1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:04,760 Speaker 1: The magic number is forty forty days left until the 2 00:00:04,760 --> 00:00:09,360 Speaker 1: American people decide whether to restore Donald Trump to the 3 00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:12,719 Speaker 1: Oval Office or whether the country goes in a new direction, 4 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:18,319 Speaker 1: whether it goes forward and ends this terrible era. This 5 00:00:19,040 --> 00:00:22,919 Speaker 1: is the warning. Over these last few weeks, I have 6 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:26,840 Speaker 1: talked about the growing danger facing the country and have 7 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:31,880 Speaker 1: connected it to the rising menace of Donald Trump's losing campaign, 8 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:38,159 Speaker 1: which is decomposing, disorganized, and spiraling. Donald Trump is an 9 00:00:38,159 --> 00:00:42,720 Speaker 1: American fascist, and Donald Trump has tried to stifle speech 10 00:00:43,080 --> 00:00:47,120 Speaker 1: about that core fact in this issue by frightening people, 11 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:52,519 Speaker 1: by threatening people, by promising retribution, by committing to locking 12 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:56,760 Speaker 1: people up. Donald Trump has one sick person who supports him. 13 00:00:57,000 --> 00:01:00,560 Speaker 1: Maybe you've heard about him. He's the leader of Project 14 00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:04,640 Speaker 1: twenty twenty five, and he shocked his colleagues when he 15 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:08,480 Speaker 1: was a university professor by talking about how he killed 16 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:11,959 Speaker 1: the neighbor's dog by beating it to death. That's who 17 00:01:12,040 --> 00:01:15,960 Speaker 1: these people are. Stephen Miller, who in the Oval Office 18 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:19,120 Speaker 1: in front of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 19 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:23,520 Speaker 1: wondered if the US Navy could kill a boat full 20 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:27,399 Speaker 1: of Mexican migrants off the coast of San Diego. There's 21 00:01:27,480 --> 00:01:32,959 Speaker 1: so much insanity, so much hypocrisy, so much stupidity, that 22 00:01:33,240 --> 00:01:38,280 Speaker 1: sometimes when you hear a clarifying question, it's thrilling. In 23 00:01:38,360 --> 00:01:42,399 Speaker 1: this moment of the lowest trust levels ever recorded for 24 00:01:42,520 --> 00:01:46,000 Speaker 1: the American media, which on a day to day basis 25 00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:50,680 Speaker 1: is as abominable as Maga itself. But here's a great 26 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:55,360 Speaker 1: question to the Ohio fascist and political arsonist and heroin 27 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:56,960 Speaker 1: dealer JD. Vance. 28 00:01:57,400 --> 00:02:00,520 Speaker 2: Trump says, it's too late to debate because voting as areastard. 29 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:01,640 Speaker 1: It's bat from America. 30 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:03,560 Speaker 3: You're set to debate walls on Tuesday. 31 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:06,600 Speaker 1: Does that mean your debate is bad for America? 32 00:02:07,760 --> 00:02:21,200 Speaker 4: Well, look, look, first of all, the president already did 33 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:22,440 Speaker 4: a debate, and I thought he did a hell of 34 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:23,760 Speaker 4: a job. How did you guys think it? 35 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:31,840 Speaker 1: In No, Trump degraded the debate. We all remember right. 36 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:36,600 Speaker 2: In Springfield, they're eating the dogs, the people that came in. 37 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:41,680 Speaker 2: They're eating the cats, they're they're eating the pets of 38 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:43,680 Speaker 2: the people that live there. 39 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:48,600 Speaker 1: Over and over again. I've talked about why this issue 40 00:02:48,639 --> 00:02:51,520 Speaker 1: with the Haitians is such a big deal. It's not 41 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:55,640 Speaker 1: about immigration policy. It's about right and wrong. It's about 42 00:02:55,639 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 1: indecency versus decency. It's about patriotism versus fascism. It's about 43 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 1: kindness versus cruelty, It's about honesty versus demagoguery. Because in Springfield, Ohio, 44 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:14,040 Speaker 1: there's a battle waging in the ether between the lie 45 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:18,280 Speaker 1: and the truth. Because the truth is, those Haitians in 46 00:03:18,440 --> 00:03:25,079 Speaker 1: Springfield are there l g a llly legally. They are 47 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:31,280 Speaker 1: legally in Springfield. And the Republican governor, a vacillating man 48 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:36,320 Speaker 1: and a peaser who continues to support Trump, has begged 49 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:41,320 Speaker 1: Trump to stop his attacks that have sieged a city 50 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:45,120 Speaker 1: just like the community where you live. Except for the 51 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:49,000 Speaker 1: state police, probably don't have to guard your schools and 52 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:53,160 Speaker 1: your hospitals which are locked down and shut down because 53 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:58,400 Speaker 1: of the bomb threats instigated by the malice of America's 54 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:05,440 Speaker 1: MAGA fashion Politicians like Congressman Clay Higgins. This is what 55 00:04:06,040 --> 00:04:11,280 Speaker 1: this sick congressman from Louisiana said. Here is what a 56 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:17,400 Speaker 1: man who calls himself a good Christian said about these people, 57 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:23,520 Speaker 1: the Haitian immigrants legally in Springfield, Ohio, a state and 58 00:04:23,560 --> 00:04:27,919 Speaker 1: a community that he doesn't represent. But what he did 59 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:32,640 Speaker 1: was to make clear that from him, those people aren't 60 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:36,960 Speaker 1: safe because he has power and he's coming for them. 61 00:04:37,320 --> 00:04:41,480 Speaker 1: His colleagues, well, they were a guest, so they went 62 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:44,120 Speaker 1: to him on the house floor and got on them. 63 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:50,000 Speaker 1: Because most normal Americans are repelled by this, because they 64 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:55,159 Speaker 1: appreciate how repugnant it is. But when we talk about repugnancy, 65 00:04:55,640 --> 00:04:59,520 Speaker 1: the issue isn't the act, it's always the response to it. 66 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:04,120 Speaker 1: So here we have the magas speaker. Mike Johnson, the 67 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:07,480 Speaker 1: man who believes that people in dinosaurs lived together five 68 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:11,920 Speaker 1: thousand years ago, tried to expulcate his friend, his colleague, 69 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:16,360 Speaker 1: his fellow Louisiana and from the whole racially menacing thing. 70 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:18,760 Speaker 3: I heard about that on the floor just now as well. 71 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:20,680 Speaker 3: Clay Higgins is a dear friend of mine and a 72 00:05:20,680 --> 00:05:24,719 Speaker 3: colleague from Louisiana and a very frank and outspoken person. 73 00:05:25,040 --> 00:05:28,080 Speaker 3: He's also a very principal man. And I think he tweeted. 74 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:29,679 Speaker 3: I don't I didn't even see it, but he tweeted 75 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:33,560 Speaker 3: something today about Haitians, and he was he was he 76 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:38,160 Speaker 3: was approached, well, look, he was approached on the floor 77 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:40,359 Speaker 3: by colleagues who said that was offensive. He went to 78 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:42,000 Speaker 3: the back. I just talked him about it, he said. 79 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:43,800 Speaker 3: He went to the back and he prayed about it, 80 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:45,920 Speaker 3: and he regretted it, and he pulled the post down. 81 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:48,080 Speaker 3: That's what you want a gentleman to do. I'm sure 82 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:50,000 Speaker 3: he probably regrets some of the language he used, but 83 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:52,760 Speaker 3: you know, we move forward. We believe in redemption around here. 84 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:56,720 Speaker 1: He prayed about it, he prayed about it. What did 85 00:05:56,760 --> 00:06:01,000 Speaker 1: he pray about? Oh, I forgot. It's a maga prayer. 86 00:06:01,279 --> 00:06:06,240 Speaker 1: That's different than normal prayer. Normal prayer usually takes place 87 00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:09,760 Speaker 1: in a communion between a person and a god, has 88 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:13,440 Speaker 1: no politics involved. That's not a maga prayer. So when 89 00:06:13,440 --> 00:06:16,760 Speaker 1: he prayed about it, he was probably praying to Pastor Paula, 90 00:06:17,080 --> 00:06:18,560 Speaker 1: Trump's spiritual advisor. 91 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:23,560 Speaker 5: The Lord says, it is done for I hear victory, victory, victory, 92 00:06:23,640 --> 00:06:29,880 Speaker 5: victory in the corners of heaven, in the corners of heaven, victory, victory, victory, victory, victory, victory, 93 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:33,080 Speaker 5: victory for angels of being released. Right now, angels are 94 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:34,200 Speaker 5: being dispatched right. 95 00:06:34,040 --> 00:06:35,520 Speaker 2: Now, Amanda. 96 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:43,000 Speaker 5: Santa anc Satata Rita Eamanda Alda Rica dd yah Shadda. 97 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:47,080 Speaker 5: For angels have even dispatch from Africa right now, Africa, 98 00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:49,720 Speaker 5: right now, Africa right now from Africa right now. 99 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:53,960 Speaker 1: Wow, and speaking of heaven in Africa, I guess I 100 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:57,240 Speaker 1: know that it was the angels that brought Mark Robinson, 101 00:06:57,320 --> 00:07:00,520 Speaker 1: the Black Nazi, from North Carolina to that New to 102 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:05,560 Speaker 1: Africa site. This election is not about issues. It's not 103 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:10,280 Speaker 1: about whether you think that Kamala Harris is write about 104 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:13,320 Speaker 1: what she thinks the tax rate should be. It's about 105 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:17,000 Speaker 1: the preservation of the Union and our way of life 106 00:07:17,360 --> 00:07:21,720 Speaker 1: and protecting all of our futures which are bound together 107 00:07:22,320 --> 00:07:26,360 Speaker 1: from a menacing force that has promised to do most 108 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:31,720 Speaker 1: terrible things. Stanley McCrystal was the American commander of coalition 109 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:37,200 Speaker 1: forces in Afghanistan. Stanley mccrystal's a retired American general who 110 00:07:37,320 --> 00:07:41,360 Speaker 1: was relieved of command because of comments he made that 111 00:07:41,440 --> 00:07:46,200 Speaker 1: disparaged Barack Obama that were reported in Rolling Stone by 112 00:07:46,280 --> 00:07:50,160 Speaker 1: a reporter who was assigned to cover him. Again. General 113 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:55,920 Speaker 1: McCrystal was relieved of command for insubordination towards the commander 114 00:07:55,960 --> 00:08:01,000 Speaker 1: in chief, Barack Obama. General McCrystal did something that Mitt 115 00:08:01,080 --> 00:08:06,040 Speaker 1: Romney hasn't done, that George W. Bush hasn't done. Stanley 116 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:10,160 Speaker 1: McCrystal has recognized that this is not a time where 117 00:08:10,280 --> 00:08:16,080 Speaker 1: indifference is tolerable, that leaders must take a stand, and 118 00:08:16,120 --> 00:08:21,920 Speaker 1: that leaders have to communicate the essential quality. The only 119 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:26,320 Speaker 1: one that matters in the office of president is character. 120 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:33,360 Speaker 1: Trump has none whatsoever. He is a brutal nihilist, a 121 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:39,400 Speaker 1: merciless narcissist. He is an insurrectionist, a convicted criminal and 122 00:08:39,520 --> 00:08:45,040 Speaker 1: adjudicated rapist, a con man who does not care about 123 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:49,880 Speaker 1: you and is not on your side. Trump is a 124 00:08:49,960 --> 00:08:54,240 Speaker 1: moral infant. Trump is a disaster, and we will have 125 00:08:54,400 --> 00:08:58,640 Speaker 1: catastrophe as a people in a country forty days from now. 126 00:08:58,840 --> 00:09:02,560 Speaker 1: He must be reputing. The voting is started. The time 127 00:09:02,760 --> 00:09:07,360 Speaker 1: to do something is running short. Get involved, volunteer, make 128 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:12,720 Speaker 1: phone calls, donate, knock on doors. This election is existential, 129 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:16,600 Speaker 1: have no doubt about that. It's become cliche because the 130 00:09:16,640 --> 00:09:19,720 Speaker 1: stakes have been so high with Trump for the last decade, 131 00:09:19,840 --> 00:09:22,360 Speaker 1: and we won't see a return to some specter of 132 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:27,400 Speaker 1: normalcy when elections aren't existential, but a continuation of policy 133 00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:31,880 Speaker 1: debates between two opposing parties committed to democracy. But we 134 00:09:31,920 --> 00:09:35,120 Speaker 1: don't live in that country anymore. Maybe that's why Mitt 135 00:09:35,240 --> 00:09:38,440 Speaker 1: Romney has chosen to stay on the sidelines in this 136 00:09:38,600 --> 00:09:42,679 Speaker 1: election to choose indifference, to try to hide because he's 137 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:45,840 Speaker 1: afraid to speak out. When our United States senators are 138 00:09:45,880 --> 00:09:49,120 Speaker 1: afraid to speak out, when our media is afraid to 139 00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:52,840 Speaker 1: speak out, when our writers are afraid, when our artists 140 00:09:52,880 --> 00:09:56,520 Speaker 1: are afraid, when people talk about what the punishment for 141 00:09:56,720 --> 00:10:00,240 Speaker 1: dissent will be. The question is fair to ask, do 142 00:10:00,280 --> 00:10:03,760 Speaker 1: we live in a free country anymore? And remember, their 143 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:07,520 Speaker 1: fear is just on the premise that he could come 144 00:10:07,559 --> 00:10:11,480 Speaker 1: back to power. This Hatian's eating pets is a big 145 00:10:11,559 --> 00:10:15,200 Speaker 1: story because it's the contours of a great battlefield where 146 00:10:15,240 --> 00:10:17,800 Speaker 1: the lie and the truth have been long engaged, and 147 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:22,800 Speaker 1: democracy can't survive in the darkness, where there's no room 148 00:10:22,880 --> 00:10:26,440 Speaker 1: for truth and only the lie can spread. That's the 149 00:10:26,440 --> 00:10:31,400 Speaker 1: morning forty days left, forty days that define the balance 150 00:10:31,440 --> 00:10:34,480 Speaker 1: of the twenty first century for the American people. We 151 00:10:34,760 --> 00:10:38,600 Speaker 1: are at the fork in the road. 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