SOTU (CNN) Guests include Castro, ORourke, Booker, Buttigieg and we're adding more.

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Beto is talking now. He is doing a great job.

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1. Sorry I missed Beto. Buttigieg up next.

Sherrod Brown spoke well, too.

So glad Tapper is also letting us know who declined to speak on air.

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2. Buttigieg says NRA pushes guns as a false idol: something to love and protect

rather than a tool. He uses phrase "white nationalist terror" five times and counting.

Last question: Tapper asks Buttigieg if he opposes capital punishment even in this case. Buttigieg gives the best response about capital punishment I've ever heard: If you're against it, you're against it. There are plenty of examples of heinous crimes where perhaps the perpetrator deserves to die. But he's never met anyone who deserves to kill.

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3. That was an excellent response regarding capital punishment.

And then came Santorum...

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5. Declined, declined, declined

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4. Castro effectively rebutting "good guy with a gun" argument.

Tapper points out that many of the worst mass shootings have happened in Texas. Castro says open carry, concealed carry is legal in Texas, and in a crowded Walmart people were packing. But that didn't deter the shooter.

I was away for a bit; sounds like I missed Booker. I'll bet he spoke eloquently.

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6. Beto and Buttigieg:

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11. Beto's remarks were straight up and real: Asked if Trump is a white nationalist...

...he came right out with a firm "yes."

The problem is that we sugar coat the truth too often; he didn't. I respect that enormously.

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7. Tapper talking about Stochastic terrorist now. Good for him.

Talking about Trump joking about shooting migrants in the Panhandle.
Pushing Rick Santorum hard to admit that Trump's tone incites violence.

Breaking until noon now. Kamala Harris and Bernie Sanders will be on after the break.

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8. Here's Booker:

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9. Cory was not strong enough.

Donald Trump is responsible because he is a White Nationalist, leading a White Nationalist movement, stoking White Nationalist Terror.

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10. GOP's gone into hiding on this issue. What's that telling us?

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12. Do we actually need, at this point, to be told that they're a collection of racists? n/t.

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13. Castro, Harris, Sanders:

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