1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:04,960 Speaker 1: Welcome to episode two of the schmid Storm. You have questions, 2 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:09,640 Speaker 1: I have answers. Let's get to it. Here's a great question, 3 00:00:10,440 --> 00:00:14,400 Speaker 1: and it's if Kamala Harris is the winner of the 4 00:00:14,440 --> 00:00:19,160 Speaker 1: presidential election while serving as the President of the Senate 5 00:00:19,440 --> 00:00:22,360 Speaker 1: as a function of her being Vice President of the 6 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:27,920 Speaker 1: United States, is she able to certify the election as 7 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:32,240 Speaker 1: the presiding officer of the United States Senate like Mike 8 00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:36,360 Speaker 1: Pence was on January sixth of twenty twenty one, but 9 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:41,400 Speaker 1: in her favor. And the answer to the question is yes. 10 00:00:42,120 --> 00:00:45,720 Speaker 1: And this is exactly what George Herbert Walker Bush did 11 00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:49,600 Speaker 1: as Vice of the United States when he certified the 12 00:00:49,680 --> 00:00:54,440 Speaker 1: election as President elect of the United States. Now Al 13 00:00:54,520 --> 00:01:00,200 Speaker 1: Gore had to certify the election after the Florida standoff 14 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:06,920 Speaker 1: in George w. Bush's favor. This day is one of continuity. 15 00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:11,560 Speaker 1: It is part of the majesty of a process that 16 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:15,840 Speaker 1: was stripped of all of the rituals of monarchy, and 17 00:01:15,880 --> 00:01:21,280 Speaker 1: so the founders of the country substituted royal ritual for 18 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:28,920 Speaker 1: secular ones. Now think about George Washington surrendering his authority 19 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:33,080 Speaker 1: to Congress. This is the turn bolt painting in the 20 00:01:33,160 --> 00:01:36,440 Speaker 1: rotunda of the capital. It's one of the most extraordinary 21 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:41,600 Speaker 1: in American history, and it captures a moment that the 22 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:46,760 Speaker 1: artist thought was the most magnificent in human history, because 23 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:53,160 Speaker 1: it's about power, and specifically about political power in America. 24 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:57,920 Speaker 1: The French Revolution, which was a cousin of the American Revolution, 25 00:01:58,440 --> 00:02:03,440 Speaker 1: went completely off the rails. It became a bloodbath of 26 00:02:03,560 --> 00:02:11,359 Speaker 1: despotic violence. Liberty can easily succumb to the disease of authoritarianism, 27 00:02:11,680 --> 00:02:16,480 Speaker 1: to despotism. It is a facet of a mob. A 28 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:22,640 Speaker 1: mob empowered through democratic institutions is a mob. Nonetheless, the 29 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:27,960 Speaker 1: American founders sought to restrain all of this, and the 30 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:33,520 Speaker 1: most Titanic figure among them was Washington, the commander of 31 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:37,240 Speaker 1: the army the Virginian And when the war was won, 32 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:41,040 Speaker 1: the king George the third, who had lost half his 33 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:46,119 Speaker 1: empire and wondered if Washington would be king, a monarch 34 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:51,160 Speaker 1: with an empire and ambitions greater than his and England's, 35 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:54,840 Speaker 1: And he was told that Washington would return home to Virginia. 36 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:58,200 Speaker 1: George the Third was astonished by it. He said, if 37 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:02,239 Speaker 1: that's true, Washington will be the greatest man of this 38 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:06,720 Speaker 1: or any age. And Washington came on that day. In 39 00:03:06,800 --> 00:03:10,200 Speaker 1: that painting to Annapolis, he was met at three Mile 40 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:15,160 Speaker 1: Oak and escorted into town where he appeared before the Congress. 41 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:17,880 Speaker 1: And in the painting, there is a chair and no 42 00:03:17,919 --> 00:03:21,200 Speaker 1: one sits on it. It's outside. It's bigger than the rest. 43 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:25,840 Speaker 1: It is the throne that he will not take. Draped 44 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:30,840 Speaker 1: over that chair is Washington's military cap. He will not 45 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:36,720 Speaker 1: be a caesar. And on that occasion, Washington, in a 46 00:03:37,040 --> 00:03:45,760 Speaker 1: very scripted ceremony, bows to Congress, subordinating his ambition, his office, 47 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:50,680 Speaker 1: his power, to the elected will of the people and 48 00:03:50,720 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 1: their representatives. It's an astonishing act, and Washington did it twice. Now, 49 00:03:57,920 --> 00:04:02,480 Speaker 1: Trump of Queen's a hustler and a con man, who 50 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:05,920 Speaker 1: did not serve in combat, did not fight for his country, 51 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:10,240 Speaker 1: and who said that his own Vietnam was avoiding venereal 52 00:04:10,360 --> 00:04:14,040 Speaker 1: disease in Studio fifty four, who later went on to 53 00:04:14,120 --> 00:04:18,839 Speaker 1: become a rapist and a convicted felon. Donald Trump wishes 54 00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:22,159 Speaker 1: to wear the cap of a caesar, and he wishes 55 00:04:22,279 --> 00:04:26,720 Speaker 1: to sit in the throne chair of an emperor as president, 56 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:30,600 Speaker 1: with the power, according to Trump, to send sealed team 57 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:35,120 Speaker 1: Sex to kill Hillary Clinton. No thanks, there is nothing 58 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:37,520 Speaker 1: that Donald Trump can do to stop the transfer of 59 00:04:37,640 --> 00:04:42,279 Speaker 1: power after a legitimate election in the United States, though 60 00:04:42,640 --> 00:04:47,159 Speaker 1: he may try. The question is envisioning a Kamala Harris victory. 61 00:04:47,480 --> 00:04:52,080 Speaker 1: What can she do as president to communicate to disappointed 62 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:57,760 Speaker 1: Trump voters. One thing that Kamala Harris should do immediately 63 00:04:58,160 --> 00:05:01,599 Speaker 1: is call on young people to serve their country. There's 64 00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:05,200 Speaker 1: an enlistment crisis in the United States Army, the Navy, 65 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:09,280 Speaker 1: the Air Force, the Coast Guard, the Space Force. There's 66 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:13,600 Speaker 1: vacancies in the Peace Corps. She should call a generation 67 00:05:14,279 --> 00:05:18,919 Speaker 1: to service. She should be optimistic about the future, and 68 00:05:18,960 --> 00:05:21,880 Speaker 1: by calling the country to service, so have an opportunity 69 00:05:21,920 --> 00:05:24,400 Speaker 1: not to talk about the Democratic Party, but about the 70 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:28,359 Speaker 1: United States of America and about our common interest. She 71 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:32,200 Speaker 1: should assemble a cabinet that looks like America. She picked 72 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:36,520 Speaker 1: a vice president who represents a broad swath of America. 73 00:05:36,760 --> 00:05:40,200 Speaker 1: A lot of Americans can see themselves in tim walls, 74 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:45,280 Speaker 1: and that's a good thing. Kamala Harris should say explicitly 75 00:05:45,320 --> 00:05:51,360 Speaker 1: and directly, I am President of all Americans, especially those 76 00:05:51,839 --> 00:05:56,200 Speaker 1: who I'm honored to represent who opposed me. Everybody gets 77 00:05:56,200 --> 00:06:01,000 Speaker 1: a fair shot here. She has to show equanimity of character, 78 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:06,360 Speaker 1: generosity of spirit, good faith and good will. She needs 79 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:08,800 Speaker 1: to go out into the middle of the country. She 80 00:06:08,920 --> 00:06:12,680 Speaker 1: needs to meet the American people, know the American people, 81 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:16,800 Speaker 1: and build trust with the American people. This country is 82 00:06:17,040 --> 00:06:22,760 Speaker 1: craving and it badly needs a great president and a 83 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:29,960 Speaker 1: great presidency. And the simple truth is great presidencies follow disaster. 84 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:35,720 Speaker 1: Trump is that type of disaster. I'm Steve Schmidt. This 85 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:38,600 Speaker 1: is the warning and I invite you to join. Subscribe 86 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:42,159 Speaker 1: on our sub stack, on our YouTube channel, follow us. 87 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:44,960 Speaker 1: Welcome to the community.