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Thank You Hawley and Sanders

Congressional Dish

Release Date: 12/14/2020

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*Note: Jen knows Sen. Hawley's first name is Josh. She doesn't know why her brain keeps telling her it's Jeff. 

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Intro & Exit: Tired of Being Lied To by David Ippolito (found on Music Alley by mevio)