WEBVTT - Who Is Donald Trump?

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<v Speaker 1>It is July the eighteenth, twenty twenty four, and the

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<v Speaker 1>number of the day is thirty two. There are thirty

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<v Speaker 1>two short days left for the Democratic Party and the

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<v Speaker 1>President of the United States to avert a national catastrophe.

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<v Speaker 1>This is the warning. We have come as a nation

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<v Speaker 1>to a fork in the road. But at the head

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<v Speaker 1>of the column is the leadership of the Democratic Party.

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<v Speaker 1>Soon we will know something with perfect clarity. There is

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<v Speaker 1>a question in the air, and the question is what

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<v Speaker 1>is Trump? Is he who the Democrats have maintained he

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<v Speaker 1>is or is he just an effective villain, a Freddie

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<v Speaker 1>Krueger comical character that has been effective at raising money

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<v Speaker 1>from and mobilizing the base. Is he someone who is

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<v Speaker 1>a perfect foil? Who is Trump? Well? Is he a danger?

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<v Speaker 1>Or is he a prop The hour at hand to

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<v Speaker 1>decide is now, and soon we will know. Joe Biden

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<v Speaker 1>should be taken at his word. He has long maintained

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<v Speaker 1>that Donald Trump is an existential threat. But something else

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<v Speaker 1>must be said. It was Joe Biden and his team

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<v Speaker 1>of customers that wanted the debate that imploded his campaign.

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<v Speaker 1>It was also their idea to so rig and throttle

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<v Speaker 1>the Democratic primary process that there could be no conceivable competition.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's be clear about something. Donald Trump will not have

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<v Speaker 1>a lonely victory. He will have with him a maga

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<v Speaker 1>United States Senate and a maga House of Representatives, and

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<v Speaker 1>they will have two unfettered years to change America, to

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<v Speaker 1>recast and to remake it. Jd. Vance offered a sweetener,

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<v Speaker 1>an afrodisiac, if you will, like a cult leader offering

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<v Speaker 1>a sample of love to the lonely and distressed. He

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<v Speaker 1>kept the hideous parts quiet when he talked about the

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<v Speaker 1>graves of seven generations, part of a nation. What he's

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<v Speaker 1>talking about is blood and soil nationalism, and it's an

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<v Speaker 1>evil and it's antithetical to the ideals and ideas of

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<v Speaker 1>the United States. What jd. Vance talked about last night

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<v Speaker 1>sounds reasonable, sounds appealing, but it is a mask for

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<v Speaker 1>the darkest and most dangerous of all ideologies, us versus them,

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<v Speaker 1>the ideology and dogma of nationalism. JD. Vance put his

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<v Speaker 1>toe into the water, leading forward into the darkness. That's

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<v Speaker 1>what it is, that's where it goes. And so again,

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<v Speaker 1>at this hour, the Democratic Party must face reality. Speaker

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<v Speaker 1>Emeritus Nancy Pelosi has said the president can't win to him,

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<v Speaker 1>according to news reports, as has sent a majority leader

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<v Speaker 1>Chuck Schumer, leader Hakim Jeffries. According to Puck News, the

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<v Speaker 1>President Biden assaulted the service of a decorated Democratic congressman,

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<v Speaker 1>a combat veteran with the eighty second Airborne in the

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<v Speaker 1>seventy fifth Ranger Regiment, Jason Crow of Colorado. He was incoherent, angry, rambling.

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<v Speaker 1>Yet he and a small group of people at this

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<v Speaker 1>hour maintain a fiction at the expense of their patriotism,

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<v Speaker 1>at the expense of the country. And the fiction is

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<v Speaker 1>that the president is okay and that the President is winning,

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<v Speaker 1>when in fact he has been repeat cudiated by the

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<v Speaker 1>American people, not yet in an election, but in poll

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<v Speaker 1>after poll, an interview after interview. As he has fallen apart.

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<v Speaker 1>Whatever Joe Biden has accomplished in his public life, his

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<v Speaker 1>legacy is finished. All that is left is a terrible,

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<v Speaker 1>humiliating chapter of defeat, and everybody sees it coming, and

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<v Speaker 1>so many cowards keep lying about it over and over again.

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<v Speaker 1>This is a dire moment for the country because Donald

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<v Speaker 1>Trump is, in fact everything that Joe Biden says he is.

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<v Speaker 1>What a terrible moment for the country. But what a

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<v Speaker 1>magnificent opportunity for the Democratic Party and for our younger

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<v Speaker 1>generation to step forward and mass in a group and

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<v Speaker 1>to say enough, we must pass the torch. Now, we

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<v Speaker 1>must have generational change. Now we must are particulate something

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<v Speaker 1>better in order to defeat the worst cause since the

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<v Speaker 1>Confederacy and Jim Crow and the booned. And that cause

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<v Speaker 1>is maga. It is trump Ism, it is American fascism.

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<v Speaker 1>The Trump Advance ticket is a threat. It is a danger,

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<v Speaker 1>but it will not be bought to power under its

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<v Speaker 1>own strength, but rather the appeasements of cowardly Democrats and

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<v Speaker 1>a cabal that lacks the bravery to say the obvious

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<v Speaker 1>out loud, that puts a single man's ego ahead of duty,

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<v Speaker 1>ahead of their country. Sound familiar to anybody. When you

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<v Speaker 1>become what you oppose, you've not only lost the cause,

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<v Speaker 1>but your soul and your morality with it. And that

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<v Speaker 1>is the most devastating type of defeat and the most

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<v Speaker 1>difficult to recover from. At all. Our crafts are at

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<v Speaker 1>the fork in the road. I pray to God they

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<v Speaker 1>choose wisely. This is the warning. I'm Steve Schmidt. This

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