WEBVTT - Trump's Latest Appointments Are RIDICULOUS

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<v Speaker 1>Seven hundred and nineteen days from now we get a vote,

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<v Speaker 1>a referendum on the first two years of the Trump

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<v Speaker 1>presidency and on the corrupt MAGA rubber stamp Congress. This

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<v Speaker 1>is the warning Donald Trump is off to a fast

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<v Speaker 1>start assembling his cabinet. The Democratic Party is in no

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<v Speaker 1>real functional position to oppose all of them, particularly given

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<v Speaker 1>the resounding victory Donald Trump achieved in the election last week.

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<v Speaker 1>Yet the American people and the Trump opposition are on

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<v Speaker 1>the edge of an extremely important moral victory. When all

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<v Speaker 1>of the votes are cast, it seems that Donald Trump

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<v Speaker 1>will not have a majority support of the American people.

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<v Speaker 1>He will be a plurality winner, and the scale and

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<v Speaker 1>the size of his victory will be less than what

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<v Speaker 1>George W.

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<v Speaker 2>Bush achieved when he beat.

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<v Speaker 1>John Kerry by one hundred and forty one thousand votes

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<v Speaker 1>in the state of Ohio, becoming the nation's forty third president.

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<v Speaker 1>We should talk about the man that he picked to

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<v Speaker 1>be Secretary of Defense, because when he was picked, Donald Rumsfeld,

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<v Speaker 1>who had at one point been the youngest secretary in

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<v Speaker 1>the nation's history, was celebrated. He went on to become

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<v Speaker 1>the worst defense secretary in American history by a lot.

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<v Speaker 1>He was the principal architect of two losing wars that

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<v Speaker 1>killed a million human beings, five thousand plus of them Americans,

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<v Speaker 1>wounded tens of thousands, incited a suicide epidemic, and cost

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<v Speaker 1>four trillion dollars. The arrogant Rumsfeldt sent the first cavalry

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<v Speaker 1>division to Bagdad without its armor. He mandated that the

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<v Speaker 1>United States Army fight a war of ideology on the

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<v Speaker 1>basis not of doctrine, not on training, but the whims

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<v Speaker 1>of rumsfeld ego.

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<v Speaker 2>And it was a disaster.

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<v Speaker 1>And now Donald Trump has raised the anti He has

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<v Speaker 1>appointed somebody to become the Secretary of Defense, a National

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<v Speaker 1>Guard officer and Princeton graduate with no real world experience

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<v Speaker 1>outside of Fox News, to become the leader of the

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<v Speaker 1>trillion dollar a year Department of Defense, which cannot pass

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<v Speaker 1>an audit. Pete Hegseeth will be taking the place of

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<v Speaker 1>Lloyd Austin, a competent, decent, qualified man. Pete Hegseth, a

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<v Speaker 1>man who believes women should not be in combat, a

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<v Speaker 1>tinkerer with the codes and customs of the military, trying

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<v Speaker 1>to impose the MAGA worldview on its system of honor,

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<v Speaker 1>including his demand that war criminals be pardoned by Donald Trump,

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<v Speaker 1>who violated the most important codes and mores of the military.

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<v Speaker 1>When the Navy Seals wanted to take Eddie Gallagher's tried

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<v Speaker 1>in a way, Pete Heegsath was there to politicize it,

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<v Speaker 1>to foxify it. And now he'll be the Secretary of

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<v Speaker 1>Defense unless Democrats can stop him, and he should be

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<v Speaker 1>target Numero Uno for the confirmation hearings. Democrats should demand

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<v Speaker 1>immediately the full release of his service files, all of them.

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<v Speaker 1>What were his fitness reports? The simple fact is, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not somebody who believes that the personal lives of leaders

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<v Speaker 1>should be a disqualification. But the simple truth is Pete

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<v Speaker 1>Hegsath is on his third marriage and two times he's

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<v Speaker 1>had affairs with coworkers. Adultery is a crime in the military.

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<v Speaker 1>Pete Hegsath is a clown who has no business leading

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<v Speaker 1>the American armedforces. Democrats should fight this all the way home.

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<v Speaker 1>The American people love their dogs, me included. There is

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<v Speaker 1>no maga whatever who is quite like Corey Lewandowski's mistress,

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<v Speaker 1>Governor Christy Noam of South Dakota, who is to be

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<v Speaker 1>the Secretary of Homeland Security because in the way that

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<v Speaker 1>Trump is a narcissist, it appears that Christie Nome is

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<v Speaker 1>a sadist in her own words, with her own confessions,

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<v Speaker 1>She's a small state governor who is not competent to

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<v Speaker 1>the task of running America's bloated homeland security behemoth. Christi

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<v Speaker 1>nom will do whatever Trump tells her to do. Will

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<v Speaker 1>she take away people's tsa pre because she doesn't like

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<v Speaker 1>their politics or their Nexus cards or global traveler cards?

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<v Speaker 1>Who gets to be on the no fly list Democratic committeemen.

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<v Speaker 1>With Trump's reign of revenge set to fall upon the country,

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<v Speaker 1>Christie Nome is going to have a hard time answering

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<v Speaker 1>tough questions and a confirmation and Democrats should go after

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<v Speaker 1>her heart with discipline and focus. Fact that the matter

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<v Speaker 1>is the Democratic Party right now is not in fighting shape,

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<v Speaker 1>but it has to, like a wolf pack or a

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<v Speaker 1>lion pack, go after the weakest members of the Trump

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<v Speaker 1>heard That's how zebras get eaten. And the slowest zebras

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<v Speaker 1>in Trump's Maga pack are Pete Hegseth and Christy No.

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<v Speaker 1>They're extremely vulnerable and they have been nominated for some

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<v Speaker 1>of the most important offices in the country Now the

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<v Speaker 1>grifting former governor of Arkansas and Fox News host Mike.

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<v Speaker 2>Huckabee has been nominated to be ambassador to Israel.

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<v Speaker 1>That's a joke, not unsuspected, but Democrats should do everything

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<v Speaker 1>they can to embarrass this man because he deserves it.

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<v Speaker 1>During his confirmation hearings, he's a political extremist who will

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<v Speaker 1>go to the Middle East, to a place of tension

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<v Speaker 1>in a time of war and say manifestly stupid things

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<v Speaker 1>that will inflame the situation and get people killed. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>most people don't remember how corrupt Mike Huckabee was when

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<v Speaker 1>he was the governor of Arkansas. I shit you not,

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<v Speaker 1>but he released the equivalent as governor of a wedding

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<v Speaker 1>registry where you could send the governor gifts for the

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<v Speaker 1>governor's mansion, and of course Huckabee pocketed all of them.

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<v Speaker 1>We never really got to talk about it on the

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<v Speaker 1>McCain campaign because it wasn't our political interest.

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<v Speaker 2>But one of my long lost.

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<v Speaker 1>Regrets is that we never really got to mix it

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<v Speaker 1>up with Mike Couckabee and call this clown and fool

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<v Speaker 1>and liar and grift or out for what he is.

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<v Speaker 1>One of the worst Americans out there. Truly, and so

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<v Speaker 1>the confirmation process for Mike Cookabee should not be courteous.

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<v Speaker 1>It should be brutal. Every one of the Trump grits

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<v Speaker 1>who comes before the Congress should get it with both barrels,

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<v Speaker 1>because that's the job of the Congress, not to rubber

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<v Speaker 1>stamp Trump's most obnoxious picks. And by the way, let's

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<v Speaker 1>talk about the co presidents, the conspiracy theorist vvak Ramaswami

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<v Speaker 1>and Elon Musk. Together they will be reinventing government, leading

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<v Speaker 1>the government Efficiency Office. As Senator Elizabeth Warren points out,

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<v Speaker 1>why not an efficiency office? The job of one person

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<v Speaker 1>will now be run by two giant egos, the South

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<v Speaker 1>African Elon Musk and vvak Ramaswami, the nine to eleven

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<v Speaker 1>conspiracy theorists.

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<v Speaker 2>What could go wrong?

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<v Speaker 1>They probably aren't up to the task. And that's okay

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<v Speaker 1>because sooner or later, no matter how inept the Democratic

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<v Speaker 1>Party is, Donald Trump and his team of nut jobs

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<v Speaker 1>will be undone. By the combination of their incompetence, their arrogance,

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<v Speaker 1>and their streams. They will trip themselves up. That it

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<v Speaker 1>would be good if a decent opposition formed as quickly

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<v Speaker 1>as possible. That was tough, that was focused and was

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<v Speaker 1>brutally honest. And what that means is it's time to

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<v Speaker 1>discard all of the grifters and all of their groups

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<v Speaker 1>that raise money from senior citizens promising to be centurions

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<v Speaker 1>of democracy while pocketing ninety eight cents on the dollar.

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<v Speaker 1>It ought to be illegal, and it probably is. But

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<v Speaker 1>here's the thing. A decent opposition is what is required

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<v Speaker 1>to beat Donald Trump. A mirror image opposition will lose

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<v Speaker 1>to him every time because the.

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<v Speaker 2>Small time grifters of the.

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<v Speaker 1>Resistance movement are nothing compared to the big time grifters,

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<v Speaker 1>the big sharks of the Maga movement. A decent opposition

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<v Speaker 1>stealed by conviction and fortitude will have a great victory

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<v Speaker 1>seven hundred and nineteen days from now if it is

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<v Speaker 1>built on a foundation of principle and conviction, in fierceness

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<v Speaker 1>in defense of the Constitution from the attack and assault

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<v Speaker 1>that it's about to sustain. An election was lost that

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<v Speaker 1>shouldn't have been. But everybody who is part of the

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<v Speaker 1>movement that stands opposed to Donald Trump as a matter

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<v Speaker 1>of conviction and conscience can be certain that they are

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<v Speaker 1>on the right side of history because they are on

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<v Speaker 1>the side that believes all Americans are created equal, that

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<v Speaker 1>they have inalienable rights, that we should not bow to

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<v Speaker 1>a king or a caesar, and that nobody has the

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<v Speaker 1>right to persecute any American for speaking out with regard

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<v Speaker 1>to what they think, what they believe, or the faith

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<v Speaker 1>they have.

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<v Speaker 2>To threaten to do so is un American.

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<v Speaker 1>And though it was given a mandate by the American people,

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<v Speaker 1>the American people are fickle, and soon Donald Trump will

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<v Speaker 1>have full control of the entire government, and the American

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<v Speaker 1>people will get to see what MAGA looks like in

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty four. They're going to get to see incredible brutality.

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<v Speaker 1>They're going to get to see in humanity. They're going

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<v Speaker 1>to get to see a repudiation of our exceptionalism as

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<v Speaker 1>a country, our excellence as a people. It's going to

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<v Speaker 1>be a shameful period sad one. It requires, in this moment,

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<v Speaker 1>tough and focus people who can tell the truth, who

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<v Speaker 1>can rally people to a cause and communicate something better

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<v Speaker 1>than what Donald Trump is capable of. If that is done,

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<v Speaker 1>then victory is not so far off. If it is not,

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<v Speaker 1>and terrible things will happen, and the situation will worsen.

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<v Speaker 1>It's time to start talking about and to start thinking

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<v Speaker 1>about better, and the first step to that means letting

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<v Speaker 1>go of the past.

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<v Speaker 2>And that past includes.

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<v Speaker 1>A lot of failed democratic leaders who's incompetence purchased us

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<v Speaker 1>four years of Donald Trump. Every one of you who

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<v Speaker 1>sees this should be outraged over it, but that outrage

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<v Speaker 1>cannot deter you from participation and the work of fighting

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<v Speaker 1>back and taking back one house of government and then

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<v Speaker 1>a second. This is the work at hand. The country's

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<v Speaker 1>future depends on it. Quitting, tuning out, disengaging at the

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<v Speaker 1>moment of maximum danger when MAGA has maximum power is

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<v Speaker 1>simply not an option. It will make everything worse and

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<v Speaker 1>all of us less safe. A great contest is underway,

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<v Speaker 1>and its end result is unclear. Donald Trump has won

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<v Speaker 1>two elections and lost one. The midterm elections between did

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<v Speaker 1>not break his way. He will not have achieved a majority,

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<v Speaker 1>and the country is closed divided. The next rounds in

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<v Speaker 1>this fight are undecided. Let's get back to work. There's

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<v Speaker 1>much to be done. This is the warning. I'm Steve Schmidt.

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