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Anthony D'Esposito | Inspector General of the United States Department of Labor Joins RNC Midterm Convention S&FIM Installment · Sid & Friends In The Morning

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  Speaker 1: My good buddies on the phone right now was a
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  Speaker 1: great congressman out of Long Island and is now the
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  Speaker 1: general inspector for President Trump's Labor Department. Has a big job,
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  Speaker 1: him and Keith Sondling. It's the great Anthony D'Esposito. Tony D.,
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  Speaker 1: good morning, buddy. How are you?
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  Speaker 2: My man, Sid. Great to see you and Danielle. Last
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  Speaker 2: night on the floor of a packed house here in Dallas.
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  Speaker 2: A lot of excitement. President Trump nailed his speech. And
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  Speaker 2: I think it's safe to say that across the country,
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  Speaker 2: people are excited for the midterms. Now we just have
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  Speaker 2: to deliver for President Trump.
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  Speaker 1: I think you just nailed it. And somebody asked me, oh,
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  Speaker 1: it's on with John Katsimatidis and Rita Cosby yesterday. And
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  Speaker 1: Rita said, was it like the convention? And what's funny
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  Speaker 1: is you and I sat together in Wisconsin on the
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  Speaker 1: floor with New York at the convention, too. And it's
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  Speaker 1: pretty much the same. We had better seats, New York
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  Speaker 1: and Wisconsin, than we do here in Dallas. But pretty
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  Speaker 1: much the same, right? All the states are on the floor.
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  Speaker 1: The president is speaking. And there's not an open seat
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  Speaker 1: in the House, right?
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  Speaker 2: Packed house, and even I made my way up a
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  Speaker 2: couple of times to the areas where the press was, and,
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  Speaker 2: you know, even I'm sure the fake news will disagree,
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  Speaker 2: but even the seats all the way at the back
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  Speaker 2: of the arena, they were packed. I mean, I think,
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  Speaker 2: you know, you saw people outside. You saw people walking
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  Speaker 2: around the arena. They're excited. You know, this is the
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  Speaker 2: mission of this midterm convention was to excite the base,
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  Speaker 2: was to make people well aware that voting in the
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  Speaker 2: presidential election years is super important. But it's even as
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  Speaker 2: important to vote in the midterms because this is the
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  Speaker 2: opportunity for us to not only keep the majority in
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  Speaker 2: the House, but grow our majority and make sure that
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  Speaker 2: we maintain Republican leadership in the Senate. And without those things,
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  Speaker 2: President Trump can't continue on his campaign. historic wins. He
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  Speaker 2: can't continue to be as successful as he needs to
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  Speaker 2: be because we both know that, God forbid, one of
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  Speaker 2: those or, God forbid, even worse, both of them are
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  Speaker 2: not in Republican hands. They are going to do everything
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  Speaker 2: in their power to make sure that President Trump doesn't
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  Speaker 2: see his agenda through, and we need to make sure
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  Speaker 2: that doesn't happen because we have record wins. It was
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  Speaker 2: talked about yesterday over and over again, but securing our border,
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  Speaker 2: making our country safer, no tax on tips, the big
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  Speaker 2: beautiful bill, largest tax cut in American history, a huge
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  Speaker 2: investment into the United States of America, the record fighting
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  Speaker 2: against fraud, I mean billions of dollars, a whole government
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  Speaker 2: approach to fighting fraud in the United States of America,
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  Speaker 2: and that is all led by our coach and our commander-in-chief,
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  Speaker 2: President Trump.
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  Speaker 1: It was interesting last night, your old boss, Mike Johnson,
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  Speaker 1: received a healthy, very healthy, amount of applause last night,
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  Speaker 1: but Mr. Senate boss, John Thune, he actually got booed
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  Speaker 1: in the arena last night. You heard that, right?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, I think President Trump did the right
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  Speaker 2: thing and said that he's got a tough job. And
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  Speaker 2: me and you have talked about this. I think that
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  Speaker 2: Mike Johnson has probably one of the hardest jobs in
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  Speaker 2: the world, operating with a three-seat majority. Listen, I've been there.
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  Speaker 2: Sometimes people have egos. Sometimes people are truly fighting for
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  Speaker 2: what they believe in and what their district needs. But
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  Speaker 2: over and over and over again, which I think was
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  Speaker 2: President Trump's point, people underestimate the value and the abilities
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  Speaker 2: of Mike Johnson. And time after time, he delivers. He
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  Speaker 2: doesn't just deliver for House Republicans. He delivers for the
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  Speaker 2: United States of America. He delivers for President Trump. And
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  Speaker 2: he delivers for the future of this nation. And I
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  Speaker 2: think that that needs to be recognized. And, you know,
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  Speaker 2: Leader Thune, he's got a tough job with some people,
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  Speaker 2: even on our side of the aisle, that don't want
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  Speaker 2: to be supportive of the president's agenda. So, you know,
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  Speaker 2: both gigs are extremely difficult. And, you know, I think
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  Speaker 2: it's safe to say that with redistricting and other things,
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  Speaker 2: we're probably looking at tight majorities as we go forward
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  Speaker 2: over the next couple of Congresses. So the strong leadership
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  Speaker 2: that they give us is super important. And I think
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  Speaker 2: that that was a message that President Trump wanted to
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  Speaker 2: deliver last night. It's very easy to criticize people when
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  Speaker 2: they're sitting home and they're not in the fight and
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  Speaker 2: they don't realize the walk that goes into getting a
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  Speaker 2: piece of legislation across the floor with hundreds of different egos,
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  Speaker 2: different opinions and different things that people want. It's not easy.
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  Speaker 2: And Mike Johnson has delivered time and time again.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, he never comes on this show. What is he
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  Speaker 1: afraid of me? What's the deal?
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  Speaker 2: We'll get him on. We'll get him on.
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  Speaker 1: Ay-yi-yi, Mike. On a serious note, he is great. I
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  Speaker 1: love Mike Johnson. I love you. You're a great congressman. And,
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  Speaker 1: you know, you're doing a great job right now for
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  Speaker 1: President Trump. It's a very important role. You talked about fraud,
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  Speaker 1: and you're at the very top of that list. You, Anthony,
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  Speaker 1: and J.D. Vance, and Lee Zeldin, and Dr. Oz, all
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  Speaker 1: of you guys have exposed billions of dollars in fraud.
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  Speaker 1: So congratulations, you and the whole Labor Department. But you
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  Speaker 1: were a great congressman, too. And that seat that you had,
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  Speaker 1: which is now occupied by Democrat Laura Gillen, I'm not
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  Speaker 1: a big fan. But the lady running against Laura was
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  Speaker 1: sitting with us last night. She's mentioned a lot on
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  Speaker 1: this show. That's our friend Janine Driscoll. She's got that
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  Speaker 1: race against a Democrat, Gillen. Then you've got the other Republican,
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  Speaker 1: Mike Lepetri, in a race against Democrat Tom Swasey. So
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  Speaker 1: it looks like, Anthony, that there are two seats right
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  Speaker 1: there in Nassau County that can flip. They can turn red.
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  Speaker 1: What are your thoughts?
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely, and I tell Speaker Johnson that often, you know,
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  Speaker 2: Leader Scalise, Whip Emmer, and everybody in the political apparatus
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  Speaker 2: that Chairman Cairo has put together a great team on
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  Speaker 2: Long Island, and obviously we have Nick Lolota and Andrew
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  Speaker 2: Garbarino who will run strong in Suffolk County But this
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  Speaker 2: is a year where we can take both of those seats.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, especially when you have someone who's from Long Island,
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  Speaker 2: who's from Nassau County running for governor of the state
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  Speaker 2: of New York. Bruce Blakeman is just points away from
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  Speaker 2: closing the gap with with Kathy Hochul, who you and
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  Speaker 2: I both know is probably one of the most inept,
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  Speaker 2: if not the most inept governor ever. in the United
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  Speaker 2: States of America, but Jeanine and Mike are right there,
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  Speaker 2: and they need to make sure that they have the
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  Speaker 2: resources to finish this job over the next 58 days
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  Speaker 2: or so, to make sure that they get their name
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  Speaker 2: out there, to get up on the air, get up
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  Speaker 2: on TV and in print, and deliver the message, because
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  Speaker 2: the message is the fact that the Republicans delivered for
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  Speaker 2: America and for Long Island. And when the two Democrats
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  Speaker 2: that are in office now in New York, three and four,
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  Speaker 2: had the opportunity to vote on the largest tax cut
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  Speaker 2: in American history, they voted no. They voted to raise
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  Speaker 2: the taxes of Long Islanders when they had the opportunity
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  Speaker 2: to quadruple the SALT adoption. So put four times more
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  Speaker 2: money back into the pockets of people who live on
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  Speaker 2: Long Island, they voted no. I mean, Lori Gillen ran
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  Speaker 2: around the 4th Congressional District with these big, giant fake checks,
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  Speaker 2: handing them out to police departments and fire departments, but
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  Speaker 2: never once did she mention that she voted no to
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  Speaker 2: every bit of that funding. And I worked... with Janine
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  Speaker 2: Driscoll when I was a town of Hempstead councilman. I've
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  Speaker 2: known Janine for a long time. And I think one
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  Speaker 2: of the biggest things I could say about someone to
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  Speaker 2: show that I trust them and believe that they are
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  Speaker 2: true leaders is I would trust my two nieces with
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  Speaker 2: Janine Driscoll any day of the week. And if I
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  Speaker 2: would trust my nieces with her, then we should trust
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  Speaker 2: our government with her. She's a strong, capable leader who
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  Speaker 2: will fight and deliver, and she will work side by
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  Speaker 2: side with for Speaker Johnson and with President Trump to
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  Speaker 2: continue on his agenda and deliver for Long Island. And
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  Speaker 2: that's why we need to get her and Mike Lepetri
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  Speaker 2: elected come November.
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  Speaker 1: Anthony, it was great seeing you last night. You look great.
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  Speaker 1: And you also look terrific. I think you changed his
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  Speaker 1: look a little bit.
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  Speaker 3: I don't know.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe you colored your hair. I don't know what you're doing,
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  Speaker 1: but you look great. And you sound great this morning.
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  Speaker 1: And whether you're in Congress or working for President Trump.
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  Speaker 1: You are one of the young, up-and-coming greats, real greats
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  Speaker 1: in our political world today. So thank you for doing
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  Speaker 1: this this morning, and I'll see you later on today
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  Speaker 1: at the arena in Dallas. Thank you, buddy.
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  Speaker 2: You got it, brother. I'll see you at the arena.
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  Speaker 1: God bless you. There he is, a former congressman, now
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  Speaker 1: the general inspector for President Trump's Labor Department, the very
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  Speaker 1: talented Anthony D'Esposito.
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