WEBVTT - Losing To Trump Will Define Biden's Legacy

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<v Speaker 1>It is July twelfth, twenty twenty four. One hundred and

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<v Speaker 1>fifteen days remain until the polls close on election Day,

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<v Speaker 1>thirty eight days until the gavel drops and the Democratic

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<v Speaker 1>National Convention convenes in Chicago. This weekend is the preliminary

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<v Speaker 1>to the convening of the Republican National Convention, where Donald

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<v Speaker 1>John Trump will receive the nomination for the third consecutive

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<v Speaker 1>election cycle, joining one of very few Americans who have

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<v Speaker 1>ever achieved that fee. This is the warning. Two weeks

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<v Speaker 1>have passed since the cataclysmic debate in Atlanta between President

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<v Speaker 1>Biden and Donald Trump. The polling is continuing to come

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<v Speaker 1>in and all of it shows Donald Trump is ahead

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<v Speaker 1>and in the strongest position he has ever been on

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<v Speaker 1>a July twelfth since he came down the escalator in

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<v Speaker 1>Trump Tower, Donald Trump is on track to win. During

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<v Speaker 1>his news conference, facing the White House Press Corps and

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<v Speaker 1>the international media for the first time in a long time,

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<v Speaker 1>President Biden was confronted with his poll numbers. In part,

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<v Speaker 1>this is what he responded with. If your team came

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<v Speaker 1>back and showed you data that she would fare better

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<v Speaker 1>against former President Donald Trump, would you reconsider your decision

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<v Speaker 1>to stay in the race. No, unless they came back

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<v Speaker 1>and said there's no way you can win me, don't

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<v Speaker 1>say that. In the immediate aftermath, President Obama's chief strategist,

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<v Speaker 1>David Axelrod said this, making clear he believes the White

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<v Speaker 1>House staff is not sharing with the President his perilous

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<v Speaker 1>political condition. Let me be perfectly clear about something. In

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<v Speaker 1>a battle of narcissism between narcissists, Joe Biden doesn't stand

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<v Speaker 1>a chance against Donald Trump, who is the real, undiluted,

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<v Speaker 1>pure specimen of malignant narcissism, a perfect crystalline example of it.

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<v Speaker 1>This is not a space President Biden can compete in.

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<v Speaker 1>In the end, this day, one hundred and fifteen days

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<v Speaker 1>away from the election, offers us a snapshot in time.

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<v Speaker 1>We know, as of today, President Biden does not have

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<v Speaker 1>a path to an electoral college victory that is credible.

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<v Speaker 1>His polling numbers, while they have not been decimated on

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<v Speaker 1>the ballot test, meaning the head to head, Joe Biden's

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<v Speaker 1>at forty two, Donald Trump is at forty three. But

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<v Speaker 1>inside those numbers, do you approval levels, the confidence numbers,

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<v Speaker 1>who's stronger on the economy, who is mentally fit to

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<v Speaker 1>serve another four years, the President's numbers and the ground

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<v Speaker 1>he was standing on have been liquefied. He has sunk

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<v Speaker 1>into a quicksand, and there is no rope. What you

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<v Speaker 1>are seeing inside the Democratic Party is silent screaming. You

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<v Speaker 1>can hear it from behind the walls of the caucus meetings.

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<v Speaker 1>It's spilling out a bit, but not fully yet. But

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<v Speaker 1>there is something to consider. If President Biden's position holds,

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<v Speaker 1>it will require a great many Democrats, starting with their leaders,

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<v Speaker 1>to go along with it, go along and get along.

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<v Speaker 1>And let's imagine that the precisely like I'm predicting it

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<v Speaker 1>will What does Chuck Schumer think happens to him? What

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<v Speaker 1>does Nancy Pelosi think happens to her? Standing, the repudiation

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<v Speaker 1>at hand will not simply be Biden's, but the entirety

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<v Speaker 1>of a party that allowed this to transpire, that allowed

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<v Speaker 1>it to happen, The party will be obliterated. Who will

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<v Speaker 1>be the first person to step forward and start screaming

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<v Speaker 1>on MSNBC about the spoiler who claims that they're going

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<v Speaker 1>to run an independent candidacy four years from now, which

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<v Speaker 1>absolutely will happen, which must happen if the Democratic Party

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<v Speaker 1>loses this race to Donald Trump, a man who is

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<v Speaker 1>running on a platform of retribution and insanity. Now the

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<v Speaker 1>whole country stands ready to receive the retribution in the

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<v Speaker 1>punishment that's on offer from the Democratic Party in this moment.

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<v Speaker 1>It will be devastating if what seems obvious to so

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<v Speaker 1>many comes to pass in one hundred and fifteen days.

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<v Speaker 1>The President's position on this is that so long as

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<v Speaker 1>he does his goodest, everything is okay, and he's not

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<v Speaker 1>worrying about his legacy. But he should, because if Donald

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<v Speaker 1>Trump wins, his legacy is one thing, selfishness to put

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<v Speaker 1>his ego before his country. Recollections of his presidency will

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<v Speaker 1>be one thing. There will be no memory of the

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<v Speaker 1>infrastructure achievements, the Chips Act, it will all be gone.

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<v Speaker 1>In fact, an entire life lifetime of service will be

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<v Speaker 1>reduced to a thimble of ash contained in a vial

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<v Speaker 1>with just enough space to write the four word legacy

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<v Speaker 1>of the president's lifetime of service. There will be a

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<v Speaker 1>T and R, A U, A M n FP, because

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<v Speaker 1>that is all there will be. The Biden campaign is

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<v Speaker 1>falling apart. Anybody who says it's not is a fool,

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<v Speaker 1>and the evidence to show that is so is the

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<v Speaker 1>fact that for two weeks Donald Trump has disengaged completely

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<v Speaker 1>from the campaign. It means he's winning. Donald Trump was

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<v Speaker 1>losing in twenty and sixteen, all the way through until

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<v Speaker 1>at the very end, James Comy, through a disc raceful

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<v Speaker 1>act of narcissistic self indulgence, he gave the election to

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump by making it inappropriately and outrageously about Secretary

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<v Speaker 1>Clinton on a concocted fairy tale issue, inflamed by the

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<v Speaker 1>national media for years and years and years, and it

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<v Speaker 1>was enough to give Trump a narrow win. There was

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<v Speaker 1>one thing the incumbent president could do to make the

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<v Speaker 1>race about him over anything that Donald Trump did, is doing,

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<v Speaker 1>or will do. And he did it. And in the

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<v Speaker 1>real world, just like there are consequences from diving off

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<v Speaker 1>of the Golden gate Bridge, there's a consequence from the

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<v Speaker 1>cataclysm of the performance from that debate. And so the

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<v Speaker 1>president can say at a news conference, I'm staying in,

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<v Speaker 1>but it doesn't really matter because the price of staying

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<v Speaker 1>in means the candidate at the top has to spend

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<v Speaker 1>all of his time treading water to stay afloat at

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<v Speaker 1>the expense of fighting Trump, which is necessary to win

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<v Speaker 1>it's quite a conundrum. One thing is certainly true. A

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<v Speaker 1>lot of Democrats are bullshitting a lot of reporters today.

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<v Speaker 1>They're outraged. They say they had no idea about the

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<v Speaker 1>presidents wherewithal for another battle. Nonsense. This could be seen

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<v Speaker 1>coming for a long, long ways off, and unfortunately Democrats

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<v Speaker 1>did what people are inclined to do. They procrastinated, and

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<v Speaker 1>they looked away, and the fire got closer and closer

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<v Speaker 1>and closer. And here it is. There are one hundred

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<v Speaker 1>and fifteen days left. On Monday, there will be one

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<v Speaker 1>hundred and twelve. There are thirty eight days left until

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<v Speaker 1>the Democratic National Convention a Monday, only thirty five. Joe

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<v Speaker 1>Biden will have to hold this current line for thirty

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<v Speaker 1>five more brutal days and next week. I think Democrats

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<v Speaker 1>underestimate the wave of ugliness and vitriol and humiliation and

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<v Speaker 1>degradation and mockery that is coming to presidents, and they

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<v Speaker 1>have best figure out how to respond to it with

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<v Speaker 1>a strategy that doesn't mimic Sean Spicer and Kellyanne Conway's gaslighting.

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<v Speaker 1>This moment, one hundred and fifteen days out is one

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<v Speaker 1>of check me and laws, and it didn't have to be.

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<v Speaker 1>But don't let anybody tell you they couldn't see it coming,

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<v Speaker 1>because it was obvious. And here at the warning. We've

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<v Speaker 1>been honest about it for a very long time. Not

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<v Speaker 1>because I don't respect Joe Biden. Quite the contrary. I

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<v Speaker 1>respect him a great deal, but I also respect you.

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<v Speaker 1>And here at the warning. Respect means telling the truth,

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<v Speaker 1>and it includes telling truth to power and somebody in

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<v Speaker 1>that Biden White House needs to sit down with the

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<v Speaker 1>President of the United States in an urgent manner and

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<v Speaker 1>go through the polling with him. Stop lying to the president.

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<v Speaker 1>It's unseemly to say the least. I'm Steve Schmidt. This

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