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Tennessee Republican senator

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Marsha black bush.

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Thank you so much for your time.

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>> I'm happy to be with you,

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thank you.

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>> Not at all.

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Let's get right to it.

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It's been 17 days since the

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election, and two weeks ago you

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joined our show and told my

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colleague Lindsey Davis that you

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served on local election

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commissions and that elections

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are not run by federal officials

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but by local officials, and

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today many of those local

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officials have spoken.

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Georgia just a short time ago

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certifying their results for a

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Joe Biden victory there.

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More states following next week.

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Have you spoken yet with the

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President-Elect to congratulate

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him on his victory?

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>> I have not spoken with the

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plfnlgt we did have the vice

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president come to the floor.

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The vice President-Elect come to

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the floor this week to cast a

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vote.

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I was presiding at the time.

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Didn't get to speak with her,

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but, you know, we're watching

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the process play out, and just

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as we did in 2000 when a

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tennesseean, Al gore and George

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Bush were going through the

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counting of the hanging Chads,

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we will work through this

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process.

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I will say now is the time for

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the trump campaign, if they have

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their information that they need

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to present in court, now is the

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time they need to be taking that

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evidence to court.

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>> And so now is clearly the

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time given that the trump

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campaign has withdrawn or lost

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court case after court case can,

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you know 16 so far and in those

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courts of law the judges have

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seen no evidence of widespread

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election fraud.

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To the contrary they have tossed

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it out cases summarily.

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Is it time, do you think, for

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you and your Republican

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colleagues to accept that Joe

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Biden is the President-Elect and

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publicly declare that?

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>> There is a process.

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The media doesn't declerics and

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as we have discussed previously

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with Lindsey, this is something

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your local and your state

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officials will do as they

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certify those elections.

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That is an important part of our

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process.

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I think the other thing is that

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this has put attention on these

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local election commissions

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cleaning up their rolls, and

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when you talk about Georgia and

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the importance of the Georgia

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race with the two runoffs that

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are there and the evidence that

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has come forward there with

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individuals that had moved out

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of state or were deceased, the

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questions around the buckets of

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issues, whether it was the

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mailing out of the ballots, the

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certification, when they came

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in, making certain that the

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signatures matched before the

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ballot was separated, those are

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things that we feel confident

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that Georgia will get a handle

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on on these issues.

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I think, also --

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>> I must say, senator --

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>> -- You can see in the next

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year these state legislatures

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are going to move forward, and

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they are going to pass laws.

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This is the good thing about

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having your state legislatures

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and your local election

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commissions in charge.

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They are going to be there to --

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where they think there were

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gaps, they are going to be the

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ones that are going to clean

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that up.

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That's -- that's a good positive

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step.

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>> So let me just follow up.

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In your earlier remarks you

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referred to -- I believe you

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referred to Joe Biden as

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President-Elect.

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You certainly revered to Kamala

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Harris as vice president elect.

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Does that mean you're publicly

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acknowledging that besides the

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public declaration or calling an

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election?

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>> There will be a time to -- to

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do that.

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Right now it is important that

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we settle this.

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I think if every legal vote is

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counted Donald Trump would get

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four more years.

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Of course, he is the candidate

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of my party, but bear in mind,

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and I think this is so important

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to keep in mind right now.

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We have gone through nearly four

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years of the Democrats saying

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first we're the resistance.

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They named themselves that and

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then they wanted to obstruct and

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then we have Russia and we had

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Ukraine and we had impeachment.

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All of these things to act as if

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Donald Trump was not

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legitimately elected.

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We don't want that to happen.

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We went through the entire eight

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years of George Bush with people

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saying, well, he was not

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legitimately elected.

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Let's let the people of this

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country speak.

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It is not the job of any of the

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news organizations to declare

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the winner.

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This is up to the people of the

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country.

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It is up to the boards of

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election.

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It is up to the secretaries of

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state, and once all of that has

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transpired and the electors have

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been appointed and there is a --

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a electoral college, then that

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is the time to make those --

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those declarations, and at that

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point whether it is president

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trump for four more years or Joe

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Biden for a new term, that will

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be the time to do that.

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>> Right.

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I want to point out --

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>> The issue is election

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security and election integrity

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is what I'm hearing more about

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from people whether they live in

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Georgia or they are here in

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Tennessee.

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They want to make certain that

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these irregularities are

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investigated and that these are

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addressed.

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>> And yet there's no proof of

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any of that thus far.

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Senator, I know you choose your

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words carefully, so I just want

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to double down on this idea that

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you referred to your senate

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colleague Kamala Harris as the

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vice President-Elect.

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>> But -- and what I'm going to

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tell you again is I believe if

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every legal vote was counted

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Donald Trump would get four more

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years and if Joe Biden is deemed

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the President-Elect and Kamala

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Harris the vice president elect

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then we will move forward from

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there, and at this point we need

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to have these investigations

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done.

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We need to have the trump

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campaign presenting their

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evidence in court and we need to

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make certain that legal ballots

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are counted.

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>> Let me ask you about your --

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senator, let me ask you about

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your senate colleague from

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Tennessee, the retiring senior

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senator Lamar Alexander.

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He's calling for the transition

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to begin so that everyone can be

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red on day one.

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Do you agree with that

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assessment?

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I mean, Joe Biden has said that

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lives could be lost with delays

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if they aren't able to

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coordinate with the coronavirus

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task force on vaccine

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distribution.

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>> Every senator was offered the

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opportunity to have a briefing

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yesterday on both vaccine

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distribution and on the progress

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with the vaccines, and I think

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Donald Trump deserves a

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tremendous amount of credit for

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operation warp speed and for

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getting these vaccines to the

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market this quickly.

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It was -- it is something that

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is unprecedented, and I think

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it's going to be a tremendous

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opportunity for the American

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people to see what happens when

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you get government regulations

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out of the way and when had the

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agencies are told to work with

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the private sector to make it a

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priority so that you solve

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problems for the good of all --

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all at people, and it's going to

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be a big success for his

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campaign.

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>> Senator, that's an eloquent

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answer, but it doesn't answer

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the question I asked which is do

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you think the transition should

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go under way so that Joe Biden

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can have coronavirus task force

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briefings, yes or no?

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>> There is going to be the

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opportunity for them as they

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begin to think towards -- if

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they are declared winner which,

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of course, right now it looks as

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if they are leading in these

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electoral college votes, and

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from what I'm hearing they are

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moving forward.

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>> Finally, covid cases, as you

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well know, senator, are breaking

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records across the country.

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Many of the top 100 hardest hit

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communities are rural areas, a

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quarter of a million Americans

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are now dead.

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Ten Americans dying every 15

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minutes since the pandemic

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began.

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Putting partisanship aside, a

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whole host benefits are set to

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expire December 31st to help

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unemployed and struggling

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Americans.

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Do you plan to work with

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Republicans and Democrats to try

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to get a new relief bill

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package?

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>> Indeed we have been working

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trying to get them.

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As a matter of fact, we have

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twice put our senate bill on the

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floor.

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This would reposition $350

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billionch cares act money that

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was left over and put it into

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ppp loans, into unemployment

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insurance, plussing it up $300 a

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week, money for vaccines, for

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testing.

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Of course, as you know, the

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rapid test, is something that is

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important.

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>> I appreciate your time

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honestly, and I appreciate your