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The Battle for Congress & the Senate Runs Straight Through Trump · The 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson

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  Speaker 3: a 47 morning update and it starts.
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  Speaker 4: Right now story number one president trump.
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  Speaker 3: Is hitting the campaign trail republicans are seeing an opportunity
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  Speaker 3: as the midterm battleground is tightening moving in favor of
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  Speaker 3: conservative candidates Yes, the midterm elections are just weeks away,
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  Speaker 3: and President Donald Trump is doing something that could have, well,
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  Speaker 3: have enormous consequences for the balance of power in Washington.
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  Speaker 3: He's doing what he does when he's on the ballot,
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  Speaker 3: hitting the campaign trail day and night. He's taking his
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  Speaker 3: message directly to voters in some of the most important
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  Speaker 3: battleground states in America. Now, this matters because for months,
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  Speaker 3: Republicans and Democrats have been fighting over control of Congress,
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  Speaker 3: and Democrats had the advantage. They believe they had a
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  Speaker 3: real opportunity to capitalize on dissatisfaction with the party in power,
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  Speaker 3: specifically over the price of the pump.
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  Speaker 4: That's what it boiled down to.
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  Speaker 3: But then they also showed how crazy they are with
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  Speaker 3: their El Saeed and their Tallarico candidates. And that is
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  Speaker 3: now maybe become one of the biggest nightmares for Democrats
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  Speaker 3: heading into Election Day. Now, early voting in several states
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  Speaker 3: has already started. And many Republicans, including the president, believe that, well,
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  Speaker 3: they can overcome the traditional midterm disadvantage by turning out
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  Speaker 3: the votes of those or the voters, I should say,
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  Speaker 3: who helped send Donald Trump back to the White House. Now,
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  Speaker 3: the polls in several competitive races have showed just how
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  Speaker 3: close the fight for Congress is. There's a critical distinction,
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  Speaker 3: by the way, between a race tightening and a candidate
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  Speaker 3: becoming the favorite. Republicans are therefore using this strategy. They're
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  Speaker 3: hoping that Trump's involvement can turn competitive races into victories. Now,
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  Speaker 3: the president's making the case that this election is about
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  Speaker 3: far more than the names appearing on the ballot. He's
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  Speaker 3: making it about whether voters want Congress to continue advancing
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  Speaker 3: his agenda or put Democrats in a position to challenge
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  Speaker 3: it and also to weaponize the government to go after
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  Speaker 3: him and his entire cabinet. So why is Trump really
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  Speaker 3: back on the campaign trail? Well, let's start with the
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  Speaker 3: political reality. Midterm elections are historically extremely difficult for the
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  Speaker 3: party that controls the White House to win. In fact,
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  Speaker 3: it's only happened two times, only once in my lifetime.
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  Speaker 3: Voters often use these elections to, well, do checks and
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  Speaker 3: balances on power. And also, usually the party that lost
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  Speaker 3: last time is more inspired to be frustrated and with
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  Speaker 3: the party that is in power, a.k.a. this time it
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  Speaker 3: would be Donald Trump, and so therefore they're more likely
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  Speaker 3: to show up and vote. Now, Republicans obviously have a
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  Speaker 3: serious challenge. Just what I talked about has nothing to
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  Speaker 3: do with Donald Trump.
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  Speaker 4: That's just history we're talking about.
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  Speaker 3: But you also have people that are frustrated with the economy,
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  Speaker 3: or really gas prices, and the cost of food and
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  Speaker 3: basic services, which have gone up because gas prices have
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  Speaker 3: gone up. Now, Republicans have to convince Americans, and really
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  Speaker 3: this is Donald Trump, that keeping Republicans in control of
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  Speaker 3: Congress will produce better results than handing power over to
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  Speaker 3: the radical Marxist socialists and communists. And that's really where
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  Speaker 3: Donald Trump comes in. Trump has, well, demonstrated an extraordinary
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  Speaker 3: ability to command media attention and mobilize his supporters.
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  Speaker 4: When he holds a.
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  Speaker 3: Rally, no one can fill the room in politics like
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  Speaker 3: President Donald Trump. the national political conversation instantly shifts towards
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  Speaker 3: whatever he's saying on stage.
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  Speaker 4: And he knows that.
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  Speaker 3: By the way, when Donald Trump visits the state, he
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  Speaker 3: can generate attention for candidates who otherwise might struggle to
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  Speaker 3: break through the national news cycle. And when he tells
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  Speaker 3: supporters that an election matters, Republican campaigns hope those voters
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  Speaker 3: will show up. Now, here's the challenge. The electorate, in
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  Speaker 3: a midterm election isn't necessarily the same as those in
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  Speaker 3: a presidential election. Some Americans who enthusiastically voted for Donald
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  Speaker 3: Trump don't always participate in congressional races when his name
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  Speaker 3: isn't actually on the ballot.
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  Speaker 4: That's why Donald Trump's out there. Republicans need those votes.
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  Speaker 3: And that's what Donald Trump's central objective in the campaign
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  Speaker 3: trail seems to be. He's trying to convince his supporters
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  Speaker 3: that even though he isn't running on the ballot this November,
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  Speaker 3: his agenda is. In other words, if you voted for
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  Speaker 3: Donald Trump for four years of America first, you've got
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  Speaker 3: one more vote to make to make sure you get
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  Speaker 3: those four years of America first agenda items. Because if
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  Speaker 3: Republicans lose control of Congress, the political landscape in Washington
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  Speaker 3: changes drastically. Democrats have made it clear what they will
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  Speaker 3: do if they gain control of the congressional committees. They've
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  Speaker 3: said we will launch investigations, not just into weaponizing the
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  Speaker 3: government against Donald Trump, but against anybody that's around Donald Trump,
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  Speaker 3: the vice president, members of the cabinet, members of Congress.
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  Speaker 3: The list goes on and on. They have made it
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  Speaker 3: clear that they will weaponize. I'm going to say it again.
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  Speaker 3: They will weaponize Congress to try to destroy anyone that
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  Speaker 3: is a advocate for the president of the United States
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  Speaker 3: of America. Now, we also know that they have said
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  Speaker 3: that if you elect them, they will block legislation. They
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  Speaker 3: will reshape, they said, much of the legislation that's already
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  Speaker 3: been passed, and they will take away the president's powers
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  Speaker 3: as much as they possibly can when it comes to
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  Speaker 3: actually being able to do what he needs to do
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  Speaker 3: as president of the United States of America. Now, you
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  Speaker 3: got to understand, we're not even to the halfway mark
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  Speaker 3: of President Trump's presidency. But if you voted for four
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  Speaker 3: years of America first, as I mentioned a moment ago,
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  Speaker 3: the president's argument is you better show up. Otherwise, you're
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  Speaker 3: not going to get it. In fact, what you're going
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  Speaker 3: to get is a overzealous Democratic Party. That's goal is
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  Speaker 3: to destroy anyone.
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  Speaker 4: At the White House.
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  Speaker 3: That is the argument that Trump is now taking directly
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  Speaker 3: to the voters. And there's a second part of this.
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  Speaker 3: It seems that Donald Trump going out on the campaign
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  Speaker 3: trail is helping. This is something that Democrats don't want
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  Speaker 3: you to know. And the media certainly isn't going to
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  Speaker 3: tell you. The polls are tightening, and they're tightening in
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  Speaker 3: favor of Republican candidates. National polls tell us something about
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  Speaker 3: the political environment. But they can't tell us everything about
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  Speaker 3: who controls Congress. And we know the House decided district
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  Speaker 3: by district. The Senate decided state by state. And a
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  Speaker 3: candidate who looks competitive nationally may face a difficult race
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  Speaker 3: because of local political conditions. So Republicans are watching for
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  Speaker 3: signs that voters who previously expressed dissatisfaction with the party
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  Speaker 3: are reconsidering their choices. They're also watching whether Trump's campaign
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  Speaker 3: appearances increase enthusiasm among American voters, specifically Republican voters. By
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  Speaker 3: the way, Democrats are watching the same numbers. They're saying, well,
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  Speaker 3: if Donald Trump shows up, does it make our base
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  Speaker 3: get angry and make our base hate Donald Trump and
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  Speaker 3: make our base want to vote against Donald Trump?
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  Speaker 4: And that's the important point.
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  Speaker 3: You look at a two or three point shift in
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  Speaker 3: a competitive race that can matter enormously.
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  Speaker 1: Now.
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  Speaker 3: One poll showing Republican improving doesn't necessarily establish a lasting trend.
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  Speaker 3: But what we are seeing is multiple polls that are
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  Speaker 3: now tightening. In fact, almost every Senate poll has made,
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  Speaker 3: has showed Republicans over the last week or two getting
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  Speaker 3: closer to Democrats if they were behind. And some of
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  Speaker 3: the Republicans that were ahead have actually gotten a larger lead.
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  Speaker 3: So what does that really have to do with and
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  Speaker 3: how has this happened? Well, that brings us to the economy.
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  Speaker 3: It is the economy, stupid. The economy is front and center.
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  Speaker 3: President Trump is going out there and he's saying, hey,
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  Speaker 3: we know it's the economy, but we also know we
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  Speaker 3: have a genuine objective that we must keep Americans safe.
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  Speaker 3: That is why we went into this war with Iran
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  Speaker 3: to make sure they did not get a nuclear weapon.
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  Speaker 4: And that is important.
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  Speaker 3: How much does it cost to build the car is
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  Speaker 3: also a really important question. The president has admitted that now.
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  Speaker 3: How much does it cost to buy groceries? That's something
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  Speaker 3: the president's talked about. And he wants to make sure
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  Speaker 3: the numbers get better. The president said he wants to
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  Speaker 3: make sure that you can afford a house. He wants
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  Speaker 3: to make sure that your wages, which, by the way,
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  Speaker 3: the medium income in this country is the highest level
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  Speaker 3: in history right now. And the president wants to make
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  Speaker 3: sure you understand that he's the reason why those wages
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  Speaker 3: have gone up instead of down. Now, ultimately, Americans go
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  Speaker 3: and vote on their family's financial future. Is it improving
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  Speaker 3: or is it getting worse? Are your wages keeping up
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  Speaker 3: with your expenses? Now, Trump's economic argument is centering around
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  Speaker 3: all of that. And he said, look, I'm the guy
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  Speaker 3: that lowered your taxes. I'm the guy that gave you
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  Speaker 3: fewer regulations. that allowed for American jobs to grow. I'm
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  Speaker 3: the guy that gave you American manufacturing back while the
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  Speaker 3: other party was doing anything they could to shut it down.
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  Speaker 3: I'm the guy that's in favor of massive domestic energy
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  Speaker 3: production while the other guy said, we want to make
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  Speaker 3: sure that we shut it down. This president, Donald Trump,
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  Speaker 3: has said, my trade policies have been designed to protect
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  Speaker 3: American workers and protect American industries and bring more jobs home.
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  Speaker 3: President Trump argued that his approach created jobs.
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  Speaker 4: It did, by the way.
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  Speaker 3: It encouraged massive American investment. And he said it made
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  Speaker 3: America much more competitive on the world stage. Now, Democrats
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  Speaker 3: have gone back to one simple argument. They argue that
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  Speaker 3: voters should judge President Trump by what they're paying at
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  Speaker 3: the pump. That you should look at nothing else. By
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  Speaker 3: the way, never forget that under Biden and Obama, $ 5
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  Speaker 3: a gallon gas was a normal part of their policy.
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  Speaker 4: They wanted to.
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  Speaker 3: Force you into green alternative energy. And make no mistake,
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  Speaker 3: they have no problem with the gas prices we're seeing
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  Speaker 3: right now. They have no problem with it. So as
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  Speaker 3: the polls are opening for early voting in multiple states
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  Speaker 3: this week, some even opened last week, the number one
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  Speaker 3: thing is you better get out and vote. And if
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  Speaker 3: you voted for Donald Trump and you want his policies
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  Speaker 3: to succeed, then you better vote one more time. Because
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  Speaker 3: if you stay home, the radical Marxist, socialist, communist left
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  Speaker 3: They're not.
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  Speaker 4: They are showing up to vote.
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