1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:04,600 Speaker 1: I'm completely confused on this March twenty sixth, twenty twenty 2 00:00:04,640 --> 00:00:10,880 Speaker 1: six I'm Steve Schmidt. This is the morning. What is it? 3 00:00:10,920 --> 00:00:22,360 Speaker 1: Is it masks on or mass off? Mass on, mass off? 4 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:28,000 Speaker 1: Because Donald Trump has declared that the nation loves Ice, 5 00:00:28,520 --> 00:00:33,040 Speaker 1: the unmasked Ice, the Ice that he sent to the airports, 6 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:39,160 Speaker 1: the airports that have security lines almost as long as 7 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:44,040 Speaker 1: the gas prices are high hours long, four hours long, 8 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:51,280 Speaker 1: five hours long, six hours long security lines because there 9 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:56,200 Speaker 1: is a government shutdown and the issue is Ice, and 10 00:00:56,280 --> 00:01:01,080 Speaker 1: they're wearing masks, and also an open, honest and fair 11 00:01:01,360 --> 00:01:06,720 Speaker 1: legal investigation into the murder of Alex Pretty and Renee Good. 12 00:01:06,959 --> 00:01:11,319 Speaker 1: Let's not forget their names when we think about the 13 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:16,040 Speaker 1: ICE agents grinning in the airport, standing around doing nothing. 14 00:01:16,319 --> 00:01:20,520 Speaker 1: Let's not forget the ICE agent who shot an American 15 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:27,080 Speaker 1: citizen five times, lied about it while saying to his colleagues, Hey, boys, 16 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:31,560 Speaker 1: five shots, seven holes, what do you say about that? 17 00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:37,320 Speaker 1: Ice is not and must not become a secret police. 18 00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:43,520 Speaker 1: They have terrorized the country. They have invaded America cities. 19 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:48,360 Speaker 1: They have drawn their weapons against the American people tens 20 00:01:48,480 --> 00:01:52,200 Speaker 1: of thousands of times. They have beat the American people 21 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:57,200 Speaker 1: they have abused the American people, they have excoriated the 22 00:01:57,240 --> 00:02:04,120 Speaker 1: American people. They have made politic statements, they have incited riots, 23 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:10,080 Speaker 1: they have caused chaos, and they have violated the First Amendment, 24 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:14,600 Speaker 1: the Second Amendment, the Fourth Amendment, the Fifth Amendment, the 25 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:19,359 Speaker 1: Eighth Amendment, the tenth, the fourteenth, and the fifteenth Amendments 26 00:02:19,639 --> 00:02:24,040 Speaker 1: to the Constitution of the United States. It is an 27 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:29,480 Speaker 1: appalling force off the leash and out of control. And 28 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:34,160 Speaker 1: so the Democrats in the Congress grew a spine and 29 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:38,919 Speaker 1: said enough, there will be no funding for homeland security 30 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:43,399 Speaker 1: until this Trump's secret police force is muzzled. 31 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:47,120 Speaker 2: But I'm a no vote on that spending bill unless 32 00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:50,880 Speaker 2: there are conditions that require ice to go to a 33 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:55,320 Speaker 2: judge to get a warrant, as well as other kinds 34 00:02:55,400 --> 00:03:00,400 Speaker 2: of constraints, the use of mass the non identification, the 35 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:07,120 Speaker 2: unmarked cars. These police tactics, secret police, totalitarian tactics need 36 00:03:07,160 --> 00:03:09,600 Speaker 2: to be stopped. And just for the record, let me 37 00:03:09,639 --> 00:03:14,760 Speaker 2: say about the Vice President when he is dismissive about 38 00:03:14,760 --> 00:03:19,600 Speaker 2: the difference between an administrative warrant and a judicial warrant. 39 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:23,600 Speaker 2: You ought to know better. He's a law school, yeahe 40 00:03:23,639 --> 00:03:28,400 Speaker 2: law school graduate. A judge approves a judicial warrant after 41 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:30,480 Speaker 2: a finding of probable cause. 42 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:36,440 Speaker 1: Federal judges facing down the most dangerous terrorists, the planners 43 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:40,560 Speaker 1: of nine to eleven, the most dangerous drug traffickers in 44 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:45,520 Speaker 1: the world do not wear masks. The prosecutors do not 45 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:51,920 Speaker 1: wear masks. In a democracy, the agents do not wear masks. 46 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:55,520 Speaker 1: They do not wear masks in the United States. There 47 00:03:55,640 --> 00:04:00,600 Speaker 1: is no tradition of this. It did not exist until 48 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:05,720 Speaker 1: Donald Trump became president, and suddenly there are massed agents 49 00:04:05,760 --> 00:04:10,520 Speaker 1: abusing Americans. It seems as the Republicans and Democrats are 50 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:12,080 Speaker 1: talking past one another right now. 51 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:14,520 Speaker 3: Is the only person who can solve this to the President 52 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:15,240 Speaker 3: of the United States? 53 00:04:15,240 --> 00:04:16,440 Speaker 4: And why isn't involved? 54 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:17,640 Speaker 2: Well, I think he is involved. 55 00:04:17,640 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 3: I mean, I know he had a group. 56 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:20,039 Speaker 1: Of down the plan yesterday. 57 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:22,200 Speaker 2: Well that's what's been reported. 58 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:23,320 Speaker 5: Okay, he brought some. 59 00:04:23,440 --> 00:04:25,520 Speaker 4: Said that in the office that he does not prove 60 00:04:25,960 --> 00:04:26,520 Speaker 4: at that point. 61 00:04:26,680 --> 00:04:28,880 Speaker 2: Well, actually have his exact quote somewhere. 62 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:31,920 Speaker 3: I think he said that. To paraphrase him, I think 63 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:34,960 Speaker 3: he said he's a little skeptical or cynical that a 64 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:36,919 Speaker 3: deal is going to come together a get a deal. 65 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:39,040 Speaker 3: Republicans and Democrats in the Senate. 66 00:04:38,760 --> 00:04:43,200 Speaker 6: To fund all but enforcement operations of ICE, to get 67 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:44,479 Speaker 6: those TSA agents. 68 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:46,000 Speaker 2: Be paid and open up the rest of the department. 69 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:46,800 Speaker 3: Would you sign up? 70 00:04:46,839 --> 00:04:48,800 Speaker 6: Well, I don't want to comment until I see the deal, 71 00:04:48,839 --> 00:04:51,719 Speaker 6: but as you know, they're negotiating a deal. I guess 72 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:55,599 Speaker 6: they're getting fairly close. But I think any deal they make, 73 00:04:56,760 --> 00:04:58,640 Speaker 6: I'm pretty much not happy with it. 74 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:03,560 Speaker 1: This is what the shutdown is about. And incredibly now 75 00:05:03,960 --> 00:05:09,360 Speaker 1: Donald Trump has deployed ICE without their masks to the 76 00:05:09,440 --> 00:05:14,480 Speaker 1: airports to preside over the chaos that he has created, 77 00:05:15,080 --> 00:05:15,560 Speaker 1: not just. 78 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:19,680 Speaker 4: In our nation's airports, but again to remove violent, dangerous, 79 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:23,880 Speaker 4: illegal alien criminals from our country, to protect this individual 80 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:26,480 Speaker 4: and all of us in this room and Americans across 81 00:05:26,480 --> 00:05:29,680 Speaker 4: the country from murderers, pedophiles, and rapists who have been 82 00:05:29,960 --> 00:05:33,240 Speaker 4: allowed into our country by Democrat politicians. And for all 83 00:05:33,279 --> 00:05:35,400 Speaker 4: of the critics of this solution a few days ago 84 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:38,479 Speaker 4: when it was proposed by the President, it is yielding results. 85 00:05:38,520 --> 00:05:41,440 Speaker 4: Wait times have improved since ICE arrived, and they are 86 00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:44,360 Speaker 4: doing everything in their power to help their fellow federal 87 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:45,360 Speaker 4: service members. 88 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:50,240 Speaker 1: It is the airport version of the Iran War. It 89 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:55,960 Speaker 1: is an airport quagmire. It is a Trump quagmire, and 90 00:05:56,120 --> 00:06:00,480 Speaker 1: everywhere you look there is a Trump quagmire these days. 91 00:06:00,880 --> 00:06:02,520 Speaker 1: Is they're not in Iran. 92 00:06:03,080 --> 00:06:08,000 Speaker 5: I'm the opposite of Despin. I don't care. I want 93 00:06:08,040 --> 00:06:10,240 Speaker 5: to know. In fact, we have other targets we want 94 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:13,640 Speaker 5: to hit before we leave. We're hitting them on a 95 00:06:13,720 --> 00:06:16,960 Speaker 5: daily basis. I don't talking about you. I can't talk 96 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:19,880 Speaker 5: about specifics. A lot of people say that wouldn't matter. 97 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:22,200 Speaker 5: Maybe it doesn't matter who knows, but I wouldn't talk. 98 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:25,160 Speaker 5: It's like the question this young ladys, sorry about it? Embarrassed. 99 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:27,000 Speaker 5: I don't want to embarrass it because I think you're 100 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:29,760 Speaker 5: of I think she's a friendly reporter, So I'm sorry. 101 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:31,920 Speaker 5: But you know, I can't say what we're going to 102 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:34,920 Speaker 5: do because if I did, I wouldn't be sitting here 103 00:06:34,960 --> 00:06:37,239 Speaker 5: for long. They probably what is it called the twenty 104 00:06:37,240 --> 00:06:41,000 Speaker 5: fifth Amendment in the airports. 105 00:06:40,640 --> 00:06:43,880 Speaker 6: You know what's happened. It's and they didn't need any rehabilitation, 106 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:47,359 Speaker 6: but they did in terms of the fake news. And 107 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:50,440 Speaker 6: they're doing such an unbelievable job at the airports that 108 00:06:50,480 --> 00:06:53,279 Speaker 6: they had one line. It was four hours yesterday and 109 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:56,920 Speaker 6: today it was a half an hour. Big, big difference. 110 00:06:57,440 --> 00:06:59,720 Speaker 6: That if we have to. We're gonna send in the 111 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:03,320 Speaker 6: new National Guard if we need to, because we only 112 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:05,520 Speaker 6: you know, we have six thousand ICE agents and we 113 00:07:05,640 --> 00:07:10,000 Speaker 6: have forty thousand of the other people that they are 114 00:07:10,040 --> 00:07:13,080 Speaker 6: helping out, some of who really were forced because the 115 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:16,840 Speaker 6: Democrats don't want to pay them. The Democrats don't want 116 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:18,920 Speaker 6: to pay them. You have to remember that the radical 117 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:25,000 Speaker 6: left Democrats need to get DHS back and open immediately. Together, 118 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:29,440 Speaker 6: we're going to make with them, not the Democrats, because 119 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:32,000 Speaker 6: they've gone out of their way to make our country unsafe. 120 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:36,600 Speaker 6: And remember that, according to them, it's a war. They're 121 00:07:36,640 --> 00:07:41,480 Speaker 6: doing this during a war. They're doing this during a war. 122 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:44,480 Speaker 6: They're supposed to be doing it. 123 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:44,840 Speaker 1: In the economy. 124 00:07:45,520 --> 00:07:50,400 Speaker 3: Absolutely, Americans voted for this president because he said no 125 00:07:50,520 --> 00:07:53,440 Speaker 3: new wars in lower prices, and of course he has 126 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:57,880 Speaker 3: delivered very much the opposite. And even if the typical 127 00:07:57,880 --> 00:08:01,640 Speaker 3: American is not paying close attention to what happens beyond 128 00:08:01,640 --> 00:08:06,040 Speaker 3: our borders and what's happening with these military excursions to 129 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:11,520 Speaker 3: use Trump's apparent malaprophism, they do notice what happens when 130 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:14,480 Speaker 3: they try to fill up their tank and they notice 131 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:17,400 Speaker 3: that gas has gotten more than a dollar per gallon 132 00:08:17,520 --> 00:08:21,800 Speaker 3: more expensive just over the past month. These are things 133 00:08:21,840 --> 00:08:26,120 Speaker 3: that the president cannot wish away. They are the worst 134 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:29,680 Speaker 3: possible political circumstances going into a midterm. I mean, I 135 00:08:29,760 --> 00:08:33,439 Speaker 3: remember in twenty twenty two when Joe Biden was looking 136 00:08:33,520 --> 00:08:38,080 Speaker 3: under every rock trying to find ways to reduce gas prices, 137 00:08:38,120 --> 00:08:40,560 Speaker 3: because for the most part, presidents do not have a 138 00:08:40,559 --> 00:08:43,360 Speaker 3: lot of control over the price at the pump. It 139 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:45,560 Speaker 3: turns out they have the ability to raise them, they 140 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:48,520 Speaker 3: just don't have the ability to lower them. So yeah, 141 00:08:48,559 --> 00:08:54,280 Speaker 3: I mean, I understand why this administration and again their 142 00:08:54,400 --> 00:09:00,440 Speaker 3: propagandist allies are trying to spin all of this, but 143 00:09:00,480 --> 00:09:04,120 Speaker 3: they cannot argue with the facts. And the facts are 144 00:09:04,280 --> 00:09:08,320 Speaker 3: that the affordability problem that drove the last election, that 145 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:12,560 Speaker 3: will drive this coming election is only getting worse, precisely 146 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:15,520 Speaker 3: because of the actions their president has taken. 147 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:21,560 Speaker 1: Chaos everywhere except at Mara Lago, where they dance and 148 00:09:21,760 --> 00:09:26,800 Speaker 1: dance and dance deep into the night. This is the 149 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:31,160 Speaker 1: warning I'm Steve Schmidt. This is the warning. I invite 150 00:09:31,160 --> 00:09:34,400 Speaker 1: you to join this community, where I promise to be honest, 151 00:09:34,679 --> 00:09:38,080 Speaker 1: blunt and direct about what is happening in this country 152 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:42,800 Speaker 1: America is in crisis. 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