WEBVTT - 80th Anniversary of D-Day: Remembrance & A Warning From Normandy

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<v Speaker 1>To surrender to bullies, to bow down the dictators is

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<v Speaker 1>simply unthinkable. Were ready to do that, it means we'd

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<v Speaker 1>be forgetting what happened here in these hollow beaches. Make

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<v Speaker 1>no mistake, we will not bow down. We will not forget.

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<v Speaker 1>Let me end with this history tells us freedom is

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<v Speaker 1>not free. If you want to know the price of freedom,

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<v Speaker 1>come here to Normandy. Come to Normandy, and look.

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<v Speaker 2>We have been here before. Appeasement, denihialism, a fifth column

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<v Speaker 2>at home that, for whatever reason, denigrates our freedoms, denigrates Americanism,

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<v Speaker 2>and warships far and fascists, whether they be Outolf Hitler

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<v Speaker 2>in the nineteen thirties or Vladimir Putin or Victor Orbon

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<v Speaker 2>in the twenty twenties, we are not faded. To live

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<v Speaker 2>in freedom permanent. We cannot give up what these men

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<v Speaker 2>paid their lives for. Americans cannot lay down their freedoms

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<v Speaker 2>to a demagogue and a corrupted party of fascists who

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<v Speaker 2>want power at all costs. Is it possible that the

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<v Speaker 2>American people will decide to replace this man, the President

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<v Speaker 2>of the United States of America, with this man, an

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<v Speaker 2>orange tinged fascist, a convicted felon, a man found liable

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<v Speaker 2>for rape and then for defaming the woman he raped,

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<v Speaker 2>a serial liar, a man who ripped off every small

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<v Speaker 2>contractor whoever had the misfortune to work for him, a

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<v Speaker 2>conspiracy theorist, and somebody utterly incoherent on even his best days.

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<v Speaker 2>One hundred and fifty two days remain until the American

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<v Speaker 2>people will make the decision. This is the warning. Jute sixth,

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<v Speaker 2>twenty twenty four. Eighty years have passed since the commencement

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<v Speaker 2>of what is remembered by history as the Day of Days.

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<v Speaker 2>These four beats on a kevel drum, three dots and

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<v Speaker 2>a dash were Morse code. It stood for victory. It

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<v Speaker 2>was the preface of every BBC broadcast, and eighty years ago,

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<v Speaker 2>on June fifth, the BBC broadcast a message for our

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<v Speaker 2>French friends, John has a long mustache, and with that

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<v Speaker 2>the resistance went into action and struck. A few minutes

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<v Speaker 2>past midnight, the first gliders carrying Major John Howard and

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<v Speaker 2>his men of the British sixth Airborne landed to seize

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<v Speaker 2>the bridges over the Orne River to make certain that

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<v Speaker 2>the British troops landing on Sward Beach could make it inland,

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<v Speaker 2>establishing a beachhead. The British landed near the bridge and

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<v Speaker 2>secured it. They liberated the first home in France. On

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<v Speaker 2>the west side, Americans of the eighty second Airborne in

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<v Speaker 2>the one hundred and first Airborne began falling from the

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<v Speaker 2>sky over Saint mary Lees, the first town to be

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<v Speaker 2>liberated by the American Army. One hundred and twenty thousand

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<v Speaker 2>soldiers of eleven nations stormed the beaches Utah Beach, Sword, Juno, Gold,

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<v Speaker 2>and Omaha, the deadliest of them all. It is above

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<v Speaker 2>that beach where the American Cemetery lies. There are nearly

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<v Speaker 2>ten thousand graves in it. All of them face west,

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<v Speaker 2>back towards home, back towards America, back across the ocean

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<v Speaker 2>from which these young men crossed, but did not return home,

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<v Speaker 2>to their wives, to their mothers, to their sisters and

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<v Speaker 2>brothers and girlfriends. They lie there an American Army in formation,

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<v Speaker 2>at permanent rest, in silent judgment of their sacrifice for

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<v Speaker 2>freedom and liberty. There is a thing about remembrance that

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<v Speaker 2>should be noted. Had there been a war that was greater,

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<v Speaker 2>that was deadlier, survived, that the world survived, then there

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<v Speaker 2>would not have been a commemoration at Normandy. Today, we

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<v Speaker 2>remember the Second World War in the sacrifices and the

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<v Speaker 2>commencement of the Battle of Normandy and the liberation of Europe,

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<v Speaker 2>because it was history's climactic event. So far as killing goes,

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<v Speaker 2>it has not been repeated, It has not been succeeded

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<v Speaker 2>for almost one hundred years minus a score. The question

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<v Speaker 2>at hand in Ukraine and Europe around the world, when

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<v Speaker 2>we look as free people at the growing menace of

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<v Speaker 2>the access of Iran and North Korea and Russia and China,

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<v Speaker 2>is the confrontation one nearly a lifetime ago to be

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<v Speaker 2>re fought in a new century. And if it is

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<v Speaker 2>to be re fought in a new century, is it survivable?

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<v Speaker 2>The Polish President Donald Tusk has already warned young Poles

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<v Speaker 2>people who fought heroically and valorously during the Second World

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<v Speaker 2>War like no other captive people, people who never gave up,

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<v Speaker 2>who never stopped fighting. President Tusk told his nation and

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<v Speaker 2>its young people to be ready to fight for existence,

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<v Speaker 2>for freedom. Back in nineteen forty, when Britain was under siege,

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<v Speaker 2>many Americans said, that wasn't our fight, it wasn't our problem.

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<v Speaker 2>Who cares. In fact, there were scores of thousands of

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<v Speaker 2>Americans who filled up Madison Square Garden to give the

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<v Speaker 2>Hitler salute fascists. There were many Americans in open support

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<v Speaker 2>of the fascist cause. There were many more indifferent to

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<v Speaker 2>the plight of freedom. The Draft, which was necessary for

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<v Speaker 2>the survival of the United States in nineteen forty, was

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<v Speaker 2>sustained by the Congress by just one vote. We have

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<v Speaker 2>been here before. Appeasement, denialism, a fifth column at home

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<v Speaker 2>that but for whatever reason, denigrates our freedoms, denigrates Americanism,

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<v Speaker 2>and warships foreign fascists, whether they be Outolf Hitler in

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<v Speaker 2>the nineteen thirties or Vladimir Putin or Victor Orban in

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<v Speaker 2>the twenty twenties. We are not faded to live in

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<v Speaker 2>freedom permanently. That is what President Biden talked about today,

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<v Speaker 2>and he said something that almost precisely echoed what President

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<v Speaker 2>Reagan said forty years ago. Now, when you put President

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<v Speaker 2>Reagan and President Biden next to each other, some people

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<v Speaker 2>will say these two men don't belong next to each

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<v Speaker 2>other because they were in different political parties. And that

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<v Speaker 2>is nonsense. Both of these men, forty years apart, have

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<v Speaker 2>delivered a seminal message, a meaningful warning. They have reminded

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<v Speaker 2>us that there are causes greater than life itself. They

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<v Speaker 2>reminded us that there are causes worth dying for. We

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<v Speaker 2>remember today, on this day of freedom that we celebrate,

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<v Speaker 2>that we thank with great gratitude did that so that

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<v Speaker 2>we may live in freedom, and we owe them a

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<v Speaker 2>great debt. Listen to Ronald Dragon.

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<v Speaker 3>You were here to liberate, not to conquer, and so

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<v Speaker 3>you and those others did not doubt your cause, and

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<v Speaker 3>you were right not to. Don't doubt. You all knew

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<v Speaker 3>that some things are worth dying for. One's country is

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<v Speaker 3>worth dying for, and democracy is worth dying for because

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<v Speaker 3>it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised

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<v Speaker 3>by man. All of you loved liberty, all of you

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<v Speaker 3>were willing to fight tyranny, and you knew the people

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<v Speaker 3>of your countries were behind you.

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<v Speaker 2>Listen to Joe Biden.

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<v Speaker 1>Everyone then knew the probability of dying was real, but

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<v Speaker 1>they did it anyway. They knew and beyond any doubt,

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<v Speaker 1>there are things that are worth fighting and dying for.

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<v Speaker 1>Freedom is worth it, Democracy is worth it, America is

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<v Speaker 1>worth it. The world is worth it, then, now and always.

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<v Speaker 2>This is not a democratic message, It is not a

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<v Speaker 2>republican message. It is a message of the leader of

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<v Speaker 2>a free people. Forty years ago freedom was threatened. President

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<v Speaker 2>Wagan talked about it.

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<v Speaker 3>We've learned that isolationism never was and never will be

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<v Speaker 3>an acceptable response to tyrannical governments with expansionist intent. But

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<v Speaker 3>we try always to be prepared for peace, prepared to

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<v Speaker 3>deter aggression, prepared to negotiate the reduction of arms, and yes,

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<v Speaker 3>prepared to reach out again in the spirit of reconciliation.

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<v Speaker 3>In truth, there is no reconciliation. We would will more

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<v Speaker 3>than a reconciliation with the Soviet Union. So together we

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<v Speaker 3>can listen lessen the risk of war now and forever.

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<v Speaker 2>And today his successor talked about the threats to our world.

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<v Speaker 2>Today he named the tyrant. Vladimir Putin called him out directly, forcefully, clearly.

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<v Speaker 2>He drew the.

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<v Speaker 1>Line, Ukraine has been invaded by a tyrant, been on domination.

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<v Speaker 1>Ukrainians are fighting with extraordinary courage, suffering great losses, but

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<v Speaker 1>never backing down.

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<v Speaker 2>President Biden made clear and reminded everyone what keeps us safe,

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<v Speaker 2>what keeps us free? Is overwhelming strength. We must remember

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<v Speaker 2>what President Biden tried to help the country remember today,

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<v Speaker 2>which at its core is this today was not a

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<v Speaker 2>speech about the past. It was a speech about gratitude

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<v Speaker 2>for our freedom and an urgent warning about the danger.

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<v Speaker 2>We should heed it because let us do whatever we

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<v Speaker 2>can to make sure there is no need ever for

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<v Speaker 2>the creation of an American cemetery in Europe. Ever, again,

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<v Speaker 2>Colon Powell beautifully pointed this out once he said, America

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<v Speaker 2>is not a conquering nation. We came to Europe as

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<v Speaker 2>an army of liberation, and when that war was over,

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<v Speaker 2>the only land we asked for was enough to bury

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<v Speaker 2>our dead. And make no mistake, it doesn't matter if

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<v Speaker 2>you are alive when the events occurred. It doesn't matter

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<v Speaker 2>that they occurred before your existence. This American sacrifice and

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<v Speaker 2>achievement belongs to all Americans for all time through the ages.

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<v Speaker 2>But that achievement occurs an obligation, and that obligation, when

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<v Speaker 2>it comes to the memory of this day, requires deep

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<v Speaker 2>respect and gratitude. We cannot give up what these men

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<v Speaker 2>paid their lives for. Americans cannot lay down their freedoms

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<v Speaker 2>to a demagogue and a corrupted party of factious who

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<v Speaker 2>want power at all costs, including at the expense of

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<v Speaker 2>the ideals of the nation. That's what today is about,

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<v Speaker 2>and we should remember the lessons of history because when

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<v Speaker 2>they are ignored, there is a fearsome price that is paid.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm Steve Schmidt. This is the warning and I invite

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