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Trump Vows Crushing Response to Iran plus Darline Graham Nordone Heads to the Senate · The 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson

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  Speaker 2: You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben ferguson.
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  Speaker 3: Good Tuesday morning. It's so nice to have you with
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  Speaker 3: us on the forty seven Morning Update. And we've got
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  Speaker 3: two big stories for you. First, the President of United
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  Speaker 3: States of America attacking Iran and also securing the strait
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  Speaker 3: of her moves, saying the United States of America will
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  Speaker 3: now take total control. What does that mean, we'll explain it. Also,
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  Speaker 3: we now know who the replacement is for Lindsey Graham
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  Speaker 3: As the President of the United States of America, well,
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  Speaker 3: he let it be very well known who he thought
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  Speaker 3: should get that position, and that's exactly who the governor
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  Speaker 3: a forty seven morning update and it starts right now.
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  Speaker 2: Story number one.
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  Speaker 3: To say that the ball is moving very quickly with
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  Speaker 3: President Donald Trump and what's happening in Iran, honestly, that
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  Speaker 3: would be an understatement. And I'm going to walk you
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  Speaker 3: through what's happened in the last ten to twelve hours now.
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  Speaker 3: The White House has announced that the President will address
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  Speaker 3: the nation Thursday night, nine pm Eastern. As the conflict
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  Speaker 3: with Iran continues to escalate and the Middle East is
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  Speaker 3: now moving closer to a broader regional war. After Rand
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  Speaker 3: attacks neighboring countries over the past several days, the situation
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  Speaker 3: has changed significantly. President Trump is announced in the United
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  Speaker 3: States has reinstating the blockade targeting Iranian shipping, and he's
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  Speaker 3: also declared that America will serve as the quote guardians
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  Speaker 3: of the Strait of Hermus following the renewed Iranian attacks
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  Speaker 3: and military escalation. Now, the administration says the blockade is
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  Speaker 3: aimed at Iranian vessels while allowing non Iranian commercial traffic
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  Speaker 3: to continue. Trump's proposal, by the way, for a twenty
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  Speaker 3: percent security fee on cargo has also sparked international debate. Now,
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  Speaker 3: I want you to hear what the President had to
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  Speaker 3: say early in the morning on five News channel. Here's
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  Speaker 3: what he said about Iran.
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  Speaker 5: But we had a deal, but nobody knows we had
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  Speaker 5: a deal. It was a done deal, and then they
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  Speaker 5: broke it. They always break it. We've had ten deals
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  Speaker 5: with these people, and so we're just going to hit
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  Speaker 5: them very hard and we're going to keep the straight
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  Speaker 5: and we'll probably run it. Will become the guardian of
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  Speaker 5: the Strait. Maybe we'll call it the Guardian Angel of
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  Speaker 5: the Strait. And we should be reimbursed for that when
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  Speaker 5: we do that, we're going to be reimbursed because the
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  Speaker 5: other nations are very wealthy that are on our side.
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  Speaker 5: And we can't be expected to do that for nothing,
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  Speaker 5: unlike we had for many years. You know, we guarded
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  Speaker 5: the Strait for fifty years more and we never got
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  Speaker 5: paid for it. They made all the money in the
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  Speaker 5: United States was just you know, not they wouldn't. It's amazing,
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  Speaker 5: it's we never made We guarded it for nothing, and
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  Speaker 5: now we're going to guard it. We're going to get
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  Speaker 5: paid for guarding it a lot of money, but we
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  Speaker 5: just want to be reimbursed for doing all of this,
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  Speaker 5: for putting our people in danger. But we're really not
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  Speaker 5: putting people. We're really saving people. Remember this, They killed
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  Speaker 5: fifty two thousand protesters so far as at this moment,
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  Speaker 5: the numbers fifty two thousand. Who's going to protest and
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  Speaker 5: a lot of people are surprised about the protesting, you
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  Speaker 5: know that they haven't. But nobody's going to protest when
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  Speaker 5: they get shot. They have AK forty seven, the machine
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  Speaker 5: guns aimed at people's heads. If you move one foot further,
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  Speaker 5: you get shot, and then they'll shot. They'll shoot ten
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  Speaker 5: of them and everybody flees. Who's not going to flee
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  Speaker 5: They don't have guns, So they're a bad group of people.
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  Speaker 5: Let me just tell you that I don't say that often,
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  Speaker 5: and I have to live with that statement. They're a
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  Speaker 5: bad group of people. They've been this way for a
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  Speaker 5: long time, and right now they're getting their ass kicked
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  Speaker 5: and in the top forumber now.
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  Speaker 3: The present being blunt there and as that interview happened,
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  Speaker 3: then things starting to escalate on the other side of
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  Speaker 3: what the White House says is going to happen next.
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  Speaker 3: Now we also have been told that there are going
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  Speaker 3: to be major attacks that are going to take place
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  Speaker 3: tonight on Iran. The President putting out a tweet saying this,
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  Speaker 3: The Strait of Hormuz is open all caps and will
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  Speaker 3: remain open with or without Iran. We are reinstating the
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  Speaker 3: Iranian blockade, so named it because it's only stopping Iran
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  Speaker 3: ships or customers from entering or leaving. All other countries
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  Speaker 3: will have fair and open use of the strait. The
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  Speaker 3: US will be from this point forward known as the
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  Speaker 3: Guardians of the Strait of Hormuz. But as much as
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  Speaker 3: a matter of fairness, we will be reimbursed at a
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  Speaker 3: rate of twenty percent on all cargo shift for any
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  Speaker 3: and all costs necessary to do the job of providing
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  Speaker 3: safety and security to this very volatile section of the world.
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  Speaker 3: The process and formation will begin immediately. Thank you for
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  Speaker 3: your attention to this matter. President Donald J. Trump putting
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  Speaker 3: that in a truth social posting earlier. Now the President
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  Speaker 3: also going to make this speech. Why well, the President's
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  Speaker 3: saying this is he called into Salem radio and had
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  Speaker 3: this to say about what's happening right now.
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  Speaker 6: But we don't want to talk about that. But okay,
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  Speaker 6: we certainly are watching. Yeah, I know a lot about
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  Speaker 6: that subjects. I know a lot, but I don't think it's.
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  Speaker 5: Appropriate to talk about it right now. But we will.
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  Speaker 2: We will see hitting them.
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  Speaker 6: Like as an example, we're gonna hit them very hard
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  Speaker 6: tonight and we're gonna hit them hard tomorrow. And there's
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  Speaker 6: not a damn thing they can do about it. They
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  Speaker 6: have nothing, They have nothing going other than they have
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  Speaker 6: big mouths.
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  Speaker 1: That I did.
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  Speaker 6: I got to know them, and it's a lot better.
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  Speaker 6: You know, people say I was at least reasonable, but
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  Speaker 6: I got to know them with this stone cald crazy.
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  Speaker 3: People, stone cold crazy people. They have big mouths. Will
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  Speaker 3: hit them very hard tonight and we're gonna hit them
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  Speaker 3: hard tomorrow, and there's not a blanket thing they can
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  Speaker 3: do about it. The US military again launching these overwhelming
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  Speaker 3: strikes against Iran, the President announcing, and then the big
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  Speaker 3: question will be what will the President say the nation
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  Speaker 3: on Thursday night, nine o'clock pm Eastern. I can promise
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  Speaker 3: you we're going to cover it all for you, as
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  Speaker 3: the president. Moving into a new phase and a very
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  Speaker 3: very important part of the world. The President also issuing
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  Speaker 3: a scathing warning to a ran following the broken military agreement,
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  Speaker 3: revealing that the US hammered their equipment overnight and permanently
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  Speaker 3: took over the operations they say security operations in the
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  Speaker 3: Middle East, saying this on Fox News.
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  Speaker 5: Their equipment is gone. Their anti aircraft that is gone.
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  Speaker 5: We hit them very hard last night. Every time they
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  Speaker 5: send a drone, we hit them very hard. But we
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  Speaker 5: had a deal, but nobody knows we had a deal.
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  Speaker 5: It was a done deal, and then they broke it.
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  Speaker 5: They always break it. We've had ten deals with these
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  Speaker 5: vehople and so we're just going to hit them very
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  Speaker 5: hard and we're going to keep the straight and we'll
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  Speaker 5: probably run it. Will become the Guardian of the Strait.
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  Speaker 5: Maybe we'll go it the Guardian Angel of the Strait,
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  Speaker 5: and we should be reimbursed for that. When we do that,
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  Speaker 5: we're going to be reimbursed because the other nations are
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  Speaker 5: very wealthy that are on our side, and we can't
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  Speaker 5: be expected to do that. But nothing unlike we had
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  Speaker 5: for many years.
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  Speaker 3: Now, this obviously is moving into a very new phase.
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  Speaker 3: We now know that the President has formally notified lawmakers
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  Speaker 3: that the nation is once again at war with Iran,
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  Speaker 3: giving his administration another sixty eight clock to use military
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  Speaker 3: in the region without congressional approval. So the President working
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  Speaker 3: through this quickly, and he says he is now saying
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  Speaker 3: the MoU with Iran was a test for Iran and
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  Speaker 3: they failed it miserably. I said, watch I guarantee, and
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  Speaker 3: they never followed it. They are known for this. It
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  Speaker 3: was a test the memorandum of understanding. When you're dealing
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  Speaker 3: with sleeves bags, well, then it's never going to work.
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  Speaker 3: So the President making it clear this is a new
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  Speaker 3: phase of this war with Iran, notifying Congress, and a
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  Speaker 3: major announcement coming to the American people in primetime on
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  Speaker 3: Thursday night.
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  Speaker 2: Next story number two.
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  Speaker 3: There are a lot of people that are looking looking
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  Speaker 3: at South Carolina right now, and the big question was
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  Speaker 3: who was going to take over after the passing of
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  Speaker 3: Lindsey Graham. We now know who that interim centaer will be.
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  Speaker 3: South Carolina. You have a new Senator, and the appointment
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  Speaker 3: carries not only enormous personal and political, but also historic significance.
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  Speaker 3: The Governor there, Henry McMaster, has appointed Lindsey Graham's younger sister, Yes,
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  Speaker 3: to temporarily represent South Carolina in the United States Senate.
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  Speaker 3: The appointment was publicly encouraged and supported by President Donald Trump,
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  Speaker 3: who argued that selecting Darlin would be a fitting tribute
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  Speaker 3: to her brother's extraordinary life and service. I want you
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  Speaker 3: to hear the governor announcing that the sister of Lindsey
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  Speaker 3: Graham had just been named the US Senator, and that
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  Speaker 3: Governor Henry McMaster said, not only is a move that's
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  Speaker 3: supported what President Trump had said, but she agreed to
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  Speaker 3: serve through tears. Here's the Governor, in his own words,
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  Speaker 3: making the announcement to the state today.
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  Speaker 7: Under the law, is my duty and honor to name
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  Speaker 7: someone to serve in the place of this irresistible man,
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  Speaker 7: this irreplaceable man, this extraordinary man, for the remainder of
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  Speaker 7: his term. Lindsey took care of his little sister in
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  Speaker 7: years long departed. It's my honor to ask his little sister,
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  Speaker 7: Darlene Graham, to finish his work for him now. And
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  Speaker 7: by the way, Darlena, I don't know if I told you,
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  Speaker 7: but after we spoke on the phone in the wee
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  Speaker 7: house of Sunday morning and you agreed to serve through
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  Speaker 7: tears earlier, I had wondered what she would say, and
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  Speaker 7: I was humbled by your quickness to see the duty
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  Speaker 7: that you had to serve. And I called the President
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  Speaker 7: afterwards and he thought it was a great idea. And
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  Speaker 7: I'm sure that everyone here does as well. Darling little sister,
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  Speaker 7: come forward please.
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  Speaker 3: As you could hear there from the Governor, it was
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  Speaker 3: a somber but sweet movement. You may not realize that
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  Speaker 3: Lindsey Graham's sister was someone that he raised after they
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  Speaker 3: lost both of their parents when they were young. Lindsey
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  Speaker 3: raised his little sister and eventually even became her legal guardian.
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  Speaker 3: He was only in his early twenties, attending college and
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  Speaker 3: serving in the Air Force, but he took responsibility for
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  Speaker 3: keeping their family together. That experience not only shaped Lindsey
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  Speaker 3: Graham's life, his faith and his commitment to public service,
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  Speaker 3: but obviously had a massive impact on his little sister. Now,
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  Speaker 3: she isn't just Lindsey Graham's little sister. She has virtually
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  Speaker 3: been in every aspect in the most important parts of
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  Speaker 3: Lindsay's life. She frequently appeared with him at major political moments,
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  Speaker 3: including when he launched his presidential campaign, and she's remained
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  Speaker 3: one of his closest confidants throughout his entire career. President
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  Speaker 3: Trump even made reference to this before Governor McMaster's announcement.
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  Speaker 3: Trump urged the governor to appoint the sister as a
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  Speaker 3: temporary centater, describing the idea as not only a powerful
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  Speaker 3: way to honor Lindsay Graham's memory, but also ensuring South
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  Speaker 3: Carolina continued to have full representation in Washington. Senator Tim
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  Speaker 3: Scott also supported the appointment as well, being from the
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  Speaker 3: same state. Politically, the appointment is also incredibly important at
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  Speaker 3: this moment. Why because when she arrives, it now allows
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  Speaker 3: the Republicans to preserve their fifty three forty seven Senate majority,
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  Speaker 3: a moment right now where the Chamber is dealing with
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  Speaker 3: major national security legislation, defend spent presidential nominations and continuing
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  Speaker 3: tensions involving Iran and Russia, with the President's big speech
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  Speaker 3: on Thursday night being at the core of a lot
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  Speaker 3: of this.
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  Speaker 4: Lindsey Graham has been one of.
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  Speaker 3: The Senate's most influential voices on military affairs, foreign policy,
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  Speaker 3: and judiciary. And now his little sister will be there
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  Speaker 3: to continue to carry that baton of what Lindsey Graham
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  Speaker 3: believed in and to make sure the people of South
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  Speaker 3: Carolina have someone representing their state's interests.
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  Speaker 4: Now. Her appointment is also historic.
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  Speaker 3: As I mentioned earlier, Darlen Graham becomes the first woman
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  Speaker 3: to represent South Carolina in the United States Senate history.
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  Speaker 3: It's a remarkable milestone in a state with a long
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  Speaker 3: and consequential political history. The appointment does not settle the
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  Speaker 3: longer political battle over Lindsey Graham's seat. South Carolina Republicans
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  Speaker 3: are scheduled to hold a special primary on August eleventh,
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  Speaker 3: with a potential runoff later that month.
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  Speaker 4: The general election his schedule for November third.
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  Speaker 5: Now.
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  Speaker 3: Already there have been several prominent Republicans that are reportedly
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  Speaker 3: looking and considering having a campaign, including the Lieutenant governor,
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  Speaker 3: members of South Carolina's congressional delegation. The eventual Republican nominee
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  Speaker 3: is also expected to face a tough fight with the
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  Speaker 3: Democratic nominee, Annie Andrews. But what we now know is,
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  Speaker 3: at least for the next few months, Lindsey Graham will
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  Speaker 3: be represented in the United States Senate by his little sister.
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  Speaker 3: And I couldn't think of anything more fitting than literally
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  Speaker 3: doing exactly what the President said having this become a reality.
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