WEBVTT - Why Doesn't VP Kamala Harris Have More Exposure? Steve Schmidt Answers That Question & More

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<v Speaker 1>This is the warning.

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<v Speaker 2>This will be and ask me anything where I answer

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<v Speaker 2>your questions. The question is from Janice, and in summary,

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<v Speaker 2>it's this, why is Haiti and American responsibility? Why are

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<v Speaker 2>in other countries in the world stepping up? And Janie

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<v Speaker 2>adds she understands the issue, she lives in Florida. Well, Janice,

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<v Speaker 2>there's not an easy answer other than the truth. And

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<v Speaker 2>the truth is the United States of America is the

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<v Speaker 2>most powerful nation in world history, and what happens outside

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<v Speaker 2>of our borders will affect us here at home. The

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<v Speaker 2>chaos inside of Haiti will leave Haiti now and it

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<v Speaker 2>will come to Florida. We have a stake instability in

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<v Speaker 2>the hemisphere and all over the world. American leaders have

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<v Speaker 2>always understood this, going all the way back to the

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<v Speaker 2>beginning of the Republic with the Monroe Doctrine, for instance.

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<v Speaker 2>There is a question of humanity at hand, and one

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<v Speaker 2>of the things in our divided time that we forget

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<v Speaker 2>to do is show each other grace, to be able

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<v Speaker 2>to look at the opposition in politics and find decency

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<v Speaker 2>and shared humanity. You may not know this, but the

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<v Speaker 2>effort begun under the George W. Bush administration and followed

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<v Speaker 2>on by the Obama administration and even the Trump administration

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<v Speaker 2>after that. PEP Far, the President's emergency plan for age

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<v Speaker 2>relief in Africa has saved nearly thirty million human lives.

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<v Speaker 2>Think of the genius that has been saved, and it

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<v Speaker 2>will be saved for generations of writers, of painters, of scientists,

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<v Speaker 2>of engineers. It's impossible to fully understand and comprehend what

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<v Speaker 2>it means to save that many lives. It would be

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<v Speaker 2>wonderful if Canada was able to meet its responsibilities, but

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<v Speaker 2>it cannot because it will not. And whether they do

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<v Speaker 2>or not, it does not abrogate the fundamental moral responsibility

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<v Speaker 2>of the United States to act, not unilaterally, not as

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<v Speaker 2>a police force, but in the name of humanity. For

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<v Speaker 2>the sake of humanity in Haiti, the United States of

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<v Speaker 2>America must act. It must lead where it will pay

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<v Speaker 2>the heaviest price, next to the Haitian people themselves. The

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<v Speaker 2>question is about the state of the Union address and

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<v Speaker 2>whether there are any rules imposed on members of Congress

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<v Speaker 2>with regard to when they stand, when they sit, when

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<v Speaker 2>they cheer, when they boo, if there are any policies,

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<v Speaker 2>if you will, regarding decorum, And the answer is there

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<v Speaker 2>is not. Unfortunately, the State of the Union is a

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<v Speaker 2>special occasion because it is the gathering of the whole

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<v Speaker 2>American government under the Capital Dome, where the democratic branch

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<v Speaker 2>is coequal come together. The Court is represented the legislative branch,

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<v Speaker 2>and the executive the legislative branch. The Article one branch

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<v Speaker 2>of government invites the executive branch, in the form of

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<v Speaker 2>the Office of the President of the United States, to

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<v Speaker 2>the capital to give an address on the State of

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<v Speaker 2>the Union, which is constitutionally mandated, though its form is not.

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<v Speaker 2>For much of the history, the State of the Union

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<v Speaker 2>was delivered as a letter. The practice of delivering it

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<v Speaker 2>as an address is a modern invention, but it has

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<v Speaker 2>become steeped in tradition. There are ceremonies in most democratic

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<v Speaker 2>nations the preface the opening of their parliamentary bodies. Many

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<v Speaker 2>times the head of state is represented, and that head

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<v Speaker 2>of state is a constitutional monarch. This is the case

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<v Speaker 2>in the United Kingdom, in Norway and Sweden, Denmark and

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<v Speaker 2>other countries. In the United States, the only time all

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<v Speaker 2>the coequal branches of government together that the American people

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<v Speaker 2>see is for this occasion, and when they stand and

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<v Speaker 2>cheer when the House Sergeant of Arms announces, ladies and gentlemen,

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<v Speaker 2>the President of the United States of America. A great

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<v Speaker 2>war goes. It is for the continuity of the Republic

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<v Speaker 2>that the elected representatives are cheering. It is for the

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<v Speaker 2>continuity of the peaceful transition of power the day are cheering.

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<v Speaker 2>It is for the preservation of the Union through tribulation, war,

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<v Speaker 2>civil war, depression that they are cheering. It is a

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<v Speaker 2>magnificent event that should evoke patriotic pride. It is a

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<v Speaker 2>dignified occasion that has been soleied by the antics of

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<v Speaker 2>this era's depraved members of Congress. Going back to Joe Wilson,

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<v Speaker 2>who a Republican from South Carolina, like Nancy Mace, like

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<v Speaker 2>Lindsey Graham, like Tim Scott, was well drunk on the

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<v Speaker 2>floor of the House when he shouted, you lie at

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<v Speaker 2>the President of the United States, opening this modern era

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<v Speaker 2>of a total collapse of all dignity when the three

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<v Speaker 2>branches of government come together. The stripping of dignity from

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<v Speaker 2>our democracy, from our process, from our country, from our

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<v Speaker 2>institutions is something that matters. Trump tries to pose that

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<v Speaker 2>strength is dignity, that cruelty is dignity, but it's not.

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<v Speaker 2>The restoration of dignity around our most solemn occasions and

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<v Speaker 2>gatherings is something of the utmost importance. We ponder how

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<v Speaker 2>to move beyond this wretched err The question is around

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<v Speaker 2>Liz Cheney and whether Liz Cheney might run as an

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<v Speaker 2>independent candidate for president, whether there is a viable path

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<v Speaker 2>for that independent candidacy, and whether said independent candidacy would

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<v Speaker 2>hurt or help Donald Trump in his quest to take power.

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<v Speaker 2>The fact of the matter is is there is no

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<v Speaker 2>viable path for Liz Cheney to win the presidency as

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<v Speaker 2>an independent candidate, and any any effort to do so

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<v Speaker 2>would splinter the anti Trump coalition, which would benefit Trump

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<v Speaker 2>and make it more likely, as opposed to less likely,

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<v Speaker 2>that Trump would be elected to the presidency. Which is

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<v Speaker 2>the one thing that Liz Cheney has said all along

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<v Speaker 2>that she would never do, that she would do anything

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<v Speaker 2>to make sure that doesn't happen. So I doubt very

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<v Speaker 2>much that she would run as an independent for the

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<v Speaker 2>office and ensure that Trump in fact won the presidency.

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<v Speaker 2>So it would be very damaging, which is why it's

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<v Speaker 2>unlikely to impossible that it will happen given the president's age.

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<v Speaker 2>Why has not the administration given more exposure to Vice

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<v Speaker 2>President Harris Well. The truth of the matter is the

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<v Speaker 2>Vice President has been mishandled and mismanaged at an epic

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<v Speaker 2>level by the senior communications officials of the Biden administration.

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<v Speaker 2>One of the mysteries and wonders of the world will

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<v Speaker 2>always be in American politics, how it happened that Kamala Harris, right, smart,

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<v Speaker 2>brilliant at communicating, has become a deeply unpopular figure and

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<v Speaker 2>known for being in effective communicator. None of that was

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<v Speaker 2>true until she became Vice president, and this is important.

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<v Speaker 1>She was an asset.

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<v Speaker 2>Until she was mismanaged into becoming a liability. And the

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<v Speaker 2>reality is for an eighty two year old candidate for

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<v Speaker 2>president who is running underneath him on the ticket will matter,

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<v Speaker 2>and she will be a factor in the race because

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<v Speaker 2>many Americans will look and they will say, this is

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<v Speaker 2>an election in the end that will decide whether Kamala

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<v Speaker 2>Harris fulfills ultimately the duties of the presidency at some

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<v Speaker 2>point in Joe Biden's second term when he inevitably becomes incapacitated.

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<v Speaker 2>This is a core underlying message that should not be

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<v Speaker 2>shied away from. Walked away from or pretended doesn't exist

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<v Speaker 2>in this election. It's a critical issue and the fact

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<v Speaker 2>of the matter is that Kamala Harris needs to be

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<v Speaker 2>reintroduced to the country effectively, this time by the Biden

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<v Speaker 2>White House. The failure to do so is the equivalent

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<v Speaker 2>of shooting yourself in the foot. They need to do

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<v Speaker 2>better on this front. The good news here is Kamala

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<v Speaker 2>Harris is not dan Quail. She is an able political leader.

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<v Speaker 2>What she needs is a ring where she can do

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<v Speaker 2>well in and that's the responsibility in the job of

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<v Speaker 2>the White House Communication Operation. Gary asks, given the dangers

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<v Speaker 2>of the border as a political issue for Joe Biden,

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<v Speaker 2>why won't he make changes? And that's a good question.

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<v Speaker 2>The fact of the matter is this, if we imagine

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<v Speaker 2>and visualize, and it's important to do so for the

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<v Speaker 2>purposes of defeating him. Donald Trump as the forty seventh

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<v Speaker 2>president of the United States, and we pondered deeply the

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<v Speaker 2>question of how that happened. How did the man who

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<v Speaker 2>tried to hang his vice president and incite an insurrection

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<v Speaker 2>managed to get elected president again?

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<v Speaker 1>And the answer to the question.

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<v Speaker 2>Will be that over the course of the Biden presidency,

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<v Speaker 2>many millions of people came into the country illegally, and

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<v Speaker 2>when they did so, the national media lectured the American

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<v Speaker 2>people about the inappropriateness of the word illegal when applied

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<v Speaker 2>as a preface to immigrant to describe an immigrant in

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<v Speaker 2>the country illegally. And the fact of the matter that

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<v Speaker 2>the millions of people who came into the country illegally

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<v Speaker 2>and that the migrant crisis that led them to the

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<v Speaker 2>border in the first place is in fact not happening

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<v Speaker 2>at at all, according to many people who have political

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<v Speaker 2>positions of authority in the country.

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<v Speaker 1>That's why.

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<v Speaker 2>And the American people will go into the voting booth

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<v Speaker 2>and they'll take care of business on this issue. What

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<v Speaker 2>people want is law and order. And this fits perfectly perfectly,

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<v Speaker 2>round peg roundhole with Trump's blend and style of authoritarian politics,

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<v Speaker 2>of strongman politics, where he declares I alone can fix it.

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<v Speaker 2>Pass at the border is something that the Biden team

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<v Speaker 2>has not taken seriously for three years. But they need

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<v Speaker 2>to hear the American voter while there's two hundred and

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<v Speaker 2>thirty five days in this election, to make this issue

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<v Speaker 2>as much as possible go away, to get it all

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<v Speaker 2>off of the front pages of the newspapers all around

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<v Speaker 2>the country, and to come up with a remedy in

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<v Speaker 2>partnership with America's cities that alleviates the crisis in them

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<v Speaker 2>caused by all of the release of these migrants who

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<v Speaker 2>have come to the border. This is a serious issue

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<v Speaker 2>politically for the president. Underestimating it, turning a blind eye

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<v Speaker 2>to it, not listening to the American people is not

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<v Speaker 2>a strategy.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a suicide wish.

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<v Speaker 2>Stopping Donald Trump means understanding the root, the cause, the

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<v Speaker 2>power of his demagogurey. And there is no issue that

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<v Speaker 2>he has been more adept at tapping into than the

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<v Speaker 2>native ast strains, the jingoist strains of the American right,

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<v Speaker 2>the paranoid nature of the American right, and it's belief

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<v Speaker 2>that it is being invaded by an uncivilized horde. It

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<v Speaker 2>is racist, it is toxic, it is dangerous, It is divisive,

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<v Speaker 2>but it is real and should be faced directly.

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<v Speaker 1>Clearly, and unabashedly.

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<v Speaker 2>The question is is are we ever going to get

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<v Speaker 2>our country back and heal these nasty divisions? First, let

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<v Speaker 2>me say I appreciate the sentiment of the question and

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<v Speaker 2>the frustration of how nasty, divisive, cruel, and disgusting American

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<v Speaker 2>politics seems and is, and it is absolutely true that

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<v Speaker 2>there was something better within living memory for so many people.

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<v Speaker 2>When we look at the degradations that exist in this

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<v Speaker 2>moment to a system that everybody understands is necessary, important,

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<v Speaker 2>and must be preserved. Nobody has taken your country from you.

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<v Speaker 2>A small capal has become a minority faction that has

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<v Speaker 2>taken power in the Republican Party. And because that party

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<v Speaker 2>is one of two, the third oldest in world history,

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<v Speaker 2>the Democrats are the first. They have a chance of

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<v Speaker 2>taking executive power and constitutional authority, with the possibility for

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<v Speaker 2>catastrophic consequences being very high. There's never been a genteel

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<v Speaker 2>time in American history. There was never a utopia moment

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<v Speaker 2>in American democracy where wise people gathered together and reasoned.

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<v Speaker 2>It's always been a tough business. It's always had vicious players,

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<v Speaker 2>but at the core, it was always grounded in a

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<v Speaker 2>mutuality of belief in the primacy of democracy as an

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<v Speaker 2>instrument to restrain humanity's darkest impulses and keep the individual

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<v Speaker 2>free and safe.

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<v Speaker 1>We have evaporated from.

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<v Speaker 2>That understanding, which is the cornerstone of our society, has

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<v Speaker 2>evaporated and we cannot let it dissolve. It must be

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<v Speaker 2>fought for. It must be fought for by citizen action,

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<v Speaker 2>by caring and participation. Thank you for listening to my

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