The entire UN Security Council gone? What do we do now, ma'am?
We go to the White House and get into a fight.
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So the world is ending and we're all screwed.
Which we've established.
So what's the one thing you would do before it all collapses?
CCallister
What would you say to the person whose job is stolen or who loses her life to one of these migrants?
I'd say that you're making up hypothetical people to distract from the actual issue.
I don't know. I feel like... I feel like these shoes are at a different party. You know? One where fun goes to die.
RRoxanne
So less corporate, more red carpet?
Just for one night, can we not think about fundraising or votes? Come on. This event actually has the potential to be fun.
You might be in the wrong profession ma'am.
I said one night, Blake, I'm not having a vocational crisis.
Good to know.
If it gets out that a foreign government helped topple your opponent, the legitimacy of your presidency could be in jeopardy.
This is a lot bigger than me. Our democracy was interfered with.
I have your short list on my desk.
I have it right here. I picked it up off the pile and dusted it off. You have to find a replacement, because the President of the United States wouldn't go back on her word.
There are protesters in the stands.
Can't they leave the politics out of baseball?
They're just exercising their First Amendment rights.
Are we taking this healthy thing too far?
I wouldn't say that. It's just a lot of chewing.
DDiasy
While President McCord is confident that the investigation will show that there is no truth to Hansen's accusation that her campaign colluded with the Iranian interference into the election, but she respects Congress' authority to oversee the executive branch.
The President's job is to lead, not to explain or ask for support.
When you put it that way, you sound like the patriarchy telling me to do things the way they've always been done.
If there were no Checkers, there would be no Nixon.
Actually, that's a good argument for not getting a dog.
There are reasons previous administrations have tried to pre-emptively ban this technology. Deploying it now could have consequences we're just beginning to understand. America has the finest military in the world. Let's use it.
What we're doing has never been done before. First one through the wall always gets bloody.
I don't care about bloody. I just don't want to be ineffective.
The bombing was a long time ago. I feel like I should be over it. And then there's this thing where it's like, if I'm talking about it, I'm bringing it into the house. Like I can keep it at bay if I don't give it a name.
This is why we have got to educate people about this issue.
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