WEBVTT - What The Hell Is Happening at the RNC?!?

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<v Speaker 1>It is Tuesday, July the sixteenth. There are one hundred

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<v Speaker 1>and eleven days until the last polls close on the

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<v Speaker 1>presidential election day, and thirty four until the opening gavel

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<v Speaker 1>of the Democratic National Convention. And this is the warning.

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<v Speaker 1>Yesterday was a historic day in the United States. Donald

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<v Speaker 1>Trump has done something that only two other Americans have

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<v Speaker 1>ever done. Their names were Henry Clay and William Jennings Bryan.

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<v Speaker 1>Both of those men were the nominees of their parties

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<v Speaker 1>three times. Now Trump is back, fresh off surviving an

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<v Speaker 1>assassination attempt, and he walked out during prime time into

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<v Speaker 1>the Republican National Convention, and he took his seat next

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<v Speaker 1>to his running mate, thirty nine year old Ohio Senator j. D. Vance,

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<v Speaker 1>a protege of Silicon Valley weirdo Peter Keel. There they

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<v Speaker 1>sat Tucker Carlson, the Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson,

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<v Speaker 1>a religious extremist by every conceivable definition of the word. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>this is a man who believes that people and dinosaurs

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<v Speaker 1>were walking around together five thousand years ago. He explicitly

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<v Speaker 1>has said he doesn't believe in the separation of church

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<v Speaker 1>and state. My favorite moment of the entire day and

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<v Speaker 1>there were many was watching Mike Johnson nod his head

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<v Speaker 1>up and down like a bobblehead as Amber, the tattooed

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<v Speaker 1>stripper tattoo on her forehead, of course, talked to the

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<v Speaker 1>country during that vital primetime hour about the fact that

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump was a racist. Now, scores of millions of

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<v Speaker 1>Americans wondered, why is this happening? What am I watching?

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<v Speaker 1>Can you imagine if Eisenhower and Reagan and Nixon, we're

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<v Speaker 1>all sitting around up there beyond the pearly gates looking down.

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<v Speaker 1>So there she is, Kanye West's former girlfriend giving character

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<v Speaker 1>testimony about Donald Trump on the basis of her research.

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<v Speaker 1>The only fans model, the innovator and host of the

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<v Speaker 1>slut Walk captivated Mike Johnson. How can it be that

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<v Speaker 1>on CNN I am watching pundits and anchors and others

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<v Speaker 1>talk about Donald Trump a man find libel of rape

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<v Speaker 1>and then defaming the woman in the aftermath, raping her

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<v Speaker 1>and psychologically torturing her. How can it be that this

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<v Speaker 1>man is spoken about suddenly in the aftermath of surviving

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<v Speaker 1>an assassination attempt, like he is a reborn apostle of peace.

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<v Speaker 1>What conceivable ludicrousness could so infect anybody's brain that such astonishing,

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<v Speaker 1>utter nonsensical words could parse their lips. It's a question

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<v Speaker 1>for the aegis, but also an urgent one because much

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<v Speaker 1>of the media has decided that there's a new chapter

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<v Speaker 1>in our evolving an unfolding national reality show. The man

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<v Speaker 1>of violence, the man who raped a woman is suddenly

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<v Speaker 1>redeemed because he was victimized by the types of acts

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<v Speaker 1>that he has propelled, that he has stoked, that he

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<v Speaker 1>has celebrated. This is a man who, in the Oval

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<v Speaker 1>office pondered about shooting peacefully protesting black people, our fellow citizens.

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<v Speaker 1>This is a man who celebrated Paul Pelosi's violent Donald

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<v Speaker 1>Trump has courted violence, He's used violence. Now, Donald Trump

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<v Speaker 1>has a long and sordid history of racial animus. He

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<v Speaker 1>has a long history of stoking violence. But let's get

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<v Speaker 1>back specifically to violence against women, because there is an

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<v Speaker 1>issue that most normal people could find consensus on. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>if you were a child watching your mother being beat

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<v Speaker 1>if you were a brother who knew his sister was

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<v Speaker 1>being beat a father who knew his daughter was being

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<v Speaker 1>beat a friend who knew the person you loved was

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<v Speaker 1>being beaten, and abused torture. What type of sick soul

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<v Speaker 1>would say that that beaten woman should stay in the

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<v Speaker 1>marriage today, should take the beating for the good of

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<v Speaker 1>the kids. You know who jd Vance is? Who jd

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<v Speaker 1>Vance said the beaten woman should stay married, stay with

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<v Speaker 1>the abuse. Jd Vance has said other things. Now, this

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<v Speaker 1>California Yale billy who pretends he's part of the working classes,

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<v Speaker 1>in fact, a Yale educated venture capitalist who said he

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<v Speaker 1>was uncomfortable in the state of Ohio where many people

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<v Speaker 1>have suffered and died from opio eight addiction. Jd Vance

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<v Speaker 1>was involved in a fraudulent OPIOAH charity. And now J.

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<v Speaker 1>D Vance has been picked as the Trumpian dou fan,

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<v Speaker 1>the MAGA successor at thirty nine in Donald Trump's twisted vision,

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<v Speaker 1>no doubt president by forty three, and a retired kingpin

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<v Speaker 1>by fifty one. Certainly that's how Elon Musk sees it.

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<v Speaker 1>He's donating forty five million dollars a month to the

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<v Speaker 1>cause of American FACS, to the cause of Donald Trump,

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<v Speaker 1>to the cause of political violence. There has been no

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<v Speaker 1>person in fifty years that has talked more directly, more

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<v Speaker 1>openly and had a greater impact restoring a culture of

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<v Speaker 1>violence and menace and threat to our politics than Donald Trump.

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<v Speaker 1>His record is clear, his menace is clear, his extremism

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<v Speaker 1>is clear. Donald Trump is the leading cause of incivility

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<v Speaker 1>in the United States. He is the leading cause of

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<v Speaker 1>racial antagonism in the United States. He is the leading

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<v Speaker 1>cause of the cancer in our society. He leads an

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<v Speaker 1>autocratic movement that threatens American democracy because it does not

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<v Speaker 1>believe in the cornerstone principles of the country. The truth

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<v Speaker 1>of the matter is Donald Trump is ahead in the

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<v Speaker 1>campaign and he has to be his vice president. A

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<v Speaker 1>thirty nine year old fraud of Titanic dimensions. Donald Trump

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<v Speaker 1>and JD. Vance are the most extreme political ticket in

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<v Speaker 1>American history. Barnutt jd Vance is a fascist who fetishizes

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<v Speaker 1>Victor Orba, who has celebrated the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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<v Speaker 1>He is an American because he has made clear that

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<v Speaker 1>he does not believe in democracy. Jd Vance has talked

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<v Speaker 1>about the necessity of an American caesar to set things right.

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<v Speaker 1>We don't need a caesar in America. We need a

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<v Speaker 1>president vigorous and able to respond to this manifest threat

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<v Speaker 1>to America's civilization and defeat it with a message of

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<v Speaker 1>goodness against this sinister, vile, malignant, violent cause. Fascism is

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<v Speaker 1>a philosophy of violence, and maga and fascism are the

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<v Speaker 1>same thing. And that's been clear for a long time.

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<v Speaker 1>But too many in the media are uncomfortable with using

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<v Speaker 1>the word fascist because they believe it implies a judgment

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<v Speaker 1>as opposed to a precise description. And the thing is,

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<v Speaker 1>when you abandon precision, when you make words meaningless, when

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<v Speaker 1>you obliterate the ability to put meaning into a sentence

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<v Speaker 1>or a paragraph, what happens is reality becomes blurred, and

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<v Speaker 1>it becomes impossible for people to tell the difference between

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<v Speaker 1>up and down, right and left, red and blue, and

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<v Speaker 1>a fascist and someone who's an American patriot. Now fascists

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<v Speaker 1>have gathered before, they gathered to Madison Square Garden. They

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<v Speaker 1>even hung swastika emblazoned George Washington banners next to the stage,

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<v Speaker 1>and they called it a patriotic event. It wasn't. We

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<v Speaker 1>have reached a moment of absurdity, a dangerous moment of absurdity. No,

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<v Speaker 1>Scott Jennings of CNN, Miss Amber doesn't have a future

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<v Speaker 1>in American politics. What she is is part of the

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<v Speaker 1>carnival act, a bearded lady, part of the freak show

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<v Speaker 1>that you have embedded as a mouthpiece in a suit

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<v Speaker 1>and tie on CNN, excusing the inexcusable. But at any rate,

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<v Speaker 1>it's more than about one CNN commentator. It's about the

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<v Speaker 1>thousands of cynics and the opportunists. The thing about an

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<v Speaker 1>authoritarian is they never act alone the cytop and ecosystem.

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<v Speaker 1>There are always the financiers. And Trump and his fascist

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<v Speaker 1>cause have his finance steers, the Vinkel Vosses, Elon Musk,

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<v Speaker 1>Bill Ackman, Schwartzman, principal funders or some of them of

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<v Speaker 1>American fascism in twenty twenty four. He has his propagandists.

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<v Speaker 1>Tucker Carlson, a disgraced Fox News personality, a Russian useful idiot,

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<v Speaker 1>sitting there in the front row with the disgraced former president,

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<v Speaker 1>the rapist, and the extremist speaker. A man who's been

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<v Speaker 1>celebrated on Russian TV, A man who assails our allies,

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<v Speaker 1>that celebrates our enemies. There was Tucker Carlson sitting in

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<v Speaker 1>the front row. The days ahead will reveal the Maga movement.

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<v Speaker 1>The most important thing to understand about this election is

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<v Speaker 1>whoever it is about loses. And Donald Trump has made

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<v Speaker 1>the election about Joe Biden, and he's done it successfully

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<v Speaker 1>for a long time because he has the financiers, and

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<v Speaker 1>he has the propagandists, he has the think tankers, he

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<v Speaker 1>has the fanaticism of a cult of personality, and that

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<v Speaker 1>cult of personality as a charismatic leader. And thus we

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<v Speaker 1>have a real life authoritarian movement and it will bear

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<v Speaker 1>its fangs this week while declaring the necessity for unity.

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<v Speaker 1>It will preach menace but also peace. And the American

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<v Speaker 1>people in the end have to sit in judgment of

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<v Speaker 1>this cause, have to evaluate what's at stake and have

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<v Speaker 1>to look deeply at the threats being made against them

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<v Speaker 1>by who by Trump, because what he has said cannot

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<v Speaker 1>be washed away with a bandage on his ear. I'm

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

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