WEBVTT - How To Keep Up With Donald Trump for 8 More Months

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<v Speaker 1>Life's not fair, and presidential politics isn't fair. You have

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<v Speaker 1>to figure out a way to win. And welcome back

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<v Speaker 1>to another session of Ask Me Anything. And the question

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<v Speaker 1>is from the warning community. If Steve is right that

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<v Speaker 1>it is imperative for Biden in his campaign to hit

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<v Speaker 1>Trump twenty four to seven for eight months, is there

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<v Speaker 1>anyone out there who believes that Biden has the stamina

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<v Speaker 1>to do that. Yes, I will give you two names,

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<v Speaker 1>and then I will give you a third group of people.

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<v Speaker 1>Joe Biden believes he has the stamina. Joe Biden believes

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<v Speaker 1>he has the stamina, and the White House staff who

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<v Speaker 1>believes he has the stamina, And from what I can tell,

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<v Speaker 1>any time they demonstrate behaviors that would lead any normal

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<v Speaker 1>person to question the stamina, they get very angry and

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<v Speaker 1>they start yelling, which makes the problem worse. Simple answer

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<v Speaker 1>to your question is the jury's out and President has

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<v Speaker 1>to step it up. He's got to do a lot better,

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<v Speaker 1>and the White House communication operation needs to get his

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<v Speaker 1>shit together like two years ago, because it's a mess

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<v Speaker 1>and the consequences of that mess are the forty seventh

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<v Speaker 1>President of the United States, Donald John Trump, and that

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<v Speaker 1>is very, very bad. The question is, Steve, what is

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<v Speaker 1>your opinion of the impact the electoral college quote set

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<v Speaker 1>up end quote will have on this election? By setup,

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<v Speaker 1>what I think the question is asking is the structure

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<v Speaker 1>of how we picked the president. And this is something

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<v Speaker 1>that's important to understand. This isn't attract me, this isn't

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<v Speaker 1>a race. Events tilt the field. So I ran John

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<v Speaker 1>McCain's campaign in two thousand and eight. Some people have

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<v Speaker 1>said that even Abraham Lincoln wouldn't have been able to

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<v Speaker 1>get elected against Barack Obama in two thousand and eight

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<v Speaker 1>given the condition of the Republican Party in the unpopularity

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<v Speaker 1>of President Bush, John McCain was running uphill. Barack Obama

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<v Speaker 1>was running downhill, too bad. That's the way it goes.

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<v Speaker 1>The electoral College and how the numbers are displaced across

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<v Speaker 1>the states gives an advantage structurally in the competition for

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<v Speaker 1>the accumulation of two hundred and seventy votes to the

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<v Speaker 1>Republican candidate. Meaning, all things being even, it's easier for

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<v Speaker 1>a Republican to be elected president than it is for

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<v Speaker 1>a Democratic candidate to be elected president. Of course, we

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<v Speaker 1>haven't democratic president, so the attitude towards the electoral college.

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<v Speaker 1>Is that it's broken and impossible for Democrats to win

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<v Speaker 1>is refuted by the incumbency of a Democratic president. But

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<v Speaker 1>the incumbent always has advantages and always has disadvantages. The

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<v Speaker 1>mood of the country shapes the dimensions of the field,

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<v Speaker 1>and the country's in a bad mood. And what that

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<v Speaker 1>means is Joe Biden is running slightly uphill. And that's

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<v Speaker 1>important to understand because at the end of the competition,

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<v Speaker 1>when the presidency has decided, it's unseemly to look back

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<v Speaker 1>at the race and say, well, it wasn't fair. Guess what.

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<v Speaker 1>Life's not fair, and presidential politics isn't fair. You have

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<v Speaker 1>to figure out a way to win because if you don't,

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<v Speaker 1>you lose. When John McCain lost, Barack Obama became president

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<v Speaker 1>and the country wasn't in danger. With Hillary Clinton lost,

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<v Speaker 1>the country was endangered. And if Joe Biden loses, the

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<v Speaker 1>country will face catastrophe. The question is do you think

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<v Speaker 1>Kamala Harris will step down from running again as vice president?

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<v Speaker 1>Kamala Harris will be on the ticket in twenty twenty

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<v Speaker 1>four unless President Biden is not on the ticket. They

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<v Speaker 1>stay in together or they go together. There are some

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<v Speaker 1>people who speculate that should Joe Biden get off the ticket,

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<v Speaker 1>it would naturally fall to Kambala Harris, and that is

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<v Speaker 1>simply not so they are a ticket together or not,

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<v Speaker 1>but she will be on the ticket if he is

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<v Speaker 1>on the ticket. The question is is there any way

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<v Speaker 1>that I, one single citizen, can help to do the

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<v Speaker 1>things that you urge the Biden campaign to do from

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<v Speaker 1>now until election day. I live in Texas. What I

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<v Speaker 1>urge you to do is get involved, get online, Get

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<v Speaker 1>involved to your local party or not. Maybe get involved

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<v Speaker 1>as an independent, Get involved in issues, get involved in

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<v Speaker 1>a cause, Get involved in local government, state government, national government.

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<v Speaker 1>Volunteer for the campaign, go to a swing state, do something.

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<v Speaker 1>Use your contacts, your social media platforms to reach out

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<v Speaker 1>to talk. Maybe invite people over, Invite people over in

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<v Speaker 1>your community, a neighborhood who disagree with one another, to

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<v Speaker 1>calmly and rationally talk. Say we're scared to death. What

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<v Speaker 1>do you think it means when he says he wants retribution?

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<v Speaker 1>Let me ask your neighbor, are you ready to put

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<v Speaker 1>me up against the wall and shoot me in the

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<v Speaker 1>head because I'm a Democrat. Because there's a significant percentage

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<v Speaker 1>around Trump that think that's a good idea. There's no

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<v Speaker 1>handbook for citizenship. It's not top down, it's bottom up.

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<v Speaker 1>I just urge you to get involved, read, share your reading,

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<v Speaker 1>understand the history of the country, its ideas, it's ideals,

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<v Speaker 1>it's false it's glories. It evangelize. The question is is

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<v Speaker 1>how do you think the country would be different today?

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<v Speaker 1>If the two thousand election had gone the other way.

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<v Speaker 1>The country would be profoundly different today because al Gore,

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<v Speaker 1>a Vietnam veteran, would not have invaded Iraq, and the

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<v Speaker 1>consequences of the evasion of Iraq are something we'll live

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<v Speaker 1>with for the balance of this century. The result in

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<v Speaker 1>powered Iran. It turned Iran into a regional hegemon. It

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<v Speaker 1>unleashed chaos in the region and expanded vastly the power

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<v Speaker 1>of the Iranian state, which is fomenting war across the

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<v Speaker 1>Middle East. The war in Gaza is in fact a

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<v Speaker 1>proxy war Iran is waging against both Iran and the

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<v Speaker 1>United States. Do you know that there are one hundred

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<v Speaker 1>and sixty eight Americans who have been wounded since October

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<v Speaker 1>seventh over these last months in military actions in the

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<v Speaker 1>Red Sea. One hundred sixty eight. All of this is

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<v Speaker 1>spillover from the Iraq War, and it never would have

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<v Speaker 1>happened if alf War had been president. Thank you for

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