1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:04,760 Speaker 1: It is Thursday, the fifteenth of May. This is the warning. 2 00:00:06,040 --> 00:00:10,920 Speaker 1: Donald Trump is hourring his way across the Middle East, 3 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:17,720 Speaker 1: creating images that are unprecedented and unimaginable for an American president. 4 00:00:18,079 --> 00:00:22,160 Speaker 1: I remember reading somewhere that in America, we care about 5 00:00:22,239 --> 00:00:27,040 Speaker 1: human dignity, we care about human rights, we care about 6 00:00:27,080 --> 00:00:32,400 Speaker 1: the rule of law, we care about fundamental values. Alas 7 00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:39,680 Speaker 1: not anymore. Now Trump surrounded by Arab thugs, desecrated, denigrated, 8 00:00:40,159 --> 00:00:43,720 Speaker 1: and slandered the United States. You see, it was a 9 00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:48,840 Speaker 1: miserable hellhole for two hundred and forty nine years until 10 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:53,320 Speaker 1: Trump became our king. Look at these pictures of the 11 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:57,880 Speaker 1: oligarchs gathered, Look at the corruption, Look at the grift, 12 00:00:58,360 --> 00:01:04,119 Speaker 1: contemplate the greed. It is otherworldly, to say the least. Now, 13 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:09,280 Speaker 1: under the Capitol Dome, attacked by Trump's mob of rioters, 14 00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:13,600 Speaker 1: his editionist on the sixth of January, a very different 15 00:01:13,920 --> 00:01:18,320 Speaker 1: type of contest. The type of battle is unfolding between 16 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:22,640 Speaker 1: the worst of the worst and the best of the best. 17 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:27,920 Speaker 1: There are two types of democrats that exist together under 18 00:01:27,959 --> 00:01:32,760 Speaker 1: the Capitol Dome. There are schumercrats, appeasers, and there are 19 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:38,640 Speaker 1: fighting democrats like Dan Goldman, like Senator Chris Murphy, and 20 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:44,200 Speaker 1: it's these fighting Democrats like Congressman Eric Smallwell that are 21 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:50,320 Speaker 1: the salvation to this crisis. The fight is necessary, and 22 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:55,360 Speaker 1: let's talk about what it is that we're witnessing when 23 00:01:55,400 --> 00:02:01,360 Speaker 1: we see this exchange, incredible exchange between Senator Murphy and 24 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:02,280 Speaker 1: Robert Kennedy. 25 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 2: Instead that the measles vaccine was never fully tested for safety, 26 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:09,760 Speaker 2: you said there's fetal debris in the measles vaccine and 27 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:13,040 Speaker 2: this morning, all true, all true this morning, and from 28 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:16,040 Speaker 2: the public, that's not. None of that is none of. 29 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:23,639 Speaker 1: True. Product, You're not what you're talking not. 30 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:26,399 Speaker 3: For the record, Let's have a little bit of order 31 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:28,720 Speaker 3: so that you can get I'm speaking. 32 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:31,640 Speaker 2: I didn't ask, I didn't ask for a response, yet 33 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:33,800 Speaker 2: I like to lay out the predicated my question before 34 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:37,480 Speaker 2: I'm interrupted by the witness. You should respect for this committee. 35 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:42,440 Speaker 1: Or incredibly, between Eric Swollwell and Christina. 36 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:44,799 Speaker 4: You agree though that this is doctor Is that right? 37 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:47,160 Speaker 3: The same protocols that are secretary. 38 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:49,480 Speaker 4: I want you to have credibility and I want you 39 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:51,680 Speaker 4: to be taken seriously. Is this doctored or is it not? 40 00:02:51,960 --> 00:02:53,320 Speaker 3: I'm taken quite seriously. 41 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:55,120 Speaker 4: Is it doctored or not doctor the. 42 00:02:55,160 --> 00:02:57,040 Speaker 3: Importance that the President has given me. 43 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:59,000 Speaker 4: To I understand is it doctored or not? 44 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:01,720 Speaker 3: And that's important to remembers that every single time a 45 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:02,560 Speaker 3: case is built. 46 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:04,520 Speaker 4: I'm secretary, i have a seven year old, a six 47 00:03:04,639 --> 00:03:05,760 Speaker 4: year old and a three year old. I have a 48 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:09,640 Speaker 4: bullshit detector. I'm just asking you, is this doctored or 49 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:10,359 Speaker 4: not doctored. 50 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:16,920 Speaker 1: The US Constitution establishes three branches of government. There is 51 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:20,840 Speaker 1: the Article one branch, the Congress. There is the Article 52 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:25,520 Speaker 1: two branch, the executive, And there is the Article three branch, 53 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:31,720 Speaker 1: the judiciary. All three of these branches check and balance 54 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:37,320 Speaker 1: the other. They create a constitutional harmony, and this balance 55 00:03:37,920 --> 00:03:42,280 Speaker 1: is what keeps the citizens safe from the state because 56 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:47,560 Speaker 1: it holds that no branch is dominant over the other. 57 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:53,760 Speaker 1: Each branch is coequal, each is separate, each has its mission, 58 00:03:54,160 --> 00:03:59,040 Speaker 1: and so one of the vital constitutional missions of the 59 00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:04,880 Speaker 1: Congress is to perform oversight on the executive. The President, 60 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:10,880 Speaker 1: who administers but does not make the laws, does not 61 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:15,320 Speaker 1: point a finger, and accused does not have the power 62 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:20,240 Speaker 1: to convict. That rests with the judiciary. It is the 63 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:25,480 Speaker 1: Congress that spends the taxpayers money. It is the Congress 64 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:30,479 Speaker 1: that has powers that are not granted to the president. 65 00:04:30,839 --> 00:04:35,440 Speaker 1: And so when a cabinet secretary comes to the United 66 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:40,800 Speaker 1: States Congress, they come not as a guest, but because 67 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:45,400 Speaker 1: they are required under American law, under the Constitution. The 68 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:51,120 Speaker 1: Congress on the matters that you're watching is supreme. And 69 00:04:51,520 --> 00:04:55,440 Speaker 1: what we see, whether it's from Robert Kennedy, his evasiveness 70 00:04:55,560 --> 00:05:03,280 Speaker 1: is insanity, his delusions epic dishonesty. Christy no Her unbridled 71 00:05:03,360 --> 00:05:09,640 Speaker 1: contempt is distain for the concept that the United States 72 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:14,159 Speaker 1: is a constitutional republic. What christin Noma is saying is 73 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:20,800 Speaker 1: go yourself. And so an incredible drama is playing out 74 00:05:21,440 --> 00:05:27,039 Speaker 1: moment by moment by moment every day as two forces collide, 75 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:32,159 Speaker 1: shaped by a third. The shaping force is the appeasement, 76 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:37,919 Speaker 1: which puts a magnifying lens on the conflict when it 77 00:05:38,279 --> 00:05:45,039 Speaker 1: comes because it's so striking to see the duplicity, the mendacity, 78 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:52,719 Speaker 1: the utter indecency fully exposed. So Eric Swollwell in this moment, 79 00:05:53,080 --> 00:05:57,359 Speaker 1: will not let it go, and he only has five minutes. 80 00:05:57,760 --> 00:06:01,280 Speaker 1: My question is, and I want them Democrats to seriously 81 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:05,160 Speaker 1: consider this. What do they think might happen if the 82 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:10,400 Speaker 1: next Democratic member after Eric Swallowell picks up exactly where 83 00:06:10,440 --> 00:06:13,520 Speaker 1: he left off and let it go all day long. 84 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:18,000 Speaker 1: She's not there to give a campaign speech, and the 85 00:06:18,120 --> 00:06:22,520 Speaker 1: United States Congress is not the Fox News set. Let 86 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:27,719 Speaker 1: the confrontation go on. The weak spot of the attack 87 00:06:28,120 --> 00:06:32,080 Speaker 1: is all that matters. Getting in more questions is irrelevant 88 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:36,880 Speaker 1: because in this moment, Christy Gnoman is being fundamentally exposed 89 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:43,200 Speaker 1: as a liar, as a chief hustler, as a vapid, delusional, 90 00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:49,520 Speaker 1: power mad abuser of the Constitution of the United States, 91 00:06:49,880 --> 00:06:53,640 Speaker 1: the worst of the worst, and this is an appropriate 92 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:58,920 Speaker 1: use of power, and it sets up the most fundamental 93 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:01,680 Speaker 1: of questions, and that is the one that has to 94 00:07:01,720 --> 00:07:05,440 Speaker 1: be put to the American people by the Democratic Party, 95 00:07:05,720 --> 00:07:08,680 Speaker 1: which is in a bad state right now. The party 96 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:13,520 Speaker 1: doesn't speak monolithically, so the party won't be asking the question. 97 00:07:14,120 --> 00:07:19,000 Speaker 1: Candidates across America will be saying, send me to Washington 98 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:22,520 Speaker 1: and give me the power to fight and stand up 99 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:25,840 Speaker 1: for you against all of this. And all of this 100 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:30,600 Speaker 1: means standing up not just against Trump, but against the 101 00:07:30,760 --> 00:07:37,560 Speaker 1: appeasement and the appeasers that have let Trump run effing 102 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:42,240 Speaker 1: wild for one hundred and fifty days and have created 103 00:07:42,280 --> 00:07:48,000 Speaker 1: a scenario where contempt is the currency of the Trump 104 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:52,920 Speaker 1: administration in its dealings with the representatives of the American 105 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:57,480 Speaker 1: people who were elected just like Trump. Should Trump have 106 00:07:57,600 --> 00:08:01,160 Speaker 1: a mandate, then so do the people like Eric Swallwell, 107 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:06,920 Speaker 1: Dan Goldman, and Chris Murphy who are asking the essential questions. 108 00:08:07,240 --> 00:08:12,280 Speaker 1: And this is all that matters in these exchanges. Christino, Cash, 109 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:18,360 Speaker 1: Battel and all of the rest of Trump's contemptuous handmaids 110 00:08:18,720 --> 00:08:23,360 Speaker 1: do not have the standing, do not have the right 111 00:08:23,800 --> 00:08:27,200 Speaker 1: to tell a member of Congress who works for us, 112 00:08:27,480 --> 00:08:31,320 Speaker 1: elected by us, to go f themselves in the name 113 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:36,520 Speaker 1: of Donald Trump. These confrontations must increase, they must build. 114 00:08:36,760 --> 00:08:41,960 Speaker 1: Chris Murphy is putting on a master class clinic of 115 00:08:42,040 --> 00:08:47,040 Speaker 1: how to conduct us Senate oversight. It is phenomenal. And 116 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:50,440 Speaker 1: Chris Murphy, whether he has the title or not, so 117 00:08:50,520 --> 00:08:53,280 Speaker 1: far as I'm concerned, that guy is the leader of 118 00:08:53,360 --> 00:08:57,160 Speaker 1: the Senate Democrats, because that guy is the leader of 119 00:08:57,200 --> 00:09:00,920 Speaker 1: the fight. He is tough, he is smart, he is focused, 120 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:04,880 Speaker 1: he is committed. He is an American patriot on top 121 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:09,000 Speaker 1: of his game. And what Chris Murphy cares about isn't 122 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:13,360 Speaker 1: a title, isn't a job. It's his actual public service. 123 00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:16,920 Speaker 1: He is the best of the best. Watch Dan Goldman 124 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:23,120 Speaker 1: give Christie Nome the business here. Why is your opinion better? 125 00:09:23,720 --> 00:09:26,120 Speaker 1: We have more authority than the Supreme. 126 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:29,800 Speaker 3: Court, investigators, to judges and Immigration Court that all said 127 00:09:29,840 --> 00:09:32,880 Speaker 3: he was MS thirteen and was removed to this from this. 128 00:09:33,160 --> 00:09:36,360 Speaker 1: Did you understand that is you saying that? That is 129 00:09:36,400 --> 00:09:37,199 Speaker 1: you saying. 130 00:09:36,920 --> 00:09:41,080 Speaker 3: That no, no, no no, that is not making that 131 00:09:41,200 --> 00:09:42,520 Speaker 3: determination against him. 132 00:09:42,520 --> 00:09:45,720 Speaker 1: If you don't, court has considered all that. The judge 133 00:09:45,800 --> 00:09:49,640 Speaker 1: is considered all that, Madame secretary, if you would be quiet, 134 00:09:49,720 --> 00:09:54,240 Speaker 1: because I'm reclaiming my time. Dan Goldman is not backing down. 135 00:09:54,600 --> 00:10:00,600 Speaker 1: Dan Goldman has righteous anger. Dang Goldman understand that at 136 00:10:00,640 --> 00:10:03,920 Speaker 1: the core what's happening is deeply wrong, and he puts 137 00:10:03,960 --> 00:10:06,880 Speaker 1: it to Christy Nome right here and explains to her 138 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:10,920 Speaker 1: her opinion doesn't matter. It's her compliance with an order 139 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:13,880 Speaker 1: of the Supreme Court that's at stake and at hand. 140 00:10:14,160 --> 00:10:16,840 Speaker 1: She has no right to plunge this country into a 141 00:10:16,920 --> 00:10:21,120 Speaker 1: constitutional crisis by betraying her oath. And what can be 142 00:10:21,160 --> 00:10:25,559 Speaker 1: said about Eric Swallwell The demand, at long last, after 143 00:10:25,679 --> 00:10:29,319 Speaker 1: ten years of insanity, to make one of these people 144 00:10:29,480 --> 00:10:32,640 Speaker 1: look at a doctored image in front of their faces 145 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:37,560 Speaker 1: and to confront the lie. This is the Orwellian moment 146 00:10:37,679 --> 00:10:42,600 Speaker 1: we've been waiting for. The truth is not what's real, 147 00:10:42,920 --> 00:10:47,000 Speaker 1: it's what Christy Nome and Donald Trump declare it to be. 148 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:53,040 Speaker 1: Just like O'Brien prophesied in nineteen eighty four while torturing Winston, 149 00:10:53,440 --> 00:10:57,319 Speaker 1: it doesn't matter, he said to Winston, how many fingers 150 00:10:57,400 --> 00:11:02,240 Speaker 1: you see? What matters is how many the party tells 151 00:11:02,280 --> 00:11:08,080 Speaker 1: you you see. And so what Murphy, what Goldman, what 152 00:11:08,760 --> 00:11:13,439 Speaker 1: Swallwell are doing is shining a light into the abyss, 153 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:17,960 Speaker 1: into the darkness while we still have that opportunity as 154 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:22,520 Speaker 1: a nation as a people, and they're showing us the contempt, 155 00:11:22,760 --> 00:11:28,280 Speaker 1: the depravity, the indecency, and the injustice that is gathering 156 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:31,640 Speaker 1: and coming for every one of us if we don't 157 00:11:31,679 --> 00:11:36,160 Speaker 1: stop it right now. That's what's happening in America today. 158 00:11:36,520 --> 00:11:40,400 Speaker 1: Some members are better than others, and when we see 159 00:11:40,440 --> 00:11:43,400 Speaker 1: the best, we ought to celebrate it, and we ought 160 00:11:43,400 --> 00:11:47,839 Speaker 1: to spread it to model the type of stamina, the 161 00:11:47,880 --> 00:11:51,280 Speaker 1: type of courage that all of us expect from the 162 00:11:51,360 --> 00:11:54,600 Speaker 1: people in the United States Congress, who must defend the 163 00:11:54,679 --> 00:12:00,400 Speaker 1: Constitution against the daily assault in vandalism if they says 164 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:06,280 Speaker 1: at the hands of the MAGA regime and its contemptuous leadership. 165 00:12:06,559 --> 00:12:10,880 Speaker 1: This is the warning, and I'm Steve Schmidt. This is 166 00:12:10,920 --> 00:12:13,800 Speaker 1: the warning. 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