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Speaker 1: The most dangerous part of Donald Trump's coalition or his

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Speaker 1: Christian nationalist allies. They agree on nothing except they love

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Speaker 1: political power. Christian nationalism is not religion. It is politics,

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Speaker 1: and it's deadly. Anytime all through history that political leaders

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Speaker 1: have said they are acting as God, that they're an

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Speaker 1: agent of God, evil has followed.

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Speaker 2: And it is the case with MAGA.

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Speaker 1: It is Tuesday, March thirty first, the last day of

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Speaker 1: the month.

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Speaker 2: I'm Steve Schmidt.

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Speaker 1: Be sure to sign up in time for our first

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Speaker 1: member only session on Thursday.

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Speaker 2: On YouTube. This is the Morning Now.

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Speaker 1: This is the Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegsath at a

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Speaker 1: prayer breakfast.

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Speaker 3: Every single day, especially especially in this town, that all power,

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Speaker 3: all honor, and all glory belongs to our Lord and

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Speaker 3: Savior Jesus Christ, Christ is King.

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Speaker 2: Do you find it disturbing? You should? This is Caroline Levin.

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Speaker 4: Good afternoon, everyone. Could you hear our Amen in there?

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Speaker 4: We just said a little loud prayer as a team.

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Speaker 4: In this holy week, President Trump and the First Lady

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Speaker 4: are joining in prayer with Christians celebrating the resurrection of

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Speaker 4: our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

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Speaker 1: The separation of church and state, is foundational to the

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Speaker 1: American civilization. In fact, on the list of all of

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Speaker 1: the greatest American inventions, the two at the top, competing

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Speaker 1: for gold and silver are the peaceful transition of power

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Speaker 1: and the separation of church and state. These are brilliant ideas,

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Speaker 1: the greatest in all of history, and they've been attacked

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Speaker 1: relentlessly for twelve years by Donald Trump. And now you

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Speaker 1: see something coming together. You see violence and religion, you

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Speaker 1: see death and God. You see politicians cheerleading for the

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Speaker 1: end times, for armageddon, for Jesus's return.

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Speaker 2: This is nuttery, insanity, madness.

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Speaker 1: It is dangerous political extremism, and it has been let

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Speaker 1: loose by Donald Trump. The man who is claiming God's

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Speaker 1: providence is building concentration camps all across America out of warehouses.

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Speaker 1: Does this look like God's work to you?

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Speaker 5: Okay? Yes?

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Speaker 6: What did you do?

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Speaker 1: Pay attention to what little Caroline Levitt is saying right here?

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Speaker 7: Pit too much in Eastern and prayers. I'm going to

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Speaker 7: ask you about something the Pope said yesterday. So Pope

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Speaker 7: gives give you said yesterday, and I caught him. God

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Speaker 7: does not listen to the prayer of those who wage war.

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Speaker 2: Can you comment from that?

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Speaker 4: I think our nation was a nation founded two hundred

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Speaker 4: and fifty years ago almost on Judeo Christian values. And

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Speaker 4: we've seen presidents, we've seen the leaders of the Department

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Speaker 4: of War, and we've seen our troops go to prayer

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Speaker 4: during the most turbulent times in our nation's history. And

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Speaker 4: I don't think there's anything wrong with our military leaders

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Speaker 4: or with the President calling on the American people to

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Speaker 4: pray for our service members and those who are serving

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Speaker 4: our country overseas. In fact, I think it's a very

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Speaker 4: noble thing to do. And if you talk to many

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Speaker 4: service members, they will tell you they appreciate the prayers

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Speaker 4: and support from the commander in chief and from his cabinet.

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Speaker 6: And Pete Piksha, put yourself in the place of one

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Speaker 6: of those couple hundred Americans about to undertake this audacious

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Speaker 6: raid on the Eo Jima, looking at a lot of

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Speaker 6: uncertainty in front of you, and this was the passage,

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Speaker 6: and this was the pre mission reading and the prayer

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Speaker 6: that was read with them. First of reading from the

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Speaker 6: Book of Psalms, chapter eighteen, verses thirty seven to forty two,

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Speaker 6: King David writes, I pursued my enemies and overtook them,

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Speaker 6: and did not turn back till they were consumed. I

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Speaker 6: thrust them through so that they were not able to rise.

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Speaker 6: They fell under my feet.

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Speaker 1: Do you see all the stories of David here in

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Speaker 1: the Normandy Cemetery. World War II was not a Christian mission.

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Speaker 1: The United States Army is not a Christian organization in America.

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Speaker 1: We have a right to freedom of conscience, freedom of religion,

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Speaker 1: freedom of speech, and all of it is under threat

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Speaker 1: by Donald Trump and his fascist administration.

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Speaker 8: We are are coming for your presence today, lifting up

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Speaker 8: the arms of our president. We pray for your continued

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Speaker 8: blessing and favor to rest upon him. We pray for

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Speaker 8: wisdom from heaven to flood his heart, his mind, and

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Speaker 8: the Lord You will guide him in these challenging times that.

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Speaker 2: We're facing today.

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Speaker 8: I pray for your grace and your protection over him.

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Speaker 2: This isn't religion, This is a scam, is a con woman.

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Speaker 5: He is bringing peace through great strength. In fact, President

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Speaker 5: Trump has brought religion.

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Speaker 2: Back to this nation and beyond.

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Speaker 5: It is my great honor to introduce and I think

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Speaker 5: I can say this is not a senior adviser, but

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Speaker 5: as his friend, the goat, the greatest of all time,

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Speaker 5: the greatest champion of faith that we have ever had

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Speaker 5: in the executive branch, the forty fifth and forty seventh President.

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Speaker 5: Stand to your feet and give him the biggest welcome

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Speaker 5: of the United States, a man I am honored to

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Speaker 5: call friend, President Donald J.

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Speaker 2: Trump.

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Speaker 1: Yaki yaki yaki, yaki, yaki, yak yak yack. It's all nonsense,

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Speaker 1: and when you see it practiced in the open by

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Speaker 1: a president at the edge of war, it should send

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Speaker 1: a chill down your Spine's dangerous, it's lethal, and it's undemocratic.

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Speaker 1: There is no society on earth where men, and it's

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Speaker 1: always men, where men claim the providence of God to

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Speaker 1: wage war, where great evil doesn't follow, not a single one.

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Speaker 1: These are dangerous days in the United States. Pay attention

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Speaker 1: to them, and pay attention to the people who tell

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Speaker 1: you they're doing it for God, because they're not.

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Speaker 2: They're doing it for power. They're doing it for them.

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Speaker 2: This is the warning. I'm Steve Schmidt. This is the warning.

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