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Listen, all you New Yorkers, you ain't taxing.
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Okay, we're looking around.
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This is the 77 WABC Minicast.
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And joining us now is the Michigan GOP Chair, Jim Runstad.
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And Jim, boy, first of all, let's get to what's
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come in. Early voting, and obviously it's not an October surprise,
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but the Haley Stevens is a November surprise.
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Yeah, it's really exciting.
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There's about 2.3, somewhere in that range, million votes that.
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Have come in. So there's still a lot to come in.
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And this November surprise, usually it is an October surprise,
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November surprise of Haley Stevens. Making a decision to endorse
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Mike Rogers for the Senate, which is huge because she
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lost by one percent, less than one percent in the primary.
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That means she had a huge supporter base there. in
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the Democrat Party that voted for her in a very,
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very difficult primary.
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So I think that.
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A substantial number of those, I got to believe, are.
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Going to say, well, we like her. We know her.
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We trust her judgment. And she's making, you know, really
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a historic endorsement here. And we're going to support her decision.
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So we think this could really have a huge impact
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on that Senate race here in Michigan.
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This is John Caspin TV. I didn't exactly hear what
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you did say or did not say because I believe that.
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the socialist people are not part of the democratic party
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and they're really socialists. Did she mention anything like that?
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No, she, she, I.
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Think really focused on what she said was kind of his,
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his nasty messaging really was, I think what bothered her,
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you know, her, his comments like, you know, her people,
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her people, when you're talking about mass murdering all these
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Jewish children and, When, you know, he's got Hassan Piker,
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who says America deserved 9-11, a lot of other very
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nasty comments. I think she just finally reached that point
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where she thought, I just can't support someone like this
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who is such a very mean, nasty person. And there's
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a lot of things he has said that are wrong.
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are mean and nasty. So I think she probably thought
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through the night about it and then knows that, you know,
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there's going to be a price to play. The Democrat
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chair here in Michigan has disavowed her and said she's
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no longer a Democrat and he's kicking her from the party.
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And I'm sure she knew that there was going to
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be that kind of pushback.
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But She made what in her mind was a very
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principled decision. So who is kicking her from the party?
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Is it the socialists or is it the Democrat Democrats?
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The Democrats. Curtis Ertel is the chair of the Democrat Party,
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and he announced yesterday that she is persona non grata.
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He's kicking her out of the Democrat Party. So, yeah,
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it's getting very, very nasty here on the Democrat side.
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Jim, you know, as I'm looking, I saw that Chuck
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Schumer also called it a despicable betrayal. I mean, she said,
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I'm picking country over party and he's slamming her. And
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then I look at Abdul El-Sayed saying, oh, I don't
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think about her. Who cares about her? I mean, he
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doesn't even want to answer reporters questions. It's really, to me,
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a turnoff. First of all, the nastiness towards her and
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then even Abdul El-Sayed, the candidate, it just is defiant
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about it. I don't think that's engendering to voters of
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any side.
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I agree with Rita 110 percent. I think she's a
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heroine because she picked country over party.
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Absolutely. And he knows that.
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El-Sayed knows that she made a principled decision that was
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a very tough decision.
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A pushback.
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And he also knows he barely defeated her and that
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this is a major sea change right now, right before
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the election, because so many of these Democrat voters voted
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for her, supported her very strongly. And you know that
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a large percentage of have to know, like and trust her.
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And she's made a decision that others are going to
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follow tomorrow.
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Jim, before we let you go, you mentioned the early votes.
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What percentage are the early votes that are already in
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before this November surprise in the total? And any gauge
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about tomorrow night when you think we might see results
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coming in or a lot of results for Michigan?
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So there's about 2.4 million that have come in out
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of about seven. You know, you could do the math
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on that percentage, but that means a lot of votes
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are going to be cast tomorrow, some today and tomorrow.
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And we'll see how much of an impact this has made,
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because I think.
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It's a gigantic, historic moment.
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Endorsement for Mike Rogers that I got to believe a
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lot of independents, a lot of Democrats are going to
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be responding to and that we're going to see a
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victory for Mike Rogers tomorrow.
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And when do you think numbers will start to come in, Jim?
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I know the polls close. It's at 8. Do you
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think by 9, 10, we'll see a whole bunch coming in?
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Yeah.
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So I'm sure there's going to be a lot of
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exit polling. There's more media here than you can imagine.
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We've got a.
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Huge victory party tomorrow.
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We've got 600 people.
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It's sold out.
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There's going to be a ton of media.
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So there's going to be a lot of interest in
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doing exit polling. The media likes to do that to
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see if they can get a.
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Sense of things.
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Also, where do votes seem to be coming in strongest?
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Is it Democrat or Republican strongholds? So they'll be doing
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this kind of analysis. But realistically, you'll start seeing some
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venues coming in.
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By 9, by 10. You'll see a lot of them.
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We should have a good sense of where this thing's
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going by 10 tomorrow.
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Well, thank you for coming on, and we'll talk to
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you 11 o'clock tomorrow.
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Okay, John and Rita, great talking to you, and I'll
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look forward to talking to you tomorrow.
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Listen, all you New Yorkers, you ain't taxing.
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Okay, we're looking around.
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This is the 77 WABC Minicast.
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And joining us now is the Michigan GOP Chair, Jim Runstad.
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And Jim, boy, first of all, let's get to what's
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come in. Early voting, and obviously it's not an October surprise,
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but the Haley Stevens is a November surprise.
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Yeah, it's really exciting.
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There's about 2.3, somewhere in that range, million votes that.
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Have come in. So there's still a lot to come in.
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And this November surprise, usually it is an October surprise,
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November surprise of Haley Stevens. Making a decision to endorse
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Mike Rogers for the Senate, which is huge because she
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lost by one percent, less than one percent in the primary.
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That means she had a huge supporter base there. in
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the Democrat Party that voted for her in a very,
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very difficult primary.
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So I think that.
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A substantial number of those, I got to believe, are.
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Going to say, well, we like her. We know her.
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We trust her judgment. And she's making, you know, really
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a historic endorsement here. And we're going to support her decision.
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So we think this could really have a huge impact
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on that Senate race here in Michigan.
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This is John Caspin TV. I didn't exactly hear what
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you did say or did not say because I believe that.
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the socialist people are not part of the democratic party
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and they're really socialists. Did she mention anything like that?
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No, she, she, I.
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Think really focused on what she said was kind of his,
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his nasty messaging really was, I think what bothered her,
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you know, her, his comments like, you know, her people,
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her people, when you're talking about mass murdering all these
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Jewish children and, When, you know, he's got Hassan Piker,
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who says America deserved 9-11, a lot of other very
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nasty comments. I think she just finally reached that point
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where she thought, I just can't support someone like this
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who is such a very mean, nasty person. And there's
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a lot of things he has said that are wrong.
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are mean and nasty. So I think she probably thought
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through the night about it and then knows that, you know,
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there's going to be a price to play. The Democrat
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chair here in Michigan has disavowed her and said she's
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no longer a Democrat and he's kicking her from the party.
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And I'm sure she knew that there was going to
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be that kind of pushback.
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But She made what in her mind was a very
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principled decision. So who is kicking her from the party?
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Is it the socialists or is it the Democrat Democrats?
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The Democrats. Curtis Ertel is the chair of the Democrat Party,
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and he announced yesterday that she is persona non grata.
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He's kicking her out of the Democrat Party. So, yeah,
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it's getting very, very nasty here on the Democrat side.
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Jim, you know, as I'm looking, I saw that Chuck
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Schumer also called it a despicable betrayal. I mean, she said,
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I'm picking country over party and he's slamming her. And
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then I look at Abdul El-Sayed saying, oh, I don't
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think about her. Who cares about her? I mean, he
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doesn't even want to answer reporters questions. It's really, to me,
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a turnoff. First of all, the nastiness towards her and
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then even Abdul El-Sayed, the candidate, it just is defiant
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about it. I don't think that's engendering to voters of
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any side.
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I agree with Rita 110 percent. I think she's a
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heroine because she picked country over party.
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Absolutely. And he knows that.
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El-Sayed knows that she made a principled decision that was
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a very tough decision.
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A pushback.
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And he also knows he barely defeated her and that
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this is a major sea change right now, right before
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the election, because so many of these Democrat voters voted
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for her, supported her very strongly. And you know that
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a large percentage of have to know, like and trust her.
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And she's made a decision that others are going to
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follow tomorrow.
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Jim, before we let you go, you mentioned the early votes.
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What percentage are the early votes that are already in
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before this November surprise in the total? And any gauge
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about tomorrow night when you think we might see results
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coming in or a lot of results for Michigan?
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So there's about 2.4 million that have come in out
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of about seven. You know, you could do the math
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on that percentage, but that means a lot of votes
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are going to be cast tomorrow, some today and tomorrow.
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And we'll see how much of an impact this has made,
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because I think.
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It's a gigantic, historic moment.
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Endorsement for Mike Rogers that I got to believe a
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lot of independents, a lot of Democrats are going to
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be responding to and that we're going to see a
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victory for Mike Rogers tomorrow.
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And when do you think numbers will start to come in, Jim?
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I know the polls close. It's at 8. Do you
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think by 9, 10, we'll see a whole bunch coming in?
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Yeah.
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So I'm sure there's going to be a lot of
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exit polling. There's more media here than you can imagine.
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We've got a.
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Huge victory party tomorrow.
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We've got 600 people.
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It's sold out.
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There's going to be a ton of media.
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So there's going to be a lot of interest in
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doing exit polling. The media likes to do that to
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see if they can get a.
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Sense of things.
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Also, where do votes seem to be coming in strongest?
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Is it Democrat or Republican strongholds? So they'll be doing
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this kind of analysis. But realistically, you'll start seeing some
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venues coming in.
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By 9, by 10. You'll see a lot of them.
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We should have a good sense of where this thing's
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going by 10 tomorrow.
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Well, thank you for coming on, and we'll talk to
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you 11 o'clock tomorrow.
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Okay, John and Rita, great talking to you, and I'll
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look forward to talking to you tomorrow.
