WEBVTT - Steve Schmidt Explains Why Jared Kushner Should Never Go Back To The White House

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<v Speaker 1>Jared Kushner is one of the most corrupt officials who

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<v Speaker 1>ever served on the White House staff. It's Valentine's Day,

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<v Speaker 1>February fourteenth. There are two hundred and sixty five days

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<v Speaker 1>to go until the presidential election, and this is the warning. Yesterday, Axios,

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<v Speaker 1>the access driven digital media company, saw fit to host

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<v Speaker 1>Jared Kushner at its Miami BFD conference, and there Jared Kushner,

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<v Speaker 1>now in the private equity business, announced he doesn't plan

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<v Speaker 1>to return to the White House, which is the place

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<v Speaker 1>Jared Kushner should never, ever, ever have worked at.

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<v Speaker 2>So is that a note? If he calls you on

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<v Speaker 2>November whatever and says I'd like to come back to

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<v Speaker 2>see you, say thanks, but I'm good.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, let's take a look back. Jared Kushner, the son

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<v Speaker 1>of a felon, couldn't get security clearances. He was denied

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<v Speaker 1>them because of his massive conflicts of interest. He was

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<v Speaker 1>given the highest level security clearances on direct order from

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<v Speaker 1>his father in law to President. Jared Kushner is the

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<v Speaker 1>soft handed child of a billionaire felon who has never

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<v Speaker 1>worked an hour in his life. He's never been in

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<v Speaker 1>a fistfight, He's never picked up a shovel or a

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<v Speaker 1>hammer or struck a nail. He's soft, he's entitled. His

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<v Speaker 1>family bought his way into Harvard. His entire life has

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<v Speaker 1>been one of easy, glazed privilege. And yet he wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>content with that. Jared Kushner, you see, wanted power, and

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<v Speaker 1>Jared Kushner was given carte blanche to travel all over

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<v Speaker 1>the world. America's greatest know nothing. Somebody who's never suffered,

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<v Speaker 1>never served, never sacrificed, who's never done anything, decided he

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<v Speaker 1>would take it upon himself to become a diplomat. And

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<v Speaker 1>what Jared Kushner did is architect the Abraham Accords. And

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<v Speaker 1>what the Abraham Chords did was laid a fuse, and

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<v Speaker 1>that fuse exploded. It exploded because the Abraham Chords were

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<v Speaker 1>a cynical business transaction that discounted history, culture, religion, and

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<v Speaker 1>cut the Palestinian people out of the deal. Jared Kushner

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<v Speaker 1>set off chaos in the Middle East because he was

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<v Speaker 1>a know nothing with a powerful job. What Jared Kushner did, though,

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<v Speaker 1>after he left the White House, is the most important

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<v Speaker 1>thing to talk about, and of course Axios dared not

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<v Speaker 1>ask any questions about what could be the greatest act

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<v Speaker 1>of political corruption in American history. Jared Kushner reportedly was

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<v Speaker 1>the number one consumer of classified information in the White House.

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<v Speaker 1>He couldn't get enough of it. He wanted briefing after

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<v Speaker 1>briefing after briefing, and a few months after he left

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<v Speaker 1>the White House over the objections of the professional money managers,

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<v Speaker 1>on the direct orders of the Saudi Crown Prince, two

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<v Speaker 1>billion dollars was invested in Jared Kushner's hedge fund. To

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<v Speaker 1>Jared Kushner has no experience whatsoever an investment. The payment

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<v Speaker 1>was a bride or reward, but it should have been

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<v Speaker 1>investigated as espionage. Jared Kushner is one of the most

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<v Speaker 1>corrupt officials who ever served on the White House staff,

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<v Speaker 1>and that service was a disgrace. He talked about during

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<v Speaker 1>his Axios interview that his father in last campaign today

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<v Speaker 1>is professionally run.

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<v Speaker 2>From my perspective, again, if you look at the way

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<v Speaker 2>President Trump has been handling his campaign this time, this

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<v Speaker 2>is his third time doing it, and he's had time

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<v Speaker 2>to really reflect on everything. I think that the team

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<v Speaker 2>around him is maybe the best he's had.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's talk about his father's campaign, and let's talk about

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<v Speaker 1>the appalling American media coverage that followed the insanity of

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<v Speaker 1>this weekend, where a Trump crowd chanted over and over

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<v Speaker 1>again fuck Joe Biden, as Trump promised to withdraw from

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<v Speaker 1>the most powerful military alliance and world history that keeps

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<v Speaker 1>America safe and cheered on Vladimir Putin so he can

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<v Speaker 1>invade England and France and Poland. Donald Trump is unhinged,

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<v Speaker 1>He's deranged, He's deeply dangerous. I don't know why anybody

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<v Speaker 1>would choose to put Donald Trump, of all people, at

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<v Speaker 1>the center of a cult of personality. Personally, I find

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<v Speaker 1>him repulsive, revolted, idiotic, and unintelligible. Yet here we are.

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<v Speaker 1>We don't talk enough about the dynamics of group contagion,

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<v Speaker 1>the frenzy of the crowd. But as we move forward

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<v Speaker 1>in this election cycle, the Biden team must understands the

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<v Speaker 1>Trump crowds will get bigger, they will get crazier, they

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<v Speaker 1>will become more frenzied. What is building is malevolent, it

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<v Speaker 1>is terrible, and it's coming must be opposed. Today. Donald

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<v Speaker 1>Trump must be hit and hit hard by the Biden

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<v Speaker 1>campaign in the White House, and then he must be

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<v Speaker 1>hit hard again tomorrow and the next day and for

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<v Speaker 1>two one hundred and sixty five more days until this

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<v Speaker 1>fever breaks. The United States of America will celebrate at

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<v Speaker 1>the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of its independence. Question

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<v Speaker 1>for all of us will a fascist be leading the celebration?

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<v Speaker 1>And the answer to that question is no. Thank you

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