WEBVTT - Elon Musk Shows How Powerful He Truly Is

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<v Speaker 1>Thirty two days from today, an elderly, orange tinted man

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<v Speaker 1>will raise his right hand on the west front of

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<v Speaker 1>the Capitol and swear the same thirty five word oath

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<v Speaker 1>that Abraham Lincoln did, And in that moment of ascension,

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump will pass the torch to the most powerful

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<v Speaker 1>man in the world, who is also its richest president,

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<v Speaker 1>unelected Elon Musk. This is the warning. I'm going to

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<v Speaker 1>explain the difference between a million, a billion, and a

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<v Speaker 1>trillion this morning, and I'm going to do it because

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<v Speaker 1>the United States is thirty six trillion dollars in debt,

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<v Speaker 1>and one day, as Donald Trump cuts taxes for the

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<v Speaker 1>richest people in the world spends more money than has

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<v Speaker 1>ever been spent in American history, he will lay the

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<v Speaker 1>groundwork for that economy to implode and cause massive suffering

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<v Speaker 1>because of the stupidity, the ignorant and the arrogance of

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<v Speaker 1>the world's richest man, expert in all things, President Elon.

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump does what Elon tells him to do because

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<v Speaker 1>the presidency, in a way, is a present that Elon

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<v Speaker 1>purchased for his sugar baby Donald by spending two hundred

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<v Speaker 1>and seventy seven million dollars in American money. Elon Musk

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<v Speaker 1>has been able to in a month increase his net

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<v Speaker 1>worth by more than two one hundred fifty billion dollars.

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<v Speaker 1>What's the difference between a billion and a trillion. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>let's say that I wanted to meet Elon twelve days

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<v Speaker 1>from now. It's appropriate twelve days from now, the twelve

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<v Speaker 1>days of Christmas, because the Christmas shutdown that's coming for

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<v Speaker 1>government is the Elon shutdown. But if I were to

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<v Speaker 1>say Elon, let's meet twelve days from now, it would

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<v Speaker 1>be a million seconds. Million seconds is twelve days. I've

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<v Speaker 1>met Elon's brother. So I imagine if I met Elon a

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<v Speaker 1>million seconds from now, I wouldn't want to see him again,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe for a billion seconds. If I say, hey, Elon,

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<v Speaker 1>I'll meet you in a billion seconds, what that means

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<v Speaker 1>is I'll see you in thirty three years. That's the

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<v Speaker 1>difference between a million and a billion. A million seconds

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<v Speaker 1>twelve days from now, a billion seconds thirty three years

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<v Speaker 1>from now. Again, Elon Musk spent two hundred and seventy

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<v Speaker 1>seven million dollars, and his net worth has gone up

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<v Speaker 1>a month after the election and a month before the

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<v Speaker 1>inauguration by two one hundred and fifty billion dollars. Elon

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<v Speaker 1>Musk is on pace to be the world's first trillionaire.

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<v Speaker 1>A trillion. The United States government, it's thirty six trillion

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<v Speaker 1>in debt. You know what the difference between a billion

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<v Speaker 1>and a trillion is. If I said I'll meet you

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<v Speaker 1>Elon in a trillion seconds, it would mean I wouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>see him. It would mean I wouldn't see him for

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<v Speaker 1>almost thirty three thousand years. That's a trillion. And so

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<v Speaker 1>it came to be on the edge of the twenty

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<v Speaker 1>twenty four Christmas season that Republican senators and Mike Johnson

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<v Speaker 1>were desperate to clean up the decks so Donald Trump

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<v Speaker 1>could start the year fresh, implementing his mega agenda. With

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<v Speaker 1>a Republican majority in the House that maybe five seats

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<v Speaker 1>or four or three or two. There is no margin

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<v Speaker 1>for error, for illness, for absence. Mike Johnson assembled the bill,

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<v Speaker 1>and it is a monstrosity. It is terrible for the country.

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<v Speaker 1>It is a bible of irresponsibility. Nobody has read it,

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<v Speaker 1>nobody has any idea what's in it. Elon Musk took

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<v Speaker 1>a picture of it, put it on Twitter and he said,

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<v Speaker 1>vote it down. This is all about politics, though, politics

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<v Speaker 1>with consequences, and one of the consequences that the American

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<v Speaker 1>people will have to appreciate, including the millions that will

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<v Speaker 1>be harmed by the government shutdown, is that in a democracy,

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<v Speaker 1>elections they have consequences. We live in a country where

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<v Speaker 1>ninety million people didn't give a shit and didn't show

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<v Speaker 1>up to vote. Some of those people are going to suffer,

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<v Speaker 1>and I feel badly for that, but there is nothing

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<v Speaker 1>that can be done because to try to intervene and

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<v Speaker 1>stop the suffering will lead to more and greater suffering.

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<v Speaker 1>So therefore, in this moment, it is of the utmost

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<v Speaker 1>importance the Democrats do not give the MAGA movement one vote,

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<v Speaker 1>not one zero. Speaker Johnson has dug his proverbial political

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<v Speaker 1>grave here and now all that is left to do

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<v Speaker 1>is lie down in it. Politics can be a brutal business,

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<v Speaker 1>and this is a time when it's time to be brutal.

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<v Speaker 1>No votes, not a one for the MAGA forces that

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<v Speaker 1>have vandalized and are about to start vandalizing the United States.

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<v Speaker 1>But back to Elon Musk, he doesn't understand politics, and

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<v Speaker 1>what he and Vivak Ramaswami have foisted upon Donald Trump.

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<v Speaker 1>Now is a version of Maga Vietnam. They had their

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<v Speaker 1>chance to sweep all the detritus into the ocean off

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<v Speaker 1>the deck of the boat, but they chose not to.

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<v Speaker 1>So when January comes and the new Congress convenes, it

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<v Speaker 1>will start with chaos. And then all those moderate Republicans

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<v Speaker 1>in tough races, they get to choose do I want

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<v Speaker 1>to lose in a primary to Trump or to the Democrat.

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<v Speaker 1>In November, Keir Starmer, the British Prime Minister, took office

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<v Speaker 1>and the day after he had a net approval of

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<v Speaker 1>sixteen points. A couple months later, his net approval is

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<v Speaker 1>minus fifty. The goal of the Democratic Party is to

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<v Speaker 1>push upon Donald Trump's failure as early and as often

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<v Speaker 1>as possible, because his agenda, all of it, is a

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<v Speaker 1>danger to the security of the United States and to

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<v Speaker 1>the prosperity of the United States. The gift that Elon

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<v Speaker 1>Musk has given to the Democrats is now they'll have

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<v Speaker 1>to take the vote on the cuts along with the

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<v Speaker 1>tax cuts. For Elon Musk, who, by the way, and

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<v Speaker 1>this is very important, he was elected to nothing, he

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<v Speaker 1>was appointed to nothing, he was confirmed by nobody to nothing.

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<v Speaker 1>Vivk Ramaswami and Mike Johnson and Elon Musk are text friends,

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<v Speaker 1>not government friends.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I was communicating with Elon last night. Elon and

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<v Speaker 2>Vivek and I are on a text chain together. I

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<v Speaker 2>was on a text chain last night with Elon and

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<v Speaker 2>Viveke about Doaje because I'm super excited about that. And

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<v Speaker 2>I said, guys, these are the necessary things. They don't

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<v Speaker 2>like spending either. They said, we know this is not

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<v Speaker 2>you personally, speaker, and we got to get through this.

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<v Speaker 1>The other day, a good friend of mine who works

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<v Speaker 1>in politics called me and he said he thought that

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<v Speaker 1>it was a good idea that Elon Musk would take

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<v Speaker 1>a fresh approach, fresh eyes to government spending. What I

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<v Speaker 1>was really surprised about by my friend, who should know better,

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<v Speaker 1>is this. We are a nation of laws. The president

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<v Speaker 1>becomes the president only when he swears the oath. It's

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<v Speaker 1>the magic that makes him the president, along with winning

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<v Speaker 1>the election, winning the electoral college. Being elected is what

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<v Speaker 1>gives you, as an individual, for a very short period

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<v Speaker 1>of time, temporary limited lawful power in a very complicated

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<v Speaker 1>system of checks and balances. There is no Department of

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<v Speaker 1>government efficiency. It does not exist. There is no budget,

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<v Speaker 1>there is no staff, there is no nothing. It is

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<v Speaker 1>a fantasy. Elon Musk's power is illusory. It's the power

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<v Speaker 1>of the tweets. It's the power of the threat. It's

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<v Speaker 1>the power of I'll spend more money than you can

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<v Speaker 1>comprehend to defeat you in your primary. You'll do as

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<v Speaker 1>I say, or I'll take you out. This is gangster democracy.

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<v Speaker 1>There's another word for it, plutocracy. And this is the

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<v Speaker 1>first days of it. And it is truly unbelievable to watch.

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<v Speaker 1>Every Democrat should be rejoiced because politically you can't fix stupid.

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<v Speaker 1>And what Elon Musk has done is imposed on Donald

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<v Speaker 1>Trump and the Republican majority in the Senate and the

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<v Speaker 1>Republican majority in the House is a very heavy backpack

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<v Speaker 1>to carry in January.

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<v Speaker 3>It's not Donald Trump asking for this. It's very clearly

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<v Speaker 3>President Elon Musk asking for this. The fact that Donald

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<v Speaker 3>Trump has been completely a wall during these negotiations, to

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<v Speaker 3>the point where only after Elon Musk publicly tweets about

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<v Speaker 3>his displeasure and about this budget deal, all of a sudden,

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<v Speaker 3>Donald Trump, chief of staff to Elon Musk comes trotting

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<v Speaker 3>in and blows up the deal.

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<v Speaker 1>This is what the American people have chosen. The Democratic

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<v Speaker 1>Party is not the fire Department. They're the minority party.

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<v Speaker 1>The Democratic party sh job is not to try to

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<v Speaker 1>stop the terrible things from happening. In fact, it's to

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<v Speaker 1>communicate why they have happened with picture perfect clarity, and

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<v Speaker 1>to communicate what can be done at the next election.

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<v Speaker 1>In the Senate, some of the most unfit people in

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<v Speaker 1>American history ever ever put forward forcical people, nonsensical people

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<v Speaker 1>into positions of grave responsibility, will soon sit in front

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<v Speaker 1>of Senate committees and answer questions. There are people like

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<v Speaker 1>Mitt Romney who stand as a type of archetype of

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<v Speaker 1>softness of nonsense, and they speak a language that is

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<v Speaker 1>a derivative of English that needs to be expelled from

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<v Speaker 1>our politics because the vanilla farina, tasteless crapola that it

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<v Speaker 1>produces does nothing but lift up the extremist movement. And

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<v Speaker 1>here's Mitt Romney talking about, well, I would have nominated

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<v Speaker 1>these people, but I didn't win the election.

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<v Speaker 4>This is a team of people who are very very different,

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<v Speaker 4>extraordinarly different backgrounds, different perspectives on issues. In some cases

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<v Speaker 4>I think even than the president. So an unusual collection

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<v Speaker 4>of individuals, not the people I would have chosen, but

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<v Speaker 4>I lost. He won, all right, I'd like to revisit

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<v Speaker 4>that and win, but I didn't get that chance. And

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<v Speaker 4>so these are the kind of people he wants to

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<v Speaker 4>run him that he's a title to.

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<v Speaker 1>That simple truth is we're going to know if the

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<v Speaker 1>republic is teetering, because if you cannot get a majority

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<v Speaker 1>of senators to obstruct these nominees by saying no, then

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<v Speaker 1>there is no advice and consent function that's operable in

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<v Speaker 1>the United States Senate. And Donald Trump, in fact, is

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<v Speaker 1>a caesar who can do as he wishes or as

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<v Speaker 1>President Musk tells him to do. Trueth of the matter

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<v Speaker 1>is Donald Trump is probably indifferent about the power. He

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<v Speaker 1>likes to wave at the crowd at the rallies, on

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<v Speaker 1>the stages. He likes to do the weave. That's what

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump likes to do. You know, I do the weave.

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<v Speaker 3>You know.

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<v Speaker 5>The weave is I'll talk about like nine different things

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<v Speaker 5>and they all come back brilliantly together. And it's like

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<v Speaker 5>and friends of mine that are like English professors, they

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<v Speaker 5>say it's the most brilliant thing I've ever seen. But

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<v Speaker 5>the fake news. You know what they say. He rambled.

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<v Speaker 5>That's that rambling when you have What you do is

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<v Speaker 5>you get off a subject to mention another little tidbit.

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<v Speaker 5>Then you get back under the subject and you go

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<v Speaker 5>through this and you do it for two hours and

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<v Speaker 5>you don't even mispronounce one word.

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<v Speaker 1>Elon runs the government. That much is clear, and incredibly

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<v Speaker 1>he does it from mar A Lago. Elon Musk has

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<v Speaker 1>moved on up by moving in. It's President Musk for

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<v Speaker 1>everybody who doesn't get the picture by now, and he

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<v Speaker 1>calls the shots because the richest in the world, if

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<v Speaker 1>you didn't know, since he has the most, is also

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<v Speaker 1>the most brilliant. And because he's the richest and the

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<v Speaker 1>most brilliant, well I suppose he should be in charge too,

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<v Speaker 1>right where he can tell all of us cleaves what

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<v Speaker 1>to do, when to do, what to do, when to

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<v Speaker 1>do it, and how to do it because in the

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<v Speaker 1>end he's got the most. And that's the meaning of life,

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<v Speaker 1>isn't it. This is the warning. I'm Steve Schmidt. This

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