WEBVTT - MSNBC Shows True Colors in Aftermath of Kirk Assassination

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<v Speaker 1>This is the warning.

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<v Speaker 2>This is Steve Schmidt with the warning, and I have

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<v Speaker 2>some thoughts that I'd like to share about what's going

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<v Speaker 2>on in the country after the terrible assassination of Charlie Kirk.

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<v Speaker 2>Some of the responses, the online maga mob threatening people,

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<v Speaker 2>the thought policing that we're seeing, and the moral cowardice

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<v Speaker 2>of the MSNBC or ms NOW president who fired Matthew

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<v Speaker 2>Dowd for saying something that is deeply true and is

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<v Speaker 2>important to say. And I think it's very very important

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<v Speaker 2>that we talk about that what Matthew Dowd said. He

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<v Speaker 2>was constantly pushing Charlie Kirk, this sort of hate speech

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<v Speaker 2>aimed at certain groups. And I always go back too.

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<v Speaker 2>Hateful thoughts lead to hateful words, which then lead to

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<v Speaker 2>hateful actions. You can't say these awful words and not

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<v Speaker 2>expect awful actions to take place. They were met with

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<v Speaker 2>swift pushback in condemnation from MSNBC president Rebecca Cutler. She

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<v Speaker 2>said that those words were inappropriate, insensitive, and unacceptable, and

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<v Speaker 2>then went on we apologize for her statements. There's no

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<v Speaker 2>place for violence in America, political or otherwise. I think

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<v Speaker 2>it is very very important that we talk about some

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<v Speaker 2>things with honesty and some integrity. There are three parts

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<v Speaker 2>to what happened been around Charlie Kirk, and I want

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<v Speaker 2>to go through all of them, and I want to

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<v Speaker 2>start in the middle with the murder. And what we

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<v Speaker 2>all saw online was the preciousness of life. And in

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<v Speaker 2>that moment, Charlie Kirk's was obliterated by an assassin. And

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<v Speaker 2>Charlie Kirk was a thirty one year old father, and

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<v Speaker 2>he was a husband, and Charlie Kirk had a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of road left in his life. And I don't discount

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<v Speaker 2>the possibility that whatever Charlie Kirk was going to become,

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<v Speaker 2>that from my perspective, much better was among the possibilities.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know what Charlie Kark Kirk would have become.

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<v Speaker 2>I was stolen by cowards. Act. You should be condemned,

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<v Speaker 2>and that coward did great injury to the cause I

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<v Speaker 2>believe in, which is freedom in the United States Constitution,

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<v Speaker 2>in the United States of America. Because Charlie Kirk didn't

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<v Speaker 2>believe in a lot of the things I believe in.

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<v Speaker 2>The appropriate venue was to debate this, and my side

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<v Speaker 2>is the stronger side of that debate that was weakened

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<v Speaker 2>by this despicable action. I have contempt for the anger

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<v Speaker 2>for it, and I refer all of you to the

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<v Speaker 2>words of Robert Kennedy, who spoke extemporaneously from the back

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<v Speaker 2>of a truck to a mostly black crowd in Indianapolis,

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<v Speaker 2>informing them of the murder of Martin Luther King. And

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<v Speaker 2>he talked about love and we need more love, just

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<v Speaker 2>like we needed more love in nineteen sixty eight. Charlie

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<v Speaker 2>Kirk's legacy is finished. When his life was obliterated, his

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<v Speaker 2>last word was spoken, and that potential, that promise that

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<v Speaker 2>many people saw is gone. There's too much gun violence.

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<v Speaker 2>Charlie Kirk's legacy is what Charlie Kirk said, and the

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<v Speaker 2>things that Charlie Kirk stood for were reprehensible. When an

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<v Speaker 2>eighty year old man, the husband of the Speaker of

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<v Speaker 2>the House, was assaulted, Charlie Kirk said Patriot would bail

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<v Speaker 2>out the attacker. He was an apologist for the violence

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<v Speaker 2>against the police officers. On January sixth, I give consideration

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<v Speaker 2>right now to the life of one of the great

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<v Speaker 2>heroes of the country, Benjamin O'Davis, a black man, one

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<v Speaker 2>of the fourth or fifth blacks to ever gra graduate

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<v Speaker 2>from West Point, nobody spoke to him for four years.

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<v Speaker 2>Time becomes the commander of the Tuskegee Airman, four star officer,

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<v Speaker 2>and Charlie Kirk says, when he sees a black pilot

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<v Speaker 2>or a black woman, pilot's not safe to fly. I

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<v Speaker 2>could give you one hundred and anti semitic, racist comments.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's why it is an obscenity that there'd be

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<v Speaker 2>a proposal that Charlie Kirk lie in repose under the

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<v Speaker 2>Capitol don It's deeply inappropriate. That is not a place

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<v Speaker 2>for him. Charlie Kirk never served his country, not for

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<v Speaker 2>a day, not for an hour, not for a minute,

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<v Speaker 2>not for a second. Divided his country. They had a

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<v Speaker 2>guy given right to do so. He was a white nationalist.

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<v Speaker 2>He was a Christian nationalist. He did not believe in

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<v Speaker 2>the American faith. Yet Charlie Kirk had the courage of

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<v Speaker 2>his convictions. He believed in things, and one of the

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<v Speaker 2>things he believed in was we are not all created equal.

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<v Speaker 2>He believed that there is a hierarchy, that some of

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<v Speaker 2>us are more equal than others, and there's a reality

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<v Speaker 2>that that is an evil that brings death, and nobody

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<v Speaker 2>should be intimidated about saying the things that need to

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<v Speaker 2>be said and are true. And so I want to

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<v Speaker 2>respond to something very very directly that was said by

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<v Speaker 2>Donald on the eve of nine to eleven. He said,

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<v Speaker 2>for years, those on the radical left have compared wonderful

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<v Speaker 2>Americans like Charlie Kanazis. This kind of rhetoric is directly

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<v Speaker 2>responsible for the terrorism that we're seeing in our country,

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<v Speaker 2>and I must stop right now. My administration will find

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<v Speaker 2>each and every one of those who contributed to this

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<v Speaker 2>a Trial City and other political violence, including the organizations

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<v Speaker 2>that fund it and support it, as well as those

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<v Speaker 2>who go after our judges and law enforcement officials. If

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<v Speaker 2>I understand what Donald has said, it is this that

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<v Speaker 2>the murder of Charlie Kirk, which I have condemned, was

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<v Speaker 2>not a singular action by a loan assassin who fired

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<v Speaker 2>a rifle and a bullet at a human being. No,

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<v Speaker 2>the murder was a collective act. And the collective act

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<v Speaker 2>was a conspiracy of all of us who object to

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<v Speaker 2>the rising tyranny in the United States, the deployment of

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<v Speaker 2>the military against the people, the deployment of mass men,

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<v Speaker 2>and the right given to them by the Supreme Court

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<v Speaker 2>that says for the first time ever in this country

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<v Speaker 2>that you must show papers, please the indiscriminate violence being

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<v Speaker 2>unleashed against people by the state. That if you oppose this,

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<v Speaker 2>according to Donald Trump, you are part of the conspiracy

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<v Speaker 2>that killed Charlie Kirk. And if you're a part of

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<v Speaker 2>an organization, say the ACLU, say the Democratic Party, say

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<v Speaker 2>the Save America movement, a bulwark subscriber, a contrarian subscriber.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe you read too much Tara Palmer, then he's going

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<v Speaker 2>to go after you. If you criticize the corrupt Supreme Court,

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<v Speaker 2>well you're complicit in the murder. And so what do

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<v Speaker 2>we know? Like I said, in that terrible instant of

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<v Speaker 2>obliteration of this young man forever more, what happened next

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<v Speaker 2>he definitionally was not part of, couldn't contribute to, had

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<v Speaker 2>no impact on worsening the situation. But immediately in the

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<v Speaker 2>instant when it became known that he had been murdered,

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<v Speaker 2>the worst of the worst. Laura Lumer and Alex Jones,

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<v Speaker 2>neo Nazis Christian nationalist neo Nazi began calls for civil

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<v Speaker 2>war and violence and the killing of their fellow Americans

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<v Speaker 2>for the judgment made by Trump, that we are all

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<v Speaker 2>collectively responsible because we opposed Trump, and we oppose the illiberalism,

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<v Speaker 2>and we opposed his abuses of power, and we opposed

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<v Speaker 2>the stoking of hatreds that have played out NonStop a

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<v Speaker 2>Fox New for many, many years. We're the enemy, We're

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<v Speaker 2>the criminals, and so a mob, a maga mob. And

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<v Speaker 2>I will not take moral lectures from Jesse Waters and

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<v Speaker 2>Sean Hannity and Laura Ingram. These people are liars, These

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<v Speaker 2>people have abused the public. These people serve as sick

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<v Speaker 2>of fans for a accused rapist, an insurrectionist, a convicted felon,

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<v Speaker 2>Jeffrey Epstein's best friend. I take no lectures from these people. None,

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<v Speaker 2>And yet their influence is felt in America's newsrooms. And

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<v Speaker 2>what happened to Matthew Dowd was he was stabbed in

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<v Speaker 2>the back by a woman who is utterly on set

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<v Speaker 2>to be the president of a network, the moral coward,

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<v Speaker 2>and she's succumbed to the mob. And then watching Scarborough

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<v Speaker 2>and mourning Mika Pylon was even more disgusting. Joe Scarborough

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<v Speaker 2>looked his audience in the eye and he said in

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<v Speaker 2>twenty twenty four that Donald Trump was a Nazi in

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<v Speaker 2>an election where we now all understand the consequences. Joe

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<v Speaker 2>Scarborough look you all in the eye, sitting at the

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<v Speaker 2>same desk, he condemn Mattthew Dowd from like a coward,

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<v Speaker 2>and he said, if any person believes Joe Biden's not

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<v Speaker 2>at his best intellectually, mentally, physically, then fuck you. That's

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<v Speaker 2>what he said. And so Joe Scarborough gets paid twenty

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<v Speaker 2>million dollars a year or maybe thirty or maybe more

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<v Speaker 2>to lie to you, and Matthew Dowd got fired for

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<v Speaker 2>telling you the truth. Now, what's important to comprehend about

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<v Speaker 2>his firing and what he said. What he said is

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<v Speaker 2>fundamentally the core lesson of the Holocaust. It was l

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<v Speaker 2>Vizel's life message. And these words can't be spoken out

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<v Speaker 2>loud on American television because they offend Donald Trump. Do

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<v Speaker 2>you know why they offend Donald Trump and Maga. They

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<v Speaker 2>offend Donald Trump and Maga because Maga and Donald Trump

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<v Speaker 2>are insiders of violence. And what insiders of violence and

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<v Speaker 2>fascists do at the first opportunity is to use incidents

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<v Speaker 2>to consolidate power with accusations of collective guilt. It was

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<v Speaker 2>with words and images that the Nazis and their adherents

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<v Speaker 2>articulated their extreme anti Semitic hatred and fanned its flames

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<v Speaker 2>with words. They determined all Jews to be their arch

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<v Speaker 2>enemies and blame them for all of the ills of

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<v Speaker 2>society as they perceived them to be. Undoubtedly, without such

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<v Speaker 2>hateful words, the brutal and murderous actions would not have followed. Furthermore,

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<v Speaker 2>it was with words that they justified perpetrating the crime

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<v Speaker 2>of the Holocaust. The United States Holocaust Memorial follows Vad

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<v Speaker 2>Bishem and it says propaganda is a truly terrible weapon

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<v Speaker 2>in the hands of an expert, wrote Hitler in nineteen

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<v Speaker 2>twenty four, when he was a somewhat marginal figure in

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<v Speaker 2>German public life, but he was not marginal to the

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<v Speaker 2>emerging Nazi Party, where he served as its first director

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<v Speaker 2>of propaganda. His insight was how to use its powerful

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<v Speaker 2>messaging and new technologies to build a mass political and

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<v Speaker 2>social movement in the context of German democracy, building a

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<v Speaker 2>fear and resentment coupled with long standing anti Semitism, the

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<v Speaker 2>Nazi Party deployed propaganda to offer a bold new vision

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<v Speaker 2>for Germany. That propaganda help to create a climate that

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<v Speaker 2>embolded the perpetration traders, provided justifications for the collaborators, and

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<v Speaker 2>helped silence the bystanders, all helping to make the genocide

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<v Speaker 2>of the Jews possible. These are the fundamental lessons, fundamental

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<v Speaker 2>lessons of the most important events to ever occur in

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<v Speaker 2>all of human history. Jack Kleiger was a Holocaust survivor.

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<v Speaker 2>This is the living memorial to the Holocaust the Museum

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<v Speaker 2>of Jewish Heritage. When you consider what hate can do,

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<v Speaker 2>you do not have to look for. You bear witness

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<v Speaker 2>to the manifestations of hate in our world today, amid

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<v Speaker 2>rising anti semitism and discrimination against people of all races

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<v Speaker 2>and all faiths. When we speak about the Holocaust, remind

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<v Speaker 2>people that it did not begin with violence. It did

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<v Speaker 2>not begin with concentration camps and ghettos. It began in

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<v Speaker 2>the minds of those who sought the sew division, who

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<v Speaker 2>believed they were better than others. It then escalated into

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<v Speaker 2>words to turn people against each other, and finally it

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<v Speaker 2>spiraled into violence and the death of millions. When we

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<v Speaker 2>say that one must never forget the Holocaust, it is

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<v Speaker 2>because we must never forget how it began, how words

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<v Speaker 2>gave voice to discrimination and led to genocide. As the

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<v Speaker 2>son of a Holocaust survivor, I know well how hate

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<v Speaker 2>speech can lead. They hate for actions. We must ensure

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<v Speaker 2>we never experience another holocaust, So we all have an

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<v Speaker 2>obligation to speak worse and instead lead to peace and

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<v Speaker 2>open promise of a better world. Why is it the

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<v Speaker 2>Yad Vasham and the Holocaust Memorial are built around the

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<v Speaker 2>message for which Matthew Dowd was fired by the president

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<v Speaker 2>of nsnbcis who succumbed to the mob and denounced a

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<v Speaker 2>truth teller and called it news. Why did that happen?

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<v Speaker 2>Why did Rebecca Cutler fire Matthew Dad? Why did she

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<v Speaker 2>capitulate and crumble? Why did that happen? Why did she

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<v Speaker 2>succumb to the mob? And the answer to that question

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<v Speaker 2>is I don't care she did. Matthew dow told you

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<v Speaker 2>the truth when he said too hateful thoughts lead to

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<v Speaker 2>hateful words lead to a forel actions. And the reality

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<v Speaker 2>is is that Charlie Kirk was an apostle of that hatred.

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<v Speaker 2>He was a messenger of division, and the calls to

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<v Speaker 2>turn him in to Maga horsed vessel are deeply inappropriate.

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<v Speaker 2>But that's what's happening. You are seeing a fascist regime

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<v Speaker 2>try to make Charlie Kirk a martyr of the state

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<v Speaker 2>when what he was was a divisive leader of a

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<v Speaker 2>divisive faction of a political movement. Charlie Kirk did not

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<v Speaker 2>serve his country. Laura Ingram does not serve her country.

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<v Speaker 2>She serves Fox News. Fox News is not the American state,

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<v Speaker 2>and these people are some of the most divisive partisans

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<v Speaker 2>there would be when George Wallace survived the assassin's bullet.

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<v Speaker 2>Eddie lived, would it be appropriate to place him in

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<v Speaker 2>repose under the Capital rotunda. It would not. And so

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<v Speaker 2>now this aggression must be confronted because the placement of

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<v Speaker 2>Charlie Kirk's body under the Capital Dome is a symbol

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<v Speaker 2>of conquest that the insurrectionists who invaded the space violently

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<v Speaker 2>and who sought to do so to burn down the constitution.

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<v Speaker 2>Those criminals who were pardoned were amongst the first to

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<v Speaker 2>threaten violence in revenge the murder of Charlie Kirk, and

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<v Speaker 2>so they will be able to reassemble under the dome

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<v Speaker 2>that they desecrated to celebrate the life of a person

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<v Speaker 2>who said it was not violence there, it's an inappropriate setting.

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<v Speaker 2>To say the least, there is no outrage over the

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<v Speaker 2>assassination in Maga of State Senator Melissa Wordman. That silence

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<v Speaker 2>is in and of itself a provocative act. Proud Boys

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<v Speaker 2>are violent, the Oathkeepers are violent, the Patriot Front is violent,

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<v Speaker 2>and the neo Nazis are on the march in America

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<v Speaker 2>and they are openly calling for violence against all of

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<v Speaker 2>US Americans in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk's death. And

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<v Speaker 2>so I had to test the murder, and I implore

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<v Speaker 2>all of you to to test the murder. And I

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<v Speaker 2>deplore the assassin, and I hope all of you deplore

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<v Speaker 2>the assassin, condemn him. But at the same time, will

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<v Speaker 2>not be intimidated into submission into saying that Charlie Kirk

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<v Speaker 2>stood for the American way of life. He did not.

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<v Speaker 2>He was trying to tear it down. And his words

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<v Speaker 2>leave that record. This moment is unchanged by an assassination

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<v Speaker 2>when it comes to the deep corruption at hand, when

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<v Speaker 2>it comes to the fact that the United States government

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<v Speaker 2>days ago obliterated eleven human beings under nebulous circumstances. To

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<v Speaker 2>say the best and When it was pointed out to

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<v Speaker 2>the Vice President it may be a war crime. He

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<v Speaker 2>responded by saying, I don't give a shit. The cause

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<v Speaker 2>of the escalating political violence and rhetoric in America is

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<v Speaker 2>Donald Trump. It is propaganda to suggest asked there is

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<v Speaker 2>equivalence between some left wing child or not with no authority,

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<v Speaker 2>no power, and the President of the United States and

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<v Speaker 2>his top advice, the most powerful people in the world,

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<v Speaker 2>have on a constant basis over ten years time, threatened

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<v Speaker 2>and threatened, and threatened and threatened and threatened and threatened

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<v Speaker 2>some more. Donald Trump has courted violence, He's stoked violence.

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<v Speaker 2>And now we live in a world where up is down,

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<v Speaker 2>down is up, left is right, right is left. And

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<v Speaker 2>in this Wrwellian world, an honorable man is fired by

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<v Speaker 2>a dishonorable woman because he had the gall to say

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<v Speaker 2>on live television when, by the way, it was completely

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<v Speaker 2>unclear what had happened, and he had not yet seen

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<v Speaker 2>any video. He just knew there were shots fired. And intellectually,

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<v Speaker 2>Rebecca Cut doesn't understand the causation, doesn't understand how it

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<v Speaker 2>was because I saw it clearly in September of twenty

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<v Speaker 2>twenty that if you lie about the outcome of the election.

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<v Speaker 2>If you say it was stolen, that there's an illegitimate government,

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<v Speaker 2>that there's likely to be violence, words to violence. Matthew

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<v Speaker 2>Dowd should get a very good lawyer. That lawyer should

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<v Speaker 2>do everything he can in the discovery process to get

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<v Speaker 2>hold of the emails of panic. They will tell you

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<v Speaker 2>all you need to know about the rot inside of

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<v Speaker 2>MSNBC News is you have that flincher president Rebecca Cutler

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<v Speaker 2>brought to her knees by the Maga mob. And then

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<v Speaker 2>you have the indecency of Joe Scarborough and Mika Brazinski

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<v Speaker 2>attacking this truthteller. The two people who called Trump Hitler,

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<v Speaker 2>lie to the people about Biden run down to mar

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<v Speaker 2>A Lago to get on their knees for trumplive the truth.

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<v Speaker 2>A couple of weeks ago, Joe Scarborough looked the audience

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<v Speaker 2>in the eye after the Alaska summit and he said,

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<v Speaker 2>it was Trump who held all the cards. But there's

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<v Speaker 2>no cost to saying stupid shit on MSNBC and losing

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<v Speaker 2>your job making twenty million dollars a year because he

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<v Speaker 2>definitely lies. He plays the game. Like he said, he's

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<v Speaker 2>on the phone with Donald Trump in the after mathter

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<v Speaker 2>the assassination because Joe Scarborough is so important, he was

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<v Speaker 2>running the Biden campaign off the side of his show,

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<v Speaker 2>And man, what's satisfaction it must give Donald Trump's narcissistic

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<v Speaker 2>ditch to see Joe Scarborough brawling around on the glass

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<v Speaker 2>on his knees in front of him. But Joe Scarborough,

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<v Speaker 2>Amika PRESENTSTI dare to presume did they sit upon some

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<v Speaker 2>type of throne perch where the American people look to

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<v Speaker 2>them for a type of moral guidance? Right? Wrong? About

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<v Speaker 2>what we can say, well, we can think to police

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<v Speaker 2>Matthew Dowd. It's despicable. What Matthew Dowd said is deeply

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<v Speaker 2>true and the cost sometimes of speaking of deep truth

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<v Speaker 2>is what happened to Matthew Dowd. But what happened to

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<v Speaker 2>Matthew Dowd illuminates like a brilliant super nova, the utter

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<v Speaker 2>corruption of the corporate media in America. On MSNBC, there

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<v Speaker 2>are two impregnable gibraltars of integrity. It's Lawrence O'Donnell and

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<v Speaker 2>there's Nicole Wallace. Despicable doesn't begin to describe what was

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<v Speaker 2>said about Matthew Dowd what was done to Matthew Dowd

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<v Speaker 2>by a group of cowards. Let me conclude by summarizing again,

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<v Speaker 2>I will not submit to the idiocracy. And I believe

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<v Speaker 2>that it's necessary to state with perfect conviction and clarity

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<v Speaker 2>three things that in my mind do not oppose one another.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm an American who believes absolutely in the First Amendment.

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<v Speaker 2>I would have liked to debate Charlie Kirk. I'm a

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<v Speaker 2>person who has been targeted by a political extremist enamored

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<v Speaker 2>by Donald Trump, who was sending bombs to people. I've

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<v Speaker 2>dealt with hundreds of death threats. I disdain it, and

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<v Speaker 2>I condemned the murder, but the record is not redeemed

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<v Speaker 2>by the end of a life that was spent dividing.

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<v Speaker 2>He did more cleverly what David Duke did. He was

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<v Speaker 2>condemned by mister Meghan McCain Ben Dominic of Fox News

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<v Speaker 2>as an anti Semite. He dehumanized people, and he's spread conspiracies.

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<v Speaker 2>Watching him be torn into excuse me, watching him be

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<v Speaker 2>turned into Horst Vessel by maga's chilling, and it requires

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<v Speaker 2>the submission by all of us. Intimidated by a mob.

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<v Speaker 2>The silence around their expression that what he stood for

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<v Speaker 2>was noble, and it was not. It was indecent, and

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<v Speaker 2>it was un American. It deserved opposition then, and it

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<v Speaker 2>deserves opposition now. We must all of us who are

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<v Speaker 2>against Donald Trump, be against the lies, against the assassination,

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<v Speaker 2>against the intimidation of the Trump mob, all of it together,

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<v Speaker 2>all at once. Freedom means no person has the right

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<v Speaker 2>to be judge, surey and executioner. It's what makes Stephen

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<v Speaker 2>Miller evil when he says, let's obliterate a boat of migrants.

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<v Speaker 2>It's what makes JD. Vance evil when he says, I

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<v Speaker 2>don't give a shit when somebody points out he doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>have the indiscriminate ability to kill. The man who killed

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<v Speaker 2>Charlie Kirk is a version of Stephen Miller. He's a

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<v Speaker 2>little likeman. There's little likemans on the left, and there's

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<v Speaker 2>little likemans on the right. And every good American should

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<v Speaker 2>disdain them, all of them. But every good American in

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<v Speaker 2>this moment who believes in freedom must reject the collective

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<v Speaker 2>guilt imposed by Donald Trump upon all of us. Donald

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<v Speaker 2>Trump concluded after a murder was that he had a

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<v Speaker 2>golden opportunity to make himself more powerful. What I concluded

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<v Speaker 2>after the murder was that a young man had been killed,

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<v Speaker 2>and I prayed for him. The Democrats he reacted to

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<v Speaker 2>this prayed for a young man in his family. They

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<v Speaker 2>didn't do performance theater like Lauren Bobert on the floor

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<v Speaker 2>of the house, or break into hysterics like the whack

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<v Speaker 2>job woman Congressman Marie Luna. Whatever. Here's the deal. George

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<v Speaker 2>Wallace didn't deserve to be shot, but getting shot didn't

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<v Speaker 2>redeem George Wallace and the hatreds that he spread. Sometimes

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<v Speaker 2>terrible things happen to good people, and sometimes they happened

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<v Speaker 2>to bad But no murder for any reason of any

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<v Speaker 2>person is dependent on any person's view of that human being.

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<v Speaker 2>Because the American faith is that that life made in

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<v Speaker 2>the image of God is beyond the comprehension of a

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<v Speaker 2>human being and beyond the power of a human being

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<v Speaker 2>to decide whether it is worthy to take or not.

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<v Speaker 2>We believe that all are created equal and that there

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<v Speaker 2>are no lesser people, and that includes our political opponents,

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<v Speaker 2>no matter how vile we may find their speech. I

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<v Speaker 2>want to say, in conclusion, Matthew Dowd is my friend.

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<v Speaker 2>Matthew Dowd is on substack. I hope every person who

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<v Speaker 2>follows me will subscribe to Matthew Dowd. He is an

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<v Speaker 2>important voice in his country. He is a voice of integrity,

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<v Speaker 2>He is an honest voice. He is an honorable man.

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<v Speaker 2>He is a good father, he is a good friend.

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<v Speaker 2>Happen to him was wrong, and the shift put into

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<v Speaker 2>him was dealt to him in the back by a

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<v Speaker 2>coward who is contemptible. I bet the Cutler should resign

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<v Speaker 2>as the president of MSNBCS has no credibility as a

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<v Speaker 2>news executive. But she's safe in that space because no

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<v Speaker 2>news executives and any of these capitula networks have credibility.

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<v Speaker 2>CBS News is the plaything of the son of the

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<v Speaker 2>richest man in the world. Bob Iger's got no stomach

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<v Speaker 2>for a fight. It's the CEO of Disney. You saw

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<v Speaker 2>their despicable conduct regarding George Stephanopolis. The capitulations of the

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<v Speaker 2>billionaire class for more and more and more and more

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<v Speaker 2>and more. But some of us will not submit to this.

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<v Speaker 2>Matthew Dowd is one of those people, and he deserves

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<v Speaker 2>your respect. I hope you'll follow him and understand that

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<v Speaker 2>in the aftermath of this tragedy. Excuse me, in the

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<v Speaker 2>aftermath of this tragedy, you're saying a rare, rare assertion

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<v Speaker 2>of cynicism at the highest levels, like a perfect game

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<v Speaker 2>in baseball. Charlie Kirk, a racist in life, now martyred

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<v Speaker 2>in death to the cause of his faction, will lie

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<v Speaker 2>by their proposal and state in the place that those

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<v Speaker 2>Maga thugs desecrated during the insurrection. He will be draped

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<v Speaker 2>in the flag that we never saw served his country

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<v Speaker 2>and his ideas were anthma to the values of the country.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't tolerate the gaslighting, my friends, stand up against it.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm Steve Schmidt.

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