WEBVTT - Can Kamala Harris Take Down Trump?

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<v Speaker 1>This is the warning. It is July twenty third, twenty

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<v Speaker 1>twenty four. There are one hundred and four days left

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<v Speaker 1>until the American people decide who will be the forty

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<v Speaker 1>seventh President of the United States. Twenty seven days remain

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<v Speaker 1>until the beginning of the Democratic National Convention. Kamala Harris

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<v Speaker 1>is off to a very strong start. This is exactly

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<v Speaker 1>how you lay a glove on Donald Trump.

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<v Speaker 2>As a courtroom prosecutor, in those roles, I took on

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<v Speaker 2>perpetrators of all kinds, Predators who abused women, broadsters who

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<v Speaker 2>ripped off consumers, cheaters who broke the rules for their

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<v Speaker 2>own gain. So hear me when I say I know

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<v Speaker 2>Donald Trump's type.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's talk about the state of the race. Donald Trump

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<v Speaker 1>has gone from being absolutely certain to be elected president

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<v Speaker 1>to have having a real contest on his hands. But

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<v Speaker 1>the reality is it's basically a tie race. Kamala Harris

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<v Speaker 1>is very much in it. She can win the race. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>there is a lot of praise for Joe Biden in

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<v Speaker 1>this moment. The truth of the matter is this, Joe

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<v Speaker 1>Biden has stepped away from power. He has fulfilled an

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<v Speaker 1>implicit promise he made. But he was running for president

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<v Speaker 1>in twenty twenty, but he fulfilled that promise very late.

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<v Speaker 1>There are two finite commodities in a political campaign. One

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<v Speaker 1>is time, one is money. The truth is the presumptive nominee,

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<v Speaker 1>Kamala Harris, will not be hurt by lack of money.

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<v Speaker 1>Kamala Harris raised eighty one million dollars in her first

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<v Speaker 1>day atop the ticket. The truth of the matter is

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<v Speaker 1>support is coalesced around to Kamala Harris, bottom up and

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<v Speaker 1>top down. She is the leader of the Democratic Party,

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<v Speaker 1>and history and fate have chosen her to be the

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<v Speaker 1>person who stands in the center of the ring against

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<v Speaker 1>an American fascist in twenty twenty four, who must defend

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<v Speaker 1>America's democracy. She must do it with a great deal

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<v Speaker 1>of toughness. Here is why Joe Biden had to leave

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<v Speaker 1>the race, because it had become about him, and he

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<v Speaker 1>had forfeited honesty. Because his capacity, which the American people

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<v Speaker 1>were told over and over and over again was perfect,

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<v Speaker 1>he was the wisest in the land, had clearly diminished

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<v Speaker 1>and everybody could see it. And a great many Democrats

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<v Speaker 1>responded to that by saying there was something wrong with

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<v Speaker 1>the voters as opposed to something very deeply dishonest going on.

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<v Speaker 1>When the race became solely about Biden and Democrats lost honesty,

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<v Speaker 1>Trump went ahead. There is a simple truth about this

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<v Speaker 1>race that makes it very very easy to understand whoever

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<v Speaker 1>it is about will lose. Period. The test for Kamala

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<v Speaker 1>Harris right now is to take liabilities and turn them

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<v Speaker 1>into assets. For example, her laugh is made fun of.

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<v Speaker 1>Use the laugh to make fun of Trump, and your

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<v Speaker 1>laugh won't be so much the focus anymore. Laughing at

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<v Speaker 1>Trump will be. And by the way, her laugh isn't

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<v Speaker 1>half as weird as this guy's maniacal laugh. I love

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<v Speaker 1>you guys. Now let's watch the menace and the insanity

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<v Speaker 1>of the Republican Party. Here is an Ohio State senator.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm afraid if we lose this one, it's going to

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<v Speaker 3>take a civil war to save the country.

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<v Speaker 1>What a complete and total disgracy. Ohio was a Union state.

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<v Speaker 1>Ohio men bled and died in nominers so that the

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<v Speaker 1>United States could be preserved. And their this idiot is

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<v Speaker 1>talking about killing. This is what these people mean when

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<v Speaker 1>they talk about some people need killing. Trump is a fashion.

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<v Speaker 1>Is violence, This is the preface to the violence. Is

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<v Speaker 1>a violent movement is a violent party. How are they

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<v Speaker 1>reacting to Kamala Harris as the presumptive Democratic nominee. Let's

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<v Speaker 1>watch Trump maniac Goebels of the MAGA movement Stephen Miller

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<v Speaker 1>losing it on Fox News.

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<v Speaker 3>They held a primary, people, they had ballots, They filled

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<v Speaker 3>out circles, they went to the voting boosts, they spent

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<v Speaker 3>money on advertisements, and as President Trump said, the Republican

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<v Speaker 3>Party suspend tens of millions of dollars running against Joe Biden.

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<v Speaker 1>For the first time in a long time, the Democratic

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<v Speaker 1>Party has the ball again. The script has been flipped,

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<v Speaker 1>it has been wiped away. All of the resources necessary

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<v Speaker 1>to win will be at hand, but there must be

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<v Speaker 1>a victory worth having. Kamala Harris must enunciate a vision

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<v Speaker 1>for the future. And the simple truth is she's about

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<v Speaker 1>to be tested. She's going to be hit hard, She's

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<v Speaker 1>going to be smeared, and she needs to brush it off.

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<v Speaker 1>She needs to laugh at it. And every day she

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<v Speaker 1>needs to take the fight to Donald Trump and make

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<v Speaker 1>the race about him. That's how you beat him, that's

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<v Speaker 1>how you win. She must galvanize young people. She must

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<v Speaker 1>swim into cultural currents Kamala Harris must laugh at old

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<v Speaker 1>man Trump. She must laugh at his foolishness and incoherence

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<v Speaker 1>and bluster and idiocy and decrepitude. Look at him, He's

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<v Speaker 1>falling apart. One thing that has struck me is how

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<v Speaker 1>many people suddenly believe that, since Joe Biden is out

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<v Speaker 1>of the race, that they have the credibility suddenly to

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<v Speaker 1>say that Donald Trump is too old. After vigorously defending

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<v Speaker 1>the Biden candidacy until seventy two hours ago and telling

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<v Speaker 1>the American people that they weren't seeing what they were

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<v Speaker 1>clearly seeing. They should stop talking about age because it's

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<v Speaker 1>painful to watch their credibility for their emily. I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>one of those people. I've been consistent about this for

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<v Speaker 1>an extremely long time, about the urgent moral necessity for

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<v Speaker 1>generational change. I said that Joe Biden was too old.

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<v Speaker 1>I said that Joe Biden should run for one term

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<v Speaker 1>two years ago. It would have been better if he

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<v Speaker 1>did that we could have seen a competition among the

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<v Speaker 1>next generation of Democratic candidates. But that didn't happen, and

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<v Speaker 1>the party is weaker for it. But the party has

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<v Speaker 1>not lost the race yet because of it. That's important

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<v Speaker 1>During these days ahead, the race must be once again

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<v Speaker 1>about the only issue that matters, and that issue is Trump.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a dangerous, fascist, menace, a man who's threatened violence

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<v Speaker 1>and retribution, and like his idiot acolyte from Ohio, threatening

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<v Speaker 1>civil war. We must tell these people no, We must

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<v Speaker 1>say to them, how dare you? How dare you threaten me?

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<v Speaker 1>Threaten my children and my family. I'm sick of it,

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<v Speaker 1>and so should all of you be. This is the warning.

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<v Speaker 1>Kamala Harris is off to a very strong start. She

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<v Speaker 1>has the ball and she hit Trump horrid yesterday, and

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<v Speaker 1>she has to do it again today, and again and

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<v Speaker 1>again and again. The race must be about Trump. It

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<v Speaker 1>is only about Trump. Kamala Harris is ready to be

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<v Speaker 1>president of the United States. She has taken command of

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<v Speaker 1>the Democratic Party and she did it with authority, grace,

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<v Speaker 1>and decisiveness. She's on center stage now and the lights

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<v Speaker 1>are shining on her. She's up for this. The country

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<v Speaker 1>needs her to be up for it. The world needs

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<v Speaker 1>her to be up for it. I'm Steve Schmidt. This

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