WEBVTT - Trump Blames Democrats for LA Wildfires

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<v Speaker 1>It is the ninth of January twenty twenty five, and

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump is eleven days away from raising his right

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<v Speaker 1>hand and swearing the presidential oath that will make him

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<v Speaker 1>head of State and commander in chief. This is the

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<v Speaker 1>warning Maga lieutenants are ecstatic. They are full of themselves.

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<v Speaker 1>Consider this arrogance by the buffoon who holds the eight

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<v Speaker 1>o'clock hour on Fox News, Jesse Waters speaking to Premier

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<v Speaker 1>Doug Ford, the equivalent of an American governor on Fox

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<v Speaker 1>News last night.

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<v Speaker 2>You say that Americans don't have a problem with Canadians,

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<v Speaker 2>and we don't, but it seems like you have a

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<v Speaker 2>problem with us, because if I were a citizen of

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<v Speaker 2>another country and I was a neighbor of the United States,

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<v Speaker 2>I would consider it a privilege to be taken over

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<v Speaker 2>by the United States of America. That's what everybody else

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<v Speaker 2>in the world wants. American citizenship. For some reason, that's

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<v Speaker 2>repellent to you Canadians, and I find that personally offensive.

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<v Speaker 1>Premiere, if you had any pride working at Fox News,

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<v Speaker 1>if you got up in the morning and went to work,

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<v Speaker 1>even if you were the most committed MAGA propagandist, does

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<v Speaker 1>this not embarrass you, the lack of dignity, the assault

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<v Speaker 1>on an elected premier of Ontario. The insult begins right

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<v Speaker 1>from the beginning. His brother was the deceased Rob Ford,

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<v Speaker 1>the mayor of Toronto with a notorious drug problem. Jesse

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<v Speaker 1>Waters isn't offering condolences or being friendly. He's being cruel,

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<v Speaker 1>all right, Premiere.

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<v Speaker 2>By the way, I loved your brother. We did an interview,

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<v Speaker 2>great guy.

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<v Speaker 1>Canada will never be the fifty first state because Canada

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<v Speaker 1>is a great nation and every American president who has

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<v Speaker 1>had a Canadian partner has understood that this is the

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<v Speaker 1>forty ninth parallel. It's the boundary line between the United

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<v Speaker 1>States and Canada and marks the longest undefended border in

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<v Speaker 1>world history. What the Canadian people need or leaders who

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<v Speaker 1>will remind the American people that we are friends, but

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<v Speaker 1>we are two nations. Canadian leaders shouldn't take Trump's bait,

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<v Speaker 1>but they shouldn't be a doormat either, because every person

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<v Speaker 1>who gets on their knees in front of Donald Trump

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<v Speaker 1>gets rolled over. One of the biggest mistakes of this

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<v Speaker 1>era is the license that Donald Trump has been given

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<v Speaker 1>because the Democratic Party's position has been if you're against

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump. That's enough. And Donald Trump feeds off of

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<v Speaker 1>the incompetence, and he feeds off of the stupidity, and

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<v Speaker 1>he feeds off of the hypocrisy of his opposition, which

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<v Speaker 1>he's defeated to take power. Donald Trump's rise to power

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<v Speaker 1>as a tragedy. The Democrats allowing him to do it

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<v Speaker 1>is the greatest failure in American political history. They lost

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<v Speaker 1>an election to the most un fit man there is,

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<v Speaker 1>and the seventy six million voters who voted against Maga

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<v Speaker 1>should be irate about it. Problems of the Democratic Party

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<v Speaker 1>are deep, not just at the presidential level. This is

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<v Speaker 1>a historic day in the United States. We learned about

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<v Speaker 1>the San Francisco Fire of nineteen oh six in our

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<v Speaker 1>history books following the earthquake. This fire in Los Angeles

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<v Speaker 1>is its equivalent. The city is burning. When the fire

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<v Speaker 1>is out, and the images of scene or the damage

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<v Speaker 1>it will boggle the mind of the American people. This

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<v Speaker 1>is Mayor Karen Bass arriving back in the United States

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<v Speaker 1>in Los Angeles, days after the inferno has begun, arriving

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<v Speaker 1>back from her junket in Africa in Ghana.

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<v Speaker 3>Do you owe citizens an apology for being absent while

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<v Speaker 3>their homes were burning. Do you regret coming the fire

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<v Speaker 3>department budget by millions of dovers? Mount of mayor? Have

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<v Speaker 3>you nothing to say today? Have you absolutely nothing to

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<v Speaker 3>say to the citizens today?

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<v Speaker 1>Is very important to understand before she left, the National

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<v Speaker 1>Weather Service was advising the dangerous wins that they were

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<v Speaker 1>advising the dangerous conditions. The mayor had no business leaving

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<v Speaker 1>the city or leaving the state. She was derelict, and

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<v Speaker 1>yet the instinct of many is to cheer her as

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<v Speaker 1>if she's a pop star, as opposed to an elected

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<v Speaker 1>official with life and death responsibilities who failed miserably. Papers

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<v Speaker 1>are filled with reports that Matt Gates may run for

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<v Speaker 1>governor of Florida. Comes a couple of days after weather

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<v Speaker 1>experts said that there's a new storm category A Category

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<v Speaker 1>six States most likely to be hit by a Category

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<v Speaker 1>six hurricane include Florida. And who would want mac Gates

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<v Speaker 1>on the bridge when it hits. I remember being the

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<v Speaker 1>Bush White House during Katrina, watching the incompetence of Michael Brown,

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<v Speaker 1>Governor Kathleen Blanco, Mayor Ray Nagan all accumulate during a

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<v Speaker 1>terrible disaster to cause immense suffering that should not have happened.

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<v Speaker 1>The Democratic Party should demand of its elected officials that

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<v Speaker 1>they be the best, in the brightest of their generation.

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<v Speaker 1>It's going to take that to beat back what's coming

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<v Speaker 1>down the road. I know there are people out there

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<v Speaker 1>hoping for the best, to think that maybe it won't

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<v Speaker 1>be so bad. But when you watch Jesse Waters, your

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<v Speaker 1>instinct and common sense should tell you it's going to

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<v Speaker 1>be worse than you thought. This era is coming to

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<v Speaker 1>an end, ceding to a terrible new one that will

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<v Speaker 1>require a tough, a decent opposition that can answer a question.

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<v Speaker 1>Why can't the mayor talk here? Why can't she speak?

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<v Speaker 3>Mother? Mayor? Have you absolutely nothing to say to the

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<v Speaker 3>citizens today? You're dealing with this disaster, no apology for them.

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<v Speaker 3>Do you think you should have been visiting Ghana while

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<v Speaker 3>this was unfolding back home?

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<v Speaker 1>This is the person in charge of the emergency response.

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<v Speaker 1>It's incredible and it's tragic. It's sick in away. Until

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<v Speaker 1>we demand better, we will not get it. And unless

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<v Speaker 1>we demand competence, the American people will not see it.

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump is going to fill the government of the

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<v Speaker 1>United States with mega versions of Karen Paths. These people

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<v Speaker 1>together are a menagerie of unfitness, the likes of which

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<v Speaker 1>has never been assembled, and there will be a crisis

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<v Speaker 1>like the burning of Los Angeles. And in the situation

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<v Speaker 1>room and in the councils of government, where life and

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<v Speaker 1>death decisions are made, there will be a round cable

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<v Speaker 1>of fools sitting together who do not care about you,

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<v Speaker 1>who do not care about your family, who do not

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<v Speaker 1>care about their country, who do not care about the future.

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<v Speaker 1>They just care about their power and taking as much

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<v Speaker 1>as they can get from it. Power to them is

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<v Speaker 1>a right to take, not to give, not to serve,

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<v Speaker 1>not to fight for you. Jeff Bezos has greenlit a

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<v Speaker 1>forty million dollar docu Henry about Millennia. No one will

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<v Speaker 1>watch it. She may be the least interesting person in

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<v Speaker 1>the country, yet forty million. Why It's to pay off

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<v Speaker 1>to Trump's ego from the richest man in the world,

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<v Speaker 1>so he gets to continue to do whatever he likes.

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<v Speaker 1>Sold out as readers at the Washington Post, just like

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<v Speaker 1>Trump will sell out the voters who voted for him.

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<v Speaker 1>In the end, Democratic Party will have another primary. We'll

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<v Speaker 1>pick another candidate to go up against him, this time

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<v Speaker 1>in the form of JD. Vans, who will be even tougher.

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<v Speaker 1>Who is the person who's going to rise in this country,

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<v Speaker 1>who has the capacity to speak, to connect, and to

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<v Speaker 1>call out the malice, the idiocy, the stupidity, and the incompetence.

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<v Speaker 1>Los Angeles is burning and it didn't have to decades

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<v Speaker 1>of poor land management, lack of imagination among fire officials

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<v Speaker 1>about the potential for a catastrophe like this. There'll be

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<v Speaker 1>plenty of time to review it all, but the extreme

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<v Speaker 1>weather and the idiocy of the politicians is combining to

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<v Speaker 1>create profound danger for all Americans. Eleven days from now,

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump will start the burning. He's going to burn

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<v Speaker 1>our institutions. He's going to burn the idea that we're connected.

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<v Speaker 1>He's going to burn down the idea that nations have

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<v Speaker 1>allies and that America is allies share values. He's going

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<v Speaker 1>to allow his cronies to take as much as they

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<v Speaker 1>can suck up out of the trough. Twenty twenty five

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<v Speaker 1>is off to a terrible start in the United States.

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<v Speaker 1>It began with terror attacks. It began with dishonesty in

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<v Speaker 1>the media, political incompetence, the burning of Los Angeles, the

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<v Speaker 1>moral capitulations of some of the most powerful people in

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<v Speaker 1>the country, to malice, to indecency, to bullying. Donald Trump

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<v Speaker 1>is still eleven days away from walking out onto a

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<v Speaker 1>dias in delivering an inaugural address that will shock the

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<v Speaker 1>conscience of the world. In this nation, get ready, there

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<v Speaker 1>are hard days ahead. This is the warning. I'm Steve Schmidt.

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