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@HardballChris

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Author, 20-Year Hardball anchor; Professor of American Politics and Media, Fulbright University Vietnam

Washington D.C.
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I recall the courage of a 29 year-old who took on an unbeatable US senator, who, when his wife and daughter were killed, came home from DC every night to raise what was left of his family. I have to believe Americans will see past the gaffes to Joe Biden's guts and goodness.
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Huge congrats to Joy Reid who joins MSNBC’s prime-time line-up tonight. Joy will prove once again her commitment to telling the truth about our country’s history, our present challenges and her hopes for America’s future. She’s the real deal. So If it’s 7 o’clock, watch Joy!!!
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I predict Joe Biden will select Senator Harris as his vp running mate. I see him barnstorming the country with Barack, Michelle and the California senator. It’s the portrait of America’s future.
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5 years
Very grateful for all the messages of support. I’m on my way to recovery, and will be back on Hardball soon!
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4 years
To everyone, a happy Easter and joyous Passover. Even as we observe social distancing, we can unite spiritually. Difficult times could well bring out the best in us. They have before.
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If Dr. Blasey Ford doesn't testify, the historic loser will be Donald Trump. Her story will not go away even if, especially if, Kavanaugh is confirmed. Imagine her on 60 Minutes the Sunday before the midterms.
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I’m proud of the courageous testimony by Ms. Williams and Lt. Col. Vindman. Today is a great day for our country. I loved what Vindman said about America: “This is the country that I have served and defended, that all of my brothers have served and here, right matters.”
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Omarosa says she has video tapes. She's going to bring one to #Hardball tonight at 7.
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4 years
Trump is right to show respect for RBG. True presidential behavior. Far too rare.
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How can you not be impressed that Senator Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota declared that she will vote against confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court? It takes character to vote against the way the wind is blowing back home. We'll see how other Senators vote.
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Back on @hardball tonight! All the notes and messages I received over the past two weeks overwhelm me. Long ago I came to believe heartfelt prayers matter. Thank you for all the kind words.
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Excited to come back to Hardball next Monday after a wonderful vacation in New Zealand. Thank you to Steve Kornacki for doing an excellent job hosting the show while I was away.
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Bravo to Senator Warren. She's showing the guts to walk the road map laid out by Robert Mueller.
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The severity of this misconduct demands that elected officials in both parties set aside political considerations and do their constitutional duty. That means the House should initiate impeachment proceedings against the President of the United States.
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Today is our 41st anniversary. What a life with The Queen! ❤️
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A human being should never call another human being “a dog.” A President of the United States should never refer to a fellow citizen in this way. It demeans and reduces the office and the person who holds it far more than it does the intended target.
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@ Kirsten Welker asked the best debate question in years. What will you say, should you become president, to those who voted against you? Trump struck out. @JoeBiden hit it out of the park.
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Vote! It’s our vaccination against tyranny.
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The idea that Dr. Blasey Ford is a part of some left wing conspiracy is an insult to her. She has every right to petition Congress. And Congress should listen to people, otherwise why are they there?
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Did you see that @SpeakerRyan has chickened out on bump stocks? They're doing NOTHING on Las Vegas. Nada.
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A special day today -- 37 years ago Kathleen Cunningham and I were married at Trinity College in Washington, DC. It changed my life.
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I love it. @JoeBiden just paused and said "Why am I stopping. No one else stops. Catholic school training."
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Tonight Trump is selling toughness over understanding.True leaders have both.The tragic night after Dr. King was killed, a white politician went into a black neighborhood in Indianapolis.The police said don't go, but Bobby Kennedy went because he cared.We need such leadership now
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Jimmy Carter is 98 today! Blessed are the peacemakers.
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Why do Republicans support restrictions on voting but oppose any rules on guns?
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For Rachel @Maddow and her beloved Susan. Love is the greatest Thanksgiving!
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Nancy Pelosi should be Speaker. Here's why: I don't know another leader who could have done what she did with the ACA. Every Democratic President tried to win Congressional approval for a national health care system. She did it. We're talking about this on #Hardball tonight.
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Dr. Blasey Ford is a breath of fresh air in this tragic story. It's impossible not to like her and believe her.
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The night Dr. King died a white man went into a Black neighborhood of Indianapolis to preach Dr. King's message of love over hate. The police refused to protect him. He and his friend John Lewis went anyway. God bless the legacy today of Dr. King, John Lewis and Bobby Kennedy.
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Almost 6 years ago, Trump blasted Obama for campaigning during Hurricane Sandy cleanup. Look at him now up in Erie while a category 3 hurricane hits Florida.
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Yesterday Obama campaigned with JayZ & Springsteen while Hurricane Sandy victims across NY & NJ are still decimated by Sandy. Wrong!
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@Governor Gretchen Whitmer tonight: “Democracy is a team sport.” Best line so far of DNC.
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Trump’s worldview is one in the same: ignore climate change, burn more coal, shoot all large animals, leave the world one solid waste dump.
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Robert F. Kennedy died fifty-two years ago today.
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. @RepJoeKennedy 's response was very Bobby. It was a breath of fresh air filled with hopes and dreams. #SOTU
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It's clear, with his out-of-left field talk of a fictional spy ring and his attacks on a former FBI director, that Trump is proving his readiness to destroy any faith in government integrity in order to save his own.
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Dr. Christine Ford enjoys the right of every citizen to petition the government. She also has the duty to report to Congress regarding information important to a Supreme Court nomination. She should be praised for this, not attacked.
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. @PeteButtigieg just gave a speech that was very reminiscent of Barack Obama in 2008. It had the same rhythm and hope.
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Biden could well be picking first woman president. Here's why: Beginning with Truman, ten VP picks have ended up nominated for President: Nixon, Johnson, Humphrey, Ford, Mondale, Bush, Dole, Gore and presumably Biden. History says 2020 VP pick could follow the pattern.
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I watched and listened all day to those opposed to this impeachment, and heard the dog that didn’t bark - a single, solitary defense of Trump’s character.
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This government shutdown will go down in history as the "sh*thole shutdown."
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I think it's fascinating that the Florida high school students are calling BS on the NRA and its supporters. It's not about ideology, it's about double talk. The NRA believes guns don't kill people, people kill people. But they're against universal background checks.
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Senator Murkowski’s tough as nails, she’s got guts. She’s a profile in courage.
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NBC News
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Sen. Murkowski says she believes Judge Kavanaugh "is a good man" but maybe “not the right man for" US Supreme Court “at this time.” On no vote on cloture, breaking from party line, she says that "I did not come to a decision on this until walking into the floor this morning."
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7 years
You know who Trump sounds like when he says he's smart? Fredo from The Godfather.
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Speaker Pelosi's message to Trump today: "You can't be the country's Head of State if you refuse the job of Chief Executive." If you won't keep the government running, don't expect the applause.
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I’ve discovered what the country is missing right now – someone with heart, patriotism & passion. Bobby Kennedy: A Raging Spirit. Out 11/7.
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. @SenBobCorker is the John Dean of the Trump era. He's the first Republican whistle-blower to tell the truth. We need the truth.
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Nixon said "I knew I was in trouble when I saw that Tip O’Neill was calling the shots up there." That's Nancy Pelosi today and it's Trump who's in trouble.
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Trump thumped.
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6 years
Unreal. How can the President of the United States say we’ve gone through the worst period of US/Russian relations in history? Wasn’t he alive during the Cuban Missile Crisis when the two nuclear powers went head to head and the Russians blinked?
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Today's testimonies should be the beginning of an inquiry, not the end.
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4 years
It takes no courage to hide in a pack, to speak in unison with those around you. What takes bravery, what merits regard, is the voice that speaks out and tells the brave truth through the sad chorus of silence and submission.
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4 years
Huge congratulations to my friend and colleague Jon. @CapehartJ You are now a show host. Keep up the great commentary and be proud of what you’ve done already, sir. Greatness!
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6 years
Trump's action on Brennan is a clear attempt to distract us from Omarosa.
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NBC News
6 years
BREAKING: President Trump is revoking former CIA Director and high-profile Trump critic John Brennan's security clearance, White House says.
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5 years
I don't think Donald Trump gets Nancy Pelosi. This is a Speaker who possesses real political skill. When he's thinking of a nickname for her, he might consider "winner."
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Kelly O'Donnell
5 years
BREAKING: @SpeakerPelosi to decline steps to permit a State of the Union Jan 29
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6 years
Senator Flake made the smart move. Instead of voting no, he voted yes but made an affirmative demand for an FBI probe. The Democrats need to support him.
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If Fire and Fury is a work of "fiction," then why did it cost Steve Bannon his job at Breitbart? I'll talk to @MichaelWolffNYC tonight on @hardball .
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Democrats need to resist Trump’s Supreme Court pick. There is nothing that Congress decides this year or the years ahead that is likely to matter as much as this decision to what kind of country we all live in.
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Growing up, many of us had the ideal of what a US senator should be, and it was someone like John McCain: courageous, independent and patriotic. Thank god we had him for all these years, a genuine article.
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These indictments show that Robert Mueller is beginning his prosecution and not, as Sarah Huckabee Sanders says, closing it down.
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I want Hardball fans to know how I appreciate your faith in me. 2022 could be a great time to show what we’ve learned. I tried to warn we were headed too far left.
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Silence of the lambs. Why is @SenBobCorker the only one uncorked? Why are Republicans not showing up?
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Speaker Pelosi can hold Donald Trump accountable on every matter from taxation to entitlements. Trump can't touch your Social Security or Medicaid without Pelosi's approval. #Midterms2018
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Tonight on Hardball, we ask why President Trump is campaigning and raising money up in Pennsylvania while Florida is under assault by an historic hurricane.
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Don't you love @HillaryClinton watching from the sidelines as the 9th circuit takes it over the goal line? I can hear her cheering.
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The Trump presidency today lost its new car smell.
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Trump didn't want anyone to see his taxes. Now, everything he ever wanted fixed, every problem he's ever had, may be available to the FBI from the Cohen raid. It's like lifting up a rock to look at the bug life. Trump must hate that.
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Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays! 2020 has been 2020; Next year in America!!!
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What voters want is a designated driver right now. They don’t want a revolution, they just want someone who is sober to get them home. Nothing should unite Democrats more than wanting to defeat Donald Trump.
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Senator Romney’s position is a profile in courage. “I will tell my children, their children that I did my duty to the best of my ability.”
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We certainly don’t live under a dictatorship. Yet we experience living under a head of state who appears to yearn for one.
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Solid answer by Senator Kamala Harris. She nailed Trump on his North Korea policy, said he got “punked” and “traded a photo-op for nothing." #DemDebate
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General Kelly acted presidential today. He acted like a leader and a father. Maybe he should give Trump some lessons.
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No one ever knew more about what was happening here in the nation's capital than Tim Russert, who we lost ten years ago today.
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Meet the Press
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Remembering Tim Russert: 10 years after Tim passed away, colleagues @BFischerMartin & @erinowen721 look back on the lessons they took away from working with him. #IfItsSunday
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The President must be struck by the lack of loyalty of his associates: Michael Flynn, Michael Cohen and now David Pecker. He must wonder about a future without friends.
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Sanders is scoring big on war and peace. His answer calling for international alliances to deal with the Middle East was very strong. Said the two great foreign policy disasters in our lifetime are the war in Vietnam and the war in Iraq, "both were based on lies."
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Today has the feel of history. Like when John Dean turned on Nixon... or when Babe Ruth hit his 60th.
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Suppose @ChelseaClinton had met with Russians representing their govt to accept dirt on Trump. Would the Republicans be defending Clinton?
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Lady Gaga just gave Best Ever Rendition of our national anthem. Best ever!
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Trump seems unable to recognize the growing anger out there among the electorate of 2018: He just gave himself an A+ for his handling of Maria. He's going to slowly find out it's the voter who gives out the grades. We'll talk about that on Hardball tonight.
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Trumpdy Dumpdy had a great fall.
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Why does Trump question the patriotism of 7000 transgender Americans in the military?
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Jerry Stiller was a wonderful guy. He always had time to teach whatever would help - meditation, acting technique. Greatest of all, he was great company. Thankfully, he had the best possible himself in his equally wonderful wife. God bless Ben and Amy.
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. @fred_guttenberg 's message should be heard by all politicians, it's deeply personal. Thank you for coming on tonight, Fred.
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In response to Trump calling gun control measures a "slippery slope," @fred_guttenberg says the real slippery slope is the deregulation of guns that contributed to his daughter's murder in Parkland. "It is the ultimate NRA talking point." #Hardball
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President H.W. Bush was once asked what was the best thing about being President. He said, without hesitation, it was the “honor of it.” He knew no one, not even presidents are perfect, but the office of the presidency is.
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Liz Cheney is my hero. I spent my life watching losing presidential candidates tell the truth. From Stevenson to Clinton they believed in American democracy more than themselves. Trump failed that test. Liz Cheney upholds the country’s honor.
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. @SenJohnMcCain is my role model as an American citizen- Independent, patriotic, and never a quitter. The founding fathers would recognize him and be proud.
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NBC News
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Sen. McCain to discontinue brain cancer treatment, family says.
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Pelosi and Trump are in a staring contest. Who’s going to blink? Betting on Trump to lose this one.
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Today’s turnout verdict: Huge triumph for democracy. People believe their vote counts. They voted because they care deeply about our country and that they can make a difference personally. God bless American democracy!
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Congrats to our MSNBC star Rachel Maddow on her 10 year milestone. Rachel is as nice a person as she is a great broadcaster.
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10 years. All the right questions. Congratulations, @maddow and team! #Maddow10Years #neverstopasking
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Senator Klobuchar and Mayor Pete are standing out tonight. They're putting themselves into this debate with impressive answers. #DemDebate
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On a big news night it was great to be on with @maddow . Thank you and keep shining a light on the facts!
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Big Decision for this country! Biggest decision since Jack Kennedy picked Lyndon Johnson sixty years ago.
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Obama is a president who knew and embraced the duty of being head of state well before he was elected. Unfortunately for our country's history, Donald Trump's idea of being president is being Donald Trump.
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The big message of Obama's farewell speech tonight is that it's not a farewell. "I won't stop," he said. He's gonna fight on.
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Why are the only Republican politicians telling the truth about Trump on their way out of the door? Flake, Dent, Corker, and now Gowdy.
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Big night with @BetoORourke ! We’re going head to head in Houston a week before the vote. Tonight at 7pm ET. Tune in!
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If Dan Snyder changes the name of the Redskins the team should be the “Americans.” It’s a perfect match for the World Series champs “Nationals” and it would drive the rival Dallas “America’s team” Cowboys insane. Go for it, Dan!
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