WEBVTT - Steve Schmidt: Five Years Later, America Is in Crisis

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<v Speaker 1>This is the fifth anniversary of one of the most

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<v Speaker 1>infamous events in American history, the worst attack against the

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<v Speaker 1>Constitution since the firing by the Confederacy on Fort Sumter.

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<v Speaker 1>It was a coup incited by a defeated president and

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<v Speaker 1>enabled by a gang of sycophants who would rather tell

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump yes or maintain their comfort by refusing to

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<v Speaker 1>tell him no over the maintenance of their constitutional oaths

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<v Speaker 1>and their duty to the Republic. What happened on January

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<v Speaker 1>sixth was an attack on the cornerstone of American society.

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<v Speaker 1>Perhaps the greatest invention in all of American history, one

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<v Speaker 1>that exceeds the invention of the airplane, the light bulb,

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<v Speaker 1>the telephone. All of it was the peaceful transition of power,

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<v Speaker 1>and it held from seventeen ninety seven until January sixth,

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty one.

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<v Speaker 2>When this happened.

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<v Speaker 3>This is the warning.

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<v Speaker 1>It was the cost, It was the fruit of all

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<v Speaker 1>of the lies. I predicted it in September of twenty twenty.

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<v Speaker 1>I said that it would happen, that it was the

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<v Speaker 1>inevitable consequence of a president saying that an election had

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<v Speaker 1>been stolen, in inferring that it was his opponent who

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<v Speaker 1>was illegitimate. It broke the back of the country. It

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<v Speaker 1>destroyed functionally the American Republic. Donald Trump got away with

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<v Speaker 1>the coup, and the country has never ever been the same.

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<v Speaker 1>The reality of this day is a five years on,

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<v Speaker 1>we stand in a moment of national crisis that's unprecedented

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<v Speaker 1>across our entire history.

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<v Speaker 2>We have a.

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<v Speaker 1>Lawless president, rupt Supreme Court, and a Congress filled with

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<v Speaker 1>unus The idea that there are checks and balances is

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<v Speaker 1>a force there are none. Let's listen to Senator Corey

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<v Speaker 1>Booker finally tell the American people the truth about the Congress,

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<v Speaker 1>about the Senate.

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<v Speaker 4>This to me is the problem with Democrats in America

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<v Speaker 4>right now is we're willing to be complicit to Donald

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<v Speaker 4>Trump to let this pass through when we have all

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<v Speaker 4>the leverage right now there is to say, if you're

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<v Speaker 4>as passionate about police as we are, then pass bills

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<v Speaker 4>out of this body that will help the police officers

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<v Speaker 4>in Washington. They will help the police officers in Illinois,

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<v Speaker 4>they will help the police officers in New Jersey, they

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<v Speaker 4>will help the police officers. Know it, don't be complicit

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<v Speaker 4>to the President of the United States, who we both

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<v Speaker 4>know doesn't understand that language. Oh please, oh please, don't

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<v Speaker 4>hurt Blue States. We are standing at a moment where

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<v Speaker 4>our president is eviscerating the constitution of the United States

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<v Speaker 4>of America, and we're willing.

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<v Speaker 2>To go along with that.

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<v Speaker 4>Today.

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<v Speaker 1>No country with checks and balances they take seriously its

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<v Speaker 1>defense would ever allow for an adult, deranged, drunken, imbecile

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<v Speaker 1>like Pete Hegsa to be its minister of defense.

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<v Speaker 2>None.

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<v Speaker 1>All of the things that are playing out in America

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<v Speaker 1>are a function of a disease, and that disease is fascism.

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<v Speaker 1>Fascism does not rise because it is strong, because it

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<v Speaker 1>is noble, because it is virtuous, because it is worthy.

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<v Speaker 1>It rises because democracy is weak and corrupt, and it

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<v Speaker 1>produces the fascists.

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<v Speaker 2>Millions of American.

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<v Speaker 1>Voters chose Donald Trump because they believed on the border,

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<v Speaker 1>on the economy, and on the question of Joe Biden's fitness,

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<v Speaker 1>he the more honest candidate. The failure to stop this

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<v Speaker 1>rest with who exactly should we continue to insist that

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<v Speaker 1>no one's to blame except for the people who voted

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<v Speaker 1>for Trump. Let me say it again, the greatest political

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<v Speaker 1>failure in American history is the Democrats in twenty twenty

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<v Speaker 1>four who lost an election to an insurrectionist who incited

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<v Speaker 1>a coup and incited violence against the Constitution. It is

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<v Speaker 1>unbelievable and it is imponderable. After the coup, there was

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<v Speaker 1>an opportunity for there to be accountability, but there was

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<v Speaker 1>none thanks to Merrick Garland, the worst Attorney general in

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<v Speaker 1>American history, the Neville Chamberlain of the Justice Department. He

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<v Speaker 1>is the indispensable partner of Pam Bondi for the destruction

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<v Speaker 1>of the rule of law in the United States. And

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<v Speaker 1>what follows the destruction of the rule of law in

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<v Speaker 1>the United States is the abuse of the human being,

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<v Speaker 1>the abuse of international law. What follows is invasion, war,

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<v Speaker 1>international gangsterism.

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<v Speaker 2>We have entered into dangerous.

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<v Speaker 1>Days from a period of prosperity unknown in all the

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<v Speaker 1>history of the world. That piece that upward advancement of

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<v Speaker 1>human dignity has ceased. Scientific advancement has been set back,

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<v Speaker 1>Medical technology has been set back, breakthroughs have been set back.

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<v Speaker 1>Everything has been set back. We are drifting as a

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<v Speaker 1>nation towards disaster, towards catastrophe, step by step, day by day.

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<v Speaker 1>Five years ago this happened and Mitch McConnell said.

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<v Speaker 5>This January sixth was a disgrace. American citizens attacked their

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<v Speaker 5>own government. They used terrorism to try to stop a

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<v Speaker 5>specific peace of domestic business. They did not like fellow

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<v Speaker 5>Americans beat and bloodied our own police. They stormed the

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<v Speaker 5>center floor, they tried to hunt down the Speaker of

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<v Speaker 5>the House. They built a gallows enchanted about murdering.

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<v Speaker 2>And Kevin McCarthy said this.

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<v Speaker 6>The president bears responsibility for Wednesday's attack on Congress by

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<v Speaker 6>mob riders.

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<v Speaker 2>And Lindsey Graham said this.

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<v Speaker 7>Georgia, they said, the Secretary of they took the law

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<v Speaker 7>in his own hands.

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<v Speaker 8>He changed the election laws unlawfully.

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<v Speaker 7>A federal judge said, no, I accept the federal judge

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<v Speaker 7>even though I don't agree with it. Fraud they said,

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<v Speaker 7>there's sixty six thousand people in Georgia under eighteen voted.

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<v Speaker 7>How many people believe that. I asked, give me ten

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<v Speaker 7>had had one? They said, eight thousand felons in prison

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<v Speaker 7>and Arizona voted give.

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<v Speaker 8>Me ten hadn't gotten one.

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<v Speaker 7>Does that say there's problems in every election?

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<v Speaker 8>I don't buy this. Enough's enough. We got to end it.

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<v Speaker 2>And now they say this.

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<v Speaker 8>You take down the source of the problem.

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<v Speaker 7>President Trump didn't wake up one day and say, hey,

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<v Speaker 7>let's take Venezuela. He did what other people talked about,

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<v Speaker 7>but didn't have the balls or the guts to do it.

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<v Speaker 8>This is a good thing. This is not intervegetism. This

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<v Speaker 8>is making America safer.

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<v Speaker 7>We're going to be more prosperous because of the business deals.

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<v Speaker 7>They're going to be Americans alive today because he's shut

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<v Speaker 7>down a narco terra st state called Venezuela.

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<v Speaker 8>This is a good thing, not a bad thing.

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<v Speaker 9>So used end by your description of Trump as practically

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<v Speaker 9>and morally responsible for provoking the events of January sixth,

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<v Speaker 9>and potentially criminally responsible and libel.

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<v Speaker 5>I don't know how many times you're going to ask

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<v Speaker 5>me the same question. I stand by everything I said

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<v Speaker 5>on January sixth and February thirteenth of twenty one.

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<v Speaker 9>Well, I'm asking you the question because since the past

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<v Speaker 9>few months have passed, in our last conversation, you've endorsed

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<v Speaker 9>him for reelection.

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<v Speaker 5>You need to get better research. I was asked that

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<v Speaker 5>question three years ago if he were the nominee, would

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<v Speaker 5>I support it?

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<v Speaker 9>And you said you would support who what.

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<v Speaker 5>The nominee was because the voters of my party across

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<v Speaker 5>the country have made a decision. As the Republican leader

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<v Speaker 5>of the Senate, obviously I'm going to support the nominee

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<v Speaker 5>of our party.

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<v Speaker 6>Trump is more than a president, right He's also the

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<v Speaker 6>cabinet members, He's the speaker. I mean, well, Trump coming

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<v Speaker 6>down and telling all the different factions the salt you're done,

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<v Speaker 6>you got enough freedom caucus, knock it off.

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<v Speaker 2>They're also I'm not voting for it. They vote for

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<v Speaker 2>it because.

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<v Speaker 6>Trump is literally stronger than he's ever been in the

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<v Speaker 6>Republican Party than he is right now.

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<v Speaker 1>What they have done is burn the American flag. What

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<v Speaker 1>they have done is pissed on the Constitution and turned

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<v Speaker 1>it into a meaningless nothingness. The American people must now

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<v Speaker 1>decide for We are the last line people who submit

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<v Speaker 1>to tyranny and give away their freedom to authority the

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<v Speaker 1>likes of which Donald Trump proclaims historically have had a

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<v Speaker 1>most difficult time reclaiming it. We may be the worst

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<v Speaker 1>Americans that have been because we are the generations that

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<v Speaker 1>allowed a affoon, a loon, and a corrupt con man

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<v Speaker 1>to take our liberty and flush it down the toilet.

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<v Speaker 2>One year of Trump.

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<v Speaker 1>We have concentration camps in America, we have secret police,

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<v Speaker 1>we have mass surveillance, we have a government focused on

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<v Speaker 1>retribution against its critics, and we have war. And soon

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<v Speaker 1>the caskets will start coming home covered in American flags.

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<v Speaker 1>A young man and women will be buried, and they

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<v Speaker 1>will have died for nothing, unless you count the balance

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<v Speaker 1>sheet of Exxon Mobile and Chevron as something we're dying for.

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<v Speaker 1>This is the warning. We are running out of time.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm Steve Schmidt.

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<v Speaker 2>This is the warning.

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<v Speaker 3>I invite you to join this community, where I promise

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<v Speaker 3>to be honest, blunt and direct about what is happening

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<v Speaker 3>in this country. America is in crisis. Follow and subscribe

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