1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:02,720 Speaker 1: It is the twenty fifth of October, and there are 2 00:00:02,880 --> 00:00:06,880 Speaker 1: eleven days left until the American people, more than one 3 00:00:06,960 --> 00:00:10,440 Speaker 1: hundred and sixty million of us, will vote. We will 4 00:00:10,520 --> 00:00:13,800 Speaker 1: choose the forty seventh President of the United States in 5 00:00:13,840 --> 00:00:19,119 Speaker 1: an election that has become existential. This is the warning. 6 00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:25,600 Speaker 1: It's existential because this time there are not two candidates 7 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:30,360 Speaker 1: of two parties competing over a different vision of a 8 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:34,800 Speaker 1: shared goal to make the union stronger. This time one 9 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:39,040 Speaker 1: of the candidates is a liar, is a demagogue, is 10 00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:43,800 Speaker 1: a fascist who disdains the American way of life, the 11 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:50,360 Speaker 1: cornerstone of our civilization. And yes, it is a unique civilization, 12 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:53,080 Speaker 1: the only one in the history of the world, made 13 00:00:53,159 --> 00:00:55,320 Speaker 1: up of all of the peoples of the world, a 14 00:00:55,440 --> 00:00:59,960 Speaker 1: country built on an idea, not blood in soil nationalism. 15 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:05,080 Speaker 1: The idea is about liberty, about the individual, the notion 16 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:10,480 Speaker 1: that we are all endowed by a creator not named, 17 00:01:10,880 --> 00:01:15,840 Speaker 1: a creator with certain inalienable rights that can't be taken 18 00:01:15,880 --> 00:01:20,640 Speaker 1: away and are not man's, not a king's, not an emperor's, 19 00:01:20,720 --> 00:01:25,840 Speaker 1: not trumps to grant. They are life, liberty, and the 20 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:31,600 Speaker 1: pursuit of happiness. What this requires is freedom and liberty. 21 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:35,280 Speaker 1: I've said often in my writing and on these videos 22 00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:39,520 Speaker 1: that without freedom, there is no rock and roll. Bruce 23 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:44,640 Speaker 1: Springsteen understands this. Let's listen to him and listen carefully 24 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:49,960 Speaker 1: because what he says is very important. Note the distinction 25 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:56,440 Speaker 1: what he supports yet also what he opposes. Today, I'm 26 00:01:56,480 --> 00:02:02,960 Speaker 1: going to talk about opposition defiant because these values, that 27 00:02:03,280 --> 00:02:09,040 Speaker 1: spirit attached to fierceness is elemental in the national character. 28 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:12,360 Speaker 1: But over to the pride of New Jersey the Boss. 29 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:16,360 Speaker 2: I'm Bruce Brinksteen, and I am here today to support 30 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:20,600 Speaker 2: Mala Harris and Tim Walltz for President and Vice President 31 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:29,480 Speaker 2: of the United States, and to oppose to oppose Donald 32 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:36,720 Speaker 2: Trump and j D. Vance. Now here's why. I want 33 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:41,880 Speaker 2: a president who revers the Constitution, who does not threaten, 34 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:46,839 Speaker 2: but wants to protect and guide our great democracy, who 35 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:50,440 Speaker 2: believes in the rule of law and the peaceful transfer 36 00:02:50,639 --> 00:02:56,560 Speaker 2: of power, who will fight for a woman's right to choose, 37 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:02,160 Speaker 2: and who wants to create a middle class economy that 38 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:05,720 Speaker 2: will serve all our citizens. There is only one kendidate 39 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:11,799 Speaker 2: in this election who holds those principles, Dear Malaris. 40 00:03:12,880 --> 00:03:16,440 Speaker 1: A president takes the only oath that's written into the 41 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:20,760 Speaker 1: US Constitution. It's thirty five words long, and it's been 42 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:26,120 Speaker 1: sworn by every president. Washington took it, John Adams took it, 43 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:32,600 Speaker 1: Thomas Jefferson took it, Abraham Lincoln took it. All took 44 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:39,360 Speaker 1: the same oath. I do solemnly swear to preserve, protect, 45 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:45,120 Speaker 1: and defend the Constitution of the United States of America 46 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:49,040 Speaker 1: to the best of my ability. So help me, God 47 00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:54,240 Speaker 1: is the money line. It was this man who desecrated it. 48 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:58,880 Speaker 1: He refused to accept the results of a free and 49 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:04,520 Speaker 1: fair election that he lost. Instead, he incited violence. He 50 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:09,360 Speaker 1: sent a mob to attack our government of the people, 51 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:12,880 Speaker 1: by the people, for the people. He tried to take 52 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:16,920 Speaker 1: that from us for himself. Donald Trump tried to anoint 53 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:22,240 Speaker 1: himself dictator. Listen to his malice. It's not new. It 54 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:24,280 Speaker 1: goes all the way back to the beginning. 55 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:28,920 Speaker 3: They're sending people that have lots of problems, and they're 56 00:04:28,920 --> 00:04:33,760 Speaker 3: bringing those problems with us. They're bringing drugs, they're bringing crime, 57 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:37,800 Speaker 3: their rapists, and some I assume are good people. 58 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:42,840 Speaker 1: He is a man who sat in the Oval Office 59 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:49,960 Speaker 1: and asked when black Americans, yes, black Americans, were peacefully 60 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:53,600 Speaker 1: protesting in front of the White House, whether the military 61 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:56,960 Speaker 1: could shoot them. The restraint he showed was this, he 62 00:04:57,080 --> 00:05:01,760 Speaker 1: didn't want to shoot to kill, just to mame. This 63 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:06,440 Speaker 1: is a man who believes Adolph Hitler did some good things. 64 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:10,919 Speaker 1: Donald Trump admires this man. It's sick. He's a fascist, 65 00:05:11,279 --> 00:05:15,440 Speaker 1: and we will see in these final eleven days him 66 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:20,239 Speaker 1: fully bear his fangs. Donald Trump is a man of menace. 67 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:25,479 Speaker 1: He's a divider, spewing hate wherever he goes, and the 68 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:29,520 Speaker 1: crowds cheer. They look big on the television because all 69 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:34,560 Speaker 1: you see is Donald Trump standing supreme in front of 70 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:39,000 Speaker 1: a cult that cheers and worships every insanity, in every 71 00:05:39,120 --> 00:05:43,720 Speaker 1: incoherent utterance. It doesn't matter. But that's a mirage. It's 72 00:05:43,760 --> 00:05:46,920 Speaker 1: not real. This is a giant nation of three hundred 73 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:51,080 Speaker 1: and forty million people. In fact, almost half of all 74 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:55,000 Speaker 1: Americans who have ever lived since the beginning of the 75 00:05:55,160 --> 00:06:00,080 Speaker 1: Declaration of Independence are alive. Right now, are we going 76 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:05,000 Speaker 1: to cashshier American liberty? Are we going to put into 77 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:10,440 Speaker 1: the trash can? American freedom? Donald Trump smears the United 78 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:14,239 Speaker 1: States every chance he gets here. He is yesterday calling 79 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:15,520 Speaker 1: it a garbage. 80 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:18,840 Speaker 4: Can, right, and we're a dumping ground. Were like a 81 00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:23,880 Speaker 4: garbage can. For the world. That's what's happened. That's what's happened. 82 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:28,920 Speaker 4: Were like a garbage can. You know, it's the first 83 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:32,440 Speaker 4: time I've ever said that, And every time I come 84 00:06:32,560 --> 00:06:34,479 Speaker 4: up and talk about what they've done to a country, 85 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:37,720 Speaker 4: I get angry and angry. First time I've ever said 86 00:06:37,760 --> 00:06:40,680 Speaker 4: garbage can. But you know what, it's a very accurate description. 87 00:06:41,640 --> 00:06:45,520 Speaker 1: Here's a question. Donald's not that bright, but even he 88 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:49,760 Speaker 1: might have given himself some pause by pondering the obvious. 89 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:52,719 Speaker 1: If we're such a garbage can, why do so many 90 00:06:52,760 --> 00:06:55,919 Speaker 1: people from around the world want to come here? And 91 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:59,400 Speaker 1: the answer to that question is there's no place like 92 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:03,000 Speaker 1: it on Earth. There is no place with more opportunity. 93 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:07,359 Speaker 1: There is no place where, in one generation's time, the 94 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:10,480 Speaker 1: child of an immigrant can become the president of the 95 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:15,560 Speaker 1: United States. Somewhere in America today, every language known to 96 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:19,160 Speaker 1: man will be spoken somewhere in our country. It's what 97 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:24,920 Speaker 1: makes us strong, not weak. Together in this experiment where 98 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:29,960 Speaker 1: freedom has expanded to include everybody where, we now understand 99 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:33,360 Speaker 1: that it is the content of character, not the pigment 100 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:37,640 Speaker 1: of skin color, that ought to determine destiny this country, 101 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:42,679 Speaker 1: our country, the United States, our ancestors. Americans have fed 102 00:07:42,720 --> 00:07:47,240 Speaker 1: more people, cured more people, liberated more people than the 103 00:07:47,360 --> 00:07:51,520 Speaker 1: peoples of every other nation put together since the beginning 104 00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:58,120 Speaker 1: of time. We Americans stand for an idea. It's luminescent. 105 00:07:58,800 --> 00:08:02,680 Speaker 1: We reject the idea of kings and emperors and dictators, 106 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:06,640 Speaker 1: the notion that power flows from the top down, that 107 00:08:07,040 --> 00:08:11,760 Speaker 1: the sprinklings the tastes of freedom that are granted by 108 00:08:11,840 --> 00:08:15,520 Speaker 1: a king are no such thing, because freedom is not 109 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:19,360 Speaker 1: his to give nor his to take. This is the 110 00:08:19,560 --> 00:08:25,600 Speaker 1: essence of Americanism. We the people in order to form 111 00:08:25,680 --> 00:08:29,920 Speaker 1: a more perfect union. So it's not enough to vote 112 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:34,360 Speaker 1: for Vice President Harris and to affirm her as commander 113 00:08:34,440 --> 00:08:38,640 Speaker 1: in chief. This is a moment that requires defiance and 114 00:08:38,840 --> 00:08:45,600 Speaker 1: fierce opposition. I rise in opposition to Donald Trump because 115 00:08:45,640 --> 00:08:49,560 Speaker 1: I reject his assault on the freedom of speech. I 116 00:08:49,640 --> 00:08:53,599 Speaker 1: reject his assault on dissent and the freedom of conscience. 117 00:08:53,880 --> 00:08:57,920 Speaker 1: I find his threats of punishment and retribution to be 118 00:08:58,120 --> 00:09:03,080 Speaker 1: morally repugnant and deeply un American. I will oppose his 119 00:09:03,280 --> 00:09:08,240 Speaker 1: malice and his cruelty, and his misogyny and his racism, 120 00:09:08,600 --> 00:09:14,560 Speaker 1: and I will oppose his disgusting character. This man is 121 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:19,200 Speaker 1: an adjudicated rapist, and we propose to allow him to 122 00:09:19,280 --> 00:09:23,160 Speaker 1: stand behind the seal of the President of the United 123 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:27,080 Speaker 1: States of America, flanked by the flag of our nation 124 00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:30,640 Speaker 1: and the flag of the President of the United States. 125 00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:36,880 Speaker 1: It is sick, it is perverted, it is indecent, and 126 00:09:36,960 --> 00:09:41,440 Speaker 1: it is unworthy. We have gotten here to this muddy, 127 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:47,120 Speaker 1: disgusting river, polluted by MAGA and polluted by trump Ism, 128 00:09:47,360 --> 00:09:49,920 Speaker 1: because there was a lot of dumping of a lot 129 00:09:49,960 --> 00:09:54,160 Speaker 1: of acid into the waters by America's corrupted and broken 130 00:09:54,280 --> 00:09:58,520 Speaker 1: news media who covered Donald Trump as a ring master, 131 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:02,319 Speaker 1: not a fascist threat, who covered him as a clown 132 00:10:02,679 --> 00:10:06,679 Speaker 1: but not a toxic one. This moment has arrived because 133 00:10:06,720 --> 00:10:10,440 Speaker 1: there's more derelictions than can be counted. There are more 134 00:10:10,600 --> 00:10:16,280 Speaker 1: evasions of responsibility that can be listed. This is a 135 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:22,160 Speaker 1: moment for every American to appreciate what loyalty we owe. 136 00:10:22,520 --> 00:10:25,959 Speaker 1: We owe not to the letter of a political party 137 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:29,280 Speaker 1: next to the name onto the ballot, but to an 138 00:10:29,480 --> 00:10:35,120 Speaker 1: idea paid in blood, refreshed in blood, and passed down 139 00:10:35,240 --> 00:10:38,720 Speaker 1: to us so that it may be preserved for the 140 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:42,640 Speaker 1: next generation, and the one after that and the one 141 00:10:42,720 --> 00:10:49,400 Speaker 1: after that. Donald Trump is unfit and a spectacular, historic, 142 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:56,880 Speaker 1: fundamental way. He worships Hitler, not the Constitution. He celebrates violence, 143 00:10:57,320 --> 00:11:02,720 Speaker 1: not unity. He pushes divisions like a junkie receives heroin 144 00:11:02,840 --> 00:11:08,240 Speaker 1: from their pusher. This vile man must not win. And 145 00:11:08,280 --> 00:11:13,360 Speaker 1: that requires two things. A vote for something better, which 146 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:18,439 Speaker 1: Kamala Harris has offered, and a strong vote that says, never, 147 00:11:19,080 --> 00:11:23,559 Speaker 1: never again, never ever will a man like Donald Trump 148 00:11:23,920 --> 00:11:29,040 Speaker 1: be the president. Not with my vote, not with my efforts. 149 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:33,000 Speaker 1: This is a moment that requires action, requires you to 150 00:11:33,040 --> 00:11:37,600 Speaker 1: do something. Donald Trump is exactly what he appears to be, 151 00:11:37,840 --> 00:11:41,320 Speaker 1: which is a grave danger to you, to your friends, 152 00:11:41,440 --> 00:11:44,720 Speaker 1: to your children, to your loved ones, to your community, 153 00:11:44,920 --> 00:11:47,800 Speaker 1: to your state, to your nation, and to your way 154 00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:50,560 Speaker 1: of life. He's made it clear, can you hear him? 155 00:11:50,880 --> 00:11:53,360 Speaker 4: And until we get a fair and free press of 156 00:11:53,440 --> 00:12:03,719 Speaker 4: this country. They just bad people. I mean, look, how 157 00:12:03,720 --> 00:12:06,960 Speaker 4: easy here you have. All they have to do is 158 00:12:07,080 --> 00:12:12,120 Speaker 4: just go huh huh, one inch this way and one 159 00:12:12,160 --> 00:12:13,640 Speaker 4: in is this way, and you got it. 160 00:12:14,120 --> 00:12:21,280 Speaker 2: They don't want to do that. They're the enemy of 161 00:12:21,320 --> 00:12:21,760 Speaker 2: the people. 162 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:22,559 Speaker 4: They are. 163 00:12:23,320 --> 00:12:26,600 Speaker 1: Let's make the smart choice. Let's make the right choice. 164 00:12:26,960 --> 00:12:31,440 Speaker 1: Let's make the moral choice. Let's make the American choice 165 00:12:31,920 --> 00:12:36,000 Speaker 1: Kamala Harris for President of the United States of America. 166 00:12:37,480 --> 00:12:40,199 Speaker 1: I'm Steve Schmidt. This is the warning and I invite 167 00:12:40,240 --> 00:12:44,480 Speaker 1: you to join. Subscribe on our substack, on our YouTube channel, 168 00:12:44,640 --> 00:12:46,679 Speaker 1: follow us. Welcome to the community.