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I'm going to sound like the kinds of conservatives I like read when I was in high school.
Don't have this victim mentality all the time.
Oh, let it out, Jamel.
Let it out, Jamel.
Testify, Jamel.
Testify.
I'm Michelle Cottle.
I cover national politics for a New York Times opinion.
And I am here this week with the usual suspects, columnist David French and Jamel Bowie.
Gentlemen, good to see you.