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so my son was a really world-class athlete and January 17th of 2020 which mind you was an election year he had a really serious brain injury woke up 26 hours later he's a different kid we almost lost him the president found out about it he gave me a call immediately and the president offered us in his plane his personal plane this president United States we get there and he called almost every day for two weeks checking on Jim and then he says I'm gonna come seen and now this is the middle of the election this is Bakersfield California really not an area he's got to go campaign and his team came to him twice and said sir we got to go we got to go on the on the third time they came over to him he looked at him he says hey I guarantee you that plane won't leave without me for the next 15 minutes he did nothing but love on my son that that one incident jogged his memory and from then on he started retaining things and Jim attitude went from from this you know we're gonna get through it to this I'm gonna get through it and every week if not most days the president would call and ask how he could help ask what house how's his buddy doing how's Jim doing he didn't do it for publicity he didn't do it for any show he was running one of the toughest elections he had been in and the guy was still that concerned about my son dang it I hate getting emotional see if I talk about my kids I get emotional other than that you can't make me cry but my kids that's actually good yeah so anyways he grabbed my son and he said he said do you know why I love your dad do you know why I love your dad Chris he tells the story better than I do and he goes no sir he goes because he loves you because of you because of you man that's that's he didn't do it for any other reason I mean here's the president United States and he did it just because he cared and so when you want to say why he's a friend yeah we were acquaintances before that we've been friends ever since the American people need to hear that thank you thank you senator Blumenthal thanks Mr. >> Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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