WEBVTT - Steve Schmidt: America Has Hit the Iceberg

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<v Speaker 1>When you think about it, at some level, it makes

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<v Speaker 1>sense that MAGA would try to reinvent the story of

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<v Speaker 1>the Titanic. You know, in their version it doesn't sink.

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<v Speaker 2>But you remember the tale, right.

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<v Speaker 1>The CEO of the White Storeline, a guy named Bruce Ismey,

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<v Speaker 1>demanded the captain, a fellow named John Smith, plowed the

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<v Speaker 1>Titanic on its maiden voyage through the ice at full

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<v Speaker 1>speed to set a speed record, as the marketers declared

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<v Speaker 1>it the ship that God himself could not sink. When

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<v Speaker 1>the Titanic struck the ice, when Frederick Fleet, the lookout,

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<v Speaker 1>saw it through the black of the night, it was

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<v Speaker 1>already too late. At the point of contact, the ship trembled,

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<v Speaker 1>but most people didn't even notice. The people who got

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<v Speaker 1>into the lifeboats before midnight, well they survived and went

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<v Speaker 1>on to live long lives.

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<v Speaker 2>Those who stayed too long, they.

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<v Speaker 1>Rowed as the ship that God himself could not sink

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<v Speaker 1>sank to the bottom of the North Atlantic Ocean. The ceo,

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<v Speaker 1>of course, well he made it off. The rumors in

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<v Speaker 1>the age, though a slur, were he had dressed like

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<v Speaker 1>a woman, because as the old saw went women and

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<v Speaker 1>children first. But that didn't matter to the third class passengers,

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<v Speaker 1>mostly Irish, who were chained in the decks below. That's

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<v Speaker 1>the story of the Titanic. But according to jd Vance, it's.

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<v Speaker 3>This Democrats talk a lot about the affordability crisis in

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<v Speaker 3>the United States of America, And yes, there is an

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<v Speaker 3>affordability crisis, one created by Joe Biden's policies. You don't

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<v Speaker 3>turn the Titanic around overnight. It takes time to fix

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<v Speaker 3>what was broken.

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<v Speaker 1>It is Friday, January the twenty third. I'm Steve Schmidt.

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<v Speaker 2>This is the warning.

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<v Speaker 1>Jd Vance has a peculiar point of view about the Constitution,

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<v Speaker 1>about the immunities afforded to master men unleashed without consent

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<v Speaker 1>on American cities to do violence, to kick indoors and

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<v Speaker 1>point long guns, and to arrest children.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's what he said. After the Renegad shooting.

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<v Speaker 4>The administration seemed to suggest that ICE officers enjoyed near

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<v Speaker 4>complete immunity. But today you told the Washington Examinor that,

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<v Speaker 4>when appropriate, the administration might take disciplinary actions against ICE agents.

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<v Speaker 2>So is that a change of opinion.

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<v Speaker 3>I didn't say, and I don't think any other official

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<v Speaker 3>within the Trump administration said that officers who engaged in

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<v Speaker 3>wrongdoing would enjoy immunity. That's absurd. What I did say

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<v Speaker 3>is that when federal law enforcement officers violate the law,

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<v Speaker 3>that is typically something that federal officials would look into.

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<v Speaker 3>We don't want these guys to have kangaroo courts. We

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<v Speaker 3>want them to actually have real due process, real investigation,

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<v Speaker 3>because again, sometimes they're accused of wrongdoing and it turns

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<v Speaker 3>out when you learn the context, they didn't actually do

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<v Speaker 3>anything wrong. First of all, I wish the state officials

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<v Speaker 3>in Minnesota would an investigate why you have so many

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<v Speaker 3>people who are using their vehicles and other means to

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<v Speaker 3>actually interfere with a legitimate law enforcement operation.

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<v Speaker 2>The president here is very simple.

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<v Speaker 3>You have a federal law enforcement official engaging in federal

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<v Speaker 3>law enforcement action.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a federal issue.

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<v Speaker 3>That guy is protected by absolute immunity. He was doing

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<v Speaker 3>his job. The idea that Tim Walls and a bunch

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<v Speaker 3>of radicals in Minneapolis are going to go after and

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<v Speaker 3>make this guy's life miserable because he was doing the

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<v Speaker 3>job that he was asked to do is preposterous.

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<v Speaker 1>And here's what Greg Bavino said about that.

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<v Speaker 2>Five year old child.

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<v Speaker 4>Final question, do you have any moral or ethical qualms

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<v Speaker 4>about detaining a five year old on his way back

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<v Speaker 4>from preschool.

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<v Speaker 5>Be more specific, Liam Ramos from the Columbia Heights School District,

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<v Speaker 5>do you have any moral or ethical qualms about that?

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<v Speaker 6>We conduct legal, ethical and moral law enforcement missions here

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<v Speaker 6>in Minneapolis. So as far as what you're saying with

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<v Speaker 6>that particular individual, to be more specific, because I didn't

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<v Speaker 6>detain a five year old and we're going to continue

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<v Speaker 6>with that law enforcement mission. Oftentimes you will see violent

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<v Speaker 6>illegal aliens that perhaps do have families.

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<v Speaker 2>And here's what jd. Vance said, Well.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm proud of the fact that we're standing behind law enforcement,

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<v Speaker 3>and I'm proud of the fact that we're enforcing the

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<v Speaker 3>country's laws. But you know, you asked a question about

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<v Speaker 3>this five year old kid. I actually saw this terrible

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<v Speaker 3>story while I was coming to Minneapolis. We just left Toledo,

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<v Speaker 3>Ohio this morning for an economic Messican event, and I

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<v Speaker 3>see this story and I'm a father of a five

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<v Speaker 3>year old, actually a five year old little boy, and

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<v Speaker 3>I think to myself, oh my god, this is terrible.

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<v Speaker 3>How did we arrest a five year old?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I do a little bit.

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<v Speaker 3>More follow up research, and what I find is that

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<v Speaker 3>the five year old was not arrested, that his dad

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<v Speaker 3>was an illegal alien, and then they when they went

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<v Speaker 3>to arrest his illegal alien father, the father ran. So

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<v Speaker 3>the story is that ICE detained a five year old.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, what are they supposed to do? Are they supposed

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<v Speaker 2>to let.

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<v Speaker 3>A five year old child frees to death? Are they

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<v Speaker 3>not supposed to arrest an illegal alien in the United

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<v Speaker 3>States of America.

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<v Speaker 1>He is, of course a man who looked into the

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<v Speaker 1>camera and said Haitian's raiding pass.

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<v Speaker 7>He brought up, which I was kind of surprised by.

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<v Speaker 7>I guess I would say, is he brought up this misleading,

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<v Speaker 7>false claim that you yourself have talked about in recent

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<v Speaker 7>days about Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio abducting people's pets

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<v Speaker 7>and eating them, which officials there have said is not true.

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<v Speaker 7>You yourself acknowledged it may be false on Twitter, you

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<v Speaker 7>still told people to keep spreading it. But Trump just

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<v Speaker 7>amplified it to tens of millions of people who were watching.

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<v Speaker 7>Why push something that's not true?

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<v Speaker 5>Well, first of all, city officials have not said it's

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<v Speaker 5>not true. They've said they don't have all the evidence.

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<v Speaker 5>There no evidence. We've heard from a number of constituents

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<v Speaker 5>on the ground, Caitlin, who both first hand and second

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<v Speaker 5>hand reports saying this stuff is happening. So they very

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<v Speaker 5>clearly meaning the people on the ground dealing with this,

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<v Speaker 5>think that it is happening. And I think that it's

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<v Speaker 5>important for journalists to actually get on the ground and

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<v Speaker 5>uncover this stuff for themselves. When you have a lot

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<v Speaker 5>of people saying, Mike Petts are being abducted, or geese

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<v Speaker 5>at the city Pond are being abducted and slaughtered right

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<v Speaker 5>in front of us, this is crazy stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>He's a man who, over and over again has lied

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<v Speaker 1>and lied and lied in the pursuit of power. A

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<v Speaker 1>peculiar man, a fraud, a man who's called himself four

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<v Speaker 1>different names at various times during his life. A man

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<v Speaker 1>who famously made love to his.

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<v Speaker 2>Couch Jay d Vance.

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<v Speaker 1>We should appreciate the lessons of history when it comes

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<v Speaker 1>to the tanking of children. These words by Anne Frank,

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<v Speaker 1>because here in America it has come to pass that

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<v Speaker 1>children are recording from their ceiling rooms the deprivations below

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<v Speaker 1>of rights of liberty, of human dignity. In the United States,

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<v Speaker 1>the Secret police have been given orders to invade and

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<v Speaker 1>attack jurisdictions to avenge Donald Trump's political laws. It is

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<v Speaker 1>the most outrageous, it is the most un American, and

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<v Speaker 1>it is the most unpatriotic thing that any president has

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<v Speaker 1>ever done in the history of the United States. The

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<v Speaker 1>only peer to all of this is the work of

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<v Speaker 1>the Confederate States. And that's what Trump and Baveno and

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<v Speaker 1>Nom are.

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<v Speaker 2>They are the modern.

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<v Speaker 1>Day Confederates, extremist fascists, and their abuse of power will

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<v Speaker 1>long be infamous, but it will not long last. And

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<v Speaker 1>this is the warning criminal acts by mass men in

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<v Speaker 1>this country. The bill will come due for them. The

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<v Speaker 1>America that they are attacking will not go so easily

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<v Speaker 1>into the night. And there are many more of us

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<v Speaker 1>than there will ever be of them.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm Steve Schmidt. This is the warning.

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<v Speaker 1>I invite you to join this community, where I promise

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<v Speaker 1>to be honest, blunt and direct about what is happening

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<v Speaker 1>in this country. America is in crisis. Follow and subscribe

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you.