1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:05,520 Speaker 1: It is Tuesday, September thirtieth. This is the warning, and 2 00:00:05,559 --> 00:00:09,480 Speaker 1: the American crisis is deepening everywhere you look. 3 00:00:09,840 --> 00:00:12,160 Speaker 2: The evidence of this rings out. 4 00:00:12,360 --> 00:00:15,560 Speaker 1: There is a meeting in Quantico, Virginia today where eight 5 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:20,440 Speaker 1: hundred generals and admirals, every what they call flag officer 6 00:00:20,760 --> 00:00:24,480 Speaker 1: from around the world has been summoned to a meeting 7 00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:29,520 Speaker 1: to be lectured by the drunken Secretary of War Pete 8 00:00:29,520 --> 00:00:32,440 Speaker 1: Hagsath about the warrior ethos. 9 00:00:32,680 --> 00:00:34,360 Speaker 2: But now, of course Donald. 10 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:37,400 Speaker 1: Trump has hijacked the meeting, and the commander in Chief 11 00:00:37,479 --> 00:00:41,920 Speaker 1: himself will expect to bask in the adulation of the 12 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:45,000 Speaker 1: men who swore an oath not to a president, but 13 00:00:45,040 --> 00:00:49,400 Speaker 1: to a republic, to a constitution, a constitution that goes 14 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:53,080 Speaker 1: all the way back to the beginning, the constitution that 15 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:57,800 Speaker 1: George Washington became president, after it became the law of 16 00:00:57,840 --> 00:01:00,920 Speaker 1: the land. The country's in big trouble, and there's something 17 00:01:01,080 --> 00:01:04,399 Speaker 1: that we should talk honestly about. Three years ago, in 18 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:07,960 Speaker 1: twenty twenty two, after playing a leading role in the 19 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:13,240 Speaker 1: twenty campaign running the Lincoln Project that helped elect Joe Biden, 20 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:17,560 Speaker 1: I made the point that was screaming in every poll, 21 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:22,520 Speaker 1: which was the American people thought a rematch between Biden 22 00:01:22,840 --> 00:01:27,440 Speaker 1: and Trump was a national catastrophe. Think of the absurdity 23 00:01:27,680 --> 00:01:30,920 Speaker 1: of the message. The Democratic Party, on the one hand, 24 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:35,000 Speaker 1: said correctly, as it turned out, the twenty twenty four 25 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:39,399 Speaker 1: was an existential election, that everything was on the line, 26 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:44,200 Speaker 1: that our democracy was on the line, that liberty was 27 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:47,480 Speaker 1: on the line. And yet the corrupt leaders of that 28 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:52,880 Speaker 1: party demanded the same type of submission of their voters 29 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:59,200 Speaker 1: demanded by Donald Trump. Of hises, Democratic leaders demanded their 30 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:04,400 Speaker 1: voters be deaf and dumb and blind and on their 31 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:08,920 Speaker 1: knees to the idea that the only person in the 32 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:13,440 Speaker 1: whole Democratic Party that could defeat Trump was Joe Biden, 33 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:16,720 Speaker 1: who couldn't make it up the stairs and couldn't speak 34 00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:20,960 Speaker 1: in a coherent sentence. So his wife, in a hand 35 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:26,079 Speaker 1: full of aids, bullied weak people into submission, and they 36 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:29,919 Speaker 1: lit the fuse for this moment. They are the architects 37 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:33,919 Speaker 1: of defeat and the reason the Democratic Party is stuck 38 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:38,600 Speaker 1: at twenty five percent today. We are where we are 39 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:45,880 Speaker 1: because the Chuck Schumer led Senate helped seat Donald Trump's incompetent, insane, 40 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:51,680 Speaker 1: and absolutely lawless cabinet of constitutional vandals. 41 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:52,600 Speaker 2: And arsonists. 42 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:57,160 Speaker 1: And in March, during a negotiation where Chuck Schumer had 43 00:02:57,200 --> 00:03:00,920 Speaker 1: a great deal of leverage, he used none and instead 44 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:06,280 Speaker 1: went out after appeasing Donald Trump in giving away the store, 45 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:10,800 Speaker 1: promising to lay down on the tracks. He claimed victory, 46 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:16,800 Speaker 1: and everything that has happened since then until now was 47 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:22,280 Speaker 1: set in motion by that. Here is his counterpart, Hakim Jeffreys. 48 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:26,240 Speaker 3: Yesterday there was a frank and direct discussion with the 49 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:30,960 Speaker 3: President of the United States and Republican leaders, but significant 50 00:03:31,040 --> 00:03:36,880 Speaker 3: and meaningful differences remain. Democrats are fighting to protect the 51 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:40,560 Speaker 3: healthcare of the American people, and we are not going 52 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:45,280 Speaker 3: to support a partisan Republican spending bill that continues to 53 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:51,080 Speaker 3: gut the healthcare of everyday Americans, period full stop. Is 54 00:03:51,120 --> 00:03:55,440 Speaker 3: a Republican caused health care crisis that is causing hospitals 55 00:03:55,440 --> 00:03:59,200 Speaker 3: and nursing homes and community based health clinics all across 56 00:03:59,240 --> 00:04:03,320 Speaker 3: the country, in rural America, urban America, small town America, 57 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:07,360 Speaker 3: the heartland of America, and black and brown communities throughout 58 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:11,200 Speaker 3: this country. And that crisis is happening right now. And 59 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:15,240 Speaker 3: that's why we believe there is urgency to both keeping 60 00:04:15,240 --> 00:04:19,800 Speaker 3: the government open, reaching a bipartisan spending agreement that actually 61 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:22,240 Speaker 3: meets the needs of the American people in terms of 62 00:04:22,279 --> 00:04:25,839 Speaker 3: their health, their safety, their economic well being, and quality 63 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:31,440 Speaker 3: of life, while also addressing the dangerous Republican healthcare crisis. 64 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:36,359 Speaker 1: Yes, Leader, bipartisanship is right around the corner. By the way, 65 00:04:36,760 --> 00:04:40,080 Speaker 1: did you see the AI video the White House released 66 00:04:40,120 --> 00:04:40,960 Speaker 1: after the meeting. 67 00:04:41,440 --> 00:04:45,000 Speaker 4: Look, guys, there's no way to sugarcoat it. Nobody likes 68 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:48,040 Speaker 4: Democrats anymore. We have no voters left because of all 69 00:04:48,080 --> 00:04:51,160 Speaker 4: of our woke trans bullshit. Not even black people want 70 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:54,160 Speaker 4: to vote for us anymore. Even Latinos hate us. So 71 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:57,840 Speaker 4: we need new voters. And if we give all these 72 00:04:57,880 --> 00:05:01,440 Speaker 4: illegal aliens free healthcare, we might be able to get 73 00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:03,360 Speaker 4: them on our side so they can vote for us. 74 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:05,359 Speaker 2: They can't even speak English. 75 00:05:05,279 --> 00:05:08,520 Speaker 4: So they won't realize we're just a bunch of woke 76 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:11,359 Speaker 4: pieces of shit, you know, at least for a while 77 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:14,320 Speaker 4: until they learn English and they realize they hate us too. 78 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:19,560 Speaker 1: They's the answer to the bipartisanship And Chuck Schumer as 79 00:05:19,640 --> 00:05:23,279 Speaker 1: hapless a person as there could conceivably be for this 80 00:05:23,400 --> 00:05:29,360 Speaker 1: moment in history. First elected to office fifty years ago 81 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:33,359 Speaker 1: when I was five years old, just turned fifty five, 82 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:36,799 Speaker 1: which means I'll be getting my AARP card. 83 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:39,240 Speaker 2: It's time for them to go. 84 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:44,640 Speaker 1: They are ineffective, they are incompetent, and they have blundered 85 00:05:44,720 --> 00:05:48,799 Speaker 1: into a fight on healthcare that they will not hold 86 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:53,880 Speaker 1: the line on in this government shutdown. Their message is incoherent, 87 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:59,240 Speaker 1: and Trump is zeroing in on their weak points. Competent 88 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:05,000 Speaker 1: political leaders would have recognized in this moment the elegance 89 00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:09,400 Speaker 1: of something very simple. They didn't need to do much. 90 00:06:09,880 --> 00:06:14,520 Speaker 1: In fact, even now they should aspire to do less. 91 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:18,960 Speaker 1: Donald Trump has presented himself to the American people as 92 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:23,360 Speaker 1: an all powerful king. He controls a corrupt Supreme Court, 93 00:06:23,640 --> 00:06:29,599 Speaker 1: he controls a capitulan Congress that has surrendered its checks 94 00:06:29,600 --> 00:06:30,479 Speaker 1: and balances. 95 00:06:30,760 --> 00:06:32,000 Speaker 2: He controls it all. 96 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:36,640 Speaker 1: So what is it that King Donald could conceivably need 97 00:06:36,880 --> 00:06:38,080 Speaker 1: from the Democrats. 98 00:06:38,520 --> 00:06:40,200 Speaker 2: Let's role play for a second. 99 00:06:40,480 --> 00:06:44,760 Speaker 1: Imagine We're sitting across from each other at the conference table, 100 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:48,039 Speaker 1: and I'm the Democratic leader, and I say, what is 101 00:06:48,080 --> 00:06:52,160 Speaker 1: it that you could conceivably want with us, aside from 102 00:06:52,279 --> 00:06:56,240 Speaker 1: giving us the news personally that you're going to investigate 103 00:06:56,320 --> 00:06:59,000 Speaker 1: us and our families and maybe lock us up for 104 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:03,760 Speaker 1: the crime of dissenting against the obscenities occurring in this country. 105 00:07:03,880 --> 00:07:07,400 Speaker 2: What could you need from us? Certainly it's not, Oh, 106 00:07:07,480 --> 00:07:08,720 Speaker 2: I see. 107 00:07:08,400 --> 00:07:13,480 Speaker 1: You guys don't have the working votes. You don't have 108 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:18,400 Speaker 1: the votes you need us to pass something. Oh, well, 109 00:07:18,440 --> 00:07:21,120 Speaker 1: you're going to have to buy that. Purchase it by 110 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:23,800 Speaker 1: doing things that we want you to do. 111 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:26,280 Speaker 2: They no doubt you don't want to do. 112 00:07:26,840 --> 00:07:29,760 Speaker 1: And unless and until you do those things, there's no 113 00:07:29,920 --> 00:07:34,640 Speaker 1: votes possible. That's the negotiating position, that's the line. And 114 00:07:34,720 --> 00:07:38,320 Speaker 1: yet not only can't they draw a line, not only 115 00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:41,760 Speaker 1: can't they hold the line that they have drawn, they 116 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:45,520 Speaker 1: can't even speak a sensible, coherent sentence about. 117 00:07:45,320 --> 00:07:47,840 Speaker 2: Why it's necessary to draw a line. 118 00:07:47,560 --> 00:07:50,320 Speaker 1: About what that line is about, about what's happening in 119 00:07:50,360 --> 00:07:53,680 Speaker 1: the country. Because these are bubble men who live inside 120 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:59,960 Speaker 1: cloistered spaces, detached from reality, hollow men surrounded by how 121 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:05,680 Speaker 1: men and women, and they are not up to this moment, 122 00:08:06,080 --> 00:08:09,080 Speaker 1: not in any way, not in any shape, not in 123 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:11,880 Speaker 1: any form. And so in a way they are the 124 00:08:12,120 --> 00:08:17,480 Speaker 1: essential partner to Maga. They are the weak sisters. They are, 125 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:22,400 Speaker 1: in the end, the appeasers every fascist dreams of for 126 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:25,960 Speaker 1: their conquest. My friends, it is time for them to 127 00:08:26,040 --> 00:08:29,160 Speaker 1: go because there is a republic to save and these 128 00:08:29,160 --> 00:08:33,479 Speaker 1: two guys, they're not up for the job. I'm Steve Schmidt. 129 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:36,160 Speaker 1: This is the warning. I invite you to join this 130 00:08:36,280 --> 00:08:40,600 Speaker 1: community where I promise to be honest, blunt and direct 131 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:44,920 Speaker 1: about what is happening in this country. America is in crisis. 132 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:48,520 Speaker 1: Follow and subscribe to this channel and on substack. 133 00:08:48,720 --> 00:08:51,160 Speaker 2: Thank you.