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Mr. President.
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Doctor, thank you for coming.
Please. I see you did your civic duty.
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You can't ask, and it'd probably violate
some shrink canon of ethics to tell you,
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but I don't think
you'd be unhappy with my choice.
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Were you surprised to get my call?
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One's capacity for surprise tends to be
an early casualty in this line of work.
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But it did seem an unusual way
for a presidential candidate
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- to spend his election day.
- I don't know.
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In 1960, Richard Nixon voted
in Southern California,
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hopped into a white convertible,
ditched the press and headed south.
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Ended up in Tijuana, where he had lunch,
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then came back across the border,
meandered north,
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all the way up to the Mission
at San Juan Capistrano,
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entered the church,
sat down in one of the empty pews,
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reportedly for hours. So, at best,
this would have to rate second.
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Well, what did you want to talk about?
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I'm having difficulty sleeping.
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Anxious insomnia can't be unknown
to presidential candidates.
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- This is different.
- Why?
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I have a confession to make.
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[theme music playing]
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[Cornelius through laptop speakers]
God damn it, Garrett!
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What the fuck
have you and Phil done to me?
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Why would you do this despicable thing
behind my back?
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Why would you do it at all?
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[cell phone vibrating]
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- Hey.
- Did you find anything out?
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That you need to call a lawyer. We all do.
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[sighs]
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What is so important?
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This establishes
attorney-client privilege.
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That's just a TV thing.
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We can either talk as old friends,
or with my $800-an-hour meter running.
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Seems to me like you might require
the latter.
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My boss on the campaign
bugged Cornelius Moss' phone.
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- How long have you known?
- Half an hour.
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- Who else have you told?
- No one.
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Good. Now take out your phone
and call the FBI.
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I'm guessing we've arrived
at the privileged part.
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You're afraid it'll hurt
Kirkman's chances.
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- Did he know about it?
- No.
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You know that or are you guessing?
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I don't... I don't know that,
but I'm not guessing. I know him.
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By delaying, you may or may not be
doing him a favor in the end.
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But I can guarantee
you're not helping yourself.
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Every hour you don't come forward,
you're gonna have to explain that
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to the FBI, federal prosecutor,
congressional committee.
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It's gonna get expensive.
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- Are you gonna be all right?
- Yeah.
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- Keep me posted.
- Sure. At eight bills an hour.
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- Well, you get the old flame discount.
- What? We were never...
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I didn't say it was requited.
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[Louden] I don't know what Nixon
was seeking in that chapel,
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but I'm not a priest.
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I don't offer absolution.
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Unless it's a different sort
of confession.
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Are you about to reveal
the commission of a crime?
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Not in a legal sense.
Arguably, a moral one.
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Still privileged nonetheless.
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Understood. Go on.
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[door opens]
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Thank you, Mike. Emily, please.
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[sighs]
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What's going on?
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[sighs] You need to hear this.
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[Cornelius through speakers]
God damn it, Garrett!
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What the fuck
have you and Phil done to me?
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Why would you do this despicable thing
behind my back?
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Why would you do it at all?
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- Where the hell did you get this?
- On the advice of counsel, I can't say.
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- The White House Counsel?
- My personal attorney.
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There's something else.
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I was the one that leaked the information
about Moss carrying the Alzheimer's gene.
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Excuse me?
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I wrongly felt
that we needed to fight fire with fire,
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and I regretted it immediately,
but was too ashamed to tell you
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because I knew
you would be disappointed in me,
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which is why I had to play this for you
right away.
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I couldn't fail you again...
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[breathes deeply]
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...and given the high premium that you put
on personal integrity and fair play,
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I knew you'd want to correct the record,
consequences be damned.
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I should go.
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Emily.
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Thank you for this.
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Good night, sir.
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[Louden] Did you believe
the sound recording was authentic?
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- Seemingly.
- Isn't that equivocating?
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- I couldn't be certain.
- I didn't ask if you were certain.
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I asked if you believed if it was real.
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Yes. Yes, I did.
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[typing]
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[Mars] You made me late.
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[Lynn] You made yourself late.
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The quickie.
Another faculty lost to old age.
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- I'm not complaining.
- [chuckles]
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It appears your boy's gonna win.
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Didn't your father ever tell you
never to say that out loud?
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He was customarily reelected
by a 20-point margin.
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In our house, superstition was deemed
a counterfeit humility.
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You know, your dad's old Senate seat
is up for special election next year.
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It'd be nice to get somebody in there
to do justice to the old man's memory.
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Yeah, and be a reliable Senate vote
for Kirkman's next term agenda.
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It's not gonna be easy.
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A presidential win by a man with no party,
no coattails, favors owed.
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Means to whip rank-and-file discipline.
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- You'll just have to scare them.
- [chuckles] Yeah.
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Speaking of scary,
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we got the bill for my rehab,
and I can't help but feel awful about it.
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- Babe, you...
- Not to mention guilty
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over how lucky we are
that we have the means.
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The main thing is that you're sober now
and committed to staying that way.
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- Thank you again for being so supportive.
- It is so great to have you back.
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Dawn patrol!
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Huddle up. Here we are.
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Day before the election.
Overnight polling is encouraging.
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- [Bryce] Encouraging? We're killing it!
- [crowd laughs]
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[Lorraine] Don't get overconfident.
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We're still within the margin of error
in the battlegrounds,
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in Florida, in the Upper Midwest,
in Texas.
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Did you just hear yourself?
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The words "Texas" and "battlegrounds"
in the same sentence?
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Right.
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It's a wonder what a little genocidal
plotting by your opponent will do.
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But let's not count chickens.
You think you're tired now?
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I want you next-level spent.
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We gotta canvass, canvass, canvass.
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Work the phones, tweet storms,
get out there and knock on doors.
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I want you so far up
your state chairs' asses
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that when they yawn, I see your hairline.
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- [crowd chuckles]
- [Lorraine] Go win an election.
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- [crowd cheers]
- Good luck.
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Emily, hang back a minute?
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I heard about your mom. I'm so sorry.
That must have been...
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Oh, God, I can't imagine
what that was like.
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If you need, just take the day.
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Thank you, but I'm fine.
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- Have you contacted an attorney?
- You found Pegasus.
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We can't have this conversation.
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- Fuck!
- You're with the president today.
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Call me after.
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- After what?
- You'll know.
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Just because I believed the recording
was real, didn't answer everything.
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What if I was wrong? What if it had been
staged and strategically released?
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Is that what you suspected?
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It was possible, given what was at stake,
the dirty tricks Moss had already played.
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But it wasn't leaked to the media.
It came via your own campaign aide.
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- So, your dirty trick scenario...
- Is bullshit.
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Congratulations, you got me. Happy?
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Are you happy?
You're about to be elected president.
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Do I look happy?
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[Isabel] Just a second.
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[sniffles] Come in.
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Hey, you left this on the bathroom sink.
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Looking promising for tomorrow.
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Yep.
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- You doing okay?
- [voice breaks] No.
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- Aaron?
- [sniffles] He was...
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He was so sweet with my parents, and...
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he's come such a long way
in embracing who he is.
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And now, he's about to become
vice president.
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And I still have so much anger.
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Maybe you just need a little revenge sex.
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[laughing]
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- It's not that funny.
- [sobbing] I'm sorry.
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This whole thing
just has me really emotional.
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Fine. More emotional.
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The good news is,
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it's not something you need
to figure out right now, right?
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- [cell phone vibrating]
- Sorry.
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Thank you.
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[sniffling]
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[scoffs]
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[Louden] Why does talking about this
make you angry?
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- I was wrestling with something else.
- What?
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I'm trying to figure a way to say this
without it sounding like an excuse.
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I'm not sitting here in judgment.
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How much does this recording
exonerate Moss anyway?
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Unpack that.
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Moss is in league with the conspirators
in a larger sense.
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Accepted huge amounts of money from one,
paid a lavish salary to the other.
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These men's views were widely known.
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Detwiler was quoted as saying
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immigrants were turning America
into a third world country.
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Brunton tweeted out,
"We can't save our civilization
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on the backs of other people's babies."
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Moss knew exactly who he was
getting into bed with.
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And if he wins this election,
they're who he'll be accountable to.
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In articulating that,
did that sound to you like an excuse?
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No, it sounded like the truth.
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[cell phone ringing]
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- Hey, how's it going?
- You people are sadists.
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Rallies in San Antonio, Austin and Dallas?
It's barely 9:00.
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[chuckles softly]
That's a lot of breakfast burritos.
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[sighs] Hey, Em, I'm sorry about your mom.
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Thank you.
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Everybody here sends their condolences.
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- So, how are you holding up?
- I'm fine.
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Yeah? Would you say if you weren't?
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Probably not. What's the vibe like there?
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Oh, it's just disgust for Moss.
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I'm still not 100% convinced
that he was involved.
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Come on, his right-hand guy,
biggest donor,
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that cell phone video...
They're sure blaming Moss in Texas.
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Hmm. Yeah, well, fasten your seat belt.
It's gonna be a day.
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What, you know something?
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Just, the day before, things go bump.
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Thanks for calling. I gotta go.
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Emily, this is my offspring, Stephanie.
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- Hi, it's so nice to meet you.
- Hi.
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Thank you so much
for this opportunity to volunteer.
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Oh, well, at 4:00 a.m., when you remember
that you're doing this for free,
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gratitude may not be your first thought.
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But let me introduce you to the person
who'll show you the ropes.
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[Cornelius through TV] I have a statement,
after which I'll take your questions.
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[Lorraine] Moss presser.
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[Cornelius] I begin by condemning,
in the strongest terms possible,
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this unspeakable bioterror plot.
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I join all Americans in calling on
those found to have played any role
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to be punished to the fullest extent
of the law.
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And should it turn out
that those responsible
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include persons associated
with my presidential campaign,
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then I owe the American people
the most profound apology.
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However, any insinuation
or outright accusation that I myself
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had any role in or any knowledge of
this vile conspiracy
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is entirely without basis.
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And I am therefore owed
an equally profound apology
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from all of those individuals
who have so irresponsibly alleged.
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Most particularly,
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the holder of the high office that is
being contested in tomorrow's election.
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Mr. President, I, and the American people,
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eagerly await that statement of apology.
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How did you feel
after you heard him say that?
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That I owed him absolutely nothing.
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[Cornelius through TV]
And now I'll take your questions.
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[reporter 1] Have you spoken
to the president?
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Yes. And I made not only my displeasure,
but my disappointment in him known.
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[reporter 2] Are you concerned
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- about the impact that...
- [TV switches off]
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I hope he gets a Latin King
for a cellmate.
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[chuckles] The conspiracy was about
keeping a state like Texas red.
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And now exposing it may result in exactly
what they were hoping to prevent.
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Yeah, karma's not a bitch.
She's a freaking queen.
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Please, sit down.
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I was wondering about your plans
vis-à-vis Aaron, the vice presidency.
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That's a completely sexist question.
Permission to begin again.
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I've been tremendously impressed with you
this past year.
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I think we work well together,
complement each other.
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Background, gender, age.
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I have no intention
of leaving my position.
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This isn't just about
not wanting to lose you.
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If we get the good news
that we expect to get tomorrow,
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I'd like to offer you the job
of White House Deputy Chief of Staff.
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Oh, my God.
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- You don't have to answer right...
- Yes. Yes.
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Of course. I...
I would be honored to accept.
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- Okay. Something I want to get a jump on.
- [both chuckle]
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It is manifestly unfair
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the kind of rehab facilities
available to the affluent
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that are impossibly out of financial reach
to most Americans.
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Start strategizing on a means to compel
Big Pharma, liquor, cigarette companies
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to designate a portion of their profits
to the cost of rehab.
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Hmm. So help get their customers
off the products that they spend so much
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in marketing dollars
enticing them to overuse.
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- Mmm-hmm.
- I love it. When you say strategize...
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Pull together an inter-agency team.
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Liaise with the appropriate
cabinet departments,
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subcommittees on the Hill.
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You're Deputy Chief of Staff.
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Kick a little ass.
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I will get right on it.
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[Isabel sighs]
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Really, Myles?
This is such a dweeb cliché.
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The thrashed hybrid, the congealed ramen,
the faint mist of flaming hot Cheeto dust.
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Okay, all right. What's up?
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I need you to wipe any trace of Pegasus
off my computer.
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Yeah, of course.
That was always part of the plan.
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No, you're not hearing me.
I want you to do it right now.
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- That's not possible.
- What?
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I can't do it remotely, Lorraine.
I need physical access to your computer.
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Which, correct me if I'm wrong,
is in a glass cubicle
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in the middle of, what, the busiest office
in DC for the next 36 hours?
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All right, tomorrow night.
After the polls close in the west,
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everyone will leave for the party. As soon
as the last man out shuts off the lights,
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I want you in there scrubbing
before the filaments cool.
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- Get your fucking car washed.
- All right.
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Let me ask you something. Why am I here?
If you're at peace with your conclusion.
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- I'm not at peace with my action.
- By action, do you mean...
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- My inaction.
- Okay, let's explore that.
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[Dennis] Does President Kirkman
have a comment
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on the statement by former President Moss?
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On the last day of the campaign,
the president is really just focusing
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on the issues that are most important
to the American people.
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- Seth?
- Seth!
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[Erin] Does he believe
in Moss' denial of involvement?
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The president believes that
the investigation into this matter
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will be thorough and conclusive,
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and it's most appropriate for him to let
it unfold without any additional comment.
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- [reporter] Seth?
- Colin.
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So the president stands by his statement
that he believes Moss was complicit?
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That's all I have for today. Thank you,
everybody. Don't forget to vote.
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[cell phone vibrating]
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Hey.
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Seth, did you speak with the president
before making those remarks?
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Yeah, I talked to him before I went up.
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Hello?
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I implicated Moss in a conspiracy.
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Now, I had evidence that might prove
his innocence, and did nothing with it.
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Because you felt
he bore responsibility regardless?
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- Yes, and I didn't want to reward him.
- In what sense?
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Moss isn't a right-wing extremist.
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Hell, his record shows
he governed as a moderate.
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- But he changed?
- I prefer "cynically pivoted."
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Explain.
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Moss wanted to become president again.
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He knew in a three-way race,
the Democrats would run to the left.
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I'd stay in the center.
That left him with what?
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The right.
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So he rebranded himself
a hard-line conservative.
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Surrounded himself with bigoted zealots
like Detwiler and Brunton.
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He didn't believe
in their nativist bullshit.
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But he knew that the hard-line
conservatives would vote in a block.
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And in a three-way race,
that just might be enough to win.
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So, you wanted him to pay
for his dishonesty?
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Yes.
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By being dishonest yourself?
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Like you're being right now.
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Not coming forward, was that really
because you didn't want to reward him?
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[sighs]
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- No.
- Why?
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Because I wanted to win.
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[Aaron through TV]
They came for you, Houston!
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And not to kill you. Their plan
was more hidden and arguably more evil.
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They came for your future.
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00:19:46,268 --> 00:19:48,729
They came for your children
that would never be born,
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these associates of Cornelius Moss.
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[crowd booing]
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No, what they didn't reckon with,
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what they did not understand, is that
they didn't just come for you or for me.
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They came for every American.
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They came for our future,
for our children,
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as part of this great, extended
and proudly diverse American family!
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So tomorrow, elect Tom Kirkman,
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president of all the people
of these United States of America!
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[crowd cheering]
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[sniffles and sobs]
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00:20:28,060 --> 00:20:30,187
[line ringing]
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[cell phone ringing]
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- Hey.
- Hey.
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- How's it going?
- Real good, actually.
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Almost worth the permanent nerve damage
from shaking 8,000 hands.
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00:20:39,446 --> 00:20:42,157
Ugh. There's not enough hand sanitizer
in the world.
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00:20:43,492 --> 00:20:46,578
- You know, we're gonna win this thing.
- Texas, huh?
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00:20:46,662 --> 00:20:50,082
Game changer. Who would have thought.
Quite the legacy for Hannah Wells.
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00:20:50,165 --> 00:20:51,959
Amen to that.
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00:20:52,542 --> 00:20:56,004
Hey, this is... This is gonna be awkward.
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00:20:56,922 --> 00:20:58,173
- Uh...
- [phone beeps]
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00:20:58,257 --> 00:20:59,257
Yeah, shoot.
359
00:21:00,300 --> 00:21:02,719
- How's Isabel?
- Dude.
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00:21:02,803 --> 00:21:06,223
I know she's living with you,
and you guys talk, right?
361
00:21:06,306 --> 00:21:08,934
- How's she feeling about me?
- What is this, middle school?
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00:21:09,893 --> 00:21:13,188
Look, I screwed up. And I know that.
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00:21:14,481 --> 00:21:17,359
- But if it cost me a future with her...
- You love her.
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00:21:17,442 --> 00:21:20,904
- I do.
- So tell her. That's all I got.
365
00:21:23,448 --> 00:21:26,034
Hey, Seth, I'm sorry to put you
in the middle of all this.
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00:21:26,118 --> 00:21:27,619
No, you haven't, and I'm not.
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00:21:28,370 --> 00:21:32,124
- But just talk to her, man, straight up.
- Okay.
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00:21:35,127 --> 00:21:38,255
[Louden] You didn't clear Moss
so you might win.
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00:21:38,338 --> 00:21:39,339
I just said that.
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00:21:39,423 --> 00:21:43,010
What you're trying to work out
is whether the ends justify the means.
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00:21:43,093 --> 00:21:45,554
As far as I'm concerned
for the country, absolutely yes.
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No, for you, personally. Isn't that
what you're trying to reconcile?
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"What profits a man who gains
the whole world, only to lose his soul?"
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00:21:55,230 --> 00:21:58,817
Well, I don't think we need to send out
a search party for your soul just yet.
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00:21:59,443 --> 00:22:03,280
Your argument about Moss' enabling
and inauthenticity,
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00:22:03,947 --> 00:22:06,450
they weren't specious or fallacious.
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00:22:06,533 --> 00:22:08,785
Why didn't you take them
to the American people?
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00:22:08,869 --> 00:22:12,748
You learn pretty quickly that politics
doesn't run on reason, it runs on emotion.
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00:22:12,831 --> 00:22:15,751
People vote their instincts
and backfill arguments to fit them.
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If I'd released that recording,
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the voters that Moss would've lost
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would have had enough cover
to sit on their conscience,
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00:22:22,215 --> 00:22:23,895
regardless of what point
I would have made.
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[crowd applauding]
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00:22:31,266 --> 00:22:32,893
Thank you for that. Thank you.
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00:22:32,976 --> 00:22:36,104
And for your incredible dedication
and tireless work
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on behalf of what, well, when we started,
seemed to be an insurmountable task,
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electing an Independent
to the presidency of the United States.
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00:22:44,321 --> 00:22:46,406
And the fact that I even have
a chance tomorrow
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is owed to you,
the people here in this room.
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And I will be forever grateful.
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00:22:50,660 --> 00:22:53,872
Now, we have put forward
over these last few months
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our best case to the American people.
But it is now in the voters' hands.
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So, to tomorrow. Thank you all. Thank you.
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[crowd cheering and applauding]
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00:23:06,218 --> 00:23:08,345
[Tom] Thank you very much. Thank you.
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Did you feel a fraud?
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00:23:16,645 --> 00:23:20,315
Not then. That came later.
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00:23:23,443 --> 00:23:26,071
[sniffles and sighs]
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00:23:26,154 --> 00:23:27,823
[cell phone ringing]
401
00:23:30,659 --> 00:23:32,244
- Hey.
- Hey.
402
00:23:32,327 --> 00:23:34,830
Late notice,
but the president's invited us,
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00:23:34,913 --> 00:23:38,333
you, me and Aaron, to the Residence
for drinks and dessert,
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00:23:38,416 --> 00:23:41,711
to sort of bookend that dinner we had
back in January when you came back.
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00:23:41,795 --> 00:23:44,297
The one he thinks of
as the kickoff to the campaign.
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00:23:45,465 --> 00:23:46,591
You there?
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00:23:48,051 --> 00:23:50,637
Uh, yeah. Um... I'm on my way.
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00:23:58,478 --> 00:24:00,355
[Seth] You ready to maintain
a frozen smile
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00:24:00,438 --> 00:24:01,707
through the entire State of the Union?
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00:24:01,731 --> 00:24:03,651
I'm planning on doing bunny ears
behind his back.
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00:24:03,692 --> 00:24:07,320
- Just make sure you use both fingers.
- [Aaron chuckles]
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00:24:07,404 --> 00:24:09,823
And there she is. What's your pleasure?
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00:24:09,906 --> 00:24:11,324
A single malt, please.
414
00:24:11,408 --> 00:24:14,286
What does it say
that her drink is manlier than mine?
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00:24:14,369 --> 00:24:16,121
- Everything, really.
- [chuckles]
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00:24:16,872 --> 00:24:18,165
Thanks.
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00:24:20,041 --> 00:24:24,796
To all of you, who believed in me
before I was sure I believed in myself.
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00:24:25,297 --> 00:24:29,968
And for helping me to answer one of
Emily's on-point questions in early days,
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00:24:31,094 --> 00:24:32,971
why was I running for president?
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00:24:33,680 --> 00:24:34,973
Thank you all.
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00:24:35,891 --> 00:24:38,894
To stopping Moss
and his merry band of eugenicists
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00:24:38,977 --> 00:24:41,730
from reshaping the country
in the image of Ozzie and Harriet.
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00:24:41,813 --> 00:24:43,982
[chuckles]
To being the people's president.
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00:24:44,065 --> 00:24:47,944
I thought it was to be a welcome break
from politics as usual,
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00:24:48,028 --> 00:24:50,947
disingenuousness and craven calculation.
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00:24:51,907 --> 00:24:54,910
To restore integrity and honesty
to the public sphere.
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00:24:57,120 --> 00:24:59,560
- All right, yeah, all that too.
- [Aaron] I'll drink to that.
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00:25:01,291 --> 00:25:02,876
[Tom] Joe, thank you very much.
429
00:25:03,501 --> 00:25:06,630
Oh, man, I can feel my blood sugar spike
just from looking at that.
430
00:25:07,214 --> 00:25:08,840
Ladies first.
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00:25:09,841 --> 00:25:12,802
Why not? Conscience be damned.
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00:25:15,055 --> 00:25:16,848
[Seth] Thank you, Mr. President.
Good night.
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00:25:16,932 --> 00:25:17,766
Good night.
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00:25:17,849 --> 00:25:19,226
- Mr. President.
- Aaron.
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00:25:20,268 --> 00:25:21,102
Sir.
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00:25:21,186 --> 00:25:24,022
[sighs] Emily, could you stay
for a moment, please?
437
00:25:25,941 --> 00:25:26,942
Of course.
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00:25:31,655 --> 00:25:33,823
You think I owe you an explanation.
I don't.
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00:25:33,907 --> 00:25:35,075
Because you're the president.
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00:25:35,158 --> 00:25:38,662
No, because you came to me
in the 59th minute of the 11th hour
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00:25:38,745 --> 00:25:40,825
with a recording,
wouldn't tell me where it was from.
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00:25:40,872 --> 00:25:42,266
- To protect you.
- One that purportedly
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00:25:42,290 --> 00:25:45,061
would have exonerated Moss from having
anything to do with this conspiracy.
444
00:25:45,085 --> 00:25:46,795
Not purportedly, plainly.
445
00:25:46,878 --> 00:25:49,714
We didn't have enough time
to verify its authenticity.
446
00:25:49,798 --> 00:25:50,798
I don't believe this.
447
00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:54,386
You honestly think that I would have
risked the presidency of the United States
448
00:25:54,469 --> 00:25:56,137
over a recording I knew nothing about?
449
00:25:56,221 --> 00:26:00,558
This is so beneath you, sir.
You are self-justifying, grasping...
450
00:26:00,642 --> 00:26:02,394
- Emily, watch your tone.
- I'm sorry.
451
00:26:02,477 --> 00:26:06,606
Did I not say, "With all due respect"?
I'm having a little trouble mustering it.
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00:26:06,690 --> 00:26:09,734
Okay, enough.
This was my call to make and I made it.
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00:26:09,818 --> 00:26:11,152
I don't owe you an explanation.
454
00:26:11,236 --> 00:26:14,823
Hmm. Just as well,
because I certainly didn't get one.
455
00:26:17,659 --> 00:26:19,661
Best of luck tomorrow, Mr. President.
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00:26:24,457 --> 00:26:27,627
- [Louden] Well, she gave it to you good.
- Yes, she did.
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00:26:28,503 --> 00:26:30,213
Do you feel like you deserved it?
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00:26:30,297 --> 00:26:31,298
[sighs]
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00:26:32,340 --> 00:26:34,551
I guess that's what
I'm trying to figure out.
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00:26:50,025 --> 00:26:53,653
- [Sasha] Sleepless? Again?
- Hey.
461
00:26:54,237 --> 00:26:59,409
It looks like tomorrow'll bring good news,
if it's not jinxing to mention.
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00:26:59,951 --> 00:27:01,703
The hard part's over, in any event.
463
00:27:02,871 --> 00:27:05,123
I've learned that running
isn't the hard part. [chuckles]
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00:27:05,999 --> 00:27:08,293
Does governing keep you up
nights like this?
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00:27:08,376 --> 00:27:09,502
Sometimes.
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00:27:10,628 --> 00:27:12,547
But it's not the job, either.
467
00:27:13,131 --> 00:27:14,257
What, then?
468
00:27:16,092 --> 00:27:17,761
Knowing if you're worthy of it.
469
00:27:19,304 --> 00:27:23,850
The voters believe you are.
They're about to return you to office.
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00:27:23,933 --> 00:27:27,729
[scoffs] We'll see. The big question is,
do I deserve it?
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00:27:29,939 --> 00:27:31,441
Where's that coming from?
472
00:27:34,527 --> 00:27:40,742
You should unburden yourself to someone,
even if just in prayer.
473
00:27:42,994 --> 00:27:44,454
Try to get some rest.
474
00:27:46,331 --> 00:27:48,666
- Night.
- Night.
475
00:27:58,468 --> 00:27:59,820
[Louden] So, you reached out to me.
476
00:27:59,844 --> 00:28:02,847
Well, God wouldn't take my call.
[chuckles]
477
00:28:07,227 --> 00:28:08,228
Hey.
478
00:28:12,899 --> 00:28:15,711
- I need five minutes with the president.
- He left instructions not to be disturbed.
479
00:28:15,735 --> 00:28:17,737
- That don't apply to me.
- He said you'd say that.
480
00:28:18,863 --> 00:28:22,784
- What if this is a national emergency?
- Is it a national emergency?
481
00:28:24,160 --> 00:28:25,662
You're enjoying this, aren't you?
482
00:28:26,663 --> 00:28:27,664
A little bit.
483
00:28:30,250 --> 00:28:33,294
- Thank you, Russell.
- Don't mention it.
484
00:28:35,463 --> 00:28:37,674
Volunteers, where are my turnout numbers?
485
00:28:37,757 --> 00:28:41,136
If I can't get them before cable news,
what am I not paying you for?
486
00:28:41,219 --> 00:28:42,739
- [Stephanie] Here you go.
- Thank you.
487
00:28:50,645 --> 00:28:52,063
[blinds whirring]
488
00:28:56,568 --> 00:29:01,740
You have done great work, Dontae.
And I'm not promiscuous with my praise.
489
00:29:02,407 --> 00:29:03,616
I appreciate you saying.
490
00:29:04,868 --> 00:29:08,204
Listen, you and Emily are tight, right?
491
00:29:09,205 --> 00:29:10,749
What is going on with her?
492
00:29:12,041 --> 00:29:13,041
What do you mean?
493
00:29:17,881 --> 00:29:21,217
- Her mom dying.
- But I think there's something else.
494
00:29:22,427 --> 00:29:24,107
I've been on the trail with the president.
495
00:29:25,138 --> 00:29:27,557
Dontae, people are gonna
call me about you.
496
00:29:28,183 --> 00:29:30,101
I can really help you in your career.
497
00:29:32,812 --> 00:29:34,355
Sorry, I got nothing.
498
00:29:35,690 --> 00:29:37,150
Well, thank you, Dontae.
499
00:29:41,029 --> 00:29:43,031
[blinds whirring]
500
00:29:47,202 --> 00:29:48,202
[scoffs]
501
00:29:52,457 --> 00:29:55,043
So, what you're saying is,
you didn't trust the voters?
502
00:29:55,126 --> 00:29:56,711
How does that make you feel?
503
00:29:56,795 --> 00:29:58,588
You're a voter.
How does that make you feel?
504
00:29:58,671 --> 00:30:00,423
I ask the questions.
505
00:30:00,507 --> 00:30:02,258
My responsibility
is to the American people.
506
00:30:02,342 --> 00:30:06,054
So, yes, I chose not to throw a lifeline
to this race-baiting fraud
507
00:30:06,137 --> 00:30:08,431
because I don't think
he's fit to run the country.
508
00:30:08,515 --> 00:30:11,434
- In your view.
- In my view. Yes, in my goddamn view!
509
00:30:12,018 --> 00:30:14,354
I know I'm sounding undemocratic here,
but let's be honest.
510
00:30:14,437 --> 00:30:16,147
How democratic is this country, really?
511
00:30:16,231 --> 00:30:18,817
With the electoral college,
gerrymandered districts.
512
00:30:18,900 --> 00:30:22,028
Isn't that straying a little bit
into self-justification?
513
00:30:23,363 --> 00:30:27,617
Isn't it simpler? That, as president,
you just thought you knew better?
514
00:30:28,993 --> 00:30:29,994
[sighs]
515
00:30:37,168 --> 00:30:40,547
Thank you all for coming.
I won't keep you.
516
00:30:40,630 --> 00:30:45,468
I know a lot of you have victory parties
to attend and concession wakes to avoid.
517
00:30:45,552 --> 00:30:46,761
[all chuckle]
518
00:30:46,845 --> 00:30:49,055
[Mars] I asked you,
congressional leadership,
519
00:30:49,138 --> 00:30:51,099
here to discuss our way forward.
520
00:30:51,182 --> 00:30:53,852
If the exit polls are to be believed,
521
00:30:53,935 --> 00:30:56,563
it's shaping up to be
a resounding Kirkman win.
522
00:30:56,646 --> 00:31:00,400
A protest vote,
against an alleged conspiracy.
523
00:31:00,483 --> 00:31:01,609
Hardly a mandate.
524
00:31:01,693 --> 00:31:05,196
The accidental president redux,
with still no governing majority.
525
00:31:05,280 --> 00:31:08,616
Face facts, Harper.
He's a day-one lame duck.
526
00:31:09,367 --> 00:31:11,327
That's exactly what I expected to hear
527
00:31:11,411 --> 00:31:15,582
from you esteemed beltway insiders,
canny old pros.
528
00:31:16,374 --> 00:31:18,751
Tell that story, be my guest.
529
00:31:19,335 --> 00:31:21,504
Do your performative gridlock,
530
00:31:21,588 --> 00:31:26,217
that sorry, lazy excuse
for not doing the people's work.
531
00:31:27,635 --> 00:31:28,928
Here's our story,
532
00:31:29,888 --> 00:31:33,600
that American voters gave
a decisive electoral victory
533
00:31:33,683 --> 00:31:36,060
to a fierce Independent to govern,
534
00:31:36,144 --> 00:31:39,188
because they've had it up to here
with all of you.
535
00:31:40,023 --> 00:31:44,027
That this is a repudiation
to partisan stalemate
536
00:31:44,110 --> 00:31:48,031
and government by self-interest
and glorified bribe.
537
00:31:48,114 --> 00:31:52,952
And we won't just hammer this message
on every media outlet.
538
00:31:53,036 --> 00:31:58,666
We're gonna hammer it in your home states,
your districts, where you live.
539
00:31:58,750 --> 00:32:03,546
Blows taking dead aim
at your lobbyist-fed, exposed bellies.
540
00:32:04,130 --> 00:32:08,051
Because the only thing people respond to
in this town is fear.
541
00:32:08,551 --> 00:32:13,431
So know this. Anyone obstructionist,
who doesn't meet us halfway
542
00:32:13,514 --> 00:32:17,769
in good faith negotiation
and mutual compromise, will get primaried.
543
00:32:17,852 --> 00:32:20,730
And not from the left or the right,
544
00:32:20,813 --> 00:32:25,234
but from that dead bull's-eye
sensible center,
545
00:32:25,318 --> 00:32:27,320
where the American majority lives.
546
00:32:28,071 --> 00:32:31,282
This election is the drawing in
547
00:32:31,366 --> 00:32:35,244
of the waves that foretells the tsunami.
548
00:32:36,037 --> 00:32:39,666
So, either you play ball and play fair,
549
00:32:39,749 --> 00:32:43,336
or be prepared to be swept away.
550
00:32:46,506 --> 00:32:47,757
Have a good night.
551
00:32:54,013 --> 00:32:56,557
- What is it you're looking for from me?
- Are you kidding me?
552
00:32:57,266 --> 00:32:59,370
I get that you're not a priest
and you can't absolve me,
553
00:32:59,394 --> 00:33:01,413
but you gotta give me something,
for Christ's sakes.
554
00:33:01,437 --> 00:33:07,235
Tell me this self-loathing isn't justified
or oversized, or at least that it'll pass.
555
00:33:07,318 --> 00:33:08,945
You know that's not up to me.
556
00:33:09,028 --> 00:33:10,571
[scoffs]
557
00:33:10,655 --> 00:33:14,659
Patient, heal thyself.
Quite a racket you guys got going.
558
00:33:15,576 --> 00:33:17,286
Our time is past up.
559
00:33:20,623 --> 00:33:25,461
[sighs] At least tell me this.
Do you regret your vote?
560
00:33:31,217 --> 00:33:32,802
I ask the questions.
561
00:33:33,720 --> 00:33:36,597
- Good night, sir.
- Good night, Doctor.
562
00:33:41,602 --> 00:33:42,520
[door opens]
563
00:33:42,603 --> 00:33:45,314
- Dad, they called it! You won.
- Oh!
564
00:33:46,607 --> 00:33:47,608
[chuckles]
565
00:33:49,152 --> 00:33:52,030
- You so deserve this.
- Thank you, sweetheart.
566
00:33:52,113 --> 00:33:54,574
- I gotta go and get ready for the party.
- Okay.
567
00:33:58,327 --> 00:34:00,246
Mom would've been really proud.
568
00:34:09,088 --> 00:34:11,090
[crowd cheering and applauding]
569
00:34:21,559 --> 00:34:23,936
This is so crazy.
I'm hugging people I just met!
570
00:34:24,020 --> 00:34:25,980
- Congratulations.
- Thank you.
571
00:34:47,085 --> 00:34:49,253
You think he'll be able to govern?
572
00:34:49,337 --> 00:34:51,214
It's gonna be an uphill climb,
573
00:34:51,297 --> 00:34:55,635
which is why we can't leave this open
Virginia Senate seat up to chance.
574
00:34:57,678 --> 00:35:02,058
- You're considering a run.
- Not me. You.
575
00:35:02,141 --> 00:35:03,684
[scoffs] Very funny.
576
00:35:05,645 --> 00:35:08,106
- Mars.
- It's your dad's old seat.
577
00:35:09,190 --> 00:35:13,986
There is no one savvier about this town,
yet no career politician.
578
00:35:14,070 --> 00:35:16,322
And a drug addict. You buried the lede.
579
00:35:16,405 --> 00:35:19,867
Recovered, with a relatable story to tell.
580
00:35:19,951 --> 00:35:24,288
A triumph over the scourge
plaguing the state and the country.
581
00:35:24,372 --> 00:35:28,543
I don't feel very triumphant.
More like holding on by my fingernails.
582
00:35:28,626 --> 00:35:31,838
Then talk about that.
How it's a struggle every day.
583
00:35:31,921 --> 00:35:35,550
Look, the one takeaway
from this Kirkman win
584
00:35:35,633 --> 00:35:38,970
is that the electorate
is craving authenticity.
585
00:35:40,263 --> 00:35:43,391
Your father hosted all those
glittering dinner parties.
586
00:35:43,474 --> 00:35:45,017
You know what he once said to me?
587
00:35:45,977 --> 00:35:49,647
That you were always the smartest one
at the table.
588
00:35:50,898 --> 00:35:52,817
He never told me that.
589
00:35:55,278 --> 00:35:56,404
You neither.
590
00:35:56,487 --> 00:36:00,867
Well, you know, I was usually also
in attendance, so it cut both ways.
591
00:36:01,534 --> 00:36:05,329
But he was right.
Politics is not only in your blood.
592
00:36:05,413 --> 00:36:07,832
You've steeped in it your whole life.
593
00:36:08,416 --> 00:36:10,835
First at your dad's side, then mine.
594
00:36:10,918 --> 00:36:13,921
Your intuitive grasp,
seeing around corners,
595
00:36:14,005 --> 00:36:16,966
I have relied on it my entire career.
596
00:36:18,176 --> 00:36:20,219
You're very sweet to say all this.
597
00:36:20,303 --> 00:36:24,807
Sweet has nothing to do with it.
It's in my craven political interest.
598
00:36:27,226 --> 00:36:28,686
I just don't know if I could.
599
00:36:29,645 --> 00:36:30,813
Well, I do.
600
00:36:32,607 --> 00:36:34,817
And you're just gonna have
to trust me on it.
601
00:36:35,443 --> 00:36:37,904
I'm not gonna say think about it,
because I'm gonna make you.
602
00:36:37,987 --> 00:36:40,406
Every day until the filing deadline.
603
00:36:42,575 --> 00:36:45,661
- I love you.
- I love you, too.
604
00:36:54,295 --> 00:36:55,295
[Tom] Hey.
605
00:36:55,838 --> 00:36:58,257
Ah! The once and future president.
606
00:36:58,341 --> 00:37:01,385
- I owe this all to you.
- No, it's always about the candidate.
607
00:37:01,469 --> 00:37:03,149
In my job, you just try not to fuck it up.
608
00:37:03,221 --> 00:37:04,221
[Tom laughs]
609
00:37:05,431 --> 00:37:07,558
We spent a lot of breakfasts
strategizing here.
610
00:37:07,642 --> 00:37:10,853
Yeah, the proverbial
frank exchange of ideas.
611
00:37:10,937 --> 00:37:13,105
- I got you to bend a little.
- More than I expected.
612
00:37:13,189 --> 00:37:14,815
Such is campaigning.
613
00:37:15,524 --> 00:37:19,070
I'll let you go. I just wanted
to personally say congratulations.
614
00:37:19,904 --> 00:37:23,241
Thank you, Lorraine, for everything.
615
00:37:26,202 --> 00:37:28,996
Oh. Mr. President.
616
00:37:38,381 --> 00:37:39,590
[knock on door]
617
00:37:39,674 --> 00:37:42,218
Come in, Seth. I swear I'm almost ready.
618
00:37:45,221 --> 00:37:47,348
- Hey.
- Hey.
619
00:37:50,184 --> 00:37:51,184
[sighs]
620
00:37:52,603 --> 00:37:54,105
You look beautiful.
621
00:37:56,357 --> 00:37:57,483
Thank you.
622
00:38:02,530 --> 00:38:04,991
- Mr. Vice President.
- [chuckles]
623
00:38:06,117 --> 00:38:07,285
How does it feel?
624
00:38:09,412 --> 00:38:13,291
You know, I was at the Voto Latino party
when Texas put us over.
625
00:38:13,916 --> 00:38:15,543
And just to see the jubilation,
626
00:38:16,085 --> 00:38:19,588
the sense of pride and that acknowledgment
washing over everyone.
627
00:38:20,423 --> 00:38:22,925
And what it meant for them.
What it means to me.
628
00:38:24,802 --> 00:38:26,721
Isi, I have you to thank for that.
629
00:38:28,222 --> 00:38:31,309
- And that canto de mierda, Moss.
- [chuckles]
630
00:38:33,311 --> 00:38:34,812
That's my Isi.
631
00:38:36,439 --> 00:38:38,024
Which is my point.
632
00:38:39,567 --> 00:38:42,236
It just felt wrong
that you weren't there with me.
633
00:38:43,654 --> 00:38:45,448
It's wrong that we're not together.
634
00:38:48,743 --> 00:38:49,994
Because I love you.
635
00:38:52,288 --> 00:38:54,623
And I know I can't ask you to forgive me.
636
00:38:54,707 --> 00:38:57,960
All I can do is ask
that you give me another chance.
637
00:39:01,797 --> 00:39:06,510
You know, these last two days,
thinking of you as vice president,
638
00:39:07,720 --> 00:39:11,015
I'd burst into tears with no idea why.
639
00:39:13,434 --> 00:39:14,727
Until now.
640
00:39:17,646 --> 00:39:20,232
I can't be with you. I'm sorry.
641
00:39:21,317 --> 00:39:23,861
- Isi, just...
- It's not because of the infidelity.
642
00:39:23,944 --> 00:39:26,530
[stammering] It's something deeper,
643
00:39:27,448 --> 00:39:30,493
something that's always nagged at me
under the surface.
644
00:39:32,244 --> 00:39:35,748
- You never took me seriously.
- Isi, you can't say that...
645
00:39:35,831 --> 00:39:37,750
I don't mean as a romantic partner.
646
00:39:39,210 --> 00:39:40,669
I mean as a colleague,
647
00:39:41,545 --> 00:39:44,382
someone substantial and considerable.
648
00:39:47,051 --> 00:39:49,678
You making VP now
will only make that worse.
649
00:39:50,638 --> 00:39:52,848
- What are you...
- Mars Harper just promoted me
650
00:39:52,932 --> 00:39:54,934
to be his Deputy Chief of Staff.
651
00:39:56,477 --> 00:39:59,146
- Congratulations, that's...
- You see that? Right there.
652
00:39:59,814 --> 00:40:03,984
That surprise on your face
and in your voice.
653
00:40:04,693 --> 00:40:05,945
It's just...
654
00:40:06,862 --> 00:40:10,533
It's so clarifying that this man
who hardly knows me
655
00:40:11,325 --> 00:40:16,747
recognizes something in me
that my live-in lover never saw.
656
00:40:16,831 --> 00:40:19,625
- That's not fair, Is...
- No, you know what's not fair?
657
00:40:20,543 --> 00:40:22,253
In fact, what really sucks
658
00:40:24,296 --> 00:40:26,674
is that this is the greatest night
of your life,
659
00:40:28,968 --> 00:40:30,594
and I'm telling you this.
660
00:40:33,973 --> 00:40:36,308
But that life will have to go on
without me.
661
00:40:40,855 --> 00:40:44,150
- Okay, we're not done talking about this...
- We are.
662
00:40:48,070 --> 00:40:49,280
It's over.
663
00:40:56,620 --> 00:40:59,331
All right. [sniffles] Okay.
664
00:41:00,791 --> 00:41:02,126
I'll see you at the party.
665
00:41:12,261 --> 00:41:14,263
[crying]
666
00:41:16,140 --> 00:41:18,142
- [upbeat music playing]
- [crowd cheering]
667
00:41:28,527 --> 00:41:30,154
[Seth] Hey! We did it!
668
00:41:31,280 --> 00:41:34,825
Well, you did it.
I'm just a not-so-disinterested bystander.
669
00:41:35,618 --> 00:41:38,287
Oh, man, you exercised the franchise.
670
00:41:38,370 --> 00:41:40,891
Or did you just borrow that from somebody
so you could fit in better?
671
00:41:40,915 --> 00:41:42,249
- I actually voted.
- [chuckles]
672
00:41:42,333 --> 00:41:44,502
Eyes wide open, but hopeful.
673
00:41:46,712 --> 00:41:49,882
- Looking for someone more important?
- No, no, no. [chuckles]
674
00:41:51,258 --> 00:41:54,512
- You got a date!
- Uh, not a date per se.
675
00:41:55,095 --> 00:41:59,934
- Someone you hope to hook up with?
- We kind of already have. Biologically.
676
00:42:00,017 --> 00:42:02,561
- It's Stephanie's mom.
- What?
677
00:42:03,687 --> 00:42:04,688
[mouths inaudibly]
678
00:42:12,446 --> 00:42:14,198
[inaudible]
679
00:42:16,992 --> 00:42:20,996
Hey. Shouldn't you be protecting
the vice president-elect?
680
00:42:22,289 --> 00:42:25,125
Off shift tonight. Hey, congrats.
681
00:42:25,709 --> 00:42:28,337
You know, I'm crediting
this entire win to you.
682
00:42:28,420 --> 00:42:29,588
[laughs]
683
00:42:31,006 --> 00:42:32,007
Is it cool?
684
00:42:34,718 --> 00:42:37,346
Fuck it. We won.
685
00:43:27,479 --> 00:43:30,816
FBI! Step away from the computer!
Federal agents, Mr. Lee.
686
00:43:30,899 --> 00:43:32,219
We need you to accompany us, sir.
687
00:43:32,276 --> 00:43:34,903
- Will you come cooperatively?
- Yes. Yeah.
688
00:43:40,951 --> 00:43:42,953
[inaudible]
689
00:43:46,248 --> 00:43:47,416
[chuckles]
690
00:43:48,876 --> 00:43:52,212
- Mars.
- Mr. Vice President-elect.
691
00:43:53,255 --> 00:43:55,758
- You know my wife, Lynn.
- Congratulations.
692
00:43:55,841 --> 00:43:57,926
I owe an awful lot to your husband.
693
00:43:58,010 --> 00:43:59,678
- No, no, no.
- No, no. His mentorship,
694
00:43:59,762 --> 00:44:02,598
- his guidance, his example. I...
- It's time, sir.
695
00:44:02,681 --> 00:44:04,701
None of this would've happened for me
if it weren't for you.
696
00:44:04,725 --> 00:44:06,101
Not true.
697
00:44:06,727 --> 00:44:08,437
That boy is a born politician.
698
00:44:08,520 --> 00:44:10,022
He is a star.
699
00:44:10,105 --> 00:44:13,108
Which is why you want him stumping for you
on your Senate run.
700
00:44:27,581 --> 00:44:30,292
- Emily.
- Hey.
701
00:44:31,377 --> 00:44:34,797
- Condolences about your mother.
- Thank you.
702
00:44:36,715 --> 00:44:40,844
- Is it true you had to be the one to...
- Yeah.
703
00:44:42,554 --> 00:44:45,849
- How awful for you.
- I appreciate that.
704
00:44:49,687 --> 00:44:51,897
I wanted to apologize over
705
00:44:53,023 --> 00:44:55,526
how I acted towards you
with the whole Aaron thing.
706
00:44:55,609 --> 00:44:57,319
- Totally understandable.
- No.
707
00:44:57,403 --> 00:45:00,614
No, it's fucked up to blame the woman
708
00:45:00,697 --> 00:45:03,700
when all of the anger should be
directed towards the cheating guy.
709
00:45:05,452 --> 00:45:07,079
Who I just ended it with for good.
710
00:45:08,163 --> 00:45:10,082
- Not because of...
- No. Uh...
711
00:45:11,083 --> 00:45:12,501
No, nothing to do with that.
712
00:45:14,128 --> 00:45:18,006
- We should grab lunch sometime.
- That'd be nice.
713
00:45:19,675 --> 00:45:21,635
I'm not feeling well.
714
00:45:21,718 --> 00:45:25,431
Could you just let people know
I went home? I mean, if anyone asks?
715
00:45:26,014 --> 00:45:28,725
- Yeah. Feel better.
- Thanks.
716
00:45:32,271 --> 00:45:33,706
[announcer through speakers]
And we're getting word right now.
717
00:45:33,730 --> 00:45:37,234
Former president Moss, taking the podium
at his campaign headquarters.
718
00:45:37,317 --> 00:45:40,195
- [crowd boos]
- [Cornelius] Thank you. Thank you.
719
00:45:40,279 --> 00:45:45,409
I just called President Kirkman
to congratulate him on his victory...
720
00:45:45,492 --> 00:45:46,492
[crowd boos]
721
00:45:46,535 --> 00:45:49,121
[crowd cheering]
722
00:45:50,330 --> 00:45:54,710
...and to wish him and the country
all the best going forward.
723
00:45:55,627 --> 00:45:59,882
But I would be remiss
for not noting the circumstances
724
00:45:59,965 --> 00:46:03,218
that led to needing to give
a concession speech this night.
725
00:46:03,927 --> 00:46:08,056
The erosion of a sense of honor
and fair play
726
00:46:09,099 --> 00:46:10,934
that has brought us to this moment.
727
00:46:11,852 --> 00:46:14,354
I will have more to say on this
and other matters
728
00:46:14,438 --> 00:46:17,608
in the days and weeks and months ahead.
729
00:46:18,859 --> 00:46:21,403
Because tonight, I can say with assurance
730
00:46:21,487 --> 00:46:25,782
that you most definitely will have
Cornelius Moss to kick around
731
00:46:25,866 --> 00:46:27,576
for some time to come.
732
00:46:27,659 --> 00:46:31,288
Thank you all, and may God bless
the United States of America.
733
00:46:31,371 --> 00:46:33,373
- [crowd cheering]
- [upbeat music playing]
734
00:46:34,416 --> 00:46:35,751
[inaudible]
735
00:46:44,092 --> 00:46:46,595
[Myles] Hey, it's Myles,
and this is me ducking your call.
736
00:46:46,678 --> 00:46:48,222
Leave a message or don't.
737
00:47:01,985 --> 00:47:04,279
[cheering]
738
00:47:12,037 --> 00:47:13,038
[Aaron] Thank you.
739
00:47:14,831 --> 00:47:15,832
Thank you.
740
00:47:17,292 --> 00:47:20,170
It is with great pride and pleasure
741
00:47:21,088 --> 00:47:24,466
that I introduce to you
our current and future president
742
00:47:24,550 --> 00:47:26,552
of the United States, Tom Kirkman!
743
00:47:26,635 --> 00:47:28,637
- [crowd cheering]
- [rock song playing]
744
00:48:02,129 --> 00:48:03,297
[mouths] Come on.
745
00:48:03,380 --> 00:48:04,464
[mouths indistinctly]
746
00:48:10,178 --> 00:48:12,931
Thank you for everything.
I'll be right back.
747
00:48:30,240 --> 00:48:33,827
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much.
748
00:48:34,453 --> 00:48:36,913
I am deeply humbled and honored
749
00:48:36,997 --> 00:48:39,541
by the incredible support my candidacy
has received
750
00:48:40,375 --> 00:48:42,794
from those celebrating with me
here tonight,
751
00:48:42,878 --> 00:48:45,714
to the tens of millions
across this great land
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00:48:45,797 --> 00:48:48,508
who've entrusted me
with the most precious commodity
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00:48:48,592 --> 00:48:51,928
this great nation has to offer,
their vote.
754
00:48:52,971 --> 00:48:56,433
[through TV] It now falls upon me
to prove to you over the next four years
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00:48:57,017 --> 00:48:58,852
that your faith in me was justified.
756
00:49:00,479 --> 00:49:02,731
Now, for those
who couldn't muster that faith,
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00:49:03,565 --> 00:49:06,026
for whom this victory feels like defeat,
758
00:49:07,069 --> 00:49:09,613
I pledge to work equally hard for you,
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00:49:09,696 --> 00:49:12,407
to listen to you,
to honor our differences,
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00:49:12,491 --> 00:49:15,619
but always engage opposing ideas
761
00:49:15,702 --> 00:49:17,746
- in a spirit of humility and respect.
- [crying]
762
00:49:18,330 --> 00:49:22,167
For it is through the airing
of our differences that we grow
763
00:49:22,250 --> 00:49:24,836
as individuals and as a country.
764
00:49:25,462 --> 00:49:29,383
Acceptance of those differences
doesn't just make us a better people,
765
00:49:29,466 --> 00:49:32,511
it is the essence of what it means
to be an American.
766
00:49:32,594 --> 00:49:34,596
[crowd cheering]
767
00:49:36,807 --> 00:49:41,436
Now, I did not get here alone.
Many people contributed to this victory.
768
00:49:42,020 --> 00:49:43,522
- Lorraine Zimmer?
- Yeah?
769
00:49:43,605 --> 00:49:46,733
- FBI. Come with me, please.
- [sighs]
770
00:49:46,817 --> 00:49:48,544
[Tom] But the person I could not have
done this without...
771
00:49:48,568 --> 00:49:49,486
Yeah, okay.
772
00:49:49,569 --> 00:49:51,905
...standing beside me
right from the start,
773
00:49:51,988 --> 00:49:55,492
is your new vice president
and my friend, Aaron Shore.
774
00:49:55,575 --> 00:49:58,995
I knew you were treacherous.
I didn't take you for this stupid.
775
00:49:59,079 --> 00:50:01,957
You've just tainted the greatest victory
in presidential history.
776
00:50:02,040 --> 00:50:03,917
- [FBI agent] Ma'am?
- [Lorraine] Look at you,
777
00:50:04,000 --> 00:50:07,421
high on the fumes
of your moral superiority.
778
00:50:07,504 --> 00:50:09,673
You're the one
who fucked someone else's man
779
00:50:09,756 --> 00:50:11,466
because one day you felt sad.
780
00:50:11,550 --> 00:50:14,386
You're the one who leaked
Moss' gene results
781
00:50:14,469 --> 00:50:16,430
because you thought no one was looking.
782
00:50:16,513 --> 00:50:20,058
Hell, the way I heard it, you couldn't
even kill your poor mama right.
783
00:50:20,142 --> 00:50:22,352
- You're a fucking monster.
- I know what I am.
784
00:50:22,436 --> 00:50:25,021
I'm someone who wins.
What the fuck are you?
785
00:50:25,105 --> 00:50:28,185
- [FBI agent] We need to go, ma'am.
- [Tom] I would also like to take a moment
786
00:50:28,233 --> 00:50:31,194
and add a particular thanks
to Emily Rhodes,
787
00:50:31,862 --> 00:50:33,989
who's been with me
from the very beginning.
788
00:50:36,825 --> 00:50:40,912
She has seen me at my best,
and most assuredly, my worst.
789
00:50:41,496 --> 00:50:45,000
And whose highest of high standards
I will always endeavor to meet.
790
00:50:46,585 --> 00:50:50,881
Now, I began our campaign
noting that our politics felt broken.
791
00:50:50,964 --> 00:50:56,178
They say a presidential campaign
is like an X-ray into your soul.
792
00:50:56,928 --> 00:50:58,638
Our institutions diminished.
793
00:50:58,722 --> 00:51:00,724
- Our discourse coarsened.
- [crying]
794
00:51:00,807 --> 00:51:03,935
[Tom] Let tonight be the first step
in setting all that right.
795
00:51:04,019 --> 00:51:07,981
Is this just something I did?
Or is this who I am now?
796
00:51:08,607 --> 00:51:12,152
Let us come together,
restoring civility to our debates,
797
00:51:12,235 --> 00:51:15,197
transparency to our governance!
798
00:51:15,280 --> 00:51:17,073
Next time I give a speech,
799
00:51:18,742 --> 00:51:21,077
will there be some corner of my mind
just whispering...
800
00:51:21,161 --> 00:51:23,997
And above all,
honesty with the American people!
801
00:51:24,915 --> 00:51:26,875
... "You are so full of shit"?
802
00:51:29,085 --> 00:51:31,004
[theme music playing]