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Rich Lowry | Editor-In-Chief of National Review Speaks on 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony Plans Across the Country · Sid & Friends In The Morning

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  Speaker 1: Rich Lowry is the editor of the National Review. He's
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  Speaker 1: on this show every week because he's great. He's brilliant
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  Speaker 1: and he's my friend. I love him. Rich, good morning, buddy.
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  Speaker 1: How are you? Good, Sidney. How are you? I'm doing great.
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  Speaker 1: We find out yesterday, Rich, that Mom Donnie, of course,
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  Speaker 1: is still adamant about going to the 9-11 ceremonies. And
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  Speaker 1: despite the fact that, you know, the local channel 7
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  Speaker 1: News goes crazy. A select group don't want him there.
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  Speaker 1: No dummies. The majority don't want him there. But he's going.
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  Speaker 1: We know he's going. But Trump is not. Trump is
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  Speaker 1: going to the Pentagon. J.D. Vance is coming to New York.
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  Speaker 1: Last time Trump was here, I guess, was 2024 when
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  Speaker 1: he was campaigning. What are your thoughts on who's coming
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  Speaker 1: and who's not?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I think it'd be great if the president were there,
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  Speaker 2: but the Pentagon was a serious attack as well. Mamdami
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  Speaker 2: shouldn't be there, but as we've discussed for weeks now,
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  Speaker 2: he's going to be there. It would be the graceful
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  Speaker 2: thing just to bow out, but he's not going to
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  Speaker 2: do that. So there we are.
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  Speaker 1: He's not going to do it. There's no chance, right? No, zero. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: zero chance.
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  Speaker 2: It would be a concession to the critics. I'm sure
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  Speaker 2: they'd see it as though he is admitting something that
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  Speaker 2: he doesn't want to admit.
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  Speaker 1: Right, right, right, right, right. You know, it's interesting. This
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  Speaker 1: Hassan Piker, who is a guy that said America deserved
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  Speaker 1: 9-11 and Mamdani sat there and offered no pushback. Zero.
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  Speaker 1: He was a guest on the podcast. Piker said it.
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  Speaker 1: Piker has since apologized for that, but who cares? That's
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  Speaker 1: how he really feels. You know that. But there seems
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  Speaker 1: to be this fracture going on now, Rich, in this
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  Speaker 1: Democrat Party. And Abdul El-Sayed out in Michigan, who is
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  Speaker 1: another DSA guy, no matter what he says, he's a
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  Speaker 1: DSA guy. He's like, no, no, I'm not with Piker.
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  Speaker 1: So there are some of these Democrats now that are
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  Speaker 1: distancing themselves from Hassan Piker. To me, he's still the
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  Speaker 1: face of the left, which includes everybody from Chuck Schumer
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  Speaker 1: to Chevalier. But there are some that are saying, no, thanks.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, clearly kind of a memo went out after this
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  Speaker 2: last statement saying that all of American Jews got to
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  Speaker 2: watch out and watch for their safety if they say
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  Speaker 2: they're with Israel. So El-Sayed isn't playing this game, kind
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  Speaker 2: of dancing around. He issued a statement distancing himself from
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  Speaker 2: that statement without naming Piker. And he keeps on acting
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  Speaker 2: as though he's never met Piker. The race shouldn't be
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  Speaker 2: about Piker. He repeatedly campaigned with him, including saying, On
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  Speaker 2: the last night, on election night, he was with Hassan Piker.
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  Speaker 2: So clearly they have a huge overlap of views. Now,
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  Speaker 2: I don't think that's true of Chuck Schumer, even though
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  Speaker 2: I have no use for Chuck Schumer. But clearly Piker
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  Speaker 2: is the media embodiment, new media embodiment of the DSA,
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  Speaker 2: deeply illiberal, viciously anti-Zionist, and basically in favor of political violence.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, basically. So I was talking to Brian Kilmeade the
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  Speaker 1: other day, too, about the presidential in 2020. I know
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  Speaker 1: we're all stuck on the midterms right now, which we
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  Speaker 1: need to be. That's where the focus needs to be. November,
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  Speaker 1: a couple of months this year. That's why we've got
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  Speaker 1: this big midterm convention coming up in Dallas, which I'll
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  Speaker 1: be at first time ever they're doing that. And that's
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  Speaker 1: part of the reason why I'm going to Vegas, to
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  Speaker 1: also talk about the midterms. So we know the midterms,
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  Speaker 1: that's the focus right now. But Don't kid yourself. A
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  Speaker 1: lot of folks are looking towards 2028 when it really
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  Speaker 1: is all over for President Trump. And it seems like
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  Speaker 1: Rich Lowry, J.D. Vance will be the anointed one. He'll
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  Speaker 1: be the one. But people say you don't know. You know,
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  Speaker 1: the numbers are coming back and they're not very good
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  Speaker 1: for Vance. Maybe he bows out. Maybe at that point,
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  Speaker 1: Marco Rubio decides to jump in because I guess the.
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  Speaker 1: The consensus is that Rubio and Vance are buddies, and
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  Speaker 1: if Trump wants Vance to do it, that Rubio won't
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  Speaker 1: do it. You hear other names like Ron DeSantis and
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  Speaker 1: Glenn Youngkin pops up there, too, and Hawley out of Missouri.
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  Speaker 1: But what are your thoughts on what we may see
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  Speaker 1: in 2028?
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  Speaker 2: So continue to expect. And you're right, this is going
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  Speaker 2: to start immediately. It's like three months away. Right after midterms,
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  Speaker 2: this will really begin in earnest. I think there's no
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  Speaker 2: way J.D. Vance doesn't run. And I think it's very
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  Speaker 2: likely he gets the nomination. But even coronations are competitive.
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  Speaker 2: Hillary is supposed to be coronated in 2016, but Sanders
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  Speaker 2: gave her a serious challenge. Going way back, Al Gore
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  Speaker 2: was basically coronated in 2000, but Bill Bradley gave him
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  Speaker 2: a race initially. So I expect it will be competitive.
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  Speaker 2: I doubt Rubio will run. I think Ted Cruz will run.
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  Speaker 2: Rand Paul will run. Maybe Youngkin will run. Maybe Brian Kemp,
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  Speaker 2: the former governor of Georgia, runs and a couple others.
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  Speaker 2: But I think it's going to be hard. If Vance
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  Speaker 2: has Trump's explicit or even implicit support, I think it's
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  Speaker 2: going to be hard. You know, we saw down in
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  Speaker 2: South Carolina, he basically created Darlene Graham out of nothing
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  Speaker 2: and got her over the finish line. So his support
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  Speaker 2: is going to be hugely important in 28 for a
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  Speaker 2: Republican nominee.
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  Speaker 1: He's been huge. Almost all of his candidates win, all
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  Speaker 1: of them. And the guys that go against him, Cassidy, Massey,
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  Speaker 1: they get murdered. So clearly Trump... You're here with him again.
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  Speaker 2: Right.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, clearly Trump still has a massive, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: massive amount of power. What's interesting to see Ted Cruz
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  Speaker 1: come out this week, and he's like, I want to
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  Speaker 1: be president. That's it. Yes. I want to be president.
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  Speaker 1: And guess what? I'm ready. Guess who's not? J.D. Vance.
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  Speaker 1: He actually said he's not ready. How about that?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. So Cruz is just telling people what... what he's
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  Speaker 2: saying publicly, what he's told everyone privately every day of
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  Speaker 2: his adult life. He wants to be president of the
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  Speaker 2: United States. He's going to run. He really, if you
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  Speaker 2: want someone who hates the trend on the right in
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  Speaker 2: terms of the anti-Semitism and or anti-Zionism as much as
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  Speaker 2: you do, it's Ted Cruz. I mean, he's extremely sincere
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  Speaker 2: about it, a really brilliant guy, but it's going to
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  Speaker 2: be an uphill battle.
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  Speaker 1: I think you're right. So I keep asking, like I
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  Speaker 1: did throughout the whole election period, between Trump and Biden
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  Speaker 1: and other races, what do you think is going to
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  Speaker 1: happen with the midterms as we draw close? I'm going
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  Speaker 1: to do this every single week, which, Larry, until we
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  Speaker 1: get to November, what are you feeling today about the
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  Speaker 1: House and the Senate?
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  Speaker 2: Unfortunately, I think the House is a fairly easy proposition,
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  Speaker 2: unless there's some shocker. I think Kim Jeffrey is going
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  Speaker 2: to be Speaker of the House next year.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, my God.
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  Speaker 2: I hate to put it in such stark terms, but
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  Speaker 2: I think the Senate is kind of 50-50. The most
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  Speaker 2: important race is clearly Michigan in all sorts of ways,
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  Speaker 2: because if Democrats lose that seat, it becomes really hard
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  Speaker 2: to take the Senate, and it would be so important
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  Speaker 2: politically to step on the head of the snake up there.
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  Speaker 2: But all these red states that should be in the
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  Speaker 2: bag are really close, and it's foreseeable Republicans could lose
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  Speaker 2: a lot of them. Texas up in the air, Ohio, Iowa,
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  Speaker 2: Nebraska is even close, Alaska. Dan Sullivan, I think, is
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  Speaker 2: a great senator, is behind there. So if Democrats are
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  Speaker 2: taking the Senate, they're doing it through the red states.
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  Speaker 2: In a normal year, you'd say there's no way it's
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  Speaker 2: going to happen. I'd say it's about a 50-50 chance.
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  Speaker 1: Jeez, that's not great news. You know, I was talking
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  Speaker 1: to Charlie Gasparino the other day, and we were talking
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  Speaker 1: about Iran, and this Canada thing, he said, It's got
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  Speaker 1: to stop. It's not good. It's not good for us.
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  Speaker 1: It's not good for Mark Carney in Canada. We're going
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  Speaker 1: to get hurt here in states like Michigan. And Kilmeade
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  Speaker 1: said the same thing, that this U.S.-Canada thing will hurt
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  Speaker 1: us in some of our own states, including states which
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  Speaker 1: manufacture cars, obviously. But now it's gotten to a new level.
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  Speaker 1: Now Lake Ontario is Lake America. So it doesn't seem
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  Speaker 1: like at least Trump and Corny are willing to calm
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  Speaker 1: down anytime soon. But most of the folks that I
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  Speaker 1: talk to, they think this is silly and doesn't help anybody.
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  Speaker 2: I'm with them. Canada may be annoying and they may
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  Speaker 2: have bad practices, trade practices on a couple of things.
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  Speaker 2: There's no way it can't be worked out reasonably. I
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  Speaker 2: just think. The first time Trump said he was going
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  Speaker 2: to make them the 51st state, I thought it was
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  Speaker 2: kind of funny, and then he never should have said
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  Speaker 2: it again. But instead, he's pissed them off and disrespected
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  Speaker 2: and insulted and humiliated them. Mark Carney probably wins up
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  Speaker 2: there in the election last year, whatever it was, because
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  Speaker 2: of Trump. And so Trump kills the conservative up there,
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  Speaker 2: and then he gets this guy he's going to hate.
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  Speaker 2: Now he hates him, predictably, and won this trade war
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  Speaker 2: that makes zero sense.
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  Speaker 1: Aye, aye, aye. What a mess. Well, the good news
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  Speaker 1: is the weekend's here, and Aaron George is coming back soon. Rich,
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  Speaker 1: how about that?
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  Speaker 2: Well, let's hope he gets to 100% really quickly. Because,
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  Speaker 2: you know, if we have Judge, you could squint the
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  Speaker 2: right way, and we're a World Series team. I don't
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  Speaker 2: think we're a championship team, but the American League is
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  Speaker 2: so weak that But this team has been brutal to
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  Speaker 2: watch at times. Last night was another one. Half our
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  Speaker 2: game since the All-Star break, they scored one on four hits.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I know. It's like two to one every night.
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  Speaker 1: They scored eight two nights ago. It was like a
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  Speaker 1: big party. But they can pitch like nobody. And I'm
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  Speaker 1: with you. The American League is not very good. So
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  Speaker 1: we'll see. The Dodgers are still damn good, obviously. There's some...
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  Speaker 1: There's probably two or three teams inside the National League
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  Speaker 1: that are the best teams in baseball. Brewers. Brewers, damn good.
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  Speaker 1: Killed the Mets yesterday. Even the Phillies. They play much
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  Speaker 1: better baseball, but I wouldn't count the Yankees out just yet.
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  Speaker 1: Rich Lowry, as always, amazing job, brother. Have a great weekend.
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  Speaker 1: You too. All right. The editor of the National Review
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  Speaker 1: right there, my dear friend Rich Lowry.
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