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I got to tell you, just before we even get into this,

I'm here, of course, the Nick Hausman.

I've had a week.

I've had a hell of a week.

I'm on re this week.

I sliced up my thumb real bad.

Dealing with that.

On top of that, the American political climate, I know this is going to shock people, is in complete and utter free fall.

It's entering an arena of madness that is both frightening, disturbing, but also completely irritating.

Nick, we have to talk about the Democratic Party.

We have to talk about Joe Manchin.

I'm sorry.

I'm sick of talking about his ass too.

I wish we didn't have to.

But Nick, he's going to leave the Democratic Party

if they don't hold back aid to children and poor people. It's going, it's going to force him

to leave the party. The thought of it is too much, Nick. It's too much. He's taking this ball and

going home. He's taking his big ball of stupid coal and going

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