WEBVTT - Donald Trump: A Fading Star

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<v Speaker 1>This is the warning.

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<v Speaker 2>There is a question that hangs in the air that

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<v Speaker 2>will be settled in ninety four days at the closing

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<v Speaker 2>of the polls, when those last votes are cast, And

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<v Speaker 2>the question is what does an American look like?

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<v Speaker 1>And perhaps what is a black job?

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<v Speaker 2>Last night, a black job was bringing glory to the country,

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<v Speaker 2>personal individual achievement, fuel through grit, determination, sheer, extraordinary God

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<v Speaker 2>given excellence, and the hard work to distill it into

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<v Speaker 2>the greatness that the American people and the whole world

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<v Speaker 2>cheered for. Last night, when the world cheered, the American

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<v Speaker 2>flag rose high, our national anthem played, a black job

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<v Speaker 2>had certainly one Donald Trump couldn't do. Look at the joy,

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<v Speaker 2>the happiness, the sheer patriots is them as they dance

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<v Speaker 2>with the American flag. Sunny Lee and Simone Biles. What

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<v Speaker 2>extraordinary competitors, athletes and Americans. We are all proud of them.

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<v Speaker 2>Now let's look at another image. Let's look at a

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<v Speaker 2>joyless face, an affected scow. Let's look at America's dime store,

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<v Speaker 2>Mussolini and his mugshot. I'll show you in a second

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<v Speaker 2>how proud Donald Trump is of it. But look deeper

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<v Speaker 2>into it, the unhappiness, the misery, the weirdness. It's weird

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<v Speaker 2>not to smile, isn't it. I'll tell you another thing

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<v Speaker 2>that's weird. If we could turn back the clock a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit. This woman is a five star wacko Christy

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<v Speaker 2>nom and she was seriously under consideration to be this

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<v Speaker 2>unsmiling man's vice president before he picked the demented weirdo jd.

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<v Speaker 1>Vance.

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<v Speaker 2>This woman wrote in a book trying to titillate these people,

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<v Speaker 2>the Maga Masses, that she point blank shot a puppy

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<v Speaker 2>because she was angry at trying to show that she

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<v Speaker 2>could make tough decisions, and she was a hard ass.

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<v Speaker 2>All of this stuff is demented. This entire cast of

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<v Speaker 2>characters has always been a Star Wars bar scene, a

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<v Speaker 2>creature canteena of fascist yearning, of despotic cravings, of Unamerican

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<v Speaker 2>appetites that seeks to impose control over you, over your

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<v Speaker 2>daughters mostly, but over your wives as well, and girlfriends,

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<v Speaker 2>over every.

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<v Speaker 1>One of us.

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<v Speaker 2>Trump Ism is a dogma of control fueled by unhappiness

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<v Speaker 2>and misery. These are unhappy people. Look at these pictures

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<v Speaker 2>from the convention. We didn't talk enough about this in

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<v Speaker 2>the aftermath. As a nation. How strange it was in

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<v Speaker 2>the final speech that Donald Trump would talk insanely for

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<v Speaker 2>ninety three incoherent minutes, long, boring minutes, utterly detached from

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<v Speaker 2>anyone around him, unable to see the boredom. Whatever Trump

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<v Speaker 2>thinks about happiness, it precludes a smile or the possibility

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<v Speaker 2>that he might find one. His image conveys menace, because

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<v Speaker 2>in his heart, that is what there is. Donald Trump

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<v Speaker 2>hates he has enemies. They're not the Russians, they're not

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<v Speaker 2>the Chinese. They're not terrorists who seek to murder and

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<v Speaker 2>cause mayhem in our society. He doesn't hate injustice, he

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't hate poverty, he doesn't hate war. He hates his

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<v Speaker 2>follow Americans. And he said so in his despotic speech

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<v Speaker 2>celebrating the fact that his mugshot is now the number

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<v Speaker 2>one best selling mugshot on a T shirt of all time,

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<v Speaker 2>outpacing the king of rock and roll, Elvis and Frank

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<v Speaker 2>Sinatra himself.

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<v Speaker 1>It's the number one selling mugshot in history. It beat Elvis,

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<v Speaker 1>and it beat Frank Sinatra.

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<v Speaker 2>Did you know that Frank Sinatra.

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<v Speaker 1>Had a big one? Did you know he got arrested

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<v Speaker 1>for something?

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<v Speaker 2>And I think Elvis had to fight, and I guess

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<v Speaker 2>they should do something.

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<v Speaker 1>But Elvis was one.

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<v Speaker 2>Frank Sinatras too, and I'm proud to admit, and I'm

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<v Speaker 2>proud to tell you that you have made mine bigger

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<v Speaker 2>than both of them by a lot. It's the biggest

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<v Speaker 2>selling mugshot ever.

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<v Speaker 1>Are you shitting me?

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<v Speaker 2>Look at these people applauding this insanity. If they are

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<v Speaker 2>sitting behind this man, cheering this madness. The one thing

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<v Speaker 2>I do not want for them is their ability to

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<v Speaker 2>impose on us, specifically me and my my family. They're

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<v Speaker 2>political judgments because they are lost in a fog. Donald

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<v Speaker 2>Trump was peering in the Oval office window again, measuring

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<v Speaker 2>the drapes. But do you know what happened?

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<v Speaker 1>She happened.

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<v Speaker 2>And she's a star, not a fading, boring one, Because

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<v Speaker 2>Kamala Harris is a high achieving superstar who has met

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<v Speaker 2>her moment. What a brilliant campaigner. She's about to take

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<v Speaker 2>the ball and score five touchdowns with a brilliant VP

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<v Speaker 2>pick followed by a successful convention. There's a simple thing

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<v Speaker 2>that Donald Trump stands for. It's so obvious, it's so clear.

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<v Speaker 2>Donald Trump is about Trump. He's a blusterer and a

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<v Speaker 2>showman who somehow caught the middle current for a long

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<v Speaker 2>season of America's life. He thought he was going to

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<v Speaker 2>ride it down the middle of the river, right back

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<v Speaker 2>into power against an aging president who wouldn't yield it.

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<v Speaker 2>But that president defied expectations and did with Donald Trump

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<v Speaker 2>didn't expect, upended the race, and Kamala Harris has shot

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<v Speaker 2>up like an Apollo eleven rocket, going to the moon

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<v Speaker 2>and beyond. Where she's going is to the White House

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<v Speaker 2>as the forty seventh President of the United States of

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<v Speaker 2>America in a time of turmoil and tribulation, and she

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<v Speaker 2>will need the good faith and goodwill of all Americans.

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<v Speaker 2>The struggle to put her there is not yet over,

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<v Speaker 2>but it's well on its way to being. So if

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<v Speaker 2>the election were tomorrow, Kamala Harris would win. And what

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<v Speaker 2>a refreshing thing that is, to say, after a long

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<v Speaker 2>winter of worry, a long spring of defiance against reality,

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<v Speaker 2>and a hot summer of resistance to win it. But

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<v Speaker 2>all of that has yielded now and the Democratic Party

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<v Speaker 2>is the Democratic Party again. It has reawakened a vast

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<v Speaker 2>mosaic of Americans into a coalition that wants better. Better

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<v Speaker 2>is the remedy to trump Ism. This man was a president,

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<v Speaker 2>but what he really is is President Norman Desmond, a

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<v Speaker 2>fading start, crying.

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<v Speaker 1>Desperately for attention.

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<v Speaker 2>His racist outbursts have undone him, his idiocy, his malice

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<v Speaker 2>utterly exposed. Donald Trump is sinking and fading. He will

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<v Speaker 2>be remembered for nothing but losing, for taking captive a

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<v Speaker 2>great institution fueled by the cowardice of its elected politicians.

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<v Speaker 2>But before they move on, the amnesia will take hold,

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<v Speaker 2>and that amnesia will isolate the aging and elderly Trump.

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<v Speaker 1>He will be alone.

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<v Speaker 2>And forgotten, ranting and rambling to the million dollar members

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<v Speaker 2>who pay for the show, until there are none left.

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<v Speaker 2>The sea borders will rise on more a lago. The

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<v Speaker 2>walls will grow a bit moldy, to smell like Trump,

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<v Speaker 2>a bit musty and decomposing as time marches on.

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<v Speaker 1>Because the end is at hand.

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<v Speaker 2>Madam President defeated by a black woman. I guess that's

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<v Speaker 2>what a black job is. President of the United States.

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<v Speaker 2>But a new day is breaking. Pope is alive in America.

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<v Speaker 2>The Democratic Convention is seventeen days away. What an exciting time.

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<v Speaker 2>This is the warning get involved, fight for your country.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm Steve Schmidt. This is the warning and I invite

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