WEBVTT - Pardoning Hunter Ruined Joe Biden's Legacy

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<v Speaker 1>At exactly twelve noon on January twentieth, Donald Trump will

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<v Speaker 1>raise his right hand and swear for the second time

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<v Speaker 1>to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United

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<v Speaker 1>States that he assaulted and attacked on January sixth. This

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<v Speaker 1>is the warning. The American people have made a judgment,

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<v Speaker 1>and they have given Donald Trump power again. The reason

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<v Speaker 1>that Donald Trump was elected overwhelmingly was because of the

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<v Speaker 1>ego of Joe Biden, who promised that he would not

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<v Speaker 1>run for a second term but did, and in doing so,

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<v Speaker 1>made certain that the country would experience Donald Trump's retribution

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<v Speaker 1>and revenge. I could talk about this all day and

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<v Speaker 1>all night, but the fact of the matter is the

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<v Speaker 1>victory of Donald Trump was preordained the moment Joe Biden

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<v Speaker 1>broke his promise. It's as simple as that. It's important

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<v Speaker 1>for everybody to understand who has followed politics deeply, transactionally

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<v Speaker 1>off and on that the Democratic Party has held itself

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<v Speaker 1>out as the better party, not the party with better ideas,

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<v Speaker 1>though that has been argued, but the more moral party,

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<v Speaker 1>the party that remained committed and faithful to the concepts

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<v Speaker 1>that Donald Trump was assaulting with his threats, with his promises,

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<v Speaker 1>of retribution with his actions that did not accept the

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<v Speaker 1>result of a presidential election, which frankly is the cornerstone

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<v Speaker 1>around which our society is built. There was no fraud.

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<v Speaker 1>Joe Biden ran and he won far and square. He

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<v Speaker 1>was talked about as the better man. But more than

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<v Speaker 1>anything else, and more than any place else, MSNBC became

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<v Speaker 1>home base to a very important argument about the primacy

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<v Speaker 1>and the necessity for the rule of law to reign

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<v Speaker 1>supreme in a democracy. And there is something special about

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<v Speaker 1>the American justice system. We've talked about it for nine years.

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<v Speaker 1>Just listen to some of the comments about it on MSNBC.

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<v Speaker 2>I've been a defense lawyer and prosecutor.

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<v Speaker 3>It's just so hard to see because it's so antithetical

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<v Speaker 3>to the rule of law.

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<v Speaker 2>This level of sustained public attack is not usually the

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<v Speaker 2>price of entry for doing your job as a district attorney,

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<v Speaker 2>nor should it be in a country where the rule

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<v Speaker 2>of law is supposedly the rule.

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<v Speaker 4>The test for all of us is, are we up

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<v Speaker 4>to obeying the rule of law even when it goes away.

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<v Speaker 2>We may not like the history of the rule of

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<v Speaker 2>law in this country tells us that the rule of

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<v Speaker 2>law does not magically defend itself, and it is mortal.

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<v Speaker 2>It can be killed when it is attacked. It breaks.

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<v Speaker 1>Think about this comment from Jensaki, who walked out of

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<v Speaker 1>the White House job and into an anchor seat at

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<v Speaker 1>a cable news network delivering the party line.

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<v Speaker 5>But Joe Biden's character as a public servant is what

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<v Speaker 5>drove him to make clear that the law applies to everyone.

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<v Speaker 5>His decision not to pardon his son is not an

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<v Speaker 5>expression of restraint or removal in any way from what

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<v Speaker 5>his son has gone through and is continuing to go through,

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<v Speaker 5>but of principle because the justice system that convicted his

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<v Speaker 5>only surviving son is the same justice system he's vowed

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<v Speaker 5>to protect. And if that doesn't tell you who Joe

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<v Speaker 5>Biden is, I don't really know what does.

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<v Speaker 1>There was this famous moment, of course, with Joe Scarborough

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<v Speaker 1>telling the American people what he thought of them. When

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<v Speaker 1>the American people observed Joe Biden's incapacity.

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<v Speaker 4>Start your tape right now, because I'm about to tell

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<v Speaker 4>you the truth.

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<v Speaker 1>F you if you.

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<v Speaker 4>Can't handle the truth. This version of Biden, intellectually, analytically

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<v Speaker 4>is the best Biden ever, not a close second, and

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<v Speaker 4>I've known him for years. The Brazenskis have known him

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<v Speaker 4>for fifty years. If it weren't the truth, I wouldn't

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<v Speaker 4>say it.

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<v Speaker 1>But over and over again, the rule of law, the

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<v Speaker 1>rule of law, the rule of law.

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<v Speaker 3>I take great pride in what's happened because I feel

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<v Speaker 3>it's such a sweet vindication of the rule of law,

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<v Speaker 3>in all of the complicated parts of it that frustrate

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<v Speaker 3>people because it slows things down.

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<v Speaker 2>The rule of law and health of our democracy depend

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<v Speaker 2>not just on the conduct of this criminal case, but

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<v Speaker 2>on our ability as citizens to take this with the

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<v Speaker 2>sort of hef to that it needs.

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<v Speaker 4>I'll continue to speak out strongly for our democracy, stand

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<v Speaker 4>up for our constitution, the rule of law.

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<v Speaker 1>Our great democracy, our norms, all of these things. Let's

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<v Speaker 1>look at this person, Molly Johnfest, who is a contributor

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<v Speaker 1>commentator paid to comment about politics by MSNBC, by The

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<v Speaker 1>Daily Beast, by Vanity Fair. This is Molly John Fast

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<v Speaker 1>talking about the rule of law.

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<v Speaker 6>So Biden has this opportunity here to say, you know,

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<v Speaker 6>this is how the you know, this is how the

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<v Speaker 6>law works. And if this jury of his peers finds

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<v Speaker 6>him guilty, that is how justice is supposed to work.

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<v Speaker 1>And then she's asked about the Hunter Biden Pardon, I

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<v Speaker 1>just heard it. I have to process that.

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<v Speaker 6>I don't have a take. I'm sorry.

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<v Speaker 1>Why is she a commentator about politics? Why isn't she

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<v Speaker 1>interning at the DNC or on a campaign? What is that?

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<v Speaker 1>This idea that you'll reverse on a i'm your position

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<v Speaker 1>because the leader does it. It kind of reminds me

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<v Speaker 1>of a criticism that we've been making for a long

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<v Speaker 1>time against oh him, the Trump hitler. We live in

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<v Speaker 1>a ludicrous and utterly fraudulent time. Soon the American people

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<v Speaker 1>are going to experience an utterly radical administration asserting power

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<v Speaker 1>without restraint, with the clear aim of achieving profound transformation

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<v Speaker 1>of the country, claiming a mandate they don't actually have.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll see how it all goes one hundred and twenty

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<v Speaker 1>days from now. But there's a simple truth that democrats

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<v Speaker 1>need to understand. In a choice between two corrupt parties,

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<v Speaker 1>even if one of them is more benign than the other,

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<v Speaker 1>what will be evaluated is which of the two corrupt

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<v Speaker 1>parties is stronger than the other, and the MAGA Party

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<v Speaker 1>the Republican Party, will always be viewed as the stronger

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<v Speaker 1>party and the Democrats the weaker one, because they are

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<v Speaker 1>and they're constant trampling by the stronger party indicates that

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<v Speaker 1>now some Democratic strategists have taken too X and other

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<v Speaker 1>places to say it's time to get mean, It's time

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<v Speaker 1>to be like Trump. After nine years of fighting them,

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<v Speaker 1>staring into the abyss. The takeaway is, let's become Trump.

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<v Speaker 1>It's disgraceful and it's disgusting, and it's a loser because

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<v Speaker 1>the only way to beat Trump is to be better

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<v Speaker 1>than Trump. And it really doesn't matter what the Democrats

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<v Speaker 1>are saying right now in the moment defending the indefensible

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<v Speaker 1>about this pardon about Joe Biden's dishonesty, shamelessness, his absolute egotism.

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<v Speaker 1>Because Joe Biden's legacy is going to be too heavy

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<v Speaker 1>for Democrats to carry on January twentieth, Democrats will be

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<v Speaker 1>starting off on a long march uphill now. Biden legacy

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<v Speaker 1>is a rock, a heavy one, and some Democrats want

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<v Speaker 1>to carry that heavy rock in their backpack. They want

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<v Speaker 1>to keep pretending this is an honest man, a man

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<v Speaker 1>of rectitude and probity, squander that a man who puts

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<v Speaker 1>the country first. He flushed that away, the man whose

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<v Speaker 1>legacy has been reduced to but a single word, Trump.

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<v Speaker 1>And so Democrats will set up off that hill with

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<v Speaker 1>that rock in their backpack, but they will all drop it,

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<v Speaker 1>and they'll drop it pretty quick because the hike will

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<v Speaker 1>be too arduous to carry. The hypocrisy is unsustainable. How

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<v Speaker 1>did Trump win? He's very, very lucky with his opposition.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not honest. And Donald Trump thrives in the swamp

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<v Speaker 1>of dishonesty where he is unbeatable. He breathes in the

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<v Speaker 1>hypocrisy and the smugness and the sanctimony. For nine long years,

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<v Speaker 1>the American people have been preached to about the rule

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<v Speaker 1>of law, and then just like that, and now everyone

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<v Speaker 1>is supposed to what clown themselves. The most pathetic thing

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<v Speaker 1>about it is the road it leads back to and

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<v Speaker 1>takes Democrats down, the justification that Trump made us do it.

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<v Speaker 1>What Donald Trump has done is revealed every single person

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<v Speaker 1>in American public life with him against him before their forum, forum,

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<v Speaker 1>before they're against them, and forum again. Every single person

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<v Speaker 1>has been revealed by Trump for who they truly are.

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<v Speaker 1>Everybody got to be who they were meant to be.

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<v Speaker 1>Every coward has been painted yellow. Every hypocrite is dyed

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<v Speaker 1>in fluorescent orange. They can be seen, all of them

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<v Speaker 1>from outer space. And there has been a fiction that

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<v Speaker 1>the opposition was good and decent and virtuous. Truth is

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<v Speaker 1>Molly John Fast is out on tour with the principle

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<v Speaker 1>of a superpack that over the last four years has

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<v Speaker 1>raised fifty five million dollars and pocketed eighty nine cents

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<v Speaker 1>of it and called it democracy. The grifters, the frauds,

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<v Speaker 1>the spineless principalists, capitulants who lead the Democratic Party, that

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<v Speaker 1>have authored in given the country what is about to

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<v Speaker 1>come deserve and have earned the disdain of us all

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<v Speaker 1>the key to defeating Donald Trump and trump Ism, and

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<v Speaker 1>Maga has always been offering something better, not a diet

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<v Speaker 1>version of his indecency, cooked a little lighter, a little healthier,

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<v Speaker 1>and a little less indecently. It is the foundation of

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<v Speaker 1>the catastrophe at hand. The defeat the Democratic Party by

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump in twenty twenty four was not preordained. It

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<v Speaker 1>was written by Joe Biden and a small group of

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<v Speaker 1>people and their titanic arrogancies. I thought things were going

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<v Speaker 1>to be bad. It's going to be a lot worse.

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<v Speaker 1>Than I thought. What a depressing day for Trump's opposition.

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<v Speaker 1>This country deserves a decent one, not a calow one,

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<v Speaker 1>and the Democratic Party that will come back and defeat

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<v Speaker 1>this man this cause his vice president, when he's the

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<v Speaker 1>nominee four years from now, will leave all of this behind.

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<v Speaker 1>Shame on it, every single person who has justified this

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<v Speaker 1>after condemning Lindsey Graham and everyone like him for almost

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<v Speaker 1>a decade, because when the moment came, you're Lindsay Graham.

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<v Speaker 1>No words, truly, no words. This is the warning. I'm

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

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