State Representative Beth Lear On Her Bill and Kamala vs Trump

State Representative Beth Lear talks about the state of her bathroom bill and about the current presidential candidates. 

Episode Transcript

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Boy, it's hot out there.But it's summer. It's the end of
July. Of course it's hot.And we are going to have a hot
topic conversation today. Boots is out. He's out of the state, actually
this afternoon. He's glad that heis, because he loves taking these little
vak's. He doesn't take them long, like only a couple days. But
Beth Lear's State Representative, Beth Learis filling his shoes or shall I say

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boots today And we love having bethin studio. She's been in before.
I want to be very, veryhonest with all of you listening right now.
She's state representative for our state ofOhio. And before we went on
the air, I simply asked herbecause I thought it was the polite thing
to do. I said, isthere anything you don't want me to ask
you that you don't want to addressor talk about? And her honest to

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goodness answer to me was, youcan ask me anything. Isn't that what
we want out of our political peoplethat we vote into office. Isn't that
the answer that we want? Youcan ask me anything, Beth Lear,
State Representative. Welcome again to Rawand thanks for your honesty and your transparency.
Oh, it's a pleasure to behere. Thank you Boots for giving

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me this chance by taking a vacation. So do you think that's the answer
that most people who are elected intooffice would say, you can ask me
anything. Why is there a lackof transparency or honesty? Well, I
think it's probably because there are twokinds of people who run for office.
There are people who want to makea difference and they tend to be transparent

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and honest, and then there arepeople who want to be somebody and they
have to hide who they really arein order to keep climbing the ladder.
If you have a question for BethLear or anything that's going on at the
Ohio House, in our country,anything, Beth has her foot on the
pedal with so many different issues andcandidates, and she has an opinion about

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anything. The great thing about Bethwas she never intended to run for office.
It was never her goal. Shewas never into politics. It's the
people around her in her immediate worldwho said, you know what, Beth,
you need to give us a voice. We want you to represent the
state of Ohio. So now you'vebeen in for how long exactly, eighteen

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nineteen months, eighteen nineteen months.What do the general people, the public,
like myself, what do we notknow that goes on at the Ohio
State House? Because you've been inthere, you know, almost twenty four
months now almost two years. Whathas surprised you the most by taking this

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position a state representative? Well,I don't know if it really surprised me.
It probably disheartened me more than anythingis because of our circumstances with a
speaker who was elected by a Democratmajority. We've had a lot of things
that were either slow walked or justcompletely discarded that we could have done with

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a super of Republicans. And thenumber of things done behind the scenes without
everyone's involvement, things to help certainpeople and not to help the state of
Ohio. It just has been disappointing. And yet we've still been able to
get a few really important things acrossthe finish line almost finished. Speaking of

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one of your main babies, Ilike to call it the bathroom Bill.
What's the technical name for it,the Protect All Students Act? All right?
And I know that you wanted toget this passed and through the House
through making it a law. Soboys who were born, boys would have
to use boys bathrooms and locker rooms. Girls their biologically sexed girls at birth

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would have to use girls bathrooms andlocker rooms. Where do we stand on
that right now? Well, thesurprising and good news is that it did
pass out of the House on thevery last day of session June twenty sixth,
before we went on summer break,and it didn't pass the way we
had hoped. The bill was sittingthere ready to be voted on, and
it was never brought forward, butwe were given permission at the last minute

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to add it as an amendment toa Senate bill. That's not the way
Representative Bird, my joint sponsor,and I wanted to do it. But
we've had so many people beg forus to push this bill across the finish
line that we had to take theopportunity when it presented itself. So the
Speaker allowed us to amend Senate Billone oh four with House Bill one eighty

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three. And so now it's waitingfor the Senate to come back into session
and to either concur to vote yeson the bill or to not bring it
up and let the bill die.So why was this bill so important to
you. It was breaking my hearthearing from parents, hearing from grandparents that

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their girls were not using the bathroomall day long because there were boys that
were going in to their facilities andlocker rooms. I had a one on
one conversation with Riley Gaines, thefact that she and her fellow swimmers had
to stand in front of William Thomas, who was in front of them naked,

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watching them put their bathing suits ongetting ready for competition. She said,
it took like fifteen minutes to putall their parts in place, and
he's just staring at them, fullyintact and nude. That's unacceptable in our
culture. Riley Gaines, if youdon't know, was the swimmer for University
of Kentucky who has just blown upbecause she's taken a stand. She has

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taken a stand saying no absolute wayshould boys be able to compete with girls
in any sport. And she hasreally become a household name. So Riley
Gaines, you brought her up.I just wanted to make sure that everyone
listening is like, wait, wait, I've heard that name, Riley Gaines.
Riley Gaines, Yes, that's theRiley Gaines. That's pretty cool that
you had a one on one conversationwith her. Well, she actually endorsed

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how Spilled one eighty three when wedid a little video and I was talking
to her about the bill because nothaving guys in women's sports is important,
but not having boys or men inwomen's locker rooms and girls' locker rooms is
also imperative, and that's what shewas sharing, and so she really supported
what we were doing. And we'renot telling people they're not allowed to use

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the bathroom. We're saying, ifyou're confused about who you are, we're
going to provide options for you.But it's not okay for you to force
all of the girls and women tosee you as a boy or a man
in their private spaces. We deserveprivacy, and that's the point we're talking

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with State Representative Beth lee Er.You know, sometimes you look at this
issue and you ask yourself, Ican't even believe we're having this conversation.
I can't believe a bill had toeven be proposed to. It's something like
this past because this is the waythat we are living right now, this
is the way the world is.Is it right? Is it wrong?

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We have to talk about the Olympics. What happened with the opening ceremonies.
Were you just flabbergasted when you sawthat? I mean they totally made a
mockery of the Last Supper. Well, if you read your Bible, you
know these things are going to comeright. So I wasn't surprised, but
I was again disheartened, discouraged thatit has to go that direction. And

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I hope I'm in front of kids. Yeah, it was a bunch of
transgenders, drag queens performing and therewere kids in the process and in this
production as well. You have topractice this, so somewhere someone had to
get the final approval. Yeah,you know what, this is a great
idea for the world to see.Yeah, you know, there's a word
for what they did. It's calledgrooming. Right, all right, we

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see it, Tim, And wedo want to remind everybody else if you
want to call in and talk tostate Representative Beth Lear phone number six one
four eight two one nine eight eightysix six one four eight two one nine
eight eighty six. We're gonna continuethis conversation. We're gonna take your calls,
and we have to talk about QueenKamala or Kamala. That's right after
the break. You're listening to Rawon six' ten wtv DN always protected

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by Tattletale. All right, guys, welcome back to Raw. Boots is
off today. State Representative Beth Leearis filling in his shoes, I like
to say, filling in his boots. We're talking about all kinds of things.
What happened at the Olympics was justdisgusting the opening ceremonies, and there's
been a big push now to say, you know what, boycott them,

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don't watch them. Personally, myself, I am one hundred percent all in.
I'm on team God. I don'tneed to watch the Olympics. Doesn't
matter to me, Beth, notwhen you go to that extreme to shock
the world. Yeah. The onlysad thing is all those Olympians who've worked
so hard to get there, andthey weren't the ones that planned true offend
half of the world. Right,So you got to pick your poison.

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But if people watch it because theywant to see those really amazing folks who've
work so hard, I don't blamethem. I'm not going to watch it
because I have enough on my schedule. But there was a company that pulled
out of advertising I believe from Missouriand they just said, listen, this
isn't what we want to be about. It was a communications company, I
think a cellular company and they saidwe're done. I give them credit.

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I give them credit when people takea stand, and right now people are
asked to take a stand for thevice president of the United States of America
or former President Donald Trump. Wehave more than three months of this bath.
It is getting so nasty and sougly, and you really have to
ask yourself, what can you believe? Who can you trust? I'm talking

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about the media and everything you're hearing. Yeah, well, we know the
mainstream media can't be trusted. Imean, we've seen all of these things
that Kamala has been tasked with andasked to do, and now all of
a sudden, they're gaslighting and tryingto say, oh, she was never
the borders are or oh she neversaid that thing, or she doesn't have

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a horrible cackling laugh. You know, they're trying to convince us that none
of those things are real that we'veseen and heard with our own eyes and
ears. I want you to hearthis sound and this sound that you're about
to hear right now on the radiowas from CNN back in April, just
a few months ago, on CNNwho is extremely liberal pro liberal to the

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United States of America. Listen howthey were talking about Kamala Harris or Kamala
Harris ownA. How big a dragis Kamala Harris on the ticket. I
think she's a pretty big drag.I think she was arguably Biden's worst political
decision of his presidency to pick herin the first place. And one of
the special reasons that she's a dragis Biden's age concerns people. They don't

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They worry that he can't fill aterm. They worry that he's not up
to the job, and so thevice president matters more than they normally do.
I generally think going into the futurethat Democrats really should not nominate or
front people who come from decidedly allblue states unless they are like once in
the generation talents like Barack Obama.Because Kamala Harris does not know how to

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talk to the center or to theright. She only really knows how to
sort of speak the language of thebase of the party. And that's three
four. Let me so this conversationgoes on, and everybody on this panel
was when it was in total agreementthat Kamala Harris was a bad decision to
be vice president. This was onlyin April. What has happened to now

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automatically anoint her as the best thingsince slice breadbath? Well, I think
it's a few things. I mean, one is the gas lighting to the
United States of America that Joe Bidenwas perfectly healthy. And let's be honest,
it's not his age, it's hishealth. I mean, President Trump
can get shot and go out andplay eighteen holes of golf the next morning,

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So that's not the issue. Theissue is he's got severe cognitive problems
and they've been hiding it from us, and they couldn't hide it anymore after
the debate, and the Vice Presidentwas one who indeed hit it as well.
She told you the American people,he is just fine. He is
great. Tim, thank you somuch for hanging onto the line. I

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know you've been waiting to get yourvoice heard and you now have that opportunity.
Welcome, Tim de Raw what's onyour mind on this Sunday? Hi
Mandy by the way, Angel says, hi ah, Hi, Tim and
angel So anyway, being a formermayor, I listened very carefully to the

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congressman or a congresswoman's answer about thatyou could ask her anything. She didn't
say she'd answer. She just saida good point. Good point, congresswoman.
I'd like to know about the constitutionalamendment that's coming up for redistricting being
done by you know, unknowns oryou know and informed people. How are

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we going to block that? Isthat a no on the ballot or a
yes on the ballot? Well,my understanding of the way that it's going
to be written, and I don'tthink we have that language yet, but
it most likely will be. Ifyou don't want to approve this new amendment,
you would vote no. That's themost likely scenario at this point.

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And I hope that people will voteno because this kind of constitutional language has
already been added by California and Michigan, and in Michigan it drove all of
the African American representatives out of theMichigan House and it's now in the court
system. They've been sued and theyhave found that it's a violation of the

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US Constitution the way they drew thelines based on the exact same amendment language
that Ohioans will consider this fall.Well, are we going to have a
better person too, had the campaignfor the negative voter the vote vote know
than what we did with the abortioncampaign. Well, I certainly hope.

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So we are looking to gather ourtalking points now so that we can make
sure that folks understand how serious thisis. That it's not going to be
non partisan or bipartisan. It willbe very partisan because the people who are
going to be drawing the lines aregoing to be professors and leftist activists,
and that's not something that anyone isgoing to be told they're going to be

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gas lit instead. I think thevoters of this date are happy with the
way it is, and I surehope that they go out and vote and
keep it that way. Well,I agree with you. Thank you,
Tim, Tim, thanks for calling. I'll tell Boots that's called in that
you guys said. Hi, Grid. Questions from the mayor again, though
it's not congresswoman, it's state RepresentativeBeth Leiar But okay, we want to

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hit on that. What's the differencebetween the congress person and the state representative
For those who don't know, well, congress people are crazy because they go
to DC. Remember see and seecrazy congress people. Yes, no offense
to my friend Jim Jordan. I'mjust teasing. But state representatives and state
senators go to Columbus and they createor stop laws for the state of Ohio,

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and Congress is involved with making lawfor the US. You bring up,
Jim Jordan, we got to goto break here. But there is
a big push when it comes toredistricting to take his power away. Right
now, you think that'll work,No way, in no way. Ose.
He's got a state right where heis. He's got such a strong
voice, not just for the stateof Ohio, but for the true patriots

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of our country. Absolutely. Allright, you are listening to Ron.
We're so glad that you're here.We are going to continue our conversation and
if you have a question for StateRepresentative Beth Lear by all means, feel
free to call in at sixty onefour eight two one nine eight eighty six.
Sixty one four eight two one nineeight eighty six. We have a

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question for you. Ohio a redstate, it's been a red state.
Is there a chance though, thatthe Buckeye State could go blue? And
I don't mean Mason Blue. We'regoing to answer that question when we come
back. All right, we're talkingwith state Representative Bethley Or. We still
have so many things we want totalk about. But before we do that,
Rick, we're taking your phone call. Do you have a question for

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the state representative? Not so mucha question, but I have a comment
about the previous callers thinking and aboutour representative bethleyn her comment too. As
to the hold business on redistricting.I'm actually in favor of the law passing.
And I'll tell you why. Youknow, it's I'm an independent and

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I'm a conservative, I admit it. And the thing is is that I've
noticed over the years that they jerrymander these districts so abhorrently that they should
be embarrassed. I mean, Iknow the one I believe that. Don't
quote me which district, but theTwelfth Day district. I mean it wasn't
a square block, and the squareblock with a long sliver off the end

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of it, all in the effortto make sure they got as many Republicans
in that census as possible. Thisexercise should be fairly simple. It should
be something like, you know,get the governor to appoint independence, not
Republicans, not Democrats, and thenit's a math exercise. You know,
the census has told us how manypeople we have in the state of Ohio.

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That determines how many representatives were supposedto have, and they should be
able to go in there with evena software and just divide up the state
in a square or you know,four sighted districts as possible and get the
correct even amount of number in everyone. If it comes down to what
I was going to say, we'rerunning out of time, and I want

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Beth to be able to respond tothat because you bring up some good points.
Well, I totally understand. That'sexactly what the other side is saying.
That's how they got this across thefinish line in California and in Michigan.
The the problem is that we havepeople who have already voted in Ohio
that about twenty eighteen, I thinkit was when we all decided that we
did want to change the way wewere going to draw districts, and we

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wanted people drawing them that we couldhold accountable at the ballot box. When
you get rid of the electeds andthey're no longer involved in drawing the lines.
Then you have bureaucrats and unaccountable,non elected people drawing these lines.
And you can hold the governor,you can hold the auditor, you can
hold this speaker and the President ofthe Senate accountable. And also this last

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time, we had unanimous agreement.Every single member of that commission voted for
it, including the Democrats. Butyou're going to have them come out now
and say that they're opposed to itbecause it's not fair. The gerrymandering was
worse in Michigan after they passed thisamendment. So I just hope that you'll
think about some of those things asyou're going forward and considering that amendment.

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Well, you understand again, didn'tdo it like a math exercise. And
the thing is is that I thinkour representatives are kind of getting lazy.
It's like, well, I'm goingto rely on my elected friends to go
and help redraw my districts so Idon't have to work as hard. No,
if you do independence, and no, you don't hire the professors.

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And if you are a qualified candidateand you good out and you do your
due diligence and make you make yourselfknown and meet the people, then you're
going to be elected in whatever districtthat they draw up. But like I
said, this is it's a gamething. We saw Governor de Wine what
twice the course rejected what they wasoffered, and so the third time,

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you know is you know, Ithink the course gave up their hands and
frustrations like you guys aren't getting whatwe're talking about. You're not making it
fair and you're not making them anequal. All right, Rick, we
do appreciate your phone call. Wedo have to move on to other topics
though, and listen, that's whatwe're doing. We're taking people's phone calls,
and as a state representative, you'reanswering the questions. We appreciate you
listening, Rick, and Beth asall always, we appreciate you being in

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studio. You wanted to get amessage out there to all the Christians.
Of course, we also mentioned earliertoday the opening ceremonies from the Olympics and
just complete mockery of the Last Supper. Two billion Christians, they were basically
mocking. And what did you wantto say to the Christians listening right now?

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Well, we know statistically at leasttwenty five percent of people who go
to church regularly and call themselves Christians, don't vote. And we also know
that President Trump is like a bullin the china shop. He is very
brash, he's very bold, andhe offends people with his words. I
just want to encourage people not tolook at personalities. I mean, if

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you're going to compare President Trump toKamala Harris, there's really not a lot
of difference there morally speaking, althoughI see President Trump making better choices,
especially since the assassination attempt. Butwhen you look at policies, the policies
that support families, that support life, that support kids, that support jobs

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for everyone, police officers, yes, police officers, protecting America, closing
the border, energy and dependence,those are all things we get with President
Trump. Better economy, better employmentlevels. You don't get that with Kamala
Harris. What do you get withKamala Harris, Well, you get a
borders are who has created the worstsituation in the United States history, with

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criminal illegals coming across the border,raping and killing people, committing crimes at
an unprecedented rate, taking away thinghousing that veterans deserve and need, taking
away benefits that people in our innercities need. She's been horrible on that
issue. Now you talk about youcalled her a borders are yeah. Okay.

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So back in twenty twenty one one, I want you to hear what
the media was saying about Kamala Harris. Go ahead, hand and play that
sound. This is from twenty twentyone. President Biden put his Vice President
Kamala Harris in charge of one ofhis administrations growing challenges. She is now
the point person on immigration. VicePresident Harris is now the Biden administration's point

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person to oversee his administration's efforts tostem the flow of migrants. Kamala Harris
the point person on immigration, thepoint person and the effort to stop the
flow of migrants. And Kamala Harriswill lead the response to the border challenge.
Kamala Okay. So the media wenton and on and they tell us
the American people that she's basically incharge of the border. That was her

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job. Now, just this pastweek, this is what the media,
the mainstream media is telling all ofyou. Go ahead, Hannah, she
was put in charge of the border. Nope, she was in the South
and Central America countries to stem theimmigration. She wasn't the borders are.
She was not. Actually, theborders are. She is not the borders
are she has ever born? Are? She was not the borders are.

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Let's be very clear, there wasno There was no borders are. So
the question to all of you,and Beth to you as well, who
do we trust? I mean,this is the mainstream media basically being called
out for what they said back intwenty twenty one. Well, obviously you
can't trust them. I mean,they're nothing more than a propaganda arm for

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the Democrat National Committee, and that'swhat they've been for years. We know
they're lying to us. And so, okay, maybe she's not the quote
Czar unquote, but she clearly wasthe point person on the border who has
made the biggest mess in history.And you tell people listening because a lot
of Republicans are in panic right nowbecause all they see everywhere is Queen Kamala.
She is everywhere all over social media. Everything positive that you'd ever thought

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of is now on her shoulders.You say, don't buy it, and
you say don't buy the polls rightnow either. Oh, absolutely, it's
way too early. And frankly,we don't even know that she's really going
to be the candidate running for presidentfor the Democratic Party, So we have
to wait until after they have theirconvention. That's the reason that President Trump

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is smart enough to know I'm notgoing to debate her before the convention because
who knows who is actually going tocome out on top as their candidate in
the fall. Because the liberal sideof the media is calling him weak for
bowing out of the debate, youcall him smart, and I think it
is a smart move. What orshe doesn't get the nod? You know,
when we were on the air justa week ago, we said Kamala

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Harris is going to be the presidentialon top of the ticket for the Democratic
Party. But even the Obama said, no, we're not going to back
her yet. There should be aprocess. So who knows. This is
a crazy world that we live in. Everybody, we're going to take a
break. We're coming right back though,