WEBVTT - Steve Schmidt Explains Why Mark Cuban Would Never Vote For Donald Trump

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<v Speaker 1>Here's what Mark Cuban said, he would rather vote for

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<v Speaker 1>Joe Biden on his deathbed than he would for Donald Trump.

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<v Speaker 1>It's Tuesday, March the fifth. There are two hundred and

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<v Speaker 1>forty five days remaining until America picks its next commander

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<v Speaker 1>in chief. Here is today's warning and a quick reminder

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<v Speaker 1>this morning, remember subscribe to the Warning YouTube channel. What

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<v Speaker 1>is the mood of the American electorate? All of these

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<v Speaker 1>questions will play out during the months ahead, but we

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<v Speaker 1>start out at a place where it's important to recognize

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<v Speaker 1>how discontented the American electorate is. Overwhelming percentages of the

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<v Speaker 1>American people do not like, do not want, and incredibly

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<v Speaker 1>do not yet fully believe that the choice is going

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<v Speaker 1>to be President Biden versus former President Donald Trump. Tonight,

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<v Speaker 1>the Super Tuesday results will make that fact clear. Both

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<v Speaker 1>men are winning their party's nominations in his historic fashion.

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump is undefeated in any state. He will win

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<v Speaker 1>all fifty states, probably every territory except for the two

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<v Speaker 1>thousand Republicans who voted in the federal District of Washington DC.

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<v Speaker 1>Within this deep dissatisfaction are great concerns and worries about

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<v Speaker 1>Joe Biden's age, and those worries fall into two buckets. Primarily,

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<v Speaker 1>the first is can President Biden win? Can he do

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<v Speaker 1>the job as a candidate? And then two will he

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<v Speaker 1>make it through a second term as president competently? Can

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<v Speaker 1>he be president? Can he lead the world's most powerful nation?

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<v Speaker 1>And of course the implication behind that is President Kamala

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<v Speaker 1>Harris now billionaire more Cuban, an ardent foe of trump Ism,

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<v Speaker 1>somebody who is articulately, indecisively called out the maga extremist

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<v Speaker 1>leader over and over again, has made clear his preferences

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<v Speaker 1>in the electorate and in the way that more Cuban

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<v Speaker 1>uniquely has. He has stripped away all of the underlying

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<v Speaker 1>brush and got to the heart of the matter. He

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<v Speaker 1>laid out the choice as it is, as clear as day,

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<v Speaker 1>and has drawn a bright line at the point of decision.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's what Mark Cuban said. He would rather vote for

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<v Speaker 1>Joe Biden on his deathbed than he would for Donald Trump.

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<v Speaker 1>That is the Cuban position, and he's not alone. One

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<v Speaker 1>of the findings inside the New York Times poll is

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<v Speaker 1>that the people who are deeply worried and have the

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<v Speaker 1>greatest level of concern about both candidates are Biden voters.

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<v Speaker 1>They will either turn out for Biden or they will

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<v Speaker 1>stay home, which is in action for Trump. The choice

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<v Speaker 1>in the electorate, the choice for the country's future at

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<v Speaker 1>the edge of its two hundred and fiftieth birthday, is

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<v Speaker 1>whether to install into power a man who seeks to

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<v Speaker 1>unwind unwind the accomplishments, the achievements of the American Revolution

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<v Speaker 1>and everything that came after that spread freedom and liberty

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<v Speaker 1>and equality to all people, regardless of race and creed,

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<v Speaker 1>and religion or sexual orientation. What Donald Trump proposes is

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<v Speaker 1>a multi headed monstrosity, a police state that will round

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<v Speaker 1>up millions and assign them to vast camps from which

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<v Speaker 1>they'll be deported without much do process. Apparently. What it

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<v Speaker 1>means is the retribution against political speech and political opposition

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<v Speaker 1>and dissent and protest. What it means is the tolerance

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<v Speaker 1>for violence. What it means is a license for corruption.

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<v Speaker 1>What it means is a subjugation of human rights below

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<v Speaker 1>a dogma of political power. Political power that asserts that

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<v Speaker 1>the leader, that the movement, that the party, and ultimately

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<v Speaker 1>the state, which is a blend of all of the above,

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<v Speaker 1>is more powerful, more important, and above the human being.

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<v Speaker 1>There's a name for this philosophy. It's called fascism, and

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<v Speaker 1>it's what Donald Trump believes in. He is a fascist.

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<v Speaker 1>The tension that is playing out in the Republican Party

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<v Speaker 1>is the tension that always plays out at the tectonic

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<v Speaker 1>place where a fascist faction meets the vestigal conservative faction.

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<v Speaker 1>This party is irreconcilable because the two factions cannot be

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<v Speaker 1>squared if on the one side, truly there are devotees

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<v Speaker 1>to the ideas that founded the Republic, the notion that

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<v Speaker 1>all men and today all of us are created equal,

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<v Speaker 1>endowed by a creator with inalienable rights. The doctrine and

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<v Speaker 1>dogmas of power that strong makes right do not fit

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<v Speaker 1>within that system and can never be made to fit.

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<v Speaker 1>So within this division that will play out in the

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<v Speaker 1>Republican Party where Nikki Haley will get somewhere across the

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<v Speaker 1>sixteen states between twenty five to forty percent. There is

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<v Speaker 1>a faction, But what is it that they support? Will

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<v Speaker 1>in the end these people come around and support Donald Trump,

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<v Speaker 1>believing the greater threat is the opposing political tribe. Even

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<v Speaker 1>know that tribe, that party, the Democratic Party, the oldest

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<v Speaker 1>in the world, is the only political institution in the

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<v Speaker 1>country left standing despite all of its flaws, that believes

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<v Speaker 1>in the central tenets and ideas of the country, which

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<v Speaker 1>are that the people are sovereign, the people decide who

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<v Speaker 1>rules in an election. This is what's at stake. This

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<v Speaker 1>is the cornerstone of the American way of life. This

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<v Speaker 1>is the foundation. Everything that exists has grown from this space,

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<v Speaker 1>from this soil, from this place. This is what is

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<v Speaker 1>being poisoned by a national malevolence that holds I want

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<v Speaker 1>power and I'll take it or regardless of any restraints,

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<v Speaker 1>any restrictions, because in the end, all that matters is me,

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<v Speaker 1>and that is the foundation, the cornerstone of trump Ism,

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<v Speaker 1>of American fascism, of the revengist American First Movement. This

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<v Speaker 1>must be opposed, and it must be defeated by a

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<v Speaker 1>vast coalition that unites not around Joe Biden's brilliance or excellence,

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<v Speaker 1>or around a belief in the man, but about something

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<v Speaker 1>much bigger, much more important. At the edge of the

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<v Speaker 1>country's two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of independence, a belief

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<v Speaker 1>and an idea, and an ideal that has lit the world,

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<v Speaker 1>a rekindling of it. It must be asserted and proclaimed

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<v Speaker 1>broadly and loudly and proudly. We are Americans, and Americans

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<v Speaker 1>should never ever hollering the disrespect to the ideas and

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<v Speaker 1>the ideals and the sacrifices that have been made to

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<v Speaker 1>bequeath the Republic to us in freedom and liberty, that

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<v Speaker 1>are daily made by a miscrant like Donald Trump, a

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<v Speaker 1>low man of low standing, accused criminally convicted of sexual assault,

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<v Speaker 1>the insider of insurrection, the purveyor of lies against the

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<v Speaker 1>outcome of an election that have poisoned faith, idealism, and

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<v Speaker 1>belief in the greatest experiment in the history of human civilization.

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<v Speaker 1>That man tonight will take a giant leap forward as

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<v Speaker 1>the leader of the third oldest political party in the

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<v Speaker 1>world that has metastasized into something profoundly different from what

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<v Speaker 1>its founders believed it would be and was for a

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<v Speaker 1>very long time. It isn't a great choice, but should

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<v Speaker 1>the choice become the defense of an idea against a

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<v Speaker 1>deep threat through a vote or a man that somebody

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<v Speaker 1>feels may be diminished, it is the obvious and only choice,

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<v Speaker 1>because in the end, the other choice threatens the cornerstones

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<v Speaker 1>the foundations of the American way of life. This isn't

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<v Speaker 1>an election about tax codes. This is an election about

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<v Speaker 1>liberty and about power, and about whether in America a

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<v Speaker 1>president is an emperor, king or a caesar. And the

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<v Speaker 1>answer to that, and forevermore, must always be no. Thank

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