WEBVTT - Dissent, Descent and the MAGA Base | The Schmidt Storm

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to episode two of the schmid Storm. You have questions,

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<v Speaker 1>I have answers. Let's get to it. Here's a great question,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's if Kamala Harris is the winner of the

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<v Speaker 1>presidential election while serving as the President of the Senate

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<v Speaker 1>as a function of her being Vice President of the

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<v Speaker 1>United States, is she able to certify the election as

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<v Speaker 1>the presiding officer of the United States Senate like Mike

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<v Speaker 1>Pence was on January sixth of twenty twenty one, but

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<v Speaker 1>in her favor. And the answer to the question is yes.

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<v Speaker 1>And this is exactly what George Herbert Walker Bush did

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<v Speaker 1>as Vice of the United States when he certified the

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<v Speaker 1>election as President elect of the United States. Now Al

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<v Speaker 1>Gore had to certify the election after the Florida standoff

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<v Speaker 1>in George w. Bush's favor. This day is one of continuity.

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<v Speaker 1>It is part of the majesty of a process that

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<v Speaker 1>was stripped of all of the rituals of monarchy, and

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<v Speaker 1>so the founders of the country substituted royal ritual for

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<v Speaker 1>secular ones. Now think about George Washington surrendering his authority

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<v Speaker 1>to Congress. This is the turn bolt painting in the

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<v Speaker 1>rotunda of the capital. It's one of the most extraordinary

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<v Speaker 1>in American history, and it captures a moment that the

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<v Speaker 1>artist thought was the most magnificent in human history, because

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<v Speaker 1>it's about power, and specifically about political power in America.

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<v Speaker 1>The French Revolution, which was a cousin of the American Revolution,

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<v Speaker 1>went completely off the rails. It became a bloodbath of

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<v Speaker 1>despotic violence. Liberty can easily succumb to the disease of authoritarianism,

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<v Speaker 1>to despotism. It is a facet of a mob. A

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<v Speaker 1>mob empowered through democratic institutions is a mob. Nonetheless, the

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<v Speaker 1>American founders sought to restrain all of this, and the

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<v Speaker 1>most Titanic figure among them was Washington, the commander of

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<v Speaker 1>the army the Virginian And when the war was won,

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<v Speaker 1>the king George the third, who had lost half his

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<v Speaker 1>empire and wondered if Washington would be king, a monarch

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<v Speaker 1>with an empire and ambitions greater than his and England's,

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<v Speaker 1>And he was told that Washington would return home to Virginia.

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<v Speaker 1>George the Third was astonished by it. He said, if

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<v Speaker 1>that's true, Washington will be the greatest man of this

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<v Speaker 1>or any age. And Washington came on that day. In

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<v Speaker 1>that painting to Annapolis, he was met at three Mile

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<v Speaker 1>Oak and escorted into town where he appeared before the Congress.

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<v Speaker 1>And in the painting, there is a chair and no

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<v Speaker 1>one sits on it. It's outside. It's bigger than the rest.

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<v Speaker 1>It is the throne that he will not take. Draped

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<v Speaker 1>over that chair is Washington's military cap. He will not

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<v Speaker 1>be a caesar. And on that occasion, Washington, in a

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<v Speaker 1>very scripted ceremony, bows to Congress, subordinating his ambition, his office,

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<v Speaker 1>his power, to the elected will of the people and

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<v Speaker 1>their representatives. It's an astonishing act, and Washington did it twice. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>Trump of Queen's a hustler and a con man, who

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<v Speaker 1>did not serve in combat, did not fight for his country,

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<v Speaker 1>and who said that his own Vietnam was avoiding venereal

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<v Speaker 1>disease in Studio fifty four, who later went on to

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<v Speaker 1>become a rapist and a convicted felon. Donald Trump wishes

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<v Speaker 1>to wear the cap of a caesar, and he wishes

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<v Speaker 1>to sit in the throne chair of an emperor as president,

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<v Speaker 1>with the power, according to Trump, to send sealed team

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<v Speaker 1>Sex to kill Hillary Clinton. No thanks, there is nothing

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<v Speaker 1>that Donald Trump can do to stop the transfer of

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<v Speaker 1>power after a legitimate election in the United States, though

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<v Speaker 1>he may try. The question is envisioning a Kamala Harris victory.

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<v Speaker 1>What can she do as president to communicate to disappointed

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<v Speaker 1>Trump voters. One thing that Kamala Harris should do immediately

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<v Speaker 1>is call on young people to serve their country. There's

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<v Speaker 1>an enlistment crisis in the United States Army, the Navy,

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<v Speaker 1>the Air Force, the Coast Guard, the Space Force. There's

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<v Speaker 1>vacancies in the Peace Corps. She should call a generation

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<v Speaker 1>to service. She should be optimistic about the future, and

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<v Speaker 1>by calling the country to service, so have an opportunity

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<v Speaker 1>not to talk about the Democratic Party, but about the

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<v Speaker 1>United States of America and about our common interest. She

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<v Speaker 1>should assemble a cabinet that looks like America. She picked

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<v Speaker 1>a vice president who represents a broad swath of America.

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<v Speaker 1>A lot of Americans can see themselves in tim walls,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's a good thing. Kamala Harris should say explicitly

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<v Speaker 1>and directly, I am President of all Americans, especially those

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<v Speaker 1>who I'm honored to represent who opposed me. Everybody gets

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<v Speaker 1>a fair shot here. She has to show equanimity of character,

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<v Speaker 1>generosity of spirit, good faith and good will. She needs

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<v Speaker 1>to go out into the middle of the country. She

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<v Speaker 1>needs to meet the American people, know the American people,

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<v Speaker 1>and build trust with the American people. This country is

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<v Speaker 1>craving and it badly needs a great president and a

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<v Speaker 1>great presidency. And the simple truth is great presidencies follow disaster.

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<v Speaker 1>Trump is that type of disaster. I'm Steve Schmidt. This

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