WEBVTT - Trump Using Fear Tactics to Take Over D.C.

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<v Speaker 1>This is the warning the American people and the whole

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<v Speaker 1>world witnessed a Titanic lie.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't like being up here talking about how unsafe

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<v Speaker 2>and how dirty and disgusting this once beautiful capital was

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<v Speaker 2>with graffiti all over the walls. It's another part of it,

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<v Speaker 2>by the way, because we're talking about safety, we're also

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<v Speaker 2>talking about beautification. We're the most beautiful, potentially capital in

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<v Speaker 2>the world. We always had. But people come from Iowa,

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<v Speaker 2>they come from Indiana, They come and then they get mugged.

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<v Speaker 2>Not going to happen. Keep coming because within by the

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<v Speaker 2>time you get your trip set, it's going to be

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<v Speaker 2>safe again, and it's going to be cleaned very quickly.

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<v Speaker 1>President of the United States stood flanked by the Attorney

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<v Speaker 1>General and the Defense Secretary and said that the capital

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<v Speaker 1>city of the United States was a dystopian healthcape. It

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<v Speaker 1>was besieged by roving youth gangs, and what was required

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<v Speaker 1>was the calling out of the army. And so Donald

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<v Speaker 1>Trump made the announce flanked on the one side by

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<v Speaker 1>his Attorney General and on the other side by his

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<v Speaker 1>Defense Secretary. And that was deliberate because what he was

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<v Speaker 1>saying was that in America, the military doesn't serve the nation,

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<v Speaker 1>or the Constitution or the people, but the whims of

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<v Speaker 1>a man, and it is an instrument of his personal power.

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<v Speaker 3>And on the other.

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<v Speaker 1>Side was the woman deeply implicated in the cover up

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<v Speaker 1>of Jeffrey Epstein coast playing in a new role as

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<v Speaker 1>head of the DC Homicide Task Force.

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<v Speaker 4>Let me be crystal clear, crime in d C is

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<v Speaker 4>ending and ending today. We are going to use every

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<v Speaker 4>power we have to fight criminals. Here. President, thank you

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<v Speaker 4>for caring about our capital. Families come here every summer.

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<v Speaker 4>Our museums are free. We have the National Zoo, we

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<v Speaker 4>have the National Gallery. DC should be a place where

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<v Speaker 4>everyone can come and feel safe. Behind me and to

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<v Speaker 4>my side. We have some of the best career law

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<v Speaker 4>enforcement and prosecutors in the country who are ready to

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<v Speaker 4>take this on.

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<v Speaker 1>Pambondi, a liar, stood there as a symbol that the

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<v Speaker 1>rule of law in the United States is dead, that

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<v Speaker 1>it's expired. She is the President's personal lawyer, and the

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<v Speaker 1>Justice Department is his personal.

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<v Speaker 3>Instrument of revenge and retribution. The whole point of.

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<v Speaker 1>What the American people witnessed yesterday was to chill dissent.

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<v Speaker 1>Now Trump likes to talk about the fact that he

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<v Speaker 1>received a historic landslide.

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<v Speaker 3>It's nonsense.

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<v Speaker 1>There have been sixty presidential elections in the history of

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<v Speaker 1>the country. Here is the rank order of them. Here's

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<v Speaker 1>where Donald Trump fits in. As you can see, it

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<v Speaker 1>was a small victory, it was a plurality victory, and

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<v Speaker 1>it was a victory that ranks near.

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<v Speaker 3>The bottom on the totality of the list.

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<v Speaker 1>There is no majority in America that supports what Donald

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<v Speaker 1>Trump is doing. This man elected with forty nine and

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<v Speaker 1>a half percent of the votes, has decided to use

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<v Speaker 1>the full power, the full weight, the full authority of

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<v Speaker 1>the federal government to occupy democratic cities. Some of the

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<v Speaker 1>most dangerous cities in America are the big cities in

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<v Speaker 1>Red States, cities like Saint Louis. But where is the

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<v Speaker 1>army in the Red States? The reality is the performance

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<v Speaker 1>theater wouldn't be popular there. So what we are witnesses

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<v Speaker 1>to is one political faction, a minority of the country,

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<v Speaker 1>using the full power of the American military against a

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<v Speaker 1>different faction in the country, a white minority using the

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<v Speaker 1>power of the state to suppress, to oppress, and to

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<v Speaker 1>take away the democracy from the Washington DC black voter

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<v Speaker 1>from the Washington, d C.

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<v Speaker 3>Black Citizen.

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<v Speaker 1>Washington was a city where slavery was legal, where slaves

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<v Speaker 1>built the capital, in built the White House, a city

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<v Speaker 1>that Doctor King march to in August of nineteen sixty

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<v Speaker 1>three at the head of what was called All Day

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<v Speaker 1>Freedom Parade. And in that Freedom Parade, Doctor King shared

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<v Speaker 1>a dream, and that dream was shared from a spot

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<v Speaker 1>that remembers the legacy and the memory of the man

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<v Speaker 1>who preserved the Union, Abraham Lincoln.

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<v Speaker 3>And on that site, on the walls of that memorial

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<v Speaker 3>are the.

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<v Speaker 1>Great speeches that Lincoln left for the country, the Gettysburg

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<v Speaker 1>Address that makes clear the purpose of the country is liberty,

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<v Speaker 1>and the Second Inaugural, which makes clear that the purpose

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<v Speaker 1>of the nation must be the defense of that liberty.

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<v Speaker 1>And then, after the ending of a terrible war, that

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<v Speaker 1>it killed eight hundred thousand people in a nation of

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<v Speaker 1>thirty four million, that there be mercy, that there be

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<v Speaker 1>malice towards none, that the nation seek to bind up

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<v Speaker 1>its wounds. Donald Trump represents the opposite spirit, an aggressive spirit,

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<v Speaker 1>a spirit that wants to dominate, to use power to subjugate.

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<v Speaker 2>Our capital city has been overtaken by violent gangs and

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<v Speaker 2>bloodthirsty criminals, roving mobs of wild youth, drugged out many

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<v Speaker 2>and homeless people, and we're not gonna let it happen anymore.

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<v Speaker 2>We're not gonna take it.

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<v Speaker 3>Now.

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<v Speaker 1>Imagine if it came to be that there is a

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<v Speaker 1>legitimate need to use the type of force that Donald

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<v Speaker 1>Trump is talking about, that there was disorder, that there

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<v Speaker 1>was chaos, that there was anarchy.

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<v Speaker 3>Would that not be lamentable.

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<v Speaker 1>Would it not be a tragedy, a sober moment, a

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<v Speaker 1>serious one that would require careful explanation about the necessitous

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<v Speaker 1>nature of the use of violence to bring about peace.

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<v Speaker 1>There's none of that from Trump because there's no circumspection,

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<v Speaker 1>there's no thought, because this isn't real, it's steered.

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<v Speaker 2>When I look at Chicago and I look at La,

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<v Speaker 2>if we didn't go to La three months ago, La

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<v Speaker 2>would be burning like the part that didn't burn. If

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<v Speaker 2>he would have allowed the water to come down, which

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<v Speaker 2>I told him about in my first term, I said,

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<v Speaker 2>you're gonna have problems, let it come down. We actually

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<v Speaker 2>sent in our military to have the water come down

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<v Speaker 2>into La. They still didn't want it to come down

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<v Speaker 2>after the fires, but that was it. We have a

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<v Speaker 2>coming down, but hopefully la is watching that may are

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<v Speaker 2>also the city's burning.

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<v Speaker 1>What's real are the thugs with federal badges who are

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<v Speaker 1>being asked to betray the constitution for the whim of

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<v Speaker 1>a man. And so it came to be that these

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<v Speaker 1>people spread out over Fox News to tell America that

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<v Speaker 1>up is down, and down is up, and right is

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<v Speaker 1>left and left is right, and that crime is soaring

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<v Speaker 1>when it's down, and that what's needed is a dose

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<v Speaker 1>of fascism and a display of presidential power unprecedented in

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<v Speaker 1>the history of the country to deal with it.

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<v Speaker 3>Does that make sense? Does that seem right?

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump said, this is coming to a city near you,

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<v Speaker 1>But not if you live in a red state, not

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<v Speaker 1>in Salt Lake City that has plenty of problems, not

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<v Speaker 1>in Dallas, not.

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<v Speaker 3>In Houston, in the Blue states. So they face.

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<v Speaker 1>Military occupation by the mega faction in control of the

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<v Speaker 1>armed forces, led by a vile man named Pete Hagseth,

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<v Speaker 1>who is politicized.

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<v Speaker 3>The desecrated them.

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<v Speaker 5>At your direction as well, sir, there are other units

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<v Speaker 5>we are prepared to bring in, other National Guard units,

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<v Speaker 5>other specialized units. They will be strong, they will be tough,

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<v Speaker 5>and they will stand with their law enforcement partners. This

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<v Speaker 5>is nothing new for God. As the President noted, at

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<v Speaker 5>the border, we've got ten thousand troops down there who've

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<v Speaker 5>been operating in defense cooperation areas, defense zones.

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<v Speaker 3>Where there's zero, zero illegal.

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<v Speaker 5>Crossings because of troops on strikers scanning the border. We've

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<v Speaker 5>been protecting other people's borders for twenty years. It's about

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<v Speaker 5>time we protect our own.

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<v Speaker 1>These people, these villainous cretons standing behind Trump, each a charlatan,

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<v Speaker 1>each a desecrator of the republic, each an arsonist of

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<v Speaker 1>some of the most sublime ideas ever put to paper

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<v Speaker 1>by the mind of man. And what they are doing

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<v Speaker 1>is assaulting each and every one of us in our liberty,

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<v Speaker 1>our rights. They're making a declaration of repudiation against the

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<v Speaker 1>independence of the country and the idea that are created

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<v Speaker 1>equal and our rights come not from government but from

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<v Speaker 1>a creator, a higher power.

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<v Speaker 3>And there is no compromise to be had on these questions.

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<v Speaker 1>And no good American will back down in the face

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<v Speaker 1>of this maga obscenity. Behind me, it's the fourth largest

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<v Speaker 1>city in North America, great city, Toronto, and it's a

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<v Speaker 1>free city, one without an army on the streets, one

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<v Speaker 1>without mass men snatching people off the streets. Later today,

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<v Speaker 1>the will be a baseball game played in the stadium

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<v Speaker 1>behind me, the Rogers Center, and the national anthem of

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<v Speaker 1>the United States will be played, and it will celebrate

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<v Speaker 1>a country the professes to be the home of the free,

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<v Speaker 1>in the land of the brave. Now you tell me,

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<v Speaker 1>do these look like images from the home of the free?

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<v Speaker 1>And what brave people would ever allow that to happen.

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<v Speaker 1>Fascism has come to America. It is wrapped in the flag,

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<v Speaker 1>it is carrying the cross, and it is as dangerous

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<v Speaker 1>and it is as malignant as the variant of the

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<v Speaker 1>disease that came before. This is the I'm Steve Schmidt.

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<v Speaker 1>This is the warning. I invite you to join this community,

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<v Speaker 1>where I promise to be honest, blunt and direct about

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<v Speaker 1>what is happening in this country. America is in crisis.

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