WEBVTT - Why Pete Hegseth Should Terrify America

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<v Speaker 1>In doing this, we appeal to Almighty God, just as

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<v Speaker 1>our forefathers did. George Washington, the founder of the War Department,

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<v Speaker 1>appealed to God's providence during every step of our improbable revolution,

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<v Speaker 1>on prayer, on bended knee, on the battlefield. Ron Reagan

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<v Speaker 1>did the same, appealing to Heaven is the world hung

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<v Speaker 1>in the balance? We do the same today, with Jesus

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<v Speaker 1>Christ as our God. May He grant us the wisdom

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<v Speaker 1>to see what is right and the courage to do it.

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<v Speaker 1>May God bless our warriors, and may God bless our

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<v Speaker 1>great Republic.

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<v Speaker 2>Secretary of War Crimes Pete Hagsath appeared at the Reagan Library,

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<v Speaker 2>and while there he talked about the reason why one

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<v Speaker 2>million Americans gave what Abraham Lincoln called the last full

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<v Speaker 2>measure of devotion to the Republic. Here's the question. Did

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<v Speaker 2>those men die like Pete Hagsath said, for Jesus Christ,

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<v Speaker 2>they did not. It is Tuesday, December the ninth. This

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<v Speaker 2>is the morning the Secretary of War Crimes is profoundly

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<v Speaker 2>unfit to lead America's military. And though he stood up

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<v Speaker 2>at the Reagan Library and tried to claim the mantle

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<v Speaker 2>of a Republican president, that believed in peace through strength.

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<v Speaker 2>He failed. There's a simple reason for that. Ronald Reagan

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<v Speaker 2>knew a drunk when he saw one. His father would

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<v Speaker 2>be passed out on the steps when Ronald Reagan and

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<v Speaker 2>Dixon Illinois would step over him and root into the

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<v Speaker 2>inside of his boyhood home. Ronald Reagan didn't like degenerates,

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<v Speaker 2>and never ever would he have put one in command

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<v Speaker 2>of the US military. Never ever would he have put

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<v Speaker 2>a man like Pete Hegsath in the chain of command

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<v Speaker 2>for the release of nuclear weapons. No serious person who

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<v Speaker 2>was born in nineteen eleven, who witnessed World War Two

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<v Speaker 2>like Ronald Reagan did, would have ever entrusted Pete Hegseath

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<v Speaker 2>with any responsibility. He is an untreated psychiatric patient, married

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<v Speaker 2>three times, accused of abuse by his former wives. He's

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<v Speaker 2>a man who jumped up on a table and yelled

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<v Speaker 2>in front of his colleagues at a nonprofit Kill all

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<v Speaker 2>the Muslims. Pete Hegsath couldn't run a five million dollar charity.

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<v Speaker 2>He is a literal version, real life of the Humphrey

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<v Speaker 2>Bogard character Captain Quig on a search for who stole

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<v Speaker 2>the strawberries. Pete Hegseth is paranoid. Pete hegsath is giving

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<v Speaker 2>members of his team polygraphs searching for the hidden traders

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<v Speaker 2>around him, like Hitler might have done, or Stalin insecure, paranoid,

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<v Speaker 2>somebody whose ethos is don't blame me, It's not my fault.

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<v Speaker 2>It must be the private. Ronald Reagan would have despised

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<v Speaker 2>Pete Hegxa. The man who said this, would not have

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<v Speaker 2>supported the carving up of a democratic nation between corrupt

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<v Speaker 2>administration officials and their Russian counterparts.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, let us pray for the salvation of all of

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<v Speaker 3>those who live in that totalitarian darkness. Pray they will

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<v Speaker 3>discover the joy of knowing God. But until they do,

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<v Speaker 3>let us be aware that while they preach the supremacy

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<v Speaker 3>of the state, declare its omnipotence over individual man, and

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<v Speaker 3>predict its eventual domination of all peoples on the earth,

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<v Speaker 3>they are the focus of evil in the modern world.

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<v Speaker 3>It was C. S. Lewis who, in his Unforgettable screw

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<v Speaker 3>Tape Letters wrote, the greatest evil is not done now

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<v Speaker 3>in those sordid dens of crime love to paint. It

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<v Speaker 3>is not even done in concentration camps and labor camps.

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<v Speaker 3>In those we see its final result. But it is

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<v Speaker 3>conceived and ordered, moved, seconded, carried, and minuted in clear, carpeted, warmed,

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<v Speaker 3>and well lighted offices by quiet men with white collars

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<v Speaker 3>and cut fingernails and smooth shaven cheeks, who do not

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<v Speaker 3>need to raise their voice. But because these quiet men

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<v Speaker 3>do not raise their voices, because they sometimes speak in

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<v Speaker 3>soothing tones of brotherhood in peace, Because like other dictators

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<v Speaker 3>before them, they're always making their final territorial demand, some

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<v Speaker 3>would have us accept them at their word and accommodate

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<v Speaker 3>ourselves to their aggressive impulses.

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<v Speaker 2>The man who said this about the honor of the

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<v Speaker 2>US military would not approve of murder on the high seats.

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<v Speaker 3>Two hundred and twenty five came here after two days

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<v Speaker 3>of fighting, only ninety could still bear arms. Behind me

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<v Speaker 3>is a memorial that symbolizes the ranger daggers that were

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<v Speaker 3>thrust into the top of these cliffs. And before me

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<v Speaker 3>are the men who put them there. These are the

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<v Speaker 3>boys of Puentejoe. These are the men who took the cliffs.

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<v Speaker 3>These are the champions who helped free a continent. These

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<v Speaker 3>are the heroes who helped end a war. Gentlemen, I

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<v Speaker 3>look at you, and I think of the words of

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<v Speaker 3>Stephen Spender's poem. You were men who, in your quote lives,

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<v Speaker 3>fought for life and lift left the vivid air signed

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<v Speaker 3>with your honor. I think I know what you may

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<v Speaker 3>be thinking right now, thinking we were just part of

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<v Speaker 3>a bigger effort. Everyone was brave that day, well, everyone was.

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<v Speaker 2>The man who said this about immigration would not approve

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<v Speaker 2>of the overt racism and the cruelty inherent in so

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<v Speaker 2>many of Pete Hagsas's public pronouncements.

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<v Speaker 3>You can go to live in France, but you cannot

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<v Speaker 3>become a Frenchman. You can go to live in Germany,

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<v Speaker 3>or Turkey or Japan, but you cannot become a German,

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<v Speaker 3>a Turk or Japanese. But anyone from any corner of

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<v Speaker 3>of the earth can come to live in America and

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<v Speaker 3>become an American. Yes, the torch of Lady Liberty symbolizes

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<v Speaker 3>our freedom and represents our heritage, the compact with our parents,

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<v Speaker 3>our grandparents, and our ancestors. It is that lady who

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<v Speaker 3>gives us our great and special place in the world.

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<v Speaker 3>For it's the great life force of each generation of

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<v Speaker 3>new Americans that guarantees that America's triumph shall continue unsurpassed

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<v Speaker 3>into the next century and beyond. Other countries may seek

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<v Speaker 3>to compete with us, but in one vital area, as

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<v Speaker 3>a beacon of freedom and opportunity that draws the people

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<v Speaker 3>of the world, no country on Earth comes close. This,

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<v Speaker 3>I believe is one of the most important sources of

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<v Speaker 3>America's greatness. We lead the world because, unique among nations,

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<v Speaker 3>we draw our people, our strength from every country and

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<v Speaker 3>every corner of the world, and by doing so, we

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<v Speaker 3>continuously renew and enrich our nation. While other countries cling

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<v Speaker 3>to the stale past. Here in America we breathe life

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<v Speaker 3>into dreams, We create the future, and the world follows

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<v Speaker 3>us into tomorrow. Thanks to each wave of new arrivals

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<v Speaker 3>to this land of opportunity, we're a nation forever young,

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<v Speaker 3>forever bursting with energy and new ideas, and always on

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<v Speaker 3>the cutting edge, all leading the world to the next frontier.

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<v Speaker 3>This quality is vital to our future as a nation.

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<v Speaker 3>If we ever closed the door to new Americans, our

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<v Speaker 3>leadership in the world would soon be lost.

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<v Speaker 2>Ronald Wragan revered the American military, and he entrusted to

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<v Speaker 2>its stewardship for eight years as commander in chief, did

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<v Speaker 2>not abuse it, did not politicize it, and never did

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<v Speaker 2>the things that Trump is doing. Ronald Reagan was a

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<v Speaker 2>man of strong convictions and opinions, who respected his political opponents.

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<v Speaker 2>When he was shot and lay near death, his friend,

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<v Speaker 2>his opponent, the great Democratic Speaker of the House, Tip O'Neil,

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<v Speaker 2>broke into tears and got on his knees and prayed

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<v Speaker 2>for him. America is a country born from revolution. One

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<v Speaker 2>million Americans have given what Lincoln called the last full

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<v Speaker 2>measure of devotion. And no, they didn't do it for Jesus.

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<v Speaker 2>They did it for the constitution of the United States

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<v Speaker 2>of America. They did it for the Union. They did

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<v Speaker 2>it for their descendants so they could live in liberty

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<v Speaker 2>and freedom. What Pete Hagseth said is sick, and that

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<v Speaker 2>he said it at Ronald Reagan's library in front of

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<v Speaker 2>the people who tend to its memory is also sick.

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<v Speaker 2>In the end, if Ronald Reagan was here, he'd be

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<v Speaker 2>the first guy out there in the Republican Party calling

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<v Speaker 2>all of this out. And not in a million years

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<v Speaker 2>would he have ever been afraid of Trump, nor would

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<v Speaker 2>he have ever gotten on his knees. This is the warning.

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

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