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podcast today will be interviewing my good friend in Washington Post

Sports reporter Kent Babb. We'll talk about college football in his new book

which is so so dope across the river.

But before I get to Kent I've got to talk about this defund the police

amendment sponsored by Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville that passed 99 to 0 a couple of days ago.

Here's the clip from the floor speech between Tuberville and New Jersey Senator

Corey Booker.

I call on my colleagues to support our law enforcement by voting yes for this amendment.

Opposing my amendment is a vote in support of defunding the police and against the men and women in blue. The gentleman's time has expired.

Madam President,

Senator from New Jersey.

I am so excited.

This is perhaps the highlight of this long and painful and

torturous night this is a gift if it wasn't complete abdication of Senate

procedures and and esteem I would walk over there and hug my

colleague from Alabama and I will tell you right now thank God because there's some

people who have said that they're members of this

deliberative body that want to defund the police to my horror. And now this

senator has given us the gift that finally once and for all we can put to

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