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nions about me, and some people said to me, "Scott, you just did the dumbest thing you could ever do. Don't talk like that in public. You cannot say those things in public." Now I thought for a while that might be the dumbest thing anybody said in public, and then I saw — I don't know if this is fake news and I'm sorry, I'm just going to have some fun with this, so no bad feelings — but can somebo…

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firm that that's a real story? Because I looked at it. I can't tell if it's fake. Is it fake? Does anybody know? Is this not perfect? It's perfect because you can't tell.

Let's go private here. Yeah, I have no idea. I have no idea if that's real. I saw there was some little hashtag. Now if he's at it I'm sure there's some context there that ties it all together, but I love the fact that that got taken probably out of context. I assume it's out of context but I don't know. I just love that story. I'm not making fun of Tim Poole. I just love the fact that he's that allegedly, and I don't know if it's real. Let me be very clear. I don't know that that's real, but it was trending today. I'd love it if somebody knows. Tell me if that really happened. But I love that I can't tell the difference. That's what's fun about it because I don't know. I don't know. That might be real but it might not be. I'm going to say that's a 50-50.

And by the way, I liked him. I recommend his show. By the way, his show is very good.

All right. Well, I was looking for you to confirm or deny but I don't think you know either. All right. I'm going to suggest based on anecdotal vibes, and this idea comes not directly from me but it feels right, that somebody who's really tapped into the Republican world is telling me this and I want to see if you're getting the same feel. If any of you are Republicans, this is sort of a question

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for Republicans. The biggest issue by far for Republican women — you say it's not private? Let me check. There we go. What's your limit? Yeah, it's weird that that doesn't work the first try. I have to do it twice. Thank you. But at least one smart person is reading the room and saying that the most important issue by far at a human level, when you're talking to real people not when you're on Twi…

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