WEBVTT - Donald, DNC and the Debate | The Schmidt Storm

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to the third edition of the schmid Storm. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>here to answer your questions. Let's get started. The question

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<v Speaker 1>is where does my small dollar donation do the most good.

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<v Speaker 1>This is a great question and a really important one

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<v Speaker 1>because I worry about this all the time, about so

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<v Speaker 1>many people that are getting ripped off by the grifters

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<v Speaker 1>and by the fraudsters. So the place for you to

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<v Speaker 1>donate money too is directly to the Kamila Harris campaign

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<v Speaker 1>for President of the United States. Now, ethics are something

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<v Speaker 1>that's really important during the Lincoln Project, not as it

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<v Speaker 1>exists today, but the Lincoln Project of twenty twenty, the

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<v Speaker 1>Lincoln Project that existed that President Biden saw. He called

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<v Speaker 1>me after the election in twenty twenty and thanked me.

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<v Speaker 1>He said, if not for the Lincoln Project, he wouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>have won. And I think he's right, because that organization

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<v Speaker 1>did three point two billion dollars of advertising impact off

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<v Speaker 1>of almost one hundred million dollars spent today. That group

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<v Speaker 1>is a fraud. It's a grift. Three cents out of

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<v Speaker 1>every dollar donated goes to political spending. Total scam. The

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<v Speaker 1>truth is eighty cents is the magic number in a

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<v Speaker 1>political campaign. Eighty cents of every dollar should go to

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<v Speaker 1>voter contact. That's what the Lincoln Project in twenty twenty did.

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<v Speaker 1>Doesn't do it anymore, and that's not because of anything

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<v Speaker 1>else other than the lack of character of the people

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<v Speaker 1>running it today. Talking to you, Rick Wilson, supergrifter. Here's

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<v Speaker 1>a guy who had a fake movie that he raised

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<v Speaker 1>money for for years, saying, donate to me, I'll make

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<v Speaker 1>an anti Trump movie. I asked him about it all

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<v Speaker 1>the time. Where's the movie, right, where's the movie? You

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<v Speaker 1>took the money you have to make the movie. So

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<v Speaker 1>there's not for any movie. It's all a scam. And

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<v Speaker 1>that cynicism, the product of all of this bullshit, helps

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<v Speaker 1>exactly one person, and that guy's name is Donald Trump.

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<v Speaker 1>So this is a big issue, and that's a great question.

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<v Speaker 1>The question is this Democratic Convention was incredible. How can

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<v Speaker 1>Kamala Harris keep the momentum going? So let's talk about

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<v Speaker 1>political physics. I'm going to show you something on the screen.

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<v Speaker 1>This arc is called a parabola, and this specific parabla

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<v Speaker 1>is the historic launch of Alan Shepherd's spacebook. He was

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<v Speaker 1>shot up into the air, he hit zero gravity for

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<v Speaker 1>a moment and then started to come back down. Kamala

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<v Speaker 1>Harris is on a similar racket ship. She's got straight up,

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<v Speaker 1>she's in that zero gravity phase. She'll go a bit higher,

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<v Speaker 1>and then the political physics of all of this, she'll

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<v Speaker 1>start to come back down. The race will tighten. All

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<v Speaker 1>of the gains during this historic convention week will be

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<v Speaker 1>cut in half within a week after Labor Day. And

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<v Speaker 1>then structurally this will be a three point race all

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<v Speaker 1>the way to the end. This will be a close election.

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<v Speaker 1>Every vote counts. Some poles will have the Vice president

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<v Speaker 1>six points, seven points, eight points ahead. That is all

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<v Speaker 1>a function of the momentum, the enthusiasm, the sudden excellence

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<v Speaker 1>of the execution. After being surrounded by Trump and being

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<v Speaker 1>defeated by him, which Biden most certainly was, all of

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<v Speaker 1>this unleashed enthusiasm will fall back to earth a bit

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<v Speaker 1>and then the fight is on. That fight takes place

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<v Speaker 1>on the line of scrimmage. It is a scratching, flay

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<v Speaker 1>knuckle brawl all the way to the end. For sure,

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<v Speaker 1>she will not win by seven points. The last presidential

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<v Speaker 1>elections in this country have been settled across a few

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<v Speaker 1>dates and tens of thousands of votes. I pray for

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<v Speaker 1>a landslide. That that's not what's at hand, not this election,

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<v Speaker 1>not this moment in time. The question is, with all

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<v Speaker 1>of the attention on Kamala Harris, what will Donald Trump do?

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<v Speaker 1>This is the most important question that I could conceivably get,

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<v Speaker 1>because it goes to the heart of the strategy necessary

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<v Speaker 1>to defeat Trump and take back America from Maga forever.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's the deal. Whoever this election is about, is the

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<v Speaker 1>candidate who will lose. The election had been about President

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<v Speaker 1>Biden and he was losing. Since Kamala Harris has been

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<v Speaker 1>the candidate, the election again is about Trump, and he's losing.

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<v Speaker 1>What happened at the convention was one of the great

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<v Speaker 1>switcheroos of all time. Suddenly the race went from being

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<v Speaker 1>about the eighty one year old, enfeebled declining president and

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<v Speaker 1>a referendum on that, to it being a referendum about

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<v Speaker 1>the insanity of Donald Trump in an instant out of

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<v Speaker 1>this convention, the race is now fully about Trump, and

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<v Speaker 1>whomever the race is about will lose. That's why that

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<v Speaker 1>matters so very much, and that's why this week was

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<v Speaker 1>such a profound political success, and in my view, the

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<v Speaker 1>greatest political convention of the electronic age of the modern era,

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<v Speaker 1>which goes back at least to nineteen fifty two. It

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<v Speaker 1>was an extraordinary successful event. The question is what would

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<v Speaker 1>I advise Kamala Harris to dude to avoid of Biden's

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<v Speaker 1>style catastrophe, And the answer is simple. There will be

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<v Speaker 1>no Bien style catastrophe because Kamala Harris, the Vice President

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<v Speaker 1>of the United States, fifty nine years of age, is

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<v Speaker 1>at her keek and she is on her a game.

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<v Speaker 1>What I wish she would say is look at Donald Trump,

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<v Speaker 1>rode back to head, deliver the Kamala laugh, and ask

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<v Speaker 1>the question on behalf of many tens of millions of

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<v Speaker 1>America's people, what the hell is wrong with you? To Trump?

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<v Speaker 1>That's what she should say, she says, start out to debate,

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<v Speaker 1>look at him and say what wrong with you? Donald?

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<v Speaker 1>Why are you so angry? So just honest, and so

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<v Speaker 1>completely crazy? It would be classic. Remember, debates are performative moments,

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<v Speaker 1>and one of the great lines any debate was this

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<v Speaker 1>line from Lloyd Benson to Dan Quayle.

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<v Speaker 2>I have far more experience than many others that sought

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<v Speaker 2>the office of vice president this country. I have as

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<v Speaker 2>much experience in the Congress, as Jack Kennedy did when

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<v Speaker 2>he sought the presidency. I served with Jack Kennedy.

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<v Speaker 1>I knew Jack Kennedy. Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator,

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<v Speaker 1>You're no Jack Kennedy. The vice president should figure out

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<v Speaker 1>the equivalent of this to Trump. I'm suspecting it has

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<v Speaker 1>something to do with one of his bankruptcies. I'm Steve Schmidt.

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