Spencer Cox: “The White House asked us to come on and, and to talk about…”

“He reached out to me after the press conference and thanked me multiple times for my words. That's probably a surprise to people. Also, the reason I'm doing these morning shows, I don't do much national press anymore. The White House asked us to come on and, and to talk about this, because they're, they're worried about the, the escalation that's happening out there. But again, I don't know why we feel like we need to take our cues, that we as Americans have to get up in the morning and decide how we're …” (07:54–08:03)

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