WEBVTT - Interference, Investigations & Economic Impacts | The Schmidt Storm

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to another edition of the schmid Storm. You have questions,

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<v Speaker 1>I've got answers. Let's get started. The question is is

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<v Speaker 1>how is Elon Musk's antics and Wisconsin not been flagged

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<v Speaker 1>immediately for election interference? So the first thing I want

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<v Speaker 1>to say about this question is great question. I want

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<v Speaker 1>to focus on the words election interference because these words

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<v Speaker 1>have become contaminated and there is no crime of election

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<v Speaker 1>interference such as it is, though certainly interfering in an

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<v Speaker 1>election can be a crime. What Elon Musk is doing,

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<v Speaker 1>handing out million dollar checks seems to me to be

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<v Speaker 1>certainly dubious, unethical, deeply corrupting to the practice of democracy.

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<v Speaker 1>But is it illegal in Wisconsin. I don't know. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not a Wisconsin election law expert. I do know that

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<v Speaker 1>the French minister who said we cannot let the security

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<v Speaker 1>of Europe hang at the whim of a Wisconsin voter

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<v Speaker 1>every four years is spot on. The corruption of money

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<v Speaker 1>in the American system is beyond the worst imaginations of

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<v Speaker 1>anybody who ever predicted what the result of Citizens United

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<v Speaker 1>of McCain fine Gold, which rought predictably Citizens United would be.

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<v Speaker 1>American democracy has been sold to the highest bidder, the

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<v Speaker 1>scene in the inaugural Trump seating his oligarchs in front

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<v Speaker 1>of the cabinet. All of this is a mark of corruption,

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<v Speaker 1>and when Democrats take power again, it can't be for

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<v Speaker 1>the purposes of maintaining Chuck Schumer as majority leader. There

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<v Speaker 1>must be fun und mental campaign finance reform, and there

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<v Speaker 1>has to be thought given to a constitutional amendment that

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<v Speaker 1>fixes permanently the financing mechanisms that have corrupted and endangered

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<v Speaker 1>American liberty. There has to be fundamental ethics reform. There

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<v Speaker 1>has to be an elimination of special government employees. There

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<v Speaker 1>has to be an end of one set of rules

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<v Speaker 1>for people at the top and a different set for

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<v Speaker 1>everybody else. So election interference, Yes, Elon Musk is interfering

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<v Speaker 1>in every election in the world through his platform that

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<v Speaker 1>is filled with laws and propaganda, and specifically Russian misinformation

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<v Speaker 1>and disinformation that's aimed to undermine faith in democracy, belief

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<v Speaker 1>in Western systems, belief in the rule of law, to

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<v Speaker 1>pit cities against one another. All of this is interference.

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<v Speaker 1>When the richest man in the world says in Germany,

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<v Speaker 1>you must support the AfD and does everything he can

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<v Speaker 1>to help them it's a party led by Nazis. It's

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<v Speaker 1>common as a member of the AfD to cut your face,

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<v Speaker 1>to leave a scar, to show your devotion to the party.

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<v Speaker 1>It's anti American, it's anti NATO, it's pro Russian. So

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<v Speaker 1>what he did in Wisconsin is a peace and it

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<v Speaker 1>was overcome by the power that can defeat Muskism, that

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<v Speaker 1>can defeat all of this, and that's the power of

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<v Speaker 1>the American people and the power of a unified opposition

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<v Speaker 1>to say no, you will not buy away from us

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<v Speaker 1>with bribes, our birthright. We will not surrender our democracy

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<v Speaker 1>through acts of capitulation and surrender. So election interference we

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<v Speaker 1>have in America is an election contamination problem, not an

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<v Speaker 1>interference problem. Though interference there's a lot of it. Question

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<v Speaker 1>is do I expect any repercussions to come from the

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<v Speaker 1>investigations of Signal Gate. No, there will be no repercussions

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<v Speaker 1>from the investigations into Signal Gate. There will, however, be

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<v Speaker 1>massive repercussions due to the lack of investigations into Signal Gate.

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<v Speaker 1>What it will do is destroy the morale of the

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<v Speaker 1>United States military at a battalion level, at a company level,

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<v Speaker 1>at a platoon level, at an NCO level. What it

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<v Speaker 1>will do is assert a poison into the ranks that

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<v Speaker 1>is a cancer to the training that every America soldiers, sailor, airman,

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<v Speaker 1>and Marine receives. It's a refutation of their education about

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<v Speaker 1>three things. Authority, responsibility, and accountability. The sign that hangs

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<v Speaker 1>over the Marine Corps Officer candidate school entrance in Quantico,

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<v Speaker 1>Virginia says ductos exampleos lead by example. Accountability for the

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<v Speaker 1>things you are responsible for and have authority for is

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<v Speaker 1>the rock upon which the values of the American military

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<v Speaker 1>have been laid over two hundred and fifty years. So

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<v Speaker 1>the consequence of the assertion that says rules are for

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<v Speaker 1>the privates and the corporals and the sergeant. Rules are

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<v Speaker 1>for the lieutenants, and the captains, and the majors and

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<v Speaker 1>the lieutenant colonels and the kernels rarely for a general,

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<v Speaker 1>but never ever for their civilian leadership. The higher you are,

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<v Speaker 1>the more insulated you are from accountability. One set of

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<v Speaker 1>rules for the people at the top, different set of

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<v Speaker 1>rules for the serfs at the bottom. That destroys a

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<v Speaker 1>military organization, It destroys discipline, it destroys order, and what

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<v Speaker 1>it will cause is a collapse of discipline and good

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<v Speaker 1>order in the United States military to levels not seen

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<v Speaker 1>since the end of the Vietnam War, which coincidentally came

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<v Speaker 1>fifty years ago this April, the thirtieth of April nineteen

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<v Speaker 1>seventy five, when, in scenes of chaos, America's longest failed

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<v Speaker 1>war up to that point came to an end with

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<v Speaker 1>helicopters being pushed off of aircraft carriers at sea. The

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<v Speaker 1>resiliency of the American military and its recovery took a

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<v Speaker 1>generation and an awful lot of exquisite leadership, and that

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<v Speaker 1>will be required again because what Trump and Pete hag

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<v Speaker 1>Seth and Mike Walls and Tulsey Gabbert and Marco Rubio

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<v Speaker 1>and all the rest of the clowns, Steve Wickkoff, Howard Lutneck,

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<v Speaker 1>all of them have done is not just breach faith,

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<v Speaker 1>not just give away the positions of aircraft carriers during

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<v Speaker 1>a military operation, not just give away the position of

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<v Speaker 1>the pilots and give advance warning of a strike. Not

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<v Speaker 1>only did they do that, they did it with one

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<v Speaker 1>of them sitting in Moscow where the Russians read it

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<v Speaker 1>in real time. The crime here is that they did

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<v Speaker 1>those things for which everybody the rank of general would

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<v Speaker 1>go to jail for, and they are celebrated by the

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<v Speaker 1>President of the United States and praised on the pages

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<v Speaker 1>of the Washington Post by a dishonest tack like Mark Thiessen,

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<v Speaker 1>who says, no, it's not incompetence, it's leadership, its genius.

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<v Speaker 1>War is peace, up is down, Red is blue, kid Hegseth,

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<v Speaker 1>He's like Guysenhower. The quote on Eisenhower's grave talks about

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<v Speaker 1>the necessity for humility when praise comes from the blood

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<v Speaker 1>spilled by others and the sacrifices of others still appalling

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't begin to describe the lack of accountability. So will

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<v Speaker 1>there be consequences their will and they will be graver

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<v Speaker 1>than any American can conceivably imagine. It has made the

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<v Speaker 1>world and our children much more dangerous and endangered. The

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<v Speaker 1>question is about the impact of these tariffs on America's

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<v Speaker 1>farmers and the consumers of America's farms. Prices are going

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<v Speaker 1>to go up, and many farmers will go bankrupts. That

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<v Speaker 1>is the consequence of these tariffs. The farms that have

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<v Speaker 1>withstood all manner of challenges weather storm, disaster, financial recession,

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<v Speaker 1>all of it. They will go under, prices will go up.

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<v Speaker 1>The whole insanity of Maha will be exposed because in

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<v Speaker 1>the end, obesity in these conditions are all rooted in poverty,

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<v Speaker 1>and the more poor people there are, the more obesity

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<v Speaker 1>there will be. The lack of healthy food all a

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<v Speaker 1>function of a collapsing farm economy, all of it a

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<v Speaker 1>function of collapsing purchase power as wages go down, as

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<v Speaker 1>jobs disappear, and prices go up as a direct result

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<v Speaker 1>of the Trump actions, the Trump economic suicide. The chart

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<v Speaker 1>to look carefully at is the stock market, but more

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<v Speaker 1>closely still at the dollars value. That dollar collapse means

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<v Speaker 1>America's position in the world is diminishing. The bets being

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<v Speaker 1>made against America now are everywhere. And let me just

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<v Speaker 1>show you what the Canadian Prime Minister said. To leave

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<v Speaker 1>it there.

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<v Speaker 2>The President's actions will reverberate here in Canada and across

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<v Speaker 2>the world. Three sets, three different sets of US tariffs

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<v Speaker 2>remain in place and will continue to pose significant threats

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<v Speaker 2>to Canadian workers and Canadian businesses.

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<v Speaker 1>An era has d and the United States of America

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<v Speaker 1>was the chief beneficiary of the era that saw it

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<v Speaker 1>rain as the most powerful nation in the world, the

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<v Speaker 1>world's dominant military, economic, social, cultural exploration, scientific power, and

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<v Speaker 1>greatest force for good in world history. Donald Trump ran

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<v Speaker 1>saying that all of that was a lie, all of

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<v Speaker 1>that was a burden. America was getting screwed. America was

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<v Speaker 1>the sucker. America's leaders were stupid, all of them except

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<v Speaker 1>for Trump. All of the experts are wrong, All of

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<v Speaker 1>the economists or liars, all of the scientists are in

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<v Speaker 1>on a scheme to screw everybody, everywhere, all at once.

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<v Speaker 1>There's no evidence, of course, just Donald Trump's assertions and

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<v Speaker 1>the repetition and the interpretation of the repetition on absurd

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<v Speaker 1>shows like whichever one might have got Jennings on at

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<v Speaker 1>any particular moment. All of it has led to a

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<v Speaker 1>moment where Donald Trump, the man who has hailed himself

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<v Speaker 1>as a world's historical genius, defied history, defied logic, defied

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<v Speaker 1>common sense, defied economics, defied the national interest, defied values,

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<v Speaker 1>defied alliances and friendships, and picked up a poster board

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<v Speaker 1>and hugged it close and rambled on and devastated. After

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<v Speaker 1>eighty years, America's standing in pre eminence in the world

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<v Speaker 1>at the edge of the celebrations of the eightieth anniversary

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<v Speaker 1>of the victory of the Allied Powers against Nazism. So

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<v Speaker 1>when Donald Trump stands there next to the leaders of

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<v Speaker 1>Denmark and Canada, two nations he threatens Great Britain and France,

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<v Speaker 1>it's a desecration, It's an obscenity. All of this is

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<v Speaker 1>America's farms deserve better, America's consumers deserve better, America's poor

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<v Speaker 1>people deserve better. Everybody deserve better. But not everybody voted

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<v Speaker 1>for better. But let's be honest about that. Maybe better

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't on the ballot. Maybe there was just a different

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<v Speaker 1>alternative to Trump. Maybe the politics of joy didn't cut it.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe Brat Summer didn't get it done. Maybe chanting we

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<v Speaker 1>will win while voting to confirm Marco Rubio wasn't the

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<v Speaker 1>right thing to do. Chuck Schumer, just maybe defiance has

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<v Speaker 1>called for Maybe that's the answer to Trump's belligerence. Maybe

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<v Speaker 1>that's the remedy to the suffering, to make it stop

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<v Speaker 1>by saying no and making the no stick Across the country,

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<v Speaker 1>Democratic Party has serially disinvested in the American South. In

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<v Speaker 1>the Inner Mountain West, vast tracts of America have been

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<v Speaker 1>abandoned and forsaken and let to rot in the hands

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<v Speaker 1>of political extremists who have gutted public education, who have

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<v Speaker 1>gutted public health care. As the roads decay, as the

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<v Speaker 1>infrastructure decays, as everybody falls behind, as the obesity rates skyrocket,

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<v Speaker 1>in the illness rates skyrocket, these places in America should

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<v Speaker 1>be the places where the Democrats spend their first off

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<v Speaker 1>to awaken the American people and to say that there's

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<v Speaker 1>a party that stands for ordinary people and against the

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<v Speaker 1>proposition that might makes right. The Great Democratic Party of

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<v Speaker 1>the United States of America needs to resurrect itself in

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<v Speaker 1>the places it has abandoned. Less those places become hollow

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<v Speaker 1>receptacles for some of the greatest lies that have been

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<v Speaker 1>told in the history of the country, that have gained

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<v Speaker 1>force and mo momentum and power in the second and

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<v Speaker 1>third decades of the twenty first century, and now emperil

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<v Speaker 1>the entire American project, the entire cause of America's purpose,

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<v Speaker 1>liberty and freedom. In the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary

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<v Speaker 1>year of our independence, because a selfish people in a

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<v Speaker 1>decaying land, decadent beyond measurement, picked the reality television show

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<v Speaker 1>with his head so far up as ass there's not

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<v Speaker 1>a word for it. To hold the most powerful office

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<v Speaker 1>in the world, command thousands of nuclear weapons, and be

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<v Speaker 1>the custodian of some of the most important texts and

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<v Speaker 1>tracks in the history of the world that define and

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<v Speaker 1>defend the rule of law and human dignity and freedom.

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<v Speaker 1>So in two years time, the American people can wipe

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<v Speaker 1>away this Congress, get rid of the capitulators, get rid

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<v Speaker 1>of the appeasers, get rid of the ambitious drivers, and

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<v Speaker 1>get decent normal people who can sit in a room,

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<v Speaker 1>tolerate dissent and figure it, figure out complexities and how

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<v Speaker 1>to make the country the best version of itself that

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<v Speaker 1>it can be, just like Americans have done for ten

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<v Speaker 1>generations until this generation of clowns came along. And I'm

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<v Speaker 1>Steve Schmidt. This is the warning. I invite you to

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