WEBVTT - Why Former Republicans Are Turning on Trump

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<v Speaker 1>Sixty nine days to go, and we are in the

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<v Speaker 1>dog days of some earth. The conventions are passed, Labor

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<v Speaker 1>Day is ahead. The debate will be upon us soon.

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<v Speaker 1>Who knows if Donald Trump will show up. This is

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<v Speaker 1>the warning. More than two hundred and thirty Republican staffers

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<v Speaker 1>aids who worked for President Bush, Senator McCain, and Senator

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<v Speaker 1>Romney have endorsed the Democratic nominee, Kamala Harris. Why would

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<v Speaker 1>so many Republicans do such a thing? And the answer

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<v Speaker 1>is two parts. The first is these people have all

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<v Speaker 1>worked in government, in the executive branch and around the

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<v Speaker 1>political campaigns that sought to elect the Republican candidate to

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<v Speaker 1>the presidency. They have some comprehension about what is entailed

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<v Speaker 1>in the job the duties. They are offended by Trump's obscenities.

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<v Speaker 1>They are deeply worried about the country's future. There has

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<v Speaker 1>never been hundreds of people from the opposing party who

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<v Speaker 1>worked in politics at the highest level of the campaigns

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<v Speaker 1>on behalf of their party who have crossed over end

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<v Speaker 1>mass to endorse the other party's nominee. Ever, except for

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<v Speaker 1>four years ago, Donald Trump is the most unfit man

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<v Speaker 1>to ever be president of the United States, and he

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<v Speaker 1>is the most unfit candidate in twenty twenty four. Now

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<v Speaker 1>that Robert Kennedy has dropped out and joined the cause.

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<v Speaker 1>What a strange and very bizarre man. And one of

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<v Speaker 1>the most overlooked stories about the entire Kennedy endorsement is

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<v Speaker 1>Kennedy's claim that Trump called him asking to form a

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<v Speaker 1>unity government unity with what what create cause? Does Robert

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<v Speaker 1>Kennedy suppose the represent What great banner is he carrying

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<v Speaker 1>and who exactly is following him? Nobody? It's all insanity,

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<v Speaker 1>But the pile on continues. What Trump is adding is

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<v Speaker 1>a circus of unfitness. He carries with him, this menagerie,

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<v Speaker 1>the Star Wars creature cantina of American weirdos and political figures,

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<v Speaker 1>right down to his pick Jay d Vance. He is

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<v Speaker 1>somebody who is genuinely worried about a conspiracy of childless

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<v Speaker 1>cat ladies.

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<v Speaker 2>We're effectively run in this country via the Democrats, via

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<v Speaker 2>our corporate oligarchs, by a bunch of childless cat ladies

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<v Speaker 2>who are miserable at their own lives and the choices

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<v Speaker 2>that they've made.

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<v Speaker 1>He looks around the world. He doesn't see Vladimir Putin

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<v Speaker 1>as a threat. He doesn't necessarily see the Chinese as

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<v Speaker 1>a threat. It's childless cat ladies that are the great

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<v Speaker 1>threat to our civilization. You're calling it a sarcastic comment, sure,

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<v Speaker 1>and yet some women and you got the feedback in

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<v Speaker 1>real time, felt like it was a gut punch to

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<v Speaker 1>them personally.

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<v Speaker 3>Do you regret making that comment?

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<v Speaker 2>Look, I regret certainly that a lot of people took

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<v Speaker 2>it the wrong way, and I certainly regret that the

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<v Speaker 2>DNC and Kamala Harris lied about it.

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<v Speaker 3>Do you regret what you said, Senator Christen.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to say things from time to time that

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<v Speaker 2>people disagree with.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm a real person.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to make jokes, I'm going to say things sarcastically,

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<v Speaker 2>and I think that what's important is that we focus

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<v Speaker 2>on the policy.

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<v Speaker 3>There are certainly going to be things that I say.

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<v Speaker 2>If I'm elected vice president, people are going to say, well,

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<v Speaker 2>I wish you had said that differently. I think it's

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<v Speaker 2>most important to actually be the person I actually am,

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<v Speaker 2>and to say those sarcastic comments.

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<v Speaker 3>Were made in the service of a real substantive point.

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<v Speaker 2>This country has become too anti family, it's too expensive

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<v Speaker 2>to afford a house.

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<v Speaker 3>It's too expensive to afford groceries.

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<v Speaker 2>Donald Trump and I want to change that, and unless

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<v Speaker 2>we get better readership, we're not gonna But again.

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<v Speaker 4>Just very quickly, given that people have told you directly,

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<v Speaker 4>have spoken out, have said that they were offended, they

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<v Speaker 4>were hurt by those comments.

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<v Speaker 3>Do you wish you never made those childless cat lady comments.

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<v Speaker 2>I think that it's much more important for me to

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<v Speaker 2>just be a normal human being who sometimes says things.

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<v Speaker 3>I disagree with.

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<v Speaker 2>I have a lot of regrets, Kristen, but making a

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<v Speaker 2>joke three years ago is not on the top ten

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<v Speaker 2>a list.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not sarcastic. It's revelatory. And so is this quote

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<v Speaker 1>by JD Fans.

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<v Speaker 2>He calls me weird, but then he lies about who

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<v Speaker 2>is how his kids were conceived?

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<v Speaker 3>Who does that?

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<v Speaker 2>That's just the weirdest thing I've ever seen. And this

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<v Speaker 2>one she is, I will say, the best grandmother that

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<v Speaker 2>my kids could ask for. They are seven, four and two.

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<v Speaker 2>Spoils them a little bit too much, Mom, No more

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<v Speaker 2>Pokemon cards in front of a thousand people. No more

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<v Speaker 2>Pokemon cards.

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<v Speaker 3>The kids have got enough.

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<v Speaker 1>By the way, what is it that Donald Trump was

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<v Speaker 1>trying to say, as he garbled his words at his

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<v Speaker 1>rally the other day.

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<v Speaker 4>We had so many missiles. We didn't we could fire

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<v Speaker 4>him all. We had to hire teams of people. Even

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<v Speaker 4>the concept these people are just so destructive. So you know,

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<v Speaker 4>I always look for good words, highly sophisticated, I'm highly educated.

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<v Speaker 1>The national media is failing to report on the incoherence

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<v Speaker 1>that we're seeing on a daily basis from a man

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<v Speaker 1>who is obese, orange, and turning eighty years old soon.

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<v Speaker 1>His mental fitness seems to be spiraling like his poll numbers.

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<v Speaker 1>His cognition seems to be damaged. His illiteracy is something

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<v Speaker 1>we've all watched for many, many years. His pension for

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<v Speaker 1>making up words isn't new, but he's spouting nonsense. It's

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<v Speaker 1>time to end the Trump Show. Time to turn the page. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>there's other interesting news out there. Our Trump's rallies backfiring

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<v Speaker 1>on him is the spectacle of insanity, turning off even

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<v Speaker 1>some of his own supporters. The show is stale. It's

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<v Speaker 1>not funny anymore, if it ever was. Trump rarely can

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<v Speaker 1>make anybody left. He used to be able to crack

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<v Speaker 1>people up. Donald Trump is a decomposing in spiraling presidential

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<v Speaker 1>candidate seeking to get the keys to the nuclear weapons codes.

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<v Speaker 1>It doesn't seem like a very good idea, does it.

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<v Speaker 1>There is something important that should be said regarding his

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<v Speaker 1>use of Arlington National Cemetery as a political prop Today,

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<v Speaker 1>he vulgarized wreathlaying at the tombs of our soldiers who

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<v Speaker 1>gave the last full measure of devotion to score cheap

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<v Speaker 1>shots at President Biden and the Vice President over the

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<v Speaker 1>disastrous and bungolds afghan withdrawal. But it's a good thing

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<v Speaker 1>that Hr McMaster, retired Army Lieutenant general and Trump National

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<v Speaker 1>Security is around to set the record straight. Do you

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<v Speaker 1>know who he blames for the chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal? The

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<v Speaker 1>man who unilaterally surrendered to the Taliban? That would be Trump.

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<v Speaker 3>That's right.

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<v Speaker 1>One of the most highly decorated general officers of the

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<v Speaker 1>last twenty years said about Trump's decision making.

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<v Speaker 3>Does Trump bear part of the responsibility for what happened?

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<v Speaker 4>Oh? Yes, I mean so the whole premise of talking

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<v Speaker 4>to the Taliban before you leave Afghanistan?

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<v Speaker 3>Why the heck were we even doing that?

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<v Speaker 1>Summer is drifting to a close fall will start blow

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<v Speaker 1>and pick up speed. Very very fast. This is going

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<v Speaker 1>to be a slug fast, and it's going to be close.

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<v Speaker 1>Kamala Harris's numbers now will start to come down a

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<v Speaker 1>bit as her post convention bounce settles out. What will

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<v Speaker 1>happen is that bounce will be cut by half over

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<v Speaker 1>the next fifteen days, and structurally we'll be looking at

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<v Speaker 1>a three point where consequences for the American people, for

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<v Speaker 1>our children, the whole world are immense in this election. Vote,

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<v Speaker 1>get involved, contribute to the campaigns, do something. Every vote

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<v Speaker 1>counts in these vital hours for our country's future. This

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<v Speaker 1>is the warning. I'm Steve Schmidt. This is the warning,

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