1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:03,880 Speaker 1: When Alan Shepherd was strapped a top of Mercury Redstone 2 00:00:03,960 --> 00:00:07,480 Speaker 1: rocket about to become the first American launched into orbit. 3 00:00:07,760 --> 00:00:10,600 Speaker 1: He had an open mic in his capsule and he prayed. 4 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:13,640 Speaker 1: He said, Dear Lord, please don't let me fix this up. 5 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:16,040 Speaker 1: It's time for Joe Biden and his team to say 6 00:00:16,079 --> 00:00:18,880 Speaker 1: the Alan Shepherd prayer because a great deal is on 7 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:21,759 Speaker 1: the line. One hundred and thirty two days from today, 8 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:25,599 Speaker 1: the last votes will be cast for the US presidential election. 9 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:28,560 Speaker 1: It is June twenty sixth, and it is the eve 10 00:00:29,120 --> 00:00:34,560 Speaker 1: of the Great Debate. This is the warning Donald Trump 11 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:38,240 Speaker 1: is getting ready. He's warming up. He's answering the tough questions, 12 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:42,640 Speaker 1: like this from one of his henchmen, Corey Lowandowski, the 13 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:47,160 Speaker 1: alleged power more of this woman, South Dakota dog killer, 14 00:00:47,360 --> 00:00:51,880 Speaker 1: Christy Nome, murderer of cricket. I hear that he's practicing 15 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:56,200 Speaker 1: standing for ninety minutes. Is his debate prep a little different, 16 00:00:56,240 --> 00:00:58,080 Speaker 1: I think than what you're used to at some of 17 00:00:58,080 --> 00:01:01,640 Speaker 1: the rallies you've participated recently. Well, if I have to 18 00:01:01,680 --> 00:01:05,040 Speaker 1: practice standing, we owe This solves a big problem. Christy 19 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:09,319 Speaker 1: nom the alleged mistress of Corey Lewandowski, who was last 20 00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:14,080 Speaker 1: ousted from a Donald Trump organization after getting handsy with 21 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:17,200 Speaker 1: a Maga doner's wife. Here are some of the headlines 22 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:21,840 Speaker 1: to refresh your memory now. Corylewandowski has a long and 23 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:25,720 Speaker 1: fairly violent past with members of the American media. Let's 24 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:29,520 Speaker 1: look at some more headlines. Cory Lewandowski is a type 25 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:33,800 Speaker 1: of proto Stephen Miller. But because he's crazy, he can't 26 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:36,839 Speaker 1: work in the White House. But by some miracle, he's 27 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:40,720 Speaker 1: wound up posting a Newsmax show. It's quite incredible, really, 28 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:46,319 Speaker 1: note to Chiron disclaiming the fact that Donald Trump is lying. 29 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:49,080 Speaker 1: It's why we put this Chiron up for all of you. 30 00:01:49,480 --> 00:01:53,400 Speaker 1: Newsmax is full of shit and absolutely lying to you 31 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:57,760 Speaker 1: almost all the time. It's so important to understand this 32 00:01:57,840 --> 00:02:00,600 Speaker 1: is all a game to these people, a big con, 33 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:05,120 Speaker 1: and these people are weirdos. It's madness, all of it. 34 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:09,080 Speaker 1: It's show business for ratings, and millions of Americans have 35 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:14,880 Speaker 1: fallen for it because they've confused debate for nonsense. Reality 36 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:19,639 Speaker 1: Television has consumed reality and this is just a version 37 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:22,840 Speaker 1: of it, a more stupid version of the stupidity we 38 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:26,160 Speaker 1: see on Bravo. But this is bottom of the barrel, stupid, 39 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:29,680 Speaker 1: and we should always appreciate it as such. Donald Trump 40 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:32,959 Speaker 1: says some interesting things in this interview. He says, for example, 41 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:36,000 Speaker 1: that if he loses the election, which he's made clear 42 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:39,400 Speaker 1: in many interviews in the past, that is impossible because 43 00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:42,720 Speaker 1: if he loses, it's rigged. But he predicts that if 44 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:45,840 Speaker 1: he loses, it will be the end of America, which 45 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:49,480 Speaker 1: is of course the basis and the justification for the 46 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:54,720 Speaker 1: extraordinary means to come should he lose. If we don't 47 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:57,600 Speaker 1: win this election, we won't have a country. Lift Cory. 48 00:02:57,600 --> 00:02:59,040 Speaker 1: We're not going to have a country, and you know 49 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:02,160 Speaker 1: that better than anybody. Again, how do you walk away 50 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:06,519 Speaker 1: from an existential fact? The country ends if I don't win, 51 00:03:06,919 --> 00:03:11,160 Speaker 1: and elections are only fair after nine years of Donald 52 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:15,160 Speaker 1: Trump in America? If Trump wins, even though like last night, 53 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:19,600 Speaker 1: all of his candidates lost in their primaries except for 54 00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:24,480 Speaker 1: the loathsome and skanky Lauren Bober. Good job Colorado or 55 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:28,800 Speaker 1: should I say good job Colorado Republicans. It is incredible, 56 00:03:28,919 --> 00:03:33,040 Speaker 1: beyond belief, really that any group of people would either 57 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:39,120 Speaker 1: a care so little about fucking anything or be conceivably 58 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:43,000 Speaker 1: be so inept today would pick this woman who got 59 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:46,160 Speaker 1: caught giving a hand job to her date on a 60 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:51,560 Speaker 1: first date at the Beatlejews performance surrounded by children as 61 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:55,560 Speaker 1: a member of the United States Congress. Good job, Colorado. 62 00:03:55,680 --> 00:03:59,040 Speaker 1: But putting that aside for the moment, the debate is here, 63 00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:01,760 Speaker 1: and I want to take you behind the scenes. On 64 00:04:01,880 --> 00:04:04,600 Speaker 1: debate day. It's a long day and there's a lot 65 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:07,760 Speaker 1: of tension, a lot of nervous energy because the big 66 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:11,160 Speaker 1: event is building. It's at night, and usually the big 67 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:15,240 Speaker 1: event of the day, particularly if you're an octagenarian heading 68 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 1: into it isn't that late at night. But on this night, 69 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:22,640 Speaker 1: the main event comes after dark. Now, when you think 70 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:25,560 Speaker 1: about these debates and you think about the prep, the 71 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:29,440 Speaker 1: entourage will start to fall away. Over the course of 72 00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:34,120 Speaker 1: the debate day. Everybody gets exposed. Now, what Joe Biden 73 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:36,440 Speaker 1: and Donald Trump Sharon common is that they're going to 74 00:04:36,480 --> 00:04:39,360 Speaker 1: be walking out in front of an audience of tens 75 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:43,120 Speaker 1: and tens of millions of people into a fairly antiseptic 76 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:47,440 Speaker 1: TV studio where Jake Capper will be, where Dana Bash 77 00:04:47,480 --> 00:04:51,440 Speaker 1: will be, maybe a camera operator or two, but it 78 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:54,280 Speaker 1: will be a close set, it will be tight, and 79 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:58,640 Speaker 1: it will have the feeling at some level esthetically of 80 00:04:58,680 --> 00:05:01,840 Speaker 1: being in a fishbowl. There will be no audience for 81 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:06,280 Speaker 1: Trump to interact with, to connect with, to feed off of, 82 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:09,520 Speaker 1: and the same will be true for President Biden. Just 83 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:13,040 Speaker 1: the two men, and it's historic. The forty fifth and 84 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:17,560 Speaker 1: forty sixth president of the United States. Now, Donald Trump 85 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:21,960 Speaker 1: is always bullshitt always, one hundred percent of the time, 86 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:27,839 Speaker 1: and his ability to bullshit to gaslight suspends reality. Let's 87 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:31,560 Speaker 1: look at a vivid example from the Corey Lewandowski interview 88 00:05:31,920 --> 00:05:36,279 Speaker 1: where Donald Trump talks about he was a popular president. Well, 89 00:05:36,520 --> 00:05:39,560 Speaker 1: let's put the scorecard up for you all to say, 90 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:44,279 Speaker 1: forty five men, including Biden, the forty sixth president, have 91 00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:48,520 Speaker 1: ever been president of the United States. See how many 92 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:52,800 Speaker 1: have been turned out defeated after one term. Trump is 93 00:05:52,839 --> 00:05:56,360 Speaker 1: on that list. It's not the popular president list, it's 94 00:05:56,400 --> 00:06:00,360 Speaker 1: the defeated president list. And it's a small number because 95 00:06:00,400 --> 00:06:04,919 Speaker 1: mostly Americans give their presidents eight years unless they get fired. 96 00:06:05,040 --> 00:06:07,320 Speaker 1: And that's what happened to Trump, and that's why he 97 00:06:07,440 --> 00:06:12,279 Speaker 1: attacked the peaceful transition of Tower, because psychologically he couldn't 98 00:06:12,320 --> 00:06:16,400 Speaker 1: handle the fact that he is a loser. The core 99 00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:20,359 Speaker 1: of the Trump attack against the president is that he's feeble, 100 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:25,040 Speaker 1: that he's senile, that he is wandering around in Normandy. 101 00:06:25,240 --> 00:06:30,080 Speaker 1: It's a smear and a slur, but it is repeated NonStop. 102 00:06:30,279 --> 00:06:36,200 Speaker 1: And the propaganda mechanisms of the MAGA extreme right are formidable, 103 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:40,560 Speaker 1: and each day they bury the Biden campaign in one 104 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:44,919 Speaker 1: hundred and twenty foot waves of filth that Heretofore the 105 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:48,919 Speaker 1: Biden campaign has not been able to handle at all. 106 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:52,919 Speaker 1: Here's the thing. If Joe Biden is to be a 107 00:06:52,960 --> 00:06:57,640 Speaker 1: great president, then he must confront the worst president in 108 00:06:57,720 --> 00:07:03,239 Speaker 1: American history in decisive of terms like FDR Wood and JFK. Wood. 109 00:07:03,279 --> 00:07:06,599 Speaker 1: And there can be no doubt about who has the 110 00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:10,920 Speaker 1: superior vision, the superior message, who stands on the side 111 00:07:11,160 --> 00:07:14,640 Speaker 1: of truth, justice, and the American way of life. That's 112 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:19,040 Speaker 1: President Biden. But will he be able to communicate it? 113 00:07:19,280 --> 00:07:22,960 Speaker 1: And so the debate prep has given way to debate 114 00:07:23,040 --> 00:07:26,960 Speaker 1: eve and now it's time for reflection and study, a 115 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:31,200 Speaker 1: last minute preparation. Whomever that person is, I've been in 116 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:34,920 Speaker 1: their shoes many times in my career, where you take 117 00:07:35,120 --> 00:07:37,960 Speaker 1: that walk to the edge of what will become history, 118 00:07:38,040 --> 00:07:41,280 Speaker 1: this huge event, and you give the final advice. Many 119 00:07:41,320 --> 00:07:45,000 Speaker 1: times I've given this advice. I've told the candidate about 120 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:47,200 Speaker 1: a prayer and shared it with them. I've asked the 121 00:07:47,280 --> 00:07:50,120 Speaker 1: candidate do you know the Alan Shepherd prayer? And I've 122 00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:52,600 Speaker 1: never had one that has said, yes, they do, so 123 00:07:52,640 --> 00:07:55,560 Speaker 1: I tell them the story when Alan Shepherd was strapped 124 00:07:55,560 --> 00:07:58,680 Speaker 1: a top of Mercury Redstone rocket about to become the 125 00:07:58,720 --> 00:08:01,800 Speaker 1: first American launched into orbit. He got an open mic 126 00:08:01,880 --> 00:08:04,760 Speaker 1: in his capsule and he prayed. He said, Dear Lord, 127 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:07,160 Speaker 1: please don't let me fix this up. And I've always 128 00:08:07,160 --> 00:08:09,800 Speaker 1: told the candidate's that story and said, now's a good 129 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:12,760 Speaker 1: time for the Alan Shepherd prayer. Good luck. See on 130 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:15,040 Speaker 1: the other side, it's time for Joe Biden and his 131 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:18,000 Speaker 1: team to say the Alan Shepherd prayer, because a great 132 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:20,840 Speaker 1: deal is on the line. The only thing that matters 133 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:24,800 Speaker 1: is the refutation of the perception in the core of 134 00:08:24,840 --> 00:08:28,280 Speaker 1: the Trump argument and attack, which is that the president 135 00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:31,960 Speaker 1: is unfit, a laughing stock in senile. This is the 136 00:08:32,120 --> 00:08:35,280 Speaker 1: chance to dispense it, drive a stake through its heart, 137 00:08:35,520 --> 00:08:41,240 Speaker 1: and demonstrate that it is Donald Trump who is unfit psychologically, morally, 138 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:45,840 Speaker 1: ethically in every conceivable way. He is a harbinger of 139 00:08:45,920 --> 00:08:49,440 Speaker 1: a third World War. He is the end of peace 140 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:53,520 Speaker 1: and prosperity in the United States. Donald Trump is a fascist. 141 00:08:53,720 --> 00:08:57,800 Speaker 1: Donald Trump is a convicted felon. Donald Trump raped e 142 00:08:57,960 --> 00:09:01,400 Speaker 1: Gene Call and then he defamed him. Donald Trump went 143 00:09:01,559 --> 00:09:05,600 Speaker 1: to an American military cemetery and he wondered in front 144 00:09:05,640 --> 00:09:08,800 Speaker 1: of his chief of staff, a retired Marine general whose 145 00:09:08,840 --> 00:09:12,719 Speaker 1: son was killed in combat, why the American soldier did it? 146 00:09:12,760 --> 00:09:16,920 Speaker 1: Called them suckers and losers. And everybody knows he did it. 147 00:09:17,040 --> 00:09:21,040 Speaker 1: That's why Donald Trump is talking about it, crying about it, 148 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:24,600 Speaker 1: complaining that he was called out on it. And this 149 00:09:24,640 --> 00:09:28,520 Speaker 1: is where Joe Biden has to hit Donald Trump over 150 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:31,760 Speaker 1: and over and over again. There is a scene at 151 00:09:31,760 --> 00:09:34,600 Speaker 1: the end of one of the great American movies that 152 00:09:34,720 --> 00:09:37,760 Speaker 1: has ever been made that we have all watched for 153 00:09:37,920 --> 00:09:42,040 Speaker 1: almost fifty years, Rocky, and there, in the fourteenth round, 154 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:46,319 Speaker 1: Rocky is knocked down by Apollo Creed, who can't believe 155 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:50,040 Speaker 1: that Balboic gets back up and calls Creed towards him, 156 00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:53,120 Speaker 1: ready to fight, ready to brawl. In the middle of 157 00:09:53,240 --> 00:09:56,920 Speaker 1: the ring. Pollo Creed hits him and Rocky takes the punch, 158 00:09:57,120 --> 00:10:01,560 Speaker 1: but then Rocky counterpunches and breaks Apollo creeds ribs. That's 159 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:05,120 Speaker 1: how Biden has to hit hard fast and where it 160 00:10:05,240 --> 00:10:09,520 Speaker 1: counts in Trump's pride, in his ego. This is a 161 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:14,360 Speaker 1: debate that requires confrontation. It's a showdown, and I hope 162 00:10:14,400 --> 00:10:18,280 Speaker 1: more than anything, somebody has explained that to President Biden, 163 00:10:18,440 --> 00:10:21,720 Speaker 1: Joe Biden is the better man. There's no question about that. 164 00:10:21,920 --> 00:10:25,080 Speaker 1: Question in the air is can the better man still 165 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:29,160 Speaker 1: land a punch? Joe Biden's gotta lay him out, mister President. 166 00:10:29,240 --> 00:10:33,160 Speaker 1: Good luck. Remember the Alan Shepherd prayer. Work for the admiral, 167 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:36,079 Speaker 1: It'll work for you. Remember to say it with humility. 168 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:40,240 Speaker 1: I'm Steve Schmidt. This is the warning and I invite 169 00:10:40,240 --> 00:10:44,720 Speaker 1: you to join. 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