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Sean Duffy: “Most Republicans have said, listen, I don't want to protest…”

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Sean Duffy & Rachel Campos-Duffy: Blue States Are Not Ready

Published February 27, 2025 | Video Starts at 15:32

But the impact of that has been remarkable. And Rachel and I have talked about this a lot. I think after January 6th, Most Republicans have said, listen, I don't want to protest. I don't want to use my First Amendment rights, because I know that if I do, I know I'm going to be put on a list. Someone's going to come after me. I think that someone, maybe from the Fed, might try to gin something up at this protest, and therefore, I'm gonna stay home. (15:32–15:43)

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“70% of transactions are done in US dollars.”
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“If we move to a central bank digital currency, the government's going to control how, when, where you can spend that money.”
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“I think they want to control energy, food and currency. And once they control those three things, they control us.”
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“They're trying to collapse our current system to usher in this new currency of control.”
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“You're seeing, you know, the cash machines at banks and the grocery store, they're starting to take those out.”
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“Face recognition clear is moving from eyes and fingers. They now want to do a digital scan of your face.”
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“Instead of following actual terrorist threats on airplanes, they're following around J Sixers, many of them men and women who served in the…”
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“I think there's a, there's, there is the potential for an attack on the horizon.”
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“I served in Congress for nine years.”
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“We send our little daughter to the University of Dallas. Good Catholic, traditional education, classical.”
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“Had I sent her to some other state university or woke University, I very well could have lost her.”
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“If you love your child, why on earth would you send them into the devil's den and get warped?”
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