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Sen. Thune 'This needs to STOP' · INSIGHT TODAY

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  Speaker 1: Senate Majority leader John thun in focus. Now, good to
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  Speaker 1: see you today. This is momentous. This is so many things.
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  Speaker 1: It is hopeful, the President says, it's the first step.
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  Speaker 1: Talk to me about how big this moment is and
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  Speaker 1: what it does for peace breaking out around the world.
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  Speaker 1: Should he try for more?
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  Speaker 2: It's historic, and it is really an epic development, Harris.
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  Speaker 2: You think about thousands of years of history and the
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  Speaker 2: warring that's been going on in that region and more
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  Speaker 2: recently obviously, and of course the terrible attacks from a
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  Speaker 2: couple of years ago, and what the President has been
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  Speaker 2: able to achieve here is nothing short of remarkable. And
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  Speaker 2: he builds on the success of the Abraham Accords from
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  Speaker 2: his first term in office. But this truly is a
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  Speaker 2: historic He deserves a tremendous amount of credit and his
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  Speaker 2: team who worked diligently and successfully to broker this deal. Obviously,
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  Speaker 2: there's a lot that has to remains to be seen
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  Speaker 2: in terms of Hamas and getting them disarmed, but at
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  Speaker 2: least in terms of the first steps forward and getting
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  Speaker 2: those hostages released. What incredible, incredible achievement.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, you'll need all those countries that he has pulled together.
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  Speaker 1: People said it couldn't be done. His critics said, it
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  Speaker 1: couldn't be done, and he has, and those countries are
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  Speaker 1: necessary for next steps. The legacy media, liberal pundits, and
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  Speaker 1: prominent Democrats have praised the President and his administration, some
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  Speaker 1: of them here's a sample.
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  Speaker 3: We should make no mistake about this. This is a
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  Speaker 3: victory for President Trump and for those who wish that
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  Speaker 3: we can govern ourselves at home and around the world,
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  Speaker 3: not simply by brute force, but by ideas and civilized norms.
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  Speaker 2: Trump was able to accomplish something here that's significant, hugely significant.
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  Speaker 2: I give credit to President Trump. I give credit to
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  Speaker 2: Witkoff and Kushner and Rubio. These are hard jobs.
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  Speaker 1: Now, remember I've been saying it's not everybody. President Obama's
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  Speaker 1: deputy national security advisor shrugged off President Trump's accomplishments.
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  Speaker 2: Watch.
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  Speaker 4: It's great that these really hostages are reunited with their
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  Speaker 4: families and agies getting into Gaza. I would not go
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  Speaker 4: as far as to say that this kind of validates
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  Speaker 4: a certain you know, theory of diplomacy, because frankly, it's
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  Speaker 4: it's just a ceasefire. The problem has not been solved.
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  Speaker 4: It's it's not really a peace deal.
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  Speaker 1: Wow, just a ceasefire that pierces your heart when you
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  Speaker 1: consider what those hostages have been through their families and
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  Speaker 1: now all of them are coming home. And and that
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  Speaker 1: doesn't seem like something to be dismissed, Senator, it's not.
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  Speaker 2: And you know that's Trump derangements. They don't want to
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  Speaker 2: give them credit for anything. This is this is historic
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  Speaker 2: and achievement. I think that will mark his administration. And again,
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  Speaker 2: it's something that is achieved when you try to make
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  Speaker 2: sure that your policy is one a piece you strength, Harris,
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  Speaker 2: that's the that's the policy of this administration. It's been
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  Speaker 2: on display. And one of the reasons this was possible
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  Speaker 2: is because of the action the president took in a
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  Speaker 2: rant and that enabled a lot of this to happen.
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  Speaker 2: So we've got, you know, we get some other challenges
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  Speaker 2: around the world, but the president and his team is
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  Speaker 2: intent on ensuring that they are trying to bring about
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  Speaker 2: peaceful outcomes in some of these war torn areas of
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  Speaker 2: the world and to save lives. And this is going
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  Speaker 2: to save hundreds and thousands of lives in that area.
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  Speaker 1: Well, and what you just did took us forward to
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  Speaker 1: You mentioned Iran, and of course when you look for.
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  Speaker 1: The President says he wants to potentially go next to
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  Speaker 1: break out peace, and that is to end the war
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  Speaker 1: between Russia and Ukraine. Iran is going to play a
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  Speaker 1: role in that too, because of its coziness, if you
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  Speaker 1: will with Russia. Let's move forward day fourteen of the
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  Speaker 1: government shutdown. Today, the US Senate is set to return
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  Speaker 1: and hold its eighth test vote on Republicans House Pass
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  Speaker 1: funding plan. Like each time before, Democrats are expected to
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  Speaker 1: block it. The shutdown is already climbing the ranks as
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  Speaker 1: one of the longest in US history. Right now, only
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  Speaker 1: four shutdowns have lasted longer. Here is House Speaker Mike Johnson.
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  Speaker 5: Welcome to fourteen of the Democrat government shutdown. It's two weeks,
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  Speaker 5: two weeks of Democrats in Congress and inflicting untold pain
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  Speaker 5: on the American people for nothing other than pure politics.
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  Speaker 5: We are trying to break the status quo so government
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  Speaker 5: works better for the people, and Chuck Schumber is resistant
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  Speaker 5: to that. We're certainly not going to allow the American
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  Speaker 5: people to be taken hostage for his political gain.
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  Speaker 1: That just a short time ago. How the day began.
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  Speaker 1: President Trump says he's with Republicans.
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  Speaker 6: John Thune's been great and Mike has been great Speaker,
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  Speaker 6: He's been great. Those two guys have done a great job.
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  Speaker 6: But we're dealing with a bunch of radical left lunatics
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  Speaker 6: that have lost an election in a landslide.
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  Speaker 1: Before we go back to the Senator, let's speak to
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  Speaker 1: what the President just said. On the Democratic side, House
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  Speaker 1: Minority Leader Leader Hakim Jefferies is calling for his members
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  Speaker 1: to return to DC to show they are ready to
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  Speaker 1: negotiate this despite all but one day Democrat voting against
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  Speaker 1: the House funding resolution. Senator Thun Are we stuck? Is
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  Speaker 1: it like what happens next?
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  Speaker 2: Well, we're only stuck as long as a handful of
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  Speaker 2: Democrats decide they want to follow the leader and play
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  Speaker 2: politics rather than do the right thing on behalf of
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  Speaker 2: the American people and open up the government. That's where
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  Speaker 2: we are here. We're going to vote again today. We
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  Speaker 2: have fifty five of one hundred United States Senators voting
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  Speaker 2: to reopen the government. We need five more Democrats. It
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  Speaker 2: takes sixty to do most things in the United States Senate,
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  Speaker 2: and all we need is five Democrats. But their leadership
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  Speaker 2: is intent on pacifying and trying to appease this far
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  Speaker 2: left base. They've got this big rally coming up next Saturday,
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  Speaker 2: which everybody thinks they want to get behind them before
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  Speaker 2: they do anything to open up the government. But it's
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  Speaker 2: really straightforward. I mean, this is the legislation right here.
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  Speaker 2: It's twenty four pages long. It is clean, it is
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  Speaker 2: non partisan, It has no policy writers, no partisan gimmicks.
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  Speaker 2: This is a straightforward way to open up the government.
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  Speaker 2: It has passed the House, it is sitting at the
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  Speaker 2: desk in the Senate. We can pick it up and
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  Speaker 2: pass it today. The President will sign it into law today.
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  Speaker 2: The government opens up, and all these questions about who
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  Speaker 2: gets paid, who doesn't get paid, which agencies and departments
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  Speaker 2: are going to prioritize, those all go by the wayside.
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  Speaker 2: It is that straightforward. We are trying to open up
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  Speaker 2: the government. The Democrats are not. They are playing politics.
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  Speaker 2: It needs to stop, and it needs to stop now.
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  Speaker 1: Before I let you go hawkm Jefferies wants to negotiate.
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  Speaker 1: From what you just showed me, there's nothing to negotiate
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  Speaker 1: right now. They either sign off on it or they don't.
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  Speaker 2: Your last word, there isn't There is nothing to negotiate.
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  Speaker 2: This is a straightforward proposition, something that they did thirteen
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  Speaker 2: times when Biden was in the White House and when
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  Speaker 2: they had the majority of the Senate. There's a continuing
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  Speaker 2: resolution to keep the government funded. That's all. This is
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  Speaker 2: nothing more, nothing less, nothing else, and they should take this,
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  Speaker 2: get the government opened up again, and then we can
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  Speaker 2: talk about all these other issues they want to talk about.
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  Speaker 2: But this is an indefensible position, Harris. I mean, they
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  Speaker 2: are in a tough tough and I don't know how
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  Speaker 2: you're going to walk down the floor tonight and know
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  Speaker 2: that there are five Democrats who can open up the
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  Speaker 2: government today and vote against it again. They cannot defend
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  Speaker 2: that position.
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  Speaker 1: I had read you all, and the Senate Republicans want
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  Speaker 1: to keep getting them on the record, getting them on
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  Speaker 1: the record. Apparently it's not hurting them yet. We'll see, Senator.
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  Speaker 1: Good to have you, Thank you.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks Harris, nice to be with you. Thanks.
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