WEBVTT - Steve Schmidt Reacts To Joe Biden's Bad Week

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<v Speaker 1>This is the most important issue for the Biden campaign

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<v Speaker 1>to deal with. What we are witnessing is one of

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<v Speaker 1>the greatest conspiracies in American history. It's Friday, February ninth.

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<v Speaker 1>This is the warning, and there are two hundred and

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<v Speaker 1>seventy days left until America decides who the next president

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<v Speaker 1>of the United States will be. This election is very

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<v Speaker 1>simple to understand. The person who the race is focused

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<v Speaker 1>on is the person losing the election. This was not

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<v Speaker 1>a good week for President Biden because on Thursday, a

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<v Speaker 1>special Council report released said the President was an elderly

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<v Speaker 1>man with a poor memory, and it asserted directly that

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<v Speaker 1>he's not capable of doing the job of president of

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<v Speaker 1>the United States. The age issue is now squarely at

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<v Speaker 1>the center of the presidential campaign. It is an issue

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<v Speaker 1>of deep worry for the American people. The Democratic Party's

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<v Speaker 1>leaders talk about this quietly behind the scenes all the time.

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<v Speaker 1>The news conference in the Oval Office showed a defiant, angry, wounded,

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<v Speaker 1>hurt president, but it did not show somebody getting on

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<v Speaker 1>top of the issue. This is the most important issue

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<v Speaker 1>for the Biden campaign to deal with, and they must

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<v Speaker 1>deal with it calmly, rationally, and purposely. They cannot hide

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<v Speaker 1>the president from the American people. They cannot script him.

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<v Speaker 1>He either has the capacity for the job, which I

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<v Speaker 1>believe he does, or what we are witnessing is one

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<v Speaker 1>of the greatest conspiracies in American history, involving the military,

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<v Speaker 1>the Secret Service, the White House staff, and thousands of

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<v Speaker 1>people who have taken an oath not to Joe Biden,

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<v Speaker 1>but to the constitution of the United States. This issue

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<v Speaker 1>cannot be ignored. It can't be brushed off. This issue

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't created by Fox News. Donald Trump has assaulted Joe

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<v Speaker 1>Biden relentlessly for three years, and so have his propaganda outlets.

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<v Speaker 1>The central line of attack against President Biden by the

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<v Speaker 1>extremist MAGA movement is that he's crooked and that he's senile.

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<v Speaker 1>Accusing Joe Biden of crookedness is one of the great

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<v Speaker 1>acts of political projection ever. Donald Trump is the most

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<v Speaker 1>corrupt individual who was ever elected president of the United States.

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<v Speaker 1>In fact, Donald Trump is more corrupt than the accumulation

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<v Speaker 1>of every corrupt official America has ever had. The theft,

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<v Speaker 1>the taking, the breaking of the law, the rules, the

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<v Speaker 1>fraud is beyond description. But on the question of capacity

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<v Speaker 1>for the job. The only person who can refute this,

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<v Speaker 1>who can disprove it, is President Biden, and he has

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<v Speaker 1>to do it every day. He has to be out

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<v Speaker 1>front every day. He is eighty two years old and

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<v Speaker 1>he looks every day of his age. This is obvious.

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<v Speaker 1>It's in front of the American people's eyes. There is

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<v Speaker 1>no way to hide it. But that doesn't mean that

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<v Speaker 1>President Biden can't do the job. It doesn't mean that

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<v Speaker 1>President Biden can't run the rape. It doesn't mean that

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<v Speaker 1>President Biden can't win the race. What it means is

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<v Speaker 1>President Biden, through action, through word, through deed, has to

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<v Speaker 1>campaign hard every day and he has to take the

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<v Speaker 1>fight to Donald Trump. He has to make the race

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<v Speaker 1>about Donald Trump. A campaign where the focus is the

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<v Speaker 1>president's age will end in catastrophe for the United States

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<v Speaker 1>of America because it will be a campaign where Donald

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<v Speaker 1>Trump wins. There is no issue in front of the

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<v Speaker 1>Democratic Party, in front of the Biden White House, in

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<v Speaker 1>front of the Biden campaign that is more important than this.

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<v Speaker 1>Their campaign has been hit by a torpedo, and the

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<v Speaker 1>torpedo has exploded in the middle of the proverbial ship,

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<v Speaker 1>and it has done great damage that torpedo isn't enough

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<v Speaker 1>to sink the ship. The Biden campaign has to get

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<v Speaker 1>real about what its challenges are. Its singular challenge is

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<v Speaker 1>taking the fight to Trump, and in doing so, it

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<v Speaker 1>will show that the president has the vigor for four

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<v Speaker 1>more years. But the Biden campaign and the decision to

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<v Speaker 1>put President Biden in front of the White House Press

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<v Speaker 1>Corps and a scrum of howling questioners rudely interrupting him

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<v Speaker 1>prosecuting him was a profound mistake. It made the President

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<v Speaker 1>look terrible, weak, small, and angry. He can afford to

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<v Speaker 1>be none of those things in appearance. Ever, The president

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<v Speaker 1>must show grace, He must show class, he must show strength,

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<v Speaker 1>and he has to be able to brush off the

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<v Speaker 1>attacks with humor, not anger. This week was another good

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<v Speaker 1>one for Donald Trump. It was an insane week in

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<v Speaker 1>American politics, and each week, as we get closer from

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<v Speaker 1>this point out two hundred and seventy days to go,

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<v Speaker 1>is going to get crazier. Buckle up. Thank you for

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