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"THE 11th HOUR" WITH BRIAN
WILLIAMS STARTS NOW.

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>>> GOOD EVENING ONCE AGAIN.

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>>> GOOD EVENING ONCE AGAIN.

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I’M STEVE KORNACKI IN FOR BRIAN

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WILLIAMS, WHO HAS THE NIGHT OFF.

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DAY 1,323 OF THE TRUMP

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ADMINISTRATION AND 61 DAYS TO GO

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NOW UNTIL THE PRESIDENTIAL

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ELECTION.

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TONIGHT DONALD TRUMP AND JOE

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BIDEN ARE EXACTLY TWO MONTHS OUT

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FROM NOVEMBER 3rd.

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THAT MEANS THEY’RE ABOUT TO HIT

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THAT CRITICAL STRETCH OF THE

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CAMPAIGN THAT KICKS OFF THIS

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LABOR DAY WEEKEND.

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AND THE MESSAGING IS BECOMING

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MORE INTENSE AS THESE TWO

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CANDIDATES TRY TO FRAME THE KEY

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ISSUES AND ARGUMENTS AGAINST

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EACH OTHER.

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TODAY BIDEN TRAVELED TO KENOSHA,

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WISCONSIN, ONE OF THE CITIES AT

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THE CENTER OF A RENEWED PUSH FOR

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RACIAL JUSTICE AND POLICE

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REFORMS AND WHERE THERE WAS ALSO

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VIOLENCE AND UNREST IN THE

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IMMEDIATE WAKE OF THE SHOOTING

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OF JACOB BLAKE.

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BIDEN’S TRIP CAME TWO DAYS AFTER

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THE PRESIDENT’S VISIT.

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THE FORMER VICE PRESIDENT MET

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WITH JACOB BLAKE’S FAMILY.

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HE DESCRIBED A CONVERSATION HE

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HAD WITH BLAKE HIMSELF.

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>> I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND

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SOME TIME WITH JACOB ON THE

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PHONE.

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HE’S OUT OF ICU.

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HE TALKED ABOUT HOW NOTHING WAS

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GOING TO DEFEAT HIM, HOW WHETHER

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HE WALKED AGAIN OR NOT, HE WAS

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NOT GOING TO GIVE UP.

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MY WIFE ASKED TO SAY A PRAYER,

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AND HIS MOM SAID A PRAYER.

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SHE SAID, I’M PRAYING FOR JACOB,

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BUT I’M PRAYING FOR THE

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POLICEMEN AS WELL.

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>> BIDEN ALSO MET WITH KENOSHA

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RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS

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AND CALLED FOR AN END TO

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VIOLENCE DURING PROTESTS.

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AND HE CRITICIZED SOME OF WHAT

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DONALD TRUMP HAS HAD TO SAY.

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>> THE WORDS OF A PRESIDENT

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MATTER, NO MATTER THE GOOD, BAD,

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OR INDIFFERENT, THEY MATTER.

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BUT I MADE A MISTAKE ABOUT

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SOMETHING.

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I THOUGHT YOU COULD DEFEAT HEAT.

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IT ONLY HIDES.

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IT ONLY HIDES.

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AND WHEN SOMEONE IN AUTHORITY

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BREATHES OXYGEN UNDER THAT ROCK,

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IT LEGITIMIZES THOSE FOLKS TO

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COME ON OUT.

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REGARDLESS HOW ANGRY YOU ARE, IF

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YOU LOOT OR YOU BURN, YOU SHOULD

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BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE SOMEONE WHO

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HAS DONE ANYTHING ELSE, PERIOD.

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VIOLENCE IN ANY FORM IS WRONG.

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THE IDEA THAT THIS PRESIDENT

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CONTINUES TO TRY TO DIVIDE US,

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GIVE SUCCOR TO THE WHITE

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SUPREMACISTS, TALKS IN WAYS THAT

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ARE JUST ABSOLUTELY -- I’VE

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NEVER USED THIS WITH REGARD TO A

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PRESIDENT BEFORE, NOT ONLY

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INCORRECT, BUT IMMORAL.

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THEY’RE JUST SIMPLY WRONG.

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SIMPLY WRONG.

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>> HOURS LATER, THE PRESIDENT

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HELD A LENGTHY RALLY-LIKE EVENT

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ON THE TARMAC IN LATROBE,

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PENNSYLVANIA, AND HE WENT AFTER

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BIDEN.

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>> BEFORE THE CHINA VIRUS, THIS

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ELECTION WAS OVER.

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NOW I HAD TO GO BACK TO WORK,

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AND WE’VE DONE A GREAT JOB ON

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IT.

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WE DON’T GET THE CREDIT.

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BIDEN WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO

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PROTECT YOUR JOBS OR YOUR

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FAMILY.

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HE IS A PUPPET OF THE SOCIALIST,

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MARKIST, AND THE COP-HATING

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EXTREMISTS, AND THEY ARE

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COP-HATING.

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SO JOE HIDEN -- WE HAVE A NEW

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ONE.

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WE CALL HIM JOE HIDEN.

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THEY WANT TO BLOW UP MOUNT

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RUSHMORE.

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THEY WANT TO BAN STRAWS.

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DID YOU EVER SEE A MAN THAT

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LIKES A MASK AS MUCH AS HIM.

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THEN HE MAKES A SPEECH AND

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SOMETIMES -- NOT ALWAYS, HE HAS

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IT HANGING DOWN BECAUSE YOU KNOW

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WHAT?

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IT GIVES HIM A FEELING OF

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SECURITY.

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THEN YESTERDAY I READ THAT I HAD

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STROKES.

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MINI STROKES THEY CALLED THEM.

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I DON’T KNOW WHAT A MINI STROKE

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IS, BUT IT’S NOT GOOD.

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THESE MAIL-IN BALLOTS ARE A

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DISGRACE, AND THEY KNOW IT.

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THE LISTS ARE INACCURATE AND

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PEOPLE ARE DEAD, AND DOGS HAVE

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GOTTEN BALLOTS.

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THEY HAVE.

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DOGS HAVE GOTTEN BALLOTS.

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IF RUSSIA OR CHINA OR THESE

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OTHER COUNTRIES WANT TO CHEAT,

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ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS FORGE

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BALLOTS.

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YOU BETTER ELECT ME.

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>> NOW, WHEN IT COMES TO THE

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CORONAVIRUS, THE RATE OF

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INFECTION HAS INDEED SLOWED OF

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LATE WITH NEW CASE COUNTS THIS

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WEEK REACHING THEIR LOWEST

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LEVELS IN TWO MONTHS.

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AT THE SAME TIME, THE U.S. IS

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STILL RECORDING AROUND 40,000

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NEW CASES A DAY.

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THAT LEVEL IS FOUR TIMES WHAT

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DR. ANTHONY FAUCI SAYS WE SHOULD

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BE AIMING FOR.

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OVERALL, THERE HAVE BEEN

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6.2 MILLION CASES SO FAR WITH

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NEARLY 188,000 PEOPLE LOST.

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THE CHIEF SCIENTIFIC ADVISER TO

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THE ADMINISTRATION’S VACCINE

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DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, KNOWN AS

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OPERATION WARP SPEED, TELLS NPR

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IT’S UNLIKELY ANY EFFECTIVE

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VACCINE WILL BE READY BEFORE THE

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END OF OCTOBER AND THAT IT WILL

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TAKE MONTHS LONGER TO BEGIN

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DISTRIBUTION.

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TRUMP TONIGHT ALSO SEEMED TO

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REPEAT ADVICE TO SUPPORTERS IN

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NORTH CAROLINA TO STRESS-TEST

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THE SECURITY OF THEIR ELECTION

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SYSTEMS BY TRYING TO VOTE BY

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MAIL AND THEN IN PERSON IN THE

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SAME ELECTION.

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THIS MORNING HE TWEETED, QUOTE,

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GO TO YOUR POLLING PLACE TO SEE

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WHETHER OR NOT YOUR MAIL-IN VOTE

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HAS BEEN TABULATED, COUNTED.

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IF IT HAS, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE

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TO VOTE AT THE MAIL-IN -- IN THE

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MAIL-IN SYSTEM WORKS PROPERLY.

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IF IT HAS NOT BEEN COUNTED,

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VOTE.

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NORTH CAROLINA OH BOARD OF

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ELECTIONS STATED TODAY THAT,

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QUOTE, IT IS ILLEGAL TO VOTE

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TWICE IN AN ELECTION.

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TONIGHT TRUMP AGAIN RAISED THE

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TOPIC.

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>> THESE MAIL-IN BALLOTS ARE A

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DISGRACE, AND THEY KNOW IT.

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SIGN YOUR MAIL-IN BALLOT, OKAY?

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YOU SIGN IT AND SEND IT IN, AND

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THEN YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW IT.

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AND IF ON ELECTION DAY OR EARLY

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VOTING, THAT IS NOT TABULATED

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AND COUNTED, YOU GO VOTE.

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>> NORTH CAROLINA WILL BE THE

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FIRST STATE TO BEGIN MAILING

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BALLOTS.

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THEY ARE GOING TO START GOING

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OUT TOMORROW.

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IN THE LATEST MONMOUTH POLL IN

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THAT BATTLEGROUND STATE HAS

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BIDEN LEADING TRUMP BY TWO

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POINTS.

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THIS IS A STATE THAT TRUMP WON

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BY THREE IN 2016.

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A NEW QUINNIPIAC POLL SHOW BIDEN

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LEADING TRUMP 52-44 IN

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ON TRUMP.

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THAT’S NOT WHAT THEY WANT IN

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NOVEMBER.

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>> MARA, BRING IN JOE BIDEN AND

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HIS STRATEGY HERE.

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WISCONSIN IS COMPLICATED

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POLITICAL TERRAIN TO PUT IT

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MILDLY FOR DEMOCRATS.

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IT HAD BEEN NOT SINCE 1984 THAT

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A REPUBLICAN HAD CARRIED THAT

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STATE, BUT TRUMP PICKED IT OFF

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IN 2016.

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>> YOU SAW THAT SURGE SUPPORT IN

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WISCONSIN FROM BLUE COLLAR WHITE

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VOTERS, A LOT OF RURAL PARTS OF

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THE STATE.

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YOU ALSO SAW MUCH LOWER

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AFRICAN-AMERICAN TURNOUT,

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PARTICULARLY IN MILWAUKEE THAN

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DEMOCRATS HAD BECOME ACCUSTOMED

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TO.

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CREATED A SITUATION WHERE TRUMP

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COULD CARRY THE STATE.

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AS JON MENTIONS, YOU’VE GOT TWO

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VERY DIFFERENT MESSAGES THAT

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SEEM AIMED AT, IN MANY WAYS,

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DIFFERENT AUDIENCES HERE.

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IN TERMS OF THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN

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TRYING TO GET WISCONSIN BACK, DO

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YOU THINK THEIR MESSAGE IS GOING

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TO SUFFICIENTRY APPEAL TO WHO

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THEY NEED IT TO APPEAL TO AND

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NOT ALIENATE WHO THEY CAN’T

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AFFORD TO ALIENATE?

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>> YEAH.

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I MEAN WISCONSIN’S VERY

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COMPLICATED.

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MY FAMILY’S FROM MICHIGAN JUST

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DOWN THE WAY, ALSO VERY

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COMPLICATED SWING STATE.

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I THINK THE REALITY IS THAT THIS

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IS REALLY AN ELECTION ABOUT

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WHETHER AMERICA IS FOR EVERYBODY

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AND CAN BE A DEMOCRACY THAT IS

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SHARED BY EVERYBODY OR WHETHER

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THIS IS -- THAT’S REALLY NOT

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ACCEPTABLE TO A MINORITY OF

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AMERICANS WHO DON’T WANT TO

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SHARE A DEMOCRACY WITH BLACK AND

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BROWN PEOPLE.

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AND FRANKLY I DON’T THINK MOST

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WHITE AMERICANS FEEL THAT WAY,

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AND I THINK THAT THE BIDEN

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CAMPAIGN IS A REAL OPPORTUNITY,

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AS BARACK OBAMA DID IN 2008 --

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HE WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL IN

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THIS -- TO BRING THE COUNTRY

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TOGETHER, BACK TOGETHER, OR MUCH

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OF IT AT LEAST BY REMINDING

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AMERICANS WHAT WE HAVE IN COMMON

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AND THAT THERE’S A PLACE AT THE

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TABLE FOR EVERYBODY.

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SO, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, DOING

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THINGS LIKE TALKING TO

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AFRICAN-AMERICAN POLICE OFFICERS

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AND HAVING THEM AS SURROGATES AS

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WELL.

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JUST REMINDING AMERICANS THAT

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ACTUALLY THERE IS A PLACE AT THE

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TABLE FOR EVERYBODY IS VERY

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IMPORTANT.

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I THINK WHAT DONALD TRUMP HAS

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UNLEASHED UNFORTUNATELY OVER THE

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PAST FOUR YEARS IS A VERY OLD

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AMERICAN RACISM THAT KIND OF

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COMES UP WHENEVER IT IS

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EMBOLDENED JUST AS JOE BIDEN

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SAID, AND DONALD TRUMP HAS DONE

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EXACTLY THAT.

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IT’S VERY HARD TO PUT BACK IN

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THE BOTTLE.

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IT’S VERY UGLY.

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IT’S VERY TOXIC, AND I DON’T

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BELIEVE THAT’S THE SENTIMENT OF

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MOST AMERICANS.

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BUT THAT’S REALLY WHAT JOE BIDEN

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IS UP AGAINST, AND I THINK IT

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SHOULD BE TAKEN EXTREMELY

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SERIOUSLY.

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I THINK THIS IS AN ELECTION

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THAT’S GOING TO BE FOUGHT BY