WEBVTT - We Have Come To An Awful Hour

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<v Speaker 1>It is July the tenth, one hundred and seventeen days

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<v Speaker 1>remained until the US presidential elections, forty days and forty

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<v Speaker 1>nights until the convening of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

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<v Speaker 1>This is the morning, and Joe Biden's campaign is struggling.

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump appeared at his golf club in Durrow, and

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<v Speaker 1>he spoke to the masses, those teaming yearning souls, cheering

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<v Speaker 1>for more Maga, more Donald, more insanity. Donald Trump didn't disappoint.

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<v Speaker 1>He challenged, of course, Joe Biden to another debate, but

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<v Speaker 1>also to a round of golf. He said nothing incorrectly

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<v Speaker 1>that it would get better ratings than the Ryder Cup,

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<v Speaker 1>even the Masters. He's probably not wrong, though, I suspect

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<v Speaker 1>President Biden is unlikely to accept the offer. As the

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<v Speaker 1>world tilts ever more closely to a Third World War,

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<v Speaker 1>Let's look at some of the images from around the world.

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<v Speaker 1>Here is Modi in India hugging Vladimir Putin. The Saudis

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<v Speaker 1>have issued a threat of sorts. They've made clear to

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<v Speaker 1>the g seven countries that offloading Russia's trapped assets to

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<v Speaker 1>Ukraine isn't an option. All around the world, the world

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<v Speaker 1>order that came to be in the aftermath of the

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<v Speaker 1>Second World War. Humanity's most significant event is collapsing in Washington,

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<v Speaker 1>d C. The NATO leaders, the members of the most

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<v Speaker 1>powerful military alliance in world history, are gathered talking about

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<v Speaker 1>our collective security. This alliance has come to be at

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<v Speaker 1>the heart of the choice of the campaign in twenty

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<v Speaker 1>twenty four. Donald try Trump hates it. He's against it.

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<v Speaker 1>He believes that a collective of the most technologically advanced

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<v Speaker 1>military and scientific powers on Earth somehow make us weaker.

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<v Speaker 1>That's because he's stupid. But that's been evident for a

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<v Speaker 1>really long time. And so it is this week in

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<v Speaker 1>Washington that President Biden leads the NATO summit with the

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<v Speaker 1>great question hanging in the air. Will he be able

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<v Speaker 1>to serve for four more years? ABC News journalist and

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<v Speaker 1>anchorman George Stefanoppholis, caught in a secret recording, says no.

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<v Speaker 1>This is obvious to a great many Americans. The great

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<v Speaker 1>likelihood is that the election will end in a landslide.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's listen to the words of Colorado's Senator, Democrat Michael Bennett.

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<v Speaker 2>Donald Trump is on track, I think to win the

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<v Speaker 2>selection and maybe win it by a landslide and take

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<v Speaker 2>with him the Senate and the House. And so for me,

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<v Speaker 2>this isn't a question about pulling. It's not a question

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<v Speaker 2>about politics. It's a moral question about the future of

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<v Speaker 2>our country.

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<v Speaker 1>Let me put the words up. He's not calling for

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<v Speaker 1>the president to step aside. He's simply now acknowledging the

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<v Speaker 1>quiet part out loud. He's saying that President Biden will

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<v Speaker 1>lose this election and in a landslide, and then we

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<v Speaker 1>have to prepare for the terrible thing that comes behind it.

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<v Speaker 1>We have come to an awful hour. And now that

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<v Speaker 1>question of how would Democrats react in a situation where

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<v Speaker 1>a version of their Trump fell from the sky and

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<v Speaker 1>faced the Democratic Party with a tough and profound question,

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<v Speaker 1>what would they do? Well, now we know American people

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<v Speaker 1>see it. Four years from now, Trump is likely to

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<v Speaker 1>be president, should Joe Biden stay in the race. What's

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<v Speaker 1>coming down the road is perfectly clear. Democratic Party stands

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<v Speaker 1>forty days away from the convening of a convention and

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<v Speaker 1>its ultimate moment will nominate Joe Biden for another four years,

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<v Speaker 1>and then he will take to the stage in a

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<v Speaker 1>nominating speech. Democrats should visualize that moment. What will he say?

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<v Speaker 1>How will the American people respond? Because the fact is

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<v Speaker 1>right now today President is behind, he is losing. He's

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<v Speaker 1>losing the popular vote for the first time since Donald

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<v Speaker 1>Trump is in the race in nine years. He's ahead

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<v Speaker 1>in the popular vote, and buy a lot, and he's

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<v Speaker 1>blowing away President Biden in the electoral vote, winning all

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<v Speaker 1>of the swings states and then some new ones that

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<v Speaker 1>have come into play, all of the ones that the

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<v Speaker 1>president one in twenty twenty. The fact of the matter

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<v Speaker 1>is all this distance away, which will pass quickly. The

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<v Speaker 1>result is coming into focus, and it will be a

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<v Speaker 1>tragic one for America and for a young generation that

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<v Speaker 1>should be given some consideration. The American people owe Joe

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<v Speaker 1>Biden nothing. Joe Biden knows the American people. And if

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<v Speaker 1>you are to talk about loyalty, the loyalty that matters

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<v Speaker 1>is singular is to the nation, to the country, not

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<v Speaker 1>to a party, not to a man, and not to

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<v Speaker 1>a nominee. This is a disastrous moment, tragic one, a

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<v Speaker 1>profoundly depressing one. And yet even in these bleak moments,

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<v Speaker 1>we have to have optimism and faith that things will

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<v Speaker 1>get better, that the dawn will break soon, and it

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<v Speaker 1>will as it has and will again. There will be

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<v Speaker 1>a period of renewal in vigor in America ahead. But

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<v Speaker 1>now forty days from the convening of the Democratic National Convention,

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<v Speaker 1>everything is in the air. The nation awaits for Donald

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<v Speaker 1>Trump's vice presidential pick, perhaps a golf match even bigger

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<v Speaker 1>than the masters, and it waits for a decision from

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<v Speaker 1>the president forty days out, as the NATO allies gather

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<v Speaker 1>in Washington with an eye towards Russia and China and

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<v Speaker 1>Iran in North Korea. This new access rising, it seeks

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<v Speaker 1>to impose a new model with an old plan. Believers

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<v Speaker 1>in human slavery are ascended against the nations and the

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<v Speaker 1>civilizations who are steeped in the cause of human liberty.

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<v Speaker 1>This contest, it seems, is an enduring one, and it

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<v Speaker 1>seems like this generation of Americans will be tested. President

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<v Speaker 1>Biden forty days from his convention is a drift and lost,

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<v Speaker 1>losing the election with no plan discernible about how to

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<v Speaker 1>get up off the mat. Complaining about the media, complaining

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<v Speaker 1>about your opponent, whining and crying and lying in the

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<v Speaker 1>fetal position while demanding an entitlement is not a political

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<v Speaker 1>strategy against Donald Trump. It's a suicide pact. One hundred

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<v Speaker 1>and twenty days from now, the smoke will be clearing

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<v Speaker 1>and Donald Trump is online on target to be forty

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<v Speaker 1>seventh president of the United States. Now we'll bring a

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<v Speaker 1>tragedy to all of the world. But right now there

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

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