WEBVTT - Why Senate Democrats Can’t Win Against Trump

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<v Speaker 1>We're going to talk about two things today, the appeasement

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<v Speaker 1>of Senate Democrats to Donald Trump and the Quebec conference

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<v Speaker 1>that's taking place, the G seven meeting in Quebec, Canada

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<v Speaker 1>that Marco Rubio is attending. This is the warning. Let

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<v Speaker 1>me start out today by reading from Politico, which gives

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<v Speaker 1>an accurate description of what is going on within Well,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know what mind of Chuck Schumer. Now the

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<v Speaker 1>White House is openly mocking and laughing at the weakness

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<v Speaker 1>and the ineptitude of Chuck Schumer. And before I say

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<v Speaker 1>another word, last night with Stephen Beschloss, I had a

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<v Speaker 1>couple of thousand people on a substack life and every

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<v Speaker 1>single person in every comment scrolling through had but one

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<v Speaker 1>overwhelming priority and concern, which was the immediate cessation of

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<v Speaker 1>everything and anything that the unelected, unappointed, unconfirmed Elon Musk

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<v Speaker 1>and his team of teenagers, the doge children of the

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<v Speaker 1>corn are thrown out of the halls of government. That's

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<v Speaker 1>what the people want. They wanted to stop, that's what

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<v Speaker 1>democratic constituencies want, and they want to know everything that

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<v Speaker 1>has happened. Democrats have the power to make this happen

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<v Speaker 1>because Donald Trump, who is the President, John Thune who

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<v Speaker 1>is the Senate majority leader, and Mike Johnson, who is

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<v Speaker 1>the Speaker of the House, need Democratic votes. Now, Chuck

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<v Speaker 1>Schumer has a job that requires an ability to negotiate.

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<v Speaker 1>Anybody like me who's my age knows if they grew

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<v Speaker 1>up in New Jersey, that Donald Trump is a clown

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<v Speaker 1>and a commn that he's a demagogue, that he is

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<v Speaker 1>the cleon, the demagogic leader that the founders prophesied and

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<v Speaker 1>worried about, that has finally risen and taking control. But

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<v Speaker 1>nobody ever viewed Donald Trump as a great deal maker.

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<v Speaker 1>There is nobody what deals Dave McCormick, the new Senator

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<v Speaker 1>from Pennsylvania, was the COO of Bridgewater Ray Dalyo's hedge fund.

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<v Speaker 1>What deals did Dave McCormick do with Trump? What deals

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<v Speaker 1>did Jamie Morrigan do with Trump? Who did deals with Trump? Nobody?

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<v Speaker 1>He is a reality television show store that has played

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<v Speaker 1>a role, has manipulated the media, which was primarily his

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<v Speaker 1>chief skill. Always Donald Trump had the best press agent

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<v Speaker 1>in the world, John Barron. But the crisis of this

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<v Speaker 1>moment is one of leadership and one of ineptitude. In

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<v Speaker 1>the opposition facing Donald Trump. Let me read from Politico

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<v Speaker 1>a story that is astonishing by the chief Capitol Hill correspondent,

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<v Speaker 1>Rachel Bade. Senate Democrats haven't even surrendered yet on a

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<v Speaker 1>government shutdown, but already White House officials are gloating about

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<v Speaker 1>making them, etcro almost taunting them to vote no. Senate

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<v Speaker 1>Minority Leader Chuck Schumer threw down the gauntlet Wednesday, proclaiming

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<v Speaker 1>that Republicans don't have the sixty votes, but President Donald

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<v Speaker 1>Trump and senior White House officials are increasingly confident Schumer

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<v Speaker 1>will release enough Centrist to put up the votes for passage.

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<v Speaker 1>According to multiple White House officials I spoke to over

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<v Speaker 1>the last twenty four hours, they're one hundred percent going

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<v Speaker 1>to swallow it. One White House of Fife official told

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<v Speaker 1>me they're totally screwed. The confidence is especially noteworthy given

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<v Speaker 1>that Schumer has yet to detail his plans. Many lawmakers

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<v Speaker 1>in both parties are privately predicting that some sort of

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<v Speaker 1>deal will be reached in which Senate Democrats get amendment

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<v Speaker 1>votes in return for allowing the House pass Continuing Resolution

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<v Speaker 1>to advance and ultimately pass. Chuck Schumer again has made

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<v Speaker 1>threats that are empty and hollow and meaningless, has been

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<v Speaker 1>unable to construct a wall, an obstacle, or even so

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<v Speaker 1>much of a speed bump. A few weeks ago, the

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<v Speaker 1>man who well did this and we will win. We

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<v Speaker 1>will win. We will win, We will win, we will win,

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<v Speaker 1>We will win, said that his strategy would be to

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<v Speaker 1>lay across the railroad track, and that appears to be

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<v Speaker 1>exactly what is happening now. Within the Democratic Conference. There's

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<v Speaker 1>a divergence of opinion. Schumer can either communicate or lead.

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<v Speaker 1>He's utterly weak, completely comically inact, and his presence as

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<v Speaker 1>leader turns the entire Senate Democratic Conference into a joke.

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<v Speaker 1>It will become clear in the months ahead what the

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<v Speaker 1>cost of Schumer's leadership is when the Senate Democrats have

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<v Speaker 1>no money. But the good news is all that means

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<v Speaker 1>is Schumer has no control. There is no better year ever.

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<v Speaker 1>If you're a normal person out there, a firefighter, a nurse,

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<v Speaker 1>a teacher, or a plumber. You ride a motorcycle, you

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<v Speaker 1>like to go out on hikes in the mountains, you

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<v Speaker 1>like to paint, You like to do the things that

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<v Speaker 1>normal people do, not the sociopaths we have now, but

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<v Speaker 1>good and decent people. This is your year. To run

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<v Speaker 1>for office because there will be no safe seats anywhere

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<v Speaker 1>in this country, at a Senate level or at a

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<v Speaker 1>House level. But those races, per usual, will not be

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<v Speaker 1>top down affairs. They will be bottom up because the

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<v Speaker 1>surrender Chuck Conference to all of this madness, or a

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<v Speaker 1>group of weak need appeasers who simply want sheep to

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<v Speaker 1>vote for Schumer so he can remain in power and

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<v Speaker 1>they can remain in good stead with the person in power.

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<v Speaker 1>If I, for example, was running for the US Senate

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<v Speaker 1>in the state like New Hampshire, I would rather cut

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<v Speaker 1>my hand off as a US Senator than vote for

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<v Speaker 1>Chuck Schumer as majority leader. But that's a story for

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<v Speaker 1>a different day. There are good men in the US

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<v Speaker 1>Senate like Mark Kelly who are wrong. They evaluate the

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<v Speaker 1>situation and they say, wow, if we don't keep the

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<v Speaker 1>government open, then Trump, and they're right about this, will

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<v Speaker 1>have more power to damage the government because he'll have

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<v Speaker 1>more discretion within the boundaries of the decision making that

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<v Speaker 1>comes with a shutdown government. Senator Kelly is right about that.

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<v Speaker 1>He will have more power, but he will also break

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump knows right now how all of this ends.

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<v Speaker 1>He gets the Democratic votes that Chuck Schumer says he

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<v Speaker 1>can't get and he'll do it without giving anything up,

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<v Speaker 1>which will incentivize his worst instincts and conduct. And so

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<v Speaker 1>Mark Kelly has to appreciate in this moment with respect,

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<v Speaker 1>his oath is not to keep the government open. It's

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<v Speaker 1>to defend the constitution. And the threat to the constitution

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<v Speaker 1>is elon Musk's presence within the government, and absent the

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<v Speaker 1>application of pressure to make it stop right now inside

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<v Speaker 1>this continuing resolution, then Democrats will abandon all leverage to

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<v Speaker 1>make it stop and will then put themselves on the

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<v Speaker 1>opposite side of their voters and an opposition movement. They

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<v Speaker 1>will have to take to the streets. We'll have to protest,

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<v Speaker 1>We'll have to engage in civil disobedience. We'll have to

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<v Speaker 1>escalate the situation everywhere at once to make it stop.

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<v Speaker 1>That is the price of appeasement. And these are all

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<v Speaker 1>acts of appeasement. There is no scenario other than in

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<v Speaker 1>the mind of the appeasers where they will, in actuality

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<v Speaker 1>over the duration of the stalemate and the conflict, be blamed.

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump will be blamed because Donald Trump as president,

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump is the leader, the facto of the Senate

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<v Speaker 1>and the House because there by thin margins his polop

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<v Speaker 1>bureau rubber stamps everything he does, as Lindsey Graham said,

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<v Speaker 1>and yet another series of principalists flipflops. I trust Trump,

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<v Speaker 1>And so then Marco Rubio is off to Canada to

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<v Speaker 1>the Quebec Conference where there were two at the creation

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<v Speaker 1>of the international system that Rubio and Vance and Musk

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<v Speaker 1>and Trump are smashing. And Rubio, having just arrived, is

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<v Speaker 1>now meeting with Canadian officials, the neighbor to the north

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<v Speaker 1>that America is attacking and waging economic warfare against. Maybe

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<v Speaker 1>it should occur to the Senate Democrats that disobscenity be

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<v Speaker 1>part of the negotiation. Also maybe, but no. The appeasement

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<v Speaker 1>is a philosophy that holds if I feed the crocodile,

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<v Speaker 1>he'll eat me last. It is a stupid philosophy, a

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<v Speaker 1>dangerous one, and one that we are watching be practiced

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<v Speaker 1>in plain sight by the people who should be stopping

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<v Speaker 1>Trump as opposed to enabling him. And so, if you

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<v Speaker 1>are an American and you are disgusted, I'll leave you

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<v Speaker 1>with this question this morning. Why is it that the

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<v Speaker 1>strongest toughest criticism of our nero came on the floor

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<v Speaker 1>of the Senate of the French Republic, not on the

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<v Speaker 1>floor of the polyp Buro in Washington. They used to

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<v Speaker 1>be known as the world's greatest deliberative body, but has

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<v Speaker 1>become a shallow callo joke, destroyed in equal parts by

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<v Speaker 1>the collaboration between the two old men Chuck Schumer and

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<v Speaker 1>Mitch McConnell peas in a po god opposite images in

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

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<v Speaker 1>This is the warning. I invite you to join this

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