WEBVTT - There's Still Time For Democrats To Clean Up Their Mess

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<v Speaker 1>It is the third of July twenty twenty four. There

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<v Speaker 1>are one hundred and twenty four days to go until

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<v Speaker 1>the last votes are cast in the US presidential election

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<v Speaker 1>in November. Forty seven days remain until the Democratic National Convention.

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<v Speaker 1>This is the warning. The crisis that is facing the

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<v Speaker 1>Democratic Party is unprecedented in the modern history of American politics.

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<v Speaker 1>What we are seeing is something that is a worst

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<v Speaker 1>case scenario playing out. But thankfully for Democrats, there is

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<v Speaker 1>still time to fix it. In the end, the only

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<v Speaker 1>thing that matters is defeating Donald Trump. And the reality

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<v Speaker 1>is that President Biden sometime within the next week is

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<v Speaker 1>highly likely to withdraw from the race. Because his position

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<v Speaker 1>is cracking. More and more Democrats are getting ready to

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<v Speaker 1>call for him to step aside, to announce his political

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<v Speaker 1>retirement to open up the Democratic National Convention. If that happens,

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<v Speaker 1>it will be one of the most fascinating, incandescently exciting

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<v Speaker 1>things that any of us have ever seen in American politics.

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<v Speaker 1>What it means is the delegates at the Democratic National

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<v Speaker 1>Convention will choose the nominee. They will be released from

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<v Speaker 1>their obligation on the first ballot to vote for President Biden.

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<v Speaker 1>Now there are some people like Jim Clyburn, who is

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<v Speaker 1>one of the architects of the delusion and the denialism

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<v Speaker 1>around President Biden, who has made clear that if it's

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<v Speaker 1>not his guy Biden, then it will be Vice President

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<v Speaker 1>Harris nonsense. The reality is that we don't live in

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<v Speaker 1>a monarchy and between the two parts, if one of

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<v Speaker 1>them were to be a monarchist party, it's not the

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<v Speaker 1>Democratic Party. So this idea that there will be an anointment,

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<v Speaker 1>a laying of hands on that Joe Biden picks that

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<v Speaker 1>James Clyburn picks wrong. They may have influence, they may

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<v Speaker 1>be power brokers, but in the end it is the

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<v Speaker 1>delegates who will choose, and they will choose from among

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<v Speaker 1>a small group of candidates. Governors who are next generation

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<v Speaker 1>Democrats who will have an opportunity to stand before the

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<v Speaker 1>delegates and speak lay a vision out. Gretchen Whitmer, Wes Moore,

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<v Speaker 1>Governor Andy Bursheer. All of these people should be considered.

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<v Speaker 1>The only thing that matters is constructing a ticket that

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<v Speaker 1>can win. Understand something else, and this is important strategically

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<v Speaker 1>to grasp politics. The goal is to be a small target,

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<v Speaker 1>somebody who is not famous yet very accomplished, incredibly able, smart,

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<v Speaker 1>a combat veteran like Governor Wes Moore. That person who

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<v Speaker 1>is not known does not carry a lot of baggage.

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<v Speaker 1>They will be able to take the fight to Trump.

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<v Speaker 1>I've said something over and over and over again on

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<v Speaker 1>the warning about the nature of the twenty twenty four

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<v Speaker 1>race that was true about the twenty sixteen race when

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump narrowly beat Secretary Clinton. Whoever the election is about,

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<v Speaker 1>is the person who is going to lose. The election

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<v Speaker 1>in twenty sixteen was about Donald Trump until the very

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<v Speaker 1>end when James Comey made it about Secretary Clinton and

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<v Speaker 1>she lost very narrowly. The election is now fully and

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<v Speaker 1>squarely about one thing. It's about the president's facility. It's

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<v Speaker 1>about the president's competency. It's about Joe Biden, not about

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump, which is a remarkable political achievement for Team Biden.

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<v Speaker 1>It's important to understand something cynicism helped get us to

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<v Speaker 1>where we are today. Team Biden wanted Donald Trump to

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<v Speaker 1>linger around. There are quotes glore to this point in

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<v Speaker 1>all of the big newspapers. They wanted him because he

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<v Speaker 1>justified President Biden's breaking the promise that he made implicitly

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<v Speaker 1>about being a one term president. Now they wanted Trump

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<v Speaker 1>under the theory that Biden beats Trump, and then under

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<v Speaker 1>the ludicrous serie that Biden is the only Democrat that

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<v Speaker 1>can be Trump, when in fact the evidence was showing

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<v Speaker 1>that the president was the weakest Democrat against Donald Trump.

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<v Speaker 1>The gas lighting never stops. The media gas lighting on

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<v Speaker 1>this question has never stopped. So it has brought us

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<v Speaker 1>to the edge of this unpredictable moment where the center

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<v Speaker 1>cannot hold and things will fall apart. The idea that

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<v Speaker 1>it was the staff's fault, and now Hunter Biden is

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<v Speaker 1>at his father's side in the West Wing. Please, this

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<v Speaker 1>has gone badly and tragically off of the rails, and

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<v Speaker 1>it could be seen coming for a very long time.

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<v Speaker 1>It is the price of humorous, stubbornness, of greed, wanting more.

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<v Speaker 1>And so the great gas lighting has come to an

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<v Speaker 1>abrupt end, smashed into the rocks. And so a great

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<v Speaker 1>period now of uncertainty, but in the possibility and most

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<v Speaker 1>importantly possibility for electoral victory is upon the country. This

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<v Speaker 1>race was something the American people tried to communicate over

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<v Speaker 1>and over again they didn't want and the answer from

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<v Speaker 1>both of the two parties who supposedly don't agree on anything,

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<v Speaker 1>was this. This is your choice. The American people didn't

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<v Speaker 1>want the choice, and the American people are going to

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<v Speaker 1>get their wish. There will be a different choice, and

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<v Speaker 1>defeating Trump is the only thing that matters. His magic

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<v Speaker 1>of cause is a fascist cause. It's dangerous, it's an

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<v Speaker 1>American and it deserves vigorous, constant, articulate, aggressive opposition, and

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<v Speaker 1>thusfore it has not gotten it. This is the warning.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Steve Schmidt. This is the warning, and I invite

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