WEBVTT - Donald Trump's Downward Spiral

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<v Speaker 1>Seventy seven days until the day of decision, when the

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<v Speaker 1>American people decide whether this man who descended an escalator

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<v Speaker 1>in his gaudy building a decade ago will become the

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<v Speaker 1>commander in chief again.

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<v Speaker 2>This is the warning.

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<v Speaker 1>This weekend, Donald Trump continued his spiral.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's watch. It has to be seen to be believed.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm a better looking person than Kamala.

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<v Speaker 2>They used to call a TiVo dow.

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<v Speaker 1>They have TiVo all the I think it's the single

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<v Speaker 1>greatest invention.

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<v Speaker 2>I think they should reimburse me for one hundred million.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't ramble. A really smart guy, you know, really smart.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't ramble. It isn't just a Donald who's melting down.

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<v Speaker 1>It's his fan base, his supporters. At the Republican National Convention,

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<v Speaker 1>we saw some MAGA delegates, really cult members, tape bandages

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<v Speaker 1>to their uninjured ears in solidarity with Donald Trump. It's strange,

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<v Speaker 1>it's not normal behavior at a political convention, and it's

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<v Speaker 1>important to talk about it. This guy, let's look at him.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know anything about him, but this is a

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<v Speaker 1>weird guy. And I can tell he's a weird guy

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<v Speaker 1>from the key shirt and from the cuppies holding look

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<v Speaker 1>at it. This movement has gone off the rails. At

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<v Speaker 1>some level. There's weirdos like this guy, this strange couple,

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<v Speaker 1>that are probably harmless. But then there are people like

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<v Speaker 1>Stephen Miller and Stephen Chung who are certified grade A

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<v Speaker 1>little likemans Howard in their hands becomes very dangerous. Stephen

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<v Speaker 1>Miller was in the Oval Office and he was rebuked

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<v Speaker 1>by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff when

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<v Speaker 1>he asked if the military could open fire on migrant

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<v Speaker 1>boats filled with defenseless women and children off the coast

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<v Speaker 1>of San Diego. Again, power in the hands of a

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<v Speaker 1>great many of the people around Donald Trump is existentially

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<v Speaker 1>dangerous for me, for you, for everyone you love and

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<v Speaker 1>care about, for your children. Donald Trump is running for

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<v Speaker 1>the most powerful and important office in the world, and

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<v Speaker 1>he's incoherent. He is delusional, and he is spiraling live

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<v Speaker 1>on the stage in front of three hundred and fifty

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<v Speaker 1>million people. He has dominated America's culture for ten years,

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<v Speaker 1>and now this gathering in Chicago should be the beginning

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<v Speaker 1>of his end. Because what ends Trump and trump Ism

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<v Speaker 1>is better, and the Democrats this week must offer a

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<v Speaker 1>vision of the future that is better, that breaks.

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<v Speaker 2>Out of the Donald Trump era.

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<v Speaker 1>That doesn't just signal a plan to defeat it in

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<v Speaker 1>the election, but to end it for all time, to

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<v Speaker 1>move on from this. There was a great consensus in

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<v Speaker 1>America about how we share power. It's why there was

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<v Speaker 1>a peaceful transition of power for over two hundred years.

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<v Speaker 1>But that's all done now because of Donald Trump. And

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<v Speaker 1>so we live in this fraud space wondering if our

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<v Speaker 1>democracy will survive, Can it survive, can it overcome the

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<v Speaker 1>cancer that has attacked it?

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<v Speaker 2>And this is the cancer. The cancer is Trump.

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<v Speaker 1>And so now at this Democratic Convention, we will see

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<v Speaker 1>figures of the past. We will see President Clinton and

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<v Speaker 1>Secretary Clinton, and Barack Obama and Michelle Obama. But this

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<v Speaker 1>election is not about the first decade of this century.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not about the second. It must be about the third, fourth, fifth,

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<v Speaker 1>at sixth. It must be about the creation and sustainment

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<v Speaker 1>of peace in the world of another American century. We

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<v Speaker 1>are a nation that has gone through a long season

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<v Speaker 1>of political crisis, and it must end for the sake

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<v Speaker 1>of our children. The consequences of a complete collapse of

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<v Speaker 1>trust in every institution that I can think to name

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<v Speaker 1>in the country is the election of someone like Trump.

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<v Speaker 1>When a people believe in nothing, when they think everything

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<v Speaker 1>is rotten, this guy becomes possible. And there is something

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<v Speaker 1>that must be said on this the first day of

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<v Speaker 1>the Democratic now National Convention, when President Biden speaks and

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<v Speaker 1>delivers a valedictory. Had he remained in the race, defeat

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<v Speaker 1>would have been certain, and the defeat would have been

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<v Speaker 1>for American democracy caused by Joe Biden at the hands

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<v Speaker 1>of Donald Trump. Democrats came very close. They have evaded

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<v Speaker 1>an avoided disaster through an act of surrender and submission

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<v Speaker 1>by pretending that a candidate who is failing and could

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<v Speaker 1>not win was winning.

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<v Speaker 2>Thankfully, that's all over.

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<v Speaker 1>Now. The Vice President has performed lawlessly, in fact, more

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<v Speaker 1>flawlessly than any presidential candidate ever for a sustained period

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<v Speaker 1>of time while introducing herself. It has been an extraordinary

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<v Speaker 1>season leading into this Democratic Convention.

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<v Speaker 2>But now the tough part begins.

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<v Speaker 1>Kamala Harris will leave the convention with momentum, She will

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<v Speaker 1>leave the convention with energy, and she will lead the

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<v Speaker 1>convention ahead. But those poll numbers in the week ahead

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<v Speaker 1>will stop stretching out and after Labor Day they'll start

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<v Speaker 1>to fall back. Gravity will adjust the race, it will

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<v Speaker 1>tighten it, and when it does, there will be a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of panic in a time where steadiness is called for.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't get too up, don't get too down. Maintain and

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<v Speaker 1>even keel is the best advice I can give to

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<v Speaker 1>everybody who feels passionately about this race and is rooting

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<v Speaker 1>hard for Kamala Harris to be the president, though she

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<v Speaker 1>has not had her first one yet. There will be

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<v Speaker 1>tough days. There will be days where it seems that

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump has gotten his magic and his luck back,

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<v Speaker 1>But those days are not going to determine the outcome.

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<v Speaker 1>The American people are, and the American people have a serious,

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<v Speaker 1>monumentally important choice, this qualified woman versus this adjudicated rapist,

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<v Speaker 1>this abuser of women, this convicted felon, this insider of insurrection,

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<v Speaker 1>this demagogic loser.

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<v Speaker 2>We should not have.

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<v Speaker 1>Malice in our heart for any weirdo, even the ones

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<v Speaker 1>carrying JD Vance's sperm cups. We just don't want them

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<v Speaker 1>to have any control over any of our lives. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't want my daughters to have to sit in the

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<v Speaker 1>ob GYN office with these people, with Lindsey Graham looking

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<v Speaker 1>over their shoulder. What does election is about is the

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<v Speaker 1>American people. What the cause the election is about is

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<v Speaker 1>American freedom. We saw a lot of weirdness at the

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<v Speaker 1>Republican Convention. We're going to get to see a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of America at the Democratic Convention, the full beautiful mosaic

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<v Speaker 1>of the country, our extraordinary nation. It will look different

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<v Speaker 1>at the Democratic Convention and than it did at the

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<v Speaker 1>Republican Convention. Because the Democratic Party is America's party. It

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<v Speaker 1>is a party that reflects what the country looks like.

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<v Speaker 1>And our country is made up of all the world's people.

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<v Speaker 1>They've come from every corner of the earth. In our nation,

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<v Speaker 1>every language is spoken commonly every day. Every religion known

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<v Speaker 1>to mankind is practiced somewhere every day. Our country, made

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<v Speaker 1>up of all the people from the world, has fed

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<v Speaker 1>more people, liberated more people, clothed more people, and cured

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<v Speaker 1>more people that all of the other nations put together

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<v Speaker 1>since the beginning of time. And we are a young country,

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<v Speaker 1>not yet two hundred and fifty years old, just getting started.

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<v Speaker 1>What are these days about? When the American Revolution was won,

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<v Speaker 1>in the moment of victory, the Marquis de Lafayette, Gilbert

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<v Speaker 1>du Montier a young Frenchman who had come to America

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<v Speaker 1>to help fight for freedom, said, humanity has its victory,

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<v Speaker 1>liberty has its country. And he went on to predict

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<v Speaker 1>this country of freedom and liberty would abolish slavery and

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<v Speaker 1>would save the world. The Marquis de Lafayette was right.

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<v Speaker 1>America is not a perfect nation. But this week in Chicago,

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<v Speaker 1>a perfect idea and ideal will be celebrated, and an

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<v Speaker 1>American woman will be tapped on the shoulder by destiny

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<v Speaker 1>and become the nominee, the standard bearer of the oldest

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<v Speaker 1>organized political party in the world, the Great Democratic Party

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<v Speaker 1>of the United States of America, the Party of John Kennedy,

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<v Speaker 1>the Party of Franklin Roosevelt, the Party of Harry Truman.

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<v Speaker 1>This party, Democratic Party, has been called forward by destiny

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<v Speaker 1>many many times at hours of grave crisis for the

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<v Speaker 1>United States, and it has put forward the leaders that

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<v Speaker 1>have saved freedom time and time and time again. And

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<v Speaker 1>now the party has chosen another. Kamala Harris and Tim

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<v Speaker 1>Walls are the candidates who will stop these two this rotten, rancid,

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<v Speaker 1>maliced maga. Cause the Democratic National Convention is open. Democracy

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<v Speaker 1>is being practiced. This is the warning seventy seven days

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<v Speaker 1>to go. Get involved. You're an American.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm Steve Schmidt.

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