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Thank you, Shannon.

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Well, no one should be above the law, but no one should be a target of the law.

As Bill Barr has said, this is less about the crime and more about the target. So, it has to play out. This is kind of set in motion.

But on the other hand, where I think this particular problem is it's going to lead to all kind of political theater. Theater that is going to distract from addressing the issues that are incredibly important to our country right now, that are not about just one person or somebody running for reelection as a D.A. in New York, but rather about the future of our country, whether it's Social Security, inflation, crime on the streets. And, unfortunately, the theater will distract from that discussion.

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I cannot speak for Mitch McConnell. And I'll leave Mitch McConnell to himself.

I wouldn't be surprised if they feel that's kind of like I feel. Again, it's wrong. I'll put it this way -- no one should be a target of the law. This seems to be more about the person than about the crime.

Well, on the other hand, I think they'd probably also agree, we've got major issues that are affecting family gathered around the kitchen table and this distracts from that discussion from the urgency of addressing those issues.

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Actually, the statement she picked up and read was a lie. That she was not a liar. She was giving something which was a lie -- number one.

Number two, the president has a plan for Social Security and his plan is to have no plan. He and, frankly, President Trump, former President Trump, are both telling the American people that there is no issue with Social Security and you don't have to do anything about it -- because I think they think it's a political third rail.

The third rail of Social Security should be allowing it to get a 24 percent cut. That's what's going to happen. And we've learned yesterday or Friday that it's going to happen a year earlier than it originally was going to.

That should be the third rail. We should be working to prevent that 24 percent cut. And so far, the two leading candidates for either re-election or election are refusing to acknowledge.

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So, Shannon, you put your finger on it. If 71 percent of Americans don't want Social Security touched, per the poll you just quoted, under current law, if we do nothing, those benefits will be touched. They will be mashed down by 24 percent because this president and the leading Republican candidate refuse to take the issue on. Oh, they're going to be cut.

People need their benefit, not just that they want them. For many, that's how they pay their bills. But under current law, it will be cut by 24 percent because neither of two leading candidates will take the issue on.

That's frustrating, and that is working against the interest of the American people. That's what we should be -- that's what we should be discussing.

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Thank you.

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