Mayhem In Minneapolis

Summary

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What A Day – "Mayhem In Minneapolis" (January 27, 2026)

Host: Jane Coaston (Crooked Media)
Main Guests: Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Monica Byron (President, Education Minnesota)

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Episode Overview

This episode dissects the rapidly intensifying backlash against DHS, ICE, and Border Patrol in the U.S., following the high-profile killing of ICU nurse Alex Preddy by Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis. Host Jane Coaston interviews Representative Jamie Raskin about congressional efforts to curb federal overreach, examines the political consequences for both parties, covers the personal and community toll in Minnesota, and speaks with teacher union leader Monica Byron about the impact on students and schools.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

National Outrage Over Federal Actions in Minneapolis

• Jane opens by highlighting unusually bipartisan consensus among major newspapers condemning DHS and ICE after the killing of Alex Preddy, underscoring growing, widespread public distaste.
• CNN’s poll analyst Harry Enten confirms:

  "What's going on in Minneapolis is not popular at all." (01:14)

• Discussion of how the Trump administration’s tone and actions fuel the unpopularity, with even some Republican figures, like Ted Cruz, urging restraint:

  "[The administration] should be more measured... we don't want anyone’s lives to be lost." – Sen. Ted Cruz (01:42)

Legislative Stakes: DHS Funding and Possible Shutdown

• The government faces a looming shutdown deadline, with Congress debating a funding package including DHS/ICE.
• Senate Democrats, feeling pressure post-Preddy shooting, signal willingness to risk a shutdown to force policy changes.

Interview: Congressman Jamie Raskin on Congressional Response

On Shutdown Ramifications and Public Mood:

• Raskin notes both the harm a shutdown would cause and the overwhelming constituent demands for accountability:

  "The whole country suffers in a government shutdown... [but] my mail and my calls overwhelmingly are running in favor of holding the Trump administration to account for the bloody assault on Minneapolis..." (03:42)

• Shutting down government seen as a last-ditch tool, alongside calls for massive organizing and general strikes to push back against "authoritarian tactics." (04:43)
• Raskin highlights bipartisan outrage, including Second Amendment advocates, as Preddy was disarmed and compliant at time of his shooting.

What Must Change for DHS Funding:

• Raskin calls for “dramatic and draconian restrictions” on ICE—body cameras, identification, stop to circumventing constitutional rights, and violence restrictions. (06:43)

  "At this point, [ICE] is a menace and a danger to the American people." (07:27)

Judiciary Committee's Role:

• House Judiciary Democrats, though in the minority, actively investigate ICE violence (08:06), but lacking majority power they’re limited to gathering testimony and public education.

Raskin on ICE’s Reformability and Impeachment:

• Skeptical that ICE or DHS can be truly reformed under current leadership, focuses instead on strict constitutional constraints. (09:31)
• Strongly supports impeachment of Trump administration officials for "high crimes and misdemeanors," but cautions about overestimating its immediate effects given GOP control in the House:

  “Impeachment is part of a panoply of options… The critical thing is for us to win back the House.” (10:15–11:52)

• Warns against viewing impeachment as a “magic wand” and stresses need for electoral change. (12:08)

Political Fallout and Public Opinion

• Minnesota Republican gubernatorial candidate Chris Mattel suspends his campaign in protest, describing ICE’s tactics as “an unmitigated disaster... sown fear among citizens of color.” (16:53)
• Notable polling shows nearly half of Americans, including a significant share of Trump voters, think Trump's mass deportation campaign is "too aggressive." (17:30)

U.S.-Iran Tensions and Middle East Update

• U.S. military build-up in the Middle East as Trump administration considers strikes on Iran; Iran warns of “worst-case scenario” in retaliation. (18:20)
• Israel announces recovery of the final hostage’s remains, paving the way for Rafah border crossing to re-open for humanitarian needs. (19:14)

The Impact on Minnesota Schools: Interview with Monica Byron

• Monica Byron, president of Education Minnesota, details trauma in schools:

  "Educators... are experiencing a lot of anxiety, some fear. But… are showing up…to make sure students…are safe." (21:56)

• Dramatic increase in absenteeism and subdued classrooms, particularly in middle schools:

  "Our hallways are quiet, our classrooms are quiet, and that's just not right..." (22:40)

• Many districts implement voluntary remote learning; daunting logistical challenges exist for terrified families needing access. (23:53)
• Warns that viral social media clips only scratch the surface:

  "The tactics that are being used are changing every day... It's agents showing up and knocking on doors and asking for directions… then they'll run into the house." (25:14)
  "If you're a person of color, you can be picked up in this state right now and it doesn't matter because they're not following any rules right now." (26:05)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On bipartisan condemnation:
  "It's not often that the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post and the New York Post all agree on something." — Jane Coaston (00:35)

• Ted Cruz on the Trump administration's ICE tone:
  “Escalating the rhetoric doesn't help and it actually loses credibility. … We don't want anyone, anyone's lives to be lost.” — Ted Cruz, podcast clip (01:42)

• Rep. Jamie Raskin on ICE's constitutional violations:
  "These masked, anonymous ICE agents are acting like police officers, which they're not. Prosecutors, which they're not. Judges and juries, which they're not, and then executioners, which they're not. But that's certainly what they're acting like." (05:44)

• Monica Byron on the climate in Minnesota schools:
  "You can't learn when you're terrified of masked men with guns roaming your neighborhoods, circling schools, stalking bus stops." (22:18)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Start & Episode Set-up: 00:00–01:13
• Media and Politicians React to ICE Killing: 01:14–03:10
• Interview – Rep. Jamie Raskin: 03:21–13:12
• Political Fallout & Polling on Deportations: 16:29–17:47
• U.S./Iran/Israel Updates: 18:20–19:45
• Interview – Monica Byron, Education Minnesota: 21:45–26:34

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Language & Tone

The tone is direct, urgent, and, at times, deeply frustrated—mirroring the seriousness of the events and the outrage among both the public and the podcast’s guests. Jane Coaston often injects dry wit and sarcasm in asides, especially when commenting on Republican rhetoric or journalistic consensus. Both Raskin and Byron speak with passionate urgency and moral conviction, emphasizing the real-world consequences for everyday Americans.

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Summary Takeaways

• Public and bipartisan elite opinion has shifted sharply against ICE/Border Patrol after a series of high-profile killings.
• Congress faces an intense showdown, with Democrats considering risking a shutdown to force dramatic DHS reforms.
• There’s skepticism on whether ICE and DHS can be fixed, with growing calls for stricter oversight and even abolition.
• Community trauma in Minnesota is acute, with schools suffering, students fearful, and teachers improvising under strain.
• Both Democrats and some Republicans are publicly criticizing current immigration enforcement tactics, reflecting a nation at a moral and political inflection point.

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End of summary.

Transcript

[A]

Foreign It's Tuesday, January 27th. I'm Jane Coastin and this is what a day. The show that is noting that everyone seems to really hate Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for being a terrible person who was bad at her job. And I for one think that's awesome. On today's show, U.S. warships arrive in the Middle east as tensions simmer with Iran and goodwill is at an all time high. Not the sentiment, of course, but rather the popular chain of thrift stores. But let's start with Congress and the Department of Homeland Security. It's not often that the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post and the New York Post all agree on something. But that's what happened after Border Patrol agents fatally shot 37 year old ICU nurse Alex Preddy in Minneapolis on Saturday. All four publications with four different ideological priorities all agree the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol have all gone too fucking far. And it appears Americans feel the same way. Here's CNN's poll analyst Harry Anton on Monday.

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What's going on in Minneapolis is not popular at all.

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What's been going on during this second term under ice under the Trump administration under casino has very much not been.

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Popular and it's only begetting more and more unpopular.

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If you're wondering if this is reaching folks in the gop, here's a clip from the Monday episode of Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz's podcast where he says that the real issue with the Trump administration is its tone when it comes to the people federal law enforcement has killed.

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Escalating the rhetoric doesn't help and it actually loses credibility. And so I would encourage the administration to be more measured, to recognize the tragedy and to say we don't want anyone, anyone's lives to be lost. And the politicians who are pouring gasoline onto this fire, they need to stop.

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Yes, Ted, the issue here is tone. Democrats, on the other hand, are finally, finally taking a stand as ICE and Border Patrol run rampant on American streets. There's a massive funding package making its way through Congress this week. It includes money for dhs, which contains ICE and Border Patrol. And it must pass by Friday for the government to stay completely open. But that's looking less and less likely after Preddy's killing. Senate Democrats and their allies are saying that they are willing to risk another shutdown to demand policy changes. Here's Maine independent Senator ANGUS KING ON CBS's Face the Nation on Sunday.

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I hate shutdowns. I'm one of the people that helped negotiate the Solution to the last. The end of the last shutdown. But I can't vote for a bill that includes ICE funding under these circumstances. What they're doing in my state, what we saw yesterday in Minneapolis, there's an easy way out, by the way, Leader Thune could separate, which is what they did in the House, separate the five other appropriation bills, put them on the floor. They would pass, I think, overwhelmingly.

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So to talk more about homeland security, a potential shutdown, and what Democrats in Congress can do to stop ice, I spoke to Maryland Democratic Representative Jamie Raskin. Congressman Raskin, welcome back to what a day.

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I'm psyched to be with you guys.

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The House has already passed a funding package. You opposed it. The Senate is set to vote on the final package this Thursday. And with the inclusion of DHS funding, it looks unlikely that they will approve it. Now, I know we've talked about this before. A lot of federal government employees live in your district. Can they take another government shutdown?

[C]

Well, the whole country suffers in a government shutdown, and my constituents are hit very hard. I've got more than 50,000 who are federal government workers and thousands more who are government contractors. At the same time, my mail and my calls overwhelmingly are running in favor of holding the Trump administration to account for the bloody assault on Minneapolis and the attack on American communities and the attack on the American people. So we are just gonna have to fight our way through this until we get through this period of shocking authoritarianism and lawlessness.

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What I'm worried about is that even if the government shuts down at midnight on Friday, a source in GOP leadership told NBC News that Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations would not stop. The agents would just stop being paid. So, in your view, is shutting down the government worth it?

[C]

Well, the people of Minnesota and Minneapolis have shown us that what we're going to need to turn this around is massive popular organizing, a general strike, and implacable opposition to authoritarian tactics. And so we have to use every means at our disposal in order to do that. And there will be many hard days ahead of us, no doubt, but we're going to get through it. The president's poll numbers are plummeting. The whole popularity of the Republican Party is sinking, and the country is beginning to unify around the defense of constitutional values and principles. Across the board, I think larger numbers of Second Amendment advocates are denouncing the killing of Alex Preddy. He was disarmed. His weapon was removed from him. He never brandished weapon. He never reached for his weapon, but they took his weapon, and then they killed him, shooting him 10 times. So it's a massive assault, not just on the First Amendment, but on the Second Amendment as well as the Fifth Amendment, which says that none of us can be deprived of life, liberty, property without due process of law. And these masked, anonymous ICE agents are acting like police officers, which they're not. Prosecutors, which they're not. Judges and juries, which they're not, and then executioners, which they're not. But that's certainly what they're acting like.

[A]

Yeah, I was struck by that, too. The degree to which the Trump administration has decided that the Second Amendment doesn't matter anymore. Or maybe the Second Amendment doesn't apply if you're doing something they don't like. But Senate Democrats reportedly want to remove the DHS funding bill from the package of bills they're voting on Thursday, which could send the whole thing back to the House to you for approval. So if this bill comes back to the House, what needs to change? For you to support a DHS funding.

[C]

Bill, there would need to be extremely dramatic and draconian restrictions on the power of ice. We gotta take the masks off. We need officers to be identified. We need them to be wearing body cameras. We need them to withdraw the guidance that they somehow can circumnavigate the Fourth Amendment. There can only be entries into people's houses based on probable cause, contained in search warrants issued by judicial magistrates, not by administrative officers. There must be whole new policies against the use of violence against our people. So there's lots of federal legislation that we've put in, and it's very clear that we would need a sweeping overhaul of ice's actions before we would go forward. And at this point, it is a menace and a danger to the American people.

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Americans have been protesting ICE operations for months. I mean, we saw it in Los Angeles, we've seen it in Chicago, we've seen it in D.C. pretty much everywhere, even before the most recent killings in Minneapolis. You are a ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee. Is the House doing anything to investigate the increasingly more violent actions of federal immigration officers?

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Well, the House Judiciary Democrats, albeit, were in the minority, but we've been doing a lot. We have been engaged in investigation of all of the violence and all of the killings. Recently, the chair of our Subcommittee on Immigration, Pramila Jayapal, led 25 members out to Minneapolis in the wake of the killing of Renee Goode to conduct a hearing to collect testimony. Now, all of which is to say no. The House Judiciary Committee majority is not doing anything to investigate ICE or Homeland Security or to try to put the brakes on this reign of terror. But the House Democrats are are completely undaunted, and our subcommittee on immigration has been super active, and the whole committee has been very engaged with this process of trying to rein in ICE and Homeland Security and to get the Department of Justice to do its job.

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Representative I'm gonna put my cards on the table and say that I don't think ICE should exist. I don't think that the Department of Homeland Security should exist. They were both formed in 2003 in the wake of 9 11, and I think that they are part of the militarization of policing that we' seen in so many examples across the country. Do you think that ICE can be reformed under different leadership?

[C]

Yeah, I'm not sure about that question. It's obviously an important question. Again, we're in the minority now, so I wouldn't want to get hung up on that question since we know the Republicans are going to control that. What I want to focus on now is the reassertion of constitutional rights, liberties and parameters and constraints that operate against any federal department or agency, no matter what you call it to that point.

[A]

I spend a lot of time reading conservative media, and it's been interesting the degree to which they have given up on Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. And I know that there's been a push within the House to impeach Kristi Noemi. Where do you stand in that effort and what would be the next steps?

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Well, I'm all for using impeachment against all of these Cabinet officials and even Donald Trump for their impeachable high crimes and misdemeanors. As you know, I was the lead impeachment manager against Trump in the second impeachment trial that took place when he incited a violent insurrection to accompany his attempted political coup against the United States. So I don't think we should be afraid for a moment to use the impeachment vehicle. But again, I don't believe in false hope. We don't have any support for Republicans for that at this point. That doesn't mean we can't bring it up. We've brought up impeachment on the floor multiple times, and its fate has been consistent. So the critical thing is to see impeachment as part of a panoply of options that we can talk about, that we can do public education about, that we can try to push as far as we go, understanding that right now the Republicans are in control. And the critical thing is for us to win back the House of Representatives. We impeached Donald Trump and we got Republican votes for it for inciting violent insurrection against the Union. We impeached him for his Ukraine shakedown. We brought both of those to trial. In the one that I led, we had a 57 to 43 vote in the Senate, which was the most sweeping bipartisan vote to. To convict a president in American history. Of the four impeachment trials, there have been. So we're serious about it, and as the lead Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, I will take it very seriously. But people do need to understand we're still in the minority, which is why we are fighting to take back the Congress.

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I know that you're still in the minority, but you're seeing Americans taking to the streets to protest. People are acting and they want to see more action. I know that it must be incredibly frustrating for people to be like, do something. But you're in the minority. What is that?

[C]

We do something every single day. We're fighting every single day. But sometimes people believe that impeachment is some kind of magic wand. Oh, when you say impeachment, then all bets are off. But what we can do is we can conduct even in the minority, we can create our own impeachment hearings on impeachable offenses against the republic, high crimes and misdemeanors, being committed by Secretary Noem, being committed by Attorney General Bondi, being committed by Donald Trump. We can take it out to the country and we can build public education and understanding around it. But I just don't want anybody to think that, oh, well, we don't need to worry about taking back Congress because we can just impeach Donald Trump. Let's not lose the focus that we need to be in the driver's seat in the House and the Senate for legislation, for oversight, for impeachment, for everything.

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Congressman Raskin, thank you so much for taking the time.

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Thank you for what you do every single day. You are not the enemy of the people. You're the people's best friend. So thank you for continuing to fight with us.

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Here's what else we're following today.

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Head of Lines Today I announced the.

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End of my campaign.

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I have two primary reasons for this decision.

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Number one, I cannot support the national.

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Republican stated retribution on the citizens of our state, nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so.

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Minnesota Republican gubernatorial candidate Chris Mattel abruptly ended his 2026 campaign on Monday, calling immigration enforcement in a state a quote, unmitigated disaster. Maddle said not only had ICE deviated from deporting the worst of the worst, but but also that the tactics have sown fear among citizens of color. So Matl on his conscience can rest easy at night, unlike some of his GOP rivals in Minnesota, like MyPillow founder Mike Lindell. Not only because Lindell literally sleeps on his own product, but also because he's been totally silent on ice. But Mattill isn't exactly alone. A new Politico poll finds nearly half of Americans say Trump's mass deportation campaign is too aggressive. That includes about 1 in 5 people who voted for him in 2024 and notably 1 in 3. Trump voters support the idea of mass deportation but don't like the way he's doing it. What exactly did you think mass deportation meant? Papers? Vibes? US Warships arrived in the Middle east on Monday, and Iran is warning that any American strike could mean all at war. U.S. defense officials confirmed Monday that the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier and several destroyers have reached the region. This is all part of a growing US Military buildup as President Trump weighs potential strikes on Iran following the regime's deadly crackdown on nationwide protests. More US Military assets are expected to arrive in the coming days, giving Trump a wider range of options. Iran, for its part, has placed its forces on high alert and, according to an Iranian official, is preparing for, quote, a worst case scenario. Iran warned that even a limited US Attack would warrant retaliation far more severe than during last summer's conflict with Israel. But not to worry. If things get too hot, I'm sure Trump's Board of Peace can step in to clear up any misunderstandings for a price.

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Thank you so much for having me.

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I know this is a massive question, but what's it been like working in Minneapolis schools right now? What are teachers and students experiencing day to day?

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Oh, that's a. That is a massive question. I will say that our educators from Minneapolis to across our state are experiencing a lot of anxiety, some fear. But at the end of the day, our educators are showing up. They're doing what they need to do so that our students and our communities and our families are safe.

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You said in a statement that, quote, no child can learn when they're terrified of masked men with guns roaming their neighborhoods, circling their schools and stalking their bus stops. What are educators seeing in schools right now with regards to student attendance behavior, emotional well being, because you're working with kindergarteners, you're working with high schoolers. With all of this happening, what is that looking like?

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Yeah, so we're getting reports from our educators that students are quiet. And these are the students that are showing up because our educators are walking into empty classrooms. There's a lot of students and families that are fearful. One example I'll give you, if you've ever been to a middle school and you've heard those wonderful middle schoolers in the hallways, you know that it's pretty loud, it's boisterous. And right now our hallways are quiet, our classrooms are quiet, and that's just not right. Especially from our middle schoolers that should be really kind of coming into their own. But they're scared. They don't know what tomorrow will bring for them or their classmates or their communities. So our educators are just trying to deal with the realities that are being presented to them right now.

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I know that after the fatal shooting of Renee Goode, officials said that the Minneapolis school system would give students the option of remote learning for a month. What does that experience of remote learning been like where you have so many kids who are at home because they're terrified to leave?

[G]

Yeah, that's a great question. So we've got school districts that are offering remote learning and they're doing it on a voluntary basis. So it's kind of a hybrid system that's happening. Some of the schools are having to close down for a day or two so that they can get a system in place. But it means that our teachers and our education support professionals are having to pivot all their lessons, all the curriculum, so that they can try and engage students and meet them wherever they're at. But it also means getting devices. It means so many things other than just flipping on that switch and going to remote learning. We have to make sure that our students have access, which presents a whole nother dilemma for our families that are scared and come to schools to get them. Rightfully so. But it's just, it's another piece. But it is an option that we have, thankfully, and many districts are choosing to offer that for our families.

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I know that many people listening have seen so many videos, they've seen so many tiktoks, they've heard so many stories. But what do you think is most important for people outside of Minneapolis, outside of Minnesota, to know about what's happening to schools and to children in Minnesota right now?

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What you're seeing is just a small piece of the reality that's happening. It is happening all over our communities. And the tactics that are being used are changing every day. So it's not just ICE vehicles following a car and pulling them over. It's agents showing up and knocking on doors and asking for directions to try and create this ruse that we are just a community member that needs help, and then they'll run into the house. It's so horrible what's happening because our communities are having to respond and in real time to attacks to our children being used as bait. And the bottom line is if you're a person of color, you can be picked up in this state right now and it doesn't matter because they're not following any rules right now.

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Monica, thank you so much for joining me and stay safe.

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Thank you so much.

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