1 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:08,360 Speaker 1: This weekend, there is an extremely chilling story in the 2 00:00:08,440 --> 00:00:13,800 Speaker 1: Washington Post. It is imperative that you read it, comprehend it, 3 00:00:14,440 --> 00:00:18,959 Speaker 1: and share it. There has never been paragraphs like this 4 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:26,800 Speaker 1: written in a major American newspaper, descriptively after eight long years. 5 00:00:27,680 --> 00:00:33,120 Speaker 1: This is the practice of journalism. There are no qualifications, 6 00:00:33,760 --> 00:00:39,519 Speaker 1: just straight factual reporting about what it is that Donald 7 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:44,000 Speaker 1: Trump seeks to do. I'm going to read directly from 8 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:48,839 Speaker 1: the story. Donald Trump and his allies have begun mapping 9 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:53,720 Speaker 1: out specific plans for using the federal government to punish 10 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:58,880 Speaker 1: critics and opponents should he win a second term, with 11 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:05,440 Speaker 1: the former president naming individuals he wants to investigate or prosecute, 12 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:11,600 Speaker 1: and his associates drafting plans to potentially invoke the Insurrection 13 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:15,440 Speaker 1: Act on his first day in office to allow him 14 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:23,119 Speaker 1: to deploy the military against civilian demonstrations. In private, Trump 15 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:27,200 Speaker 1: has told advisors and friends in recent months that he 16 00:01:27,319 --> 00:01:32,039 Speaker 1: wants the Justice Department to investigate one time officials and 17 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:36,960 Speaker 1: allies who have become critical of his time in office, 18 00:01:37,080 --> 00:01:41,240 Speaker 1: including his former chief of Staff John Kelly and former 19 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:45,760 Speaker 1: Attorney General William Barr, as well as his ex attorney 20 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:50,280 Speaker 1: Ty Cobb and former Joint chiefs of Staff Chairman General 21 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:51,160 Speaker 1: Mark A. 22 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:52,200 Speaker 2: Millie. 23 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:56,000 Speaker 1: According to people who have talked to him, who, like others, 24 00:01:56,360 --> 00:02:01,800 Speaker 1: spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private conversations, 25 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:05,840 Speaker 1: Trump has also talked of prosecuting officials at the FBI 26 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:10,160 Speaker 1: and Justice Department. A person familiar with the matter said 27 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:15,200 Speaker 1: in public Trump is vowed to appoint a special prosecutor 28 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:20,680 Speaker 1: to go after President Biden and his family. The former 29 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:25,520 Speaker 1: president has frequently made corruption accusations against them that are 30 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:31,440 Speaker 1: not supported by available evidence. To facilitate Trump's ability to 31 00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:36,519 Speaker 1: direct Justice Department actions, his associates have been drafting plans 32 00:02:37,160 --> 00:02:42,160 Speaker 1: to dispense with fifty years of policy and practice intended 33 00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:49,800 Speaker 1: to shield criminal prosecutions from political considerations. Critics have called 34 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:55,720 Speaker 1: such ideas dangerous and unconstitutional. Please understand the urgency of 35 00:02:55,760 --> 00:03:01,079 Speaker 1: this moment. This is a moment of national emergency. Donald 36 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:06,400 Speaker 1: Trump is defeating President Biden in the swing States where 37 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:11,640 Speaker 1: the election will be decided. If Donald Trump is elected, 38 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:16,400 Speaker 1: it will end the American Republic as we know it. 39 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:18,840 Speaker 2: It will end American democracy. 40 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:24,760 Speaker 1: The men should be taken literally and seriously, and he 41 00:03:24,880 --> 00:03:30,680 Speaker 1: is saying something directly that he would deploy the United 42 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:39,600 Speaker 1: States military into America's streets to patrol and occupy our towns, 43 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:46,279 Speaker 1: our villages, our boroughs, and our cities, to aim weapons 44 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:53,240 Speaker 1: at American citizens protesting and asserting their First Amendment rights. 45 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:57,320 Speaker 1: What Donald Trump intends to do is to cite the 46 00:03:57,360 --> 00:04:02,720 Speaker 1: Insurrection Act. He'll use it as a basis to effectively 47 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:09,000 Speaker 1: establish martial law. Will the military say no to this 48 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:13,800 Speaker 1: illegal order, what will happen. We will be in a 49 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:19,359 Speaker 1: profound constitutional crisis. We will be on the edge of 50 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:24,600 Speaker 1: civil war because some of us will never submit to this, 51 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:30,159 Speaker 1: because we are Americans. We are a link in a 52 00:04:30,279 --> 00:04:34,480 Speaker 1: chain that extends back to two hundred and fifty years 53 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:39,920 Speaker 1: when the Minutemen assembled on the greens at Lexington and Concord, 54 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:45,800 Speaker 1: when the Continental Army crossed the Delaware River. We are Americans, 55 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:49,560 Speaker 1: and we will never let this experiment be taken from 56 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:56,000 Speaker 1: us by this vile, despicable man full of malice in 57 00:04:56,080 --> 00:05:00,280 Speaker 1: his heart. For all this moment in American life has 58 00:05:00,320 --> 00:05:06,400 Speaker 1: been coming, he's been building. The situation is worsening. The 59 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:12,480 Speaker 1: extremism is hotter, it's more dangerous, it's better organized, and 60 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:16,880 Speaker 1: it has a plan to take political power and to 61 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:24,719 Speaker 1: reduce the republic to nothing in six short months. We 62 00:05:24,839 --> 00:05:28,560 Speaker 1: know we live in an age of cowardice. Every single 63 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:31,280 Speaker 1: member of the Republican Party at one time looked at 64 00:05:31,279 --> 00:05:35,000 Speaker 1: Donald Trump when the cameras were off. They said he 65 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:39,160 Speaker 1: was crazy. When the cameras were on, they got back 66 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:42,640 Speaker 1: in line. When Liz Cheney sat in the secure room 67 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:46,479 Speaker 1: after the insurrection and pointed a finger at the television. 68 00:05:46,520 --> 00:05:49,200 Speaker 1: When Donald Trump came on and said we're going to 69 00:05:49,279 --> 00:05:55,200 Speaker 1: hold him accountable, the entire room, Republicans and Democrats, all 70 00:05:55,320 --> 00:06:00,000 Speaker 1: members of Congress stood and cheered together. But the Republican 71 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:04,280 Speaker 1: inside did and hold the Liz Cheney did. Isn't it 72 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:07,520 Speaker 1: time you opt out a restrictive health insurance plan to 73 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:12,320 Speaker 1: let Crowdhealth help fit your healthcare needs? Get started today 74 00:06:12,640 --> 00:06:17,560 Speaker 1: for just fifty dollars per month. Use code Warning to 75 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:22,800 Speaker 1: get the healthcare you deserve. Crowdhealth is not insurance. 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Or is 82 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:56,240 Speaker 1: misinformation only something that happens on Twitter? 83 00:06:57,240 --> 00:06:57,800 Speaker 2: You see? 84 00:06:58,480 --> 00:07:01,120 Speaker 1: What is it that you should call the conversation that 85 00:07:01,240 --> 00:07:06,520 Speaker 1: takes place between the American media and America's elected officials 86 00:07:07,080 --> 00:07:12,320 Speaker 1: that is secret, hidden, off the record, completely different when 87 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:15,280 Speaker 1: the camera light is on than when the camera light 88 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:20,000 Speaker 1: is off. Why is there such a commitment from America's 89 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:23,880 Speaker 1: power class to bullshit all of you good people about 90 00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:27,040 Speaker 1: the things they know to be true and are obviously 91 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:28,520 Speaker 1: staring us all in the face. 92 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:32,600 Speaker 2: Why you know it's true? 93 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:36,200 Speaker 1: Everybody in America knows there's something deeply wrong. 94 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:40,480 Speaker 2: There are dark clouds coming. 95 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:46,160 Speaker 1: The crisis of faith in our democracy has become a cancer. 96 00:07:47,480 --> 00:07:49,120 Speaker 2: Fear is everywhere. 97 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:55,080 Speaker 1: And when you marry fear and hopelessness with a demagogic 98 00:07:55,240 --> 00:08:00,440 Speaker 1: dictator want to be like Donald Trump? Disaster is at hand. 99 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:06,040 Speaker 1: There is a question that must be asked, how could 100 00:08:06,080 --> 00:08:11,320 Speaker 1: it be that Donald Trump could conceivably be winning any state? 101 00:08:12,240 --> 00:08:12,640 Speaker 2: Why? 102 00:08:14,400 --> 00:08:17,640 Speaker 1: And the answer is something that has to be put 103 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:24,680 Speaker 1: on the table. Bidonomics was the biggest political mistake by 104 00:08:24,720 --> 00:08:30,280 Speaker 1: way of branding since eighteen ninety six, when the first 105 00:08:30,360 --> 00:08:36,000 Speaker 1: modern presidential campaign took place, and the result of this 106 00:08:36,920 --> 00:08:41,880 Speaker 1: is a collapse of support with black voters, Hispanic voters, 107 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:49,760 Speaker 1: young voters. They don't believe the economy is good. In fact, 108 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:54,240 Speaker 1: they believe it's terrible, and the power class of the 109 00:08:54,360 --> 00:08:57,760 Speaker 1: country has decided the best way to deal with this 110 00:08:57,920 --> 00:09:01,800 Speaker 1: reality is to have an argument with the American people 111 00:09:02,400 --> 00:09:09,040 Speaker 1: telling them they're wrong. Americans are defined people, and they 112 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:13,840 Speaker 1: don't particularly like being yelled at by their politicians and 113 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:17,520 Speaker 1: the most powerful people in the country told constantly to 114 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:23,520 Speaker 1: sit down, shut up, be quiet. No, the American people 115 00:09:23,600 --> 00:09:27,640 Speaker 1: are trying to send a message and it's not being heard. 116 00:09:28,240 --> 00:09:32,840 Speaker 1: And the result of the deafness is Donald Trump is 117 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:37,120 Speaker 1: poised to take power, and if he does, he will 118 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:41,880 Speaker 1: hunt his critics, seek to imprison them in mass. There 119 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:45,280 Speaker 1: will be violence in our streets. And as someone who 120 00:09:45,360 --> 00:09:47,920 Speaker 1: is one of the ones that will be hunted and 121 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:52,080 Speaker 1: may be imprisoned for asserting my First Amendment rights to 122 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:58,199 Speaker 1: stand up against this insanity, I say no. This country 123 00:09:59,080 --> 00:10:03,640 Speaker 1: will not go gently into that good night swallowed by 124 00:10:03,679 --> 00:10:10,079 Speaker 1: the ransod Trump organization. This corrupt man must be brought down. 125 00:10:10,679 --> 00:10:18,760 Speaker 1: He must be defeated with toughness, forcefulness, directness. Fighting back 126 00:10:18,800 --> 00:10:24,440 Speaker 1: against his billion dollar propaganda networks is the communications challenge 127 00:10:24,440 --> 00:10:28,800 Speaker 1: of a lifetime. And here's the simple truth. The Biden 128 00:10:28,840 --> 00:10:32,840 Speaker 1: White House isn't up for it, not even close. So 129 00:10:32,920 --> 00:10:36,040 Speaker 1: I'll leave you with this on the screen. Take a 130 00:10:36,080 --> 00:10:40,480 Speaker 1: look at these polls. Linger over them. The election is 131 00:10:40,480 --> 00:10:43,320 Speaker 1: a year away and there is nothing new to learn 132 00:10:43,360 --> 00:10:47,439 Speaker 1: about either of these men. The American people know who 133 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:51,600 Speaker 1: President Biden is a good man, and they know who 134 00:10:51,679 --> 00:10:56,360 Speaker 1: Donald Trump is a terrible man. The terrible man is 135 00:10:56,400 --> 00:10:59,800 Speaker 1: beating the good man, and that's the most terrible thing. 136 00:11:00,800 --> 00:11:05,280 Speaker 1: In fact, it's a catastrophe, and we have to stop 137 00:11:05,320 --> 00:11:09,560 Speaker 1: it as a people coming together so we can move 138 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:13,520 Speaker 1: on and we can move forward and past this terrible 139 00:11:13,559 --> 00:11:23,959 Speaker 1: era of American life.