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that that point has stood the test of time. But the other one was that Republicans would be arrested basically jailed if Biden came to office. Hunted is the word I used. And then I saw a post by MTG on X in which she lists, I don't know this is the beginning of the list. This is the second page of the list. These are the public figures that got arrested or indicted. Just the public figures. So it'…

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ve a listening device. I might be bugged. I'm not sure what's going on.

Anyway, let's talk about Trump in the third term. That's heating up. I think I might be part of the reason that's heating up because I added to that noise a little bit. You know, 1%. Bannon's the one driving it, but the idea of Trump staying for a third term is not being dismissed by Trump too hard. So they asked him on the plane about the third term and Trump says, I haven't really thought about it. Does anybody believe he hasn't really thought about it? Okay. We have some very good people as you know, but I have the best poll numbers I've ever had. And he says something about he would love to do it. So the reporter says, "You're not ruling it out." And he doesn't answer as directly as he could. He goes, "I think if they ever formed a group, it would be unstoppable." Now, I don't know what the group is, but he talks about JD Vance and Marco Rubio being part of it. I don't know if there's more to the group than those two, but he thinks that they would be amazing. But what would be the argument? Apparently Bannon has some argument that he hasn't tried out for why a third term in this particular case could be sold. Now, you know my reasoning. My reasoning is that as long as people like Carville are saying that Republicans should be put in orange jumpsuits, paraded through town, and spit on after Trump is out of office. And he actually said that. As long as that's waiting for us and they're saying so directly and it's coming from somebody who has some gravitas in the party, then I think that the safest thing for Republicans is to never have a Democrat president. Whatever that takes, whatever it takes. And if it takes keeping Trump to keep them from putting me in jail and spitting on me, I'll take the third term. And as I've been saying consistently, there's nothing else that would make me be in favor of violating the Constitution so grossly. But I would definitely violate the Constitution to incre

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ase the chance of living. Wouldn't you? I mean, really, wouldn't you? To increase your own chance of living and not being paraded through town and spit on. Yeah, if those are my choices, I'll take the violation to the Constitution. And you know, and you'll have to live with another four years of Trump. I don't think that's going to happen, but I feel like it's the right tradeoff. So what would be…

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