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Welcome, everybody. As many of

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you know, some time ago I started

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talking about bird flu and

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most of the audience appreciated it, understood

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why I was talking about it. A

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few folks said, David, are you fear

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mongering about this bird flu thing? I

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don't know if it's really something that

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makes sense to talk about. Well, unfortunately,

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we now have our first human death

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from this new bird flu strain, H5N2.

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It's in Mexico. According to the

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WHO, there is no

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known contagion or exposure.

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And this is a critical,

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critical detail here. So

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far, the bird flu

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cases in humans have

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been folks known to have had

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exposure, you know, in a poultry

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facility, for example, or to

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cows or whatever the case may be. Animal

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contagion, animal contact in

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this individual. We

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don't know where they got it. We just

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it's just not clear. And

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this now starts to take on a different

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sort of feel. Reuters reports

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person with bird flu died

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in Mexico. WHO says the

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source of exposure was

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unknown. WHO

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maintains the current risk of bird flu

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virus to the general population is low.

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You know, when I see that,

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it's not about being alarmist or of

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bearing your head in the sand. The

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same thing was being said about covid-19

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in November and December of twenty nineteen.

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And then we know what happened. So

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it's hard to put a lot

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of weight behind such a statement. But

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it is what we have a details, additional

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details. Fifty nine year old resident of the

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state of Mexico had been hospitalized

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in Mexico City died on April 24th. So

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understand that we're just learning about this, but it happened

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some time ago. So after developing a

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fever, shortness of breath, diarrhea, nausea,

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general discomfort. Although the source of

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exposure to the virus in this case is

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currently unknown, a H5N2 viruses

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have been reported in poultry

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in Mexico. It was

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the first lab confirmed human

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case of infection with H5N2

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globally and the

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first avian H5 virus reported

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in a person in Mexico, according to the

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W.H.O. Scientists say the

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case is unrelated to H5N1

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bird flu in the United

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States, which has so

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far infected three dairy farm workers.

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So those are two different strains.

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And again, importantly, the source of

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the infection here has not been identified.

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No history of exposure to poultry or

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other animals. Listen, I'll admit, the other

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day I walked by on

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the street and there were two dead

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birds with flies all over

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them. And I immediately thought about

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bird flu. And I immediately thought about why

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are there two birds here? Did they crash

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into each other while flying? Doesn't

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seem like the most likely thing. I'm not saying there's

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evidence they had bird flu. But the point is, it's

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on my mind and it's on the minds of others

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who are texting me about this. So

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I don't know where it goes. We spoke to

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an expert about this recently. He said, listen, at

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the individual level right now, there's very little to

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do. The exposure is

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really not human to human. It's

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animal to human. And

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as as a precaution, avoid raw

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milk. Certainly cook your eggs

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all the way through. I have to admit,

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I forgot about this and had to over

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medium eggs. The other day, dip the Jerusalem

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bagel in the yolk and it was great.

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And then afterwards I said, oh, wait a

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second. I thought I was supposed to have

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these eggs egg yolks fully

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fully cooked through. But there's

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really not much else that can be done

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right now. Obviously, if you work in a

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place where there is poultry, that is a

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different story. So we're going to continue following

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it. I don't believe it's a lot. We're

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going to be a little bit of a pharmacist

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to talk about the fact that H5N1 H5N2 are

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here. We're starting to see some human cases

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beyond that. There's very

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little else to say, but we're going to keep an

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eye on it in under 24 hours. The

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Biden's brain is turning to mush report from The Wall Street

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Journal seems to

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have been debunked

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already. The show I came

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to you and I said, sir, ma'am,

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I'm not going to hide the fact that

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there is a supposedly well

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sourced report in The Wall Street Journal

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from Annie Linsky, which

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appears to suggest that behind the

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scenes, Joe Biden is having some

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cognitive issues. It would

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be irresponsible for me, given that we've

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been covering the mental and cognitive state

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state of the two candidates to pretend

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that this article doesn't exist. So

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I reported it to you. I said,

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if these things are true, it would

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be very concerning. Some of

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the sourcing is a little shaky because

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it's six people who spoke

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to MAGA Mike Johnson. I

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don't know about that. It's Kevin McCarthy

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talking to a couple of people. I

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don't know. But with

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my hesitation about the sourcing, it

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was a news story that was worth

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telling you about. We

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now have learned that the

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entire thing appears to be B.S. It

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turns out that Kevin

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McCarthy's supposed statements about Biden

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not making sense are

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about the exact same meeting

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during which Kevin McCarthy previously said,

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no, Biden was completely with it.

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He remembered everything. Absolutely

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no concerns. And we are

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now to believe, according to what some are telling

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us. And you'll see this in a moment, that

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when Kevin McCarthy said Biden was fine, he said

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it because he felt pressure to be polite. But

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now he's telling us the truth, according to Siobhan

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Hughes, one of the other authors of this piece.

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They dispute that Biden has these

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bad moments. They insist that he

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is sharp. But what's not

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really at dispute is a lot of what

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we're seeing in these meetings. And when we

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talked to administration officials, frequently

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there was not a difference over what

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was happening. There was a difference in

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cast. So for example, in the debt

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ceiling conversation, if Biden had a loose

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command of detail, well, that was because

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the principal is supposed to be above

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the fray. He's not supposed to be

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engaged. If in the January 17th meeting,

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the president, for example, is standing back,

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letting lawmakers do the talking, well, that's just

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because that's an appropriate way to run a

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meeting to give somebody else a chance to

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have their say. So there's not a dispute

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about the basic facts here. There

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were disputes about whether people could hear him, right?

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Well, it's fine if you say you

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want to hear him. But the overwhelming

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evidence that we gathered is that many,

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many people did have trouble hearing him.

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And on balance,

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we felt it was important to put that in

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the story. Very, very shaky interview

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with Siobhan Hughes here and Joe

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Scarborough on MSNBC basically saying, and

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again, Joe Scarborough, former Republican congressman

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saying this really sounds like BS.

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With House Republicans to lift the

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debt ceiling, his demeanor and command

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of the details seemed to shift

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from one day to the next.

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According to then House Speaker, Kevin

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McCarthy, they also put in

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this article. Johnson, people around

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Mike Johnson, and admit that

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this was basically House Republicans whacking.

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Why didn't they just ask Marjorie Taylor

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Green to back up? Well, exactly.

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And Lauren Boebert. It's

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really shocking, especially when you

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see what Kevin McCarthy has

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said repeatedly, publicly, and behind

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the scenes about Biden on

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those same days when they were

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negotiating. The strong feelings you're seeing about

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this article comes also because

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the context of this race and

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these two candidates, it's interesting. That's

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all I'll say. Anyhow, that... allies

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in the face of what McCarthy

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said about Biden's effectiveness in the

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past from Politico last year, quote,

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McCarthy mocked Biden's age and mental

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acuity in public, in public like

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like like he did in this article while

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privately telling allies that he

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found the president sharp and

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substantive in their conversations. So

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listen, here's my thought on this. The

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story was a big story and it

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was worthy of discussion. We

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now are realizing the sourcing

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is essentially just weaponized, hardcore

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Republicans who have an

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interest in seeing Joe Biden lose as

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the race is slipping away from Trump

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based on new post conviction polling, which

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we will discuss later. What

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I can go by, given that

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these are behind the scenes reports

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over which the facts are in dispute, one

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side says one thing, the other side says another

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thing. What I have to go

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by is what we see publicly. But

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the mental health professionals and neurology, Alzheimer's

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and dementia professionals that we've interviewed have

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to go by is what

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we see publicly. This article is

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about things supposedly happening behind closed

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doors over which there is dispute.

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So what can we do? We can only look

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at what there is publicly. And at the

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end of the day, even if it

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were true that both Trump and Biden had

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some form of dementia, which at this point

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is not an evidence. But even if it

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were true, I want

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demented Biden's staff running

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the country rather than demented Trump's

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staff running the country. So in

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a sense, it's sort of irrelevant

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for voting purposes. But

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it is very difficult to take this sort of story

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seriously at this point. It kind of seems to be

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the new Hillary Parkinson story. Now,

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some of you might say, wait,

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Hillary Parkinson's, David, what are you talking

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about? In 2016, there

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was a similar movement that insisted Hillary

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Clinton has Parkinson's. There was some video

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where she was getting into a car

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and she. I don't even remember. She did

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something weird and it was being looked at frame by

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frame like the Zapruder film. And

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some people on the right saying she clearly has Parkinson's.

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We're going to find out about it. If

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you've seen recent videos of Hillary Clinton now, eight

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years later, you can very clearly

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tell that nothing Parkinsonian is going on. This

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seems to be the latest version of that

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based on everything I'm seeing right now. Let me

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know whether the last 24 hours of criticism changes

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your view at all on the Biden story. Maybe

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it doesn't because you never believed it. We will

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discuss it. Take a very quick break and be

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back right after this. The

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Let's as well. And what's the truth? I

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just told you. Someone else bought

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food at a strip club. No, no, no, no,

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no. No, I told you about the FEC filing.

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You seem to have a lot of time for

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this one. Well, it's because you're so obviously lying.

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Oh, oh, oh, OK. I'm

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so obviously lying. Yeah. Just

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tell me the truth. So did a staffer spend money on

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food at a strip club? You white liberal, you white liberals

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have a lot of nerve. That's

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why you white liberals, white liberals, white liberals

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hate when black men are white. White

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men vote Republican. You hate when black men say

42:32

that they like being American citizens. You hate when

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black men say that we want to have a

42:36

border. You hate when black men say stop sending

42:38

our money to the Ukraine and you go to

42:41

the WWE politics. Hold on a second. You're

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late in racism. That's what it is. Hold on a second,

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Royce. Hold on a second, Royce. Aren't you

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against identity politics? Absolutely. So

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what are you talking about white

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liberals for, especially when I'm a

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Hispanic Jewish immigrant from Argentina? Right.

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But you have a white liberal ideology. That's what it's

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for you about. Oh, that's something different. All

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right, Royce, listen, when you start hurling stuff

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around like that. You do. We

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do have to end the interview. You

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have a post World War II democratic

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liberal order, white liberal ideology. All right.

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The man who denounces identity politics is

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playing identity politics. Royce, I really appreciate

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you being on today. No, I'm not.

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Your late in racism is obvious. Make

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sure you post the interview. Don't be

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a coward. I can assure you,

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Royce. Feel free to have me back on anytime so

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we can talk in detail where you don't cut me

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off. I like this kind

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of stuff. You people don't. I can assure you.

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You people hope that every black Republican or black

43:36

America first that shows up is going to cow

43:38

towel and sort of, you know, curl up and

43:40

run into the corner when you cut people off.

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That's that's that don't bother me. Royce,

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I can assure you women have

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gotten women. You're on

43:50

a topic now. I can assure you

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we will. People in this country have

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certainly gotten way beyond the pale in

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terms of their ideology.