WEBVTT - Steve Schmidt explains why Ron DeSantis' campaign is beyond saving

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<v Speaker 1>Ron DeSantis the tallahassee Mussolini. His campaign isn't finished yet,

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<v Speaker 1>and he hasn't quite exactly been strung up by his heels,

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<v Speaker 1>but we're getting there. We have good news to share today.

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<v Speaker 1>Across America. The Ron DeSantis campaign is going broke. Ron

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<v Speaker 1>DeSantis hired more than ninety people. Two thirds of his

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<v Speaker 1>donors are already maxed out for the rest of the campaign.

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<v Speaker 1>A layman's turns. What this means is that the easy

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<v Speaker 1>money has already been raised and the hard money, the

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<v Speaker 1>dollars high up in the tree, yet to be gathered.

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<v Speaker 1>And it gets harder and harder because the latters to

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<v Speaker 1>get up in those trees have been withdrawn, withdrawn from

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<v Speaker 1>billionaires like Ken Griffin, who look at Ron de Santis

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<v Speaker 1>and see, well, a loser, somebody who's losing to Donald

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<v Speaker 1>Trump by twenty points. At any rate, Ron de Santis's

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<v Speaker 1>campaign has nine million dollars cash on hands. They have

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<v Speaker 1>a payroll of over a million dollars a month. They

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<v Speaker 1>don't have money to operate now. Ron de Santis has

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<v Speaker 1>no chance whatsoever to be elected president of the United States.

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<v Speaker 1>At his fall off, the edge of the cliff will

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<v Speaker 1>be remembered for the rest of political eternity as one

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<v Speaker 1>of the worst political endeavors in campaigns in American history.

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<v Speaker 1>It's shocking, really, Ron DeSantis is all but finished. All

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<v Speaker 1>that's rest for the campaign is for us to enjoy

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<v Speaker 1>his flailing, his failing, and ultimate humiliation. But apparently the

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<v Speaker 1>pack that named itself never back down. The man who

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<v Speaker 1>wore these fighting boots isn't done yet. He has a

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<v Speaker 1>secret weapon. Her name is Casey, Casey Dissatist, and they've

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<v Speaker 1>deployed it.

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<v Speaker 2>Watch in America. We've witnessed a lot and put up

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<v Speaker 2>with enough.

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<v Speaker 1>You guys gotta go.

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<v Speaker 2>He is arresting her.

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<v Speaker 3>For We've been forced into silence, into compliance, told that

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<v Speaker 3>we must trust.

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<v Speaker 1>The science, into and outdoor venues should be cool.

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<v Speaker 3>We've been told that we must deny truth, back down,

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<v Speaker 3>and look the other way.

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<v Speaker 2>Enough is enough.

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<v Speaker 3>When you come after our kids, we fight back because

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<v Speaker 3>there's nothing we won't do to protect our children.

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<v Speaker 2>They're not yours.

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<v Speaker 1>These are our.

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<v Speaker 2>Kids, Our nation's children are all our children.

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<v Speaker 3>We will not allow you to exploit their innocence to

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<v Speaker 3>advance your agenda.

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<v Speaker 2>We are no longer signed.

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<v Speaker 3>We are united, and we have finally found our fighter.

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<v Speaker 1>We're not gonna let you oppose an agenda on our kids.

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<v Speaker 1>We're gonna stand up for our heads.

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<v Speaker 2>We do for America what he did for us in Florida,

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<v Speaker 2>schools open, parents' rights, defending fool choice.

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<v Speaker 3>Universal, critical race theory prohibited DEI, stopped child.

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<v Speaker 2>Mutilation, illegal.

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<v Speaker 3>Girls' sports, saved communities, protected our economy growing, and freedom guaranteed.

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<v Speaker 2>But winning a fight in Florida is just the beginning.

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<v Speaker 4>We must protect parents' rights and the innocence of our children.

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<v Speaker 2>We must restore sanity in our society.

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<v Speaker 4>We need every mama and every grandmama in every corner

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<v Speaker 4>of the country to stand up and fight back by

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<v Speaker 4>electing Ron DeSantis president of the United States of America.

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<v Speaker 1>This ad is a absurdity. No one is silencing anyone.

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<v Speaker 1>Nobody's telling anyone what to do. The COVID pandemic is over.

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<v Speaker 1>Casey DeSantis doesn't have to be afraid of the Fauci

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<v Speaker 1>monster anymore. Is this really what the election's about? In

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty four, an eighty year old retired doctor who

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<v Speaker 1>is the greatest infectious disease specialist of his era, the

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<v Speaker 1>incompetence of COVID was brought by Donald Trump, not by

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<v Speaker 1>doctor Fauci. But at any level, Casey DeSantis is looking

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<v Speaker 1>for targets and it doesn't matter. She just wants to

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<v Speaker 1>kick down like her husband. It's a character defect. It's

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<v Speaker 1>why they're a perfect couple. Ron de Santis seeks to

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<v Speaker 1>be the president of the mightiest nation on earth, and

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<v Speaker 1>he's running on a platform of stigmatizing gay people, of

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<v Speaker 1>dividing over the stupidest culture war issues possible. I have

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<v Speaker 1>an idea for Ron de Santis. He won't be president

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<v Speaker 1>of the United States. Maybe he could become an HR

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<v Speaker 1>manager somewhere and show us all how to do it.

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<v Speaker 1>Ron de Santis is an imitator of the most rancid

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<v Speaker 1>politicians the modern history of the country. He's another governor

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<v Speaker 1>dreaming of standing in the schoolhouse door. All of the

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<v Speaker 1>things that Ron de Santis says he did are in accomplishments,

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<v Speaker 1>they're public postures. He goes out and he looks for fights,

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<v Speaker 1>not against the most powerful, but against the weakest people

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<v Speaker 1>in the society because he's a bully. All of this victimization,

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<v Speaker 1>it's in these people's imaginations. It's not real. And by

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<v Speaker 1>the way. If Ron De Santis was doing such an

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<v Speaker 1>incredibly good job, why is he losing to Donald Trump

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<v Speaker 1>by twenty points in the state that, according to Ron

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<v Speaker 1>de Santis, he's single handedly saved. Who will possibly be

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<v Speaker 1>inspired by this ad? Who will look at this and say, yes,

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<v Speaker 1>I want this woman's husband, She's a secret weapon? It

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<v Speaker 1>makes that sense. Ron DeSantis's rationale for a presidential run

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<v Speaker 1>is completely collapsed, and his vote share will start to

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<v Speaker 1>drop precipitously as his funding drives up, and it will

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<v Speaker 1>dissipate to Tim Scott and Chris Christy in the weeks

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<v Speaker 1>and months ahead, and the race will fundamentally become a

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<v Speaker 1>two tiered one, with Christy, Scott and Donald Trump at

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<v Speaker 1>the top and Dissatis fading towards the bottom. Before he

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<v Speaker 1>SLINKs back to tallahassee his proverbial tail between his legs, Humiliated,

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<v Speaker 1>soon to be forgotten, A latter day Jim Crow, segregationist

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<v Speaker 1>into twenty first century, lost in time, looking for battles

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<v Speaker 1>and fights that no one is much interested in. You

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<v Speaker 1>see what Rond DeSantis doesn't understand is Noah gives a

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<v Speaker 1>shit about his ambition or Casey desantisus you have two

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<v Speaker 1>people who are aloof and abusive towards their staff. They

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<v Speaker 1>don't care about other human beings, as evidenced by their

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<v Speaker 1>consistent behavior in the Florida Governor's office. They don't have friends,

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<v Speaker 1>they don't have deep relationships, and they're unable to connect

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<v Speaker 1>on the campaign trail. They are apart and separated from

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<v Speaker 1>the basic aspirations of American families and importantly, also their

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<v Speaker 1>fundamental decency. Normal people do not think that they are

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<v Speaker 1>under siege from gay people and dog masts who are

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<v Speaker 1>preying on their children. There are not marches of gay

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<v Speaker 1>men across at Erica coming for your children. It's in

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<v Speaker 1>Casey Desanis's imagination. What she's saying is these people are

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<v Speaker 1>less than It's okay to dehumanize them, to teach our

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<v Speaker 1>children to fear them. It's an age old tactic. It's

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<v Speaker 1>one of a country that we thought we had moved beyond,

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<v Speaker 1>but we haven't. This is the backlash, and like all backlashes,

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<v Speaker 1>it's fueled by a mix of idiocy and ignorance and

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<v Speaker 1>malice and a lady in a sleeveless blue dress who's

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<v Speaker 1>as vicious as they come. Make no mistake about it.

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<v Speaker 1>She's a mama, mama protecting her kids. Huh, well, what

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<v Speaker 1>about these mamas? What about these kids on Christmas Eve?

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<v Speaker 1>Set on a plane, strangers in a foreign land, to

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<v Speaker 1>a cold place, an island where they knew nobody, Where

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<v Speaker 1>they were set loose, bewildered, lost, afraid. Did those children

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<v Speaker 1>count Casey to Santus? Or maybe not? Because why? I

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<v Speaker 1>wonder what makes them less than their skin color? Perhaps

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<v Speaker 1>their religious faith. A decent person would have understood Casey

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<v Speaker 1>de Santus that those children deserve protection too. Did those

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<v Speaker 1>mothers love their children too? But that doesn't exist in

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<v Speaker 1>Ron de santiss book burning Florida, does it? Ron de

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<v Speaker 1>Santis is a political extremist, and Rod de Santis is

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<v Speaker 1>a book banner. He is a cheap demagogue in a

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<v Speaker 1>dangerous era. The only person who is less than in

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<v Speaker 1>the entire mix of people we're talking about is Rond

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<v Speaker 1>de Santus and his wife Casey, at least as judged

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<v Speaker 1>by the polls. What they stand for is not hope,

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<v Speaker 1>It is not aspiration. It is not a rebuilding of

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<v Speaker 1>the American dream. What rondi Santist hopes for is to

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<v Speaker 1>cut slace and dice his way to the presidency of

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<v Speaker 1>the United States by dividing, by scaring, by hoping that

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<v Speaker 1>Trump falls and there's no one left mean enough, stupid enough,

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<v Speaker 1>ignorant enough but him. Quite a strategy. The papers are

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<v Speaker 1>filled with the truth about Ronda Santus's campaign. What he

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<v Speaker 1>and his wife are selling no one wants, mostly because

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<v Speaker 1>it's really dumb, and mostly because most Americans are good

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<v Speaker 1>people and they understand something elemental. Everybody. Everybody is entitled

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<v Speaker 1>to be treated with dignity and respect, particularly if they

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<v Speaker 1>work hard in play by the rules, or law abiding

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<v Speaker 1>citizens and taxpayers who contribute to their community. Americans who hate,

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<v Speaker 1>who hate half the people in their country because of

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<v Speaker 1>what they believe, because of the religion they were born into,

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<v Speaker 1>where the pigment of their skin are terrible Americans, you

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<v Speaker 1>cannot love your country and hate half of the people

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<v Speaker 1>in it. And that's the problem with Ron and Casey DeSantis.

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<v Speaker 1>They hate where they love. They seek to tear where

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<v Speaker 1>they should seek to bind up. They're dividers, they're mean,

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<v Speaker 1>they're nasty. Their politics is putred. What do you see

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<v Speaker 1>when you see Casey DeSantis? What do you see behind

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<v Speaker 1>those pulled eyes? Do you see the secret weapon Or

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<v Speaker 1>do you see another extremist? Do you see another Laurence Bobert,

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<v Speaker 1>Another Marjorie Taylor Green, another Sarah Palin, another Judge Genie,

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<v Speaker 1>another Kimberly guilfoil Well. I have news for Rohnd de

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<v Speaker 1>Santis and Casey de Santis about your campaign. It's over,

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<v Speaker 1>it's collapsing, it's bankrupt. Genera Peck has done ye in

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<v Speaker 1>And in fact, no matter what Kimberley Gilfoyle says, it

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<v Speaker 1>reminds me a lot of Casey disonest the best is

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<v Speaker 1>not yet to come.