WEBVTT - REACTION: Trump Deploys National Guard to Washington DC

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<v Speaker 1>This is the warning I thought that I would say

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<v Speaker 1>a few things as Donald Trump's incoherent, fascistic news conference

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<v Speaker 1>continues to onferral. Standing on either side of him is

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<v Speaker 1>the Attorney General of the United States, the galactically unfit

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<v Speaker 1>Pam Bondi, really a Fox News television character actress who

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<v Speaker 1>is boycotting that network because she went on and talked

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<v Speaker 1>about the fact that she was reading the Epstein files

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<v Speaker 1>and is now deeply implicated in the cover up of that.

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<v Speaker 1>The movement of Gislaine Maxwell and Pam Baldendy will ultimately

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<v Speaker 1>be a person deeply implicated with Pam Bondi and Donald

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<v Speaker 1>Trump and the rest of them free with presidential pardon

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<v Speaker 1>Gawaine Maxwell from federal custody. Standing next to Donald Trump

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<v Speaker 1>is the inept and incompetent Secretary Area of Fence, the

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<v Speaker 1>most unfit leader of the armed forces of the United

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<v Speaker 1>States and the entire history of the country bar none.

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<v Speaker 1>This is a man a company to work every day

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<v Speaker 1>by his shadow, his third wife, his Jenny, the woman

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<v Speaker 1>referred to by the Pentagon staff as Yoko Ono. Her

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<v Speaker 1>soul responsibility besides outfitting the makeup room for Secretary Champagne

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<v Speaker 1>Pete's frequent television appearances is to make sure the secretary's

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<v Speaker 1>pants stay on lest the wives of the Navy captains

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<v Speaker 1>on seed duty be in danger, and to make certain

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<v Speaker 1>that the bottle stays away from Champagne Pete's thirsty lips.

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<v Speaker 1>He is an incompetent that beggars description. Of course, the

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<v Speaker 1>placement of classified information and war plan ends onto a

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<v Speaker 1>signal chat. We see him every day, blustering, sneering, abusing

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<v Speaker 1>his authority and position. What we see today is something

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<v Speaker 1>deeply ominous, frankly terrifying, and let's unpack it. First. Washington,

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<v Speaker 1>DC is the Federal district. It is not a state,

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<v Speaker 1>It is not an American territory. The federal district was

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<v Speaker 1>created by land donated from the states of Maryland and Virginia,

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<v Speaker 1>and the federal capital was named for the father of

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<v Speaker 1>the country, George Washington, who twice, when having the opportunity

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<v Speaker 1>to be a king, walked away from power. The monument

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<v Speaker 1>in the middle of the city commemorates George Washington, the

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<v Speaker 1>father of the country. At the time of his death,

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<v Speaker 1>he was eulogized as first in war, first in peace,

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<v Speaker 1>first in the hearts of his countrymen. And when you

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<v Speaker 1>look at the Washington Monument, you'll notice that there's a

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<v Speaker 1>line of discoloration about a third of the way up

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<v Speaker 1>and there The monument sat unfinished for almost twenty five

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<v Speaker 1>years because the Pope had donated marble for its construction,

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<v Speaker 1>along with the heads of states of many other nations.

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<v Speaker 1>But the know nothings threw that marble into the Potomac

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<v Speaker 1>River protesting against Irish immigration, protesting against German immigration, protesting

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<v Speaker 1>against Catholic immigration. And that Catholic marble was thrown in

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<v Speaker 1>to the Potomac. And the man that Champagne Pete has

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<v Speaker 1>reinstalled on a marble pedestal, a middling Confederate general named

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<v Speaker 1>Albert Pike, was a no nothing, an anti Catholic bigot.

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<v Speaker 1>Pete Hegseth is a Christian nationalist. His crazed pastor, doing

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<v Speaker 1>an interview on CNN in the last forty eight hours,

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't believe women should have the right to vote. A

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<v Speaker 1>real life handmade's tail character, a real life want to

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<v Speaker 1>be commander. And so what we see here on Furrowing

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<v Speaker 1>today is ominous. It's dangerous. This is the face of

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<v Speaker 1>American fascism. And as was long predicted ago apocryphally attributed

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<v Speaker 1>to Upton Saint Clair, that when fascism came to America,

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<v Speaker 1>I would be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross.

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<v Speaker 1>And so today the American people are subjected to a

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<v Speaker 1>level of lying that's on precedented, a level of concoction

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<v Speaker 1>that is beyond belief, as Donald Trump talks about a

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<v Speaker 1>crime apocalypse as a justification to militarize under federal authority

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<v Speaker 1>the nation's capital to wipe out the slums. As he says, now,

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<v Speaker 1>I he's the founding of the country and the founding

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<v Speaker 1>father of the country. Because it's important to appreciate that

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<v Speaker 1>when the city was built, the White House, which would

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<v Speaker 1>one day be the home of the forty fourth President,

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<v Speaker 1>a black man, capital of the United States, saved from

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<v Speaker 1>destruction by terrorists in two thousand and one by ordinary

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<v Speaker 1>Americans of all walks of life, gay and straight, black

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<v Speaker 1>and white. It was built by slaves. It would be

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<v Speaker 1>redeemed by men like Marian Luther King and John Lewis,

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<v Speaker 1>and that slavery would be eradicated in a war of

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<v Speaker 1>liberation against Southern slaveholders secessionists who these people venerate but

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<v Speaker 1>tried to destroy the union, the Washington and Adams and

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<v Speaker 1>Jefferson gave the country that imperfect union. And so today

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<v Speaker 1>in twenty twenty five, in the two hundred and fiftieth

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<v Speaker 1>anniversary year of the country, what we're witnessing peer is

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<v Speaker 1>a clown pack Fox News characters, Jeanine Piro, Cash Bentel.

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<v Speaker 1>The conspiracy here is Pam Bondi, pie Hegsa Cash Btel.

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<v Speaker 1>And we see this all white cadre about to impose

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<v Speaker 1>order without the will of the community, without the will

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<v Speaker 1>of the people who live in Washington, d C. On

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<v Speaker 1>the black majority. And that should be noted, they should

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<v Speaker 1>be noted up front that we shouldn't dance around the

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<v Speaker 1>racist overturns, the racist overtones, and the clear and loud

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<v Speaker 1>usurpation of the rights of the people of Washington, d C.

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<v Speaker 1>To have elected leaders that make decisions in their city instead,

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<v Speaker 1>as Trump indicated, Washington, d C. Is about the beginning.

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<v Speaker 1>And this will spread out all over the country. Everywhere

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<v Speaker 1>there's a crime. Everywhere, something has has been happened that's

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<v Speaker 1>an evil. Donald Trump will have a rationale to asserve

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<v Speaker 1>more power as the cure over and over and over again.

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<v Speaker 1>And what you're witnessing at this news conference today is

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<v Speaker 1>a collection of some of the most dishonest public officials,

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<v Speaker 1>unfit public officials that have ever been lining up to

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<v Speaker 1>lie in the further into of the interests of the

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<v Speaker 1>power of a single man. And so in this moment,

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<v Speaker 1>when DC crime rates are down and dropping, Donald Trump

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<v Speaker 1>has deployed the military. Donald Trump has told the American

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<v Speaker 1>people the crime is so bad despite crime rates droppings,

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<v Speaker 1>that he has to deploy the army to occupy the

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<v Speaker 1>nation's capital, and that it's an urgent enough issue that

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<v Speaker 1>soon it will be coming to a city near you.

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<v Speaker 1>Led by Field Marshall, Pete Hegseat and Pam Bondi and

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<v Speaker 1>Judge Janine and all the Fox detritus. What we are

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<v Speaker 1>watching play out on international television on CNN. And if

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<v Speaker 1>that's what you're watching, like I am with Pam Bondy

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<v Speaker 1>Shining Cross as she's involved in building concentration camps where

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<v Speaker 1>immigrant detainees are abused and tortured by personnel of the

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<v Speaker 1>federal government of the United States on orders of some

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<v Speaker 1>of the senior officials of the government. As Donald Trump said,

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<v Speaker 1>you spit, we hit, foreshadowing that fascistic use of force,

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<v Speaker 1>foreshadowing more abuses of power, foreshadowing his luss to unleash

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<v Speaker 1>the violence of the state against people, any people, so

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<v Speaker 1>long as it's in the name of Trump's control and authority.

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<v Speaker 1>And so what a dangerous moment we have arrived at

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<v Speaker 1>year before the middle of August, in the year twenty

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<v Speaker 1>twenty five. Now, in the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary

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<v Speaker 1>year of the United States of America, Washington, DC is

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<v Speaker 1>to be an occupied city, a federalized city. The rights

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<v Speaker 1>of the black majority have been stripped away, disenfranchised out

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<v Speaker 1>of necessity for security. Seems interesting how that goes together.

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<v Speaker 1>In order to be safe, the black majority of Washington

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<v Speaker 1>must be less free. Doesn't seem quite right. As we

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<v Speaker 1>approach that anniversary of doctor King's speech about a dream

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<v Speaker 1>he had that seems to be regressing. But again, as

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<v Speaker 1>he pointed out, the moral arc of the universe is long,

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<v Speaker 1>and it bends towards justice, which means in that long arc,

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<v Speaker 1>in that bend, there any long, flat sessions that can

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<v Speaker 1>cast off a mirage that show regression, when in fact

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<v Speaker 1>what they indicate is the necessity for fighting and struggling

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<v Speaker 1>to maintain the trajectory of that arc. But let's be clear,

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<v Speaker 1>what is being seen today is about one thing, power,

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<v Speaker 1>and there's a proposition that we're watching play out. Donald

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<v Speaker 1>Trump's policies are rejected by a clear majority of Americans,

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<v Speaker 1>and yet Trump, through his aggressive maximalism, grows more powerful

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<v Speaker 1>by the hour as he grows less popular by the day,

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<v Speaker 1>and the Democratic Party maintains a flat line of weakness

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<v Speaker 1>in the face of aggressions that cannot be tolerated in countenance.

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<v Speaker 1>There must be a react hink this that is beyond

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<v Speaker 1>an appearance by Democratic leaders members of Congress on MSNBC.

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<v Speaker 1>There must be a meeting of governors. There must be

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<v Speaker 1>a caucus of political leaders to announce in a compact

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<v Speaker 1>that they will not stand for a rising federal tyranny

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<v Speaker 1>under the dictatorship of Donald Trump and his cabinet of

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<v Speaker 1>loons and losers, of conspiracy, dranks, cranks, nutjobs, and liars.

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<v Speaker 1>The goons assembled to announce what effectively is martial law

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<v Speaker 1>as a distraction to the scandal that draws effort nearer

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<v Speaker 1>his friendship with the most notorious child sex traffic or

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<v Speaker 1>pedophile of the twenty first century, and his right hand,

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<v Speaker 1>his accomplice Gislaying Maxwell. There's a lot of movie plots

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<v Speaker 1>that ponder what would happen if a terrorist had a

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<v Speaker 1>nuclear weapon and they could blackmail the president. It seems

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<v Speaker 1>like on any given day these days that Gislaine Maxwell

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<v Speaker 1>is a person who has a nuclear weapon of sorts

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<v Speaker 1>and a relationship with the President, who gets to use

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<v Speaker 1>powers in an announcement of a sea of white faces

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<v Speaker 1>to impose control and order on the black people of Washington, DC,

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<v Speaker 1>in the name of the security of as Homeland Security

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<v Speaker 1>puts it. Our culture, and what culture might that be?

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<v Speaker 1>The culture that venerates the Confederate General, the Confederate cause,

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<v Speaker 1>that venerated the cause of racial domination and supremacy. Here

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<v Speaker 1>in twenty twenty five, those values, those things are ascended,

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<v Speaker 1>and what's descending down on all of us is the

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<v Speaker 1>black curtain of fascism. Trump's heavy hand is everywhere in

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<v Speaker 1>the economy, me in your business. It's there to punish,

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<v Speaker 1>to seek retribution. There is to be noice sent just

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<v Speaker 1>sick a fancy, just the gleamy eyed zealotry of the people.

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<v Speaker 1>Like Pam Bondy with her shiny little cross upon her chest,

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<v Speaker 1>standing next to Pete Hegseth, a certifiable whack job on

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<v Speaker 1>national television announcing against all of the statistics and all

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<v Speaker 1>of the facts, the necessity to an essence militarily occupied Washington,

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<v Speaker 1>d C. As the test case. It's the test case

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<v Speaker 1>to clean up the slums and get rid of the homeless.

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<v Speaker 1>And I wonder, just wonder with what he is Pete

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<v Speaker 1>Hagseth would give the order to line up some of

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<v Speaker 1>those homeless against the wall or the Pam BONDI would

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<v Speaker 1>or cash ptel because what you're seeing today is a

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<v Speaker 1>gathering of little likements from the White House soon to

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<v Speaker 1>be desecrated by the ballroom for the man who just

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<v Speaker 1>with the stroke of a pen disenfranchised hundreds of thousands

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<v Speaker 1>of Americans, took away their vote, took away their rights,

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<v Speaker 1>and occupied their city while calling them criminals. Welcome to

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<v Speaker 1>Trump's America, the America where the law is what Judge

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<v Speaker 1>Genine from Fox News says it is. It is a

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<v Speaker 1>most appalling moment. This is the warning.

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

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you.