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The it's Wednesday, March Thirteenth. Here's what's driving

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the day. Get ready

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for buying vs. Trump Two point. Oh,

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last night, President Joe Biden and former

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President Donald Trump both got enough delegates

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to get the official nod to become

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their party's presumptive nominee. Let the games

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begin. If

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you didn't believe it before, you might

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believe it Now that the Nikki Haley

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voter will actually determine the winner of

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the General election in Twenty Twenty Donald

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Trump last Georgia by less than twelve

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thousand votes. But despite dropping out of

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the race last week, Nikki Haley amassed

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more than sixty two thousand votes. Of

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course, some of those were actually early

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voting before she made that announcement. The

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house is expected to vote this morning

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to effectively banned Tic Toc. That is,

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if it's Chinese counterpart doesn't divest this

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morning Washington Post has an interesting story

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about Trump's about face on Tic Toc.

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It's worth reading for anything to get

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to know who still influential and Trump

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world. Kelly. And who's been helping

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Tic toc with hill phone calls are

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reportedly told Trump that the app was

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popular with his supporters and that they

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weren't being censored on that application. David.

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Or been a long time Trump advisor

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turned lobbyists for By Dance. apparently pitch

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Trump's effectiveness as a campaign tool for

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Trump World. He also met with Trump

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at More A Lager last week and

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finally Trump's former aide Tony Say or

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who now works for billionaire Tic Toc

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investor Jeff Yes also has been making

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the case to Trump or old. He's

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close with Trump's spokesman Jason Miller and

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Trump apparently call Say I quote Tony

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the Tax Man because of his work

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on Trump's tax cuts. As.

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With the big Story leading playbook

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today, Republicans look for an off

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ramp on impeachment. yesterday wasn't exactly

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the Robert Mueller doomsday scenario that

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Democrats dealt with back in the

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summer of two thousand and eighteen

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Republicans were able to ring out

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a few damaging quips from. Former

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Special Counsel Robert Her when he testified

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on Capitol Hill yesterday her talk to

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in no uncertain terms about binds. Mishandling

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of classified documents. but like Muller

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doddering testimony years ago, the high

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stakes hearing yesterday was overall a

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dud for the job these efforts

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house biden. This morning we talk

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to my colleague Jordan Carney about

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the G O P turning to

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off ramps. Good morning Jordan. Thing.

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For have the moon. So. Republicans were

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obviously hoping that heard testimony would

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give their Selden Peach May campaign

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a much needed boost. It seems

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like it didn't work, did it?

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Yeah. Any so her yesterday at

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testify for hours and he stood by

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sort of what is spend the

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Cioffi focus and of it's report which

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is to comment on your by

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infirmary. He really stressed that he didn't

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exonerate Biden. Said. That he

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didn't. Give republicans sort of,

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the smoking gun, sort of. the

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irrefutable link. See. Me the say

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that sort of to make their route from

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Joe Biden said hundred items this the seals

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of actually really is the when what the

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hearing was about to begin was sorted really

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move the needle. On. The

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impeachment Inquiry. He. I sort

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of reminded me a little bit as

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it as okay maybe not as bad

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as the Robert Mueller hearing back and

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twenty nineteen when more came to the

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hell and everybody was thinking it could

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be a big enough explosives hearing and

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dad are it wasn't quite that bad

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but deathly not. A bombshell coming out

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of that. But yes of republicans

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are admitting behind the scenes.

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And teach me is probably dad and

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what? What are the same to you?

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What are you hearing A Me I

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think. You. Have a growing

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number of house republicans.

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Acknowledging. That they're not going to get this

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That you know that includes. For. The

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moderate frontline, or or or he

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more centrist these high it's that

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say they just haven't seen. The.

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Evidence to impeach right? like damn

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are the zombie. Then about this

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again say he's a Republican from.

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Rubber ball biden this shreds. And

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he was talking about how they're worker for like

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twenty. That he said he has made like twenty

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to thirty five of them who got a briefing

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and they all have had the same. Central.

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Question for investor years which is a have

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to be able to show me a crime

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that Joe Biden committed. And. They

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feel like at this point investigators have shown

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them that crime. You've. Also got like

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Freedom Caucus sites like Fab and thought harry

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like you're super What? like Ralph, Norm, and.

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Who. All say yeah I personally

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support in teaching job own and

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but who sees. were sort of feel

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something the math. And

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acknowledging what seems incredibly obvious.

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Are increasingly obvious, which is that absent

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some sort of shifts within the conference.

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They're. Not going to get there. Really

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fascinating so republicans probably can't come

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out and say okay, we're done

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with impeachments. Ah, Obviously the base would

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totally philip. So what are they looking

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at right now? In terms of off

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ramps? What are the options here? I.

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Mean I will know the sort of as

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a path of there are some members who

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sell say even if that boat is gonna

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fail. I. Think we should put it on the

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floor anyways. And anguish Put it on the floor and

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the base can see. Where. Every one that's

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really interesting com you'll have. You'll.

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Have other members really? That's a terrible but we can't

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do the public. We cannot do that. But

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then there for the as the off

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ramp feals revolt the lower said alternatives

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that have been any that like James

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calmer jim Jordan has sort of and

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loading for and since the beginning but

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because. Of impeachment was still feed

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more on the table than it currently

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is. Those and me, those. Offered no

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one really gave a miniskirt near a

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hasn't felt of criminal referrals or something

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that comber have been talking about a

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lot. When. You're right, I talked

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to him, he talked about wind the

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past influence peddling legislation that because that

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translates to with are like new ethics

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rules, new financial disclosure rules. May

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be reform sir. You know

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Farah. and others in of do

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they make for for employee tower. Harper

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former private handle perfect off to

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bed. Now. That option is interesting

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to me because democrats have complained

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about all of these things when

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the she was been on the

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other foot. I mean, in theory,

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you could see a bipartisan something

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on this. Of course, that's easier

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said than done. Disowned. Obviously have to

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go to the senate and these are

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contentious issues by themselves, so who knows.

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but that I I think that's really

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interesting. Without lawsuits. This.

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Is also sort of for the with

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on the table gym for it and

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science. A letter recently to the Justice

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Department essentially using the okay of not

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letting them talk to to the as

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a tax lawyers who were it involves

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an honor biden investigation. Ah,

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And when I had with him he left open

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the door that they could sue to get that

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has made it is that post or testimony he

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did note for of the obvious which is that

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a lawsuit. Takes time. ah and so

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be on the question for you. Would

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you go down that route into sort

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of. Just sort of

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left the conference of or com or.

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Do you at some points for like cut your losses

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and in the story of a thousand question for the

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right now. Just looking forward. Republicans

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are trying to get hundred fine and

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for a public hearing, right? And there's

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a couple of other things that are

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still outstanding. Do we have any sense

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when Republicans are gonna have to make

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this decision about. Whether to have the votes

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even if it's sales or not. You

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know I think they have thrown

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out. Sort. Of a sliding

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timeline for when they're gonna do that.

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you know that it's us initially the

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in January and then it was gonna

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be after hundred buying testify that was

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going to be. I feel end of

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February early March and there that night

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I literally just ask Homer the question

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the sweet and I was told reporters

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are the only ones were asking about

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articles of impeachment. Right now though I

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think the timeline seems very influx. Really

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interesting toward and thanks for joining us. Safer.

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