WEBVTT - Steve Schmidt exposes Republican lies blaming Democrats for their dysfunction | The Warning

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<v Speaker 1>Austin Scott. He's a Maga Republican Congressman from Georgia, and

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<v Speaker 1>he went on CNN to sit down with Brionna Killer

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<v Speaker 1>to lament the loss of Jim Jordan's ambitions to become

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<v Speaker 1>Speaker of the House. Now, Austin Scott seems very sad

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<v Speaker 1>when he's on television, befuddled and lost. You see, Austin

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<v Speaker 1>Scott is sad. Mike Kevin, the man who raised more

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<v Speaker 1>money than any other Speaker of the House in history,

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<v Speaker 1>according to Austin Scott, has been deposed. Austin Scott seems

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<v Speaker 1>to think the qualification to be the Speaker of the

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<v Speaker 1>House is that's the job that goes to the person

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<v Speaker 1>who raises the most money, as opposed to the person

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<v Speaker 1>who's a competent politically, who has some vision, can organize

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<v Speaker 1>a conference around a set of goals and advance people

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<v Speaker 1>towards it from all over the country. The simple truth

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<v Speaker 1>of the matter is that two hundred and twenty two

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<v Speaker 1>Republicans in the United States Congress that constitute the very

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<v Speaker 1>thin majority are as dysfunctional, disordered, messed up, and chaotic

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<v Speaker 1>as any comparable group of two hundred and twenty two

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<v Speaker 1>randomly selected people anywhere in the country, meaning this group

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<v Speaker 1>of two hundred and twenty two people may be America's

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<v Speaker 1>most dysfunctional group of any random two hundred and twenty

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<v Speaker 1>two people.

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<v Speaker 2>It is extraordinary.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, over and over and over again in this interview,

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<v Speaker 1>Austin couldn't stop telling Brionna Kieler why it is there

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<v Speaker 1>is no Speaker of the House. And you guessed who's

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<v Speaker 1>to blame. Not the Republicans who control the institution, but

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<v Speaker 1>the Democrats. The Democrats who did not vote for Kevin McCarthy,

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<v Speaker 1>a corrupt and cynical man, deeply, deeply involved in inciting

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<v Speaker 1>an insurrection against the United States House of Representatives for

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<v Speaker 1>the purposes of tearing down American democracy to make the

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<v Speaker 1>loser of the presidential campaign the winner.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's look at some of the images from that day.

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<v Speaker 1>They came and assaulted police officers, beating them with American flag.

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<v Speaker 1>Kevin McCarthy did this, Jim Jordan did this. Donald Trump

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<v Speaker 1>of course did it, but he didn't do it alone.

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<v Speaker 2>This violence is chaos.

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<v Speaker 1>The Nazis and Orlando, the Proud Boys, beating, assaulting, attacking

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<v Speaker 1>people on the streets, the mag of Republicans did this.

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<v Speaker 2>Austin Scott did this, and.

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<v Speaker 1>He has the nerve to go onto television and gaslight

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<v Speaker 1>over and over and over again, but thankfully in this instance,

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<v Speaker 1>the crazy hit a brick wall and the proverbial brick

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<v Speaker 1>wall in this instance, or the exquisite facial expressions of

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<v Speaker 1>Brionna Killer, who is obviously at the highest level of

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<v Speaker 1>human existence when it comes to the ability to communicate nonverbally.

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<v Speaker 1>Look at the look on her face as he goes

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<v Speaker 1>on and on and won't stop with the bullshit. Look

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<v Speaker 1>at her use of silence in this instant. Can you

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<v Speaker 1>imagine being her kid? I'm going to do my best

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<v Speaker 1>to explain to Congressman Scott how the American government functions

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<v Speaker 1>basic stuff like I'm just a bill on Capitol Hill.

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<v Speaker 1>There are two major political parties in America, Congressman. They

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<v Speaker 1>are the Republican and the Democratic parties. They are, respectively,

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<v Speaker 1>the third and first oldest in the world. Your party,

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<v Speaker 1>the Maga Party, has hijacked the Republican Party, founded in

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<v Speaker 1>eighteen fifty four like a body snatcher. It has been

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<v Speaker 1>completely consumed by the cancerost Trump and the Maga movement,

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<v Speaker 1>which is isolationist, fascistic, and utterly hostile to democracy, filled

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<v Speaker 1>with cranks, ne'er dowells, and racists. This Maga movement is

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<v Speaker 1>a profound threat to the country and completely antithetical to

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<v Speaker 1>the values historically of the Republican Party. Now, since you

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<v Speaker 1>don't understand the basic stuff, Congressman, I don't think you'll

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<v Speaker 1>get the history I'm about to say, but it is important.

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<v Speaker 1>When the party was founded, a man who founded it

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<v Speaker 1>named Horace Greeley said it would be the greatest party

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<v Speaker 1>for freedom the world had ever known. Its first president

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<v Speaker 1>was Abraham Lincoln Scott. Your party, the Republican Party, the

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<v Speaker 1>Maga Party, was the party that attacked the peaceful transition

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<v Speaker 1>of power, that incited a mob to attack the capital

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<v Speaker 1>of the United States and to carry a Confederate flag

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<v Speaker 1>through it. The person who resurrected Donald Trump after that

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<v Speaker 1>act is one of the most corrupt, dishonest, and unfit

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<v Speaker 1>elected officials in American history. His name was Kevin McCarthy.

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<v Speaker 1>He was the Speaker, and now he's gone. He's gone, Congressman,

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<v Speaker 1>because your party.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to say this again, slowly.

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<v Speaker 1>Your party, the Republican Party, the Republican Conference moved emotion

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<v Speaker 1>to vacate the speaker's chair and he lost the vote.

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<v Speaker 1>The Democrats didn't do that. The Republicans did that. And

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<v Speaker 1>when you go on CNN and you gaslight the American people,

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<v Speaker 1>it's wrong. Let me say again, Congressman Kevin McCarthy is

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<v Speaker 1>gone because the Republican conference is a collection of weirdos, cranks,

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<v Speaker 1>conspiracy theorists, and dishonest gaslighters like you.

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<v Speaker 2>You're a non functional group of people. You couldn't run.

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<v Speaker 1>A coffee stand, a valet stand, a beach bar, or

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<v Speaker 1>a lawn chair company. Group. You are as a collection

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<v Speaker 1>some of the most unfitted people who have ever breathed

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<v Speaker 1>there in these United States, spectacularly unfit for responsibility. There

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<v Speaker 1>are literally none of you who any Democrat could ever

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<v Speaker 1>vote for because of the malice and the insurrection in

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<v Speaker 1>the couplicity in thirty five thousand, at least of Trump's lives.

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<v Speaker 1>How many Republicans congressmen have voted for Nancy Pelosi over

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<v Speaker 1>the years. The answer is zero, which raises a question,

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<v Speaker 1>why are you trying to blame Democrats for Republican dysfunction?

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<v Speaker 1>It doesn't really in the end, I suppose what it

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<v Speaker 1>is you say Congressman Scott. Other than this, it just

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<v Speaker 1>proves how feted, dishonest, and delusional the entire enterprise has come.

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<v Speaker 1>The most simple and elemental test of any House majority

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<v Speaker 1>is picking a speaker, and the Republican Conference can't do it,

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<v Speaker 1>not because of the Democrats, but because of its incandescent weirdness, dysfunction,

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<v Speaker 1>and the accumulation of toxic, dishonest, and dim witted personalities

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<v Speaker 1>like you, Congressman Scott, working every day to make America

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<v Speaker 1>great again. Well it looks like it's going terrific.