WEBVTT - Donald Trump Needs To Remember Our History

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<v Speaker 1>This is the warning. There is something important to understand.

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump wants you to be afraid. He wants you

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<v Speaker 1>to have anxiety. It is all part of his political

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<v Speaker 1>strategy to provoke rage and then more rage. He wants

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<v Speaker 1>people to be angry because anger, in his estimation, is

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<v Speaker 1>a preface to surrender, to hopelessness, to capitulation. There is

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<v Speaker 1>something true about Donald Trump. Every time in his life

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<v Speaker 1>that he has pushed forward, it has worked for him.

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<v Speaker 1>He has never been held to account. He declared bankruptcy

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<v Speaker 1>and got richer. He defiled the constitution and was elected president.

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<v Speaker 1>And now Donald Trump, enraged, angry, filled with retribution against

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<v Speaker 1>the American people, against his opponents, has decided that he

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<v Speaker 1>will smash it all, burn what has been built over

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<v Speaker 1>two hundred fifty years to the ground, and say when

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<v Speaker 1>he is done that he has made America great again.

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<v Speaker 1>Over and over and over again. Donald Trump lies. The

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<v Speaker 1>lies are coming faster, and they're getting bigger, and they're

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<v Speaker 1>becoming more aggressive, more authoritarian in nature, because they demand

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<v Speaker 1>that you submit reason to his command. They demand that

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<v Speaker 1>you have amnesia about what you just saw under his command,

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<v Speaker 1>and they demand that you accept as explanation for whatever

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<v Speaker 1>happens in the world. What Donald Trump tells you it

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<v Speaker 1>is no matter how stupid, how venal, or how false.

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<v Speaker 1>His ideology is malicious, his methods are sinister, and the

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<v Speaker 1>damage is just beginning. This must be opposed. Do not

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<v Speaker 1>be afraid. Now. Each day there is a reason to panic.

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<v Speaker 1>But instead of panicking, let me suggest that you breathe,

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<v Speaker 1>because breathing will help you be still and gird yourself

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<v Speaker 1>for the things that must be done in the weeks,

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<v Speaker 1>in the months, and the years ahead. I'll tell you

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<v Speaker 1>right now how this ends. We win, but it won't

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<v Speaker 1>be easy getting there. Yesterday we saw the fullness of

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump's star wars bar seen cabinet fully assembled. It

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<v Speaker 1>is a frightening sight. There has never ever in the

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<v Speaker 1>history of the United States ever been an assemblage of

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<v Speaker 1>such unqualified, incompetent, disordered people, sickophants, all none of whom

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<v Speaker 1>have any business serving in positions of public responsibility and trust.

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<v Speaker 1>But because as Winston Churchill observed, Trump won, we get

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<v Speaker 1>the government we deserve. Now, what I want to talk

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<v Speaker 1>about is a return to first principles. That is what

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<v Speaker 1>we must talk about today. First principles. And so i'd

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<v Speaker 1>like you to listen to three things. First, we're going

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<v Speaker 1>to hear from the thirty fifth President of the United States,

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<v Speaker 1>John Kennedy, speaking in January of nineteen sixty one to

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<v Speaker 1>the Massachusetts Legislature on the eve of his heading to Washington.

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<v Speaker 1>He will talk about character, integrity, and judgment. We'll listen

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<v Speaker 1>and we'll look at the faces of the Trump cabinet. Next,

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<v Speaker 1>we'll hear from Sir Winston Churchill speaking in Missouri in

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen forty six. And then we'll hear from Radislaw Sikorski,

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<v Speaker 1>Polish foreign Minister, about the crisis at hand and the

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<v Speaker 1>biggest lie that you are being sold in this moment,

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<v Speaker 1>President Kennedy over to you.

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<v Speaker 2>For those to whom much is given, much is required.

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<v Speaker 2>And when, at some future date, the High Court of

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<v Speaker 2>History sits in judgment on each one of us, recording

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<v Speaker 2>whether in our brief span of service we fulfilled our

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<v Speaker 2>responsibilities to the state. Our success or failure in whatever

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<v Speaker 2>office we may hold will be measured by the answers

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<v Speaker 2>to four questions. First, were we truly men of courage,

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<v Speaker 2>with the courage to stand up to one's enemies and

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<v Speaker 2>the courage to stand up when necessary to one's owns associates,

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<v Speaker 2>the courage to resist public pressure as well as private breed. Secondly,

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<v Speaker 2>were we truly men of judgment, with perceptive judgment of

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<v Speaker 2>the future as well as the past, of our own

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<v Speaker 2>mistakes as well as the mistakes of others, with enough

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<v Speaker 2>wisdom to know what we did not know, and enough

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<v Speaker 2>candor to admit it. Third, were we truly men of integrity,

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<v Speaker 2>Men who never ran out on either the principles in

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<v Speaker 2>which they believed or the people who believed in them,

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<v Speaker 2>Man whom neither financial gain nor political ambition could ever

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<v Speaker 2>divert from the fulfillment of our sacred trust. Finally, were

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<v Speaker 2>we truly men of dedication, with an or honor, mortgaged

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<v Speaker 2>to no single individual or group, and compromised by no

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<v Speaker 2>private obligation or aim, but devoted solely to serving the

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<v Speaker 2>public good and the national interest. Courage, judgment, integrity, dedication.

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<v Speaker 2>These are the historic qualities of the Bay Colony and

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<v Speaker 2>of the Bay State, the qualities which this state have

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<v Speaker 2>consistently sent to this chamber here in Beacon Hill in

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<v Speaker 2>Boston and a Capitol Hill back in Washington. And these

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<v Speaker 2>are the qualities which, with God's help this son of

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<v Speaker 2>Massachusetts hopes will characterize our government's conduct in the four

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<v Speaker 2>stormy years that lie ahead.

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<v Speaker 1>It is a miracle of sorts. Never before the twentieth

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<v Speaker 1>century could anyone have ever hoped to have heard the

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<v Speaker 1>voice of the dead. But because of video and audio recordings,

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<v Speaker 1>Winston Churchill is with us, and boy do we need him.

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<v Speaker 1>We must heed his words because they are enduring. The

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<v Speaker 1>man who stood alone telling the world that the danger

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<v Speaker 1>was gathering, that the war was coming, was not just

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<v Speaker 1>right about the Second World War, but was right about

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<v Speaker 1>what followed it, the Cold War. Let us listen to

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<v Speaker 1>a great friend of America, a man for whom a

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<v Speaker 1>US naval vessel is named, A man whose bust has

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<v Speaker 1>sat in the American Oval Office, where he sat with

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<v Speaker 1>the man the world's leaders called the Apostle of Peace,

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<v Speaker 1>Franklin Roosevelt, the architect of the world order. In its

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<v Speaker 1>darkest days, at five o'clock every day, where Donald Trump

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<v Speaker 1>now desecrates the resolute desk, Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill

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<v Speaker 1>sat and mixed cocktails and dreamed about a world at peace, free,

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<v Speaker 1>with liberty and justice for all. Winston Churchill was an

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<v Speaker 1>honorary American, first man ever to be made an honorary

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<v Speaker 1>US citizen, and he loved this country. Let's listen to

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<v Speaker 1>him talk to us about our responsibilities.

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<v Speaker 3>The United States stands at this time at the pinnacle.

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<v Speaker 1>Of world power.

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<v Speaker 3>It is a solemn moment for the American democracy, for

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<v Speaker 3>with primacy in power, it also joined an awe inspiring

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<v Speaker 3>accountability to the future. If as you look around you,

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<v Speaker 3>if you look around you, you must feel not only

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<v Speaker 3>the sense of duty done, but also you must feel

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<v Speaker 3>anxiety lest you fall below the level of a treatment.

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<v Speaker 3>In these states, control is enforced open the common people

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<v Speaker 3>by various kinds of all embracing police governments, to a

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<v Speaker 3>degree which is overwhelmed and contrary to every principle of democracy.

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<v Speaker 3>The power of the state is exercise without restraint, either

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<v Speaker 3>by dictators or by compact oligarchists operating through a privileged

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<v Speaker 3>party and a political police. It is not our duty

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<v Speaker 3>at this time, when difficult it are so numerous, to

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<v Speaker 3>interfere forcibly in the internal affairs of countries which we

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<v Speaker 3>have not conquered in war. But we must never cease

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<v Speaker 3>to proclaim in fearless tones the great principles of freedom

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<v Speaker 3>and the rights of man, which are the joint inheritance

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<v Speaker 3>of the English speaking world, and which through Magna Carta,

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<v Speaker 3>the Bill of Rights, the habeas corpus, trial by jury,

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<v Speaker 3>the English common law find their most famous expression in

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<v Speaker 3>the American Declaration of Independence.

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<v Speaker 1>And now let us come forward into the future. Let

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<v Speaker 1>us listen to the words of the Paul Pish Foreign

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<v Speaker 1>Minister Radislaw Sikorski. There is no country it was more

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<v Speaker 1>brutalized by aggression, Nazi aggression, Russian aggression and Western indifference

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<v Speaker 1>than Poland. Poland is on the edge of the frontier.

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<v Speaker 1>It has absorbed millions of Ukrainian refugees. The Poles fought back,

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<v Speaker 1>and the Poles will always fight back. Yet should it

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<v Speaker 1>become necessary that they must fight, it will be on

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<v Speaker 1>the back of a tragedy that is unspeakable, for it

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<v Speaker 1>will have been as unnecessary as the other European wars

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<v Speaker 1>that brought civilization to the edge of collapse. And that

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<v Speaker 1>a generation of statesmen and women had the wisdom to

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<v Speaker 1>save the world so that it could be redeemed from

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<v Speaker 1>the ashes of the miseries of the war that almost

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<v Speaker 1>destroyed everything, and enslaved the peoples of the world, the

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<v Speaker 1>Polish Foreign Minister.

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<v Speaker 4>In times like these, when the world seems out of joint,

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<v Speaker 4>when the old seems to be dying but the new

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<v Speaker 4>cannot yet be born, what we need is a return

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<v Speaker 4>to basics. Two questions about what's right and what's wrong,

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<v Speaker 4>what's true and what's false, what's actually happened and what's

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<v Speaker 4>just a figment of propaganda.

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<v Speaker 1>My friends, we are connected by history and a mutuality

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<v Speaker 1>of ideals and ideas and values. America's greatest export has

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<v Speaker 1>been freedom, the concepts of liberty, the dignity of the

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<v Speaker 1>human being, and they are all under threat. There is

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<v Speaker 1>great indifference by the American people to the fate of Europe,

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<v Speaker 1>and there has been great ingratitude towards the American people

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<v Speaker 1>from the leaders of Europe who have not traveled into

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<v Speaker 1>the middle of the United States to say hello to

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<v Speaker 1>the American people in a very long time. That should

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<v Speaker 1>be fixed immediately. The Democratic governors should invite, on this

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<v Speaker 1>edge of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of our independence,

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<v Speaker 1>the Chancellor of Germany to the country, to the crossroads

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<v Speaker 1>of the American Revolution in New Jersey, the President of France,

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<v Speaker 1>Macrone to repeat the steps of the Marquis de la Fayette.

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<v Speaker 1>Gavin Newsom should invite the leaders of America's greatest allies

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<v Speaker 1>to come speak to the California Legislature and let them

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<v Speaker 1>deliver the type of speech that fore administer so Courski delivered.

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<v Speaker 1>These days of crisis pit two opposing forces against one another.

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<v Speaker 1>One is freedom, the belief in humanity, and the other

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<v Speaker 1>is a belief in power, a diffusion of it with

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<v Speaker 1>technology and greed, the philosophy of the locust, the doctrine

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<v Speaker 1>of the taker. It is immoral, it is repellent, and

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<v Speaker 1>it must be resisted by a faith in humanity that

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<v Speaker 1>finds its mana denifestation in politics, in the practice of democracy. Today,

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<v Speaker 1>I've tried to give you a bit of a history

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<v Speaker 1>lesson have faith and do not be afraid. This is

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<v Speaker 1>the warning. I'm Steve Schmidt. This is the warning, and

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<v Speaker 1>I invite you to join. Subscribe on our substack, on

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