WEBVTT - Donald Trump Warns Of Impending Doom During CPAC Speech

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<v Speaker 1>But the race is over. He will be Joe Biden's challenger.

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<v Speaker 2>Well before securing a resounding victory in South Carolina over

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<v Speaker 2>Nicki Haley, former President Trump ways did no time sending

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<v Speaker 2>his sits on November, taking center stage at the Conservative

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<v Speaker 2>Political Action Conference commonly known as SEAPAC, Trump's address steered

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<v Speaker 2>clear of any mention of his Republican rival Nicki Haley. Instead,

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<v Speaker 2>though he directed all of his attention squarely at President Biden,

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<v Speaker 2>delivering stark warnings and bold promises for America's future.

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<v Speaker 3>A vote for Trump is your ticket back to freedom.

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<v Speaker 3>It's your passport out of tyranny, and it's your only

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<v Speaker 3>escape from Joe Biden and his gang's fast track to hell.

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<v Speaker 3>November fifth will be our new Liberation Day.

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<v Speaker 4>But for the liars and cheaters and fraudsters and censors

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<v Speaker 4>and impostors who have commandeered our government, it will be

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<v Speaker 4>their judgment day.

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<v Speaker 2>Scripts News political contributor and founder of the Warning podcast

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<v Speaker 2>and Substack newsletter, Steve Schmidt joining us now. Pleasure to

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<v Speaker 2>have you on board here at Script's News, and it

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<v Speaker 2>is always good to talk to you, and no shortage

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<v Speaker 2>of news to get to.

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<v Speaker 5>I'm just wondering.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll start there with that SoundBite when you hear former

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<v Speaker 2>President Trump say about Judgment Day and putting this in

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<v Speaker 2>really dramatic terms, your escape from from hell. And we

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<v Speaker 2>said months ago, I will be your retribution. When you

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<v Speaker 2>put together some of these rhetorical flourishes, I guess we

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<v Speaker 2>can call them what do you What do you make

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<v Speaker 2>of it?

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<v Speaker 1>Well, first off, good morning, and it's a real pleasure

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<v Speaker 1>to be joining the scripts team. I think that it's

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<v Speaker 1>important to understand how profoundly these remarks deviate from anything

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<v Speaker 1>that has ever been said by any person who has

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<v Speaker 1>ever been in a positiondition to be elected president of

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<v Speaker 1>the United States. Donald Trump is both a former president

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<v Speaker 1>and the presumptive nominee, and what he did all weekend

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<v Speaker 1>is make a series of attacks comparing the political opposition

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<v Speaker 1>to him in America to the Nazi Germans of World

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<v Speaker 1>War Two, calling for the destruction of his opposition, calling

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<v Speaker 1>for retribution against any American who dares to assert their

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<v Speaker 1>God given rights to oppose him.

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<v Speaker 5>So the rhetoric that we're saying is.

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<v Speaker 1>A threat to the constitution, to the country, to the

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<v Speaker 1>political opposition. When you have a candidate who's talking about

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<v Speaker 1>people as vermin, dehumanizing them and threatening punishment if they

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<v Speaker 1>impede his path to power. Important to understand that we

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<v Speaker 1>are in unchartered territory, and that on chartered territory is

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<v Speaker 1>disorienting people.

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<v Speaker 5>They don't know what to think about it.

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<v Speaker 1>They don't know what to call it, they don't know

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<v Speaker 1>what to name it. But what's gathering is dangerous and menacing,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's coming closer.

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<v Speaker 2>You do believe. And I don't ask this this lightly.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think it's a light matter at all. I

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<v Speaker 2>think actually is an existential matter. Do you really see

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<v Speaker 2>comparisons between what Donald Trump is saying and what Hitler said?

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<v Speaker 1>Well, the language of dehumanization when you look at a

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<v Speaker 1>political opponent, you look at a minority group, and you

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<v Speaker 1>make them less than you promise punishment.

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<v Speaker 5>I think it's very important to understand that.

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<v Speaker 1>Adolph Hitler in nineteen twenty eight high way ter mark

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<v Speaker 1>electorally for the Nazis, excuse me, nineteen thirty the high

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<v Speaker 1>water mark for the Nazis. Nineteen thirty two, the year

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<v Speaker 1>he took power. He ran on a platform of restoring

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<v Speaker 1>order from chaos. He ran against inflation, he ran against

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<v Speaker 1>enemies who were subverting the popular will and the majority

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<v Speaker 1>of the country from his telling. So this language of dehumanization,

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<v Speaker 1>of blaming, of threatening, I think it is important to

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<v Speaker 1>take Donald Trump literally and seriously, or at least explore

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<v Speaker 1>the matter further.

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<v Speaker 5>When he talks.

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<v Speaker 1>About mass mass detention camps, mass concentration camps, think about

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<v Speaker 1>the police state tactics that would be necessary to deport

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<v Speaker 1>the amounts of people that he's talking about. So it

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<v Speaker 1>is very important to compare the speeches that Trump is

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<v Speaker 1>given with those speeches that were given eighty years ago,

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<v Speaker 1>and any academic comparison between the two will find commonalities

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<v Speaker 1>and easy, easy analogies between the two men.

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<v Speaker 5>Remember Adolf Hitler.

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<v Speaker 1>In nineteen twenty eight, nineteen thirty, nineteen thirty two.

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<v Speaker 5>Is it to Hitler?

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<v Speaker 1>We remember what built and what gathered. What was unleashed

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<v Speaker 1>was a massive inhumanity. But in the end he did

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<v Speaker 1>nothing that he didn't say he was going to do

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<v Speaker 1>in the first place. And we should listen to Trump's

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<v Speaker 1>words very carefully here because of that lesson from history.

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<v Speaker 2>And back to the role politics of the moment. Why

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<v Speaker 2>is NICKI Haley hanging around?

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<v Speaker 5>Do you think.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know the answer to the question. It's really

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<v Speaker 1>a psychological question because at this point, as a practical matter, Nicki,

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<v Speaker 1>who by the way, has not pulled back her comment

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<v Speaker 1>from the first debate that no matter what, she'll support

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump. So she's hanging in a race that she

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<v Speaker 1>has no chance of winning in any primary contest from

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<v Speaker 1>here to the end, against a man that she simultaneously

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<v Speaker 1>pledges devotional support to while condemning him as an existential threat.

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<v Speaker 1>So it is an incoherent campaign intellectually morally because its

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<v Speaker 1>essence is undermined every day by her warnings about Trump.

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<v Speaker 5>But the race is over, and Donald Trump has.

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<v Speaker 1>Achieved what he needs to to be considered the party's

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<v Speaker 1>presumptive nominee. He will be Joe Biden's challenger.

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<v Speaker 2>One more question before we go. We know that the

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<v Speaker 2>Supreme Court is poised to play perhaps the most pivotal

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<v Speaker 2>role in a national election since Bush v. Gore back

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<v Speaker 2>in the days of Florida and Hanging chads in two thousand,

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<v Speaker 2>on both the issue of absolute presidential immunity and whether

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<v Speaker 2>Trump can appear on the ballot. Do you have what

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<v Speaker 2>are your expectations for what the Court may do?

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<v Speaker 1>I think that the tea leaves on this are clear.

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<v Speaker 1>The Court will deny the ludicrous notion that an American

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<v Speaker 1>president has absolute immunity for his actions and is incapable

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<v Speaker 1>of committing illegal acts, and they will also not take

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump off of the ballot. This will be a

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<v Speaker 1>choice for the American people to make in November. It

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<v Speaker 1>will not be decided in the courts, and that is

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<v Speaker 1>what the Supreme Court is going to rule.

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<v Speaker 2>Script's News political contributor and founder of The Warning, Steve Schman,

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<v Speaker 2>thanks so much for giving us some time again, welcome

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<v Speaker 2>to the Script's News team. Really really good to have

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<v Speaker 2>you on board. I have a feeling we will have

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<v Speaker 2>some robust tosscussions between now in November.

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<v Speaker 5>To put it quite mildly, Thank you, sir, take care,

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<v Speaker 5>Thank you, and.

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