WEBVTT - How Did We End Up With An Election Race No One Wanted?

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<v Speaker 1>Scripts News political analyst Steve Schmidt is with US now.

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<v Speaker 1>He's the founder of the Warning substack and podcast. See.

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<v Speaker 1>The Supreme Court just decided in the last ninety minutes

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<v Speaker 1>or so they are going to take up Donald Trump's

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<v Speaker 1>presidential immunity case in the j sixth case. Do you

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<v Speaker 1>think they're going to bring that to a tidy resolution?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I think ultimately what the Supreme Court will decide

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<v Speaker 2>in that case is the President of the United States

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<v Speaker 2>does not have some type of special immunity that places

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<v Speaker 2>the office or the person above the law, either during

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<v Speaker 2>the tenure, before the tenure or after the tenure of office.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a foundationally important claim, one that has riven the

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<v Speaker 2>entire society, and so I think that the Supreme Court

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<v Speaker 2>has sent to signal that they will decide this question

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<v Speaker 2>in American life for all time.

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<v Speaker 3>But it will be interesting to see, Steve, how quickly

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<v Speaker 3>they do that, because it could impact the timeline here

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<v Speaker 3>of if we get a trial before the election. A

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<v Speaker 3>federal trial I want to talk to you about. Congress

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<v Speaker 3>seem to have reached a deal, tenative deal to avoid

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<v Speaker 3>a government shutdown at least for a week or so.

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<v Speaker 3>This looks like another kick the can down the road moment,

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<v Speaker 3>doesn't in Steve, I mean, why can't Congress pass a budget?

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<v Speaker 3>Because I know a lot of our viewers right now

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<v Speaker 3>are saying, I'm so tired about hearing Joe and Chance

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<v Speaker 3>and Steve talk about the potential government shutdowns every few months.

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<v Speaker 2>The incredible thing about this is then that members of

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<v Speaker 2>Congress will come out and congratulate one another for maintaining

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<v Speaker 2>this chaos and perpetuity as if this is governing. These

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<v Speaker 2>are the most basic foundational aspects of the role of

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<v Speaker 2>the legislative branch in American life, which is to a

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<v Speaker 2>pro create the nation's money, and so over the course

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<v Speaker 2>of many, many years, we've seen that break and so

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<v Speaker 2>maintaining just the basic, basic functionality of the institution has

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<v Speaker 2>become the entire focus of the institution in the context

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<v Speaker 2>of what is it that those people are doing up there.

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<v Speaker 2>It is an extraordinary thing to watch, and it is

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<v Speaker 2>completely a historic There has never been a moment in

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<v Speaker 2>time where the Congress has ceased to function in this

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<v Speaker 2>manner over our entire history.

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<v Speaker 3>Real quick, got to talk about Michigan. President Biden lost

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<v Speaker 3>one hundred thousand votes to uncommitted viewers. Campaign manager, you've

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<v Speaker 3>advised a few campaigns in your time. What would you

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<v Speaker 3>be saying privately about this a cause for concern? Are

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<v Speaker 3>we blown it out of the water here in the Washington.

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<v Speaker 2>The fundamental issue in this race is how many people

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<v Speaker 2>in the country are unhappy. The fact is is people

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<v Speaker 2>are told all the time that no one is anything

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<v Speaker 2>in common. The country's evenly divided. Eighty plus percent of

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<v Speaker 2>the country says we do not want the rematch between

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<v Speaker 2>Trump and Biden. Yet both of these political parties, the

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<v Speaker 2>first and the third oldest in the world, are going

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<v Speaker 2>to give the country that rematch. And so you will

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<v Speaker 2>see resistance manifest itself with oppositional voting in a primary,

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<v Speaker 2>maybe stay at home voters in the general election. But

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<v Speaker 2>we're going to see this all the way through, and

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<v Speaker 2>nobody's yet found the rhythm. How do you appeal to

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<v Speaker 2>that grumpy American voter that doesn't like either of them

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<v Speaker 2>you will participate and doesn't want to hear, for example,

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<v Speaker 2>from the Biden campaign if they have a concern about

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<v Speaker 2>his age, that his age, in fact is his qualification

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<v Speaker 2>making him the wisest in the land. Neither party has

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<v Speaker 2>found its way to that equal libium. Yet how to

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<v Speaker 2>talk to what I think is going to be a

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<v Speaker 2>determinative part of the electorate, people who are going to

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<v Speaker 2>vote but are very unhappy with the choice ahead.

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<v Speaker 1>A lot of people feeling awfully grumpy right about now.

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<v Speaker 1>I think you got the right word there, And by

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<v Speaker 1>the way, I want to let people know that in the

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<v Speaker 1>warning today on your substack, I read your column, Steve,

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<v Speaker 1>you have a pretty dire warning of if there's appeasement

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<v Speaker 1>with Vladimir Putin and all the dominoes that could fall,

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<v Speaker 1>including a nuclear rized you know, South South Korea and

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<v Speaker 1>Japan and Germany and all these things. So I hope

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<v Speaker 1>people log on and read that. Yeah, Scripts News political

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<v Speaker 1>contributor Steve Smith.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks