WEBVTT - Democratic Leadership Are Just As Complicit As MAGA

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<v Speaker 1>It is Tuesday, September thirtieth. This is the warning, and

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<v Speaker 1>the American crisis is deepening everywhere you look.

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<v Speaker 2>The evidence of this rings out.

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<v Speaker 1>There is a meeting in Quantico, Virginia today where eight

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<v Speaker 1>hundred generals and admirals, every what they call flag officer

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<v Speaker 1>from around the world has been summoned to a meeting

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<v Speaker 1>to be lectured by the drunken Secretary of War Pete

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<v Speaker 1>Hagsath about the warrior ethos.

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<v Speaker 2>But now, of course Donald.

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<v Speaker 1>Trump has hijacked the meeting, and the commander in Chief

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<v Speaker 1>himself will expect to bask in the adulation of the

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<v Speaker 1>men who swore an oath not to a president, but

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<v Speaker 1>to a republic, to a constitution, a constitution that goes

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<v Speaker 1>all the way back to the beginning, the constitution that

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<v Speaker 1>George Washington became president, after it became the law of

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<v Speaker 1>the land. The country's in big trouble, and there's something

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<v Speaker 1>that we should talk honestly about. Three years ago, in

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty two, after playing a leading role in the

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<v Speaker 1>twenty campaign running the Lincoln Project that helped elect Joe Biden,

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<v Speaker 1>I made the point that was screaming in every poll,

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<v Speaker 1>which was the American people thought a rematch between Biden

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<v Speaker 1>and Trump was a national catastrophe. Think of the absurdity

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<v Speaker 1>of the message. The Democratic Party, on the one hand,

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<v Speaker 1>said correctly, as it turned out, the twenty twenty four

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<v Speaker 1>was an existential election, that everything was on the line,

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<v Speaker 1>that our democracy was on the line, that liberty was

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<v Speaker 1>on the line. And yet the corrupt leaders of that

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<v Speaker 1>party demanded the same type of submission of their voters

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<v Speaker 1>demanded by Donald Trump. Of hises, Democratic leaders demanded their

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<v Speaker 1>voters be deaf and dumb and blind and on their

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<v Speaker 1>knees to the idea that the only person in the

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<v Speaker 1>whole Democratic Party that could defeat Trump was Joe Biden,

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<v Speaker 1>who couldn't make it up the stairs and couldn't speak

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<v Speaker 1>in a coherent sentence. So his wife, in a hand

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<v Speaker 1>full of aids, bullied weak people into submission, and they

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<v Speaker 1>lit the fuse for this moment. They are the architects

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<v Speaker 1>of defeat and the reason the Democratic Party is stuck

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<v Speaker 1>at twenty five percent today. We are where we are

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<v Speaker 1>because the Chuck Schumer led Senate helped seat Donald Trump's incompetent, insane,

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<v Speaker 1>and absolutely lawless cabinet of constitutional vandals.

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<v Speaker 2>And arsonists.

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<v Speaker 1>And in March, during a negotiation where Chuck Schumer had

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<v Speaker 1>a great deal of leverage, he used none and instead

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<v Speaker 1>went out after appeasing Donald Trump in giving away the store,

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<v Speaker 1>promising to lay down on the tracks. He claimed victory,

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<v Speaker 1>and everything that has happened since then until now was

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<v Speaker 1>set in motion by that. Here is his counterpart, Hakim Jeffreys.

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<v Speaker 3>Yesterday there was a frank and direct discussion with the

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<v Speaker 3>President of the United States and Republican leaders, but significant

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<v Speaker 3>and meaningful differences remain. Democrats are fighting to protect the

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<v Speaker 3>healthcare of the American people, and we are not going

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<v Speaker 3>to support a partisan Republican spending bill that continues to

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<v Speaker 3>gut the healthcare of everyday Americans, period full stop. Is

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<v Speaker 3>a Republican caused health care crisis that is causing hospitals

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<v Speaker 3>and nursing homes and community based health clinics all across

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<v Speaker 3>the country, in rural America, urban America, small town America,

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<v Speaker 3>the heartland of America, and black and brown communities throughout

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<v Speaker 3>this country. And that crisis is happening right now. And

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<v Speaker 3>that's why we believe there is urgency to both keeping

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<v Speaker 3>the government open, reaching a bipartisan spending agreement that actually

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<v Speaker 3>meets the needs of the American people in terms of

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<v Speaker 3>their health, their safety, their economic well being, and quality

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<v Speaker 3>of life, while also addressing the dangerous Republican healthcare crisis.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, Leader, bipartisanship is right around the corner. By the way,

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<v Speaker 1>did you see the AI video the White House released

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<v Speaker 1>after the meeting.

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<v Speaker 4>Look, guys, there's no way to sugarcoat it. Nobody likes

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<v Speaker 4>Democrats anymore. We have no voters left because of all

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<v Speaker 4>of our woke trans bullshit. Not even black people want

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<v Speaker 4>to vote for us anymore. Even Latinos hate us. So

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<v Speaker 4>we need new voters. And if we give all these

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<v Speaker 4>illegal aliens free healthcare, we might be able to get

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<v Speaker 4>them on our side so they can vote for us.

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<v Speaker 2>They can't even speak English.

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<v Speaker 4>So they won't realize we're just a bunch of woke

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<v Speaker 4>pieces of shit, you know, at least for a while

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<v Speaker 4>until they learn English and they realize they hate us too.

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<v Speaker 1>They's the answer to the bipartisanship And Chuck Schumer as

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<v Speaker 1>hapless a person as there could conceivably be for this

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<v Speaker 1>moment in history. First elected to office fifty years ago

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<v Speaker 1>when I was five years old, just turned fifty five,

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<v Speaker 1>which means I'll be getting my AARP card.

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<v Speaker 2>It's time for them to go.

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<v Speaker 1>They are ineffective, they are incompetent, and they have blundered

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<v Speaker 1>into a fight on healthcare that they will not hold

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<v Speaker 1>the line on in this government shutdown. Their message is incoherent,

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<v Speaker 1>and Trump is zeroing in on their weak points. Competent

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<v Speaker 1>political leaders would have recognized in this moment the elegance

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<v Speaker 1>of something very simple. They didn't need to do much.

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<v Speaker 1>In fact, even now they should aspire to do less.

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump has presented himself to the American people as

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<v Speaker 1>an all powerful king. He controls a corrupt Supreme Court,

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<v Speaker 1>he controls a capitulan Congress that has surrendered its checks

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<v Speaker 1>and balances.

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<v Speaker 2>He controls it all.

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<v Speaker 1>So what is it that King Donald could conceivably need

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<v Speaker 1>from the Democrats.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's role play for a second.

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<v Speaker 1>Imagine We're sitting across from each other at the conference table,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm the Democratic leader, and I say, what is

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<v Speaker 1>it that you could conceivably want with us, aside from

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<v Speaker 1>giving us the news personally that you're going to investigate

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<v Speaker 1>us and our families and maybe lock us up for

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<v Speaker 1>the crime of dissenting against the obscenities occurring in this country.

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<v Speaker 2>What could you need from us? Certainly it's not, Oh,

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<v Speaker 2>I see.

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<v Speaker 1>You guys don't have the working votes. You don't have

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<v Speaker 1>the votes you need us to pass something. Oh, well,

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<v Speaker 1>you're going to have to buy that. Purchase it by

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<v Speaker 1>doing things that we want you to do.

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<v Speaker 2>They no doubt you don't want to do.

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<v Speaker 1>And unless and until you do those things, there's no

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<v Speaker 1>votes possible. That's the negotiating position, that's the line. And

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<v Speaker 1>yet not only can't they draw a line, not only

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<v Speaker 1>can't they hold the line that they have drawn, they

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<v Speaker 1>can't even speak a sensible, coherent sentence about.

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<v Speaker 2>Why it's necessary to draw a line.

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<v Speaker 1>About what that line is about, about what's happening in

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<v Speaker 1>the country. Because these are bubble men who live inside

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<v Speaker 1>cloistered spaces, detached from reality, hollow men surrounded by how

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<v Speaker 1>men and women, and they are not up to this moment,

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<v Speaker 1>not in any way, not in any shape, not in

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<v Speaker 1>any form. And so in a way they are the

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<v Speaker 1>essential partner to Maga. They are the weak sisters. They are,

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<v Speaker 1>in the end, the appeasers every fascist dreams of for

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<v Speaker 1>their conquest. My friends, it is time for them to

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<v Speaker 1>go because there is a republic to save and these

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<v Speaker 1>two guys, they're not up for the job. I'm Steve Schmidt.

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<v Speaker 1>This is the warning. I invite you to join this

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<v Speaker 1>community where I promise to be honest, blunt and direct

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<v Speaker 1>about what is happening in this country. America is in crisis.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you.