1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:03,720 Speaker 1: John Adams was the first president of the United States 2 00:00:04,160 --> 00:00:07,840 Speaker 1: to lose an election, and when he lost, he left 3 00:00:07,880 --> 00:00:13,160 Speaker 1: the White House. He transferred power voluntarily. He did not 4 00:00:13,360 --> 00:00:17,840 Speaker 1: seek to stage a coup. Instead, he offered a prayer 5 00:00:18,360 --> 00:00:21,919 Speaker 1: for his country and for every one of his predecessors. 6 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:25,880 Speaker 1: The prayer is carved in the mantle of the White 7 00:00:25,880 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 1: House State Dining Room. Here it is, I pray Heaven 8 00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:34,120 Speaker 1: to bestow the best of blessings on this house and 9 00:00:34,320 --> 00:00:39,479 Speaker 1: all that hereafter shall inhabit. It made none but honest 10 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:43,680 Speaker 1: and wise men ever rule under the roof. 11 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:46,560 Speaker 2: Look at how far we have fallen. 12 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:52,800 Speaker 1: And ponder this disgrace by Donald Trump on President's Day. 13 00:00:52,960 --> 00:00:54,520 Speaker 1: This is the warning. 14 00:00:55,720 --> 00:00:57,760 Speaker 2: No matter how long. 15 00:00:57,720 --> 00:01:02,520 Speaker 1: The United States endors, there will never ever be a 16 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:07,840 Speaker 1: worse or more malignant president than Donald Trump. Ever, he 17 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:17,840 Speaker 1: is cruel, he is despicable. 18 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:22,800 Speaker 3: In Springfield, they're eating the dogs the people that came in. 19 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:27,440 Speaker 3: They're eating the cats, they're eating they're eating the pets 20 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:31,039 Speaker 3: of the people that live there. And this is what's 21 00:01:31,080 --> 00:01:33,600 Speaker 3: happening in our country. And it's a shame. 22 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:38,240 Speaker 1: He is the best friend of a child rapist, a 23 00:01:38,319 --> 00:01:43,920 Speaker 1: sexual predator, a felon, a demagogue, and a tyrant who 24 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:51,480 Speaker 1: does not believe in America's values, America's ideas, and America's ideals. President, 25 00:01:51,520 --> 00:01:54,600 Speaker 1: a number of Republicans are calling on you to apologize 26 00:01:54,640 --> 00:01:56,680 Speaker 1: for that post. Is that something you're. 27 00:01:56,520 --> 00:01:58,560 Speaker 4: Going to do. I didn't make a mistake. I mean, 28 00:01:59,080 --> 00:02:01,520 Speaker 4: if I look at a lot of thousands of things, 29 00:02:02,920 --> 00:02:06,120 Speaker 4: and I looked at the beginning of it, it was fine, 30 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:08,400 Speaker 4: and they had that one post, and I guess it 31 00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:10,560 Speaker 4: was a takeoff by the way a lot of people 32 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:13,079 Speaker 4: have covered. If you look at where it came from 33 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 4: a lot of I guess it was a takeoff of 34 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:20,519 Speaker 4: the Lion King. And certainly it was a very strong 35 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:23,440 Speaker 4: post in terms of voter fraud. Nobody knew that that 36 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:24,960 Speaker 4: was at the end. If they would have looked, they 37 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:25,680 Speaker 4: would have seen it. 38 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:29,080 Speaker 2: He is a disgrace beyond measure. 39 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:34,840 Speaker 1: It is important for Americans of both parties to understand 40 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:41,280 Speaker 1: that MAGA sits outside historically of every one of our 41 00:02:41,480 --> 00:02:46,880 Speaker 1: disputes and arguments that are expected and necessary in a democracy. 42 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:53,680 Speaker 1: MAGA is the Confederacy. MAGA is American fascism. When you 43 00:02:53,760 --> 00:02:58,120 Speaker 1: see Donald Trump, it's important always to remember he is 44 00:02:58,160 --> 00:03:02,359 Speaker 1: an abomination and there is no better way to appreciate 45 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:06,000 Speaker 1: that than to hear from America's presidents. 46 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:10,839 Speaker 5: John Kennedy I would say that it's an invaluable arm 47 00:03:10,919 --> 00:03:13,919 Speaker 5: of the UH presidency as a check really on what's 48 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 5: going on in UH in administration, and more things come 49 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:19,919 Speaker 5: to my attention that caused me either concern or give 50 00:03:19,919 --> 00:03:24,919 Speaker 5: me information. So l I would think that mister Khrushaw 51 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:29,000 Speaker 5: for operating a totalitarian system, which has many advantages as 52 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:30,720 Speaker 5: far as being able to move in secret and all 53 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:35,040 Speaker 5: the rest, there's a terrific disadvantage not having the abrasive 54 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:39,920 Speaker 5: quality of the press applied to you daily, to an 55 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:42,680 Speaker 5: administration when you have even though we never like it, 56 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:44,360 Speaker 5: and even though we don't have UH, even though we 57 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:46,520 Speaker 5: wish they didn't write it, and even though we disapproved, 58 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:49,520 Speaker 5: there still is. There isn't any doubt that we couldn't 59 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:52,200 Speaker 5: do the job at all in a free society without 60 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:54,880 Speaker 5: a very, very active press. Now, on the other end, 61 00:03:54,880 --> 00:03:57,520 Speaker 5: the press has the responsibility not to distort things for 62 00:03:57,520 --> 00:04:01,040 Speaker 5: political purposes, not to just take some news in order 63 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:03,520 Speaker 5: to prove a political point. Seems to be their obligation 64 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:05,600 Speaker 5: is to be as tough as they can on administration. 65 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:07,920 Speaker 5: But do it in a way which is directed towards 66 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:10,000 Speaker 5: getting as close to the truth that they can get, 67 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:13,200 Speaker 5: and not merely because of some political motivation. 68 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:23,000 Speaker 6: Barack Obama, I suppose I could have simply unilaterally ordered 69 00:04:24,279 --> 00:04:30,360 Speaker 6: the military to go into some red state, yeah and 70 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:35,440 Speaker 6: harass and intimidate a governor there, or cut off funding 71 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:40,880 Speaker 6: for states that didn't vote for me. I could have 72 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:46,000 Speaker 6: exercised that prerogative. But that is contrary to how I 73 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:49,159 Speaker 6: think our democracy is supposed to work. And I think 74 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:53,680 Speaker 6: we shouldn't get discouraged by the fact that we have 75 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:56,280 Speaker 6: a tougher job. We should What we should do is 76 00:04:56,400 --> 00:05:03,880 Speaker 6: expect that are is smart enough to figure it out. 77 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:08,840 Speaker 7: Ronald Wraganes, Let us pray for the salvation of all 78 00:05:08,880 --> 00:05:12,280 Speaker 7: of those who live in that totalitarian darkness. Pray they 79 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:16,400 Speaker 7: will discover the joy of knowing God. But until they do, 80 00:05:17,240 --> 00:05:19,960 Speaker 7: let us be aware that while they preach the supremacy 81 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:24,039 Speaker 7: of the state, declare its omnipotence over individual man, and 82 00:05:24,080 --> 00:05:27,200 Speaker 7: predict its eventual domination of all peoples on the earth, 83 00:05:28,120 --> 00:05:30,880 Speaker 7: they are the focus of evil in the modern world. 84 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:34,960 Speaker 7: It was C. S. Lewis who, in his Unforgettable Screw 85 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:39,880 Speaker 7: Tape letters wrote, the greatest evil is not done now 86 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:44,040 Speaker 7: in those sordid dens of crime that Dickens. 87 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:44,320 Speaker 2: Love to paint. 88 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:49,960 Speaker 7: It is not even done in concentration camps and labor camps. 89 00:05:51,360 --> 00:05:55,080 Speaker 7: In those we see its final result. But it is 90 00:05:55,200 --> 00:06:03,359 Speaker 7: conceived and ordered, moved, seconded, carried and minuted in clear carpeted, warmed, 91 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:06,760 Speaker 7: and well lighted offices by quiet men with white collars 92 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:10,880 Speaker 7: and cut fingernails and smooth shaven cheeks, who do not 93 00:06:11,080 --> 00:06:15,640 Speaker 7: need to raise their voice. But because these quiet men 94 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:19,080 Speaker 7: do not raise their voices, because they sometimes speak in 95 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:23,080 Speaker 7: soothing tones of brotherhood in peace, Because like other dictators 96 00:06:23,080 --> 00:06:27,960 Speaker 7: before them, they're always making their final territorial demand, some 97 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:30,960 Speaker 7: would have us accept them at their word and accommodate 98 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:33,039 Speaker 7: ourselves to their aggressive impulses. 99 00:06:33,800 --> 00:06:37,919 Speaker 1: These men were not perfect, but they loved their country, 100 00:06:38,440 --> 00:06:42,039 Speaker 1: and they did their best, and they kept faith with 101 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:46,719 Speaker 1: each and every American, And in the end they maintain 102 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:51,640 Speaker 1: their oath. That oath is written into the Constitution, and 103 00:06:51,800 --> 00:06:56,320 Speaker 1: every American president who has been commander in chief has 104 00:06:56,360 --> 00:06:58,520 Speaker 1: sworn it thirty five words. 105 00:06:58,920 --> 00:07:01,240 Speaker 2: And then, lets pray for our country, and. 106 00:07:01,279 --> 00:07:05,680 Speaker 1: Let us understand completely how far we have fallen and 107 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:09,960 Speaker 1: how deeply dangerous Donald Trump is to America's future. 108 00:07:10,400 --> 00:07:11,480 Speaker 2: I'm Steve Schmidt. 109 00:07:11,840 --> 00:07:15,560 Speaker 1: It is Tuesday, February seventeenth, and this is the morning, 110 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:20,040 Speaker 1: and I'm Steve Schmidt. This is the warning. I invite 111 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:23,520 Speaker 1: you to join this community, where I promise to be honest, 112 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:27,400 Speaker 1: blunt and direct about what is happening in this country. 113 00:07:27,640 --> 00:07:32,000 Speaker 1: America is in crisis. Follow and subscribe to this channel 114 00:07:32,080 --> 00:08:00,000 Speaker 1: and on substack. Thank you.