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US-Iran war dividing Trump' voter base · INSIGHT TODAY

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  Speaker 1: Attendees and the annual American Conservative Political Action Conference in
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  Speaker 1: the US are giving mixed responses to the Iran war.
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  Speaker 1: Despite calls for unity from organizers, There was heavy debate
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  Speaker 1: on day two of the event between older attendees and
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  Speaker 1: younger conservatives.
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  Speaker 2: Seedback is a yearly.
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  Speaker 1: Gathering of conservative activists, influencers, and right wing figures in
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  Speaker 1: the US.
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  Speaker 2: It's usually held in Washington, d C.
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  Speaker 1: But organizers decided to move this year's addition to the
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  Speaker 1: Dallas Fort Worth area in Texas. And the prospect of
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  Speaker 1: a prolonged war in Iran is not at all in
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  Speaker 1: line with Donald Trump's America First agenda and his promise
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  Speaker 1: to be a no war's president. So how is the
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  Speaker 1: war in the Middle East viewed by his supporters at
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  Speaker 1: the convention in Texas?
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  Speaker 2: Have a listen for a lot.
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  Speaker 3: Of younger people here, younger millennials and gen Z folks
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  Speaker 3: who don't want to go into her in.
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  Speaker 2: They recognized, and that's just as well. But we're going
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  Speaker 2: to be the ones to bear the burden.
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  Speaker 4: Now. You know, granted, Venezuela that was a clean operation
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  Speaker 4: in and out, no casualties, but you know, I know
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  Speaker 4: there's like rumors or whatnot that we could be sending
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  Speaker 4: suits over to Iran, and that, to me, would I'd
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  Speaker 4: be full of the trailer.
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  Speaker 5: When I heard they were going into that area, I.
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  Speaker 4: Thought it might be a long drawn out thing.
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  Speaker 3: I'm really hoping that it.
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  Speaker 2: Cleans up fast.
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  Speaker 4: We put all of our trust in President Trump. Trust me,
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  Speaker 4: this president knows what he's doing. I do, however, believe
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  Speaker 4: that President Trump has evaluated the information carefully.
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  Speaker 5: I think he's doing a fantastic job. He hasn't deployed
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  Speaker 5: a great amount of ground troops, and he's doing it
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  Speaker 5: like it should be done. We have the technology, just
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  Speaker 5: it's fantastic as to what as he's displayed with our military.
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  Speaker 1: Our correspondent Benjamin Alvros has been covering Seapow for has
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  Speaker 1: been how big a cloud is Drum's warren Iran casting
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  Speaker 1: over the convention.
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  Speaker 3: It is and the war in Iran is very present
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  Speaker 3: here at this conference center. Many rainy flags, many hats
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  Speaker 3: mega make Iran Great Again in reference to the slogan
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  Speaker 3: that brought President Trump back to the White House. And
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  Speaker 3: also it's a topic during that has been discussed during
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  Speaker 3: many a panel discussion was just on mainstage where Richard Grinnell,
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  Speaker 3: the former US Ambassador to Germany, referred to the situation
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  Speaker 3: especially right now, but with benefits a long term, quite
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  Speaker 3: similar to what we just heard that from some attendees,
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  Speaker 3: acknowledging how difficult the situation is right now, this tension,
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  Speaker 3: also this fear that the situation will get worse, but
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  Speaker 3: at least to those who are we talking to here,
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  Speaker 3: that people his Marka based are convinced that it was
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  Speaker 3: the right move and that will bring benefit to the
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  Speaker 3: y into its people in the long term.
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  Speaker 1: Now, Benjamin, the last convention was essentially a victory lap
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  Speaker 1: for Trump and his camp only a month after his
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  Speaker 1: second inauguration. How does supporters feel about him a year later?
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  Speaker 3: President Trump has been at Seapeck for the last ten years.
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  Speaker 3: This is the first time that he is not coming.
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  Speaker 3: Many of his supporters wanted to see him here because
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  Speaker 3: for the President and for the White House, Seapeck is
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  Speaker 3: so important not just to the connections on a national level,
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  Speaker 3: but also on an international level, with international guests that
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  Speaker 3: are here. Also among the speakers several former European leaders
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  Speaker 3: as well from Asia that come here, and the Seapeck
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  Speaker 3: is something that has been exported this conference so other places,
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  Speaker 3: so other countries, to Hungary, to Mexico. So many wanted
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  Speaker 3: to see President Trump here. But they understand and they
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  Speaker 3: say that he is very busy with the war in Iran.
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  Speaker 3: And that's also what organizes us saying that he's very
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  Speaker 3: busy and therefore cannot attend the conference this year as
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  Speaker 3: he used to at least during the last ten years.
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  Speaker 2: But it's not just him as it.
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  Speaker 1: Seapack is billed as the world's oldest and largest conservative gathering,
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  Speaker 1: but looking through the list of speakers, there's no real
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  Speaker 1: heavyweight or in fact, anyone with even the last name Trump.
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  Speaker 3: What is going on there, that's right, and that is
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  Speaker 3: quite remarkable, I'd say, comparing the Seapick to other seapecs
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  Speaker 3: that we attended in DC, it's a different energy, i'd say,
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  Speaker 3: lower energy. Several empty seats, even in the front row
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  Speaker 3: on the main stage. Some cabinet positions, some members of
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  Speaker 3: the Cabinet of Prisident Trump have been confirmed to speak here,
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  Speaker 3: one of them the Secretary of Health, Robert Kennedy Junior,
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  Speaker 3: But indeed not many high ranking officials of the Trump
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  Speaker 3: administration here in these crucial years, crucial not only for
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  Speaker 3: Democrats but also for Republicans, as we have not only
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  Speaker 3: the midterm elections in November, but we also have very
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  Speaker 3: important elections coming up here in Texas. So while people
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  Speaker 3: understand that he's not here, they would of course like
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  Speaker 3: to see him or at least some high ranking members
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  Speaker 3: of his cabinet.
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  Speaker 1: Now, the fact that the mood is different there's the
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  Speaker 1: guests are less high profile.
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  Speaker 2: What does that tell us about.
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  Speaker 1: The shape the GOP is in at this moment in time.
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  Speaker 2: So I think it's.
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  Speaker 3: Important to make a differentiation between those who attend to
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  Speaker 3: that is basically his core magabase that has been following him,
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  Speaker 3: that it's usually on his side, even when it comes
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  Speaker 3: to criticisms. So it's hard to go from here, but
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  Speaker 3: we expect it to have more of the attends also
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  Speaker 3: on the first day, many, as I mentioned, are Iranian
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  Speaker 3: Iranian Americans for Isa Pavlavi who will speak here soon.
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  Speaker 3: They want President Trump to take a more action. But
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  Speaker 3: also when we look for example at Latinos for Trump,
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  Speaker 3: I remember at the last SEPEX we had not only
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  Speaker 3: several heads of state sets of government, we had President
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  Speaker 3: Milay from Argentina, President Najipukeley from Olsalva, Or but also
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  Speaker 3: many of their supporters attending SEAPEC, and neither Malay nor
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  Speaker 3: Bull are attending here. We also see a few number
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  Speaker 3: of those Latino voters that hailed President Trump's immigration policies,
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  Speaker 3: and that's also something interesting. We only heard it a
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  Speaker 3: couple of times during the SEAPAC when Tom Homan the
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  Speaker 3: boroughs Are spoke the Greg Bovino, also the former head
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  Speaker 3: of the Border Patrol, but that was a topic that
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  Speaker 3: was very present during the last SEPEX and played basically
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  Speaker 3: a minor role during this year's conference here in Texas.
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  Speaker 1: Ben Manavaras, thank you so much for your coverage.