Biden's Speech Promises "Jobs, Jobs, Jobs;" Rudy Raided By The Feds - LIVE MONOLOGUE - YouTube

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>> Stephen: HEY, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME TO "A LOT
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SHOW."
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I'M YOUR HOST, STEPHEN COLBERT.
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THEY SAID IT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN, BUT LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
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WE ARE LIVE RIGHT THERE AFTER JOE BIDEN'S FIRST ADDRESS TO A
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JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS.
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BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, THE NIGHT WAS A BIT ODD.
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FIRST, BIDEN DIDN'T MENTION LOW-FLOW TOILETS ONCE.
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SECOND, EVERYTHING ELSE.
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BIDEN WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT TO DELIVER THE SPEECH IN FRONT OF A
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MASK-WEARING AUDIENCE.
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IF YOU DON'T COUNT BILL CLINTON'S LAST STATE OF THE
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UNION, WHOSE THEME WAS "EYES WIDE SHUT."
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BECAUSE OF SOCIAL DISTANCING, THE AUDIENCE WAS WAY SMALLER
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THAN USUAL.
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THE NUMBER OF ATTENDEES, USUALLY 1,600, WAS PAIRED DOWN TO ONLY
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200.
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STILL 200 PEOPLE IS MORE THAN WATCHED THE OSCARS.
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BECAUSE OF THE LIMITED NUMBER IN THE AUDIENCE, MOST TICKETS WERE
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DISTRIBUTED BY LOTTERY.
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DEMOCRATS PULLED NAMES OUT OF A HAT, WHILE REPUBLICANS USED
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WHITE POWER BALL.
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BECAUSE MOST OF THE CABINET DID NOT ATTEND, THERE WAS NO
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DESIGNATED SURVIVOR" TIS YEAR.
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THOOG ARE THAT'S TOO BAD THAT'S USUALLY THE ONLY WAY TO
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FIND OUT THAT THE SECRETARY OF LABOR IS MARTY WALSH.
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BY THE WAY, THAT WASN'T MART WALSH, IT WAS JUST SOME RANDOM
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PHOTO FROM THE INTERNET AND YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT.
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PRESIDENT BIDEN WENT INTO THE SPEECH WITH MOST AMERICANS ON
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HIS SIDE.
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A CBS/YOU GOV/ HARIBO GUMMI WORMS POLL SAYS, 58% OF
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AMERICANS APPROVE OF THE WAY HE IS HANDLING THE JOB, WHILE THE
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OTHER 42% SAY "HUNTER BIDEN'S FINGERPRINTS ARE ON THE LAPTOP
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THAT KILLED DR. SEUSS, AND THEY USED HIS CORPSE TO REPLACE ALL
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THE MEAT IN OUR BURGERS."
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INSTEAD OF THE THRONGS OF GLAD-HANDERS ON BOTH SIDES OF
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THE AISLE, BIDEN CAME IN, DID A COUPLE OF FIST BUMPS, AND THAT
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WAS PRETTY MUCH IT, JUST HEADED STRAIGHT TO THE PODIUM.
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AND IT WAS TRULY MOVING TO FINALLY SEE TWO WOMEN PRESIDING
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OVER THE JOINT SESSION.
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AND THE PRESIDENT IMMEDIATELY NOTED THE MOMENT.
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>> MADAME SPEAKER.
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MADAME VICE PRESIDENT.
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(APPLAUSE) NO PRESIDENT HAS EVER SAID THOSE
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WORDS FROM THIS PODIUM.
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NO PRESIDENT HAS EVER SAID THOSE WORDS.
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>> Stephen: TRULY AN HISTORIC EVENING.
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AND A DEMONSTRATION OF THE PROMISE OF AMERICA.
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TO QUOTE THE FOUNDING FATHERS KOOL AND THE GANG, "OH, IT'S
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LADIES NIGHT, OH WHAT A NIGHT."
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HE ALSO OF COURSE INTRODUCED FIRST LADY DR. JILL BIDEN.
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>> FIRST LADY.
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I'M HER HUSBAND.
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>> Stephen: OKAY, SEEMS LIKE AN UNNECESSARY CLARIFICATION, BUT
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LONGTIME BIDEN SPEECH WATCHERS KNOW THAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN HIS
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SISTER.
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BIDEN SET THE AGENDA RIGHT OFF THE BEAN.
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>> TONIGHT, I COME TO TALK ABOUT CRISIS AND OPPORTUNITY.
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>> Stephen: AND REMEMBER, REMEMBER, FOLKS, THEY SAY THE
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CHINESE CRISER FER SYMBOL IS ALSO THE SYMBOL FOR OPPORTUNITY.
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STAMP.
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BIDEN WAS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE AMERICAN SPIRIT.
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>> IN AMERICA WE NEVER, EVER, EVER STAY DOWN.
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AMERICANS ALWAYS GET UP.
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>> Stephen: YES.
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BUT FIRST, AMERICANS REACH FOR THE REMOTE, UNLESS IT'S FAR
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AWAY, IN WHICH CASE THEY TRY TO GRAB IT WITH THEIR TOES.
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IF THAT DOESN'T WORK, THEY TEXT THEIR WIFE IN THE NEXT ROOM TO
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SEE IF SHE'LL COME HAND IT TO YOU.
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BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO SPILL THE NACHOS.
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IF SHE DOESN'T ANSWER, THEN AMERICA GETS UP.
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BIDEN STRUCK AN OPTIMISTIC NOTE: >> AMERICA'S READY FOR A
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TAKEOFF.
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>> Stephen: NO!
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NOT A TAKEOFF.
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YOU'RE THE TRAIN MAN!
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WE'RE NOT TAKING OFF, WE'RE LEAVING THE STATION.
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ALL ABOARD.
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TOOT TOOT!
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JOE BIDEN CAN'T TALK ABOUT PLANES.
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JOE BIDEN CAN'T USE PLANE ANALOGIES!
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THAT'S LIKE THE COLONEL BRAGGING ABOUT HIS BEEF.
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THE PRESIDENT ALSO STRESSED THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY OF FIGHTING
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CLIMATE CHANGE.
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>> FOR TOO LONG, WE'VE FAILED TO USE THE MOST IMPORTANT WORD WHEN
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IT COMES TO MEETING THE CLIMATE CRISIS: JOBS.
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JOBS.
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JOBS.
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<i> ( APPLAUSE ).</i>
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&gt;&gt; Stephen: OKAY, HE SEEMS TO BE BUFFERING.
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CAN SOMEBODY UNPLUG HIM AND PLUG HIM BACK IN AGAIN.
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BECAUSE HE HIT THAT THEME A FEW TIMES:
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&gt;&gt; WE WILL CREATE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF GOOD PAYING JOBS.
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JOBS.
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JOBS.
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JOBS.
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JOBS.
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JOBS.
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JOBS.
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JOBS.
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JOBS.
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JOBS.
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JOBS.
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JOBS.
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JOBS.
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JOB.
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JOBS.
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JOBS.
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JOBS.
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<i> ( APPLAUSE )</i> &gt;&gt; Stephen: YOU GOT TO APPLAUD.
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THAT'S A STATE OF THE UNION RULE.
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YOU GIVE HIM A HAND EVERY TIME HE SAYS &quot;JOBS.&quot;
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IN WASHINGTON, THAT'S CALLED GIVING A JOBS HAND.
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<i> ( LAUGHTER )</i> THEN HE MADE-- REALLY, THAT MADE
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YOU BLUSH?
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THEN HE MADE HIS APPEAL TO RURAL VOTERS:
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&gt;&gt; FARMERS, FARMERS PLANTING COVER CROPS SO THEY CAN REDUCE
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THE CARBON DIOXIDE IN THE AIR AND GET PAID FOR DOING IT.
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&gt;&gt; Stephen: WAIT, HOLD ON.
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WE'RE GOING TO PAY FARMERS TO DO IT?
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E-I-E-I-OHHHH.
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THEN THE PRESIDENT TOOK A MOMENT TO FEEL AT THE NATION:
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&gt;&gt; SO MANY OF YOU, SO MANY OF THE FOLKS I GREW UP WITH, FEEL
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LEFT BEHIND, FORGOTTEN IN AN ECONOMY THAT'S SO RAPIDLY
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CHANGING.
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IT'S FRIGHTENING.
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I WANT TO SPEAK DIRECTLY TO YOU, BECAUSE YOU THINK ABOUT IT,
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THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE ARE MOST WORRIED ABOUT.
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CAN I FIT IN?
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&gt;&gt; Stephen: OUR PANTS?
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NO.
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AFTER A YEAR OF COVID, WE DEFINITELY CAN'T FIT IN.
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BIDEN POINTED OUT THAT THERE WAS NO TIME TO WASTE BECAUSE THE
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WORLD WAS MOVING TOO FAST: &gt;&gt; WE'LL SEE MORE TECHNOLOGICAL
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CHANGE IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS THAN WE SAW IN THE LAST 50.
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&gt;&gt; Stephen: OKAY, THAT'S EXCITING,
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BUT IF APPLE COMES UP WITH A NEW CHARGER THAT DOESN'T FIT MY OLD
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PHONE, I'M GOING TO START STABBING PEOPLE.
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ONE OF BIDEN'S GOALS FOR THE EVENING WAS SELLING THE COUNTRY
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ON HIS $1.8 TRILLION &quot;AMERICAN FAMILIES PLAN,&quot; WHICH PAYS FOR
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THINGS LIKE UNIVERSAL PRE-KINDERGARTEN, A FEDERAL PAID
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LEAVE PROGRAM, EFFORTS TO MAKE CHILD CARE MORE AFFORDABLE, AND
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FREE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOR ALL.
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AND, IT'S A FAMILY PLAN, SO 100 FREE MINUTES OF TALK AND TEXT.
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HE ALSO TALKED ABOUT RISING HEALTHCARE COSTS.
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&gt;&gt; WE ALL KNOW HOW OUTRAGEOUSLY EXPENSIVE DRUGS ARE IN AMERICA.
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&gt;&gt; Stephen: YES!
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I REMEMBER A TIME WHEN A DIME BAG COST A DIME!
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AND WE WOULD DRIVE UP-- OH, WAIT.
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HE'S TALKING ABOUT PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.
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YEAH.
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THOSE-- THOSE ARE-- THOSE ARE PRETTY WORRYING, TOO.
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BUT, YOU KNOW, THE XANAX CALMS ME DOWN.
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NOW, IF YOU WERE WATCHING ON FOX NEWS, FIRST, WHAT ARE YOU DOING
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HERE?
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<i> ( LAUGHTER )</i> AND SECOND, YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED
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THAT THERE WERE MOMENTS WHEN FOX SHOWED TWO DIFFERENT TIMES IN
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DIFFERENT CORNERS OF THE SCREEN.
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WELL, YOU KNOW, THE OLD SAYING, EVEN A STOPPED CLOCK IS RIGHT
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TWO TIMES A DAY.
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THAT'S BETTER THAN FOX NEWS.
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THE PRESIDENT TRIED TO MAKE HIS ECONOMIC POLICY CLEAR.
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&gt;&gt; TRICKLE-DOWN ECONOMICS HAS NEVER WORKED.
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AND IT'S TIME TO GROW THE ECONOMY FROM THE BOTTOM AND THE
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MIDDLE OUT.
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&gt;&gt; Stephen: OH, WAY AHEAD OF YOU THERE, SIR, ON THE WHOLE
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GROWING THE BOTTOM AND THE MIDDLE OUT.
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LIKE I SAID, NOT FITTING IN THE PANTS.
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BIDEN DESCRIBED A PHONE CALL HE HAD WITH THE PRESIDENT OF CHINA,
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AND HE MADE IT CLEAR HE'S PLAYING HARDBALL.
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&gt;&gt; I MADE ABSOLUTELY CLEAR THAT WE WILL DEFEND AMERICAN
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INTERESTS ACROSS THE BOARD.
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AMERICA WILL STAND UP TO UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES THAT UNDERCUT
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AMERICAN INDUSTRIES, LIKE SUBSIDIES FOR STATE-OWNED
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ENTERPRISES AND THE THEFT OF AMERICAN TECHNOLOGIES AND
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.
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&gt;&gt; Stephen: OKAY, BUT WE CAN STILL BUY COUNTERFEIT DVDs
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ON THE SUBWAY, RIGHT?
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I'M REALLY EXCITED TO WATCH &quot;GODLIZARD VERSUS LORD MONKEY.&quot;
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HE GOT IMPASSIONED WHEN IT CAME TO THIS COUNTRY'S POTENTIAL.
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&gt;&gt; AMERICA IS AN IDEA, THE MOST UNIQUE IDEA IN HISTORY.
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&gt;&gt; Stephen: THAT IDEA: &quot;THERE IS NO CRUST THAT CANNOT BE
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STUFFED.&quot;
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IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A LITTLE COLD IN THE ROOM.
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AT ONE POINT, FAR-RIGHT CONGRESSWOMAN LAUREN BOEBERT
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UNFURLED A SPACE BLANKET, WHICH IS WEIRD, BECAUSE USUALLY SHE
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WEARS THE TINFOIL ON HER HEAD.
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BIDEN MADE A REASONABLE CALL FOR GUN CONTROL.
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&gt;&gt; TALK TO MOST RESPONSIBLE GUN OWNERS AND HUNTERS.
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THEY'LL TELL YOU THERE'S NO POSSIBLE JUSTIFICATION FOR
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HAVING 100 ROUNDS IN A WEAPON.
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WHAT DO YOU THINK, THE DEER WEARING KEVLAR VESTS?
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&gt;&gt; Stephen: NO, BUT THEY WILL IN THE NEXT STALLONE MOVIE.
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&quot;BAM BOW!&quot; BUT WHILE BIDEN MADE SOME GREAT
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POINTS, NOT EVERYBODY WAS ENTHRALLED.
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TED CRUZ STARTED NODDING OFF.
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ALTHOUGH CRUZ SAID HE WAS ONLY ESCORTING HIS DAUGHTERS TO
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DREAMLAND AND IS PLANNING ON COMING RIGHT BACK.
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BIDEN WANTS CONGRESS TO PAY FOR ALL OF HIS PLANS WITH A SERIES
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OF TAX INCREASES FOR THE RICH.
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AND BEFORE YOU SAY ANYTHING, NO, THAT'S NOT SOCIALISM.
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AS ADAM SMITH HIMSELF WROTE, THE MARKET WILL REGULATE ITSELF
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THROUGH THE INVISIBLE HAND, UNLESS THERE'S SOME BILLIONAIRE
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SHOOTING SPORTS CARS INTO SPACE, IN WHICH CASE, TAX THAT BEE-ACH.
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WHAT DID WE SEE TONIGHT?
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THE OLDEST PRESIDENT OF ALL TIME NO HANDSHAKES, JUST FIST
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BUMPING.
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200 PEOPLE IN THE ROOM, AND EVERYBODY IN MASKS.
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IT HASN'T FELT THAT NORMAL IN FIVE YEARS.
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AND IN THE END, I GOT TO SAY, I THINK HE DID A PRETTY GOOD--
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WHAT'S THE WORD?
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&gt;&gt; JOB, JOB, JOB,<i> ( APPLAUSE )</i>
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&gt;&gt; Stephen: GOT TO DO IT.
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OF COURSE, THIS SPEECH WASN'T THE ONLY BIG STORY TODAY.
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WE GOT SOME GOOD NEWS FOR AMERICA AND SOME VERY BAD NEWS
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FOR FORMER PRESIDENTIAL LAWYER RUDY GIULIANI, SEEN HERE IN A
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STANDOFF WITH A RACCOON OVER AN OLD PIZZA BOX.
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TODAY, ACTING ON A WARRANT, FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS SEARCHED
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RUDY GIULIANI'S APARTMENT AND OFFICE AT ABOUT 6:00 A.M.
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COME ON!
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THAT'S WAY TOO EARLY!
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RUDY'S NOT HIMSELF UNTIL HE'S HAD HIS FIRST CUP OF HOT
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BREAKFAST WINE.
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<i> ( LAUGHTER )</i> I'LL TELL YOU EVERYTHING ABOUT
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IT IN MY NEW HOPEFULLY VERY LONG-RUNNING SEGMENT, &quot;RUDY,
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RUDY, FRESH AND SCROOTY.&quot;
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&gt;&gt; NO, NO, I'M AMERICA'S MAYOR.
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( FARTING ).
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&gt;&gt; Stephen: THIS RAID IS A BIG DEAL.
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THE F.B.I. DOESN'T JUST POP IN TO YOUR APARTMENT TO BORROW A
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CUP OF JUSTICE.
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IT MEANS THERE'S PROBABLE CAUSE THAT GIULIANI COMMITTED A
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FEDERAL CRIME.
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OH, TOUGH BREAK FOR RUDY, THE ONLY LAWYER DUMB ENOUGH TO
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DEFEND HIM JUST GOT RAIDED BY THE FEDS.
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WHICH OF RUDY, COUSIN-KISSING IDIOT CAPER IS THIS FOR?
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IT GOES BACK TO THE LATEST OR LAST PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AND
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RUDY'S ATTEMPT TO DIG UP DIRT ON HUNTER BIDEN IN UKRAINE WITH LEV
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PARNAS AND IGOR FRUMAN, THE NEW COVER MODELS FOR OGAR GOON
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MONTHLY.
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THEY WERE ARRESTED IN 2019 AND THAT INVESTIGATION LED TO
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QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER RUDY HELPED THEM ILLEGALLY LOBBY THE
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LAST ADMINISTRATION ON BEHALF OF UKRAINIAN OFFICIALS AND
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OLIGARCHS.
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WE DON'T KNOW IF THOSE TWO GUYS TIPPED OFF THE FEDS.
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IT COULD HAVE BEEN ANYONE.
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RUDY IS CONSTANTLY DEALING WITH LEAKS.
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PROSECUTORS ARE ABOUT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT RUDY'S INVOLVEMENT IN
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UKRAINE, BECAUSE DURING TODAY'S RAID, THEY SEIZED HIS ELECTRONIC
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DEVICES.
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OH, NOW, THEY TOOK HIS CELL PHONE.
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NOW HE'LL HAVE TO BUTT-DIAL REPORTERS ON THE LANDLINE.
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THE FEDS ALSO EXECUTED A SEARCH WARRANT AT THE HOME OF VICTORIA
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TENSING, A LAWYER CLOSE TO GIULIANI, WHO HAD DEALINGS WITH
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UKRAINIANS IN THE EFFORT TO FIND DAMAGING INFORMATION ABOUT THE
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BIDENS.
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ANYTHING CONNECTED TO RUDY GIULIANI IS UNDER SCRUT NO.
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SO LAWYER UP IF YOU OWN A LANDSCAPING COMPANY BETWEEN A
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CREMATORIUM AND A A DILDOUGHHUT THAT'S A CHAIN, ISN'T IT?
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YES.
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THIS STORY IS ONLY GOING TO GET BIGGER.
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LUCKILY I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE FOLLOWING IT.
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HERE IS ONE OF RUDY'S NEIGHBORS THIS MORNING AFTER THE RAID.
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&gt;&gt; MY EX-HUSBAND CALLED ME AND SAID, &quot;HAVE YOU SEEN WHAT'S
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GOING ON?&quot; AND I-- I SAID-- HE SAID, &quot;NO,
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LOOK OUT YOUR WINDOW.&quot;
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I JUST SAW PEOPLE.
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I PROBABLY SAW F.B.I. JACKETS.
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BUT I JUST SAW PEOPLE.
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YOU KNOW, AND I SAW ALL OF YOU, AND-- AND I SAID, &quot;WHAT IS GOING
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ON?&quot; &gt;&gt; Stephen: AND WHILE I HAVE
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YOU, I HAVE TO SAY, YOU CAN'T REDO THE FLOORS IN THE LOBBY
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WHILE YOU'RE ALSO REDOING THE ELEVATORS.
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IT'S TOO MUCH!
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MY DOG IS STRESSED OUT.
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HE JUST POOPED IN HIS STROLLER.
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MY DAUGHTER IS COMING OVER AND SHE'S STILL SINGLE WITH THAT
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HAIR CUT I'M NOT SURPRISED.
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WE HAVE A GREAT LIVE, LIVE SHOW FOR YOU TONIGHT.
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MY GUEST IS BERNIE SANDERS.
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AND LATER, &quot;MEANWHILE.&quot;
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STICK AROUND.