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Sen. Tammy Duckworth accuses Trump of using playbook of authoritarianism after military address · DEEP INSIGHT

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  Speaker 1: Welcome back to takeout. Great to have you with us. Earlier,
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  Speaker 1: I spoke with Illinois Democratic Senator Tammy Duckworth. Here is
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  Speaker 1: our conversation. Senator Duckworth, I know you probably had a
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  Speaker 1: chance to look at the President's speech and the Defense
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  Speaker 1: secretary speech at Quantico today with this very unusual gathering
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  Speaker 1: of flag officers from around the world. In it, the
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  Speaker 1: President said that the military should go to dangerous cities
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  Speaker 1: as a training ground, and then very shortly thereafter name
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  Speaker 1: checked Chicago. Your reaction.
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  Speaker 2: With the highest prime rates are not places like Chicago,
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  Speaker 2: They're actually in red states. So maybe he should send
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  Speaker 2: them to those cities in those particular states.
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  Speaker 1: What about the idea that he also said that the
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  Speaker 1: US military, not the National Guard, which can be deployed
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  Speaker 1: under certain circumstances, but the US military, active duty, should
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  Speaker 1: be prepared to fight an enemy within.
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  Speaker 2: The president who wants to become a dictator. Right, this
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  Speaker 2: is the playbook of authoritarianism, and it's actually unconstitutional. You
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  Speaker 2: cannot deploy our military onto the streets of our cities
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  Speaker 2: to basically harass and target Americans. He uses terms like
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  Speaker 2: the enemy within because of posi coomatatis, because the Insurrection Act.
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  Speaker 2: He's trying to change the language and claim that there
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  Speaker 2: is an invasion of the United States, that there is
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  Speaker 2: an enemy within. There is not. It's very clear. It's
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  Speaker 2: why he's lost the court case in California when he
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  Speaker 2: sent troops in California, it was found to be illegal.
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  Speaker 2: But he's going to continue to do this because he
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  Speaker 2: wants to normalize having uniform personnel on the streets of
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  Speaker 2: our cities so you can intimidate Americans, because he wants
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  Speaker 2: to steal the next election. He wants them to be
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  Speaker 2: there come November of next year, and he simply cannot
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  Speaker 2: let that happen.
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  Speaker 1: What's happening in Chicago. What do you fear may happen
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  Speaker 1: in the coming days.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I think that he is going to send troops
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  Speaker 2: into Chicago, but they're going to be welcomed with respect.
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  Speaker 2: We in Chicago are in to show that we can
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  Speaker 2: peacefully demonstrate and that we also understand that the military
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  Speaker 2: men and women of this great nation don't choose where
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  Speaker 2: they are sent, and so we are going to treat
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  Speaker 2: them with respect. At the same time, we're going to
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  Speaker 2: make it clear that we do not welcome the occupation
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  Speaker 2: of our cities. We do not welcome the strong arm
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  Speaker 2: tactics of a want to be tinpot dictator like Donald Trump.
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  Speaker 1: And when he said, as he did later at the
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  Speaker 1: White House today, the Democratic governor should be begging him
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  Speaker 1: to send National Guard forces to their, in his words,
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  Speaker 1: crime riddled cities. What do you say?
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  Speaker 2: I would say that if he's going to go ahead
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  Speaker 2: and activate National Guard troops from red states like Texas,
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  Speaker 2: and maybe he should send them into Texas cities that
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  Speaker 2: have to higher crime rates than Chicago.
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  Speaker 1: The Defense Secretary Pete Hegsas said, going forward, for all
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  Speaker 1: combat roles, a male stand will apply and if no
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  Speaker 1: women qualify, quote, so be it your reaction.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I there already are standards for combat roles that
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  Speaker 2: are based on the combat job. What it takes to
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  Speaker 2: be a helicopter pilot is very different than what it takes,
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  Speaker 2: for example, to be a heavy equipment mechanic where you
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  Speaker 2: have to replace a giant piece of equipment. But bottom line,
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  Speaker 2: those standards already exist, the people in those jobs already
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  Speaker 2: qualified for those positions, unlike mister Heseth, who's the least
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  Speaker 2: qualified Secretary of Defense in our nation's history. And what's
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  Speaker 2: really interesting is he meant, failed to mention age. The
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  Speaker 2: military has physical fitness standards that are graduated based on age.
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  Speaker 2: So what is the standard for an eighteen year old
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  Speaker 2: man is not the standard for a forty five year
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  Speaker 2: old man. He didn't mention that. So he is opening
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  Speaker 2: a whole can of worms and messing things up when
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  Speaker 2: there already are established standards and we already have people
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  Speaker 2: in jobs in combat roles who are already qualified and
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  Speaker 2: well trained by taxpayer dollars to do their jobs. He
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  Speaker 2: needs to get out of the way and let people
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  Speaker 2: do their jobs.
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  Speaker 1: Well. Last thing on what heg Seth said at this meeting,
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  Speaker 1: he said there should be there will be no more
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  Speaker 1: politically correct and overbearing rules of engagement. Does that in
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  Speaker 1: any way alarm you, It very much.
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  Speaker 2: Alarms me, because this again has started in many ways.
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  Speaker 2: But part of this also happened with the shooting of
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  Speaker 2: the boats out of Venezuela the purpared smugglers. But basically,
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  Speaker 2: if you take away the rules of engagement, then you
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  Speaker 2: get to a place where the troops can be actually
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  Speaker 2: put into jeopardy if there are no rules of engagement
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  Speaker 2: for them to follow. It also makes other nations realize
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  Speaker 2: and our adversaries realize that they can then engage American
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  Speaker 2: troops in any way that they want you, and that
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  Speaker 2: actually puts out troops in greater danger.
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  Speaker 1: The Majority Leader, John Thune said today that Republicans are
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  Speaker 1: prepared to negotiate with Democrats in the Senate on future
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  Speaker 1: healthcare issues, but not an less a seven week continuing
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  Speaker 1: resolution is approved. He said, Democrats must release the hostage.
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  Speaker 1: His phrase, why not release the hostage holding.
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  Speaker 2: The American people hostage if we don't make a decision soon,
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  Speaker 2: People's Affordable Care Act premiums your healthcare, whether or not
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  Speaker 2: you get your health care on the exchange, are going
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  Speaker 2: to more than double. That is from the Kaiser Family
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  Speaker 2: Foundation data. And so we don't have another seven weeks.
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  Speaker 2: We don't have done some moments. We don't have another
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  Speaker 2: seven days because what's happening is insurance companies have to
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  Speaker 2: decide their rates for next year right now, and people
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  Speaker 2: are going to start within the next two weeks getting
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  Speaker 2: letters from their insurance companies telling them if you're getting
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  Speaker 2: your health care on the exchange, you're going to see
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  Speaker 2: your rates more than double. And that's also going to
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  Speaker 2: be for those who have private health insurance as well.
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  Speaker 2: Those rates will also increase as well, and so there
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  Speaker 2: is no hostage. The only hostage there is are the
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  Speaker 2: American people who are going to see their health insurance
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  Speaker 2: rates grow up. And the people holding them hostage are
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  Speaker 2: the Republicans. It is John Thune, come talk to us,
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  Speaker 2: we can have a negotiation. But he's refusing to negotiate
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  Speaker 2: with Democrats, and so he's going to do exactly what
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  Speaker 2: Donald Trump wants, which is they're going to shut down
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  Speaker 2: government so that they can get away with basically raising
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  Speaker 2: insurance rates and the healthcare costs on Americans all across
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  Speaker 2: this great nation. And I'm simply not going to be
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  Speaker 2: willing to allow them to do that.
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  Speaker 1: Senator Timmy duckworths Illinois Democrat, thank you.