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>> JOINING US NOW IS THE HAPPY

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WARRIOR, MONTANA SENATOR JON

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TESTER, RUNNING FOR REELECTION

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AND DEMOCRATS ARE JUST ASKING

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FOR ONE MORE MIRACLE FROM YOU.

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WINNING A SENATE SEAT IN THE

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REPUBLICAN STATE OF MONTANA.

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>> WE ARE ON TRACK TO DO

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EXACTLY THAT, LAWRENCE.

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LOOK, THE PEOPLE IN MONTANA

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KNOW ME.

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THE ONES MOVING IN OVER THE

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LAST FEW YEARS ARE GETTING TO

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KNOW ME.

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THEY UNDERSTAND THAT I AM A

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LIFELONG MONTANAN AND MY WIFE

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AND I GET TO FARM THE LAND THAT

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MY GRANDPARENTS HOMESTEADED,

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WHICH IS AN INCREDIBLE HONOR

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AND BASICALLY I HAVE LIVED

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WITHIN 100 MILES OF WHERE I WAS

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BORN MY ENTIRE LIFE.

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SO I UNDERSTAND REAL ISSUES.

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I UNDERSTAND ISSUES AROUND

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FREEDOM.

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I UNDERSTAND ISSUES AROUND

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HEALTHCARE AND PUBLIC LANDS AND

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DISTANCE AND ALL THOSE THINGS

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THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO

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MONTANANS.

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THE OTHER THING I WILL SAY IS

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THIS.

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MONTANA IS CHANGING AND A LOT

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OF MONTANANS DON’T WANT TO SEE

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OUR STATE CHANGE.

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IT IS THE GREATEST DATE IN THE

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GREATEST COUNTRY THAT HAS EVER

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EXISTED.

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THAT’S MY OPINION AND I BELIEVE

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THAT IN MY BONES, BUT THE

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BOTTOM LINE IS THAT IT IS THE

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GREATEST DATE BECAUSE WE HAVE

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PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. WHO

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HAVE UNDERSTOOD THAT A

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HANDSHAKE MEANS SOMETHING AND

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YOUR WORD IS YOUR BOND.

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THAT IS WHY WE WILL WIN THIS

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RACE.

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>> I HEARD YOUR OPPONENT SAY ON

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THAT TAPE ABOUT ABORTION, I

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FIND ABORTION TO BE A TERRIBLE,

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TERRIBLE THING.

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I WANT IT ALL TO END TOMORROW.

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THAT IS ALL ABORTION

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EVERYWHERE, EVERY STATE.

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>> AND THAT IS WHAT HE

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BELIEVES.

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THE BOTTOM LINE IS, AND I

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WATCHED THE PREVIOUS SEGMENT

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WITH REVEREND OR NOT, THE

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BOTTOM LINE IS THIS IS TOO

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IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE

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GOVERNMENT AT ANY LEVEL OR A

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JUDGE OR BUREAUCRAT OR U.S.

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SENATOR TELLING WOMEN WHAT

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DECISIONS THEY NEED TO MAKE.

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THIS DECISION SHOULD BE LEFT TO

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THE WOMAN AND HER MEDICAL

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PROFESSIONALS.

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WE NEED TO HAVE ROE RESTORED

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SO WOMEN HAVE THIS FREEDOM BACK.

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REPEALING ROE WAS PROBABLY THE

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BIGGEST ELIMINATION OF FREEDOM

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IN MY LIFETIME  AND I WILL TELL

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YOU I DON’T THINK THAT IS WHAT

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MONTANANS WANT BECAUSE WE HAVE

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DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS IN

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MONTANA, BUT THEY ALL LOVE

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FREEDOM.

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NONE OF THEM WANT THE

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GOVERNMENT TELLING THEM HOW TO

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LIVE THEIR LIVES.

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>> THAT IS AN INTERESTING POINT

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ABOUT MONTANA VALUES AND

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FREEDOM.

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YOU CAN GO BACK YEARS IN

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DEMOCRATIC POLITICS ESPECIALLY.

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I CAN REMEMBER WE HAD A

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DEMOCRATIC SENATOR GETTING

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HIMSELF ELECTED IN MONTANA.

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IT WAS NOT EASY THEN.

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DEMOCRATS RUNNING IN THOSE

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KINDS OF STATES STAYED AWAY

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FROM SUBJECTS LIKE ABORTION.

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THEY DID NOT WANT TO BE

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ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEMOCRATIC

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PARTY POSITION ON A BUNCH OF

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ISSUES WHICH THEY SUPPORTED IN

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WASHINGTON, BUT THEY JUST DID

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NOT WANT TO DRAW ATTENTION TO IT

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IN CONSERVATIVE STATES.

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IT SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING CHANGED

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ON THIS SUBJECT.

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>> THEY REPEALED ROE AND TOOK

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AWAY WOMEN’S RIGHTS TO MAKE

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THEIR OWN HEALTH CARE

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DECISIONS.

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I THINK IT HAS WOKE UP A BUNCH

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OF PEOPLE IN THE STATE OF

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MONTANA.

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ABORTION IS NOT A SIMPLE ISSUE.

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IT IS AN INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT

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DECISION AND PEOPLE HAVE TO

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MAKE THESE DECISIONS AND MY

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HEART GOES OUT TO THEM.

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THE BOTTOM LINE IS WASHINGTON,

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D.C. OR STATE CAPITALS OR

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JUDGES, THEY SHOULD NOT BE

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MAKING THESE DECISIONS.

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THEY ARE TOO IMPORTANT.

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TRUTHFULLY ONLY THE WOMEN AND

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HER DOCTOR KNOW WHAT THESE

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PEOPLE ARE GOING THROUGH.

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THOSE PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THE RISKS

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ARE AND THAT IS WHERE THE

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DECISION SHOULD LIE AND I THINK

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WHAT HAS CHANGED IS YOU ARE

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RIGHT, NOBODY LIKES TO TALK

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ABOUT ABORTION, BUT THE TRUTH

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IS THIS IS A FREEDOM THAT HAS

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BEEN TAKEN AWAY AND PEOPLE SAY

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THAT AIN’T RIGHT AND WE’VE GOT

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THE BALLOT INITIATIVE.

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YOU SHOWED A CLIP OF THE RALLY

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THAT WE HAD AND PEOPLE ARE

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FIRED UP ABOUT THIS AND THEY

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ARE FIRED UP BECAUSE WE LIKE

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THE OLD MONTANA.

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WE DON’T WANT TO MONTANA BEING
