WEBVTT - Trump's Loyalist Cabinet MUST Be Stopped

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<v Speaker 1>Americans. We'd like to make lists. We like to rank things.

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<v Speaker 1>If you turn on any sports radio show in the country,

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<v Speaker 1>you'll get to listen to ballplayers being ranked. Who never

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<v Speaker 1>played against one another, Who was the greatest of all time?

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<v Speaker 1>Who was the best fighter? Who is the best basketball player,

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<v Speaker 1>the best ballerina, It doesn't matter. We can't help but

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<v Speaker 1>rank things as Americans. Who was the best president? Who

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<v Speaker 1>was the worst? Well, the answer of that, of course,

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<v Speaker 1>is the guy who was just re elected to a

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<v Speaker 1>second term after his first with forty nine percent of

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<v Speaker 1>the vote. The forty fifth president was the worst in history.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll see how he combines with the forty seventh. This

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<v Speaker 1>is the warning. The United States government is sustained by

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<v Speaker 1>a principle we call checks and balances. Do you know,

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<v Speaker 1>for example, that the presidency the executives branch, is not

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<v Speaker 1>more powerful than the legislative branch or the judicial branch.

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<v Speaker 1>They're all equal. They all have powers that are enumerated

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<v Speaker 1>to fancy word for listed listed in the Constitution. That's

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<v Speaker 1>what a lot of the legal fights before the Supreme

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<v Speaker 1>Court are about who has power to do what? Now?

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<v Speaker 1>How many of you thought that a United States senator

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<v Speaker 1>works for the president. They don't co equal. Each state

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<v Speaker 1>sends two representatives to work in the United States Senate

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<v Speaker 1>to vote on life and death matters, to cooperate with

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<v Speaker 1>the president, to oppose him when necessary. But the senators

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<v Speaker 1>the state sends just like the members of Congress it elects,

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<v Speaker 1>it just like the president it chooses. In the American system,

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<v Speaker 1>though they have different powers, they have different roles, they

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<v Speaker 1>have different responsibilities, they are all equal. Now, one of

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<v Speaker 1>the responsibilities that Donald Trump has is to appoint a cabinet,

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<v Speaker 1>and so immediately in the media, the ranking game starts.

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<v Speaker 1>Who's the most incompetent? Is it Tulca Gabbard or is

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<v Speaker 1>it Pete Hegseath? Or is it Matt Gates? Or is

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<v Speaker 1>it Christy Nole or is it Robert F. Kennedy. The

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<v Speaker 1>American media lacks the capacity to cover all five, which

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<v Speaker 1>is incredible if you think about it. They can't take

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<v Speaker 1>all five of these people and communicate about them as

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<v Speaker 1>if they are separate but equal threats to your life

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<v Speaker 1>and health, which they surely are. So instead they're ranked.

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<v Speaker 1>There is no evidence to suggest that Tulsi Gabbert is

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<v Speaker 1>any less or more dangerous than Robert F. Kennedy. At

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<v Speaker 1>this point, the evidence concludes, if you read it, that

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<v Speaker 1>they're all equally unfit, that none of these people should

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<v Speaker 1>ever have a position of public trust because psychologically they're

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<v Speaker 1>unsuited for it. Tulsa Gabbert is and smart enough for

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<v Speaker 1>the job she's been nominated for. She can't deduce complex

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<v Speaker 1>information into a simple conclusion. And she's a cult member

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<v Speaker 1>who believes her yoga gives her the power to see

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<v Speaker 1>full truth.

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<v Speaker 2>Robert F.

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<v Speaker 1>Kennedy is an addict, sex addict, drug addict, pathological liar,

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<v Speaker 1>somebody who causes profound pain wherever they walk in life.

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<v Speaker 1>He will kill a lot of people, profoundly unfit to

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<v Speaker 1>regulate America's public health. And by the way, yes, the

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<v Speaker 1>FDA is corrupt and it is broken, but an unfit,

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<v Speaker 1>dangerous narcissist isn't the person to fix it. There's Matt Gates.

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<v Speaker 1>There are no words now. Matt Gates was under an

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<v Speaker 1>ethics committee investigation because in part he did this.

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<v Speaker 2>You gotta think about this guy. This is a guy

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<v Speaker 2>that didn't have that. The media didn't give a time

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<v Speaker 2>at day to after he was accused of sleeping with

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<v Speaker 2>an underage girl, and there's a reason why no one

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<v Speaker 2>and the conference came definite him because we had all

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<v Speaker 2>seen the videos he was showing on the house floor

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<v Speaker 2>that all of us had walked away of the girls

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<v Speaker 2>that he had slept with. He'd brag about how he

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<v Speaker 2>would crush ed medicine and chase it with with an

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<v Speaker 2>energy drink so he could go all night.

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<v Speaker 1>But then Mark Wayne Mullen, since he's a cult member

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<v Speaker 1>who lacks toughness, and Gret is going to say, but

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<v Speaker 1>since Donald Trump picked him, everything is okay.

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<v Speaker 2>Are you going to vote for mccans? You know, Matt

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<v Speaker 2>Gates And either's no question that we've had our differences.

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<v Speaker 2>They've been very public about it. I completely trust President

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<v Speaker 2>Trump's decision making on this one. But at the same time,

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<v Speaker 2>he's got to come to Congress and selling self. There's

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of or to the Senate and selling self.

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<v Speaker 2>There's a lot of questions that are going to be

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<v Speaker 2>out there. He's got to answer those questions and hopefully

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<v Speaker 2>he's able to answer the questions right and if he can,

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<v Speaker 2>then we'll we'll go through the confirmation process.

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<v Speaker 1>Why not get Diddy out of Rikers Island and maka

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<v Speaker 1>at Gates's deputy Make America Great Again. Pete Hegseth, Trump's

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<v Speaker 1>nominee to be Secretary of Defense, claims, get this, he

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<v Speaker 1>the tough guy, was sexually assaulted by a mom at

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<v Speaker 1>a Republican conference in Monterey. Now, the woman went and

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<v Speaker 1>got a rape kit. The woman's friend made the report.

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<v Speaker 1>She had bruising on her thighs, and Pete Hegseth wrote

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<v Speaker 1>her a check. I want to see every detail of

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<v Speaker 1>Pete Hegseath's payoff. The military has a rape crisis, and

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<v Speaker 1>this man has been accused of allegedly raping a civilian.

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<v Speaker 1>We know already that Pete Hegseth will bring dishonor and

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<v Speaker 1>shame and the sensibility of a loser to the Pentagon.

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<v Speaker 1>And he'll go in there and he will wreck as

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<v Speaker 1>quickly as he can the apolitical traditions of the American military.

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<v Speaker 1>He's a threat to the most lethal military in all

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<v Speaker 1>the world. If he gets in there, it's going to

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<v Speaker 1>hurt it very, very badly. Now more than anything else.

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<v Speaker 1>When we ask the question, how is it that this happened?

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<v Speaker 1>How is it that after nine years, Donald Trump is

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<v Speaker 1>back in the White House, The answer is the American

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<v Speaker 1>media above all others. America's access media helped produce a

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<v Speaker 1>reality show. That reality show pushed every serious issue to

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<v Speaker 1>the bottom of the barrel, and it made billions celebrating

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<v Speaker 1>the freak show. There's an old saying, if a clown

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<v Speaker 1>goes to a castle, he does not become a king.

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<v Speaker 1>The castle becomes a circus, and the ring masters of

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<v Speaker 1>the circus or the American media. Now, yesterday there was

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<v Speaker 1>a ludicrous interview that took place between Jake Tapper and

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<v Speaker 1>Speaker of the House Mike Johnson. The purpose of interviews

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<v Speaker 1>with powerful public officials is to hold them to account

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<v Speaker 1>in the name of the public interest. The reason that

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<v Speaker 1>so many of these people like Mike Johnson line up

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<v Speaker 1>to go on Jake Tapper's show is they know they're

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<v Speaker 1>going to a softball game. There will be no tough questions,

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<v Speaker 1>there will be no interruptions. They can do it in

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<v Speaker 1>their sleep without preparation. I've told a lot of politicians

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<v Speaker 1>over the years, there's no bad questions, just bad answers.

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<v Speaker 1>We're going to watch Mike Johnson filibuster an answer without interruption.

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<v Speaker 1>But the question that Tapper doesn't ask successfully is one

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<v Speaker 1>about hypocrisy. Donald Trump is an adjudicated rapist who's been

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<v Speaker 1>credibly accused of assaulting dozens of women. Pulsey Gabbard is

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<v Speaker 1>a Russian stooge. Robert F. Kennedy should be in a

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<v Speaker 1>psych ward, Christy Nome is a dog killing sadist and

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<v Speaker 1>allegedly openly Corey Lowandowski's girlfriend. And then there's Matt Gates.

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<v Speaker 1>The Matt Gates who walked around on the floor of

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<v Speaker 1>the house showing naked pictures of seventeen year old girls,

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<v Speaker 1>bragging about how he would snort viagra, chase it with

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<v Speaker 1>Monster Energy drinks, and go all night long. And Jake

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<v Speaker 1>Tapper asked Mike Johnson, shouldn't there be any standard? And

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<v Speaker 1>here's Mike Johnson's answer.

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<v Speaker 3>You're a man of faith, You're a man of God,

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<v Speaker 3>You're a man of family. With some of these nominees, Gates,

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<v Speaker 3>Hegsath RFK Junior, I wonder does it matter anymore for

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<v Speaker 3>Republicans to think of leaders as people who are moral

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<v Speaker 3>in their personal lives? Is that still important to the

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<v Speaker 3>Republican Party.

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<v Speaker 4>Sure, it's an important issue for anyone in leadership. This

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<v Speaker 4>is what I'll say about the nominees that the President

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<v Speaker 4>has put forward is that they are persons who will

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<v Speaker 4>shake up the status quo. And I think what the

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<v Speaker 4>American people have believe in what they've delivered with the

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<v Speaker 4>mandate in this election is demand that we shake up

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<v Speaker 4>the status quo. It's not working for the American people.

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<v Speaker 4>So use the term in the opening about how these

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<v Speaker 4>are disruptors.

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<v Speaker 1>They are.

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<v Speaker 4>I think that's by design. Any president has the right

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<v Speaker 4>to name their own cabinet, to nominate persons that they

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<v Speaker 4>think will fulfill their agenda, and the people that are

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<v Speaker 4>on this list will do that. They will go into

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<v Speaker 4>the agencies that they're being asked to lead and they

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<v Speaker 4>will reform them. These agencies need reform, and I think

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<v Speaker 4>the vast majority of the American people understand that you can't

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<v Speaker 4>have status quo appointments in a moment like this. I'm

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<v Speaker 4>really excited about the days ahead. I think the America

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<v Speaker 4>First policies will deliver for the American people. I think

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<v Speaker 4>we're going to have a warm embrace of all the

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<v Speaker 4>new folks who came into the Republican Party in this

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<v Speaker 4>election cycle. The demographic shifts that we saw that were historic,

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<v Speaker 4>because we have a chance now to demonstrate for them

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<v Speaker 4>that our policies are conservative, constitutional policies, common sense policies

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<v Speaker 4>are best for them as individuals and families and communities

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<v Speaker 4>in state, in the nation as a whole. So exciting

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<v Speaker 4>days ahead. It is a new day in America. These

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<v Speaker 4>individuals will help deliver that, and I think the Senate

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<v Speaker 4>needs to do its job and get him appointed so

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<v Speaker 4>that the president President Donald J. Trump and JD. Vance

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<v Speaker 4>can begin that administration and run with it on day one.

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<v Speaker 1>We're in a lot of trouble. The good news is

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<v Speaker 1>this The cardinal sin in American life is hypocrisy. And

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<v Speaker 1>the one thing that Donald Trump was able to skate

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<v Speaker 1>by on in twenty twenty four was hypocrisy. He's not

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<v Speaker 1>so much a hypocrite because he is exactly what he

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<v Speaker 1>appears to be, but Mike Johnson and most of the

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<v Speaker 1>rest are, and it will start to be there on

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<v Speaker 1>doing There's a couple of things that Democrats have to

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<v Speaker 1>insist and we'll practice the lines right now. Release the

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<v Speaker 1>headset report. It's not hard to say, and Democrats will

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<v Speaker 1>have to get good as saying these words. Maga rubber

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<v Speaker 1>stamp Congress and Maga rubber stamp House and Maga rubber stamp.

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<v Speaker 1>Senate Democrats will have to fight back now, will have

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<v Speaker 1>to attack. These are some of the most unworthy people

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<v Speaker 1>that have ever been nominated to anything in the history

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<v Speaker 1>of the United States. These confirmations need to be brutal.

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<v Speaker 1>They need to be fought, They need to be opposed.

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<v Speaker 1>A marker needs to be laid down, A fight, even

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<v Speaker 1>if it's lost, needs to be initiated. Fight back against

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<v Speaker 1>these unqualified people. It will be hard because the Democratic

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<v Speaker 1>Senate is poorly and incompetently led by Chuck Schumer, so

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<v Speaker 1>it will likely come to pass that a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>these people will lead the departments of the American government

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<v Speaker 1>that have the capacity to kill a lot of us,

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<v Speaker 1>imprison a lot of us, poison a lot of us,

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<v Speaker 1>or do as they wish. We don't have to tolerate it,

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<v Speaker 1>and we have other recourses than to have feeble Democratic

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<v Speaker 1>senators who don't know how to fight, who won't fight,

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<v Speaker 1>who can't talk, who can't ask questions, and a decrepit

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<v Speaker 1>media do it for us. We're going to have to

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<v Speaker 1>do it ourselves, the American people. We'll have to push back,

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<v Speaker 1>fight back, resist, protest. Terrible days are ahead. But beyond

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<v Speaker 1>them is the beginning of renewal and an American reawakening.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll get there, but first there will be pain. This

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

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

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