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It's Very Clear You Have To Engage The Public And Say: You Have To Vote No On 74, No On 75, No On 76, No On 77. Those Are The Issues That Arnold Pushing. And Those Are Reactionary, Republican Initiatives.

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It's Very Clear You

Warren Beatty

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It's Very Clear You Have To Engage The Public And Say: You Have To Vote No On 74, No On 75, No On 76, No On 77. Those Are The Issues That Arnold Pushing. And Those Are Reactionary, Republican Initiatives.

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