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Republican rats are about to jump a sinking ship.
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But don't worry, Trump's got a containment plan.
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Today I'm thrilled to announce the official opening
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of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. A major
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announcement to tens of people. In today's breaking
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absurdity, Mike Johnson creates a new insult
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for Trump. Sleep is for sissies. Which Trump
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struggles to refute. And the internet is outraged
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that one Democrat defected to the Republican
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Party. Leading off today, the midterm elections
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are just hours away, and Republicans might have
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reason for concern. Correction, they might need
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to prepare for a blue tsunami. So President Trump
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has a plan, he's gonna make a big speech, which
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is a great idea. Maybe he can rile up his base
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with one of his colorful speeches. Let's cut
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live to him now. Wow, so when you're preparing
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for historic electoral losses in the midterms,
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the most logical thing Trump can think of is
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renaming another body of water. But wait, I'm
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sure there's a message for voters in there somewhere,
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right? Right, the pipes in the reflecting pool.
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That's what the American voter is concerned about.
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Okay, but I'm sure he'll get to a hot button
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issue that resonates with voters. Oh, they're
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still laughing, Donald. They're laughing so hard
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that the internet has reimagined the reflecting
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pool as a blue tsunami getting ready to crash
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right over you. Surf's up. Donald Trump wasn't
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the only one out on the campaign trail. House
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Speaker Mike Johnson also made an appearance
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yesterday where he spoke about his interesting
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relationship with the president. Right, sleep
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is for sissies. Trump would never fall asleep
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at an important moment, except for maybe when
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his interior secretary is standing right in front
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of him. Or this moment. Trump's not a sissy at
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all, right? Right? Well, maybe he didn't see
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this moment. Well, if Trump's not a sissy, we
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don't have the evidence to support that argument,
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at least at this time. And the blue tsunami is
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not the only thing Trump has to worry about.
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He has to worry about the rats, aka the administrative
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ranks of the White House, jumping ship after
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he loses the election. And reportedly he's had
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about 18 senior staff already leave and I can't
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imagine that number will exponentially grow if
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the Republicans lose the midterms. But MAGA may
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be rotting from the inside based on this viral
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clip. Fox News decided to interview an attendee
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at one of Trump's rallies and his answer was
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exactly the opposite of what they were anticipating.
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Apparently, some people who attend Trump rallies
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are students of anthropology. This is one guy
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who definitely didn't drink the Kool -Aid. But
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in a strange twist of fate, Democrats actually
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are facing a defection. Haley Stevens has decided
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to endorse the Republican running against Abdul
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El -Sayed in Michigan. And as you'd expect, this
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went over about as well as a lead balloon. Yeah,
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nothing's perfect, Haley, but that was a fairly
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spectacular disaster. Anyway, Amy went on Anderson
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Cooper to explain her reasoning. So what ad is
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she talking about? Let's take a look at it. So,
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that's to add Hailey Stevens found so painful.
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But there's a little more to the story. The real
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sticky point appears to be Israel. Stevens has
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been a staunch supporter of Israel, and AI PAC
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spent around $30 million supporting her campaign
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in the Democratic primary. But the strange part
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was, the night before, she was saying that she
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wasn't going to endorse the Republican candidate,
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Mike Collins. And Anderson struggles to get a
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straight answer out of Amy. At one point, there
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was just dead air. Well, that cleared things
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up. The interview is so perplexing that people
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made a supercut of Oliver blinking. And reportedly,
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she blinks 154 times, although we can't verify
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that. We'll just have to take their word for
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it. So what does Abdul have to say about this?
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As it turns out, he's concerned about rather
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different things. So on one hand, it looks like
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Haley Stevens is more concerned about Israel
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and her ego, while Abdul El -Sayed is more concerned
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about... improving the lives of people in Michigan.
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I'd love to know what you think about this whole
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mess. Let me know in the comments. Do you think
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Haley Stevens had a point about that ad and Abdul's
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anger? Or do you think Abdul is on the right
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side of this? But Trump decided to interject
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himself into the whole controversy because of
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course he did. And apparently, according to the
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internet, she kind of has joined the Republican
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Party because memes like this started showing
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up. This doesn't seem to be the type of betrayal
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that earns you a lot of points with the Democrats
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of the internet, evidently. Thanks for watching
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Breaking Absurdity, and remember, don't stare
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into the abyss alone, let's do it together. Like,
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