WEBVTT - Happy July 4th! Let's Keep America Free and Independent

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<v Speaker 1>Today we celebrate the two hundred and forty eighth anniversary

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<v Speaker 1>of the independence of the United States of America. It

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<v Speaker 1>is July fourth, twenty twenty four, one hundred and twenty

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<v Speaker 1>three days to go until election day and forty six

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<v Speaker 1>until the Democratic National Convention. This is the warning today

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<v Speaker 1>we celebrate as Americans today that ruptured history, that began

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<v Speaker 1>a new epoch. When the white flag flew over the

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<v Speaker 1>British lines at York Town, the young major general commanding

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<v Speaker 1>American forces, Gilbert Dumontier, the Marquis de Lafayette, remarked, humanity

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<v Speaker 1>has its victory, liberty has its country. Lafayette prophesied that

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<v Speaker 1>the new world, the United States, would be the salvation

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<v Speaker 1>of the old and it was. American forces stormed the

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<v Speaker 1>beaches of France and liberated Europe from the darkness of

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<v Speaker 1>fascism in the middle years of the twentieth century. The

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<v Speaker 1>July fourth independence of the United States of America gave

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<v Speaker 1>rise to the most powerful nation the world has ever known.

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<v Speaker 1>We are a nation today of three hundred and thirty

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<v Speaker 1>million people. Since our beginning, there have only ever been

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<v Speaker 1>even hundred million of US. At that beginning, there were

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<v Speaker 1>three million Americans three million who rebelled against the king,

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<v Speaker 1>thirteen states on the eastern seaboard of the United States

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<v Speaker 1>that would go on to become what Churchill called the

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<v Speaker 1>Great Republic. We are the only country made up of

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<v Speaker 1>all of the peoples of the world where every known

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<v Speaker 1>language is commonly spoken every day. Our nation, despite all

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<v Speaker 1>of its flaws and manifest hypocrisies, has done more good

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<v Speaker 1>in the world than all of the other nations put

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<v Speaker 1>together since the beginning of time. If the measurement is liberation, clothing, feeding, curing,

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<v Speaker 1>the record of the United States and the improvement of

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<v Speaker 1>humanity is clear, and our country over time has moved

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<v Speaker 1>closer to its goals, to its charter. Today, it is

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<v Speaker 1>true in America that all of us are created equal

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<v Speaker 1>and now by a creator, with inalienable rights that include life,

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<v Speaker 1>liberty in the pursuit of happiness. Think about it, How

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<v Speaker 1>radical a concept that the purpose of life of government

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<v Speaker 1>is to secure the pursuit of happiness, not the service

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<v Speaker 1>of a king or a dictator. This is a nation

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<v Speaker 1>that places the citizen at the center. And we have

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<v Speaker 1>rights and freedoms that have been handed down to us

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<v Speaker 1>for us to be trustees of for every future American

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<v Speaker 1>not yet born, we are obligated to hand to them

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<v Speaker 1>a country that is stronger, closer to its ideas and

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<v Speaker 1>its ideals. There has never been a tranquil or genteel

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<v Speaker 1>period in American history. There has never been calm seas

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<v Speaker 1>and placid waters. Never. This is a moment where Americans

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<v Speaker 1>live in a tumultuous time, where there is an opportunity

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<v Speaker 1>to participate, to practice citizenship because our democracy in many

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<v Speaker 1>ways is on the line. What will you do? Will

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<v Speaker 1>you be in the fight or will you be on

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<v Speaker 1>the sidelines. July fourth is a day famous around the world,

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<v Speaker 1>a day of defiance and courage and hope. July fourth

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<v Speaker 1>is a America's birthday. It's one of the most important

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<v Speaker 1>days in all of the history of the world. And

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<v Speaker 1>here we are, two years shy of the two hundred

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<v Speaker 1>and fiftieth anniversary of the American Revolution of its declaration

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<v Speaker 1>of independence, in the middle of a most momentous election.

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<v Speaker 1>The stakes are high on this July fourth. Freedom as

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<v Speaker 1>it has ever been is precious, it's fragile, and it's

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<v Speaker 1>on the line. Always. We should remember that this July fourth,

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<v Speaker 1>it is a day of hope and optimism, the day

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<v Speaker 1>of gratitude, of remembrance and banks and responsibility and obligation.

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<v Speaker 1>What a thing it is to be an American. We

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<v Speaker 1>are the luckiest people on Earth. Happy July fourth. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>Steve Schmidt. This is the warning and I invite you

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