1 00:00:03,279 --> 00:00:09,080 Speaker 1: What is the gravest threat facing America. America faces an 2 00:00:09,160 --> 00:00:14,000 Speaker 1: internal crisis and a threat from within that seeks to 3 00:00:14,080 --> 00:00:19,239 Speaker 1: destroy the American way of life by dismantling the foundation 4 00:00:19,400 --> 00:00:24,200 Speaker 1: of American democracy, the right of the American people to 5 00:00:24,320 --> 00:00:29,320 Speaker 1: pick our leaders, to chart our own destiny, the right 6 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:35,400 Speaker 1: to vote. It is at the foundation of the American idea. 7 00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:42,000 Speaker 1: The American ideal, the idea that each of us is 8 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:47,760 Speaker 1: sovereign and able to chart our destiny as free human beings. 9 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:55,080 Speaker 1: In this land, the majority rules, but the minority is 10 00:00:55,160 --> 00:01:01,040 Speaker 1: protected by a system that limits the power of government, 11 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:06,800 Speaker 1: including the government's most powerful offices, like the office of 12 00:01:06,880 --> 00:01:11,920 Speaker 1: the President of the United States. Under the American system, 13 00:01:13,080 --> 00:01:17,880 Speaker 1: the people choose and give power for a short time 14 00:01:18,800 --> 00:01:23,520 Speaker 1: to their fellow citizens who serve, swear an oath of 15 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:29,800 Speaker 1: allegiance to the American Constitution, and then return to the 16 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:37,520 Speaker 1: responsibilities of citizenship after their service is over. Everybody who 17 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:42,679 Speaker 1: works for the government works for the American taxpayer, for 18 00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:49,440 Speaker 1: the American citizen. We the people do not work and 19 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:55,240 Speaker 1: are not subservient to the president. The American presidency is 20 00:01:55,240 --> 00:02:00,640 Speaker 1: an office, a highly distinguished one that his been filled 21 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:04,920 Speaker 1: by some of the greatest leaders in the American story, 22 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:15,920 Speaker 1: men of outstanding character, judgment, restraint, men of tremendous quality. 23 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:22,359 Speaker 1: Donald Trump was not one of them. His presidency was 24 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:25,639 Speaker 1: a failure, and in fact, he is the worst president 25 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:31,840 Speaker 1: in American history. The greatest threat our country faces is 26 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:34,960 Speaker 1: that our two hundred and forty eight year old Republic 27 00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:40,960 Speaker 1: will fall to a tyrant, to a caesar who will 28 00:02:41,040 --> 00:02:47,440 Speaker 1: take the democracy in an election and thrash it. That 29 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:53,280 Speaker 1: is the danger, and it has always been the danger, 30 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:58,000 Speaker 1: not just to this Republic, but to every republic. And 31 00:02:58,080 --> 00:03:01,600 Speaker 1: in the end, most ever republic that has ever been 32 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:08,359 Speaker 1: has succumbed to this danger. Donald Trump is the tyrant, 33 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:13,760 Speaker 1: and there should be no mistake about that. The Republican 34 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:19,560 Speaker 1: Party is his vessel. He controls it at an institutional level, 35 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:26,680 Speaker 1: lock stock and barrel. What that means is the Republican Party, 36 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:32,799 Speaker 1: which as an institution, was formed to fight slavery and 37 00:03:32,919 --> 00:03:38,000 Speaker 1: has stood since its beginning for the American Republic, has 38 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:44,320 Speaker 1: become hostile to what it was created to serve. John 39 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:49,240 Speaker 1: Kennedy once pointed out, what purpose is there for a 40 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:53,800 Speaker 1: great political party if they do not have a great 41 00:03:53,920 --> 00:03:59,120 Speaker 1: national purpose. The answer, of course, the purpose of the 42 00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:05,520 Speaker 1: Republican Party Party is the overthrow of Republican democracy in 43 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:10,360 Speaker 1: the United States for the purposes of installing Donald Trump 44 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:16,960 Speaker 1: to sate his ego for power for victory, despite the 45 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:21,880 Speaker 1: fact that he was rejected by the American people and 46 00:04:21,920 --> 00:04:27,280 Speaker 1: that his faction is a minority. What Donald Trump hopes for, 47 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:30,599 Speaker 1: what he prays for, is that he will be able 48 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:36,320 Speaker 1: to fuse a coalition of indifference and apathy with his 49 00:04:36,480 --> 00:04:44,680 Speaker 1: minority faction, that through bluster, intimidation, and polarization, he can 50 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:50,440 Speaker 1: turn enough people off while turning his people out to 51 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:55,280 Speaker 1: take control of the American government and to remake it, 52 00:04:55,480 --> 00:05:02,040 Speaker 1: this time completely in his image, in his vision, and 53 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:05,839 Speaker 1: his vision has been one that he has been crystal 54 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:11,880 Speaker 1: clear about. He seeks retribution and he seeks revenge against 55 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:17,920 Speaker 1: his political enemies. He should be taken very, very seriously. 56 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:23,400 Speaker 1: Since the Republican Party, the third oldest political party in 57 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:27,760 Speaker 1: the world, has collapsed utterly at a moral level and 58 00:05:27,839 --> 00:05:32,960 Speaker 1: has turned hostile towards America. What is the role of 59 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:38,680 Speaker 1: the Democratic Party in American society? It is very simple. 60 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:46,839 Speaker 1: The Democratic Party is the singularly most important institution in 61 00:05:46,920 --> 00:05:51,680 Speaker 1: twenty twenty three America. For the preservation of the American 62 00:05:51,760 --> 00:05:59,840 Speaker 1: Revolution and the defense of American freedom. Again, America will 63 00:05:59,880 --> 00:06:05,360 Speaker 1: not be conquered militarily, which means it can only fall politically, 64 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:10,440 Speaker 1: and that only through an election to a faction that 65 00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:17,440 Speaker 1: is hostile to the US Constitution and another election. The 66 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:21,560 Speaker 1: role of the Democratic Party is to defend American democracy 67 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:27,960 Speaker 1: against that faction, against the political party that seeks to 68 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:32,440 Speaker 1: burn it down all of it, to install Donald Trump 69 00:06:33,080 --> 00:06:41,640 Speaker 1: as leader not president. The Democratic Party singular responsibility is 70 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:46,280 Speaker 1: to win elections around the most important question and issue 71 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:53,720 Speaker 1: of our age. Will we continue to be free? Will 72 00:06:53,760 --> 00:07:02,080 Speaker 1: the Republic endure? There is no office, no ease, no entitlement, 73 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:08,440 Speaker 1: no prerogative, no nothing that is more important than defeating 74 00:07:08,839 --> 00:07:14,840 Speaker 1: the Maga menace and destroying Trump's autocratic cult as a 75 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:20,360 Speaker 1: political force in this country. Let me repeat, there is 76 00:07:20,520 --> 00:07:28,640 Speaker 1: nothing more important. Again, the looming election is existential. There 77 00:07:28,760 --> 00:07:33,840 Speaker 1: is no issue, no person who is more important than 78 00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:39,000 Speaker 1: defending American liberty, including the leader of the Democratic Party, 79 00:07:39,400 --> 00:07:43,680 Speaker 1: the forty sixth President of the United States, Joseph Robinette 80 00:07:43,720 --> 00:07:49,960 Speaker 1: Biden of Delaware. Politics is a communication and vision business. Specifically, 81 00:07:50,440 --> 00:07:53,840 Speaker 1: the Democratic nominee for president needs to be able to 82 00:07:53,920 --> 00:08:00,600 Speaker 1: effectively confront a world class demagogue, a vast propaganda apple ratus, 83 00:08:01,080 --> 00:08:05,360 Speaker 1: an enormous treasure chest of resources, and the most complex 84 00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:10,440 Speaker 1: and fragmented media environment in American history. Further, they need 85 00:08:10,480 --> 00:08:14,280 Speaker 1: to defend complex concepts and vital institutions in a time 86 00:08:14,440 --> 00:08:20,320 Speaker 1: of anger, disillusionment, division, distrust, and hostility. The political challenge 87 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:23,360 Speaker 1: ahead is also one of the most difficult and pressing 88 00:08:23,400 --> 00:08:30,160 Speaker 1: communication challenges in American history. Cynicism can only be overcome 89 00:08:30,200 --> 00:08:34,440 Speaker 1: by idealism, as hate can only be overcome by love. 90 00:08:35,160 --> 00:08:38,160 Speaker 1: A political leader must be able to lift the nation 91 00:08:38,760 --> 00:08:43,520 Speaker 1: by inspiring her people to a common cause and destiny. 92 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:47,920 Speaker 1: It is time to begin thinking about this issue with 93 00:08:48,040 --> 00:08:54,640 Speaker 1: the utmost seriousness and urgency it deserves. President Biden's campaign 94 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:58,520 Speaker 1: is premised on the off repeated declaration that he alone 95 00:08:58,960 --> 00:09:02,200 Speaker 1: can be Trump. As Trump has claimed that he alone 96 00:09:02,720 --> 00:09:06,760 Speaker 1: can fix America. It isn't true, and it shouldn't be 97 00:09:06,800 --> 00:09:12,640 Speaker 1: accepted as fact. The stakes are too high. President Biden 98 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:16,320 Speaker 1: is smeared twenty four hours a day, seven days a 99 00:09:16,320 --> 00:09:21,000 Speaker 1: week by his MAGA foes as senile, unfit, incompetent, and 100 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:26,199 Speaker 1: utterly absolutely corrupt. It has taken in an enormous toll, 101 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:30,120 Speaker 1: and as a general proposition has been allowed to pass 102 00:09:30,200 --> 00:09:34,520 Speaker 1: without rebuttal or pushback. Any person who believes this hasn't 103 00:09:34,520 --> 00:09:38,320 Speaker 1: taken root in the culture and particularly with younger voters, 104 00:09:38,600 --> 00:09:41,880 Speaker 1: is kidding themselves. There seems to me to be a 105 00:09:41,920 --> 00:09:45,800 Speaker 1: real lack of democratic imagination about the viciousness of the 106 00:09:45,880 --> 00:09:49,280 Speaker 1: campaign to come. And there is a fair question at hand. 107 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:53,840 Speaker 1: Is Joe Biden ready? Over and over and over again, 108 00:09:54,280 --> 00:09:57,640 Speaker 1: White House officials have made it crystal clear to the 109 00:09:57,720 --> 00:10:01,480 Speaker 1: access media reporters of the White House Corps that they 110 00:10:01,720 --> 00:10:06,000 Speaker 1: want Trump to become the nominee because he will be 111 00:10:06,320 --> 00:10:12,000 Speaker 1: easily beaten by Biden. Sorry, I'm not down with the 112 00:10:12,040 --> 00:10:17,200 Speaker 1: bet at all. I was the first person on national 113 00:10:17,280 --> 00:10:20,560 Speaker 1: television to say Trump could capture the GOP nomination in 114 00:10:20,600 --> 00:10:25,120 Speaker 1: twenty fifteen, and I predicted in September of twenty twenty 115 00:10:25,679 --> 00:10:28,520 Speaker 1: that there would be political violence after Trump denied the 116 00:10:28,559 --> 00:10:32,520 Speaker 1: twenty twenty election result, and that a Maggie candidate including 117 00:10:32,559 --> 00:10:35,760 Speaker 1: Trump could not only win a two person race, but 118 00:10:35,800 --> 00:10:39,199 Speaker 1: would be an absolutely favorite and a three way race. 119 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:43,480 Speaker 1: In fact, it may be impossible for Biden to win 120 00:10:43,520 --> 00:10:47,000 Speaker 1: a three way race, depending upon whom no label runs, 121 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:51,200 Speaker 1: and make no mistake, they are running someone. The twenty 122 00:10:51,240 --> 00:10:55,319 Speaker 1: twenty four campaign will not be the twenty twenty COVID campaign. 123 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:58,200 Speaker 1: President Biden will not be able to run a post 124 00:10:58,280 --> 00:11:02,679 Speaker 1: COVID version of the basement Campain should pass be prologued. 125 00:11:03,120 --> 00:11:06,760 Speaker 1: Most incumbent presidents are crushed in their first fall debate, 126 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:10,240 Speaker 1: and Biden won't have been in one in nearly four years. 127 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:14,280 Speaker 1: He does few interviews and therefore has fallen into a 128 00:11:14,360 --> 00:11:20,040 Speaker 1: deadly trap. The scarcity of interviews raises the stakes of 129 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:24,560 Speaker 1: each one. The constant commentary around the lack of interviews, 130 00:11:24,920 --> 00:11:28,240 Speaker 1: combined with the smearing, makes it appear that the president 131 00:11:28,360 --> 00:11:32,000 Speaker 1: is hiding from contact because he isn't up for the campaign, 132 00:11:32,440 --> 00:11:36,360 Speaker 1: let alone the rigors of the presidency. This is alarming. 133 00:11:38,080 --> 00:11:41,920 Speaker 1: Over the last year, American women have lost their healthcare rights, 134 00:11:42,320 --> 00:11:46,200 Speaker 1: Black Hispantic and Asian Americans have lost affirmative action, and 135 00:11:46,280 --> 00:11:50,280 Speaker 1: gay Americans have been denied basic services through the radical 136 00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:56,640 Speaker 1: Supreme Court's decision to license discrimination against their community. Over 137 00:11:56,800 --> 00:12:01,160 Speaker 1: and over again, a radical minority has been better at 138 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:06,840 Speaker 1: playing the political game, building coalitions, raising money, and exercising 139 00:12:07,320 --> 00:12:13,080 Speaker 1: political power. The result has been the recent erosions of 140 00:12:13,160 --> 00:12:17,840 Speaker 1: progress under a banner of revanchism that seeks to undo 141 00:12:17,920 --> 00:12:22,720 Speaker 1: the civil rights, women's rights, and gay rights movements. Further, 142 00:12:22,960 --> 00:12:27,079 Speaker 1: the MAGA Party has become a raging engine of corruption 143 00:12:27,440 --> 00:12:31,679 Speaker 1: and foreign influence, where the American people are constantly sold 144 00:12:31,720 --> 00:12:35,199 Speaker 1: out to the highest bidder. I have to be honest. 145 00:12:36,080 --> 00:12:38,840 Speaker 1: I worry when I see the President routinely confuse the 146 00:12:38,880 --> 00:12:42,440 Speaker 1: war in Ukraine with the war in Iraq. I worried 147 00:12:42,480 --> 00:12:44,720 Speaker 1: when I saw the President stand up and walk off 148 00:12:44,720 --> 00:12:48,479 Speaker 1: a TV set while the interview is ending and segueing 149 00:12:48,520 --> 00:12:54,560 Speaker 1: into commercial break. Are you worried concerned? There is no 150 00:12:54,760 --> 00:12:58,240 Speaker 1: question in my mind whatsoever around who I will vote 151 00:12:58,240 --> 00:13:01,760 Speaker 1: for in a choice between and in Trump. It's an 152 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:06,439 Speaker 1: easy one. It's Biden. It's also not in front of us. 153 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:09,560 Speaker 1: One year from now, the party conventions will be at 154 00:13:09,600 --> 00:13:15,240 Speaker 1: hand and the election just over the horizon. I'm going 155 00:13:15,320 --> 00:13:18,679 Speaker 1: to say what I think the election is about. It's 156 00:13:18,720 --> 00:13:22,360 Speaker 1: about my kids. My children will live in America for 157 00:13:22,400 --> 00:13:26,640 Speaker 1: the next eighty years. They will breathe there, God willing, 158 00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:32,840 Speaker 1: in twenty second century America. That is what this is about. 159 00:13:34,160 --> 00:13:39,600 Speaker 1: Our future, and our children's futures and their children's futures 160 00:13:40,040 --> 00:13:46,000 Speaker 1: and the generations of Americans not yet born. All presidents 161 00:13:46,040 --> 00:13:52,000 Speaker 1: and all presidential candidates at bad days, that's okay. What's 162 00:13:52,040 --> 00:13:55,240 Speaker 1: important here is the warm up lapse of campaign twenty 163 00:13:55,320 --> 00:13:59,640 Speaker 1: twenty four will be over by Labor Day. President Biden 164 00:13:59,679 --> 00:14:02,720 Speaker 1: needs to be ready for game Day. Thank you for watching. 165 00:14:03,160 --> 00:14:05,920 Speaker 1: Make sure you subscribe to our channel so you never 166 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:09,040 Speaker 1: miss a video. Also, for more content just like this, 167 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:13,800 Speaker 1: please consider joining our Warning premium community. You can find 168 00:14:13,840 --> 00:14:15,840 Speaker 1: out more in the description below.