WEBVTT - I Underestimated House Speaker Mike Johnson. This Weekend, He Measured Up

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<v Speaker 1>This weekend, an American coalition formed and included Mike Johnson,

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<v Speaker 1>It included Democrats, and in the end, the American people

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<v Speaker 1>have sent the lethal aid necessary for the Ukrainian people

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<v Speaker 1>to fight, to stay free, to push back the Russian invaders.

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<v Speaker 1>The world is in chaos, stability, order peace. This is

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<v Speaker 1>the essential role of the United States, and it was

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<v Speaker 1>fulfilled this weekend in a bipartisan vote that represents the

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<v Speaker 1>best traditions of this country. It is the twenty second

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<v Speaker 1>of April, and there are one hundred and ninety seven

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<v Speaker 1>days left until the American people will decide who the

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<v Speaker 1>next president of the United States is, between President Biden

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<v Speaker 1>and the criminal defendant, Donald Trump. This is the warning.

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<v Speaker 1>A few weeks ago, I went to Poland and I

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<v Speaker 1>bore witness to some of the worst atrocities of the

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<v Speaker 1>twentieth century. I went to Magonik, to Treblinka, to Auschwitz,

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<v Speaker 1>karisi stat. I went to the Crackout ghetto and to

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<v Speaker 1>the Warsaw Ghetto. I walked the halls of Oscar Schindler's factory,

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<v Speaker 1>and the question I kept asking myself over and over

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<v Speaker 1>again was how did this happen? How I couldn't help

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<v Speaker 1>asking the question, even though I know the answer. There

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<v Speaker 1>were no monsters at Auschwitz, only ordinary people. The perpetrators

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<v Speaker 1>were ordinary and the victims were ordinary. It was the

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<v Speaker 1>one thing that they shared in common. Did you know

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<v Speaker 1>that before they could build the barracks for the prisoners,

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<v Speaker 1>they had to meet the fire code? Did you know

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<v Speaker 1>that before Auschwitz could be constructed they needed a stamp

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<v Speaker 1>for the sewage treatment facility? How did it happen? Could

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<v Speaker 1>it ever happen again? Well, the truth is it's happening

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<v Speaker 1>right now again in Europe. The largest country in Europe Ukraine.

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<v Speaker 1>It is a nation with its own language that has

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<v Speaker 1>been ruthlessly invaded by a fascist state, Russia, under the

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<v Speaker 1>dictatorship of Vladimir Putin. If you speak out against Putin,

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<v Speaker 1>you could be assassinated, thrown off a roof, poisoned in prison.

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<v Speaker 1>There is no freedom in Russia. The rock concerts that

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<v Speaker 1>will play this summer across Russia are fascist rallys z rallys.

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<v Speaker 1>Five hundred thousand Russians have been killed trying to subjugate Ukraine.

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<v Speaker 1>This war has the potential to become World War three,

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<v Speaker 1>and nobody should doubt that. If Vladimir Putin attacks Poland,

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<v Speaker 1>they will fight. If Vladimir Putin attacks ATO country we

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<v Speaker 1>are supposed to fight, will we certainly not if Donald

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<v Speaker 1>Trump is president. NATO is the greatest and most successful

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<v Speaker 1>military alliance in world history. It has sustained freedom and liberty.

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<v Speaker 1>Every country that is under threat from Russia wants in.

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<v Speaker 1>They want to be part of the Coalition of Free Nations. Ukraine, though,

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<v Speaker 1>will never be in NATO because it was once part

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<v Speaker 1>of the Soviet Union. And the reality is Ukraine exists

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<v Speaker 1>in a neverland, a border space between the West and Russia.

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<v Speaker 1>But the freedom of Ukraine is essential. If it were

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<v Speaker 1>to be swallowed up whole by Russia, it would make

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<v Speaker 1>Russia a vastly more powerful nation. All of those Ukrainians

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<v Speaker 1>within a generation would be Russian speakers, and they would

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<v Speaker 1>be in the Russian army as it menaces Europe. There's

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<v Speaker 1>a term. It's called useful idiot. It's what Russians call

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<v Speaker 1>the dupes who have always existed in the West, who

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<v Speaker 1>have always sought to undermine their own government, their own

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<v Speaker 1>freedoms for Russia's interests. It is incredible that this country,

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<v Speaker 1>where thirty million of its citizens don't have a toilet

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<v Speaker 1>is vetererated, loved, celebrated by a legion of useful idiots,

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<v Speaker 1>people like Marjorie Taylor Green. How is it that the

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<v Speaker 1>people of Georgia have sent this wretched, disloyal woman to

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<v Speaker 1>the United States Congress to represent them? How is it

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<v Speaker 1>that the dumbest person in the Congress has become, through

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<v Speaker 1>the sheer force of her disordered personality, one of its

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<v Speaker 1>most powerful members. Who could tolerate this woman in the workplace.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Marjorie Taylor Green appearing on Fox News this

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<v Speaker 1>past Sunday.

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<v Speaker 2>Once this bill was passed, the American people saw on

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<v Speaker 2>their television screens and social media all over where Congress

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<v Speaker 2>was waving the Ukrainian flag on the United States House

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<v Speaker 2>of Representative Lore. All of this was possible because of

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<v Speaker 2>the betrayals of Mike Johnson. Maria. He has completely betrayed

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<v Speaker 2>the Republican Party. He is completely betrayed Republican voters all

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<v Speaker 2>over the country, and he is absolutely working for the

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<v Speaker 2>Democrats passing the Biden administration's agenda. So this is a

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<v Speaker 2>speakership that is completely over with. It's only Mike Johnson

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<v Speaker 2>is the one that's trying to hang on to it,

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<v Speaker 2>and it is in complete denial.

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<v Speaker 1>She knows nothing about anything. She is dumb as a

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<v Speaker 1>block of bricks. She is adult. She is a conspiracy

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<v Speaker 1>nut who believes anything, whether it's QAnon conspiracies, whether it's

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<v Speaker 1>Jewish space lasers and Vladimir Putin's propaganda. But there is

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<v Speaker 1>a question that needs to be answered. How is it

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<v Speaker 1>that this American congresswoman, this duke, this no nothing ignorant

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<v Speaker 1>from Georgia is talking about Transcorpathia. These are Russian talking points,

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<v Speaker 1>straight up Russian propaganda. Why does an American congresswoman who

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<v Speaker 1>clearly has never read a book cover to cover in

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<v Speaker 1>her life know about this? Even more importantly, why is

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<v Speaker 1>she advancing through legislation on the floor of the Congress

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<v Speaker 1>Russia's propaganda. It's very disturbing. It needs to be investigated,

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<v Speaker 1>It needs to be looked into. But this weekend an

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<v Speaker 1>American coalition formed. It included Mike Johnson, it included Democrats.

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<v Speaker 3>How do you explain that transformation? What made Johnson become

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<v Speaker 3>the steadfast guy on this as you said, the profile

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<v Speaker 3>encourage I think he tried to do what the you know, say,

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<v Speaker 3>the Freedom Caucus wanted him to do. It wasn't going

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<v Speaker 3>to work in the Senate or the White House. At

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<v Speaker 3>the end of the day, we were running out of time.

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<v Speaker 3>Ukraine's getting ready to fall. And I think, I think

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<v Speaker 3>the briefings that he got in the classified space, the

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<v Speaker 3>advice he got from people like me and Mike Turner,

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<v Speaker 3>House Intelligence Armed Services, I think talking to world leaders.

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<v Speaker 3>He became the man that went from a district in

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<v Speaker 3>Louisiana to the speaker of the United States to also

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<v Speaker 3>someone who had to look at the entire world and

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<v Speaker 3>had to carry the burden of that and make the

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<v Speaker 3>right decision.

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<v Speaker 1>And in the end, the American people have sent the

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<v Speaker 1>lethal aid necessary for the Ukrainian people to fight, to

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<v Speaker 1>stay free, to push back the Russian invaders who are

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<v Speaker 1>kidnapping children, raping women, murdering civilians. This Russian invasion of

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<v Speaker 1>Ukraine will simply flow into the next country and the

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<v Speaker 1>next country if it is not stopped in Ukraine. The

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<v Speaker 1>peace of the world is dependent on the Ukrainian people

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<v Speaker 1>winning this war. If Ukraine loses, the chances of World

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<v Speaker 1>War Three being fought by Iraq children is extraordinarily high.

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<v Speaker 1>These are the most dangerous moments in fifty years. The

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<v Speaker 1>world is in chaos, stability, order, peace. This is the

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<v Speaker 1>essential role of the United States and it was fulfilled

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<v Speaker 1>this weekend in a bipartisan vote that represents the best

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<v Speaker 1>traditions of this country. And that's good news because had

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<v Speaker 1>this vote gone the other way, it would have precipitated

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<v Speaker 1>in not so very long a period of time, global war.

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<v Speaker 1>This is a dangerous hour, a dangerous time, and it

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<v Speaker 1>requires Americans to be engaged, to participate, to practice citizenship,

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<v Speaker 1>to know what's going on. Literally, it's a life and

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<v Speaker 1>death matter. Think about that. One hundred and ninety seven

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<v Speaker 1>days to go. Thank you for listening to my political commenta.

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