be able to go back to work.
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  Speaker 2: You know. I love Sarah, Sarah Goldman.
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  Speaker 1: She is.
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  Speaker 2: She's a terrific chief of staff, she really is. She's
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  Speaker 2: such a sweet girl. And I got to tell you, Leo,
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  Speaker 2: I deal with a lot of people, some are not
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  Speaker 2: so nice. Sarah is about as sweet as it gets.
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  Speaker 2: And so are you. So you guys make for a
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  Speaker 2: terrific one two upon, So good morning to you, Sarah.
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  Speaker 2: But it's important to point out Leo for people that
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  Speaker 2: don't know because you're you're known as a guy that
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  Speaker 2: fight for anti Semitism and all that. But the truth is,
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  Speaker 2: if you go to Leo Tourell's Twitter page this morning,
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  Speaker 2: you're talking about genocide. But you're not talking about genocide
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  Speaker 2: that Israel's committing. That idiots, that that ridiculous narrative that
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  Speaker 2: makes that is a complete bulson, a complete lie. You're
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  Speaker 2: talking about the real genocide. What's going on with Christians
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  Speaker 2: right now in Nigeria. What Islamis are doing to children
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  Speaker 2: in the Sudan. You want to talk about genocide, It's
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  Speaker 2: not Israel, it's Africa.
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  Speaker 3: No, absolutely, And here's crickets. Where's the far left? Where
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  Speaker 3: are those people who care about equality and fairness? Here's
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  Speaker 3: cricket from the left. And I'll tell you right now,
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  Speaker 3: says this President Donald J. Trump, cares about religious freedom everywhere.
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  Speaker 3: It's the fundamental principle of this great country, religious freedom.
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  Speaker 3: The Jewish community has been denied religious freedom based on
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  Speaker 3: this anti Semitic nonsense. But in Nigeria, in Africa, Christians,
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  Speaker 3: black Christians are being murdered. You're talking about true genocide
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  Speaker 3: is happening. And my website got my execant. I appreciate
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  Speaker 3: you mentioned that. We talk about everything because this president
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  Speaker 3: has a commitment to fight for religious freedom towards four
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  Speaker 3: seven around the world.
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  Speaker 2: So what are we gonna do about it? Well, I
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  Speaker 2: know that you're aware of it. Marchael Rubio has been
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  Speaker 2: on this show with me, the great Secretary of State
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  Speaker 2: hopefully our next president. Sorry JD, but I want Marco.
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  Speaker 1: Uh.
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  Speaker 2: You guys are all aware of it. But are we
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  Speaker 2: doing something practically every day to try to limit it.
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  Speaker 2: Can we do something?
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  Speaker 3: I think we can. I think we could do things,
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  Speaker 3: and I want to say this, there is management in
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  Speaker 3: the DOJ is a privilege to work with our Acting
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  Speaker 3: Attorney General Todd Blanche and my direct boss Daley Woodard
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  Speaker 3: as far as unleashing me to do everything I can
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  Speaker 3: regarding the problem in Nigeria, working with the State Department,
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  Speaker 3: and also fighting anti Semitism. There are some big, big
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  Speaker 3: projects being developed in DJ which I'll probably announce on
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  Speaker 3: your show in about a month dealing with fighting anti Semitism.
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  Speaker 3: I've been unleash to do everything possible thanks to Wooder,
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  Speaker 3: Stanley Woodard, Todd Blanch and the greatest president of my lifetime,
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  Speaker 3: Donald J. Trump.
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  Speaker 2: And you're the right guy for it. I've been to
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  Speaker 2: so many events, most recently months ago the one Israel
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  Speaker 2: bund and you stole the show. I spoke that night.
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  Speaker 2: They love me, but man, you stole the show. You
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  Speaker 2: really mean it, it's in your heart. You're a terrific,
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  Speaker 2: terrific ambassador for US. Leo Torell. You know, I was
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  Speaker 2: listening to Steve Kerr the other day and Steve Carr
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  Speaker 2: is a very very famous NBA basketball coach. He played two,
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  Speaker 2: was a pretty good player, actually won a championship more
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  Speaker 2: than one alongside Michael Jordan in Chicago. But he spent
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  Speaker 2: the last decade plus coaching the Golden State Warriors, won
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  Speaker 2: championships with players like Steph Currie and Kevin Durant and
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  Speaker 2: Draymond Green and all these guys. And he comes out
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  Speaker 2: a couple of days ago. Now, mind you, Steve Kerr's
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  Speaker 2: father was actually murdered in Bay Roots, in Bay Roots, remember, Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: So this idiot, this head coach of the Golden State Warriors,
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  Speaker 2: this moron who went to Stanford, he should know better.
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  Speaker 2: He comes out and he says, you know what Israel's doing.
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  Speaker 2: They're exacting revenge. Yes, October seventh was bad, but now
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  Speaker 2: Israel an exacting revenge, is committing genocide. They've killed one
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  Speaker 2: hundred thousand Palestinians. He's going on and on about Israel
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  Speaker 2: basically paying back the Palestinians tenfold for what happened October
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  Speaker 2: the seventh. He's an NBA coach stick Texas and oh's
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  Speaker 2: do me a favor, okay, Leo.
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  Speaker 3: He's an NBA and imbecile because I'll say it right now,
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  Speaker 3: it's a lie. Let me be as clear what you
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  Speaker 3: just articulately, what this man said is a lie. Israeli
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  Speaker 3: has been defending itself against annihilation by everyone in the
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  Speaker 3: Middle as far as Hamas, as far as they're Ron.
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  Speaker 3: And you think our country is going to partner with
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  Speaker 3: a country that's going to create genocide, that is an
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  Speaker 3: outright life. But this is the problem the far left.
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  Speaker 3: Truth is not important to them. They are is outright propaganda,
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  Speaker 3: anti Israel, anti Jews, anti Israel. That's the far lance,
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  Speaker 3: and I'll tell you right now it's not going to succeed.
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  Speaker 3: One of the biggest reasons why I'm here said, is
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  Speaker 3: because I'm sick and tired of all the Jewish heat
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  Speaker 3: in New York City and where are the prosecutions on
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  Speaker 3: here crime? Where's the Alvin Bragg? I am gonna let
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  Speaker 3: I'm gonna I'm just gonna go nuts as speaking in
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  Speaker 3: case I'm gonna have today, because I'm finding offensive that
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  Speaker 3: in the in the largest population outside of Israel of
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  Speaker 3: Jews in this country, in this world, New York City,
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  Speaker 3: there's this anti Semitic conduct that has not been stopped.
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  Speaker 3: And I can stay I can stay with one percent confidence.
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  Speaker 3: Stanley Woodard Todd Blanche President Trump say do everything you
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  Speaker 3: can said, this is the only job I have. Twenty
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  Speaker 3: four to seven. I wish there was more hours in
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  Speaker 3: the day. I wish it was more days in the week,
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  Speaker 3: because all I've done is trying to fight anti Semitism.
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  Speaker 3: But Steve Kerry should be ashamed of himself, along with
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  Speaker 3: one of the left.
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  Speaker 2: You know, you say everyone on the left, and they
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  Speaker 2: are the easy target because just by mass numbers, it's
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  Speaker 2: not even close. The Democrats, they are the party of
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  Speaker 2: anti Semitism. But we got a problem on the far
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  Speaker 2: right too. Tucker Carlson, he's a flaming antisemite. So is
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  Speaker 2: Candice Owens, and so is Meghan Kelly. And listen, I
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  Speaker 2: was on Meghan Kelly's show a couple of months ago.
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  Speaker 2: She was on this show about six weeks ago. I
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  Speaker 2: stopped talking to her. I'm done. You can't be hanging
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  Speaker 2: out with Tucker and all these people making excuses for
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  Speaker 2: Nick foe case, which she's actually done. You can't do
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  Speaker 2: all that stuff and say to me, oh, but I'm
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  Speaker 2: an anti Semite. I don't care whether you are or not.
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  Speaker 2: You hang around with killers. Odds are you're gonna become
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  Speaker 2: a killer. So yes, it's not just the ball left. Okay,
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  Speaker 2: it's the left, the left, the Democrats or a party.
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  Speaker 2: But now you got an issue too in our party.
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  Speaker 2: The difference is Leo. They're not serving right, they're not politicians.
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  Speaker 2: It's not the squad. But for a while there they
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  Speaker 2: had access to President Trump. They're around all these big events,
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  Speaker 2: and they're every bit as bad as the left, if
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  Speaker 2: not worse.
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  Speaker 3: I want to be clear of this, and you're one
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  Speaker 3: hundred percent spot on, my dear friend, Listen, anti Semitism
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  Speaker 3: exists on the right. But this great president has made
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  Speaker 3: it very clear, said he has distanced himself from the
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  Speaker 3: Tucker Carlsons, from the Candice Owens, from the Megan Kellich.
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  Speaker 3: He has made it very clear, and I think it's
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  Speaker 3: very clear in his administrations they will not tolerate these
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  Speaker 3: type of haters who have tried to master ray themselves
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  Speaker 3: as American First. They're not MAGA, they do not support
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  Speaker 3: the American First agenda, and they have expressed a very
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  Speaker 3: in my opinion, secret and coport way of showing their
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  Speaker 3: anti Semitic behavior. They pretend they're not, but they are.
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  Speaker 3: And I'll say right now, we will fight anti Semitism
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  Speaker 3: on the left and on the right. The sad part
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  Speaker 3: about it said is that elected officials from the left
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  Speaker 3: have made it clear they're anti Semitic, anti Israel position.
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  Speaker 3: They have taken votes elected officials, which to me is
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  Speaker 3: quite embarrassing.
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  Speaker 2: And some of those guys are Jewish, you know, Chuck Schumer,
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  Speaker 2: Jamie Risk and Bernie Sanders. I mean, they're Jewish by birth.
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  Speaker 2: They don't want to care about the religion. They couldn't
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  Speaker 2: care less, but it does make it even more atrocious.
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  Speaker 2: But these guys are Jewish and they spent on BBI
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  Speaker 2: in Israel as if there were members of the squad.
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  Speaker 2: It's hard to believe. So what exactly, Leo, are you
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  Speaker 2: doing today? Where are you speaking? What is what is
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  Speaker 2: your New York City run down today?
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  Speaker 3: Well, I'll tell you there's an organization it's called and
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  Speaker 3: Jewish Hatred and see, I want to focus on and
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  Speaker 3: you know, I got two big projects that I'm working on,
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  Speaker 3: and I'll come back to your show to disclose them
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  Speaker 3: later on. They're they're they're still in the working but
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  Speaker 3: you know what I'm focusing on anti Semitism is local,
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  Speaker 3: and it's it's it's a failure to address in big
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  Speaker 3: blue cities across this country and even in some red city.
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  Speaker 3: And when I'm focusing on they've already taken our colleges.
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  Speaker 3: I'm looking at Cada twelve, where the curriculum has been
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  Speaker 3: hijacked by fight by inserting anti Semitic materials in the curriculum.
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  Speaker 3: I'm a former school teacher. More importantly said, this is
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  Speaker 3: critical the failure of local prosecutors to prosecute hate crimes.
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  Speaker 3: And instead of calling them everything else but hate crime,
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  Speaker 3: this encourages more hate crimes. What's going on in New
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  Speaker 3: York City, Los Angeles, Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, across the country.
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  Speaker 3: It's the failure of the local prosecutors. So what I've
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  Speaker 3: been working on is a project to remedy that. And
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  Speaker 3: that's why Stanley Woodard, Todd Blest and the President said
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  Speaker 3: do it, just do it, and we're on it. We're
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  Speaker 3: working on it right now. Two major projects to be
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  Speaker 3: announced in the near future.
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  Speaker 2: You know. One more. I've been laying off the Israel
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  Speaker 2: ste every day. You know, I was doing a lot
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  Speaker 2: of it. Obviously the war was going on and you
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  Speaker 2: know how much I love my people and that content.
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  Speaker 2: I'm going back to speak at the JNS dot org
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  Speaker 2: summit June twenty first. But I've not been laying off,
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  Speaker 2: and I've been, you know, really focusing more on the
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  Speaker 2: local stuff. But every now and then the local stuff
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  Speaker 2: goes back to that. Like Mamdani for example, you realize
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  Speaker 2: that weeks ago that Julie menin and the City Council
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  Speaker 2: in New York where they're actually able to pass a bill,
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  Speaker 2: they got enough boat, so Mamdannie couldn't veto it to
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  Speaker 2: come up with some type of plan for a bupper
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  Speaker 2: zone in front of houses of worship. And when I
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  Speaker 2: say houses of worship, the only group of people under
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  Speaker 2: attack for their religion of the Jews. Okay, he couldn't
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  Speaker 2: veto that, But in front of yeshivas and educational facilities
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  Speaker 2: here in New York, where Jews get beat up all
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  Speaker 2: the time, he vetoed that just a couple of days ago. Mom, Donnie,
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  Speaker 2: the same guy that had a beautiful dinner for the
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  Speaker 2: campus terrorist Mahmoud Khalil, the same guy that defends Nerdine
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  Speaker 2: at every opportunity, She's out there with just as much
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  Speaker 2: hate bull stuff, as his wife does. So you're in
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  Speaker 2: New York City, you want to combat anti Semitism, you
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  Speaker 2: may as well start Leo Torell right here right.
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  Speaker 3: I'll tell you right now you're a hundred percent correct,
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  Speaker 3: and you're talking about Jews being attacked. Where's the prosecution
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  Speaker 3: on a hate crime? Not assault? Hate crime? Assault? That's
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  Speaker 3: my biggest concerns, says, it's not being done. And I'll
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  Speaker 3: tell you right now what really bothers me. I want
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  Speaker 3: to make sure the Jewish community everyone understands fighting anti
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  Speaker 3: Semitism is not a Jewish issue. It's not an American issue.
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  Speaker 3: It's a Western civilization issue. But Jews are the first one.
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  Speaker 3: And I'm telling you right now, I am proud to
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  Speaker 3: be a black man heading up this path force. You
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  Speaker 3: know why, because it has nothing to do with race.
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  Speaker 3: It has everything to do with religious freedom. And thank
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  Speaker 3: you President Trump, Todd Blanche and Stanley Woodard for giving
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  Speaker 3: me this historic opportunity to show the world that anti
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  Speaker 3: simpsis finance. Hi. Symitism is a Western civilization issue, include
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  Speaker 3: all people of color religious. We must attack it and
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  Speaker 3: destroy it.
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  Speaker 2: As you just said, they'll come for us. The Jews
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  Speaker 2: on Saturday, Shabis, and you folks who love Jesus, you
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  Speaker 2: go to church on Sunday, they come for you the
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  Speaker 2: next day. So if you think it's just about us,
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  Speaker 2: you're naive or stupid. Jews on Saturday, Christians on Sunday.
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  Speaker 2: We're seeing it right now. Act live all over Africa,
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  Speaker 2: from the Sudan to Nigeria. So it's just not just
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  Speaker 2: a Jewish problem, like Leo Torell said, it's a Western
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  Speaker 2: civilization problem. And if you're a Christian he not on board,
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  Speaker 2: you better start to do your homework because again, they
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  Speaker 2: come for the Jews on Saturday and the Christians on Sunday. Leo,
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  Speaker 2: I love you, I really do. I think you're an
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  Speaker 2: amazing person. You're an amazing person. Thank you, Good luck today, Okay,
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  Speaker 2: take care. Gods come back in a couple of weeks.
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  Speaker 2: Leo tore Hell right, the APP and the Department of Justice.
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  Speaker 2: He's got a big job with the Civil Rights Division
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  Speaker 2: and he's making a big speech here in New York today.
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