1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:04,080 Speaker 1: Thirteen days remain until the American people go to the polls. 2 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:08,760 Speaker 1: Already more than seventeen million Americans have voted. The polls 3 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:13,480 Speaker 1: say that the race is razor close. This is the warning. 4 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:19,160 Speaker 1: John Kelly is a retired United States Marine Corps general. 5 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:23,720 Speaker 1: He spent his entire life in service to the United States, 6 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:27,440 Speaker 1: and John Kelly paid a very high price for America's 7 00:00:27,480 --> 00:00:31,640 Speaker 1: wars over the last twenty years. He wasn't just a commander, 8 00:00:31,880 --> 00:00:35,360 Speaker 1: He was a father who lost his son in those wars. 9 00:00:35,560 --> 00:00:39,760 Speaker 1: And John Kelly went on to serve as Donald Trump's 10 00:00:39,760 --> 00:00:42,479 Speaker 1: first chief of staff in the White House. I've been 11 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:45,360 Speaker 1: very critical of General Kelly. I don't agree with his 12 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:49,199 Speaker 1: politics and I don't agree with his conduct once he 13 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:54,280 Speaker 1: went into politics, leaving his military career behind. Every one 14 00:00:54,480 --> 00:00:59,760 Speaker 1: of the people around Donald Trump matdis esper Kelly. All 15 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:04,920 Speaker 1: of these people know exactly who Donald Trump is, and 16 00:01:05,080 --> 00:01:08,920 Speaker 1: each of them has the credibility to warn a small 17 00:01:09,040 --> 00:01:13,240 Speaker 1: slice of the population who will listen to them about 18 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:17,160 Speaker 1: what it is that Donald Trump is. Now. John Kelly 19 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:20,640 Speaker 1: has called Trump what Trump is and what I have 20 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:23,800 Speaker 1: called him for many many years. When I use the 21 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:27,480 Speaker 1: word fascist, it is not for the purposes of further 22 00:01:27,560 --> 00:01:31,560 Speaker 1: inflaming the debate. When I use this word, the purpose 23 00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:35,800 Speaker 1: of its use is precision to describe what it is 24 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:39,600 Speaker 1: that Trump is because he's not a Republican, though he 25 00:01:39,760 --> 00:01:43,319 Speaker 1: carries magic letter R next to his name. What Trump 26 00:01:43,440 --> 00:01:47,360 Speaker 1: is is a fascist. He's become one over ten years. 27 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:54,440 Speaker 1: Here is how John Kelly describes fascism. Here's Benito Mussolini, 28 00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:58,880 Speaker 1: the first fascist, the man who invented it. Trump believes 29 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:04,120 Speaker 1: in a dogma of government control for the collective and 30 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:08,480 Speaker 1: its interests as seen by him, which coincidentally are really 31 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:13,720 Speaker 1: his interests. This is the most corrupt political philosophy ever, 32 00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:18,200 Speaker 1: and it's dangerous and it's lethal. By the time fascism 33 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:22,680 Speaker 1: had run its course, more than one hundred million human 34 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:26,960 Speaker 1: beings were dead around the world. It was the greatest 35 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:32,240 Speaker 1: disaster in human history, and incredibly, less than one full 36 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:36,240 Speaker 1: lifetime after it ended, much of the lessons from it 37 00:02:36,639 --> 00:02:41,680 Speaker 1: have been forgotten. The American population doesn't remember the Second 38 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:46,880 Speaker 1: World War, doesn't remember Mussolini, it doesn't remember Hitler, It 39 00:02:46,919 --> 00:02:52,040 Speaker 1: doesn't remember the militarists and the nationalists. It doesn't remember 40 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:55,840 Speaker 1: the men who lit the world on fire. Men like Trump, 41 00:02:56,280 --> 00:03:00,240 Speaker 1: men who want power, and with that power, want to 42 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:03,839 Speaker 1: take from you whatever it is they wish to have. 43 00:03:04,160 --> 00:03:09,680 Speaker 1: Their appetites are limitless. There is no restraint attached to fascism. 44 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:14,720 Speaker 1: Donald Trump is threatening to pursue the enemy within with 45 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:18,680 Speaker 1: the US military. I'm part of the enemy within because 46 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:21,919 Speaker 1: I will never back down to Donald Trump and any 47 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:25,640 Speaker 1: American who stands opposed to him and stands up for 48 00:03:25,720 --> 00:03:29,080 Speaker 1: their freedom. The Supreme Court is already ruled that should 49 00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:33,119 Speaker 1: Donald Trump send Seal Team six to assassinate an American citizen, 50 00:03:33,440 --> 00:03:38,000 Speaker 1: no problem appreciating the danger of the moment, heeding the 51 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:41,920 Speaker 1: warnings of the people who are around Trump, even if 52 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:44,360 Speaker 1: they are coming late, Even in the case of John 53 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:49,920 Speaker 1: Kelly's years laly. Heeding these messages, these warnings, understanding them 54 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:53,880 Speaker 1: while there's still time to act on them, up including 55 00:03:53,920 --> 00:03:58,200 Speaker 1: to the last second, is of vital importance for America's security. 56 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:03,560 Speaker 1: John Kelly has seen the US military up close. He 57 00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:07,440 Speaker 1: helped lead it. He's a Marine officer, and he served 58 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:10,520 Speaker 1: in the White House with the Commander in Chief, who 59 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:15,440 Speaker 1: hates the idea that the American people have freedoms that 60 00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:18,680 Speaker 1: are not granted by him. He's talked about it over 61 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:21,360 Speaker 1: and over again. Who is Donald Trump. He's the man 62 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:25,680 Speaker 1: who said that the gravestones in our most sacred spaces 63 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:31,200 Speaker 1: marked the spots where suckers and losers are buried. Donald Trump, 64 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:34,960 Speaker 1: after agreeing to pay for the funeral of a murdered 65 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:39,400 Speaker 1: Mexican American young woman, an army soldier, when he got 66 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:42,160 Speaker 1: the bill in the cost of the funeral with sixty 67 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:47,000 Speaker 1: thousand dollars, he supposedly replied for a Mexican, this is 68 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:52,040 Speaker 1: a vile man, a cruel, disordered personality. Listen to him 69 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:55,960 Speaker 1: on the campaign trail, Listen to his threats. It's not 70 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:59,640 Speaker 1: a joke. He means it. And in thirteen days, a 71 00:04:59,680 --> 00:05:02,880 Speaker 1: hunt dred million Americans will turn out and vote, and 72 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:06,680 Speaker 1: they'll decide whether to give him the power that he's 73 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:10,520 Speaker 1: made quite clear he will abuse and try to twist 74 00:05:10,920 --> 00:05:14,400 Speaker 1: into the power of a caesar, a dictator, and he'll 75 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:18,320 Speaker 1: use it to punish, to seek revenge, to get retribution. 76 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:22,800 Speaker 1: And of course, America's broken media never takes a day 77 00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:26,120 Speaker 1: off when given the opportunity to ask a question or 78 00:05:26,120 --> 00:05:29,360 Speaker 1: the Vice President of the United States about the fascist threat. 79 00:05:30,080 --> 00:05:32,880 Speaker 2: It is entirely possible that the federal core cases against 80 00:05:32,920 --> 00:05:34,840 Speaker 2: the former president will continue on. He is, of course, 81 00:05:34,839 --> 00:05:38,640 Speaker 2: facing those felony charges. Would you consider if you win 82 00:05:38,680 --> 00:05:41,080 Speaker 2: and he's convicted, a pardon for former President Trump. 83 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:46,320 Speaker 3: I'm not going to get into those hypotheticals. I'm focused 84 00:05:46,320 --> 00:05:47,480 Speaker 3: on the next fourteen days. 85 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:49,279 Speaker 2: But do you believe is there any part of you 86 00:05:49,360 --> 00:05:51,320 Speaker 2: that subscribes to the argument that has been made in 87 00:05:51,360 --> 00:05:53,800 Speaker 2: the past that a pardon could help bring America together, 88 00:05:53,880 --> 00:05:55,760 Speaker 2: could help unify the country and move on. 89 00:05:56,440 --> 00:05:57,960 Speaker 3: Let me tell you what's going to help us move on? 90 00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:01,160 Speaker 3: I get elected president the United States. 91 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:05,159 Speaker 1: NBC's Hallie Jackson thinks the issue at hand is whether 92 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:09,200 Speaker 1: the vice president, not yet elected, should pardon the convicted 93 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:12,039 Speaker 1: felon Is this really the question on the minds of 94 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:16,320 Speaker 1: the American people or was NBC fishing for some clickbait 95 00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:20,400 Speaker 1: to inflame the situation on a peripheral issue, Because that's 96 00:06:20,440 --> 00:06:23,880 Speaker 1: what journalism has become and what it should have done 97 00:06:24,279 --> 00:06:27,680 Speaker 1: was warned the American people about what was barreling down 98 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:30,800 Speaker 1: the tracks at them. What's barreling down the tracks at 99 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:35,159 Speaker 1: them is fascism. Trump will bring to us the same 100 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:39,839 Speaker 1: ruin that this poisonous philosophy brought to these people, this 101 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:44,680 Speaker 1: is the morning. I'm Steve Schmidt. This is the warning 102 00:06:44,839 --> 00:06:48,159 Speaker 1: and I invite you to join. Subscribe on our sub stack, 103 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:51,839 Speaker 1: on our YouTube channel, follow us. Welcome to the community.