WEBVTT - Trump Trying To Make America Confederate Again

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<v Speaker 1>It's Wednesday, August twentieth.

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<v Speaker 2>This is the warning the American crisis is deepening, and

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<v Speaker 2>a surefire sign of that is these trucks, the ice

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<v Speaker 2>vehicles protect the homeland.

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<v Speaker 1>Nothing about the country. I wonder when.

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<v Speaker 2>Trump intends to change it to Fatherland and defend the culture,

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<v Speaker 2>what culture would that be?

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<v Speaker 1>What is the American culture? What does it refer to?

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<v Speaker 2>Is it the culture of Pete Hegseath's pastor, a man

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<v Speaker 2>who believes that women should be subordinate, that they should

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<v Speaker 2>be submissive, and that slavery is overstated as an evil.

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<v Speaker 3>This is the first time we've had connections with as

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<v Speaker 3>many people in national government as we do now. But

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<v Speaker 3>this is this is not an ecclesiastical lobbying effort where

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<v Speaker 3>we're trying to meet important people. We're trying to give

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<v Speaker 3>some of these people an opportunity to meet with God.

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<v Speaker 3>Church and the wider network believe in practice the idea

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<v Speaker 3>that men and women have different roles, and women should

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<v Speaker 3>not hold church leadership positions. My wife votes, my daughters vote.

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<v Speaker 3>If people rush to conclusions from what they heard on

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<v Speaker 3>the CNN piece, that's a sad thing. At the same time,

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<v Speaker 3>I think that the nineteenth Amendment was a bad idea,

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<v Speaker 3>and I had no problem with how Pastor Jared answered

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<v Speaker 3>the question. I would support that our issue is not

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<v Speaker 3>a problem with the enfranchisement of women. Our problem is

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<v Speaker 3>with the disenfranchisement of the household.

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<v Speaker 2>Is that the culture, the culture of the Confederate monument,

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<v Speaker 2>the culture that venerates a trader and a hero Robert

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<v Speaker 2>Lee as a patriot, when in fact he was a

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<v Speaker 2>cruel slave master. Is it the idea that January sixth,

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<v Speaker 2>twenty twenty one was like lexing cannon conquered as opposed

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<v Speaker 2>to an insurrectionist mob attacking the Citadel of Democracy, the

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<v Speaker 2>capital of the United States and assaulting thousands of police

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<v Speaker 2>officers with political extremists chanting killed them, the N word

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<v Speaker 2>being shouted. The violence was real, and it led to

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<v Speaker 2>the deaths of multiple police officers.

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<v Speaker 1>Does it mean accepting.

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<v Speaker 2>The idea that the part in criminals her patriots. Does

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<v Speaker 2>it mean bowing to the idea that masked men snatching

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<v Speaker 2>brown people off of the street are somehow knights in defense,

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<v Speaker 2>not of a nation, not of a constitution, not of

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<v Speaker 2>ideas about the equality of human beings. No, they're cleansers

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<v Speaker 2>of sorts. Cleaning the culture, the filthy inner cities that

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<v Speaker 2>Donald Trump talks about, festooned with the homeless and the

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<v Speaker 2>drug addicted and the brown in the black. That is

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<v Speaker 2>the plain meaning of the Trump rhetoric. Listen to it.

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<v Speaker 2>It's obvious, and it's plain as day. Our capital city

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<v Speaker 2>has been overtaken by violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals, roving

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<v Speaker 2>mobs of wild youth, drugged out maniacs, and homeless people.

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<v Speaker 1>And we're not going to let it happen anymore. We're

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<v Speaker 1>not going to take it.

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<v Speaker 2>Trump is able to connect with the American people in

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<v Speaker 2>a way that they understand, even if it is a

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<v Speaker 2>different variant of English than the platitudes that spill over

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<v Speaker 2>them from the pundits, from the politicians, are out from

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<v Speaker 2>most of corporate media. Reality of this moment is Donald

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<v Speaker 2>Trump has made perfectly clear who he is, including on

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<v Speaker 2>a question as profoundly simple to understand. A slavery the

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<v Speaker 2>greatest evil in the history of the United States, the

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<v Speaker 2>ownership of human beings by human beings, and it persisted

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<v Speaker 2>in this country until eighteen sixty five. Not so long ago,

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<v Speaker 2>there were Confederate veterans who lived into the nineteen forties,

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<v Speaker 2>some into the nineteen fifties. When you think about time,

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<v Speaker 2>it's incredible to ponder the tenth President of the United States,

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<v Speaker 2>John Tyler, who served in the Confederate Congress. John Tyler,

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<v Speaker 2>a traitor to the United States, has a living grandson.

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<v Speaker 1>In twenty twenty five.

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<v Speaker 2>Time that stands outside of our lifespans is not so

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<v Speaker 2>far away, not so distant.

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<v Speaker 1>And here's the reality.

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<v Speaker 2>As Donald Trump instructs the Smithsonian that he's sick of

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<v Speaker 2>museums to talk about how bad slavery was, the violations

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<v Speaker 2>of human rights, human dignity, human freedom. These things must

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<v Speaker 2>be remembered so they aren't repeated. So the great fog

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<v Speaker 2>of amnesia that brings with it death behind it doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>settle in. It's im possible to comprehend the United States

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<v Speaker 2>without comprehending the United States slave people. And the United

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<v Speaker 2>States had a great Civil War that emancipated the enslaved

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<v Speaker 2>people and gave birth to the third oldest political party

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<v Speaker 2>now in the world, the Republican Party, who once had

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<v Speaker 2>a president named James Garfield who promised never to break

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<v Speaker 2>faith with black Americans. There was an image when slavery

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<v Speaker 2>existed in America. That shocked the conscience of the American

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<v Speaker 2>people because the myth was even in the time, that

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<v Speaker 2>most white masters were benevolent, and that propaganda was spread

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<v Speaker 2>all over the North. And this photograph called Whipped Peter

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<v Speaker 2>told the truth.

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<v Speaker 1>Here are the.

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<v Speaker 2>Images from Selma, Alabama on Bloody Sunday, one hundred years

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<v Speaker 2>on from the end of slavery. And here we are

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<v Speaker 2>in twenty twenty five with a fascist in the White

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<v Speaker 2>House putting the Confederate monuments back up, giving instructions to

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<v Speaker 2>museums to to guild the lilly on the question of slavery,

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<v Speaker 2>it was a good thing. He has a Defense secretary

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<v Speaker 2>who's a Christian nationalist guided by an extremist pastor who believes,

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<v Speaker 2>like Trump, that slavery wasn't so bad and believes that

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<v Speaker 2>women don't have any rights. They should be submissive because

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<v Speaker 2>that's what the Bible says. What Pete Hagsath in this

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<v Speaker 2>sick pastor believe is that God is about domination and power.

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<v Speaker 2>That's why they love Trump. God is about love in

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<v Speaker 2>the United States, is about justice, and these people are

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<v Speaker 2>perverting things in the most obscene way that are great,

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<v Speaker 2>that are glorious, that have been preserved a great sacrifice,

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<v Speaker 2>and the tearing down of our ideas and our ideals

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<v Speaker 2>does not come without a cost. It brings with a

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<v Speaker 2>tremendous danger, and that danger is drawn closer every day

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<v Speaker 2>as the mass men roll out in their cars promising

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<v Speaker 2>to defend the culture. Until recently, defending the culture was

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<v Speaker 2>the province of white supremacist groups and their flyers in

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<v Speaker 2>northern Idaho.

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<v Speaker 1>I suppose the next time.

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<v Speaker 2>They gather to burn across and look at those flyers,

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<v Speaker 2>there'll be some satisfaction in knowing the journey has been

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<v Speaker 2>a long one, but a successful one for that slogan.

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<v Speaker 2>As it's made its way from the filth of their

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<v Speaker 2>propaganda to government vehicles.

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<v Speaker 1>That's no victory for you and me.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a tragedy for our children, and it's a desecration

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<v Speaker 2>of the sacrifices that have built the United States of America.

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<v Speaker 2>But it's very real, and as was once prophecied and

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<v Speaker 2>apocryphally attributed, fascism has come to America wrapped in the

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<v Speaker 2>flag and carrying across. And that's warning enough, because these

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<v Speaker 2>people keep telling us precisely what it is they believe

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<v Speaker 2>and what they intend to do. And I guess it's

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<v Speaker 2>fair to ask at a certain point why it is

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<v Speaker 2>when they say it in English that no one in

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<v Speaker 2>an English speaking country can seem to understand a word.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm Steve Schmidt. This is the warning. I invite you

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<v Speaker 2>to join this community, where I promise to be honest,

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<v Speaker 2>blunt and direct about what is happening in this country.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you.