WEBVTT - America Has Been RUINED By Broken Promises

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<v Speaker 1>We live in an age, an era of meaningless words

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<v Speaker 1>and broken promises that have had a disastrous effect on

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<v Speaker 1>the United States, the American people, and have brought us

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<v Speaker 1>to this low moment where in a few days, Donald

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<v Speaker 1>Trump will be sworn in again as President of the

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<v Speaker 1>United States of America despite desecrating his oath. This is

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<v Speaker 1>the warning. Let's watch Donald Trump swear that oath dot

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<v Speaker 1>broke with his lies and insurrection, criminal conduct, his fantasies,

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<v Speaker 1>his delusions, his venom, his malice, and his contempt for

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<v Speaker 1>the American people and the Constitution of the United States.

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<v Speaker 2>Please raise your right hand and repeat after me, I,

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<v Speaker 2>Donald John Trump, do solemnly swear.

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<v Speaker 3>I, Donald John Trump, do solemnly swear.

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<v Speaker 2>That I will faithfully execute.

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<v Speaker 3>That I will faithfully execute.

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<v Speaker 2>The office of President of the United States.

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<v Speaker 3>The office of President of the United States.

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<v Speaker 2>And will to the best of my ability, and.

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<v Speaker 3>Will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend, preserve, protect,

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<v Speaker 3>and defend.

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<v Speaker 2>The Constitution of the United States.

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<v Speaker 3>The Constitution of the United States.

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<v Speaker 2>So help me, God, So help me God.

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<v Speaker 1>Does a cable news host do they have an implicit

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<v Speaker 1>bond with their audience, particularly if they refer to that

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<v Speaker 1>audience as family. Do you lie to your family? Do

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<v Speaker 1>you break your word? Or do you tell them the

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<v Speaker 1>truth even when the truth can be tough to hear.

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<v Speaker 1>MSNBC's Rashida Jones has moved on from her perch as

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<v Speaker 1>president of the network. Well, one area where she made

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<v Speaker 1>history is being president of the first network to have

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<v Speaker 1>a morning show where the host look the audience in

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<v Speaker 1>the eye through the camera and set for you to them.

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<v Speaker 4>Let's watch, start your tape right now, because I'm about

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<v Speaker 4>to tell you the truth and FU if you can't

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<v Speaker 4>handle the truth. This version of Biden, intellectually, analytically is

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<v Speaker 4>the best Biden ever, not a close second. And I've

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<v Speaker 4>known him for years. The Brazinskis have known him for

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<v Speaker 4>fifty years. If it weren't the truth, I wouldn't say it.

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<v Speaker 1>When it was all said and done. The man he

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<v Speaker 1>called Hitler, he was the first to get on down

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<v Speaker 1>to mar A Lago capitulate himself. Another broken promise, there's

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<v Speaker 1>Jeff Bezos. Jeff Bezos promise to continue a tradition that

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<v Speaker 1>was passed on to him by the Graham family. It

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<v Speaker 1>was more than a commercial transaction. When Jeff Bezos took

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<v Speaker 1>over the Washington Post. It was a duty, it was

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<v Speaker 1>an obligation. This is one of the most storied and

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<v Speaker 1>important institutions in the history of American journalism, and so

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<v Speaker 1>in the political history of the country. The Washington Post

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<v Speaker 1>is a sentinel of truth until Jeff Bezos burned it down.

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<v Speaker 1>Another broken promise. Here's Karen Bass. Karen Bass said she

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<v Speaker 1>would never leave the state of California. She wouldn't travel

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<v Speaker 1>abroad except for to go to New York or Washington,

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<v Speaker 1>d C. To do the business of California. Here she

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<v Speaker 1>is in Ghana. The man sitting next to her His

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<v Speaker 1>watch shows eight pm. The Palisades fire is exploding at

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<v Speaker 1>this exact second. Another broken promise by another failed leader.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's President George W. Bush telling the nation that there

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<v Speaker 1>are weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, that the war

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<v Speaker 1>there and the sacrifice of American forces and the loss

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<v Speaker 1>of Iraqi civilian life is justified.

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<v Speaker 5>I take the threat very seriously. I take the fact

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<v Speaker 5>that he develops weapons of mass destruction very seriously. History

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<v Speaker 5>has called us in action, that we love freedom, that

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<v Speaker 5>we'll be deliberate, patient and strong, and the values that

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<v Speaker 5>we adhere to well, we can't let the world's worst

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<v Speaker 5>leaders blackmail, threaten, hold freedom loving nations hostage with the

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<v Speaker 5>world's worst weapons.

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<v Speaker 1>Broken promises have added up, they have accrued, They have

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<v Speaker 1>built up so high by both parties that the American

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<v Speaker 1>people believe in little and trust in less. The result

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<v Speaker 1>is a great gathering of idiots and imbeciles. And I

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<v Speaker 1>don't use those words lightly, but rather precisely, because they

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<v Speaker 1>are the words in English appropriate to describe the Trumpian

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<v Speaker 1>assemblage of ne'er do wells, convicted criminals, accused sexual abusers

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<v Speaker 1>that have come to Washington, take power and inflict a

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<v Speaker 1>punishment against who you and me and all of us.

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<v Speaker 1>For example, let's watch Jesse Waters point his finger and

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<v Speaker 1>punish forty million Californians.

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<v Speaker 6>This is biblical level destruction. And the city of La

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<v Speaker 6>is hosting the Olympics in four years. There's no way

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<v Speaker 6>we can showcase La to the world. A full federal

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<v Speaker 6>takeover is needed, invoke the Stafford Act, the States overwhelmed.

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<v Speaker 6>Martial law might have to be declared.

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<v Speaker 1>And the amazing thing is Jesse Waters has real power

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<v Speaker 1>because Donald Trump's going to see it and say, you

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<v Speaker 1>know what, He's right and so is the Speaker of

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<v Speaker 1>the House, Mike Johnson, and all of these people. Because

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<v Speaker 1>it was said on Fox, and because Fox is the

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<v Speaker 1>wellspring of power in the Trump administration, they will get

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<v Speaker 1>in line and the punishment will come. We've reached this

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<v Speaker 1>low moment, not by accident, but through a character of apocalypse,

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<v Speaker 1>and it didn't always used to be this way, but

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<v Speaker 1>now it is. And digging out it this mess is

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<v Speaker 1>going to take a lot of effort by a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of people who demand better. Usually the demand for better

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<v Speaker 1>comes from a pit of suffering caused by a broken

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<v Speaker 1>promise is epic as the one that Karen Bass delivered.

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<v Speaker 1>Things will change in Los Angeles. There will be a

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<v Speaker 1>reawakening of civic spirit and activism. People will have to

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<v Speaker 1>be involved because if they're not ruin nation awaits they

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<v Speaker 1>say that all trends that start in California spread to

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<v Speaker 1>the country. It's a lot of truth to it. And

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<v Speaker 1>here's the deal. The disaster there, it's going to spread metaphorically,

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<v Speaker 1>of course, it's going to spread to Washington, where an

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<v Speaker 1>arsonist does at work. And what we see from the

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<v Speaker 1>Pete Hegseat hearings is somebody who will break his promises,

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<v Speaker 1>and then there will be disaster every person, whether it

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<v Speaker 1>be the Katari lobbyist Pambondi, whether it be Christy Known,

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<v Speaker 1>whether it be RFK, whatever it is, they say, it's

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<v Speaker 1>all empty words. There's no argument that they're fit for theseis.

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<v Speaker 1>There's no record to substantiate any possibility that they could be.

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<v Speaker 1>What these people are is perfectly clear. Whatever promises they make,

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<v Speaker 1>or as empty as the ones Karen Bass made, as

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<v Speaker 1>empty as the one Donald Trump made his empty as

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<v Speaker 1>the one he's about to make again. So many people

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<v Speaker 1>in this era are going to be hurt, but this

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<v Speaker 1>is not our destiny to stay mired here forever. We

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<v Speaker 1>can and we will make it through. It will take determination,

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<v Speaker 1>it will take grit, and it will take toughness, and

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<v Speaker 1>it will take a recognition to appreciate that Chuck Schumer

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<v Speaker 1>and a lot of these people, they're part of the problem.

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<v Speaker 1>They're the people that perform so wretchedly that the American

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<v Speaker 1>people looked at Donald Trump and said him and then

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<v Speaker 1>those people want to lecture all of us about what

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<v Speaker 1>we can think, what we can say, particularly about them.

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<v Speaker 1>The cost of their broken promises has been sky high,

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<v Speaker 1>and the bill is going to be more than we

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<v Speaker 1>can endure. This is the warning. I'm Steve Schmidt. This

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